Bjork famously atacked a female TV reporter at Bangkok airport in 1996 after the reporter greeted her with the words, 'Welcome to Bangkok'. The eccentric pop star launched herself at the reporter, pushing her to the ground and landing several blows on her. Bjork later apologised for the attack but, unfortunately for her, the whole thing was captured on camera.
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Amy Winehouse has had several fracas' with the paparazzi, largely due to the fact that hundreds of them follow her every move and are permanently staked outside her house in North London. Word is that, depending on her mood, Winehouse will either bring them tea or attack with vigour.
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When this photo was taken, Cameron Diaz and her then boyfriend Justin Timberlake had decided to walk the short distance from L.A's Chateau Marmont hotel to Cameron's home. On the way, incensed by the paparazzi following them, the usually mild-mannered Diaz saw red and, like a rabid dog, attacked.
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Kate Beckinsale obviously has a short memory. In a recent interview, the British actress said she would never lose her temper with the paparazzi and chooses to simply ignore their presence. And as this picture proves, Kate is doing a really great job of never losing her cool with photographers...
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Jay Kay loves nothing better than a good fight with the paparazzi as our next two pictures show. His penchant for throwing punches at them left, right and centre has earnt him a reputation for being one of the celebs the paps love to trail the most, because as they know, wind him up, he loses it and, voila, they've got their money shot.
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Sometimes, however, it is Jay who comes off the worse for wear. After a particularly aggressive fight with a photographer in 2002, it was Jay who was left with a bloody nose.
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Never mess with Mrs O. This picture shows Sharon Osbourne's infamous water-throwing attack on Louis Walsh during her stint as a judge on The X Factor, but the Osbourne matriarch more recently attacked a glamour model on US TV who dared to call her husband Ozzy 'brain-dead'.
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In paparazzi circles, Sienna Miller is somewhat of a hate figure. The Factory Girl star is rumoured to regularly call photographers to let them know her movements so they can take her picture. However, if the set-up is not on diva Miller's terms and the paps show up uninvited, she reportedly gets nasty, as this picture taken in 2005 shows.
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As well as her legendary shaven-headed attack on a vehicle with an umbrella, Britney has had numerous bad encounters with the paparazzi who follow her every move. Here, she wastes one of her much-loved Starbucks drinks on a pap who got too close.
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Like his ex Sienna, who is trying to restrain him in this picture, Jude Law is another celeb who is a friend of the paparazzi only when it suits him. The star lost his cool when leaving a restaurant and took to throwing loose change at photographers to vent his anger. Temper, temper Jude...
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