I think there’s an unwritten rule not to blog while being wasted and barely conscious. Well, I say fuck that! I’m gonna do it anyway, because I’m punk like that! And because these asshats are starting to seriously piss me off.

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Journalists in Namibia covering the birth of the new messiah, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, are being subjected to harrassment, intimidation and threats. One journalist who was suspected of leaking the scoop that Angelina had given birth has been followed by a local heavy for days. She noticed a man hanging around her house, following her everywhere, so she went to the police. On her return to her house the man knocked on her door, introducing himself with the chilling phrase, “I am not a psychopath or a killer, but…”, before telling the stringer that he’d been hired to scare her: give her “a taste of her own medicine”. What’s even more galling is that the journalist was entirely innocent of being the leak. That award goes to an enterprising American female reporter who managed to check into the Cottage Medi-Clinic in Swakopmund, and shagged one of the doctors in order to get the scoop.

Whoa! I had no idea Paris Hilton was moonlighting as a reporter in Namibia.

[Source: Popbitch]

Well, according to the paparazzo, she most definitely did.

See, what was sold to us as a “Lohan-esque” paparazzi chase may actually be nothing more than a failed slow motion mouse hunt:

Scarlett Johansson’s claims of getting caught up in a traffic accident while trying to escape the paparazzi have been challenged by a photographer who witnessed the crash. […]

[Mario] Toruno, who saw the accident unfold as he sat at stoplights nearby, says: “When she was driving in to the parking lot, she was going very, very slow - maybe about 15 miles per hour - and she started veering to the left.

“It was almost like when you drop something on the car floor and you try to pick it up. Or she could’ve been busy talking with the two friends she had in her car. I couldn’t see what was going on inside of the car, but from the outside I could see that she wasn’t at all being chased when she hit the other lady’s car. […]

“I’m guessing that because she veered to the left, she was unable to see the other car - the only other vehicle at the parking lot entrance at that time - from her blindside. That’s when she slowly slammed into the other car. […]

“I’m sure Disneyland has video cameras at its entrance to prove that this is what happened. To be honest, we’d have been happier snapping pictures of Scarlett on the rides with her friends.

I hate it when good-hearted, non-stalking paparazzo are disappointed. C’mon you guys, there will be other Disneyland field trips. Promise.

Now wipe away those tears.

[image via just jared]

I have to say, for a restaurant that’s famous for catering to the famous, KOI is pretty bad at showing their appreciation to those who helped make them famous:

About a dozen photographers clustered on the sidewalk near the restaurant’s bamboo-shrouded entrance and called out greetings and niceties to their subjects as the stars exited their Hummers and Range Rovers.

“Hey Paris, welcome back, Paris,” one called out to Hilton, who had recently returned from a month abroad. “Over the shoulder, Paris. Hey, that’s nice.”

Most nights the dance runs smoothly between paparazzi, celebrities and restaurant management.

But on Friday, restaurant managers decided things were getting out of hand, though it is unclear exactly what incident led to their decision to call police.

Just before police arrived, a handful of photographers had sprinted to the alley when someone tipped them off that Lohan was exiting through the back exit. As two friends tried to shield Lohan and a bodyguard shined a flashlight into camera lenses, the paparazzi clustered around Lohan, snapping frantically.

The police arrived moments later.

When Barton made her exit into the alleyway, the officers wouldn’t allow photographers close enough to snap any photos.

Moments later they came out front, issued a warning to the paparazzi, requested identification and took down everyone’s personal information.

Chacon said he and his partner, Michael Tilden, had watched a videotape inside the restaurant that indicated that some photographers were acting improperly. He would not elaborate.

But the photographers said they were doing nothing wrong.

“You might want to talk to your staff before talking to us,” one paparazzo said to restaurant manager Pultera as the officers copied down his personal information. “Half of your customers call us, that’s the catch.”

AWW SNAP! Homey got called out by a paparazzo.

Who knew Jamie Kennedy was right all along. Malibu IS da Hood, yo!

A photographer was shot in the leg with a BB gun outside a home where he believed Britney Spears was attending a bridal shower Saturday evening, authorities said.

It was unclear who fired the BB as the photographer was staking out the event at the Malibu home, sheriff’s Lt. Steve Smith said. He said firefighters bandaged the man’s leg and he went to a hospital. […]

The photographer, identified as Brad Diaz, was about 200 yards from the home outside the home’s long driveway when he was hit, Smith said. He was one of about 10 photographers standing in the street.

Rough stuff.