Last week I was in LA visiting my folks and we went out shopping to The Grove. It's this fancy shopping mall they opened a few years ago where I'm told famous people shop. Actually a few years ago we went there when it had just opened and I spotted Jake Gyllenhaal and Kirsten Dunst at the Apple store, but I will say that aside from some staring, they were pretty much left alone to browse like semi-normal shoppers. This time, however, there were these two women, apparent stars (but my mom and sis and I didn't recognize them) hounded by video cameras, regular cameras, paparazzi, and bystanders. It was nuts. I guess this is what is shown on those TMZ-type shows which as a side note, I've been noticing the actual news often sites as real sources now. That I find is disturbing. They'll say, "According to TMZ..." which is so strange to validate those paparazzi weirdos.
Anyway, back to the story... the cameras were all crowding around them as they were trying on sunglasses outside and they were just snapping and filming away like mad. The strangest thing is that it was so quiet, the "stars" weren't saying anything like "back off" or "stop" and the cameramen were just getting as much footage as possible. All you could hear were the snapping of cameras and flashes. It was really eerie and creepy. Then when they moved to another shop, my mom was almost run over by the entourage. Even if you didn't want to be a part of the mob, you were stuck in it. We still couldn't figure out who the stars were, but I guess we'll find out on the tube soon enough.
