Tag: PAPARAZZI

Today's high-profile celebrities may have perfected the art of avoiding paparazzi on the streets of Beverly Hills, but they might want to turn their attention skyward, as well. That's because celebrity photo agency Splash News is developing a camera-equipped drone aircraft to track the rich and famous from above. "It would strike fear in the hearts of every celebrity having a birthday party," ...

On iPhone 4 drop day, half of the free world was waiting for their 'magical' device from Apple. Some, it appears, waited longer than others, and 'Arrested Development' star Jason Bateman reportedly cut in line (or was ushered through it, depending on the report). Fanboys cried foul, and Bateman has acknowledged the wrongdoing and asked for forgiveness. A few days ago, the actor blamed the ...

Here's something that's guaranteed to spawn a few lawsuits: OK Magazine's Celeb Spotter iPhone app. That's right. The Mark David Chapmans of the world now have a new, high-tech way to make famous people call the police. As The Next Web's Martin Bryant reports, the British gossip mag's app uses the iPhone's location-based technology to provide users with a list of known celebrity hangouts, ...

Perhaps it's this type of automation that Lady Gaga is talking about when she sings of obsessive adoration. Ken Rinaldo, Ohio State University teacher and artist, has taken the persistence of a paparazzo and teamed it with the unflagging devotion of a robot, making a moving, wheeling, and turning cameraman. A few Paparazzi Bots appeared at the Winter Olympics as commissioned pieces of art by ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/09/22/billionaires-yacht-blasts-lasers-at-spying-paparazzi/'; The world's largest, costliest, and most private yacht, owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, has two heli-pads, a missile defense system, two swimming pools (one doubling as a dance floor), and six-foot wide cinema screens in all 26 of the guest bedrooms. Oh, and to keep out prying ...

A lot of people live for celebrity gossip. Pictures and videos of embarrassing celeb antics are among the most popular forms of entertainment on the planet. Fans of everything famous tend not to care about the lengths paparazzi go to get such juicy photos just as long as there's something for the masses to feast on. We just have one question -- how would those people feel if it was happening to ...

The Internet seems to be overrun with three types of sites: porn, technology, and celebrity gossip pages. The question on many minds -- according to an article in Forbes -- is how long can the Internet sustain an ecosystem where there are enough celebrity gossip pages for every star to have at least three or four dedicated exclusively to them. According to Internet tracker Hitwise, the number ...