The most scandalous moments in the lives of stars caught by the paparazzi. Stars in all their ugliness: the most scandalous paparazzi pictures
It is difficult for Hollywood celebrities to hide from the “all-seeing eye” of the paparazzi. We bring to your attention fresh photographs of stars in everyday life.
Photographers caught the handsome guy Channing Tatum as he left his hotel in New York.
Movie star “Macho and Geek”, dressed in a warm sweatshirt, jeans and a baseball cap, decided to end his day with a walk through the busy and frosty streets of the Big Apple. Well, we'll keep him company.
But Heidi Klum went to the 2014 Grammys pre-party in West Hollywood on Thursday night.
The party was hosted by an airline company and many celebrities were invited. The 40-year-old supermodel and part-time mother dressed in black leather and could not go unnoticed.
Grateful fans, who noted the special sexiness of her outfit, waylaid Heidi at the Chateau Marmont hotel.
Rita Ora, which is in at the moment most of spending time in Los Angeles, I was also tempted to come to Chateau Marmont.
Rita was hard to miss: she wore a super short gold dress with white accents, which she wore on her way to her car.
Weekdays Angelina Jolie take place on the set. Paparazzi captured her while working on a new project “Unbroken” , which is currently filming in Queensland, Australia.
The Changeling star relished her directorial duties and the opportunity to film some picturesque scenes on the Gold Coast.
Demi Lovato And Selena Gomez had lunch together at a restaurant Craig's Restaurant in West Hollywood. The girls greeted each other warmly, and Demi showed off long pink hair. How do you like the changes in her image?
Hilary Duff is fully engaged professional activity. Paparazzi photographed her as she parked her Porche and headed to the recording studio.
And this is the third time this week.
Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness vacationing in snowy New York.
On Friday they climbed the Empire State Building to celebrate Australia Day. Married couple sufficiently insulated: Hugh put on a burgundy shirt, over which he threw a long black coat, and Deborra smiling happily from under a black hat.
To stay in attractive shape, Hollywood stars have to spend a lot of time in the gym.
Photographers caught it Reese Witherspoon in Los Angeles as she left a fitness club after an intense workout. It is worth noting that the actress looked fresh and attractive even after physical exertion.
But Madonna, surrounded by a crowd of accompanying people, was photographed by paparazzi at JFK Airport in New York.
The pop icon did a strange thing: she boarded the first available flight to Los Angeles. And the singer also gave eyewitnesses a golden smile, in the literal sense of the word... Gold teeth?!
Elizabeth Hurley caught the attention of photographers as she left her home in London. Even for a shopping trip, Liz still carefully selects her wardrobe. Fans waiting for her on the street appreciated the combination of a leopard-print fur vest and a purple scarf.
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Drugs, infidelity, fights, nudity - yes, all this attracts the attention of the paparazzi, who make fortunes from scandalous and unusual photographs stars We remembered the famous shots that made the world horrified or surprised.
Britney Spears failures
In 2007, Britney, who went into isolation, pushed into the background all articles about the death of model Anna-Nicole Smith. A few days before this photo was taken, Britney tried to go to a clinic for the treatment of alcoholism, but, without spending a day in the hospital, she returned to Los Angeles, went to the Tarzana salon and demanded to cut her hair, and after refusing I took the clippers and shaved myself. Further readings different sources They differ: some claim that Britney was calm and confident in what she was doing, and the tmz.com portal, for example, claimed that Britney was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. However, looking at this photo, we are inclined to believe in the second version.
A year earlier, paparazzi caught Britney almost dropping her eight-month-old son, Sean Preston. The boy was picked up by the singer's bodyguard. Then these shots spread across the tabloids, but the gossips did not yet know what awaited them in a year...
The way Britney treated her young children gave many people pause. Here's another scandalous shot of Spears driving a car with a baby on her lap.
The last photo of Princess Diana
The paparazzi followed Lady Di until the last minutes of her life. According to the main version, the cause of Diana’s death in a car accident was precisely the pursuit of photographers, from whom the driver was trying to break away. As we can see, the paparazzi’s desire to photograph Diana with her boyfriend Dodi al-Fayed was truly insane. In the controversial photo, bodyguard Trevor Rhys-Jones, the only survivor of the accident, tries to shield himself from the lens, while Diana tries to hide in the back seat.
Michael Jackson dangles his son from the balcony
While some celebrities are hiding from the paparazzi, others are happy to add wood to the fire. In 2002, Michael Jackson surprised even seasoned photographers by throwing his nine-month-old son, Prince Michael Jackson II, over the railing of a Berlin hotel balcony so that the crowd could get a closer look at the baby. At the same time, the artist held the child with one hand, holding the second scarf on the baby’s face.
