La Dolce Vita describe intrusive photographers. As to the origin of the character's name itself, Fellini scholar Peter Bondanella argues that although "it is indeed an Italian family name, the word is probably a corruption of the word "papataceo", a large and bothersome mosquito. Ennio Flaiano, the film's co-screenwriter and creator of Paparazzo, reports that he took the name from a character in a novel by George Gissing." Gissing's character, Signor Paparazzo, is found in his travel book, "By the Ionian Sea" (1901). Marcello is a journalist in Rome during the late 1950s who covers tabloid news of movie stars, religious visions and
Vita (rapper) Belly as a 16-year-old girl named Kionna who is one of Tommy's girlfriends. In the same year she also appeared in the video of the song "break ups 2 make ups" by Method Man and D'Angelo, playing the formers' girlfriend. Raynor was signed as the first lady of Murder Inc. Records. She appeared as a guest vocalist on numerous songs including on "Irv Gotti Presents The Inc" on the songs "Down 4 U" and "Here We Come" and recorded her own album, "La Dolce Vita", however it was never released, with the first single "Justify My Love" not gaining attention.