The most charming thing about Paul Newman is his eyes as blue as the sea. The fortune-telling witch said that a man with such eyes may look melancholy on the surface, but in fact he is passionate at heart and is a typical passionate person. However, he has used his 40 years of happy marriage to prove that he is a dedicated family man. His loyal love with actress Joanne Woodward is a model for Hollywood.
The two fell in love at first sight while filming "Picnic" on Broadway in 1953. However, because Newman's divorce was not smooth, it took five years for the two to finally get together.
For Newman and Woodward, just being together for 40 years seems not enough. They have also withstood various pressures in life together, such as the death of Newman's son from his ex-wife due to an overdose and the death of Newman's son from a previous marriage. The two were unable to keep pace with their acting careers. Woodward once confessed: "Paul is much more famous than me, which has always bothered me."
Although people don't know what their love secret is, it is obvious that this secret is very effective. "There are steaks at home," joked Newman, who is known for his blue eyes. "Why should I go out to buy hamburgers?"
Marriage and Family
There were two Spouses: Jackie Witte (1949–1958) and Joanne Woodward (1958–)
Newman, who became famous in Hollywood, never regarded this place as his home. He and his wife Joanne settled in Connell most of the time. Westport, Dick. Before Joanne, Newman married his first wife, Jackie Witte, in 1949, and their son Scott was born the following year. Newman and Jackie split after nine years together. Scott has appeared in films such as "The Towering Inferno" and "Fraternity Row". If he had not died of an accidental overdose in 1978, he would have probably become the heir to his father's legacy. Newman was deeply shocked by his son's early death. In order to commemorate Scott and warn future generations, he founded the Scott Newman Center to call on the world to prevent drug abuse. Newman and Jackie also have two daughters, Susan Kendall and Stephanie. Susan is a stage actress and a philanthropist like her father. Newman's TV movie " She serves as the producer of The Shadow Box.
In 1953, when Paul was participating in the Broadway play "Picnic", he met the actress Joanne, who was 5 years younger than him, and planted the seeds of love; in 1957, the two starred in the film "Summer Love" "(The Long, Hot Summer) collaborated again, and love flourished like wildfire. On January 29, 1958, Newman and Joanne, who had just divorced Jackie, got married at the El Rancho Vegas Hotel in the casino, kicking off a 50-year marriage. Newman's gift to his newlywed wife was a silver cup with this sentence engraved on it: "You and Apollo are finally married. If he has anything hard to swallow, use this."
Golden Wedding Anniversary
The long-lived marriage of Paul and Joanne is truly rare in a Hollywood that is used to seeing too much work being divided. In January 2008, the two celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They gave birth to three daughters: Elinor Teresa, Melissa Steward, and Claire Olivia.
The Newmans have lived in Westport since 1961, but also own residences in New York and Malibu, California. Joanne described her marriage this way: "I married the most considerate and romantic man." Paul revealed the secret of their lasting marriage: "Patience, love. No matter what choices and efforts I make, Joanne always supports me absolutely, including The motor sport that she deeply regrets, to me, is love."
Cannes pays tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Newman
March 22, 2013, the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Poster release. The protagonists of the poster are Joanna Woodward and Paul Newman, a pair in the film industry.
This photo was taken during the filming of Melville Shavelson's film "The New Love Sutra" (1963). The festival takes this opportunity to remember Paul Newman, who passed away in 2008, and to pay tribute to his wife and actress Joanna Woodward.
"The New Love Sutra" is a 1963 film co-produced by Paul Newman and his wife Joanna Woodward. The poster of the film that year used a painted picture of the two of them kissing each other. The poster for this year's Cannes Film Festival directly used the black and white photos they took for the film. In addition, the designer also incorporated dynamic elements into the picture to create a dizzy visual experience, and the two were kissing upside down. It also forms an abstract "66" to indicate that this Cannes Film Festival is the 66th one.
It is quite meaningful for the Cannes Film Festival to use their photos as posters. Newman and Joanna are both destined to the film festival. They have won the Cannes Best Actor and Best Actress respectively, and the film directed by Newman has also won the Cannes Best Actor and Best Actress. It has been shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival many times.
