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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 magazines|gossip tabloid]] published on an erratic schedule in [[Hollywood, California]] beginning in 1976 by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota |
[[Image:Hollystar.jpg|thumb|right| '''Hollywood Star,''' vol 1 no 10, circa 1978]]The '''''Hollywood Star''''' was a highly idiosyncratic [[gossip magazines|gossip tabloid]] published on an erratic schedule in [[Hollywood, California]] beginning in 1976 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 short-lived paper was revived in 1979 in a smaller stapled magazine format, as '''''Hollywood Star Magazine"'''. |
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[[Image:Starmagv1n1.jpg|thumb|left| '''Hollywood Star Magazine,''' vol 1 no 1, 1979.]]Inspired by ''[[Confidential]]'' and other [[gossip magazines]] of the 1950s, ''The Hollywood Star'' had a [[homosexuality|homosexual]] subtext (Kern's other mid-70s paper was called ''Gayboy'') and printed nude photos and sexually-oriented gossip with a frankness that had never been seen in gossip magazines. In addition to naming stars who were gay or [[bisexuality|bisexual]], for example, the magazine published lists of male celebrities based on whether they were or were not [[circumcision|circumcised]]. In one cover story, Dakota issued a sworn and [[notary public|notarized]] account of having being picked up and paid to perform a sex act with [[Walt Disney]]. [[Charles Manson]] went on record with Dakota 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. |
[[Image:Starmagv1n1.jpg|thumb|left| '''Hollywood Star Magazine,''' vol 1 no 1, 1979.]]Inspired by ''[[Confidential]]'' and other [[gossip magazines]] of the 1950s, ''The Hollywood Star'' had a [[homosexuality|homosexual]] subtext (Kern's other mid-70s paper was called ''Gayboy'') and printed nude photos and sexually-oriented gossip with a frankness that had never been seen in gossip magazines. In addition to naming stars who were gay or [[bisexuality|bisexual]], for example, the magazine published lists of male celebrities based on whether they were or were not [[circumcision|circumcised]]. In one cover story, Dakota issued a sworn and [[notary public|notarized]] account of having being picked up and paid to perform a sex act with [[Walt Disney]]. [[Charles Manson]] went on record with Dakota 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 17:45, 21 January 2006
The Hollywood Star was a highly idiosyncratic gossip tabloid published on an erratic schedule in Hollywood, California beginning in 1976 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 short-lived paper was revived in 1979 in a smaller stapled magazine format, as Hollywood Star Magazine".
Inspired by Confidential and other gossip magazines of the 1950s, The Hollywood Star had a homosexual subtext (Kern's other mid-70s paper was called Gayboy) and printed nude photos and sexually-oriented gossip with a frankness that had never been seen in gossip magazines. In addition to naming stars who were gay or bisexual, for example, the magazine published lists of male celebrities based on whether they were or were not circumcised. In one cover story, Dakota issued a sworn and notarized account of having being picked up and paid to perform a sex act with Walt Disney. Charles Manson went on record with Dakota 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.