Nov
28
2019
38 posts categorized "JOAN CRAWFORD"
Mar
22
2019
ABOVE: With his, er, legs, Steve claims he was tired at the end of a spin class. I'm skeptical.
Mar
16
2018
Nov
28
2017
Simon Marini (Image via Jockstrap Central)
Naked came the MMA fighter, plus links on Trump's failed trans ban, his Pocahontas slur, his denial of the veracity of the Access Hollywood tape a year later, a touching story about HIV fear and an incredible art show you won't wanna miss.
Aug
14
2017
Jackie Hoffman of Feud is pulling Joan Crawford, phoning all her Emmy rivals, offering to accept on their behalf in the eventuality that any of the other women win:
Is this Laura Dern, Miss Laura Dern? Bruce! Bruce Dern. Are you taking all of Laura's calls? Oh, you work for her.
Keep reading for this and some other hot links including Jeff Sessions using the phrase Trump never, ever will ...
Jul
24
2017
Tony Danza (Images by Bob Deutsch)
My pal Bob Deutsch has shot just about everyone. Check out his Instagram for some great, unique and occasionally totally singular shots of the biggest names of the '60s, '70s and '80s.
You know who!
Jul
15
2017
(Image via WOW! Stuffz)
I mean, how could you not?
Haines — his smile didn't intentionally hide anying, but he didn't read as gay to audiences. (Image via MGM)
William aka Billy Haines (1900-1973) bolted from Virginia in 1919 to live in NYC's Greenwich Village, where he lived with a male couple who'd been together for 40 years. He also befriended a same-sex couple who were living together, both of whom moved to Hollywood — becoming known as fashion designer Orry-Kelly (1897-1964) and movie star Cary Grant (1904-1986).
Billy entered a 1922 talent contest that lhe won, leading to an MGM contract and a career in Hollywood in the Silent Era.
Throughout the '20s, Haines gained a reputation as a popular leading man, one with a certain degree of sarcasm that today might be diagnosed as snark. His hits included the 1926 smashes Brown of Harvard and Tell It to the Marines (indeed).
He was also a carouser, notching up affairs with men and women, including an alleged one-off with Clark Gable (1901-1960), a more serious affair with superstar Ramon Novarro (1899-1968), and relationships with Norma Shearer (1902-1983) and Barbara La Marr (1896-1926).
Haines with Lon Chaney Sr. in Tell It to the Marines (1926)
In spite of Haines's success, his casual approach to being gay was a liability; in an era when coming out was unheard of, he was never really in, though he did tell reporters he was in love with actress Polly Moran (1883-1952), a pal. In reality, from 1926, he was in love with former sailor Jimmie Shields (1905-1974), with whom he lived.
