Mike Tyson was arrested after punching a photographer at LAX on Wednesday.

The paparazzo was allegedly quite aggressive and was all up in Tyson’s face (like a moron) before getting punched. We hear he may even have egged Tyson on by hitting or pushing him.

The incident took place at a United Airlines ticket counter while Tyson was with his wife and 10-month old baby. Tyson claims he was protecting his child from the cameraman, and after losing a child back in May, I don’t think you can really blame him.

Tyson took one swing at the paparazzo and apparently it was effective. The cameraman dropped to the ground after the former heavyweight champ nailed him, and his forehead bled profusely from a cut. But hey, everyone knows that head wounds bleed like a bitch. Buck up, a**hole.

The cameraman was also arrested and both parties were booked on misdemeanor battery charges. Witnesses at the scene back up both stories.

I don’t know about you, but I think Mike had to have been provoked. And if that is the case, that cameraman had it coming! Some of those bastards are so slimy that they will pull a stunt like this just to get a shot, or a story, out of it.

Well have to wait and see how this one pans out, but I am definitely on Team Mike.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill to help protect celebrities from the intrusive paparazzi.

The bill aims to protect celebrities and their families when they are involved in “personal or familial activity.” It also includes an amendment that allows litigation against those media outlets who choose to purchase and publish photos that they know were shot illegally. Schwarzenegger himself was a victim to aggressive paparazzi in 1998 after being boxed in by two of their vehicles while picking his children up from school. So yeah, he gets it.

The bill takes effect in January, 2010. Photographers who choose to break this law will face fines up to $50,000.

So it looks like we are going to see the celebrities fight back next year! It will be interesting to see how many paparazzi will actually be sued, or media outlets for that matter. Blogs even? Who knows. It has gotten quite out of hand. These guys cram their cameras up skirts, they climb trees and sometimes they even cause accidents – just to get a picture. So yeah, I think it’s a good idea, but will it really work?

Dita Von Teese took to her Twitter account yesterday to lash out at a paparazzo who insulted her after she landed at LAX.

She posted:

“Nice welcome to LAX. If pics run with my hand over my face, it’s because this paparazzi was shouting in my face, ‘pose you f-ing bitch.’”

What. a. prick.

So I made a mental note of the post and then of course checked my photo agencies today. I found what are probably the pics in question. Too bad, because I typically like this agency, but obviously this particular photographer is pushing it too far. Dita is a lady, because instead of freaking out on the loser (like I would have done) she simply covered her face with her hands and moved on.

If she would have lashed out on him as he held the camera, it would have created controversy and his pics would be worth more. He wanted a reaction, and good for Dita, she didn’t give him the satisfaction of one. I would have wanted to clock that guy if he said that to me. But you have to be careful with that too, because those photographers are sue happy bitches.

Best part of all this? The photos are titled: “Dita Von Teese is camera shy when she is spotted at LAX.” Pfft.

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Nicole Richie was involved in a car accident Monday afternoon after a car driven by a paparazzo rear-ended her.

Nicole is claiming that she is injured but declined to be taken to an emergency room. Instead, she told police she will see her own doctors. A male passenger was in the car as well, no word on if he suffered any injuries.

The photographer, who works for the photo agency X17, has been arrested for driving without a license. Suprise, surprise.

Anyone can be a paparazzo, you don’t even neeed to have a driver’s license! Sheesh. I don’t even think some of these guys have green cards. They’re always rear-ending someone. It’s surprising that no one has gotten killed – well, since Princess Diana anyway. And for what? A lousy picture? Putting people’s lives in jeopardy is certainly not worth it.

Laurence Fishburne lost his patience in Beverly Hills this weekend while being pursued by photographers.

The paparazzi had been snapping photos of him while he was trying to relax in a park. Once Laurence lost his cool he started running around with a puffed chest taking photos with his Blackberry.

For some reason or another, this particular camera guy was the one who most angered him.

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Erin Andrews 911 Call Audio

Erin Andrews had to make a 911 call recently in order to get the (as she calls them) “assh*le paparazzi” out of her front yard at her home in Georgia.

After the whole “Peephole Video” scandal where Erin was videotaped naked in her hotel room without her knowledge, the paparazzi are now shooting for gold – another photo or video of the ESPN reporter naked.

But this time it was in her own home, in a gated community. Erin told the dispatcher her problem of being videotaped and being “all over the news.” The dispatcher sympathized her her saying, “I’m so sorry”, to which Andrews replied, “Me too.”

Then Andrews describes the pap’s vehicle, a white RAV4 with, get this, a handicapped license plate! You know those tree climbling little bastards are NOT handicapped. And I hope the officers grilled that photographer on why he needed a handicapped plate!

At the end of the call an obviously upset Andrews says, “I did nothing wrong and I’m being treated like f***ing Britney Spears and it sucks!”

Poor girl. Think about how bad that would suck. I would press charges against those parasites! Or better yet, I would get a vicious guard dog and release his ass on them. “What? There were paparazzi in my yard? I had no idea officer! I simply let my puppy out to go potty!”

Losers!

Paris Hilton’s car is “egged” on the driveway of sister Nicky’s Beverly Hills home.

The caption from the photo agency reads as such:

“It is unknown why the assailant decided to deface Ms Hilton’s Bentley convertible.”

Ok, there is a single egg on the ground and a guy with a camera standing behind the vehicle. You tell me who did it.

(P.S. You can remove the ad on the photo by clicking the “x” in the UR corner)

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Farrah Fawcett is disgusted that paparazzi have taken photographs of her in a wheelchair even though she has pleaded with them not to.

The 62-year-old actress was photographed at LAX after returning from Germany where she is receiving treatment for her anal cancer. Her photo was snapped as she was being wheeled from the plane to a waiting car.

The poor thing, the incident has left her upset and feeling vulnerable.

Farrah made a video message expressing her anger,

“I didn’t want to be photographed in a wheelchair, which is what they’re always trying to get. That just p**ses me off. Stress is what feeds your cancer. Stress is what gives you cancer and then there’s the paparazzi giving you stress. Something has to be done.”

The paparazzi really do need to have their limits. I believe it’s just a matter of time before it happens. Something terrible will happen one day and then everyone will be wondering why there were no limitations sooner.

C’mon guys, she deserves some privacy.

Editor’s Smack:  Something terrible already did happen.  Everyone remembers what happened to Princess Diana.  There still are no limitations.  Unfortunately, stars began to market themselves within their private lives as opposed to their skill on-screen or on-stage.  They set an avalanche in motion that also caught up the stars that want their private lives left out of the spotlight.  It’s sad.

Hot retro pics of fabulous Farrah:

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Ok, so when you apply for the job of celebrity stalker, a.k.a. the position of a paparazzo, you damn well better know the hazards of the job.

If you’re being a pain in the ass, you had better expect the celebs bodyguard to give you a swift kick in the ass – or worse.

That’s exactly what photographer Emicles Da Mata had happen to him.

Mr. Da Mata filed suit in a Los Angeles court Monday claiming that David Beckham and his bodyguard roughed him up last December while snapping shots of the star.

Da Mata says that Beckham reached into his car and forcefully tried to take his camera from him. He also says that Beckham’s bodyguard beat the hell out of him before throwing his camera into a garbage bin.

He is suing for assault and battery, and of course, emotional distress.

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