Hollywood's 50 All-Time Hottest Rumors

30. Disney on Ice. According to a sacred urban legend, Walt Disney was, at the time of his death in 1966, cryogenically frozen and placed beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland, awaiting medical/scientific breakthroughs that would restore him to life. Saner sources suggest that Disney was cremated at Forest Lawn cemetery.

31. When You Wish Upon a Star. Those who knew this salty beauty thought her an odd choice to star in wholesome Disney flicks in the '60s. Sure enough, if you believe the story, Uncle Walt discovered her making out with another young actress in a seldom-used office and banished her forever from the lot.

32. Chopper One. One recent delicious rumor claims that a certain tall, blonde, sexy drink of water has false upper teeth that she removes on special occasions, rendering herself especially adept at giving oral pleasure.

33. What's the "It" This "It" Girl's Got? This hot contemporary rumor claims that one of Hollywood's now girls is secretly agonized by a mother who's a boozer and a father who's a self-centered screamer given to belittling her.

34. "Gypsy" Love. Loud-mouthed, brassy Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann purportedly carried on a volatile love affair with louder-mouthed, brassier Broadway legend Ethel Merman (later the inspiration for a monstrous character in Valley of the Dolls).

35. The Closet Case. One of Hollywood's favorite current rumors recounts how a certain very married, long-in-the-tooth Oscar-winning master thespian spent quality time in a bathroom at last springs Academy Awards with a curvaceous, young Oscar-winning actress.

36. The King of the Movies. When Clark Gable made a smash sensation out of a disregarded little comedy called It Happened One Night, the irony was complicated by the rumor that he was forced to make the low-budget movie to repay the studio for hushing-up the ugly the ugly fact that he'd struck and killed another driver and fled the scene.

37. The King of the Movies II. What's the real reason George Cukor was fired from Gone With the Wind? The gay filmmaker knew, gossip said, that when Gable was a struggling young actor, he allowed studio executives, including a close friend of Cukor's, to sexually service him in exchange for career advancement.

38. Death of a Living Legend. Ever since Bruce Lee's death, which Hong Kong authorities attributed to an allergic reaction to a painkiller, stories have claimed he was either a) targeted by the secret Kung Fu society called the Black Hand, or b) the victim of a brain hemorrhage suffered while shooting an action scene.

39. Eve's Ribs. Everyone wondered what had gone on when this Oscar winner reemerged from a screen absence looking like a stacked sex goddess. She swore it was diet and exercise, but rumors said she'd undergone head-to-toe cosmetic surgery that included removal of some of her ribs to make her waist tiny.

40. The Man Who Fell to Earth. George Reeves, TV's Superman, purportedly came to believe he could fly and leapt out a window to his death. Actually, he was found dead from a self-inflicted bullet wound at his apartment and had been despondent over his failure to reactivate his movie career after his cape-and-tights act ended.

41. Like Father, Like Son. Armageddon director Michael Bay is rumored to be the illegitimate son of The Manchurian Candidate and Ronin director John Frankenheimer, which Bay won't confirm or deny.

42. Dazed and Confused. One of America's beloved A-list superstars has long been rumored to be a big honking pot addict.

43. Hooked. A hot bit of dish has it that one beautiful, well-respected and happily married movie star was briefly a high-ticket Vegas call girl years ago when her career hit lean times.

44. Puppy Love. This actress copped a well-deserved Oscar nomination when she toiled for a multi-Oscar-winning director with a reputation for wildly eccentric, unpredictable behavior. But their love/hate relationship sparked world-class rumors, too. Weirdest of all is the tale of how the actress returned late to her trailer only to find the director having sex with her dog. Woof.

45. The Roman Conquest. Who was the underage girl Roman Polanski had sex with at Jack Nicholson's house in the 1977 incident that sent him permanently back to Europe? Two well-known actresses, Justine Bateman and Valerie Bertinelli, dodged that rumor for years. Then a 34-year-old mother of three publicly stated she was the victim.

46. These Two. People have been talking since the '80s about the two actresses who, while costarring in a movie, had a rocky love affair. When a third star got involved, a vicious catfight erupted. Whatever actually happened, one of the actresses nipped her then-promising career in the bud, and the other has never had another romantic relationship of any consequence.

47. Sweet Baby James. Fifties screen sensation James Dean was supposedly so into having his male sex partners treat him rough that he even enjoyed having his beautiful flesh singed with lighted cigarettes.

48. The True Adventures of Robin Hood. Errol Flynn, the screen's studly, ravishing swashbuckler of the '30s and '40s, was accused by biographer Charles Higham of spying for the Nazis during World War II.

49. The "It" Girl and the Football Team. Box-office giant and original "It" girl of the silent screen Clara Bow's career was damaged, around 1930, by tales that she had such a healthy sexual appetite, she occasionally took on the entire University of Southern California football team, including the "Thundering Herd"'s young tackle, John Wayne. Her most recent biographer trashed the rumor.

50. Come Up and See Me Sometime. Sex queen Mae West supposedly kept her skin baby soft by frequent applications of protein-rich semen, supplied by her stable of muscle men.

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