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BASED ON THE BARRY KROST SAMUEL BERNSTEIN DAVID SNYDER |
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JANET CHARLTON'S HOLLYWOODBUY IT! TABLOID GOSSIP RULES! Here's the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who loves gossip or Hollywood history: ‘Mr. Confidential.’ It's a book about the man behind the famous 50s scandal magazine, written by my friend Samuel Bernstein. Robert Harrison, the publisher behind Confidential, adored homosexual exposés and gleefully wrote about those ‘lavender lads’ - Liberace being ‘mad about the boy’ and Tab Hunter's ‘gay pajama party.’ He even outed Van Johnson by declaring his conversion to heterosexuality. The ‘baritone babes’ Lizabeth Scott and Marlene Dietrich got their share of stories too. I asked Sam to tell me about a scoop that Confidential COULDN'T print and he recalled one about Elvis. Back in 1957. A PR guy claimed that Elvis had an ongoing affair with another famous teen idol. (Tab? Troy? Fabian? Bobby?) Supposedly they got together for ‘man-play’ - wrestling and beyond. Confidential couldn't substantiate the story and didn't print it. WE don't think it was true either, and neither does Bernstein - but it’s great fun! (Actually, in Tab Hunter's bio he mentioned that he was miffed when Elvis stole his ‘beard’ Natalie Wood away from him.) |
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