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fromQueerty
1 week ago

Back in the day, Rock Hudson got slicked down & greased up for this Oscars stunt - Queerty

In 1949, Rock Hudson posed as a gold-painted Mr. Oscar statuette at the Hollywood Press Photographers Ball, a publicity stunt orchestrated by his agent Henry Wilson to promote the rising actor before his major stardom in the 1950s.
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fromAdvocate.com
8 months ago

1985: the year the AIDS crisis finally broke through the silence

1985 was a critical year when the AIDS crisis shifted from obscurity to public importance, catalyzed by activism and celebrity announcements.
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