Paparazzi dodge bullets after being caught taking unauthorised pictures of newlyweds Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady
Posted by Mike on Monday April 06, 2009 5:37 pm
Gisele Bündchen, the Brazilian supermodel, and her husband, the
American football star Tom Brady, have taken the task of keeping their
wedding photos exclusive to extremes, it has emerged.
A pair of
celebrity photographers had the back window of their Suzuki SUV shot
out by security guards when they tried to flee with snatched stills and
videos of the happy couple's big day at Bündchen's villa in Mal Pais,
Costa Rica.
The Boston Herald, which claims to have exclusive
pictures of the wedding that it plans to publish tomorrow, said the
paparazzi were from the INF photo agency, and were hiding in bushes
near Bündchen's beachfront home taking pictures of the event when they
were caught by the newlyweds' security guards.
"The
photographers, identified as Yuri Cortez and Rolando Aviles, were
marched to Bündchen's villa where they were ordered to surrender their
still photos and video," the paper reported.
"The men refused and fled with the security guards in pursuit. Two of
the photographers ran to a waiting SUV and jumped in as a guard fired a
shot at them, the photo agency said. The bullet shattered the Suzuki's
rear window, passed between the two men in the front seat and bounced
off the windshield."
No one was injured, but the incident gives a new meaning to the term "shotgun wedding". New York Daily News has a picture of the shot-up car. According to the Can't Stop the Bleeding blog,
Cortez was shocked. "I couldn't believe it when I realised what they
had done," he told the photo agency. "I could have lost my life for the
sake of some pictures that Gisele didn't want published. Are they
insane?"
Source: guardian.co.uk
source: msnbc.com
Posted by Mike on Wednesday March 04, 2009 11:37 pm
Comedian Robin Williams has postponed four planned performances in Florida due to health issues, according to his Web site.
Williams
was scheduled to perform his one-man show, "Weapons of
Self-Destruction,: in Hollywood, Orlando, and Tampa, but experienced
shortness of breath. The comic "is currently being evaluated by doctors
who are recommending a week of rest," reports RobinWilliams.com.
The
Miami Herald, however, reports on its Web site that "sources say
(Williams is) currently at a Miami hospital with heart issues and could
be laid up for a while."
The site says the four shows will be rescheduled and all tickets will be honored.
The
comedian and actor, star of such films as "Patch Adams" and the
television series "Mork & Mindy," has been touring since September
2008.