HISTORY IS MADE – AT 10:38 P.M. ET:  Arnold Schwarznegger has put his return to Hollywood on hold, following his admission that he'd fathered a love child.  This may well be the first time in Hollywood history that any film star has put anything on hold because of sexual infidelity.  Mark the date.  You'll want to tell your children someday.  From the New York Post:

LOS ANGELES -- Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is delaying his return to Hollywood after admitting he fathered a love child with a former employee, The Sacramento Bee reported Thursday.

"At the request of Arnold Schwarzenegger we asked Creative Artists Agency to inform all his motion picture projects currently underway or being negotiated to stop planning until further notice," a rep for Schwarzenegger said in a statement.

The agents at Creative Artists probably stood around the cash register and wept openly. 

"Governor Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines. This includes 'Cry Macho,' 'The Terminator' franchise and other projects under consideration. We will resume discussions when Governor Schwarzenegger decides," the statement added.

Given the nature of those movies, maybe it's best that Arnold stay away.  Ronald Reagan was also governor of California.  He stayed in politics.

When these "personal matters" came up during the golden age of Hollywood, a compliant press, and powerful Hollywood columnists, kept them secret.  Loretta Young was able to bear a child by Clark Gable without the public ever getting a hint of the reality.  She was just "taking time off.  Paulette Goddard could "live in sin" with Charlie Chaplin, and it never made print. 

We wanted stars to be role models.  Some of them weren't, but we never knew.

May 19, 2011