Star Catcher
Orlando to Paps: Stop Buggin' Me!

Posted Mar 14th 2007 10:07AM by TMZ Staff

To pose, or not to pose -- that was the question faced by a frustrated Orlando Bloom last night.

After eating with an unknown female at Il Sole, Bloom got slightly aggravated when the paps continued to shoot pix of them. His friend suggested they stop for a second and let the photogs get a good shot so they'd leave them alone (like that ever works), but Bloom just stated, "I think they got it" before hopping in his VW bug and jetting off.

Scarlett Johansson also tried to avoid being photographed, making a rare appearance on the club scene by going in through the back door of Hyde. Paris & Nicky also snuck in the back while media-whore Bai Ling went through the front, stopping at the door, practically begging to be snapped.

Also out were Nicollette Sheridan and comedian Godfrey -- whose main goal for the night involved bodyslamming Paris Hilton -- in today's edition of Star Catcher.

Filed under: Paris Hilton, Star Catcher


Tags: Bai Ling, BaiLing, Nicky Hilton, NickyHilton, Nicollette Sheridan, NicolletteSheridan, Orlando Bloom, OrlandoBloom, Paris Hilton, ParisHilton, Scarlett Johansson, ScarlettJohansson

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1. Orlando looks great, even when he's irritated :)

Posted at 10:45AM on Mar 14th 2007 by Mikki

2. Wow, ok this one isn't a sleazy story, intrusive, yes, but still not sleazy. But, I'd like to know, what do you have against a good, positive news story? Where's the announcement about Tori and Dean's baby? That would be a nice, not-so-sleazy story. Why can't we see some of the positive things in the world?

Posted at 10:59AM on Mar 14th 2007 by Leigh

3. Orlando was out with a woman?!

Posted at 11:05AM on Mar 14th 2007 by Dottie

4. Once again, you've guys blown his aggravation way out of proportion. He's used to this kind of thing and the woman beside him was not a friend but his MANAGER.

Posted at 11:39AM on Mar 14th 2007 by Anna

5. that was an Englishman annoyed

Posted at 5:03PM on Mar 14th 2007 by takeitfromme

6. Okay, this story was completely pointless. Poor Orlando, I wish they'd just leave him alone.

Posted at 7:01PM on Mar 14th 2007 by Ashleigh

7. Orly looks great with the new hair cut! But what a bummer to be followed like that.

Posted at 12:38AM on Mar 15th 2007 by lexie

8. His hair SUCKS - looks like a doofus or dumbo (big ears). The rest is just fine, oh so VERY fine. photogs trying to get a pic of him and his BOYfriend - they will catch him eventually

Posted at 3:07AM on Mar 15th 2007 by deedeeEss

9. As much as I love seeing pictures of orlando because he's so gorgeou (his new haircut is amzing, btw), i feel sorry for him not being able to go out with his manager (because that is who his "unknown female friend" is). I do admire him even more for the way that even though you could hear the frustration in his voice, he was still somewhat polite to these people who just won't leave him alone. Love you Orlando!

Posted at 3:17AM on Mar 15th 2007 by Brittany

10. Not that I'm defending the paps, because they're pretty much assholes, but if he wanted to be left alone maybe he should have avoided going to a place where they're known to hang out. I'll give him a pass, though, because he's usually gracious where they're concerned and he was gracious this time.

He looks awesome.

Posted at 12:37PM on Mar 15th 2007 by xenu

11. There are plenty of restaurants in Los Angeles that are NOT celebrity and paparazzi hot-spots. Why couldn't Orlando and Aleen (the lady pictured who is his manager) have dinner (probably to discuss business, since she's married and has children) at a quieter locale, or at her private residence, or at Orlando's cousin's residence (he's Sebastian Copeland, who also lives in L.A.)? Better yet, since Orlando managed to hang out with Billy, Dom and Viggo on March 8th or 9th for a music gig that Billy was a part of in Burbank or Hollywood, why couldn't he have flown back to England and had his business 'date' dinner with Aleen at a non-descript eatery in London, or at his home in London (since he's supposedly learning to cook), or at his mother's home in London? Aleen could fly out there; she has before. Isn't London his home? Isn't that what he has repeatedly stated in his interviews? For someone who considers London his home, he sure spends an awful lot of time in Los Angeles, even when he ISN'T working.

Isn't it odd that the paparazzi didn't get any shots of Billy, Dom, Viggo and Orlando from their get-together a week ago, but they managed to find Orlando and Aleen at Il Sole. WOW! Four members of the Fellowship reuniting would make a heck of a better story than Orlando having another dinner or casual drink 'date' with his manager.

Does Aleen wine and dine ALL her clients the way she appears to 'court' Bloom? Are other celebrity actors photographed eating out and going for drinks with their agents and managers, too? Seems rather odd to me, personally.

Posted at 2:54PM on Mar 15th 2007 by Anon2