NEW YORK - Uma Thurman and French cosmetic company Lancome are fighting over the use of Thurman's image in an advertising campaign after her contract with the company lapsed. Thurman is demanding $1 million for the unauthorized use while Lancome has countersued. The images featuring Thurman have appeared on Canadian billboards and on Asian web sites.

Thurman's lawyer, Bertram Fields, is particularly upset with Lancome's campaign in Canada.

"The campaign they are running in Canada features Uma giving oral sex to a giraffe. I really have no idea how that sells face cream."

Lancome spokesperson Irunn Fromwar responded, "There are very few people in Canada. Even fewer of them drive. We discovered that unless you use a very provocative image on a billboard, nobody pays attention. We did study after study that discovered that Canadians are very fond of giraffes."

Although the advertisements on the Asian web sites might be considered equally offensive, as they feature a CGI image of a naked Thurman, her exposed posterior, and a game involving ping pong balls in which the user who gets the most ping pong balls in a cup wins a free tube of lip balm, Fields appeared to have no problem with it.

"Asia is a great market for us, so we're open to different kinds of promotions. Canada is a different story. Until the Canadians start buying product, we're not going to indulge them. I think the entire country bought one case of face cream last year. My mother-in-law uses that in a week.