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Firstly in 1961, from the Italian Paparazzo (plural = paparazzi) surname of the freelance photographer in Federico Fellini's 1959 film "La Dolce Vita." The name itself is of no special significance; it is said to be a common one in Calabria, and Fellini is said to have borrowed it from a guide to travel in the Calabrian region, "By the Ionian Sea," in which occurs the name of hotel owner Coriolano Paparazzo.

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