Desperate, he took a female role and became a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves.

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• What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.featured
• Little did this desperate, out of work actor know when he secretly auditioned for a female role that he'd become the hottest star on television. Not even the girl he's madly in love with knows that he's Tootsie.copy
• Can you keep a secret? In the next 72 hours, this desperate, unemployed actor will secretly audition for the lead of a soap opera. And become America's hottest new actress.copy
• He's Tootsie... She's Dustin Hoffman
• This Is a Hell of a Way To Make a Living.
• This Christmas everyone will know that she's Dustin Hoffman and he's Tootsie.

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