Category: Professional jealousy

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Do actors become jealous of each other?

By Alan Chenkin, Learned about celebrities by reading the tabloids in the checkout aisle.
 
Yes and no – While jealousy exists in the acting world, it is frequently “Acting”.  Sometimes it is a ploy to get more play in the tabloids!  I have done some copious searching on the web, and came up with some very relevant posts and some good reading.  I will leave it to you as to what is real and what is Hollywood! Enjoy.
Sometimes actors have “hated” on each other and it makes them more famous – The Complete Video History of the Jimmy Kimmel-Matt Damon Feud – Time.  This feud lives on today, as Jimmy Kimmel ends each show with regrets to Matt Damon, they ran out of time for him to appear on the show!
Even if you are jealous, remember you are an actor, control your emotions, and be gracious and supportive. My mother always taught me that you get more bees with honey than vinegar.  Yet we know that these feuds, like the Matt Damon – Jimmy Kimmel fiasco, are staged hollywood spectacles, and not raging hostility.
Professional Jealousy – The Struggling actress
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Edited and expanded from my answer on Quora
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Where do websites get the paparazzi photos from?

Alan Chenkin, Learned about celebrities reading magazines at the supermarket checkout


Paparazzi sell their photos to the highest bidder, unless they are contract photographers (like staff photographers- who generally work for one organization). People with desirable photos on their cell phones can sell them too, AND BE PAPARAZZI – on sites like:
Paparazzi work hard at getting celebrity photos, and have to have relationships with middlemen, publications (and their attendant websites), and informers, who “leak” details about where celebrities will be.  This article highlights how many of them work in Hollywood: “How do the paparazzi sell their pics” – Slate.com.
Website Editors and producers are always on the lookout for fresh pictures, so the paparazzi are filling a need, the consumer thirst for anything about their favorite stars!  Candid photos of popular stars and celebrities get these websites more eyeballs, and higher rankings among the fan base and in searches.  This results in more exposure and money from their advertisers.
When a paparazzi has a good photo to sell, He/She contacts the tabloids directly and arranges a price. Or:

Building Your Paparazzi Business -Amazon Books

Thanks for reading this, and keep a sharp eye out for celebrities!
 

(Should you encounter a celebrity, please be polite and ask for a photo opportunity first.  Most are happy to oblige, and appreciate some respect, as you are profiting from their fame).

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