January 4, 2007

TV's 'Dirt' Dissected By Tabloid Pros



Real-life tabloid newspaper employees say the new FX series "Dirt" isn't entirely a mirror of the celebrity media business.

The New York Daily News quizzed Star magazine editor Bonnie Fuller as well as a Hollywood publicist and one of the infamous paparazzi and learned there is more give-and-take among the players when it comes to the show business gossip industry.

Fuller assured the Daily News that the Star's dish comes from first-hand accounts and multiple sources, and that her magazine doesn't "set up" celebrities in embarrassing situations.

The relationship between stars and the swarms of photographers who follow them around isn't nearly as adversarial as it might appear. There is, however, a lot of pressure on the publicists who must protect and project their clients' image.

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