Discriminating Taste?

Actress Huong Hoang of Texas has identified herself as the woman who sued Amazon.com, owner of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), for publishing her birthdate on her IMDb profile.

Ms. Hoang works under the name Junie Hoang and originally sued the company anonymously, claiming that Hollywood age discrimination meant she would not be considered for some movie roles when it became clear that her actual age is 40. A Seattle judge threw out the suit until she refiled it under her actual name. A quick check of her IMDb profile shows an attractive woman who could pretty easily play a decade or so younger than her age, especially with movie makeup. It also shows that her résumé lists such credits as "Sandy" in Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver, the third entry in the series telling the story of a cookie possessed by the spirit of an executed murderer. In it, it seems, the murderous pastry time travels to 1976 to slay some disco folks.

This lawsuit would seem to be another example of how our nation has too many folks whose first response is to reach for an attorney, but as it happens I agree that information from IMDb's page for Ms. Hoang could keep her from getting roles in movies. Of course, the problem information is not so much her birthdate as it is the fact that she lists such credits as "Sandy" in Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver, but I don't know what to advise her about that.