Today's Blind Items - The Magazine

Back in the 80's a couple of guys got together and decided they wanted to create a magazine that was as close to nude as possible without actually getting nude. Think of something like Maxim. They specialized in landing actresses or people who had been in scandals and then would throw hem into as little clothing as possible and they generated a lot of sales. They would find background actresses from popular movies and then use the name of the movie to sell the women. It is when they started doing this, they started getting calls and actual letters from all over the world about hiring some of the se actresses/celebrities to appear at parties or as dates. The guys who ran the thing would put people in touch, and only took a very small fee. Later down the road, one said they really missed out on a lot more money because they could have arranged the dates and made a ton. There were millions of dollars exchanged and according to the guys, at least two dozen marriages occurred because of the hookups. The magazine limped through the years after the internet destroyed their business model, but lasted until the early aughts.