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Our interest in the private lives of celebrities seems ... . This has caused a ... in the number of ‘paparazzi’, those photo journalists who follow ... celebrities around to get pictures of them, which they then sell to popular magazines. Sometimes they are ready, to do anything to get a picture. For example, they will hire a helicopter in order to fly ... close to the home of a celebrity. But the paparazzi say that celebrities are only too happy to have their homes and ... weddings photographed for huge fees.