Living in the Hollywood area as long as I have (the better part of 40 years) and being acquainted with quite a few people in the entertainment business over that time, one hears and sees an awful lot about the lives and activities of people in the business. The amazing thing is how actually very little of what goes on actually makes it to the media. I have sometimes known about some celebrity's sexual preference, substance abuse or other aspect of their personal life long before it has com out in the press. A case in point is Ricahrd Chamberlin; he rather recently "came out" as gay but I heard about it in the mid-70's after some lady friends of mine expressed surprise after seeing him having a romantic dinner with a young man in a well-known restaurant. Later on, I would hear other stoeies about him but would never hear or see anything in the regular media.
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