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'''Paparazzi''' is a plural term ('''paparazzo''' being the singular form<ref name="singular">{{cite web | title=webster.com | work=Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - Definition of paparazzo | url=http://www.webster.com/dictionary/paparazzo | accessdate=20 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="singular2">{{cite web | title=dictionary.reference.com | work=paparazzo - Definitions from Dictionary.com (sources: ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition'', 2000, and ''WordNet 2.0'', Princeton University, 2003) | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paparazzo | accessdate=20 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref>) for ]s who take ]s of ], usually by relentlessly shadowing them in their public and ] activities. Celebrities claiming to have been hounded by such photographers often use "paparazzi" as a ] term<ref name="scum">{{cite web | title=variety.com | work=Red carpet takes on an Oscar sheen | url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=tonys2005&nav=news&content=article&articleID=VR1117924245 | accessdate=20 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref> while news agencies commonly use the word in a broader sense to describe all photographers who take pictures of people of note.<ref name="redcarpet">{{cite web | title=google.com | work=red carpet paparazzi - Google Search | url=http://www.google.com/search?q=red+carpet+paparazzi | accessdate=20 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

==Origin==

The word ''paparazzi'' was popularized after the ] ] film '']''. One of the characters in the film is a news photographer named Signore Paparazzo (played by Walter Santesso). In his book ''Word and Phrase Origins'', author Robert Hendrickson writes that Fellini took the name paparazzi from an ] dialect word for a particularly noisy, buzzing ]. In his school days, Fellini remembered a boy who was nicknamed "Paparazzo" (Mosquito), because of his fast talking and constant movements, a name Fellini later applied to the fictional character in "La Dolce Vita."

==Techniques==
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Technological developments in ]s (such as higher quality ]es and high speed ]s) enable paparazzi to shoot their subjects from afar, and often unseen. Miniaturization allows tiny palm-sized cameras that can effectively engage in ]. Further, ]s and transmission methods allow for rapid distribution of the pictures. They will tend to hide in nearby ] to get a picture of their target.

==Restrictions==
Due to the reputation of paparazzi as an annoyance, some states and countries (particularly within ]) restrict their activities by passing laws and ]s, and by staging events in which paparazzi are specifically allowed to take photographs. In Germany and France photographers need the permission of the people in their photographs.

The presence of paparazzi is not always seen as annoying; the arranger of an event may, in order to make the guests feel important, hire a number of actors who ''pretend'' they are paparazzi (so-called "faux-paparazzi"). This was, for instance, seen at extravaganza events during the ].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

Paparazzi sell their work to dozens of magazines and newspapers that publish such photos for their readers and subscribers, and many paparazzi feel that they are helping celebrities and public figures in general by increasing their visibility. Photographers often earn large sums of ] for a valuable picture.

== Paparazzi in the news ==
Some observers blamed paparazzi for the deaths of ] and ], who were ] in ], ], while being pursued by paparazzi. Although several paparazzi were briefly taken into ], no one was ever ], and the official French ] of the crash concluded that they had not caused the accident, and in fact the cause of the accident was a drugged and drunken driver named ].{{fact|date=March 2007}}

In ], the '']'' of Hong Kong was found guilty of "scandalizing the court", an extremely rare ] that the ] conduct would undermine confidence in the administration of justice.<ref name="WorldLII">{{cite web | title=worldlii.org | work=WorldLII - Wong Yeung Ng v Secretary for Justice ICHRL 12 (9 February 1999) | url=http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ICHRL/1999/12.html | accessdate=20 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The charge was brought after the newspaper had ] abusive articles challenging the ] integrity and accusing it of bias in a ] the paper had instigated over a photo of a ] ]. The paper had also arranged for a "puppy team" to track a ] for 72 hours, to provide the judge with first-hand experience with what paparazzi do.<ref name="ODN">{{cite web | title=uow.edu.au | work=Scandalising the Scumbags: the Secretary for Justice vs the Oriental Press Group | url=http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/journalism/APME/contents11/TimHamlett.pdf | accessdate=20 August | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

'']'' (Style & Design) in 2005 ran a story entitled "Shooting Stars", in which Mel Bouzad, one of the top paparazzi in ] at the time, claimed to have made ]150,000 for a picture of ] and ] in Georgia after their breakup. "If I get ] and her baby," Bouzad claimed, "I'll be able to buy a house in those hills (above ])."<ref name="Time">{{cite web | title=time.com| work=Time: Shooting Stars | url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/style/091305/shooting_stars_paparazz39a.html | accessdate=16 June | accessyear=2006}}</ref> ''Paparazzi'' author Peter Howe told ''Time'' that "celebrities need a higher level of exposure than the rest of us … so it is a two-way street. The celebrities manipulate."

Some have argued that it is the paparazzi who "make" people celebrities, but very often, the celebrities attempt to act as if they hate and fear the paparazzi. Some paparazzi have responded that if a celebrity, who sought out fame in becoming a celebrity, wants privacy, they shouldn't leave their homes.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

The ] network program '']'' used often-confrontational footage of celebrities made by paparazzi.

==Waparazzi==
A new term for amateur photographers at major events was coined in February 2006 by ''Orange'' (]).<ref name="orange">{{cite web | title=orange.co.uk | work=Orange: BAFTAs | url=http://www.orange.co.uk/entertainment/film/baftasWaparazzi.php | accessdate=26 February | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Wrote ''MediaGuardian'', "fans armed with mobile phones were given their very own press pen outside the Odeon Leicester Square. And the name for this new breed of amateur snappers? Why, the ]arazzi, of course."<ref name="guardian">{{cite web | title=mediaguardian.co.uk | work=MediaGarden.co.uk: Media Monkey's Diary | url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1713281,00.html | accessdate=26 February | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

Passers-by or witnesses to news events who take images later used for broadcast have been dubbed ].

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FUCK THE PAPARAZZI!!!!! MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLES!!!! GO FUCK YOURSELVES UP THE FUCKING ASSES YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!! YOU PAPARAZZI CUNTS HAVE NO FUCKING LIVES!!!! EAT SHIT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!!!