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PrintableRaze said: haven't read any of the responses, but let's keep in mind that this lunatic calls up the paparazzi to follow her when she's serving her mother with papers telling her to leave her alone and when she decides to go swimming in the ocean alongside a highway in her underpants
 Rumours. There's never been any firm evidence that she calls them and the paps have been known to print text messages they get from celebrities. However,that Osama dude she's been hanging with used to call them unfortunately. | |
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purplesweat said: Raze said: haven't read any of the responses, but let's keep in mind that this lunatic calls up the paparazzi to follow her when she's serving her mother with papers telling her to leave her alone and when she decides to go swimming in the ocean alongside a highway in her underpants
Rumours. There's never been any firm evidence that she calls them and the paps have been known to print text messages they get from celebrities. However,that Osama dude she's been hanging with used to call them unfortunately. awww, that's cute  "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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lastdecember said: Well its a whole new world, so please lets NOT compare the crazes of the past with the shit going on in the last few days. With the advent of the net, TMZ,PEREZ HILTON, and youtube, there is no way anyone can compare things like Prince or the Jacksons dodging photogs back then with the way the business of getting a photo goes now, its just on a whole new level. I guarantee if Madonna was married to Sean Penn now in these times, and she was in her height fame wise, Sean would be killing a fotog a day. I have no sympathy for these cats because i have seen them push people down for a photo, ive seen them knock down people into the street to get footage for their fucking youtube site. So im not excusing Britney or any other celeb who is losing their mind, but the only reason you keep hearing about Britney or Whinehouse or Lohan is because its BIG BUSINESS, do you know how much a shot of Britney goes for? its really sad that this is where we have gone, this is why i despise the places that technology has gone. So i really could care less when i hear a foto guy got his ass beat down by george clooney or tom hanks, i fucking laugh my ass off when that happens. Pictures at events are one thing, but jumping in someones face as they get into their car, im sorry, in this day and age, you are lucky you arent shot at.
Excellent post. I completely agree 
I remember about a month ago or so paparazzi follwed Julia Roberts and her two small twins to pre-school/kindergarten, onto the private grounds. After she got the children inside safely, she MOWED one of those bastards down the street, and forced him to stop. She got out of her car and read him for daring to come to a place where children are,endangering their safety. Oddly, most of the posters comments criticized HER for driving so recklessly just to stop him, but I actually UNDERSRAND why she was so furious someone was invading her babies' space. Having peoplelurking in the bushes while you're a little kid playing with your friends in a sandbox? Or coloring or playing hopscotch? That's just creepy and socially unacceptable  | |
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Raze said: purplesweat said: Rumours. There's never been any firm evidence that she calls them and the paps have been known to print text messages they get from celebrities. However,that Osama dude she's been hanging with used to call them unfortunately. awww, that's cute  | |
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Britney Spears is a media whore.She likes playing these silly cat-and-mouse games with the paparrazzi.I don't know why so many of you are acting like she's a poor "victim" who is always being chased by an aggressive media.She's the one creating this wild circus and she's not doing anything to stop it!
Like I've said repeatedly...she needs to get OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT for awhile! If she truly didn't want the paparrazzi following her every move,she would leave Tinseltown altogether.She should go live on a quiet farm somewhere,far away from the craziness of Hollywood/Los Angeles. | |
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2Jay said: The commentary I heard on CNN was right on the money. If they keep on chasing down celebrities for the sake of a few bucks, somebody's going to get injured or possibly killed. It showed images of Britney's car being surrounded and swarmed by paparazzi. I was thinking: "Go ahead Britney. Run 'em over." Do you think she enjoys it? Why do tabloids so lust after celebrities during times of tragedy? Just like the Heath Ledger deal. Nobody's making investigative articles in Us Weekly about the death of a soldier in Iraq. There's not a four-part story on MSNBC about a hometown soldier who was killed in a land mine attack, leaving 2 dead and 6 wounded.
What the fuck is the matter with this country?
[Edited 2/7/08 2:24am] agreed. and they are dictating all of ther mental state and no one will believe the celeb. I feel really sorry for britney. and she needs to get all them folks out of her life. nipsy | |
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truefunksoldier said: An easy paparazzi restraint is for her to move to Kentucky or Kansas or somewhere other than LA or NYC.
