Hashtag Hassle Nets Comedienne Cool Million

Actress Octavia Spencer won her suit against a weight-loss company for wrongful termination of her endorsement contract. The contract was terminated after she used the hashtag #spon in her tweets endorsing the product, a form of truth in advertising that the sponsor found objectionable. The judge agreed with Spencer that nothing in her contract addressed hashtags, and noted that she’d lost 20 pounds just like she said she would.