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Showing posts with label PAPARAZZI. Show all posts
Lindsay Lohan vs. The Paparazzi
This is a great article and the photographs are super snazzy. Thanks to Radar Online for allowing us to republish it.
Paparazzi Facts:
* In the last 15 years, the number of paparazzi in L.A. has increased more than tenfold
*On any given day, 300 to 400 paps roam the streets of L.A. on behalf of 20 or so agencies
The evening of March 13 was just another Tuesday night for Lindsay Lohan. She spent a few hours at Butter in Manhattan—where the line for nobodies stretches around the block and blood orange Bellinis go for $14—sporting a brave face on the eve of her ne'er-do-well father's release from prison.
Around 3 a.m., she and some friends hopped in her mother's white 2004 BMW as the paparazzi gave chase. Pursued by at least two cars, she careened through lower Manhattan, putting the Beemer's famed facility for cornering to the test. Pulling into the valet lane in front of Hotel Gansevoort in the West Village, she found herself blocked in and surrounded by photographers.
To judge by video aired by Access Hollywood, the scene rapidly devolved into mayhem, with gawkers and paparazzi shouting Lohan's name as she sat trapped in the driver's seat. Then, depending on whom you ask, one of two things happened: Either Lohan decided to run over a paparazzo named Giovanni Arnold, or Arnold, who was perched on the hood of Lohan's car snapping pics, smelled a lawsuit and took a dive in front of her BMW as she edged forward.
"Oh my God! Lindsay, you hit somebody," the photographers shouted, addressing the starlet like concerned friends.
Arnold wound up at St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was treated for a bruised knee, and clips of the incident were on the Internet within hours. Days later, Lohan's mother, Dina, told Harper's Bazaar that "Diana will happen again" (referring to the Princess of Wales' death during a paparazzi car chase), and hinted darkly that her daughter might be next.
The Hotel Gansevoort incident was just one in a seemingly endless series of confrontations in recent months between the paparazzi and the celebrities whose every move they chronicle.
Just this past November, Lohan suffered cuts and bruises after being rear-ended by a paparazzo in Los Angeles at 2 a.m. on her way home from a night of clubbing.
In February, Britney Spears had a well-documented breakdown, the highlight of which was her umbrella-swinging rampage against photographers from the X17 photo agency. According to X17, Spears had just been prevented by Kevin Federline from seeing her children when she went after a photographer's car, spitting and screaming, "Go fuck yourself!"
Just hours before, while stopped at a gas station, an obviously distressed Spears had sat passively in the passenger seat of a Mercedes as a photographer snapped half a dozen shots through the windshield while attempting to console her: "How you doing?" Click. "You doing okay?" Click. Click. "I'm concerned about you though, okay?" Click.
And in March, in a Los Angeles church parking lot of all places, a security guard leveled a pistol at another X17 photographer on Britney detail after the cameraman ignored a traffic cop's instruction to stop and wait for Spears's vehicle to leave before exiting the lot.
That same week, Princess Di's son Harry allegedly lunged at a photographer while leaving a London nightclub and wound up sprawled on the pavement. Lohan's mother is right: Someone will likely be killed again. And when they are, the shot will be priceless.
Watch Lindsay Lohan's exclusive cover shoot video
Paparazzi Facts:* In the last 15 years, the number of paparazzi in L.A. has increased more than tenfold
*On any given day, 300 to 400 paps roam the streets of L.A. on behalf of 20 or so agencies
The evening of March 13 was just another Tuesday night for Lindsay Lohan. She spent a few hours at Butter in Manhattan—where the line for nobodies stretches around the block and blood orange Bellinis go for $14—sporting a brave face on the eve of her ne'er-do-well father's release from prison.
Around 3 a.m., she and some friends hopped in her mother's white 2004 BMW as the paparazzi gave chase. Pursued by at least two cars, she careened through lower Manhattan, putting the Beemer's famed facility for cornering to the test. Pulling into the valet lane in front of Hotel Gansevoort in the West Village, she found herself blocked in and surrounded by photographers.To judge by video aired by Access Hollywood, the scene rapidly devolved into mayhem, with gawkers and paparazzi shouting Lohan's name as she sat trapped in the driver's seat. Then, depending on whom you ask, one of two things happened: Either Lohan decided to run over a paparazzo named Giovanni Arnold, or Arnold, who was perched on the hood of Lohan's car snapping pics, smelled a lawsuit and took a dive in front of her BMW as she edged forward.
"Oh my God! Lindsay, you hit somebody," the photographers shouted, addressing the starlet like concerned friends.
Arnold wound up at St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was treated for a bruised knee, and clips of the incident were on the Internet within hours. Days later, Lohan's mother, Dina, told Harper's Bazaar that "Diana will happen again" (referring to the Princess of Wales' death during a paparazzi car chase), and hinted darkly that her daughter might be next.
