- Oh, she's speeding up, she's speeding up.
- We've got to make this light.
- What if we lose her?
- Come on.
- Oh, I'm so stressed.
- [Giles] It's happening, it's happening, it's happening.
(beep) (beep)
(camera clicking)
- Hi there, I'm Aria, and for decades
the paparazzi have hounded celebrities
and developed a bit of a negative reputation
and one that I personally buy in to, just a little bit.
So I figured what better way to properly get
the full experience than spend a day behind the lens.
No idea whose house this is.
It's nice though.
I think there's a lemon tree in it.
To mentor me on this adventure, I will be accompanying
24 year veteran paparazzo, Giles Harrison for the day.
- Sometimes it might be something big,
sometimes it might be something small,
sometimes it might be nothing at all.
But hopefully, we should be able to see something.
- And after I change into something
a bit more inconspicuous.
- What's this mother (beep) got on?
- We hit the road.
Do you have a favorite Micheal Buble song?
- No.
- [Aria Voiceover] Unlike most paparazzi,
Giles typically just cruises around L.A. hotspots.
- [Giles] What the hell?
- [Aria Voiceover] Until he finds someone.
So the goal we've set for me today, is to hopefully
take at least one photo that he'd consider decent enough
to buy from me.
- I want to check Gold's Gym right now,
see if there's anybody going inside.
Nope, nobody.
- It's getting a little hot in here.
- My first day in this industry, I'll never forget it.
Pamela Anderson said to me and I quote,
"Get a life you (beep) head."
I had studied journalism and political science in college
and my whole goal was to become a film maker.
And then somewhere along the line,
paying bills got in the way,
and I got sidetracked into doing this.
And up here is where George Clooney lives.
He's a jerk-off.
- Unfortunately, Giles' approach does mean that a lot
of our day is spent driving around and waiting in the car.
She was like posing in a boxing ring
and I was just like (pssh, pssh, pssh)
spraying her with water, it was pretty nice,
it was a good time.
And frolicked in
- [Aria And Giles] In the autumn mist
- In a land called...
How's your mom doing?
- [Cameraman] She's doing well.
- Are there days where you don't see anyone?
- Plenty of days I don't see anyone.
This might be one of 'em.
We're not all scheevy, hanging out in dumpsters,
going through peoples trash, and we're certainly
trying not to invade privacy.
What we try to do, is just try and tell stories
as honestly as we can.
- [Aria Voiceover] As the hours pass,
I grow increasingly concerned
that I may be going home empty handed.
Until suddenly, Giles sees someone.
- Is that a Tesla?
Tell me it's a Tesla.
Yes, Lisa Rinna's in this car.
- [Aria Voiceover] Giles has spotted Lisa Rinna,
reality T.V. star, tabloid favorite,
and one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
- You never--
- [Kim] No, everybody will know.
- Go near my husband.
- [Kim] Everybody will know.
- [Lisa] Do you understand that?
- [Kim] Everybody will know.
- [Lisa] You never go after my (beep) husband!
- [Kim] Everybody will know what you did.
- We're rolling everything?
- I don't know if she's coming or going.
- So, what do we do, what do we do?
- We wait to see what she does,
but I think she's driving off.
- Should we follow her?
- I'm going to follow her.
- We're going to follow her.
Oh, this is great.
- This is why I got my seatbelt like this,
because if she gets out of the car, I'm getting out.
- So we're moving, we're moving?
- I hope she doesn't go home though,
which is probably where she's going 'cause she
didn't go up the street.
(beep) Don't go home.
We've got to make this light.
- It's so exciting, my pulse is racing.
Oh she's speeding up, she's speeding up.
Where's she going?
- Oh she's going to the bank.
Come on Lisa, get out the car.
She's gonna take that woman's parking spot.
So, we're gonna do this.
- What if we lose her?
- We're not going to lose her.
Come on, move bitch.
Oh excuse me.
- (laughs) Jesus.
- Ah (beep), is she putting the window up?
It's happening, it's happening, it's happening.
How are you Lisa?
- [Aria] Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya.
- [Giles] You look gorgeous as always.
- I didn't get anything.
- [Lisa] After the gym, c'mon?
- Keep rolling on this.
- You do, you look great.
- Luckily, Lisa decides to grab a coffee,
which gives us an opportunity to prepare
to grab some exclusive and therefore valuable pictures.
Oh, I'm so stressed.
Keep rolling on this, keep rolling, keep rolling on this.
Giles, should I put on the ski mask?
- [Giles] No, no.
- I feel naked without the ski mask, I won't lie.
Oh he's going through the window,
he's going through a window.
I'll do the same.
- You should ask her a question.
- She seemed very friendly.
- Yeah, she's cool.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- She's a lovely lady.
- Oh that's her, it's her, oh.
- Oh Lisa.
- Hi, I'm Aria, I'm a paparazzi person.
(laughing)
- [Giles] She's laughing right?
- Okay, that's really funny.
- [Aria] This is a very blurry photo.
- [Lisa] You need to work on that.
Are you new?
- [Aria] Oh I'm very, First day on the job.
Quick question, do you like Micheal Buble?
- Yes, why?
- [Aria] I'm just a big fan.
Do you happen to know like his phone number?
- You're crazy.
You're crazy, bye.
(blows kiss)
- Alright.
I don't think she knows Michael Buble.
Ah, what a lovely lady.
Oh what a moment.
- She's cool as (beep).
- Wow, (heavy breath) I feel like I would have performed
better with the ski mask on though.
- No, you would have freaked her out with a ski mask on,
I have a feeling.
She would have thought it was weird.
- That's up for debate.
Finally before heading home, Giles decides to cap off
our success by grabbing photos of actress
Zoe Saldana as she's presented with a star
on the walk of fame.
- I was just sitting there thinking if that was
Ashton Kutcher sitting over there,
and it is him and Mila Kunis.
This is a job that can lead to opportunities
if people want to make it.
And I think for people who think it's not
an honest profession, it's helped people go through college.
It helps people feed their families.
I'm happy with how today panned out actually.
There's a guy that I know that was in New York,
and he was from Puerto Rico, and he spoke no English,
and he literally picked up a camera
and all he could say was, "I take pictures."
And he went around taking photos of celebrities
'cause for some reason he was really into that
and he recognized it.
And a major newspaper in New York gave him a job,
and he became one of their star photographers.
Let's see what you got.
Blurry, not sellable.
Blurry, back of her head,
that's better, but it's blurry.
The Zoe's not bad, those are workable.
Actually you probably have two half way decent frames.
I mean we can do something with 'em.
- You'll take one of them?
- I'll take one of 'em.
If I could sum up this job in, you know,
in one distinct sentence,
it's probably the truest form of journalism
that's out there.
I mean we get celebrities being real,
we get celebrities with no make up,
we get celebrities coming home from the gym,
yelling at their girlfriends or boyfriends in the street,
we get 'em on movie sets,
we get them being truly who they are.
It is journalism, no matter what people think of it,
it's journalism.
♪ It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. ♪
♪ Toys in every store. ♪