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Do you ever take pictures of celebrities? If so, how often?
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What do you think about photographers who trespass, break the law, etc to obtain a photo?
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Britney Spears threatened to take legal action after pictures of her newborn son popped up on the Internet, apparently stolen from a private photo shoot. At least two Web sites showed photos of Spears embracing her child, as well as a family portrait.
A statement released late Friday by Spears' record label, Jive Records, said the photos were swiped from a private photo session.
"Anyone who publishes, sells or otherwise exploits any of these images in any way will be subject to liability and damages for willful infringement of copyright, and will be liable for invasion of privacy," the statement read.
The pop star gave birth to her first child last month.
Spears and her husband, Kevin Federline, recently made their first public appearance since the infant was born, but there have been no clear images of the baby until now.
A representative for Spears declined to comment.
PRIME Premiere
Ziegfeld Theater,
Well… everyone was calm and well behaved at this premiere, no?
…the hell with the list
…you see my name and photos out their more than yours
…I don’t need to do 10 events a day
…you couldn’t do what I do
…look at how you dress
…you’re a tired man
…you’re an angry man
…let’s do this
Now the two of them drop their gear and look like their going to square off. As the volume reaches a fevered pitch, security from the adjacent building come out the squelch the commotion. PR, security, fans, photographers and pedestrians are now all focused on this. (Not good for our image by the way). Everything eventually calms down, but not for at least 5-8 minutes of heated actions.
As for the actual event, everyone posed, Uma was bouncing around and looking up a lot, Streep arrived from the wrong end of the carpet, but in the end, almost everyone got a shot.
By WENNHollywood socialites Paris Hilton and Bijou Phillips were caught up in a fight outside Los Angeles hotspot Mood on Wednesday night (12 October 05) when Hilton's bodyguard attacked a photographer.
The high-profile pair were leaving the club after partying with Bruce Willis, Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy when a brawl broke out in the street.
The unnamed minder took offence when one snapper got too close to him and pushed him to the ground, yelling, "Don't ever touch me."
Hilton tried to defuse the situation by signing photographs from the front seat of her silver Bentley before driving off.
Production assistant Angie Lee Cobbs came up with the idea when she saw the number of photographers swarming around star Colin Farrell, People magazine reported.
Cobbs told People the paparazzi problem had gotten out of hand.
"I understand taking photos at premieres and events, but when they follow him around like this it's beyond normal," she said. "They show up at our Miami locations and curse us out when we ask them not to shoot.
"We feel protective toward him," she said of Farrell. "He's such a sweetheart and a down-to-Earth guy."
Cobbs is selling the shirts to fans on her Web site -- leavecolinalone.com -- and is donating the profits to the Princess Diana Memorial Fund.
Liam Gallagher celebrated in style after Monday's (10.10.05) Q awards - by threatening paparazzi with a metal pole.
The Oasis frontman - whose band picked up two awards, including Best Album for 'Don't Believe The Truth', at the prestigious ceremony - was seen guzzling dozens of glasses of champagne at London's trendy Met Bar before confronting the waiting shutterbugs outside.
Liam, famed for his wild temper, picked up the steel queue barrier and brandished it at several snappers before friends pulled him back inside the club.
The hunky star is already being hounded on the set of "The Assassination of Jesse James" in Canada by photographers and if this report is accurate he must be growing tired of it.
Brad and Angie want privacy
Just last week an American photographer was arrested after being discovered on the same set where Pitt is shooting the Jesse James film.
Now the star has reportedly decided to acquire a very secluded pad in the Canadian wilderness for some private moments:
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Brad Pitt is fighting back against the paparazzi.
The star was livid when pictures of him, Angelina Jolie and Jolie's son, Maddox, were snapped on her tucked-away British estate.
Now Pitt has bought a secluded, modest getaway cabin in the Canadian wilderness and instructed his bodyguards to take pictures of any lensmen who follow him and Jolie, should he need evidence one day in court after he presses harassment charges.
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Shots of the photographers who follow Pitt and Jolie around are posted on sunsetprotective.com according to the Post.
Will this stop the photogs?
Likely not. And unless Brad and Angie plan on a secluded life in the Canadian wilderness they are going to be the subject of many photographers, published photos or not.
Just two months later, the same newspaper plastered across its front page photos of Moss cutting and sniffing lines of white powder, along with graphic descriptions of her alleged drug use. The shots showed her rolling a bank note and "hoovering up every last grain of the class-A drug".
Even the Mirror's fellow newspapers conceded the revelations were pure revenge. The Independent said Mirror editor Richard Vallance and Stephen Moyes, the journalist who broke the drugs story, had been trying to acquire evidence of her drug use ever since the libel defeat.
Photographers in Southern California, home to Hollywood stars such as Lindsay Lohan and Brad Pitt, say a law signed last week by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger won't curb celebrity-chasing paparazzi.
``It's a joke,'' said Frank Griffin, a partner at Hollywood photo agency Bauer-Griffin, who for the last 15 years has dispatched paparazzi to pursue celebrities. ``If the market says I'm going to pay you $1,000 for a photograph, you're going to get a lot of renegades out there.''
