How do celebrities always look so good? Whether they're grabbing coffee, leaving the gym, or just strolling through Beverly Hills, it seems as if they know exactly when they're going to be snapped by the paps. And as this list of celebrities who have contracts with tabloids proves, some of these stars actually do know when those shutters will snap.
Celebrity tabloid contracts are not a modern invention. Paris Hilton might have been one of the first starlets famed for alerting the photogs to where she would be going, but celebrities have been establishing relationships with photographers since the golden age of Hollywood. Before the rise of the paparazzi, studios worked with specific photographers to help craft the image of their up-and-coming movie stars. Luminaries such as Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, and Elizabeth Taylor all relied on professional portraits to make them household names.
Today, the studio system has been supplanted by magazines and websites devoted to "candid" snaps of stars. As the saying goes, any publicity is good publicity, and while celebrities who work with tabloids often claim they hate them – like Kim Kardashian or Miley Cyrus, to name two – they actually love how a simple photo can keep them in the limelight.
So before you go thinking that your fave celeb just can't take a bad picture, check out this list of celebrities who have tabloid contracts. As you'll see, their perfect images aren't just "Hollywood magic," but more about the right industry connections.
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Alec Baldwin
It's fairly well known that Alec Baldwin hates the tabloids. But according to a New York Post interview with two NY paps, Baldwin seems to get into mishaps at the most optimal time: "it always seems linked to an upcoming film, play or wedding. 'Everything is timely with him. He’s a very calculating guy.'"
Blake Lively
As two working paparazzi told the New York Post, Blake Lively "is notoriously hard to find, and if she knows a pap has snapped her, she’ll arrange her own photos and release them for free."
Britney Spears
During what Rolling Stone calls the "Great Britney Spears Hunt of 2007, the Normandy of pap history," the pop star "would reportedly call select paps right before moving."
Cameron Diaz
According to a former photographer that was interviewed by Cosmopolitan, Cameron Diaz is "just brilliant. She uses the paparazzi when she wants to and when she needs it: When she and Justin Timberlake broke up, she wanted to get photographed all the time looking super hot and totally used us. We were all here for the use! We were like, 'All right, you're making us money. We'll help you, you help us.'"
Jessica Alba
According to Style Blazer, Jessica Alba is the "No. 1 culprit" for calling the paps to take her photo.
Kim Kardashian
According to Rolling Stone, "Kim Kardashian routinely tipped off the paps in her early days."
Miley Cyrus
According to Perez Hilton, when a bystander asked how hard it was to get a photo of Miley Cyrus, "the photog replied, 'She called us.'"
Paris Hilton
As publicist Jonathan Jaxson told the Daily Mail, Paris Hilton thought of nearly any activity as "a photo opportunity." Even when she was just leaving the beach, "Within minutes she had phoned half a dozen journalists and photographers and told them where she was and what she was planning to do," he explained.
Ryan Reynolds
"Ryan Reynolds is known to have an antagonistic relationship with the paparazzi, but recently he has been 'captured' eating Chobani yogurt, carrying a Burger King bag, smiling at a Nespresso cafe and caressing a Can-Am motorcycle, all in apparently preplanned shots," according to Rolling Stone. Displaying a brand can lead to lucrative endorsements for celebrities.
Taylor Swift
As Looper sees it, Taylor Swift often took time following her workouts to "look cute and put-together for the cameras she knew would be waiting outside — the cameras that she likely called ahead of time. If she really wanted privacy, she could work out at home with her own personal trainer — or at least use a back exit."