Exactly! Hollywood/Los Angeles is TABLOID CITY.It's a crazy,hectic place for a celebrity to live,which is why many famous people eventually move elsewhere.Hell,even in his 80s heyday,Prince remained in "boring" Minnesota,which was smart.He was able to stay focused on his art. | |
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SoulAlive said: Britney Spears is a media whore.She likes playing these silly cat-and-mouse games with the paparrazzi.I don't know why so many of you are acting like she's a poor "victim" who is always being chased by an aggressive media.She's the one creating this wild circus and she's not doing anything to stop it!
Like I've said repeatedly...she needs to get OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT for awhile! If she truly didn't want the paparrazzi following her every move,she would leave Tinseltown altogether.She should go live on a quiet farm somewhere,far away from the craziness of Hollywood/Los Angeles. Yeah but if you think thats just how they act for her than im sorry, you are really missing it. Do you think if Britney went to live on a farm there wouldnt be fotogs disguised as Cows to get a picture? I mean im not excusing her behavior in court or with her kids, but tell TMZ and PEREZ HILTON, "hey just stop following her" and see what they say? They would laugh and say, "thats our business to follow her". There is a very fine line and the fotogs always cross it. Like i said if its a premiere or award show, or some event, i say take a million pictures, but if someone like a julia roberts or kate beckinsale is dropping her kids of at school and you are hiding in bushes and jump out to get pictures to post on TMZ and Perez, than sorry, i have no sympathy when you get beat down, or get the finger or read the riot act. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: SoulAlive said: Britney Spears is a media whore.She likes playing these silly cat-and-mouse games with the paparrazzi.I don't know why so many of you are acting like she's a poor "victim" who is always being chased by an aggressive media.She's the one creating this wild circus and she's not doing anything to stop it!
Like I've said repeatedly...she needs to get OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT for awhile! If she truly didn't want the paparrazzi following her every move,she would leave Tinseltown altogether.She should go live on a quiet farm somewhere,far away from the craziness of Hollywood/Los Angeles. Yeah but if you think thats just how they act for her than im sorry, you are really missing it. Do you think if Britney went to live on a farm there wouldnt be fotogs disguised as Cows to get a picture? I mean im not excusing her behavior in court or with her kids, but tell TMZ and PEREZ HILTON, "hey just stop following her" and see what they say? They would laugh and say, "thats our business to follow her". There is a very fine line and the fotogs always cross it. Like i said if its a premiere or award show, or some event, i say take a million pictures, but if someone like a julia roberts or kate beckinsale is dropping her kids of at school and you are hiding in bushes and jump out to get pictures to post on TMZ and Perez, than sorry, i have no sympathy when you get beat down, or get the finger or read the riot act. They will follow her no matter where she goes. | |
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lastdecember said: SoulAlive said: Britney Spears is a media whore.She likes playing these silly cat-and-mouse games with the paparrazzi.I don't know why so many of you are acting like she's a poor "victim" who is always being chased by an aggressive media.She's the one creating this wild circus and she's not doing anything to stop it!
Like I've said repeatedly...she needs to get OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT for awhile! If she truly didn't want the paparrazzi following her every move,she would leave Tinseltown altogether.She should go live on a quiet farm somewhere,far away from the craziness of Hollywood/Los Angeles. Yeah but if you think thats just how they act for her than im sorry, you are really missing it. Do you think if Britney went to live on a farm there wouldnt be fotogs disguised as Cows to get a picture? I mean im not excusing her behavior in court or with her kids, but tell TMZ and PEREZ HILTON, "hey just stop following her" and see what they say? They would laugh and say, "thats our business to follow her". There is a very fine line and the fotogs always cross it. Like i said if its a premiere or award show, or some event, i say take a million pictures, but if someone like a julia roberts or kate beckinsale is dropping her kids of at school and you are hiding in bushes and jump out to get pictures to post on TMZ and Perez, than sorry, i have no sympathy when you get beat down, or get the finger or read the riot act. I still think she could live a quieter life if she were to move to a big farm somewhere,far away from the West Coast.Janet Jackson lives in Atlanta and she's able to move around freely,without the papparazzi following her every move.I don't see HER every move in the tabloids. Plus,Britney creates this wild circus.She goes to L.A. nightclubs with no underwear on....getting out of vehicles with her legs open,knowing damn well that the paparaazi is gonna be right there with cameras! She's a desperate media whore. | |
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If laws weren’t changed after Princess Di’s death I don’t see them changing anytime soon. It takes a few deaths and a direct link to the cause for the government to even consider about passing certain laws let alone enforcing them.
