The release of "amoral" gumshoe Fred Otash's files—he bugged Rock Hudson denying to his wife Phyllis Gates that he'd ever "picked up boys from the streets" and listened in on JFK having sex with Marilyn—is fascinating. Who knew his old files still existed, or that they'd be so rich with hush-hush Hollywood morsels?
Otash also claimed he was surveilling Monroe the day she died, describing a violent three-way argument between the doomed star, Bobby Kenney and Peter Lawford, the latter of whom allegely muffled Monroe's hysteria with a pillow over the face.
Explosive stuff.
Drag fabulosa Linda Simpson is too young to remember when her alter ego, Les Simpson, took these wonderful photos that are a part of NYC, c. 1985, a show going up at ClampArt Gallery (521-531 W. 25th St., between 10th/11th Aves.), so she's probably just as amazed as we are by the early AIDS activism and '80s fashions he captured.
(The final three images in the above gallery are from the after-party of 1982's Night of 100 Stars, and include shots of Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Evans and Liza Minnelli.)
The show also features: Amy Arbus, Catherine McGann, Nan Goldin, Larry Clark, and other familiar names.
I'll be stopping by the show this Saturday to eyeball this work in the flesh. I expect it will be like stepping into a time machine. Thirty years really does fly by when you're having fun.
More of Les Simpson'80s shots here.
England's most Wanted.
50 celebrity beach bodies.
Michael Douglas claims HPV, not cigs, caused his cancer.
Andy Towle & Michael Goff honored by SCF.
Debbie Harry "forgets" she isn't in her 20s.
LIVE: Pet Shop Boys perform "Vocal."
Watch Boy Culture online anytime.
Storm Chasers get caught in tornado, die.
Pia Zadora arrested for domestic violence.
Another good reason not to eat pigs.
Adam Lambert would judge American Idol.
Andrew Sullivan on Turkey.
Sexy army tops.
Russia ready to ban all foreign adoptions by gay couples.
A random, delightful snap of the late Jean Stapleton with...Alice Cooper???
Those were the nights.
The NFL player has resisted outing; here is the latest.
The incredibly true story of 2 boys in love, yearbook edition.
INFOGRAPHIC: What's a meme?
Burn, baby, burn—Disco Obama!
Yet another Obamacare success story.
Lou Reed gets life-saving liver transplant.
Now Amanda Bynes is calling People faggots.
Could Illinois have marriage equality by summer...?
Indianapolis Colts player urges gay footballers to come out.
Jesse Ventura considers presidential run in '16.
Henry Cavill video morsels from his Details cover shoot:
Via The Bilerico Project: Grandma's sweet marriage equality song, above.
President Obama's 2013 Pride Proclamation.
Gay license plates OK after all in Indiana.
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty...
10th NYC bias crime of 2013.
Miguel might get sued for his head-squash.
Rowing club goes nude to fight bullying.
1930s subway train rides again!
Dom/sub wars at FOX News.
Social Security still financially sound.
Courtney Love drops American Idol hints.
Local People With Their Arms Crossed tumblr.
STOP. TALKING. ABOUT. AMANDA. BYNES:
Blade-y Gaga
Trailer for Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills looks...uh...???
5 types of guys on Instagram. (Including shirtless.)
Celebrities UNDERWHELMED by Justin Bieber.
Is this Amelia Earhart's plane?
Internet superstars try to explain their fame.
Get ready for Prancercise:
Mariah Carey officially leaves American Idol.
Guy Oseary, Scooter Braun & Troy Carter discuss the tech & music biz @ D11.
What's black & white & red all over? Prince Harry in a tux.
10 gay lessons from The Golden Girls.
Free twerking lessons at the beach.
I love videos you can laugh at while masturbating to them.
Ben Model, a leading silent film pianist, has a truly intriguing effort under way called Accidentally Preserved. Using home-use 16MM prints of previously lost silent films and silent shorts (described as "the Netflix of the Art Deco era"), he's been creating easy-to-access versions of these gems. The films are called "accidentally preserved" because while their original prints were, in fact, not preserved at all, their 16MM home-use versions, which were sold off to fans and film societies when the practice ended in the '40s, have survived.
Check out the catalogue. He's got lots up on YouTube, too.
Above: Everything Michele Bachmann accomplished in Congress.
Kelly Osbourne: Lady Gaga "a big hypocrite."
Churches abandoning Boy Scouts.
Miley Cyrus dumped by Liam Hemsworth.
Adrian Peterson's anti-gay remarks "corrosive."
First same-sex wedding in France is le B.F.D.
Are straight actors playing gay still a problem?
1st out player in men's college b-ball: 6'7" of humility.
Proof that Abe Lincoln was gay—honest!
Madonna sells her iconic (to me!) NYC condo.
A queer(er) version of Madonna's Truth or Dare hits Toronto.
Truth/Dare: A Satire (With Dance) is created by Salvatore Antonio & Degrassi's Adamo Ruggiero.