Cheating on Kristen Stewart
On the set of the film “Snow White and the Huntsman” in 2012, Kristen Stewart had a secret affair with married director Rupert Sandres, which, thanks to the efforts of the paparazzi, quickly became apparent. The footage, of course, instantly fell into the hands of Robert Pattinson, whom Kristen was then planning to marry. The deceived groom packed up his things and called off the engagement, despite the pleas and repentance of Stewart, whose personal life is still calm.
Duchess Catherine nude
In September 2012, nude photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge graced the cover of the French magazine Closer. The photo, by the way, does not depict anything criminal: Crown Prince William and his young wife Kate are sunbathing all alone near the pool in a private chateau in the south of France. The Duchess took the liberty of taking off her swimsuit top and rubbing sunscreen on her husband's back. Despite the routine nature of the episode, the pictures caused a stir around the world, and the reigning Queen Elizabeth II expressed her embarrassment.
Madonna, Sting and Tupac Shakur at the same table
Nothing scandalous or provocative, but the shot is really rare! The stars, who have so little in common, met at a party and chatted while they were photographed by surprised photographers.
The last shots of Steve Jobs
Founder Apple Steve Jobs died at age 56 after long treatment for cancer. For almost a year after his tumor was discovered in 2003, Jobs refused surgery, trying to be treated with veganism, acupuncture, herbs and even hypnosis. The programmer later regretted his decision and nevertheless turned to surgeons, but Jobs’ condition was rapidly deteriorating... The latest photographs of Jobs, exhausted by the disease, shocked fans.
John Lennon gives an autograph to his killer
On December 8, 1980, Lennon was shot and killed in his front yard in New York by fan Mark Chapman. A few hours earlier, Champion asked the Beatle for an autograph when Lennon and Yoko Ono left the house to go to the studio. Among the fans waiting for the musician at the entrance was photographer Paul Goresh, who took the famous photo. Chapman then waited several hours for Lennon and Ono to return home and shot the musician.
Kate Moss uses cocaine
The cocaine scandal of 2005, when paparazzi caught Kate using it, would have cost the career of any other model, but not Moss: she again went to rehab and triumphantly returned to business two years later.
Chasing a star: a win-win lottery
Ten years ago, there were at most a dozen paparazzi operating throughout Los Angeles. Today there are more than four hundred and fifty of them!
“The word “paparazzi” has long lost its former meaning,” says Daniel Angeli, nicknamed the “king of the paparazzi.”
When Angeli started, he and his colleagues were eager to learn and expose the truth. Today's California sensation hunters don't care too much about the truth. They simply stand guard in front of celebrities' houses, choosing the right moment to pull the trigger.
The new generation of paparazzi is called “stalkerazzi” (from the English stalker - hunter, catcher). But today they are being stepped on their heels by even more stubborn and greedy “colleagues” - amateur photographers.
“I often get photos of celebrities taken by lucky tourists,” admits Francois Navard, founder of X17, one of the first paparazzi agencies in Los Angeles. “A lifeguard on the beach, a bus driver, a simple tramp - anyone can try their luck.”
“In Hollywood today, anyone can become a paparazzi,” says Jean-Michel Psaila, president and CEO of the Abaka Press agency. “Even fifteen-year-old teenagers who decided to earn some extra pocket money!” Modern photographers take in quantity: among many pictures, sometimes there is only one that allows you to hit a huge jackpot. It's a lottery, a new gold rush. And, of course, things cannot happen without brawls.
Racing for survival
Hollywood roads are sometimes completely anarchic, no matter how hard the police try. There are also accidents caused by the paparazzi (although they insist that “Britney and Paris don’t know how to drive themselves”)!
The stars are protesting against lawlessness and trying to fight crazy photographers, convicting them of violating traffic rules.
Reese Witherspoon willingly testified about the "criminal behavior" of paparazzi while driving.
George Clooney was once riding a motorcycle with his latest girlfriend, Sarah Larson, and deliberately pulled over to the side of the road to tell his pursuers: “You can go anywhere and take pictures of me however you want, but at least don’t endanger people!”
The stars' agents, for their part, are demanding a law be passed that would protect their clients from dangerous races a la Lady Di in Paris.
In the meantime, the law is not on the side of celebrities, they are trying to defend themselves. For example, Nicole Kidman's bodyguards can beat up paparazzi who get too close. Julia Roberts, infuriated by some photographer waiting outside her children's school, reprimanded him decisively. And Eva Longoria once appeared in public wearing a T-shirt with the inscription: “I want more privacy” (“I want more personal space”).