It does seem that fewer and fewer people find this behavior bizarre or unacceptable, proof to me that humanity is in its last days. As for Britney, there’s no way I could live like that. There's not enough glamour and excess in Cali for me to put up with that lifestyle. I would completely remove myself from Hollywood and try to live as ‘normal’ as possible but I fear it may be too late for her. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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purplesweat said: Raze said: haven't read any of the responses, but let's keep in mind that this lunatic calls up the paparazzi to follow her when she's serving her mother with papers telling her to leave her alone and when she decides to go swimming in the ocean alongside a highway in her underpants
Rumours. There's never been any firm evidence that she calls them and the paps have been known to print text messages they get from celebrities. However,that Osama dude she's been hanging with used to call them unfortunately. Bullshit. Look, there is one hilarious video of her out there that pretty much sums it ALL up. It's 3 AM. A gas station. Britney drives up with Carla, her assistant. The photogs are ALREADY THERE (because the bitch has tipped them off). She gets out, walks calmly into the ladies washroom, smiling to the paps all the while. Locks the door. Carla stands guard outside. Suddenly, Britney starts having a loud business conversation (about rehearsal bookings) on her cell phone in the tiny washroom. It can be heard on the pap videos. Then Carla goes in for a brief minute, and the two exit a few minutes later (after Britney finished doing some coke, I'm sure). They exit calmly, proceed to her car, and drive off. Bitch alerted the paps. Bitch also didn't need to even enter the gas station in the first place for a fucking PHONE conversation she could have had in her car or anywhere else that was private. [Edited 2/8/08 7:25am] | |
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JackieBlue said: If laws weren’t changed after Princess Di’s death I don’t see them changing anytime soon. It takes a few deaths and a direct link to the cause for the government to even consider about passing certain laws let alone enforcing them.
It does seem that fewer and fewer people find this behavior bizarre or unacceptable, proof to me that humanity is in its last days. As for Britney, there’s no way I could live like that. There's not enough glamour and excess in Cali for me to put up with that lifestyle. I would completely remove myself from Hollywood and try to live as ‘normal’ as possible but I fear it may be too late for her. It's easy to disappear if you actually want to. Many celebs do it. I am so tired of people making excuses for this chick when the majority she brings on herself. [Edited 2/8/08 7:38am] | |
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Shitney Spears is a drug addicted woman with personal problems.
Her behavior has nothing to do with photogs and everything to do with her horrible mother and our even more messed up culture. We need to kill this nonsense about abusive photographers. People can't actually be that damn clueless. I guess it's the fault of photogs when these drunk morons crash their cars after deciding to floor it to their dealer's place. These photographers only do what they're allowed to do or are PAID to do. | |
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VoicesCarry said: JackieBlue said: If laws weren’t changed after Princess Di’s death I don’t see them changing anytime soon. It takes a few deaths and a direct link to the cause for the government to even consider about passing certain laws let alone enforcing them.
