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Paul Newman, the lean, famously blue-eyed, laconically humorous actor/director, writer, entrepreneur/philanthropist, environmentalist, gourmet, liberal activist, race car driver and benefactor of theater, camps for dying children and countless other causes, lives in Westport with his wife, the actor-director and former theater executive Joanne Woodward. Initially a stage actor trained at the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Newman soon became a movie star in the era of Marlon Brando and James Dean. Ultimately he surpassed them both, as the great Brando failed to find the right roles and grew fat, and Dean passed into legend in a fatal sports car crash after only three movies. Newman's self...
Paul Newman, the lean, famously blue-eyed, laconically humorous actor/director, writer, entrepreneur/philanthropist, environmentalist, gourmet, liberal activist, race car driver and benefactor of theater, camps for dying children and countless other causes, lives in Westport with his wife, the actor-director and former theater executive Joanne Woodward. Initially a stage actor trained at the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Newman soon became a movie star in the era of Marlon Brando and James Dean. Ultimately he surpassed them both, as the great Brando failed to find the right roles and grew fat, and Dean passed into legend in a fatal sports car crash after only three movies. Newman's self-mocking, whimsical humor can be seen in his biography in the Westport Country Playhouse program for "Our Town" which said in part: "Paul Newman is probably best known for his spectacularly successful food conglomerate. In addition to giving the profits to charity, such as his "Hole in the Wall Camps" for children with cancer, named after his gang in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." He also ran Frank Sinatra out of the spaghetti sauce business."
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Reasonably Priced Wines Are Fine For Your Holiday Table
The key to choosing the right wine or wines to serve at Thanksgiving is to not only select something you like but also bottles you think everyone at the table will enjoy. And this year, chances are the price tags on those wines will affect your decisions....Tags: Rivers, Thanksgiving, Australia, Turkey, Beverage Industry
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Run to raise awareness for water craft safety
Participant Sports Second Column/For Thursday, Nov. 20 RUN TO RAISE AWARENESS Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel PARTICIPANT SPORTS A year after his death, Tyler Scott Goldberg is helping to raise awareness for personal watercraft safety. The...Tags: Demographics, 5K Run, Christina Applegate, Jim Ryun, Injuries
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Learn and enjoy it at Central Florida Jewish Film Festival
Sentinel Movie CriticIt's always the most educational film festival on the Central Florida arts calendar. But the 10th edition of the Central Florida Jewish Film Festival, by virtue of its movies, is also one of the best in fests for 2008. Five films -- a trio of smart...Tags: Fanny Ardant, Civil Unrest, Roger Moore, Festive Event, Armed Forces
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Actor Joaquin Phoenix says goodbye to film, hello to music
Joaquin Phoenix says he's "not doing films anymore." He made the announcement Monday at a fundraising event for Paul Newman's camps for kids. Extra's Jerry Penacoli asked "Are you serious?" Phoenix answered, "Yeah. I'm working on my music. I'm done. I'...Tags: Johnny Cash, Joaquin Phoenix
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It's Clint to the rescue
There's a mixed bag of movies today, with no real standouts, but a bunch of enticing contenders. In Hang 'Em High (1 p.m., AMC), Clint Eastwood is the victim of a near-lynching who dedicates himself to bringing justice to his Old West town ... and...Tags: Cary Grant, Alan Hale Sr., Pat Hingle, Murder, Forests
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Phoenix turns back on acting
Joaquin Phoenix must have loved that Johnny Cash movie role. Phoenix dropped a shocker at a benefit for Paul Newman's camps for kids this week, announcing his plans to quit acting and focus on his music. "I want to take this opportunity ... to give...Tags: Johnny Cash, Film Festivals, Joaquin Phoenix
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This year's 'moderately large' ozone hole over Antarctica is 5th biggest on record
NEW YORK (AP) _ This year's ozone hole over Antarctica was the fifth biggest on record, reaching a maximum area of 10.5 million square miles in September, NASA says. That's considered "moderately large," NASA atmospheric scientist Paul Newman said in a...Tags: NASA, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Space Programs, Global Change
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Joaquin Phoenix retiring at 34! Huh?
The Associated PressJoaquin Phoenix is done acting. At a recent production of Ernest Hemingway's "The World of Nick Adams" benefitting Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Camps, Phoenix told a surprised "Extra" reporter that he was retiring from acting. No, really. He's done....Tags: Casey Affleck, James Gray, Weather Reports, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joaquin Phoenix
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See Hollywood classics, Patricia Neal on Long Island
daniel.bubbeo@newsday.comSeen any good movies lately? If current films about talking Chihuahuas or saw-wielding killers don't spark reel excitement, here's your ticket to check out some classics from Hollywood's golden past. Picture Show WHERE Bay Street Theatre, Long...Tags: Cary Grant, Shirley MacLaine, Bay Street Theater, Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal
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Focus On Paul Newman at Kent Memorial Library
The Hartford CourantThe dearly departed Paul Newman will be honored by the Kent Memorial Library in Suffield with a three-film series of some of Newman's greatest roles. The series starts Wednesday at 2 p.m. with "The Long Hot Summer." The 1958 potboiler, adapted from...Tags: William Faulkner, Orson Welles, Piper Laurie, Jackie Gleason, Sidney Lumet
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The Paul Newman post: sort of food-related
Dining@LargeWhoa. I can't believe Paul Newman is dead. This is sort of a food post, considering all those salad dressings and popcorn his name was on. I saw Paul Newman once when he came back to his alma mater, Kenyon...... -
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Somebody Up There Likes Me 8 p.m. [Turner Classic Movies] TCM is running several Paul Newman movies, including this biopic of boxer Rocky Graziano. The Time magazine review in 1956 said: "Paul Newman brings to awesome life the jungle qualities implicit...Tags: New York Times, Marlon Brando
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