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Pippa Laughing Off Gungate: Pal

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:04:28 CDT

Her Royal Hotness is still chuckling about a pal who pointed a gun at paparazzi pursuing their car in Paris, reports the Daily Beast . Pippa Middleton thought it was "very funny," says friend Marcy de Soultrait. "We are funny people, it's what we do," he adds. Everyone in the car...

Russell Brand Arrested

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:01:07 CDT

Russell Brand is a wanted man no more: He turned himself into New Orleans police today to face charges that he grabbed a paparazzo's iPhone and threw it through a window, reports the Times-Picayune . The misdemeanor warrant for simple criminal damage to property was issued last night, TMZ reports. Brand...

Photogs Mistake 'Blondie,' 66, for Lindsay Lohan

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:51:19 CST

Photographers clamored around Debbie Harry on Sunday as she left the Mercer Hotel, not because they are huge fans of her band Blondie, but because they believed the 66-year-old was actually Lindsay Lohan, age 25 . A picture snapped of a platinum-haired Harry wearing aviator sunglasses does look startlingly similar to...

Rowling: Reporter Put Note in Daughter's School Bag

John Johnson — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:14:06 CST

The media ethics panel set up in Britain in the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal is getting an earful today from some high-profile witnesses: JK Rowling: The Harry Potter author complained that a journalist once slipped a note into her 5-year-old daughter's school bag requesting...

Snitching Pays in South Korea

Mark Russell — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:28:32 CDT

Crime really does pay in South Korea—at least it does for anyone within lens-range of the criminal. Government rewards and ubiquitous technology have turned Korea into a nation of snitches—or paparazzi, as they are sarcastically called locally—with people able to earn a good living reporting on their...

Inside the $3B 'Gossip Machine'

Mark Russell — Sun, 22 May 2011 07:09:27 CDT

The behemoth gossip industry relentlessly ferrets out any and all scurrilous details about celebrities, churning out "rivers of cash" that amount to about $3 billion a year, and often tossing privacy laws by the wayside, reports the New York Times in a lengthy look. And thanks in part to the...

Russell Brand Arrest: Paparazzi Shooting Up Katy Perry's Skirt

John Johnson — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:48:42 CDT

Russell Brand is free on bail today on charges of simple battery after he allegedly roughed up members of the paparazzi at LAX airport. The reason? He told cops upon his arrest that photographers were trying to shoot up fiancée Katy Perry's skirt, reports TMZ . Katy herself confirms the line...

The Tabloid Pic Stalling Wills' Engagement

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:08:00 CDT

For all you rabid royal-watchers wondering why Prince William didn’t announce his engagement to Kate Middleton last week like Tina Brown said he would , she's got the story behind the delay over at the Daily Beast . Turns out Wills and Kate are having a bit of a tiff about a...

Sean Penn Must Get Anger Management

John Johnson — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:40:22 CDT

Sean Penn will undergo 36 hours of anger management and then live in peace and harmony with the paparazzi. That's the plan, anyway, after he copped a plea for roughing up a photographer last year, reports People . He also gets 3 years of probation and 300 hours of community service,...