Aug 23, 2005 12:41 PM
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The Great Celebrity-Paparazzi War has claimed yet another pretty, blonde casuality, as photographers followed Scarlett Johansson into the Disneyland parking lot [Ed.note—No! Not the happiest place on Earth!], where, depending on your allegiance in the conflict, they either recklessly induced the star into a fender-bender or she suddenly decided to sideswipe a family to feel alive again. This latest skirmish introduces a new element: collateral damage.
Johansson, 20, was with two friends when she noticed four sports utility vehicles following her on Interstate 5 after she left her Hollywood home, Pariseau said.
Johansson, 20, paid the $10 fee to enter a lot at the amusement park when she tried to get away from the vehicles and swerved, clipping the right side of car carrying a woman and her two daughters, Pariseau said.
"(The) four SUVs surrounded the accident," Pariseau said. "She saw one photographer come out of his car and start snapping away."
Arnold Cousart, co-owner of JFX Direct photo agency, acknowledged that two of his photographers had been following Johansson for four days and had tracked her to Disneyland, along with at least one other photographer from a rival agency.
After four days of tracking and planning, you'd think that the paparazzi caravan could've managed some Lohan-caliber damage; photos of the event show the accident to be somewhat anticlimactic. On the other hand, the potential money shot could've been huge: a weeping Johansson laying prone on the asphalt, being consoled by a host of Disney characters, while emergency rescue personnel tend to the terrified family trapped in their vehicular prison. That's the stuff of five-page layouts in Star.
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