The $1 million lawsuit filed by Junie Hoang against IMDb and its parent company, Amazon, will go to trial April 8, charging a Seattle jury to decide whether IMDb violated its contract with the actor when it published her correct birthday on her profile. Hoang claims the publication, which revealed her to be 40 at the time, damaged her career in an industry rife with age discrimination. The case has brought attention to the sensitive subject of age in a business based on appearance. That IMDb could publish birthdays with impunity has touched the collective nerve of thousands of working actors who use IMDbPro to manage their careers but lack the celebrity status to compensate for their declining range with the advancing years. “Junie feels like she’s fighting for the industry,” said Derek Newman, Hoang’s attorney. “You should be cast based on merit, but with such a huge pool of people to cull from,...
- 3/27/2013
- backstage.com
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