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| He gets under your skin |
(May 31, 1966—)
Coincidentally, as with Nick Kamen, Scotti owes some of his notoriety to a Madonna connection. This Queens-born model had been knocking down jobs overseas from the time he was a teenager but yearned to make an impact as a singer. With his debut album, he realized a couple of modest hits, including one written by Madonna with Stephen Bray, "Get Over", that appeared in a Demi Moore movie. The album didn't fare well enough to warrant another, but Scotti made the jump into acting, working for many years on the soap The Young and the Restless and later starring in the feature film Kiss Me Guido (1997), which in spite of being aimed squarely at a gay audience enjoyed a wide release and made a couple of million at the box office. It is still one of the Top 100 earning gay-themed films of all time.
At the time of the film's release, I got to interview Scotti for an Attitude cover story. He was extremely nice in person and suggested I was making a mistake by not attending his cover shoot. "I think you would like it," he said mysteriously. The shoot wound up featuring nudity. I was probably home watching Friends.
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| With Madonna, whom Nick first met sneaking into Downtown clubs as a teen |
Network. If you've always wanted to meet him and aren't sure how, my advice is to attend any New York area Blondie gigs that come up—he's an avid fan and is sure to be there.
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