The Idolator braintrust has spent the last twenty minutes scratching our heads over
this New York Daily News blind item, and frankly we were just about to give up: "Which distinctively named member of a chart-topping pop group swings both ways? He surprised his male talent escort at a recent Hollywood red-carpet event with an invitation back to his hotel room." Distinctively named? Like...with multiple umlauts? Or with a "y" in place of an "i"? (Also, what is a "male talent escort"? As Maura said, "I feel like this item is written in some like just-off-English dialect.") And "chart-topping pop group" does allow us to leave out, uh, Crocus Behemoth and Euronymous from Mayhem. But a chart-topping pop group from
what decade? This was next to impossible, but please cast your vote for one of our shot-in-the-dark guesses (or write in one of your own).
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"Which pop superstar asked friends to hide them from Bono at an event as they were terrified of being roped into his Red scheme?" Well, it's 
The Sunday NYT features a gripping "Modern Love" column in which comedienne Julie Klausner has sex with an indie rocker who doesn't text back promptly. Even though found his stereotypical, passive shtick annoying, she thought he was cute and was mildly disappointed when it turned out he was only interested in casual sex. Aside from his having an illegitimate child, most of the details regarding this awkward singer are pretty damn universal. Universal enough that one might wonder what the hell she was expecting from the dalliance, and definitely universal enough that there's no guarantee that this guy is even famous. But we can dream.
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