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What might have been a joyous homecoming two weeks ago for actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger and their three-day-old baby girl turned ugly when Baldwin confronted and struck Alan Zanger, who had staked out their Woodland Hills, California, home in a van with one-way glass. Baldwin faces a Nov. 16 hearing on assault charges...
...Baldwin was able to make light of his set-to on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last week, but it does raise a serious question: Are the stars becoming more testy, or have the paparazzi become provocateurs? Says ER's George Clooney, one of their newest targets: "I'm perfectly willing to take my hits if I'm caught doing something stupid. The problem is that some of these guys aren't professional videographers; they're a bunch of kids with videocams who try and force you into a confrontation. They'll push and yell volatile things like...
...stars feel the aggressiveness is reaching a new level. "I never had a problem with photographers before this situation," says Baldwin, who asserts it was fear for his child's safety that set him off. "I said, 'You want to shoot me or my wife, that's one thing. I will not let you videotape my kid.'" What happened at Baldwin's home is still a matter of dispute. The actor says that after he repeatedly asked Zanger to leave, the photographer refused and again raised his video camera, and Baldwin went to knock it away. Says Zanger, "He punched...
...ALEC BALDWIN, THE SWINGER...
...years to come, when Ireland Eliesse Basinger-Baldwin grows up, her daddy will laugh when he tells the story of the day she was brought home from the hospital and he lost his temper with a free-lance videographer who was trying to capture the moment. But for now things are a little sour. Alan Zanger claims ALEC BALDWIN punched him in the face and knocked him over. Recounted Zanger: "He said, 'You got what you deserved.'" The police--not entirely trusting, perhaps, of this version of events--had Zanger put Baldwin under citizen's arrest before they would book...