The Hotel Gansevoort incident was just one in a seemingly endless series of confrontations in recent months between the paparazzi and the celebrities whose every move they chronicle.
Just this past November, Lohan suffered cuts and bruises after being rear-ended by a paparazzo in Los Angeles at 2 a.m. on her way home from a night of clubbing.
In February, Britney Spears had a well-documented breakdown, the highlight of which was her umbrella-swinging rampage against photographers from the X17 photo agency. According to X17, Spears had just been prevented by Kevin Federline from seeing her children when she went after a photographer's car, spitting and screaming, "Go fuck yourself!"
Just hours before, while stopped at a gas station, an obviously distressed Spears had sat passively in the passenger seat of a Mercedes as a photographer snapped half a dozen shots through the windshield while attempting to console her: "How you doing?" Click. "You doing okay?" Click. Click. "I'm concerned about you though, okay?" Click.And in March, in a Los Angeles church parking lot of all places, a security guard leveled a pistol at another X17 photographer on Britney detail after the cameraman ignored a traffic cop's instruction to stop and wait for Spears's vehicle to leave before exiting the lot.
That same week, Princess Di's son Harry allegedly lunged at a photographer while leaving a London nightclub and wound up sprawled on the pavement. Lohan's mother is right: Someone will likely be killed again. And when they are, the shot will be priceless.
Watch Lindsay Lohan's exclusive cover shoot video
Reese Witherspoon With Her Children
Reese is noticeably upset with the paparazzi following her every move.
Can you blame her? Maybe when you're out on the town, but with your children? Leave 'em be.
Can you blame her? Maybe when you're out on the town, but with your children? Leave 'em be.
Perez Hilton Hit With Another Lawsuit
Perez Hilton, or Mary Lavender as I like to call him, is being sued for $7.6 million by the photo agency X17 Inc., as you probably already know.
Now Splash News and Picture Agency, Bauer-Griffin, Insight News and Features, Flynet Pictures, and London Entertainment Pictures have all joined together and filed a complaint claiming more than 25 counts of infringement for a total of $7 million.
X17 claims that he has used 51 photographs without permission, payment or credit.
"Perez has achieved his fame and fortune by unlawfully taking and exploiting other people's work," said Splash News's CEO Gary Morgan in a post on the company's blog. "Using someone else's only means of earning money to make yourself rich at their expense is most un-American."
“Most bloggers are law abiding paying customers. They have to pay for photos but Perez gets rich by refusing to pay for them. There is no question he is famous because of other peoples hard work. All the agencies have asked for all along is fair pay for a fair day’s work.
The 99 page suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, CA.
Source
Now Splash News and Picture Agency, Bauer-Griffin, Insight News and Features, Flynet Pictures, and London Entertainment Pictures have all joined together and filed a complaint claiming more than 25 counts of infringement for a total of $7 million.X17 claims that he has used 51 photographs without permission, payment or credit.
"Perez has achieved his fame and fortune by unlawfully taking and exploiting other people's work," said Splash News's CEO Gary Morgan in a post on the company's blog. "Using someone else's only means of earning money to make yourself rich at their expense is most un-American."
“Most bloggers are law abiding paying customers. They have to pay for photos but Perez gets rich by refusing to pay for them. There is no question he is famous because of other peoples hard work. All the agencies have asked for all along is fair pay for a fair day’s work.
The 99 page suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, CA.
Source
Britney Spears Speaks With X17 This Weekend
I don't think anyone questions Britney's sanity these days.
We all know she has her moments of clarity.
This weekend Britney decided to speak with an X17 photographer on a few different occasions. In the first video Britney spoke in a high pitched, valley girl-like voice. She was obviously mocking the media and everyone for buying into it. She even used the opportunity to take a jab at her management.
I think she was trying to be funny and snide, but it really came across as being juvenile.
In the second video you get to hear the photographers side of the story and why Britney chose him to talk with.
The there's a third video but it is pretty uneventful.
Wasn't Britney attacking X17 photogs with an umbrella not so long ago?
Source: X17
We all know she has her moments of clarity.This weekend Britney decided to speak with an X17 photographer on a few different occasions. In the first video Britney spoke in a high pitched, valley girl-like voice. She was obviously mocking the media and everyone for buying into it. She even used the opportunity to take a jab at her management.
I think she was trying to be funny and snide, but it really came across as being juvenile.
In the second video you get to hear the photographers side of the story and why Britney chose him to talk with.
The there's a third video but it is pretty uneventful.
Wasn't Britney attacking X17 photogs with an umbrella not so long ago?
Source: X17
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