James Dean was blackmailed by a former male lover who threatened to out him on the eve of his big-screen break, according to a new book. In “Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean,” which drops ...

James Dean was allegedly pressured into paying his former gay lover so he wouldn’t be outed before he became a major film star, a new book claims. Michael Ochs Archives. 11.

A new feature film about James Dean‘s supposed gay college romance may be on the way. Writer and director Guy Guido plans to film a biopic based on William Bast’s 2006 memoir, Surviving James ...