It does seem that fewer and fewer people find this behavior bizarre or unacceptable, proof to me that humanity is in its last days. As for Britney, there’s no way I could live like that. There's not enough glamour and excess in Cali for me to put up with that lifestyle. I would completely remove myself from Hollywood and try to live as ‘normal’ as possible but I fear it may be too late for her. It's easy to disappear if you actually want to. Many celebs do it. I am so tired of people making excuses for this chick when the majority she brings on herself. [Edited 2/8/08 7:38am] You see this always gets spun into people "defending" Britney, and thats not it, no one is defending her behavior, treatment of her kids, and respsonsibilty in life. The thing is that people are living in this fantasy world thinking that Britney is the only one they do this too. Ive been working this last week helping out in at Fashion Week, and they are fotogs everywhere which is legit because its an event, than i see them chasing people to their car, or hiding behind things to get them coming out of their car, or jump out when they are getting in their cars, sorry but that is crossing the line. Events, shows,signings are one thing but if you are following people to their cars, hiding in bushes, bothering them while they are walking with their families, or on vactions or when they take out the trash, that is just PLAIN STALKING and if they werent fotogs with a magazine or tmz or perez fucking hilton, they would be in jail. Just last night i saw two fotogs get into a fist fight after one pushed the other to the ground trying to get a picture of Sophia Bush walking to her car in NYC. Now if people can excuse that and stalking its beyond me. Its big money for PEREZ HILTON and TMZ and Youtube, they get thousands and thousands for a shot of someone just throwing out their garbage. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: VoicesCarry said: It's easy to disappear if you actually want to. Many celebs do it. I am so tired of people making excuses for this chick when the majority she brings on herself. [Edited 2/8/08 7:38am] You see this always gets spun into people "defending" Britney, and thats not it, no one is defending her behavior, treatment of her kids, and respsonsibilty in life. The thing is that people are living in this fantasy world thinking that Britney is the only one they do this too. Ive been working this last week helping out in at Fashion Week, and they are fotogs everywhere which is legit because its an event, than i see them chasing people to their car, or hiding behind things to get them coming out of their car, or jump out when they are getting in their cars, sorry but that is crossing the line. Events, shows,signings are one thing but if you are following people to their cars, hiding in bushes, bothering them while they are walking with their families, or on vactions or when they take out the trash, that is just PLAIN STALKING and if they werent fotogs with a magazine or tmz or perez fucking hilton, they would be in jail. Just last night i saw two fotogs get into a fist fight after one pushed the other to the ground trying to get a picture of Sophia Bush walking to her car in NYC. Now if people can excuse that and stalking its beyond me. Its big money for PEREZ HILTON and TMZ and Youtube, they get thousands and thousands for a shot of someone just throwing out their garbage. That's a fashion show. If you don't want attention, I say don't go (shockingly enough). Look, there are a lot of big name celebs who never show up in Us Weekly. If you don't whore yourself out, you won't get this sort of treatment. It's a give and take process, and the celebs (those who want the attention) and the paps feed off of each other. Britney doesn't do legit promo and she knows the only promo she has left is her life, so it's all out there. This does get spun into a Britney defense since you hear shit like "poor Britney" or "why don't they just leave her alone?", as if she's not the one who is courting their attention. She reaps what she sows. [Edited 2/8/08 8:40am] | |
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Dance said: Shitney Spears is a drug addicted woman with personal problems.
Her behavior has nothing to do with photogs and everything to do with her horrible mother and our even more messed up culture. We need to kill this nonsense about abusive photographers. People can't actually be that damn clueless. I guess it's the fault of photogs when these drunk morons crash their cars after deciding to floor it to their dealer's place. These photographers only do what they're allowed to do or are PAID to do. There again you are missing the point. Its not excusing her, she needs a reality check, no one is excusing drunk driving for anyone, Nicole Richie did 82 minutes for DUI she should have done 82 years, i have no sympathy for that but if they cant put Lil Wayne in jail for carrying 11 guns and cocaine while driving then what do you expect. If you think these fotogs arent abusive then you really are living in a dream world, sorry but you are. As i said if this is an awards show, and event a talk show, whatever than hey take photos. But if you are following or hiding in bsuhes to jump out when i get out of my car going to a 7-11, than dont complain about getting beat down by a celeb. TMZ and Perez employ people that do nothing but attack