Therefore, the best paparazzi are now also the best connected, with networks of informants — bodyguards, doormen, waiters, hairstylists, intimates, and even autograph hounds — whom they cultivate or bribe in exchange for a tip about an elusive celebrity’s whereabouts. Noted paparazzo Mel Bouzad claimed to have nabbed £90,000-photos of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez together in Georgia after their breakup based on a tip from “Matt Damon’s wife’s hairdresser.”
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