Paparazzi: Friend or Foe?

As Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz and others take aim at aggressive lensers, see how the stars manage a complicated relationship with photographers. By Emily Fromm

  • JESSICA SIMPSON photo | Cacee Cobb, Jessica Simpson

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Updated: Wednesday Jun 22, 2005 | 06:00 AM EDT

JESSICA SIMPSON

Not all encounters between stars and paparazzi are antagonistic: Simpson and pal CaCee Cobb were glad the snappers were around last year when the singer's Mercedes ran out of gas outside Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. The photographers pushed her car to a nearby gas station, where she refueled and then posed for pictures (she even reportedly signed the gas can for one lucky shooter).