and hide and stalk, plain and simple. Thats not an excuse for some dumb socialite driving the wrong direction or how she treats her kids, so lets stop that "fox news" type spin. Following and stalking is against the law, period, jumping out of bushes, chasing people to their car, sorry i cant excuse that behavior. So do we think its right, jumping out from behind a car while Julia Roberts or Kate Beckinsale is taking their kids to school? thats ok? thats not stalking or unsafe in todays world? "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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VoicesCarry said: lastdecember said: You see this always gets spun into people "defending" Britney, and thats not it, no one is defending her behavior, treatment of her kids, and respsonsibilty in life. The thing is that people are living in this fantasy world thinking that Britney is the only one they do this too. Ive been working this last week helping out in at Fashion Week, and they are fotogs everywhere which is legit because its an event, than i see them chasing people to their car, or hiding behind things to get them coming out of their car, or jump out when they are getting in their cars, sorry but that is crossing the line. Events, shows,signings are one thing but if you are following people to their cars, hiding in bushes, bothering them while they are walking with their families, or on vactions or when they take out the trash, that is just PLAIN STALKING and if they werent fotogs with a magazine or tmz or perez fucking hilton, they would be in jail. Just last night i saw two fotogs get into a fist fight after one pushed the other to the ground trying to get a picture of Sophia Bush walking to her car in NYC. Now if people can excuse that and stalking its beyond me. Its big money for PEREZ HILTON and TMZ and Youtube, they get thousands and thousands for a shot of someone just throwing out their garbage. That's a fashion show. If you don't want attention, I say don't go (shockingly enough). Look, there are a lot of big name celebs who never show up in Us Weekly. If you don't whore yourself out, you won't get this sort of treatment. It's a give and take process, and the celebs (those who want the attention) and the paps feed off of each other. Britney doesn't do legit promo and she knows the only promo she has left is her life, so it's all out there. This does get spun into a Britney defense since you hear shit like "poor Britney" or "why don't they just leave her alone?", as if she's not the one who is courting their attention. She reaps what she sows. [Edited 2/8/08 8:40am] Once again youre missing it, you wanna take pictures at the event, go for it thats what the event is for, but if you are chasing them into their cars, or knocking people down to get a shot of someone getting in or out of their car, or hiding to get a shot as they get to their car, than, sorry that is beyond your job. The celebs GIVE you plenty of shots at the events and red carpets etc...theres no need to chase them down in their car or hide out, that would be TAKING. So this has nothing to do with Britney, everyone thinks that they only act that way for her, but witness it first hand and you will see a totally different thing. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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I don’t know why we need to see their every move anyway. Why do we need to see Mariah shopping? Halle Berry in Duane Reade? Britney pumping gas? Madonna jogging? Basic everyday functions… why must they be photographed and sold for a million dollars? Why does the public care? Sure, it’s nice to see your fave celeb from time to time but really it makes my day no different having not seen that photo or footage. We didn’t have this type of accessibility 20 years ago and we somehow all survived without it. They voyeur culture is out of control and the people who provide it are as guilty as the people who support it. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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JackieBlue said: I don’t know why we need to see their every move anyway. Why do we need to see Mariah shopping? Halle Berry in Duane Reade? Britney pumping gas? Madonna jogging? Basic everyday functions… why must they be photographed and sold for a million dollars? Why does the public care? Sure, it’s nice to see your fave celeb from time to time but really it makes my day no different having not seen that photo or footage. We didn’t have this type of accessibility 20 years ago and we somehow all survived without it. They voyeur culture is out of control and the people who provide it are as guilty as the people who support it.
Very true its all big business. This crap what have never happend in the 80's because all you had was the National Enquirer or Star, now you have online blogs, celeb pic websites, tmz, perez hilton, you tube, who all get paid TONS of money for a shot of Halle Berry buying medication because shes pregnant. Im sorry but someone followed her, Halle didnt call up and say "Hey im at the doctor come take shots of me". That is stalking. If its an event, than take all the shots you want, if im taking my kids to school or going to the doctor, or puming gas or going to the 7-11 you are stalking me, and yes it is illegal. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: If you think these fotogs...
