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LA Lawmaker Targets Paparazzi
LA Lawmaker Targets Paparazzi
Feb 2, 2008 6:09 AM CST

LA Lawmaker Targets Paparazzi

Spears mayhem prompts call for 'personal safety zone' for celebs

(Newser) - A Los Angeles councilman is pushing for a "personal safety zone" for celebs after a 12-cop police escort—cost to the city, $25,000—was needed to get Britney Spears past paparazzi to a hospital this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. Councilman Dennis Zine said camera-toting hoards present...

Kin, Cops' Secret 'Drill' Got Brit to Psych Ward

Careful plan between parents and police cost LA $25,000

(Newser) - Family arrangements with police to get troubled pop star Britney Spears into UCLA Medical Center for an enforced 72-hour psychiatric evaluation yesterday unfolded with almost military precision, reports the Los Angeles Times. Spears' parents, convinced their daughter is suffering from serious mental health problems, had been talking to LA police...

Brangelina Snooper Busted
Brangelina Snooper Busted
Jan 31, 2008 4:15 AM CST

Brangelina Snooper Busted

Housekeeper calls cops on paparazzo looking for Pitt's house

(Newser) - A man calling himself a freelance reporter was arrested outside Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Hollywood Hills home yesterday, reports E! News. The pair weren't home at the time, but their housekeeper called the cops after noticing a car blocking their driveway and a man asking people which house belonged...

Britney's Antics Fuel Tabloid Economy
Britney's Antics Fuel Tabloid Economy
Jan 29, 2008 11:57 AM CST

Britney's Antics Fuel Tabloid Economy

One-woman train wreck drives demand for gossip, photos, security

(Newser) - Whether she's flouncing out of a courthouse or wigging out on hospital staffers, pop star Britney Spears and her antics are creating their own celebrity media economy, the AP reports. For OK! magazine, the "Spears industry" helped double revenue in 2007 to $51 million. "We're on constant Britney...

Therapists Want End to Britney Diagnoses

Identifying mental illness through media inaccurate, dangerous

(Newser) - The media loves to publish experts' diagnoses of Britney Spears, but assessing a patient's mental condition from gossip columns is irresponsible—and it's giving therapists a bad rep, concluded some professionals at an American Psychoanalytic Association summit. "Brains don't have a checkbox," one analyst told the AP, but...

Judge Rules Britney Still Can't See Kids
Judge Rules Britney Still Can't See Kids
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Jan 14, 2008 8:50 PM CST

Judge Rules Britney Still Can't See Kids

Troubled pop tart skips hearing; K-Fed gets custody 'indefinitely'

(Newser) - Britney Spears won't regain the right to see her kids anytime soon, a judge ruled late today after she missed a custody hearing, People reports. Ex-husband Kevin Federline's lawyer refused to characterize the ruling against restoring visitation as a victory; he said K-Fed hopes "he will be able to...

Photographer Sues Pierce Brosnan
Photographer Sues Pierce Brosnan
Dec 12, 2007 7:18 AM CST

Photographer Sues Pierce Brosnan

Freelancer's complaint alleges "totally unprovoked attack"

(Newser) - A freelance photographer is suing Pierce Brosnan for assault, battery and negligence, claiming the actor “suddenly and without warning” attacked him in an October altercation, E! News reports. The complaint charges the confrontation in a Malibu parking lot caused “severe physical and emotional pain and injuries, including bruised...

Beatle's Wife Furious Over Paul's New Girl

Tryst caught on film enrages McCartney's soon-to-be-ex

(Newser) - When paparazzi caught Paul McCartney smooching millionaire heiress Nancy Shevell last weekend in the Hamptons, Heather Mills told the press her soon-to-be-ex-husband could do whatever he wanted. But in a private call, she let the former Beatle have it, a friend told the Mirror. "Heather demanded to know what...

US Surf Champ Scuffles With Israeli Paparazzi

Dude detained in row as photogs snap super model gal pal

(Newser) - A camera-shy Florida surfing champ with super model in tow was detained and released following a row with photographers in Israel, reports AP. Eight-time world champion Kelly Slater was spotted outside a hotel near Tel Aviv with model Bar Refaeli; when photogs started snapping, Slater pushed them, police said. A...

