Hollywood Star

Hollywood Star Magazine, vol. 1 no. 1, 1979.

The Hollywood Star was an idiosyncratic gossip tabloid published on an erratic schedule in Hollywood, California by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota."[1][2] Published in a newspaper format (and sold in newsracks), it appeared in 1976, and had stopped publishing by 1981.[citation needed] In 1979, it adopted a smaller magazine format which lasted two issues, as Hollywood "Confidential" Star Magazine.[2] The Hollywood Star had a homosexual subtext (Kern's other mid-1970s paper was called Gayboy) and printed nude photos and sexually oriented gossip.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Lewis, Jon (July 26, 2022). Road Trip to Nowhere: Hollywood Encounters the Counterculture. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-34374-0.
  2. ^ a b Pessl, Marisha (November 21, 2014). Filme noturno (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Intrinseca. ISBN 978-85-8057-593-4.
  3. ^ New Times 1977-04-29: Vol 8 Iss 9. NT Media, LLC. April 29, 1977.
  4. ^ Haney, Duke (2018). Death Valley superstars: ocasionally fatal adventures in filmland. Los Angeles, CA : Delancey Street Press. ISBN 978-0-692-17239-1.
  5. ^ Chicago Tribune 1982-03-17: Iss 76. March 17, 1982.