They PAY the photogs to follow them. They live in and frequent places where they know the photogs hang out waiting for a celeb to take pics of. These people PAY to have pics taken of their children. They are that messed up as human beings. There are popular athletes, A-list actors, musicians, and personalities that don't have tons of pics floating around, why is that? It's because they CHOOSE not to be one of those people. This is all a part of the industry. People use it when they need it. Right around the time a record or movie drops a lot of these people have pics floating around of them doing something crazy, or walking around with a new fake S/O, or there are a bunch of beach spottings or some crap. Some just use it for that purpose while others practically build a whole career on it. Others love the attention. There are people who make sure they live out in the middle of nowhere and who stay away from certain scenes. Others if they do want to bother with that make sure they go to private parties and clubs that will give them privacy. Some don't even live in this country. Some people with kids are some how able to make sure no one takes pictures of them despite the so-called stalkerazzi hunting down celebrity kids. | |
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lastdecember said: JackieBlue said: I don’t know why we need to see their every move anyway. Why do we need to see Mariah shopping? Halle Berry in Duane Reade? Britney pumping gas? Madonna jogging? Basic everyday functions… why must they be photographed and sold for a million dollars? Why does the public care? Sure, it’s nice to see your fave celeb from time to time but really it makes my day no different having not seen that photo or footage. We didn’t have this type of accessibility 20 years ago and we somehow all survived without it. They voyeur culture is out of control and the people who provide it are as guilty as the people who support it.
Very true its all big business. This crap what have never happend in the 80's because all you had was the National Enquirer or Star, now you have online blogs, celeb pic websites, tmz, perez hilton, you tube, who all get paid TONS of money for a shot of Halle Berry buying medication because shes pregnant. Im sorry but someone followed her, Halle didnt call up and say "Hey im at the doctor come take shots of me". That is stalking. If its an event, than take all the shots you want, if im taking my kids to school or going to the doctor, or puming gas or going to the 7-11 you are stalking me, and yes it is illegal. I remember seeing a pic of Halle and her guy walking to the doctor and I thought it was just so invasive. The same as those pics of JFK, Jr and Darryl Hannah arguing in the park. Granted, it’s was the son of a U.S. President and a Hollywood starlet in NYC but it was such a painful intimate moment between them. I felt guilty seeing them and again it was incredibly intrusive, the editorial that followed didn’t help any either. I would hate to live a life where everything I did no matter how basic or simple would be filmed or have me followed. I would hate to think that I’m ‘getting away from it all’ and go to an island and just happened to walk out on veranda or stand at the window in my birthday suit to enjoy the beauty of a sunrise/sunset and find the pic splashed all over the paper in addition to comments that I may have gained weight or what have you. They say you give up your privacy when you become an entertainer and I do believe you give up some of it but when I’m not working and I’m doing simple things like taking care of my children, vacationing or shopping for fruit—not hot designer shoes at a high end store—fruit at friggin’ Whole Foods I should have privacy, IMHO. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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Here's my take on celebrity:
I love music. Live it, breathe it, sleep it, tap it out on my desk all day much to the annoyance of my colleagues. I find the imagery, iconography fascinating. I want to see the people who make it, read about them etc etc. HOWEVER I want to read interviews, I want to see live performances, I want to read their autobiographies, see their photo shoots, find out what equipment they use, how they set their rig up for recording blah blah blah I do NOT want to know who what they argued about with their wife last night, what empty wrappers were found in their trash, what amount of flab they have hanging over their swimming trunks as they stand on a beach on holiday trying to get a break. In other words: Their JOB is interesting, their art and how it is made. Their PERSONAL life is just that: PERSONAL. NONE OF MY BUSINESS! And please, I never ever ever want to see a photo of a famous woman getting out of a car with her knickers/ vagina showing. If I want to see a vagina I will buy a porno mag, if I buy a newspaper I WANT NEWS FOR FUCK'S SAKE! And no more "ooh look at this close up of a star and see the REAL them - they have wrinkles! On their FACE! AND EVERYTHING!" Fuck. Off. Please. This is not an exit | |
