Two mods to make the denizenpond less deathly. One excludes sprites and kois from being deathly.
The other one disables potentially deathly interactions from beeing done autonomously. Use separately or in combination.

Tunes down the reaction to celebs a bit. Especially DJs will no longer constantly forget about their task. When a star starts posing, they will still cheer a bit, but will go back on duty quickly. Sims who are at lest good friends or closely related to a star, will react less like fans.

Disables the highlights around styling objects when working as an actor.

Completely deactives the fame shine.

Paparazzis will no longer appear on lots with the no trespassing lot trait.

Sims will be more likely to sit down during a lounge event, e. g. the starlight event.

Sims will gain reputation at a slower rate. Reputation loss remains untouched.

With this mod, celebrities will no longer invade all lots in your neighbourhoods. The mod also reduces the generation of new townies significantly. The only Sims that will be generated are those with special traits or careers required. The mod comes with several modules so you can temporarily get rid of modules if you feel you need more Sims of a certain kind.
Only install one version of the unimportantsims package. Please also make sure you only use on of the pet related packages: either nonewpetstrays or nohiddenpetstrays.

Working hard at work will increas your Sims fame a bit.
With version 1 Sims will gain just a little fame to avoid a loss of the current star level while at work whereas version 2 is a bit more cheaty, It will give a more significant fame boost.
Choosing the slack off option at school will earn your pupils some fame (separte slackoffearnsfame package).