Bid to keep children safe from paparazzi
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner have urged California lawmakers to back a bill aimed at limiting the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities.
The legislation, which specifically targets paparazzi and was introduced by a Democratic senator, would widen the legal definition of harassment to include taking pictures of or recording a child without the permission of a legal guardian.
“We’re not just whiny celebrities... We are moms here trying to protect our children,” Berry, 47, testified according to television station KTLA.
“I am asking you as a parent to pay attention,” echoed Garner, 41, who has three children with actor Ben Affleck. “Would you do anything differently for your child?” US media and paparazzi say the legislation limits their right to information.
Berry, who is pregnant with her second child, already testified in favour of the bill in June. At the time, she said her daughter was scared to go to school because of the paparazzi.
“Here come these men with cameras, besieging the school and these little children, all to get a photograph,” she told lawmakers.
“They cause chaos, they cause fear, the children and their parents are horrified, we start arguing, everybody’s fighting and the men don’t seem to care at all.”
The bill still has a way to go before becoming law. If it makes it through the California legislature, it would head to the desk of Governor Jerry Brown who has the right to veto it.
Berry married French actor Olivier Martinez last month and the two are expecting their first child. Berry is also the mother of a five-year-old girl whose father is model Gabriel Aubry. Garner and Affleck’s children are aged seven, four and one. – Sapa-AFP 06.00 Kids News 06.30 Ntunjambili 07.00 Yotv Land 07.15 Ilitha Lethu 07.30 Chuggington 08.00 The Bold and the Beautiful: 08.30 Isidingo: 09.00 Generations: 09.30 Muvhango: 10.00 227 10.30 City Ses’la 11.00 Chatroom 11.30 The Link 12.00 Khumbul ‘Ekhaya: 13.00 Lunch Time News 13.30 Live It 14.00 Zaziwa: 14.30 Gormiti 15.00 Yotv 15.07 Digi Know 15.25 Mmino Mania 15.53 Yotv 16.00 That’s So Raven 16.30 Teen Mom 17.28 Journeys of Inspiration 17.30 News: 18.00 The Bold and the Beautiful: 18.30 iLifestyle 19.00 Mr Box Office 19.30 News: 20.00 Generations: 20.30 Skeem Saam 21.30 Cutting Edge 22.00 Gaz’lam 22.30 Tshisa 23.00 The After Party 21.30 Speak Out: 22.00 50/50 23.00 Open University 00.00 Judge Mathis 01.00 SABC News International 05.30 Nuus 06.00 Expresso 08.30 Barney and Friends 09.00 Adventures of Pax Africa 09.30 Doctors Orders: 10.30 Generations: 11.00 Isidingo: 11.30 7de Laan: 12.00 No Kitchen Required: 13.00 News 13.27 Africa News Update 13.55 All My Children 14.45 Top Gear: 15.45 Dr Oz 16.35 Three Talk 17.30 Days of Our Lives 18.30 News 19.30 Isidingo: 20.00 On the Couch: 20.30 Top Billing 21.30 Special Assignment 22.00 Brothers & Sisters: 22.55 Sports Wrap 23.00 Two and a Half Men: 23.30 Dr Oz: 00.30 Africa News Update: 01.00 All My Children: 02.00 Three Talk: 03.00 Open University: 04.00 Matrics Uploaded:
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