好莱坞影星布拉德·皮特的发言人严词抨击《名利场》杂志，擅自在12月号杂志封面刊登拉德·皮特半裸照片。皮特这张仅着短裤与短袜的照片，是艺术摄影师罗伯特·威尔森于2005年9月拍摄的。拍照时布拉德·皮特虽签署了发行同意书，但没想到照片会在一年多后出现在《名利场》的封面。皮特的发言人说：“我们非常失望，《名利场》选择将一张未经授权的照片放在封面，这让我们严重质疑他们的正直与动机。”不过，《名利场》辩解说，10月5日即已通知布拉德·皮特的经纪人，将在特别“艺术”号中使用这张照片，同时，他们已取得所有使用威尔森照片的权利，包括皮特的照片。

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt's representatives hit out at Vanity Fair magazine after it splashed semi-naked photos of the actor on the cover of its December issue. The photos of Pitt -- shown standing in nothing but a pair of boxer shorts and a pair of socks -- were taken by artistic photographer Robert Wilson in September 2005, TMZ celebrity website said. But while Pitt, 42, signed a legal release when the photograph was taken, he was oblivious they would end up on Vanity Fair's cover more than a year later. "We are very disappointed that Vanity Fair has chosen to put an unauthorized cover on their magazine," a spokesperson for Pitt said. "It seriously makes me question their integrity and motives ." A statement from Vanity Fair said Pitt's managers had been notified on October 5 of the decision to use the photo for its special "art" issue. The magazine defended the decision, saying it had obtained the right to use all Wilson's photographs taken as he put together a study of video portraits. "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," the statement quoted by TMZ said. Vanity Fair has a long track record of publishing notable cover photos , most famously a shot of a heavily pregnant Demi Moore posing naked and more recently world exclusive shots of Tom Cruise's baby daughter Suri. (Agencies)

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hit out at: 猛烈抨击 splash: 以显著的位置刊登 boxer shorts: 男士平腿泳裤 motive: 动机 cover photo：封面照 （英语点津陈蓓编辑）