Legal Opinion
Dustin Hoffman v. Capital Cities/abc, Incorporated, and L.A. Magazine, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2001No. 99-55563, 99-55686PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
In 1982, actor Dustin Hoffman starred in the movie “Tootsie,” playing a male actor who dresses as a woman to get a part on a television soap opera. One memorable still photograph from the movie showed Hoffman in character in a red long-sleeved sequined evening dress and high heels, posing in front of an American flag. The still carried the text, “What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight, starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America’s hottest new actress.”
In March 1997, Los Angeles Magazine (“LAM”) published the “Fabulous Hollywood…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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