One of the most successful teams in auto racing is back in the pits this week for its first race since team founder and actor Paul Newman died last month.
KANSAS CITY -- This year's Chase for the Championship has turned into a three-man battle between Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle as the top three are separated by just 30 points.
There's an old French expression: "An actress is more than a woman, and an actor is less than a man." No one ever thought of Paul Newman in those terms. In a way, men and women alike saw him more as an heroic athlete than a performing actor.
One of the most successful teams in auto racing is back in the pits this week for its first race since team founder and actor Paul Newman died last month.
KANSAS CITY -- This year's Chase for the Championship has turned into a three-man battle between Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle as the top three are separated by just 30 points.
There's an old French expression: "An actress is more than a woman, and an actor is less than a man." No one ever thought of Paul Newman in those terms. In a way, men and women alike saw him more as an heroic athlete than a performing actor.
Sheila Oppenheimer was only a day away from giving birth, and she was worried. "I was on the fetal monitor, and I was very scared." She looked out a window and saw a blue-eyed man, Paul Newman, walking by. Then, she knew everything would be all right.
Paul Newman lived long enough, and lived well enough, to confuse anybody who'd try for a final summation. He was a cross-generational film star, his movies the last 50 years inspired by 10 Oscar-nominated parts. Everything from Hud to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler to Cool Hand Luke. But, he was also a salad dressing magnate, starting up a popcorn and spaghetti company as a joke, all profits of Newman's Own going to charity. By 2007, the foundation had given out $175 million and dressed a lot of salads.
Five things we learned from the Twins' 4-2 loss to the Royals on Saturday afternoon at the Metrodome, extending the AL Central anguish yet another day:
Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83.
Once bitter rivals in the early days of the Indy Racing League, actor Paul Newman and team owner Roger Penske have joined forces in the spirit of unity.
When it comes to babies, we pay a lot of attention to the five senses. Colorful mobiles, famous composers' lullabies, foods introduced in a certain order, the bunny to pat. But when was the last time you stopped and smelled the roses? Gave yourself a taste treat? Or took a moment to truly appreciate the feel of your fur-lined boots as you pull them on?
Hollywood has always been fond of the all-star film. From "Grand Hotel" to "The Greatest Show on Earth," "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Judgment at Nuremberg," packing a film with stars has often been a sure-fire marketing strategy, if not always a way to make a great film.
A water company that puts all of its profits into clean water projects in developing countries has created an environmentally friendly bottle out of biodegradable plastic.
The awards keep pouring in for "Sideways," which the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association named the best picture of 2004.
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good (Doubleday, $22.95), the new book by actor Paul Newman and partner A.E. Hotchner, shares the secrets of the success of Newman's Own, the wildly ...
Brunswick is the company that gave Americans play. First with billiards, then bowling, and now with pleasure boats, it capitalized on early America's budding interest in leisure activities and has ...
Whether you believe that charity covers or creates a multitude of sins depends on your preference for the Bible or for Oscar Wilde. But one thing's for sure: There are a multitude of ways to give m...
Back in 1995, when I was thinking about starting an investment fund, KPMG Peat Marwick did a study of Icahn Associates' historical investment results. Our compounded annual rate of return was 48%. ...
When people ask me where I got my love of adrenaline, I blame it on my father. As my three older brothers and I grew up, my father fueled our budding thrill addictions with his own: snow walks in t...
His flashy signature is on the bottles, but don't assume Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca, 67, spends his time flogging the wine and olive oil that bears his name. Says he: ''I have enough trouble selling ...
MANAGING/COVER STORY 44 BREAKING UP IBM Facing horrendous challenges, John Akers is taking Big Blue apart and may even sell stock in the corporate pieces. His reforms rate a B- so far, but the job ...
''The amount of debt is almost academic. Would you rather fall off the Empire State Building or the World Trade Center?'' -- ROBERT JOEDICKE of Shearson Lehman Bros., commenting on the $4.5 billion...
PAUL NEWMAN, 61, announcing he will use his food company's profits to build a camp for gravely ill children: ''This is made possible by salad dressing and by the people who buy the damn stuff.'' RO...
Rock singer Madonna's garbage-can garb and pouty red lips travel well. Mitsubishi Electric paid a reported $650,000 for the right to use fragments of her Virgin Tour rock video in a Japanese TV ad ...
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