Brief history of the paparazzi as told by “King of the Paparazzi” E.L. Woody.
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A Paparazzo’s Lessons on How Stars Are Born
…”Since the landmark elevation of gossip and celebrity scandal into a national obsession that was undoubtedly the O.J. trial, the picture or piece of video footage most in demand from Woody and his colleagues is the one featuring a celebrity in a “newsworthy” incident or set of circumstances. Time and again throughout the ’90s, events that would once have been purely paparazzi stories, covered in print by gossip columnists, have been given the status of serious news.
During the unfortunate Monica Lewinsky business, Woody would fight to take pictures or shoot video amid a massive, swirling sea of cameras, many of which belonged to the networks and news organizations that would routinely and, in Woody’s eyes, hypocritically point the finger at the supposedly lower-than-low paparazzi.”
Sly Stallone Makes a French Connection in the Name of Amour
PEOPLE STAFF April 22, 1991 12:00 PM
“…And once back in the States, Sly had a tiny tangle with the law. Roving lensman E.L. Woody filed a complaint with the Los Angeles police claiming that Stallone, at the wheel of a Mercedes 500SL, had pursued the photographer from outside L.A.’s Bar One for two miles. During the pursuit, the photographer contends, Sly allegedly bashed into Woody’s car three times. Sly, calling the 2 A.M. chase right “out of The French Connection,” claimed he was trying to get the photographer’s license-plate number after Woody hit his Mercedes.”
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