EXTREME CLOSE-UP In LA, the paparazzi's ruthless new recruits have torn up the rulebook " now they'll even ram stars off the road, all for the ultimate shot of an enraged celebrity. David M Halbfinger and Allison Hope Weiner report from the front line of fame

From: The Independent on Sunday | Date: August 7, 2005| Author: David M Halbfinger and Allison Hope Weiner | Copyright information

Two-fifteen, a balmy Thursday afternoon. It's a slow day for the paparazzi. On Melrose Avenue, just east of La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, Steven Ginsburg's Toyota 4Runner idles in front of Bhava, the kind of hip salon whose patrons are wealthy, famous, or the recipients of televised makeovers. Minutes ago his mobile phone beeped with a tip: Alyssa Milano, a star of the television series Charmed, is getting her hair done.

Ginsburg, 24, holds his phone in one hand, his heavy, zoo...

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