A friendship that lasts 30 years is rare under any circumstances—but in Hollywood, it’s almost unheard of. And yet, that’s exactly what existed between Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. The two first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maupin explained that he met the actor through his lover, Jack Coates, at a social gathering in San Francisco. At this event, ...

Mamie Van Doren, in a new interview, remembered the date she went on with Rock Hudson Though everyone at the studio knew he was "gay," Van Doren still said he "came on" to her Van Doren was a star of ...

Back in 1949, the marvelous he-man hunk we know and love as Rock Hudson was still in the process of being born. In Hollywood terms, that is. At that time, Hudson was fresh off of military service and ...

Tall, dark, handsome, buffed, manly yet sensitive: Rock Hudson (1925-85) was the embodiment of the classic Hollywood hunk in the 1950s and 60s. He wasn't a stage-trained "Method" actor like Marlon ...

Rock Hudson was born in Illinois just over 100 years ago and became one of the leading men among Hollywood actors. Elizabeth Taylor was born in London to a prominent American couple, grew up in Los ...