I love how these bastards have the balls to hunt down celebrities, stalk them like wild game, yell at them to get a reaction shot (or a lawsuit) and act as though it's perfectly fine to do so. They feel that they have the "right" to take a famous person's picture without their permission by stating that because they are celebrities that their images are public property. But then they SELL THEIR PHOTOS of said celebrities and put "copyright" symbols on their photos so you can't use them without their permission or paying an inflated sum. Hypocritical? You betcha! These parasites sit in vehicles with tinted windows and follow people back to their homes and crawl through their yards to take photos through people's windows. The police cannot take action on them until they are actually caught breaking the law, simply following a person in the car is not illegal per se, but trespassing is. So then the bastards get these high powered lenses so they can pop up over a fence and shoot from long distances. It's insanity! As long as the tabloids keep buying their photos they keep taking them.
I know of a couple of people who are very well known got a bit of revenge on Mr Woody. He usually travels with a still camera and a video camera. A guy I know who is a well known celebrity got one of his friends who Woody hadn't yet ID'd as one of his entourage to walk along the sidewalk as Woody and his companion were hiding outside a restaurant they were eating at. The friend walked over to a neighboring store and bought some fruit punch and some "super soaker" water guns and filled the guns with the sticky fruit punch. He then put them in a bag and walked back into the restaurant. Two of my friend's friends walked in front of the him and when Woody and his lackey jumped out to badger him with rude comments they blasted their lenses before they could pull them away. It was hysterical! He threatened to sue but never did. My friend (whose name I'd rather not say for obvious reasons) said that they also take chapstick and smear it on their lenses, or take mini flashlights or laser pointers and shine them through the lens so it ruins the photos. It's hard though when you've got 4 or 5 of them circling you without warning, coming at you at all angles. That's why he always has accomplices to block the idiots.
I would hate to have to be constantly looking over my shoulder to see if I'm being followed... what a creepy feeling. I think a bunch of us should start following E.L. Woody around and give him a taste of his own medicine!