To General Mills: Here's Why Frank Sinatra Is The Tarzan Of The Boudoir," threatened to sue Confidential for a story about how Wheaties allegedly enhanced his sex life. The July 1957 issue featured a cover story on Liberace headlined "Why Liberace's theme song should be 'Mad About The Boy'." It alleged that the actor had a homosexual dalliance with a press agent in Dallas. Liberace testified before the Los Angeles grand jury but was not called to testify at the actual 1957 trial. Tab Hunter, subject of a September 1955 Confidential story, "The Lowdown On That 'Disorderly Conduct' Charge Against Tab Hunter!" was "on 'two-hour call status' for the duration of the trial," but was not called to testify. Maureen O'Hara, subject of a March 1957 Confidential story, "It was the hottest show in town when Maureen O'Hara Cuddled in Row 35," testified before the Los Angeles grand jury. She and Dorothy Dandridge were the only subjects of Confidential stories who were called to testify at the 1957 trial. Impact Due to Confidentials success, competing magazines soon were created—Exclusive, Exposed, Hush-Hush, Inside, On The Q.T., Rave, Revealed, Side Street, The Lowdown, and Uncensored. All of these magazines had striking slogans in the Confidential "Uncensored And Off The Record" tradition: "All The Facts...All The Names" (Exposed and Uncensored), "What You Don’t Know About The People You Know" (Hush-Hush), "Stories The Newspapers Won’t Print!" (On The Q.T.), "Great Moments of Passion!" (Side Street), "The Facts They Dare Not Tell You" (The Lowdown). Today, the only Confidential-inspired supermarket tabloids that remain are National Enquirer, Globe, InTouch Weekly, OK!, and Life & Style. Television tabloid shows such as A Current Affair and Hard Copy are also inspired by the tabloid, as well as the celebrity news and gossip website TMZ. Portrayal in other media Film historians usually assume that Confidential inspired the name of James Ellroy's novel L.A. Confidential, although the magazine that is portrayed in the story is Hush-Hush. The novel became the basis of the film of the same name. In July 2014, the New York Musical Theatre Festival opened Mr. Confidential, a musical starring Kevin Spirtas as Robert Harrison. The play's title derived from Samuel Bernstein's Robert Harrison biography of the same name. References External links Bimonthly magazines published in the United States News magazines published in the United States Celebrity magazines published in the United States Defunct magazines published in