Michael Musto Blind Items - Lots And Lots

I don't even need to post any blind items today. Michael Musto has a ton. In his column yesterday he just kind of lumped them all together. Lucky for us, a reader was kind enough to break them all down and number them for easier guessing. Enjoy these. There are 40 of them.

(1) Which supposedly cleaned-up star was spotted at a hot West Village
restaurant, going to the bathroom about every five minutes to take care
of business? Anyone buying the weak bladder excuse?

(2) Which once-hot pop star can barely sing a note and needs mucho
enhancement in the studio, getting help from a songwriter who's also
vocally stepped in for that working-class rock band?

(3) Similarly, which famous young lady actually does the singing for
her more famous sister?

(4) Which quirky director who gives the wife a lot of work must be
doing so in exchange for some heavy bearding? (He's rumored to be one
of them there closet cases.)

(5) Which still-closety '70s superstar gets regular mansion visits from
a local gay promoter?

(6) Which TV starlet has freaked out from her (mid-level) success and
doesn't want people on the street to even look in when she's doing a
photo shoot in an establishment? Wouldn't she freak out even more if
they didn't look in?

(7) Which married actor is wildly flamboyant among friends and business
associates, but when he sits down with an interviewer or goes out in
public, he suddenly reins in the swishing and tries to pass for
straight? Who's buying it?

(8) Which French actor, who's now part of a franchise, is known=2
0for
having a "dick of fire"? (I.e., he can't seem to stick it in enough
orifices—all of them les girls', alas).

(9) Which trannie, poignantly enough, got a cut-rate sex change and
can't feel much of anything down there?

(10) Which belter is such a drinker that she had to be pushed onstage
for her entrance at that concert, after which she started singing eight
bars early, thereby throwing off the whole number (and, in fact, the
whole show)?

( 11) Which male Tony nominee for musicals is such an egomaniac that
people dread sitting at his end of the table?

(12) Which old-time crooner only does interviews via e-mail, so his
people can provide canned answers that are often verbatim repeats of
what they fed other publications?

(13) Which Brazilian hustler keeps his cash in his mattress rather than
report it to the authorities? (Not that I know any Brazilian hustlers,
mind you. I got this from a friend of a friend.)

(14) Which comeback chanteuse lost her lower register due to all those
times she took injections to get over health problems and/or exhaustion?

(15) What diva's light-skinned son strangely has trouble getting it up?

(16) Which semi-star was supposedly busted for posting anonymous
threads about how she was better in that hit show than the woman who
replaced her? Is it any wonder the semi-star was caught screaming,
"Noooo!" when her replacement won the big award?

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17) Which erudite actor who's currently on the boards was seen—by
me—wiping his nose as he left the bathroom at Hiro? (Well, he had the
next day off.) Anyone buying the weak sinus excuse?

(18) Which well-chosen wife of a major star is so dumb she didn't know
that a drag performance she'd just seen was indeed a collection of
males in dresses? Does that explain why she married that husband?

(19) Which American author's birthplace studiously omits his
homosexuality from all materials and resents any attempt to get it
mentioned?

(20) Which author's birthplace doesn't?

(21) Which director supposedly got married to deflect accusations
(baseless, I'm sure) that he was sleeping with his young discovery?

(22) Which husband of that too-thin personality is a cheater (and a
beater, too, if you believe the horrid murmurs)?

(23) Which hubby didn't want to pose for photos with the wife at her
book party because, as he mouthed to her, "It's your book"? (Free
answer: Dean McDermott.)

(24) Which surprise Broadway star is a shameless womanizer who tried to
get a young lady who was auditioning for a part in his show to come
over and rehearse in private? When she couldn't find the time to do so,
how did he respond to her later request for tickets? (Angrily, I assure
you.)

(25) Which talented blonde stage star picks her nose as if burrowing
for gold and is fond of saying about job offer
s, "They can't afford
me"? Who turned down the illustrious chance to replace her? (Free
answers: Ashley Tisdale, Hilary Duff, and Brittany Snow, for starters.
I guess they couldn't afford them.)

(26) Which screen legend would seem to be a great icon to get to know,
but at least one person who has done so reports, "Not so! She's boring
and needy!"?

(27) What biggie didn't talk to a stage co-star who happened to have
gotten even better reviews than she did?

(28) Who wrote that movie by dredging up her perspective on her sister
and other family situations, but told the press it was totally original?

(29) Which Oscar winner hides her head in her hand whenever she sees
me, even though we're fellow rabid liberals?

(30) Which teen idol could the character named "Zack" in Dance
Flick—you know, the one who sings the song about being a big
gay—possibly be based on?

Which legendary restaurant that was priced out of business is reopening
in a boutique hotel—this time, with a big stage, rather than have
performances on the counter? (Free answer: Florent.)

(31) Which Post gossip diva has written a Broadway show that I hear the
Weislers will bring to a really big stage?

And now, kindly hold your noses and prance down memory lane with me for
these far more vintage items:

(32) Which scriptwriter of two classic musicals once managed to solicit
a blowjob out of a you
ng lady auditioning for a revival, never
realizing she was a chick with a dick (not to mention a very good
friend of mine)?

(33) Which actor who once worked in a trannie bar slept with at least
one of the gals? (Again, I'm connected.)

(34) Which multi-octave superstar started out so rough and untrained
that she wouldn't bother to bathe and, at dinners, would turn to the
person next to her and demand things like, "Cut my meat"? (And no, this
has nothing to do with the discount sex-change item above.)

(35) Which superstar couple's run supposedly ended when she gave him
the gift of herpes? What kinds of kinky activities were the male half
of that duo into? (Free answer: fisting, to name just one earthly
delight. Yes, hetero fisting! I'm not making this shit up!)

(36) What always-acclaimed actress's marriage has lasted so long partly
because the non-bizzy husband turns a blind eye whenever she beds her
male co-stars?

(37) Which legend's first album was a hit by mistake? (On a budget,
they accidentally sped up the music, which made it all the more
danceable).

(38) Which ethnic multi-talent had a breakdown when her then-boyfriend
was arrested? (In fact, she threw herself on the prison floor and
started foaming at the mouth—a far better performance than anything
she's achieved on celluloid.)

(39) Which star of that cable phenomenon didn't thank her husband at
the Emmys because he20was fucking his female co-star on Broadway around
that time?

(40) Which lesbian singer did it with a man—once, from what I can
tell—and he reports that she just laid there, practically comatose? I
mean, can you blame her?