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Dishing the dirt on Hollywood JOAN’S SAUCY TELL-ALL

There’s no denying it – Joan Collins is a great dame. As a 21-year-old, she was told her acting career was all but over, but she didn’t accept it for a moment. Instead, this year the Dynasty actress marks 70 years in movies.

The 87-year-old remembers with a wry smile the day she was chased off the 20th Century Fox lot in 1954 by an older, married actor who was outraged that she’d turned down his amorous advances.

“He followed me at high speed in

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