Paul Newman

The Tonight Show. A Thursday night in February 1968. Sitting behind Johnny Carson’s rosewood desk isn’t the show’s usual host but a stand-in: a beautiful, brown-skinned man whom Carson has invited to hold down his chair at 30 Rock for an entire week. It’s Harry Belafonte. America’s “King of Calypso”…

Clea Newman Paul Newman and his daughter Clea at his 50th birthday party. Paul Newman would have been 100 years old this past year, but even harder to accept is that he’s been gone for more than seventeen of them. His icy-blue gaze and wry smile have never been far…

George Clooney is officially taking a step back from playing romantic leads. In an interview with The Daily Mail published Monday, December 15, Clooney, 64, revealed the decision was part of a conversation he had with his wife, Amal Clooney. “I’ve been trying to go the route Paul Newman did:…

Susan Kendall Newman, an actress, Emmy-nominated producer, social activist and firstborn daughter of Paul Newman, has died. She was 72. Newman died Aug. 2 of complications from chronic health conditions, her family announced. Newman, whose mother was Paul Newman’s first wife, Jackie Witte, portrayed one of the six teenagers trying…

Nobody knows exactly when and where iconic actor/director/soon-to-be-racer Paul Newman first met San Diego-area Indy car builder Jerry Eisert. Speculation is that their first meeting took place sometime in 1969 at Ontario Motor Speedway, where Newman hung out a lot while he prepared to film Once Upon a Wheel, a…

On Tuesday, September 16, Robert Redford, the legendary actor and Oscar-winning director of Ordinary People, died at the age of 89. Redford made his mark on Hollywood in films like All the President’s Men and by starting the iconic Sundance Film Festival. But Redford only got his big break when…

Subscribe Give A Gift saved Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Cinematrix No. 524: September 1, 2025 By Britina Cheng , Vulture’s Cinematrix and Telematrix producer   She started at New York in 2016 and was previously a fact-checker for the magazine. Updated 5:00 A.M. saved…

IF GENE HACKMAN movies want you to know one thing, it’s that Gene Hackman can’t have everything. No matter how close his anti-heroes get to catching their man, or getting off scot-free, or untangling themselves from conspiracy, there’s often some intangible, existential cost that their survival depends on. Consider the…

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There is nobody like Clint Eastwood. The 94-year-old legend is still working, and his latest film, Juror #2 , might be his best in 15 years. The Order ‘s Nicholas Hoult stars as Justin Kemp, a Georgia resident called for jury duty on a high-profile murder case. Kemp holds a…