The Russian-backed prime minister of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, has pledged to turn Crimea into "the new Beverly Hills", and the mayors of the resorts Yevpatoria, Feodosiya and Yalta have spoken about building compounds for western celebrities, who would be given free housing in return for boosting the region.
Bob Guccione, Jr., founder of Spin magazine, responded by calling Thompson "a sort of latter-day Don Quixote, as equally at odds with his times as that mythical character was," and argued that his campaign was achieving "two things...: pissing everybody off and compounding his own celebrity".
Sometimes the celebrity becomes genuinely politicised, which only compounds the danger.
It sells $300 John Bull shaving brushes, and the chemists compound special cosmetics for celebrity beauticians.
This new reality, compounded by his overwhelming celebrity, nearly suffocates her.
The recent rise of aggressive paparazzi has not helped either, driving even B-list celebrities and studio executives behind the walled compounds and 10-foot shrubs of more secluded communities like Bel Air, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades.
Films that position stalkers are deranged loners, or suggest that stalking is a crime that affects only celebrities, only serve to compound these myths.
After I'd been discharged from hospital, my depression was compounded by celebrities I had previously held in high regard making jokes at my expense in an attempt to profit from my misfortune.
Across from the Filerman estate is the Beverly Hills compound built for Bert Lahr, a famed property whose line of celebrity owners also includes Don Johnson and Ozzy Osbourne.
Singer-songwriter-producer Pharrell Williams has joined the throng of celebrity home buyers in Hollywood Hills West with the purchase of a contemporary compound for $7.14 million.