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JackieBlue said: lastdecember said: Very true its all big business. This crap what have never happend in the 80's because all you had was the National Enquirer or Star, now you have online blogs, celeb pic websites, tmz, perez hilton, you tube, who all get paid TONS of money for a shot of Halle Berry buying medication because shes pregnant. Im sorry but someone followed her, Halle didnt call up and say "Hey im at the doctor come take shots of me". That is stalking. If its an event, than take all the shots you want, if im taking my kids to school or going to the doctor, or puming gas or going to the 7-11 you are stalking me, and yes it is illegal. I remember seeing a pic of Halle and her guy walking to the doctor and I thought it was just so invasive. The same as those pics of JFK, Jr and Darryl Hannah arguing in the park. Granted, it’s was the son of a U.S. President and a Hollywood starlet in NYC but it was such a painful intimate moment between them. I felt guilty seeing them and again it was incredibly intrusive, the editorial that followed didn’t help any either. I would hate to live a life where everything I did no matter how basic or simple would be filmed or have me followed. I would hate to think that I’m ‘getting away from it all’ and go to an island and just happened to walk out on veranda or stand at the window in my birthday suit to enjoy the beauty of a sunrise/sunset and find the pic splashed all over the paper in addition to comments that I may have gained weight or what have you. They say you give up your privacy when you become an entertainer and I do believe you give up some of it but when I’m not working and I’m doing simple things like taking care of my children, vacationing or shopping for fruit—not hot designer shoes at a high end store—fruit at friggin’ Whole Foods I should have privacy, IMHO. No i totally agree. I just feel there is still that line, that shouldnt be crossed mainly because its not safe, and i always wondered why EVERYONE has a bodyguard, and numerous ones, mainly fear of people jumping out of bushes, i mean who knows who could be jumping out, especially after murders of people like Selena,Rebecca Shaffer,Versace etc...Plenty of celebs have restraining orders against stalker fans, so you cant blame them for getting scared when someone is crawling up the side of their house for a picture of them doing the lawn. The whole idea of celebs is, i dont wanna know about their lives, i could care less who they sleep with, go on a vacation with, when they have their kids and what the kids look like, where they buy their fruit, where they pump gas, etc...I just want to see them as CELEBS at their parties,events,shows,concerts etc looking hot, thats why they are celebs. Off topic sort of, the worst example ever of this fotog craze, was when Freddie Mercury of Queen had AIDS and was dieing, for that last 6 months or so he could not leave his house, because people were camped out looking for him and to get a picture of him, dieing basically. About 3 months before he died Freddie went out for a walk ON HIS GROUNDS, and a fotog got a picture of him by climbing a tree over his fence, and sold the photo to people magazine. People published the photo a week after Freddie died, it showed Freddie looking gaunt, and barely weighing 70-80 pounds, it was so disturbing. Sorry i cant ever see how anyone can excuse that kind of stalking and invasion. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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rocknrolldave said: Here's my take on celebrity:
I love music. Live it, breathe it, sleep it, tap it out on my desk all day much to the annoyance of my colleagues. I find the imagery, iconography fascinating. I want to see the people who make it, read about them etc etc. HOWEVER I want to read interviews, I want to see live performances, I want to read their autobiographies, see their photo shoots, find out what equipment they use, how they set their rig up for recording blah blah blah I do NOT want to know who what they argued about with their wife last night, what empty wrappers were found in their trash, what amount of flab they have hanging over their swimming trunks as they stand on a beach on holiday trying to get a break. In other words: Their JOB is interesting, their art and how it is made. Their PERSONAL life is just that: PERSONAL. NONE OF MY BUSINESS! And please, I never ever ever want to see a photo of a famous woman getting out of a car with her knickers/ vagina showing. If I want to see a vagina I will buy a porno mag, if I buy a newspaper I WANT NEWS FOR FUCK'S SAKE! And no more "ooh look at this close up of a star and see the REAL them - they have wrinkles! On their FACE! AND EVERYTHING!" Fuck. Off. Please.  Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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rocknrolldave said: Here's my take on celebrity:
I love music. Live it, breathe it, sleep it, tap it out on my desk all day much to the annoyance of my colleagues. I find the imagery, iconography fascinating. I want to see the people who make it, read about them etc etc. HOWEVER I want to read interviews, I want to see live performances, I want to read their autobiographies, see their photo shoots, find out what equipment they use, how they set their rig up for recording blah blah blah I do NOT want to know who what they argued about with their wife last night, what empty wrappers were found in their trash, what amount of flab they have hanging over their swimming trunks as they stand on a beach on holiday trying to get a break. In other words: Their JOB is interesting, their art and how it is made. Their PERSONAL life is just that: PERSONAL. NONE OF MY BUSINESS! And please, I never ever ever want to see a photo of a famous woman getting out of a car with her knickers/ vagina showing. If I want to see a vagina I will buy a porno mag, if I buy a newspaper I WANT NEWS FOR FUCK'S SAKE! And no more "ooh look at this close up of a star and see the REAL them - they have wrinkles! On their FACE! AND EVERYTHING!" Fuck. Off. Please. Praise the lord, that sums it up!! "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: rocknrolldave said: Here's my take on celebrity:
