The late actor encouraged fun, Julia remembers at a Hole in the Wall gala
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.
A beer drinker who never flaunted his celebrity, the actor was beloved by Connecticut neighbors
Over a 41-year friendship, the race-car driver and the actor made silly bets and good talk
The Oscar winner and philanthropist had quietly been battling cancer
His daughters praise the bighearted actor's most important roles – that of father and husband
Costars and politicians recall an actor who was the "ultimate cool guy"
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.
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.
Screen legend Paul Newman died Friday evening of cancer
His marriage to Uma Thurman may have ended three years ago, but Ethan Hawke is still nursing the wounds - to his ego.
America's racing cultures crossed paths Wednesday night at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, when the stars of the Nextel Cup mixed it up on a half-mile dirt track in late model stock cars.
River metaphors run thickly and unsubtly through "Empire Falls," Richard Russo's adaptation of his own lovely novel of the same name.
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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.
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