Beauty chain sued by celebrities

LOS ANGELES -- Actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have filed a $15 million lawsuit against the Sephora USA cosmetics chain for allegedly using their images in an advertising campaign without their consent.\nThe lawsuit, filed Jan. 10 in Los Angeles Superior Court, follows a similar claim filed against the company in September by divorced couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.\nBoth pairs were pictured in advertisements for the "L'eau down on celebrity sweethearts," which was used to promote Valentine's Day gifts at Sephora stores.\nThe ad lists products sold by Sephora that supposedly match the stars' individual personalities.\nParker, 37, stars as sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO show "Sex and the City," and Broderick, 40, formerly co-starred with Nathan Lane in the hit Broadway show "The Producers" and starred in movies including "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."\nSephora representatives did not immediately return calls for comment.\nThe Cruise-Kidman lawsuit seeks $15 million in damages and asks the award be tripled because of alleged violations of the Lanham Act, a law designed to protect intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks and copyrights.