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Remembering Scotty Bowers, the ‘male madame to the stars’
Scotty Bowers died earlier this week. He was 96. He was a matchmaker of sorts in Hollywood. He found gay and straight partners for some top celebrities -- at a time when being queer was kept secret or heavily criticized.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readScotty Bowers died earlier this week. He was 96. He was a matchmaker of sorts in Hollywood. He found gay and straight partners for some top celebrities -- at a time when being queer was kept secret or heavily criticized. He claimed that some of his clients were Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Spencer Tracy. He even claimed that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was one of his sexual partners.
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The full episode
5 of 5Taking politics out of the climate change debate- 0:00What are moderate voters looking for in a presidential candidate?
- 8:08As impeachment inquiry ratchets up, who are the ‘Three Amigos?’
- 18:13Reframing climate change as a symptom of evolutionary success
- 27:04Country star Tanya Tucker on her first album in nearly 20 years
- 42:47Remembering Scotty Bowers, the ‘male madame to the stars’You’re reading this