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It comes from the 1960 film ' La Dolce Vita'. One of the characters in the film, a photographer, was called Paparazzo (played by Walter Santesso). The director of the film, Frederico Fellini,took the name from an Itlaian dialect word meaning an annoying noise like the buzzing of a mosquito.

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I think it is from Italy because she is Italian-American and paparazzi means journalist...

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