Watch the video
here
.
When the paps insisted they were "just doing their jobs", the surf dudes opted for an all-out smackdown and went in for the kill.
One pap's nose was broken, while another was tossed into some rocks and had his camera smashed, according to videos captured by TMZ.com and X17.com.
The videos appear to show McConaughey paddling out to sea, a fair distance away from the paps, when the surfers confront the snappers.
"This looks nasty," says one of the paps.
A slew of obscenities and threats later, it all descends into farce and parody - not too dissimilar to a
Benny Hill skit.
McConaughey was not involved in the childish ruckus.
TMZ.com reports that a battery report was filed by one of the paps, but no arrests have been made.
Still scorned
Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown is so not over her acrimonious split from Eddie Murphy.
The scorned leopard-skin fancier is said to be looking for ways to punish Murphy for impregnating her and disowning their daughter.
Brown tells Britain's
New!
magazine:
"The working title on my new song is Beverly Hills C*** because that is what he is. He never bothers with his daughter. I mean, what kind of man is that?"
The kind that took one good, long look at what he'd impregnated and quickly ran for the hills. Granted, he has paternal responsibilities, but Brown, you're scary love.
Sue you
Natural Born Killers
star Woody Harrelson is being sued for US$2.5 million by a paparazzo who alleges the actor assaulted him and broke his camera two years ago.
In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, pap Josh Levine says he was filming Harrelson in Hollywood in June 2006, and alleges that Harrelson choked him and smashed his camera.
Levine says he still suffers from mental, physical and emotional pain following the incident.
Source: accesshollywood.com
Diva demands
Mike Myers' ego has reared its ugly head again.
The Love Guru
star made an appearance on a chat show in the U.S. last week, and rumour has it that he behaved like a demanding diva.
Showing a complete lack of class, Myers apparently threw a hissy fit backstage.
The New York Post
reports:
The comic made an appearance on NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" Wednesday to promote
The Love Guru
, but he drove backstage staffers bonkers while he waited to go on. 'He sent a team of interns on a wild goose chase for Silk nondairy creamer, Twizzlers and raspberry seltzer,' said our witness. 'Then he sent one of the interns back out to get him a new drink when he realized his seltzer was not the brand he requested.'"
Get 'em out!
Keira Knightley says she had no qualms about getting her puppies out for her new film,
The Edge of Love
.
The Brit actress says:
"I always bare my breasts. It's not like it's only in this film!"
Referring to a steamy scene in the wartime flick, Knightley says she had no problem with baring her breasts.
"It was very simple. It was a sex scene and I never like them when they've got bras on."
And when the director asked her to whip off her bra, "I said, 'All right then.'"
Madge's mix
Madonna's new single
Give It 2 Me
has been given the remix treatment by Paul Oakenfold.
Verdict?
Spidey delay
Don't hold your breath for the fourth installment of the
Spider-Man
franchise.
It looks as though our favourite web-slinging hero might not be back on the big careen for some time to come.
The producer of the blockbuster flicks, Laura Ziskin, has reportedly let slip that
Spider-Man 4
won't hit the silver screen until at least 2011.
Record straight
Faux country and western singer Jessica Simpson has opened up about her papa Joe Simpson during a recent radio interview.
Pimping herself on a promo tour for her new country album, she whined: "There have been stories that are ridiculous. Like my father really fit me for a training bra. Like, who believes that kind of thing!?"
Best of all is the segment where she talks about her "talent" and not wanting to disappoint her "fans".
"I really just wanted to showcase the talent that God has given me and I don't believe that in pop music I ever had the chance to stand on two feet and stand firm. My greatest fear is failure... failing or disappointing my fans from the pop world."
Never underestimate the power of denial.
It's a steal
Kid Rock is on a surefire sleighride to trouble. He says it's perfectly fine for you to illegally download music.
He's just released a message to us all, proclaiming that it's perfectly OK to steal from the big guns, such as Apple, Microsoft, Toyota, etc.
Warning: contains swearing.
Idiot.
Quote of the day
"Cause my dad always said, 'The more you stomp in poop, the more it stinks.'" - Billy Ray Cyrus on why he didn't kick up a huge fuss over daughter Miley's
Vanity Fair
affair.
Oh Love...
Recent pictures of Courtney Love parading around LA
looking like death warmed up
are rather disturbing.
Britain's
Daily Mail
published the worrying images of Love looking ghoulishly pale and skeletal of frame, and it's promoted fresh fears for the star's health.
Her deathly pale skin apparently "drew gasps as she stepped out for a shopping trip in Malibu in a 1920s see-through lace dress, as did her painfully thin frame," says the Mail.
Something tells me that Love has taken her love of her
"detox diet"
to the extreme. She looks dreadful.
Not wed
The blogosphere was buzzing with news that Johnny Depp had married partner Vanessa Paradis in Kentucky last week. "Not true," says his rep.
"There is no wedding," the rep confirmed.
Fast gossip
Get it while it's hot...
* Party pics: Mary-Kate Olsen and Nicole Richie at a flannel party:
ONTD
* Lindsay Lohan is hot stuff:
TB
* Martha Stewart was denied a visa to the UK:
HMG
* Worst dressed celeb of the day:
BS
* Cameron Diaz set for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
FH
* Paris Hilton quit smoking pot to combat the munchies:
CB
* Katie Holmes sends a baby gift basket to Nicole Kidman:
Thesebootsaremadeforstalking
* Nice try, Mario Lopez:
LRM
* Sienna Miller flirts with co-star Matthew Rhys. Naughty girl:
CNW
* Brooke Hogan wants to go on tour:
Gabby Babble
* Quit while you're way behind:
Pink is the New Blog
* Nicole Richie still in driving school:
BB
* Kirsten Dunst: Not depressed (Yeah, right):
Bauer-Griffin Online
* Today's classiest headline award goes to...
Best Week Ever
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