The law subjects people who commit assault while taking pictures to civil damages and loss of profits from the photo. Publications that solicit the photos also can be held liable.
Read the rest of the article HERE.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Luis Castro said the accident on Tuesday was caused by another motorist making an illegal turn in front of the actress.
Conflicting accounts of Tuesday's incident had suggested Lohan had been trying to evade photographers or was driving too fast, but investigators have ruled out either paparazzi or excessive speed as factors in the collision between her car and a van in West Hollywood, Castro said.
"It appears it's ... the van's fault for making an illegal U-turn," he said. "At this time, we've ruled out that any paparazzi played a part in the accident, and speed was not a factor."
He added that investigators had determined that Lohan's black Mercedes convertible was traveling at about 35 mph when the crash occurred on fashionable Robertson Boulevard. They also concluded that no drugs or alcohol were involved.
Castro said the driver of the van, though apparently at fault, was not cited for the accident and normally would not be for such a routine accident.
Lohan, 19, the star of such films as "Herbie: Fully Loaded" and "Mean Girls," was taken by ambulance with a female passenger to a nearby hospital, where both were treated for minor injuries. The van's driver was taken to the hospital with "moderate" injuries, sheriff's deputies said.
The latest accident occurred just blocks away from where Lohan made headlines with a May 31 car crash involving a photographer who police said rammed his vehicle into her car while chasing the actress. In that case, the photographer was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Eyewitness accounts carried in the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets said photographers were taking Lohan's picture while she was shopping and dining a short time before Tuesday's accident. Her spokeswoman initially suggested the paparazzi were to blame for the collision.
CALGARY
Yesterday, the Mounties were called to a closed set north of
"It's becoming more and more unsafe," said film publicist Lee Anne Muldoon.
"We can't tolerate it and just say leave," she said.
The incidents have not resulted in injuries or threats to any of those involved with the film, she said, but they could. Celebrity photographers attempt to provoke the stars into creating a better shot, she said.
They are also disruptive. Production needs to be temporarily shut down. Some takes have to be redone if the photographers have made their way into the shots, she said.
Photos of Mr. Pitt, and specifically Mr. Pitt with his off-screen leading lady, Angelina Jolie, have become a hot commodity since he split with his wife,
On Monday, Cochrane RCMP were called to an undisclosed location at about 11:30 a.m. after a report from film officials that members of the crew apprehended a freelance photographer from Los Angeles they found trespassing on private land.
"He was a little disappointed, but not surprised," RCMP Corporal Stephen Simpson said.
Just before lunch yesterday, police responded to a complaint about another trespasser on the set. The man, who had recently flown in from
Eonline.comLindsay Lohan could have used a little bit of that Love Bug magic Tuesday.
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Lohan, 19, was behind the wheel of her black Mercedes-Benz convertible when it struck a maroon Chevrolet Astro Van shortly before
Victoria Recano, a reporter for The Insider and Entertainment Tonight, was working on a story in the area and witnessed the accident. She said that Lohan was "driving really fast" when her car collided with the other vehicle.
Lohan and her passenger, whom Recano identified as the actress' assistant, initially appeared to be unharmed and ducked into a nearby antiques store, apparently to avoid paparazzi and TV cameras, Recano said. However, according to the sheriff's department, Lohan and her passenger were later taken by ambulance to an unnamed hospital for treatment of "minor injuries." The unidentified driver of the van, meanwhile, was rushed to the hospital with "moderate injuries."
The sheriff's department is investigating the accident. A spokesman could not say whether any charges would be filed, but said that "alcohol does not appear to be a factor." There was no immediate comment Tuesday evening from the actress' publicist.
Per the incident report, the van driver had been traveling north on
News footage of the scene showed Lohan's Mercedes nearly totaled, with both airbags deployed. The Astro Van was also seriously dinged up.
Javier Ramirez, an employee at the Hideaway House antiques shop, said Lohan and her passenger darted into his store following the accident. "She was very upset," Ramirez told the Associated Press. "She kept saying, 'Oh my God. Oh my God. I can't believe it.' "
According to Recano, Lohan and her companion had been walking near power lunch spot The Ivy shortly before the crash and had been mobbed by a phalanx of photographers. But Recano said none of the two dozen paparazzi at the restaurant appeared to be chasing the actress at the time of the crash.
This is Lohan's third traffic accident in the past year.
On May 31, she suffered minor injuries after a paparazzo intentionally rammed her car, according to police. The incident left Lohan "shaken up and extremely upset," her publicist said in a statement.
Photographer Galo Ramirez was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and released on $35,000 bail. He is awaiting trial.
And in February, Lohan was sued by two
That suit is pending.
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Friday a Southland lawmaker's bill to penalize paparazzi when they engage in assaultive behavior in pursuit of a photograph.
"This bill hits the paparazzi where it hurts -- the wallet," said Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez, D-San Fernando. "Money is their motivation. So taking away their money will be the solution."
Through AB 381, a photographer engaging in a dangerous pursuit can now be held liable for assault and subject to civil damages, in addition to losing any proceeds from the photo or recording, according to Montanez's office.
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