Demon king of the paparazzi

Francois Regis Navarre is admitting to putting Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan into rehab, and Paris Hilton in jail - "in a way". He has become the demon-king of the Hollywood paparazzi, the man who re-invented celebrity culture and is now loathed, envied and grudgingly revered in equal measure.

Navarre, 45, has enjoyed a shadowy notoriety for years. But his day of infamy came when Britney Spears shaved off her hair in the gesture that established her as Number One tabloid train wreck. His photograph of Britney, head just shaved, staring forlornly into the mirror, earned him $80,000 for first use alone.

Wisely, Navarre has spent his years as a pap hiding behind his nom de guerre - his middle