Word: paparazzi
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...summer 1999 launch of Talk magazine. The hype-driven, bicoastal venture of Hearst Magazines and Miramax Films began life with a celebrity editor, Tina Brown; with the requisite '90s whiff of "synergy" (articles becoming books becoming movies becoming magazine covers!); and with a party, complete with fireworks and paparazzi, at the feet of the Statue of Liberty. It ended life last week with a whimper, as Brown tearfully broke the news of its closing to her staff, followed by a subdued dinner...
worst music | Michael Jackson It was supposed to be the new, relevant M.J., but Invincible arrived with the same shots at the paparazzi, cheesy rap cameos and creepy children's choirs in the background that marked his decline. Jackson did break some ground, shattering the record for artistic egomania by holding two tribute concerts to himself in September...
...could have happened! Instead, Invincible is a mess, with Jackson calling on rappers, a children's choir and chambers full of strings in a desperate bid to appeal to all his imagined constituencies. The only one served is Jackson, who fills 77 minutes with his hatred of the paparazzi and his love for children. The man is irrelevant until proven otherwise...
...voice and the music. Jackson angrily lashes out at his perennial foes, the media, to the sound of cameras clicking busily away in the background. And, while he does not mention her by name, he pays tribute to the death of Princess Diana while simultaneously attacking the paparazzi for causing her demise...
...outdoor bash promoting Jaguar's new XKR convertible. In glass cages, go-go girls in cat costumes undulate in time to a disco beat. There is an air of anticipation?and it's not for the party's black, 250-km/h centerpiece. Suddenly, amid a mob of paparazzi, two women prance in wearing body-clinging leopard-print dresses. As the crowd shrieks, Kyoko Kano, the elder of the slinky duo, dismisses the dancing girls with a flick of her green contact-lensed eyes. "They're the kittens," she purrs, "and we're the big cats...