92y: Paparazzi outside Michael Douglas’ apartment building in Manhattan / Photo Credit: Jezebel Gawker Media’s Jezebel.com recently assigned a writer to trail a paparazzo for a day in Manhattan. The intent was to offer their readers “a behind-the-scenes look at the juggernaut of today’s ‘celebrity’ industry.” If you haven’t read it, we recommend you do; the report was oddly fascinating and endlessly interesting. For even more involved discussion on celebrity, Remy Stern, Editor-in-Chief of Gawker.com, author Elizabeth Currid-Halkett (Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity) and Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales will be at 92YTribeca on November 11 to really delve into the topic. They’ll begin with the questions: “What exactly is celebrity and how does it function? Why do we care about some people more than others?”If you have any questions for the panelists, reblog or reply with your answer, and we’ll forward them along for consideration during the Q&A!   [Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity] 

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Paparazzi outside Michael Douglas’ apartment building in Manhattan / Photo Credit: Jezebel

Gawker Media’s Jezebel.com recently assigned a writer to trail a paparazzo for a day in Manhattan. The intent was to offer their readers “a behind-the-scenes look at the juggernaut of today’s ‘celebrity’ industry.” If you haven’t read it, we recommend you do; the report was oddly fascinating and endlessly interesting.

For even more involved discussion on celebrity, Remy Stern, Editor-in-Chief of Gawker.com, author Elizabeth Currid-Halkett (Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity) and Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales will be at 92YTribeca on November 11 to really delve into the topic. They’ll begin with the questions: “What exactly is celebrity and how does it function? Why do we care about some people more than others?”

If you have any questions for the panelists, reblog or reply with your answer, and we’ll forward them along for consideration during the Q&A!  

[Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity] 

High-res “Smash His Camera” - Documentary tonight on HBO - Trailer here   The photographer Ron Galella wasn’t popular with some celebrities: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (above with Mr. Galella) obtained a restraining order against him; Marlon Brando punched him, breaking his jaw; Richard Burton’s bodyguards beat him up. And yet Mr. Galella’s images are considered among the most representative of the modern era. This documentary from Leon Gast (“When We Were Kings”) turns the lens on the man who liked to call himself a paparazzo superstar. - NYTimes 

“Smash His Camera” - Documentary tonight on HBO - Trailer here 

 The photographer Ron Galella wasn’t popular with some celebrities: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (above with Mr. Galella) obtained a restraining order against him; Marlon Brando punched him, breaking his jaw; Richard Burton’s bodyguards beat him up. And yet Mr. Galella’s images are considered among the most representative of the modern era. This documentary from Leon Gast (“When We Were Kings”) turns the lens on the man who liked to call himself a paparazzo superstar. - NYTimes