Weekend in Paris with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• When you care enough to sue the very best. Paris Hilton is suing Hallmark for using her image in a greeting card without permission (depicted above), charging the company with invasion of privacy. Funny, Hilton is usually invading the public’s space with her private moments—and her privates, for that matter.
• New York Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas is going to court this week to face a sexual-harassment suit (see Essay 4332). The accuser charges Thomas once approached her and said, “I think you’re beautiful, and I’m in love with you. I know you think I’m inappropriate.” In his defense, Thomas insists he may have used the word love, “Maybe in a greeting of hello or goodbye but never to be ‘in love.’” Wonder if Thomas was ever involved in creating the old NBA tagline, “I love this game.”
• Actor and comedian Eddie Griffin was yanked from a stand-up performance for using the N-word too much. The comedy routine was part of an event sponsored by Black Enterprise magazine. A Black Enterprise spokesman said, “We believe that ending the performance was the appropriate action.” So the decision had nothing to do with the fact that Eddie Griffin is rarely funny?
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