Who Are Hollywood’s Paparazzi? with Dr. Vanessa Díaz

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Paris. Lindsay. Kim. We know the celebs in paparazzi photos, but what about the people behind the cameras? This week, Professor Vanessa Díaz takes us inside the world of Hollywood's paparazzi—who are predominantly Latine men, many undocumented—and shares what this profession captures about power, politics, and pop culture in America. Vanessa Díaz, Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University, is a multimedia ethnographer and journalist whose work focuses on issues of race, gender, and labor in popular culture across the Americas. Grounded in her experience as a red carpet reporter for People magazine, Díaz’s award winning book Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood (Duke 2020) focuses on hierarchies of labor as well as racial and gender politics in the production of celebrity-focused media. Díaz is also the co-creator of the Bad Bunny Syllabus Project and co-author of UCLA’s 2017 Hollywood Diversity Report. You can follow her on Twitter @vanessajdiaz and on Instagram @drcrazyness, and learn more about her work by visiting manufacturingcelebritybook.com and badbunnysyllabus.com. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our producer is Chris McClure. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.0	Welcome to getting curious I'm Jonathan Van Ness and you know the drill every week I sit down
0:46.4	for a gorgeous conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:51.8	Do you flip through celebrity news magazines when you're at the grocery store? I know I do.
0:56.0	Have you clicked on your fair share of couple reveals bikini pics and stars are just like
1:01.1	us spreads? Uh huh I have are you talking to me? Have you thought about the people behind those
1:07.2	photos? Honey that's what we're doing today. We're learning about Hollywood's paparazzi and what
1:12.8	this profession captures about power politics and pop culture in America. Welcome to the show honey
1:19.1	our expert for this week Vanessa Diaz who is an associate professor of Chicanay in Latina studies
1:24.9	at Loyola Marymount University. Her first book manufacturing celebrity which is published by
1:31.1	Duke University Press come through you know I love an accolade. She examines the history, politics
1:36.4	and power of Hollywood's paparazzi and today we're asking who are Hollywood's paparazzi? Vanessa how
1:43.2	are you are you just like thriving having a gorgeous day? I am it's even better now because I'm
1:48.0	here with you. Not to start off with like a personal question but I did hear our producers say when
1:52.5	you're starting that you would say something about gardening is there a garden that we need to be
1:56.5	aware of? Is there like any standout crops that you've like become attached to like what is like
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