Kate Moss found out what Californian paparazzi are like when she arrived at Los Angeles airport with her daughter Lila Grace: the chaos was such that the police had to intervene.
Celebrities going through mourning, such as Michelle Williams, are not spared. ex-girlfriend the late Heath Ledger, or Angelina Jolie, who lost her mother in January of this year. “It’s just that photos like these are of interest to readers of celebrity magazines,” one of the paparazzi justifies.
Symbiosis
Some celebrities have already come to terms with the existence of paparazzi. Gwyneth Paltrow, according to her, no longer pays attention to them. And Kate Bosworth regrets that she cannot keep her personal life a secret, but admits that “it is a price that must be paid.”
There is an opinion that the stars themselves manipulate the paparazzi. Indeed, when a celebrity needs promotion, she does everything to get into the camera. Tom Cruise, for example, has perfected this technique: before the release of each new Cruise film, he can be found in all popular restaurants where photographers are traditionally on duty. When the goal is achieved, the actor again “goes underground.”
Some people even make a career thanks to stalkerazzi: what would Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie or Lindsay Lohan become without the participation of the tabloids? These girls, by the way, smile in front of the lens much more often than frown, not forgetting to cover themselves with their purses from time to time in order to maintain the image of a tired star pursued by the paparazzi.
In sorrow and in joy
Sometimes stars themselves inform the paparazzi about their movements. “We are in direct contact with many celebrities,” confirms François Navarre. Sometimes the paparazzi even happens to play the role of a bodyguard. A French photographer who followed Kate Moss in Paris once helped her fight off a group of youths who showed excessive aggressiveness. In gratitude, Kate allowed him to take a few photos. But when in Amsterdam the model finally got tired of camera flashes, she asked: “Please, I would like to spend this evening alone with my loved one.” But what would happen to Kate if there were no paparazzi at all? She does not give interviews, and without street photographs she would never have developed the image of a fashion icon that attracts famous brands.
All these “photographed to death” girls, like Kate and Paris, know very well that “that same handbag” that they are holding was given to them only to draw attention to the thing. “This is business, there is nothing shameful here,” explains the press attache of one of the leading fashion houses. “Photographers just have to press the shutter so that everyone rushes to get themselves “that same handbag.”
The human passion for voyeurism has made the work of photographers extremely profitable business. We present the ten most expensive frames in the entire history of the scandalous photography craft. Prices are given at US dollar exchange rates as of November 2007...
The photo report uses materials from SIM magazine... $230,000 per shot with Freddie Mercury!
In 1990, the paparazzi began a real hunt for the already deeply ill Freddie Mercury. The singer publicly admitted that he had AIDS only the day before his death, but rumors appeared long before that. The musician practically did not leave the house. However, the paparazzi still managed to catch Freddie, exhausted by illness, in the company of British rock star Harry Glitter at lunch in one of the most elite restaurants in London.
Attack of Britney - $250,000
On February 21, 2007, in front of the house of her ex-husband Kevin Federline, a shaved head Britney Spears with an umbrella in her hand attacked the car of a paparazzi nicknamed Danny Boy from the X17 agency. 
This largest paparazzi center in Los Angeles (about 100 employees) specializes only in spying on Britney. Day and night, two or three jeeps with gloomy, silent Latinos follow the star on his heels. 
The author of the photographs, in addition to the $250,000 fee, earned another $40,000 from the sale of his jeep, scratched by the singer. 
Kate Moss Snorting Cocaine - $300,000!
In October 2005, the British edition of The Daily Mirror published photographs of model Kate Moss snorting cocaine with her friend Pete Doherty. As a result, Chanel and Burberry immediately broke their contracts with Kate. 
The model was forced to repeatedly make excuses, apologize and undergo drug addiction treatment. And the paparazzi hit a great jackpot for scandalous photographs - $300,000! 
"Penthouse" became disgraced - $500,000 in favor of the paparazzi...
The entire circulation of the issue, where photographs of our sporty sexy Anna Kournikova were published, had to go under the knife... They were sold to the magazine by an amateur paparazzi from St. Louis, a certain Frank, who managed to film several girls taking sunbathing. Frank was convinced that one of them was the elusive Kournikova: firstly, she was looking for privacy, and secondly, the paparazzi... “identified her by the shape of her nipples.” Then he made an excuse that he had never seen Kournikova herself, only a photo where she was wearing a tight-fitting sports T-shirt, treacherously revealing the shape of her natural jewelry. "Penthouse" didn't notice the catch and bought the tapes. But in the photograph of “Kournikova,” Judith Soltis Benetton, the adopted daughter of Italian fashion designer Luciano Benetton, suddenly identified herself. "Penthouse" was shocked, Judith and Kournikova were too, only Frank was happy - he is now a celebrity! This guy lost $500,000 in this embarrassment... 
