Hollywood

Story on Merv Griffin pulled by Hwd Reporter *

Elizabeth Guider, the new editor of The Hollywood Reporter, is out of state but ordered the trade's website to take down this morning's story by Ray Richmond about Merv Griffin's sexuality, says a source. It's still up at Richmond's blog. The post begins:

Merv Griffin was gay.

There. Is that plain enough for ya? No gossip, no scandal, no snickering behind the back. Just reality. Why should that be so uncomfortable to contemplate? Why is it so difficult to write? Why are we still so jittery even about raising the issue in purportedly liberal-minded Hollywood, in 2007?

Richmond defends his intentions on a friend's blog.

* Cancel that: As of 2:40 pm or so it's back online at THR, as I kinda expected it would be.


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