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3:47 pm - 11/02/2006
Brad Pitt Furious Over Vanity Fair Cover
Brad Pitt is furious that a photograph of him taken by artist Robert Wilson last year has wound up on the cover of an issue of Vanity Fair.
The star's lawyers are currently considering legal action against the magazine, insisting the actor had no idea he was going to appear on the December cover.
Pitt is seen posing in a photo in nothing but white boxer shorts, socks and holding a gun while appearing to be drenched with water.
According to entertainment website TMZ.com, Pitt had agreed to be in Wilson's avant-garde video art project in September and signed a legal release at the time for the still and video images taken in the shoot, but had no idea they would ever be used for a magazine cover.
Pitt's representative says, "We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine. It seriously makes me question their integrity and motives."
Representatives for Vanity Fair have hit back at the allegations saying, "In a letter dated October 5, 2006, and sent to Pitt care of Brillstein-Grey (Pitt's managers), Wilson informed Pitt that a still image from this portrait was going to be featured in the December art issue of Vanity Fair."
A source claims the star never saw the letter.
The Vanity Fair representative adds, "Brad Pitt posed for a Robert Wilson video portrait, and in the photo release (signed by Pitt), agreed to allow Wilson to use the portrait or any images from that sitting in connection with any publicity on Wilson's video project.
"Vanity Fair decided to do a story on Wilson's video portraits and obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings, which included Pitt's."
Article at: http://www.fox23news.com/entertainm
The star's lawyers are currently considering legal action against the magazine, insisting the actor had no idea he was going to appear on the December cover.
Pitt is seen posing in a photo in nothing but white boxer shorts, socks and holding a gun while appearing to be drenched with water.
According to entertainment website TMZ.com, Pitt had agreed to be in Wilson's avant-garde video art project in September and signed a legal release at the time for the still and video images taken in the shoot, but had no idea they would ever be used for a magazine cover.
Pitt's representative says, "We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine. It seriously makes me question their integrity and motives."
Representatives for Vanity Fair have hit back at the allegations saying, "In a letter dated October 5, 2006, and sent to Pitt care of Brillstein-Grey (Pitt's managers), Wilson informed Pitt that a still image from this portrait was going to be featured in the December art issue of Vanity Fair."
A source claims the star never saw the letter.
The Vanity Fair representative adds, "Brad Pitt posed for a Robert Wilson video portrait, and in the photo release (signed by Pitt), agreed to allow Wilson to use the portrait or any images from that sitting in connection with any publicity on Wilson's video project.
"Vanity Fair decided to do a story on Wilson's video portraits and obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings, which included Pitt's."
Article at: http://www.fox23news.com/entertainm
BOOHOO. SOMEONE NEEDS MONEY
"We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine.">
uhh...
Shady.
Buttttttt who cares, really.
I demand it.
He's so yummy. I'm not getting why he's angry. If he looked like ass, then maaaaybe he could get mad.
Good = anything without that guy reading the poem involved.
Still of Brad in his boxers in the rain = people may start to remember that Brad is hot and not hate him so much.
Bitching and moaning and suing = will I ever find a way to like Brad fully again?
signed a legal release at the time for the still and video images taken in the shoot
signed a legal release at the time for the still and video images taken in the shoot
Vanity Fair ... obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings
Vanity Fair ... obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings
Vanity Fair ... obtained rights to the entire collection of photographs from those sittings
This will get l-a-u-g-h-e-d out of court.
it's not like it's a bad photo.
You signed the release. End of story.
Then inside, in the article, she was pretty much naked? The poses were like, incredibly sexual? And she had that "ooh, I'm a bad girl" face on?
Yeah. The photo editors of Vanity Fair are morons.
you have no right to those images. you were in a piece of art and the creator of the art can do whatever he wants with it
you shouldnt have signed the contract, but dont get pissy now that you realized you are dumb
Yea...