Grammy-award winning triple-Platinum hip-hop artist Kanye West was arrested after an apparent run-in with a photographer for the tabloid gossip website tmz.com. As you can see in the footage, West and his bodyguard appear to be grabbing the camera and throwing it on the ground. According to The Los Angeles Times, tmz.com has a photographer stationed at the airport seven days a week, in order to catch celebrities in candid situations. Has the internet allowed a once mostly supermarket and late-night t.v. industry to explode into out-of-control free-for-all for paparazzi?
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Kanye West Arrested at LAX
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
— U.S. President Bill Clinton
USA TODAY, page 2A
11 March 1993Tags: None
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Good point, Walkoff Balk. Anyway, it’s unfortunate that West and his bodyguard identified by MTV as Don Crowley, were involved in this dust-up. According to journalist Chris Harris, the celebrity musician was headed to Honolulu. Another celebrity visit to the islands could have done Hawai‘i some good at a time when our local media is revisiting the racist/porno email scandal involving Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) chief Rex Johnson.
Kanye West and his road manager, Don Crowley, were released Thursday afternoon (September 11) from the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division on $20,000 bail following their arrests Thursday morning by Los Angeles International Airport police near the American Airlines terminal.
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
— U.S. President Bill Clinton
USA TODAY, page 2A
11 March 1993
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Not a big Kanye fan, but if you've ever been sucked in by the mindless show TMZ, which airs on KITV after the 10pm news, you'd know what a pain in the butt it is for celebs at LAX who are hounded by Paparazzi with nothing better to do than hassle them. Watch the show and you'll see why Kanye probably got ticked off at some camera guy.
And don't ask me why I watch that stupid show - maybe to see some celebrity get angry at Paparazzi stalking them???
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Well, it looks like Kanye made it to Hawai‘i after all! Celebrity sightings anyone? According to e! online, after he posted bail, he decided he had enough of flying commercial, and caught a private jet from Van Nuys Airport. Sorry, Walkoff Balk. It looks like West is in fact, rich enough to burn more jet fuel.
Originally posted by tvguy View Postif you've ever been sucked in by the mindless show TMZ, which airs on KITV after the 10pm news, you'd know what a pain in the butt it is for celebs at LAX who are hounded by Paparazzi with nothing better to do than hassle them. Watch the show and you'll see why Kanye probably got ticked off at some camera guy.
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
— U.S. President Bill Clinton
USA TODAY, page 2A
11 March 1993
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The TMZ show is similar to a bit on the Howard Stern program on the E channel. He would send Stuttering John to ambush celebrities at the red carpet with questions like smelling your own fart. His line of annoying questions were just to egg on and get angry responses from the celebrities.
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Originally posted by tvguy View PostNot a big Kanye fan, but if you've ever been sucked in by the mindless show TMZ, which airs on KITV after the 10pm news, you'd know what a pain in the butt it is for celebs at LAX who are hounded by Paparazzi with nothing better to do than hassle them. Watch the show and you'll see why Kanye probably got ticked off at some camera guy.
And don't ask me why I watch that stupid show - maybe to see some celebrity get angry at Paparazzi stalking them???
If there was no money in it (no viewers), it (the "hassling") wouldn't happen.
Don't like it? Don't watch the show.
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Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View PostThe TMZ show is similar to a bit on the Howard Stern program on the E channel. He would send Stuttering John to ambush celebrities at the red carpet with questions like smelling your own fart. His line of annoying questions were just to egg on and get angry responses from the celebrities.
The still camera that was broken is a Canon 40D -- retail price $1429.96. In California, someone who criminally damages property worth more than $400 can be prosecuted for felony vandalism ... Kanye and the bodyguard wrestle the camera away from the photog, but the bodyguard ends up with the camera ... Kanye is holding the light unit. We did some checking and found the light unit is only worth around $100, so here's the irony -- the bodyguard could be processed for a felony, but not Kanye.
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
— U.S. President Bill Clinton
USA TODAY, page 2A
11 March 1993
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