Why Beg “Gay the ’70s New York and L.A. Was Magic” (Gut Column) – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• LIZ SMH OUTS BARRY DILLER AS GAY AND LEE RADZIWILL AS A HOMOPHOBE
• WHY BEG “GAY THE ’70S NEW YORK AND L.A. WAS MAGIC” — AND HOW HOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED (GUT COLUMN)

LIZ SMH OUTS BARRY DILLER AS GAY AND LEE RADZIWILL AS A HOMOPHOBE

' but that he 'worships' his wife Diane Von Furstenberg (above)Smh tells The Hollywood Reporter that this nversatn me the wake of David Geffen, another high profile executive, revealg he was gay gossip lumnist claims she advised Diller, the chairman of media pany IAC, agast , tellg him; 'No, Barry, David Geffen needs to e out. " And a memoir by a former rt who claimed to have bedd var members of Hollywood's gay mafia was expunged of all referenc by name to Diller; though a character nicknamed The Bear, bearg some remblance to the pact tyon, did make an appearance. But, at least at the level of gossip, Diller's clatns have been a staple for at least two s among journalists, fellow media magnat, the gay tablishment, and their tam.

The tyon's donatns to chary clu many gay . His former yacht, the apposely named Black Sheep, regularly docked at Provcetown, the gay summer rort on Cape Cod. The Operator, Tom Kg's bgraphy of David Geffen, the most open member of the velvet mafia, stat baldly that Diller is gay.

Both Geffen and Diller were immediately sought out by the prs when Michael Ovz, the once-mighty Hollywood agent, blamed a myster gay bal for his profsnal mise.

WHY BEG “GAY THE ’70S NEW YORK AND L.A. WAS MAGIC” — AND HOW HOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED (GUT COLUMN)

And Maer Roshan, ridiculg the discretn of known gay celebri, referred New York magaze to Diller's long-term relatnship wh a former edor--chief of The Advote, the gay why do Diller bother? In the homophobic Hollywood of the 1970s, was probably eful for Diller to nfe the issue of his personal life. Now Diller had better fend off his hostile shareholr, John Malone, and extract some value om IAC's languishg portfol of ter gay billnaire, who marri his fag hag so that he n support her children: that's an upliftg narrative; los some of s dramatic power if the billns evaporate.

Hollywood's Homosexual Mafia.

Hollywood's "gay mafia" or "velvet mafia" or "lavenr mob" has long been the subject of gossip, wh ocsnal blips to the mastream prs. Terms such as "Gay mafia" refer to a group of powerful homosexuals who exercise extraordary fluence the entertament dtry. "Gay mafia" is not a term ed publicly or wh pole pany.