Following news that she’s taking a break from Brown University to “focus on work”, it was announced that Emma Watson is the new face of Lancome. Says E! Online,

“Thanks to her charm, romanticism and her incredible modernity, Emma Watson has become the icon of her generation. We are delighted by this new collaboration with Emma who brings a fresh spirit to Lancôme,” said company president Youcef Nabi in a statement today.

Who needs boring ol’ book-learnin’ when you can hawk over-priced makeup and get paid big bucks to do it? Nothing says “modernity” than tossing aside education in pursuit of more money than you know what to do with. It’s the new American dream.

Filming a new ad in Paris:

Photo source: Fame Pictures

Uma Thurman, the face of Lancome’s fragrance “Miracle” from 2000 to 2005, is suing the cosmetics giant for millions of dollars for unauthorized use of her image. Lancome, in turn, is suing her right back, but not for being such a fish-eyed uggo who tricked them into hiring her in the first place. According to NY Daily News

[Uma] claims the company is using her old Lancome ads on Asian web sites and a Canadian billboard without permission.The company says… it never “knowingly or intentionally” used Thurman’s image, and that the Web pages were “inadvertently archived” and never meant to be publicly available.

The suit seeks to have a court resolve the dispute by declaring that Lancome did not violate Thurman’s contract and that she is not entitled to the money her lawyer has demanded.

Looks like somebody spent a lot of free time googling themselves lately. Hmm, Uma? Let’s look at the facts here. One: a Canadian billboard. Come on. Who even goes to Canada excepts Canadians and American Black Bears looking for a change of scenery? Number two: Asian website. The fact of the matter is 98% of all traffic on Asian Lancome websites ended up there by mistake while looking for naked underage Asian girls. The other two percent: Uma Thurman. Sorry, but you can’t argue with math, people. That’s why they use numbers in breathalyzers.

The stunning beauty on the set of “Motherhood” in New York yesterday: