Word: paparazzi
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With the advent of the 1992 Olympics and the ensuing waves of athletes, delegates, and other official paparazzi, Barcelona--or its electronic image, at least--is now at the focal point of world concern. The city that El Caudillo--Francisco Franco--kept drab and grey until he (finally) died has been entirely re-tailored for the critical electronic eye. Word has it, in fact, that the Barcelonese spent close to $10 billion on their nothing-but-enormous urban renovation program...
Parretti pins his latest woes on his being looked upon as an outsider and an Italian. Such bellyaching doesn't wash with Hollywood veterans, many of whom were on hand at last week's paparazzi-and-stars dinner in Parretti's honor by the National Council on the Aging. Parretti won the group's recognition after dining with council chairman Daniel Thursz and wondering aloud what the highest donations tended to be. "Oh, a few hundred thousand, I guess," remarked Thursz casually. A day later, Parretti promised the charity $500,000 -- to be paid in five installments...
...like the burned-out ends of cheap cigars stepped quickly in front of me, offered his hand to the maestro and requested an autograph. I was completely overwhelmed; a mere three and a half feet tall, I was hardly a match (in fact, I'm still not) for aggressive paparazzi...
...back, and judging from the hordes of paparazzi trailing chimplike behind her at Cannes, there's a breathless public somewhere waiting for her next film. Now maybe they'll finally release her 1986 epic, Brenda Starr...
...years she was reported to be mulling beguiling projects (on the lives of St. Teresa of Avila, Eleanora Duse, Dorian Gray) from eminent auteurs (Max Ophuls, Salvador Dali, Orson Welles). Eventually, the vacation became permanent, and Garbo's only pictures were those snapped on the fly by avid paparazzi. Now the camera was not a lover but a predator. Still, her withdrawal was a good and gracious career move. By refusing to make a comeback film, or star on a nighttime soap, or do a dentures commercial, Garbo kept her image and achievement indelible. She became the discreet curator...