$1,000,000 for a photo of a baby...
In September 2004, in London, the notorious paparazzo Steve Sands (officially included in the list of 50 Most Disgusting New Yorkers) photographed the daughter of rock musician, Coldplay leader Chris Martin and actress Gwyneth Paltrow. This was the first paparazzi photograph of a star baby in history... 
Subsequently, stars began to request millions in fees for photo shoots of their children - in 2007, couples Brad Pitt - Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise - Katie Holmes did this. To be fair, it should be noted that in one of his interviews, Steve Sands hinted that Gwyneth Paltrow does not do anything for free. 
So, most likely, he shared with her a percentage of the sales of these photographs... $1,000,000 for a photo shoot is, you see, a lot. 
$1,100,000 for a queen's love affair...
In 1982, Princess Caroline of Monaco, after divorcing her husband, French banker and playboy Philippe Junot, began dating athlete Guillermo Vilas, an Argentine tennis genius and the first Latin American to win a Grand Slam tournament. 
Pictures of the couple appeared on the covers of 54 magazines. Until now, successful angles of the princess and the tennis player bring profit to these magazines - the pictures are in constant demand at online auctions. $1,100,000 for a photo - do you think this is an absolute record? Alas, no... 
Jacqueline Onassis, naked - $1,200,000
For a photograph of a nude Jacqueline Onassis, the famous paparazzi of the 70s, Ron Galella, received $ 1,200,000. In 1970, disguised as a Mexican gardener, wearing a sombrero and mustache and hiding the camera in a wheelbarrow with turf, Galella made his way to a carefully guarded island - the private property of Onassis and took a famous topless photo of Jacqueline. 
$1,400,000 - fighting king...
On the evening of August 15, 1958, Italian photographer Tazio Secchiaroli was strolling through a fashionable quarter of Rome, where he came across the Egyptian King Farouk, rocking the company of two beauties at an outdoor table at the Cafe de Paris. He photographed the crowned playboy who overturned the table and attacked him with his fists and went down in history as the founder of the genre - it was Secchiaroli who became the prototype of that same Signor Paparazzi from the famous Fellini film “La Dolce Vita.” $1,400,000 - and that's not the limit... 
$1,500,000 - the death of model Anna Nicole Smith...
That time the paparazzi had a blast... 
The last photo was published by all the world's more or less decent publications... 
A video of the Playboy star undergoing artificial respiration and cardiac massage was purchased by Splash News & Picture Agency for $1,500,000... 
Where does this price come from? But because the footage was obtained just a few hours after her death... 
And he bought photographs of Anna Nicole in a bag for transporting corpses for a rounder sum and did not hesitate to publish the American tabloid National Enquirer, in which she wrote a column during her lifetime. Another $1,500,000... Anna Nicole would be flattered... 
Princess Diana was valued at $6,000,000... When in 1997 the paparazzi chasing Princess Diana's car were blamed for the death of Lady Di, they considered it a monstrous absurdity: "It's as if children killed a nursing mother!" 
They recalled that just a few months ago, for a series of photographs of the princess and her new friend Dodi al-Fayed on a yacht in Saint-Tropez (the first evidence of an affair), colleagues managed to earn $6 million... 
This is the largest fee in more than a century of photography history. And this is the most expensive photograph in her history... 
This week the world lost a sensation: the “king of the paparazzi,” as he is called in Europe, Pascal Rosteing, said that newspapers are preparing to publish evidence of a love affair between US President Barack Obama and pop diva Beyoncé. The news was picked up by the European media, and journalists around the world were rubbing their hands in anticipation. But the bomb didn't go off. The very next day, Rosten took back his words, saying that he was just joking.
What consequences could the photographs compromising Obama have had if the newspapers had published them? It is obvious that if Rosten’s words were true, US Democrats would have suffered severe reputational losses, and who knows how they would have affected the presidential elections in 2016. More recently, French President Francois Hollande found himself at the center of a scandal and public outrage. Thanks to the pictures of the lucky paparazzi all The world learned that Hollande was cheating on the first lady with actress Julie Gaye.
Now the paparazzi are not just trying to catch show business stars by surprise, they are influencing politics, careers and the lives of celebrities and even representatives of the ruling royal dynasties. Medialeaks has collected photographs of the “kings” of the industry that have become legendary.
