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I'm not an attorney. That out of the way (and I've done quite a bit of copyright and release research) is that celebrities actually have a "right of publicity" that ordinary citizens don't. When someone makes a living with their persona and likeness, as a pop singer does, the law recognizes a right for her to control how images about her are used. How, then, do publications like The Star and The National Enquirer get to use images of celebrities in compromising situations, etc.? It may have something to do with having more money spend on attorneys. Go to a search engine and look at the case involving Dustin Hoffman and the magazine which faked him in drag and put him on the cover...he won.
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