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Old 02-28-2006, 01:13 PM   #195
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The film contributed the term "paparazzi" to the language. The term derives from Marcello's photographer friend Paparazzo.

"Paparazzo" means "sparrow". Fellini called the photographer that because he thought the press photographers flutttering around celebrities looked like little hungry birds.
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