1. Lady Di's loneliness
February 11, 1992. The photographer photographed Princess Diana alone at the “temple of love” - the Indian Taj Mahal. This was the moment when Lady Diana realized the power of the paparazzi and decided to collaborate with them: their photographs could show the world what was going on in her soul. Many interpreted the message of this photograph as follows: “Look, I’m alone. My husband doesn't love me."
According to one version, the death of the Princess of Wales in a car accident in Paris was precisely the fault of an annoying paparazzi: he wanted to take a photo, and Diana tried to hide from him. But in 2008, the court found that the princess died as a result of homicide by negligence due to the drunk driver of her car.
2. Mother and child
May 18, 2006. Pop star Britney Spears nearly dropped her baby Sean Preston Federline as she walked to her car. The boy was saved by the singer’s bodyguard, who quickly responded to what was happening.
In her free hand, Spears holds an alcoholic drink.
This photo triggered a wave of public indignation in America; activists began to demand that the singer be deprived of her parental rights. In 2006, she divorced her husband Kevin Federline, and a difficult period began in her life: she shaves her head, constantly appears in public drunk and makes scandals. In 2007, the Los Angeles Federal Court awarded custody of the children to the father.
3. The President's Secret Love
January, 2014. The French magazine Closer is published with a “bomb” on the cover: President Francois Hollande has a love affair with actress Julie Gayet and is cheating on his common-law wife Valerie Trierweiler. The "First Lady" of France is hospitalized with a nervous breakdown.
Closer writes that the president uses a secret apartment in the west of Paris to meet with his lover. Hollande came to Gaia on a motorcycle, and his face was covered with a helmet, the paparazzi demonstrates.
After the publication of the note, Hollande threatens to sue the magazine, but in the end, on January 25, he officially announced his break with Trierweiler.
4. Shortly before the tragedy
1960s, the author of the photo is the “king of the paparazzi” of America, Ron Galella. The photograph shows director Roman Polanski and his wife, American actress Sharon Tate. A few years later, being 8 months pregnant, she would be brutally murdered in own home members of Charles Manson's criminal commune.
The baby was due at the end of August 1969. Sharon and Roman decided that if it was a boy, he would be named Paul Richard - in honor of both grandfathers.
5. Gone with the Wind Jackie
October, 1971. Galella filmed former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis through the window of a taxi in which he was watching for her appearance on the street. The paparazzi himself calls this photo “Jackie Gone with the Wind”; in the world of photographers, she made a real revolution: from now on everyone knew that paparazzi could take stylish, iconic photographs, and not engage in simple “voyeurism.”
“This is my favorite photo of Jackie. There is no makeup, no styling, but she is very glamorous,” Galella said about the photo.
In 1971, Jacqueline was married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. After Kennedy's assassination, she said she wanted to leave the United States.
6. Princess without a swimsuit
September 17, 2012. Pascal Rostaing photographed the half-naked Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton. The royal family is suing Closer magazine and asking prosecutors to look into the breach of privacy.
The pictures were taken at a hotel in the south of France, where Kate and her husband Prince William were vacationing in early September 2012.
7. True Love Story
June, 1962, Italy. Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher ended up being photographed by the paparazzi. The photo confirmed that the most famous woman world captivated Fischer, despite his recent marriage to Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds.
Taylor and Fisher's marriage would last five years. In order to get married, the actress converted to Judaism, since Fischer was Jewish, taking the name Elisheva Rachel.
8. Runaway Bride
August, 1991. American actor Jason Patric and Julia Roberts are heading to Nick and Eddie's for lunch. Despite the fact that the stars are trying to shield themselves from the paparazzi, Ron Galella manages to take a photo of the couple - already in the car. It turns out to be a very funny angle.
At one time in Hollywood, Roberts was called the “runaway bride” - because of her habit of often leaving her boyfriends. This fate did not spare Patrick either. The affair between Roberts and Patrick did not last more than one year - in 1992 the couple broke up.
9. The language of popularity
Another shot by Pascal Rostaing. A photo of supermodel Kate Moss sticking her tongue out was on the cover of one of the books with the most famous photographs of the French paparazzi called Famous.
And here is the cover itself:
10. Happy birthday, Mr. President
May, 1962. This photo for a long time was considered a successful paparazzi photograph that managed to capture a moment of intimacy between Marilyn Monroe and President Kennedy.
But this is not true. In fact, this photo is one of the most famous “fakes” for the paparazzi sensation: the photographer simply took people who looked like Monroe and Kennedy.
Here is a real photo from the evening when Monroe sang the famous “Happy Birthday, Mister President” on Kennedy’s 45th birthday. 
