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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:17 PM Original message |
New book claims actor Paul Newman was an alcoholic and a womaniser |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. The field of biography - especially about show biz - has collapsed because of no fact-checking... |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Butch Cassidy" was 40 years ago. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly, I know a lot of functioning alcoholics who cares he is dead. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. True story about what I saw of Paul & Joanne...at daughter's Graduation... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Thanks for sharing that. n/t |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. But damn it was a good movie |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Whoever else he was, he was a guy who put out a food line |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Nell had a bit more to do with that |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
53. Bio about Nell from WIKI: |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Too true. And don't forget the cancer camps for kids. He's okay in |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah he was such scum that Joanne Woodward stayed married |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. My thought, too. nt |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:31 PM Original message |
And I can think of few couples married for that long and in the |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. I agree, on all points. A stellar life, well lived. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. "A new autobiography..." Proofreading FAIL. Journalism FAIL. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Yep. Kind of clues you in to the possible content, doesn't it. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Oh my goodness - I skimmed so fast I didn't even catch that |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. ya right...... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Remind me to add it to my "don't waste my money on this shit" list. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. He underachieved then. He could have been President! - Clinton & Bush in one beautiful body! |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. So easy to judge a person |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. A beer habit and that man's waistline? Suuuuurrre. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. i can definitely believe it- especially since it was probably early on... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. He admitted the drinking on Letterman a few years ago |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. yep.. and handsome leading men "often" had flings with their leading ladies |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Drinking.. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Is beer a fruit, a grain or a vegetable? Beer the other carb. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. And so what if he did? |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. So he liked his beer (so do I) |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is news? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Of course, it's not nice to be cruel to an older woman |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. While I have no idea if Leachman's story is true, |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
58. Right, she's just lying to slander Paul Newman. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Oh, and she could possibly have no interest in how Joanne Woodward would feel about her little |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Right wing trash. nt |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. How in the hell can someone drinking a case of beer a day |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. He didn't use turn signals or let others pass - He must've been loaded. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Not to mention keeping his physcial appearance up the way he did |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Gee then when did he ever have time |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. "A new autobiograhy of Paul Newman claims the Oscar winner was a womaniser and an alcoholic." |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Strange, my Mom remembers an off the cuff remark of his |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I remember that too |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I don't remember ever hearing his stating that, just that |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. It was quoted a lot when he died. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. My Mom first stated this to me 15+ yrs. ago. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. "why should I settle for hamburger when I have steak at home?" |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. When your system is used to the best |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. hamburger doesn't have to be the cheap stuff. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Whatever... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
67. i was just providing an answer to the question asked in a like fashion... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Any woman who thinks she can do better than Paul Newman, even a drunk Paul Newman |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. Bullshit! |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. He was first and foremost a human being who left this world a little better than when he entered it. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. NY Post throwing mud on a dead liberal |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. Famous actor drinks beer, chases women! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. didn't he wear a bottle opener around his neck in 'cool hand luke'? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. yep |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. Never knew any film stars personally. But paid respectful attention to |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Joanne and Paul did a movie together and Joanne on her own in movies was no slouch either... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Agree. Hi, KoKo. They were great together and on their own in |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. "From the Terrace" (Fave of Mine) and "Long Hot Summer," another... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I don't blame you one bit. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. OMG! BEER!? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
52. Didn't know you could write an autobiography after your dead. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
57. How considerate of this "author" |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. On a personal level, I once worked with a woman who was widely loved by |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Her "friend" was probably jealous of the woman's popularity |
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ninety lives (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. Give me a break |
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ACTION BASTARD (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
63. New York Post you say? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
68. Alcoholic, big deal. Womanizing? Too much money for one not to have done |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. Who gives a fuck?! He did a hell of a lot for people and progressive causes. |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
71. I always liked Paul Newman and |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. He's taking Absence Of Malace a lil too seriously. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
73. The dickless Mr. Levy obviously waited until he was dead, because... |
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