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The following is an excerpt from the new book

From the first openly gay star to every A-Listers favorite rent boy, these reads explore gay old days of Tinseltown.

Barbra Streisand, 81, met her teenage crush Marlon Brando at a party and he told her Id like to f*** you while his wife was in the adjoining room.

Does Humphrey Bogart still command the same name recognition—the same mythology—that he did even for decades after his death? He used to be, as William J. Mann describes in Bogie & Bacall, one of the few old movie stars to appeal to generations far younger than his. But that posthumous popularity seems to have dissipated: When I first arrived at college in 2015, some of my classmates were buying posters of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, James Dean—but few, if any, of Bogart. And none ...

The end of summer will officially be here in a few weeks. Schools are gearing up for their openings in early September. The Lake Placid Public Library has en

Biographies are some of the most popular books at the library and the shelf of new books is stocked with them right now. When I think of biographies, I think

Bogie picked fights with everybody, on the set and off, one film director remembered. He would come in hungover. He was mean to everyone.

In the months after the death of legendary actor Humphrey Bogart from cancer at 57, Frank Sinatra (right) kept a respectful distance from Bogies widow Lauren Betty Bacall (left).

Humphrey Bogart was married to actress Lauren Bacall, 25 years younger than him, for 12 years in an iconic relationship that, despite the age gap, had always been passionate and committed.

Check out the details from the book that describes how Lauren Bacall was "terrified" about starting to date Humphrey Bogart.