Actress Loses Suit Against IMDb for Posting Age

A 41-year-old actress who claimed the Internet Movie Database unfairly disclosed her real age lost a case against the site this week after a federal jury in Seattle rejected her lawsuit.

Huang "Junie" Hoang believed IMDb breached its legal contract when the site listed her birthdate after she had strategically removed a false birthdate she had previously posted on her IMDbPro account, The Hollywood Reporter reported. Hoang said she often plays younger acting roles and IMDb's move hurt her chances of obtaining gigs.

Fellow actors and the Screen Actors Guild had supported Hoang's argument in a statement issued in early 2012 (Hoang filed her lawsuit in 2011) Read more...