Even simple gestures, like Francis’ rejection of the papal palace, went beyond mere symbolism. “The main reason he didn’t want to live there mostly had to do with autonomy,” says a Vatican clergyman who has worked closely with multiple popes. “In the palace, they can control what ge...
Paparazzi stalk her. Tabloids speculate about her. Her purple “makeup” diamond (the Santa Monica jeweler reiterated last month to The Times that it cost $4 million, though other sources say that figure was leaked as a prank to reporters) made People magazine. Her appearance at the 2003 ne...
After all, the most famous paparazzi photo ever taken of Reeves was of him sitting alone on a bench, eating a sandwich out of a plastic bag. Hard to imagine Leonardo DiCaprio doing that. “I’ll sit anywhere you want me to. This okay?” he says, taking a chair and offerin...
At the recent premiere of “The Royal Tenenbaums” at the El Capitan in Hollywood, Hackman dutifully showed up on the red carpet to pose for the paparazzi, but he was a no-show at the post-premiere party held at the old Rudy Vallee estate in the Hollywood Hills. Hackman admits he’s ...
because it slows us down and we’re then less likely to overtake them. Also, it benefits me to show what I really look like, because then there’s no value in tabloid photos of me. People are used to seeing my wrinkles and spots and under-eye circles, so the paparazzi can’...
Which, thanks to the paparazzi and their own Instagrams, we've been fully privy to! Like any famous pair who are fortunate enough to be able to spend a lot of time together, and therefore have become quitevisible, they've already weathered a few bumps in the tabloid road—but they seem...
As luck would have it, shortly before the end of Holdren's presentation, I spotted Garwin heading for the exit, and the paparazzi in me took over. I rushed over to him as he was on the way to the escalator and introduced myself. He told me that he didn't have time to stop and ...
“I know that I’m famous now. I am famous. I know it in ways much closer to me than being at the supermarket on the cover of a tabloid. There are certain shopping days I can’t walk on Montana because the paparazzi cruise there looking for stars. Or La Brea too has become a pa...
But when he was invited to the Philippines to perform in 1981, everything changed. “Somehow over there I was a superstar,” Benoit, now 56, recalls with a laugh. “They had all the paparazzi waiting at the airport; it was just like out of a dream.” ...
multiply the attention on you. You have to be careful where you choose to eat lunch when you’re not working. If you go to the restaurant that’s the big new restaurant that all the paparazzi are at, then you are going to get photographed. There are people I know who encourage that....