The Shooting Stars

Robin Abcarian of the Los Angeles Times profiled X17 founders Francois and Brandy Navarre, with comments from the controversial photo agencies competitors, their employment practices, their lawsuit against PerezHilton.com, and how Britney Spears is their main breadwinner. The X17 team that follows Britney, which is called MBF after its three principal photographers, are all from Brazil. Abcarian writes, “Each morning, MBF arrives at Spears’ doorstep off Mulholland Drive around 10 a.m. and follows her around town until she retires for the night. When Spears goes anywhere by car, she is followed by an unbidden cortege that would put some heads of state to shame.” Read more.