Inquest Sees Pics of Dying Diana
Inquest Sees Pics of Dying Diana
Oct 11, 2007 1:29 PM CDT

Inquest Sees Pics of Dying Diana

Coroner says chilling photos won't go public

(Newser) - As one attorney blasted paparazzi for having "no compunction about taking photos of the victims," police showed an inquest jury those same images of Princess Diana as she lay dying inside her crumpled car. The coroner ruled that the photos, many of them close-ups of the wounded princess,...

Judge Orders Britney Booked
Judge Orders Britney Booked
Oct 10, 2007 9:57 AM CDT

Judge Orders Britney Booked

Fingerprints, mugshot ordered before Oct. 25 hit-and-run trial

(Newser) - An LA judge yesterday ordered police to book Britney Spears before her Oct. 25 trial on charges that she smashed into a parked car, inspected her damage, then left the scene as paparazzi filmed away—all sans license. Spears’ lawyer said the beleaguered star will go down to the station...

William Lashes Out at Paparazzi
William Lashes Out at Paparazzi
Oct 6, 2007 1:48 PM CDT

William Lashes Out at Paparazzi

He criticizes high-speed chase just days after Diana inquest begins

(Newser) - Prince William blasted the paparazzi after they "aggressively" pursued him and his girlfriend in a high-speed car chase in the wee hours, the Guardian reports. The chase comes just days after the beginning of an inquest into the death of Princess Diana under similar circumstances. The prince's spokesman called...

'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV
'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV
Sep 23, 2007 4:42 PM CDT

'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV

Zero to 60 gossip site ups ante

(Newser) - TMZ, the celebrity gossip site that specializes in the self-destructive antics of starlets and B-list celebs, is taking its exuberantly trashy act to TV. No surprise: its 9 million unique visitors in June make it the No. 1 entertainment news site. The surprise, Radar says, is that a major media...

Po Po Busts Jude for 'Attack' on Pap

Photog claims that actor called him a pedophile

(Newser) - London police have slapped the cuffs on Jude Law for allegedly attacking a paparazzo near his home yesterday, the Independent reports. The injured photog claims that Jude called him a pedophile before laying hands on him. “You would expect that sort of thing from a yob, not a Hollywood...

Zut Alors! Sarko Blasts Photogs on US Boat Trip

Jumps on board, demands they stop snapping pics

(Newser) - Clad only in swim trunks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday lashed out at two US news photographers—screaming at them in French to scram—while he was vacationing with his family on a New Hampshire lake. "The president was very agitated, speaking French at a loud volume very rapidly,...

Spears Spewed Death Threats, Paparazzi Say

Pop tart threw baby bottle at photog during Las Vegas brouhaha

(Newser) - Celebrity mom Britney Spears threatened to hire someone to kill two paparazzi during a run-in last week outside a Las Vegas hotel casino, Us magazine reports. In a statement released today through lawyers, the pair says Spears' bodyguard manhandled one of the photographers while the singer pursued the other, screaming,...

Tiger Cub Is Already in the Zone—of Privacy

You're not likely to be seeing Sam Alexis caddying for dad.

(Newser) - When superstar golfer Tiger Woods became a first-time dad earlier this week, the news appeared on his website--absent any specifics about daughter Sam Alexis' height, weight, or time of arrival. It was par for the course for the notoriously private pro and his wife, Elin, who've been hounded by the...

Lindsay Lohan Is The New Britney Spears

Starlet can't stop partying even when it gets ugly

(Newser) - Less than 48 hours after being hit with DUI charges, Lindsay Lohan went on a paparazzi-documented bender. The "Mean Girls" star and recent rehab patient stumbled out of an LA nightclub at 4:30 AM, nearly collapsed, and was helped into the back of her car. Paparazzi snapped pictures...

Lohan Arrested in DUI After Hitting Curb

Recently rehabbed starlet hospitalized with injuries

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan had a run-in with a curb on Sunset Boulevard early this morning, leading to hospitalization for apparently minor injuries and an arrest for possible DUI.  Cocaine was found on one of the two passengers in her convertible, the AP reports.

Paris Gets Prison Break
Paris Gets
Prison Break
May 17, 2007 10:50 AM CDT

Paris Gets Prison Break

Sentence halved; sheriff books heiress room in 'special' unit

(Newser) - Before even setting foot in jail, Paris Hilton is already getting time off for good behavior. The celebutante will serve only 23 days of her 45-day sentence, and she'll spend it in a "special needs housing unit"—a sort of Hilton behind bars—reserved for high-profile inmates, the...

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