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[[Image:Hollystar.jpg|thumb|right '''Hollywood Star,''' vol 1 no 10, circa 1978]]The '''Hollywood Star''' was a highly idiosyncratic gossip magazine pubished in [[Hollywood, California]] in the mid-1970s by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota." Initially published in a newspaper format (and sold in newsracks), the paper was revived in the late '70s in a smaller stapled magazine format, as '''Hollywood Star Confidential.''' |
[[Image:Hollystar.jpg|thumb|right '''Hollywood Star,''' vol 1 no 10, circa 1978]]The '''Hollywood Star''' was a highly idiosyncratic gossip magazine pubished in [[Hollywood, California]] in the mid-1970s by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota." Initially published in a newspaper format (and sold in newsracks), the paper was revived in the late '70s in a smaller stapled magazine format, as '''Hollywood Star Confidential.''' |
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Inspired by ''[[Confidential]]'' and other gossip magazines of the 1950s, ''The Hollywood Star'' had a gay subtext (Kern's other paper was called ''Gayboy'') and printed nude photos and sex-oriented gossip with a frankness and specificity that had never been seen in gossip magazines. In addition to naming stars who were gay or bi-sexual, the magazine published lists of which male stars were and were not circumcized. In one cover story, Dakota issued a sworn and notarized account of being picked up and paid for sex by [[Walt Disney]]. Dakota got [[Charles Manson]] to go on record about various celebrities that he had been involved with, leading [[Frank Sinatra]] to threaten Dakota (one of Sinatra's daughters had been named by Manson)--the threats, of course, were published in full. |
Inspired by ''[[Confidential]]'' and other [[gossip magazines]] of the 1950s, ''The Hollywood Star'' had a gay subtext (Kern's other paper was called ''Gayboy'') and printed nude photos and sex-oriented gossip with a frankness and specificity that had never been seen in gossip magazines. In addition to naming stars who were gay or bi-sexual, the magazine published lists of which male stars were and were not circumcized. In one cover story, Dakota issued a sworn and notarized account of being picked up and paid for sex by [[Walt Disney]]. Dakota got [[Charles Manson]] to go on record about various celebrities that he had been involved with, leading [[Frank Sinatra]] to threaten Dakota (one of Sinatra's daughters had been named by Manson)--the threats, of course, were published in full. |
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Revision as of 03:24, 24 April 2005
The Hollywood Star was a highly idiosyncratic gossip magazine pubished in Hollywood, California in the mid-1970s by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota." Initially published in a newspaper format (and sold in newsracks), the paper was revived in the late '70s in a smaller stapled magazine format, as Hollywood Star Confidential.
Inspired by Confidential and other gossip magazines of the 1950s, The Hollywood Star had a gay subtext (Kern's other paper was called Gayboy) and printed nude photos and sex-oriented gossip with a frankness and specificity that had never been seen in gossip magazines. In addition to naming stars who were gay or bi-sexual, the magazine published lists of which male stars were and were not circumcized. In one cover story, Dakota issued a sworn and notarized account of being picked up and paid for sex by Walt Disney. Dakota got Charles Manson to go on record about various celebrities that he had been involved with, leading Frank Sinatra to threaten Dakota (one of Sinatra's daughters had been named by Manson)--the threats, of course, were published in full.