I love music. Live it, breathe it, sleep it, tap it out on my desk all day much to the annoyance of my colleagues. I find the imagery, iconography fascinating. I want to see the people who make it, read about them etc etc. HOWEVER I want to read interviews, I want to see live performances, I want to read their autobiographies, see their photo shoots, find out what equipment they use, how they set their rig up for recording blah blah blah I do NOT want to know who what they argued about with their wife last night, what empty wrappers were found in their trash, what amount of flab they have hanging over their swimming trunks as they stand on a beach on holiday trying to get a break. In other words: Their JOB is interesting, their art and how it is made. Their PERSONAL life is just that: PERSONAL. NONE OF MY BUSINESS! And please, I never ever ever want to see a photo of a famous woman getting out of a car with her knickers/ vagina showing. If I want to see a vagina I will buy a porno mag, if I buy a newspaper I WANT NEWS FOR FUCK'S SAKE! And no more "ooh look at this close up of a star and see the REAL them - they have wrinkles! On their FACE! AND EVERYTHING!" Fuck. Off. Please. Praise the lord, that sums it up!! For real. | |
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Ottensen said: Even scarier are the posts that people leave at these places, doing everything from people asking for more video to calling the celebrities every vile name in the book to wishing for them to die
 . Oh! I thought they do that only to Michael Jackson... as I don't read the other artists pages.... But I agree! Paps are the scumbags of the earth, with no conscience whatsoever! I don't understand why there aren't any laws to prevent behaviour like this! It's disgusting! lastdecember said: its really sad that this is where we have gone, this is why i despise the places that technology has gone. So i really could care less when i hear a foto guy got his ass beat down by george clooney or tom hanks, i fucking laugh my ass off when that happens. Pictures at events are one thing, but jumping in someones face as they get into their car, im sorry, in this day and age, you are lucky you arent shot at.
Applauds! Totally agree with what you say! But that said, which is my opinion on paps in general, I also agree with: estelle81 said: Why was she driving around aimlessly right after leaving the psych ward? She was barely out for 5 hours when this video was shot. She should have had her ass at home. I don't agree with the paparazzis constantly following her, but she doesn't make it very easy on herself or very hard for them. Why does she even own a house...or houses? She's almost always checking into hotels. Paying a mortgage on two houses that you barely stay in and then dropping thousands of dollars on a hotel suite almost every night is just fucking retarded. She doesn't try to avoid these people, so I don't feel sorry for her. Plus, after being in a mental hospital for a week, I don't believe this little adventure has anything to do with her 'mental illness', because I'm pretty sure that they managed to regulate her meds in the time she was there, so, what people saw yesterday is her in a most likely clear state of thinking.
Instead of this girl driving to the courthouse, dropping to her knees, and begging a judge to allow her to see her sons for any amount of time he chooses to give her, this selfish twat goes to a hotel so that she can meet up with her paparazzo boyfriend. Stop feeling sorry for her and feel sorry for her family who have to deal with a person who can't or doesn't want to get their shit together. The only ones who are really suffering in all this are those two precious little boys. There are soo many women who do this to their kids everyday and I'm sure many of them aren't suffering from any mental illness. It just makes me sick and angry. Those kids don't deserve to be dragged through this crap. She can't even straighten her life out for her own kids without being force to do so. Disgusting. ... very well said... I also can't bring myself to feel sorry for her... she somewhat brings it all on herself! But I do think that the media should just leave her the fuck alone! | |
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Ottensen said: I do too actually. What these people are "covering" isn't news. It's harrassment.
Exactly. It is sick and it should be banned. "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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JustErin said: mattj said: Bit of advice Britney....If you want to avoid Paparazzi use a back door, don't drive out the front and make yourself a target
Good advice...for someone that is not mentally ill. lol. She started it calling them herself in the beginnings Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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