Legendary Hollywood actor Paul Newman and his wife Joanna Woodward have a close relationship with the Cannes Film Festival. For the first time, the two starred together in the film "The Long Summer" (The Long Summer). Long, Hot Summer), was not only shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, but also won Newman a Best Actor trophy. More importantly, the two became acquainted with the film and eventually got married. And Newman's love for Joanna grew and continued with the Cannes Film Festival. At the 26th Cannes Film Festival in 1973, "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), directed by Newman and starring his beloved wife, was shortlisted for the main competition of the film festival and won Joanna the award. won the Best Actress crown. In 1987, "The Glass Menagerie", also directed by Newman and starring Joanna, was once again shortlisted for the Cannes main competition.
The classic photo of the late Hollywood actor Paul Newman and his widow Joanna Woodward kissing in an upside-down position has become the best endorsement of this year's Cannes Film Festival. The official website of Cannes said that this poster not only commemorates Paul Newman, who passed away in 2008, but also expresses the great actor's love for his beloved wife Joanna. Indissoluble bond
He could buy a villa on the west coast, lie comfortably on the beach and watch young girls in bikinis, and go to film festivals from time to time to receive a lifetime achievement award, but he chose another Lu: In his 35-year racing career, he founded a professional racing team by himself, spending at least several million dollars...
He would go to the noisy racing track every weekend and sit in A small, stuffy space, and then wait for the departure instructions from the computer in the car.
"His passion is complete." Former F1 world champion Mario Andretti once worked for Newman's racing team after Newman retired. "Newman is not the kind of rich boy from Hollywood who comes here. Just posing or driving around for a few laps, he loves cars and racing from the bottom of his heart. Moreover, he has experienced everything in the racing industry over the years, no matter good or bad..."
The old man beside the track
Paul Newman, 78, has been a standard gentleman every day for more than half a century: slender, neat and elegant, but he lost it in this Masters game With the grace brought by the dark cotton fabric, he was swept into the speed of life and death. Newman carefully checked the system, started the engine calmly, and then drove the car out of the two "roads" surrounded by people, not even noticing that he was being praised by the classic soap opera Days of Our Lives ("The Age of Our Lives"). The red star Reckell is waving hard to him. Except for Reckell, no one in the crazy audience knew him. They only knew that he was a star or a rich man, an old man who participated in the Masters Tournament. "Twenty years ago, I didn't have a normal life at all. I didn't dare to walk out of the house casually, which would cause traffic jams." Newman recalled quietly, with no special expression on his face, as if everything had nothing to do with him. "Now , I can go anywhere in the world with my hat on, and no one will pay attention to an ordinary old guy. They don't know me at all. You guess it?
"Every time a new handsome young man with dashing movements appears in Hollywood, there are always comments saying: "Look! New Paul Newman! "Unfortunately, few people know the real Newman. Paul Newman, perhaps the most talked about, is his outstanding food group. He graduated from Kenyon College with honors, He worked in the laundry business while studying. Yale University later awarded him an honorary doctorate in humanities. He has won the NASCAR National Championship four times and is currently the oldest racing driver (70 years old) to win a professional event in the world record. , (24 Hours of Daytona in 1995). By coincidence, he starred in 51 movies and 4 Broadway plays (and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "The Color of Money"). >In 1980, on Christmas Eve, Paul Newman suddenly had an idea and decided to prepare a batch of salad dressings as gifts for his friends. At that time, most of the dressings in the food market were preservatives and artificial MSG. He Preferring olive oil, mustard, red wine, and sometimes some garlic and onions, Newman finished the condiments for his friends in just one night and put them in a large bucket. , suddenly had an idea: Why can't these condiments be packaged in bottles and sold in some shopping malls? In September 1982, Newman told Mimi Sheraton, the food critic of the New York Times: " The reason why I decided to go into the condiment industry was because I suddenly realized that I needed a completely different source of motivation. ”
Paul Newman has very high requirements for food sauces. When dining in well-known restaurants outside, he still thinks that the sauces he makes are the best, and he will go to the kitchen to ask for ingredients to prepare his own. Sauce, so they decided to create their own brand to sell such a great salad dressing. At first, they went to a marketing consultant company as usual. Of course, the other party made a careful briefing and told them that they would spend more than one million US dollars on market research and analysis. After hearing this, they decided to spend forty dollars to try it out with neighbors and friends.
McDonald’s in the United States also uses their salad dressing as a standard ingredient. Paul Newman remains true to his innocence. They treat business as entertainment. They once launched lemon juice that was secretly passed down by the family. At that time, Paul Newman also claimed that drinking it could restore virginity. They used these unorthodox methods to become more and more successful. Still retaining his enthusiasm and joy.
In 1982, Paul Newman registered a trademark in his own name and sold every penny he made from the salad dressings he made in his kitchen. Donate to charity. In 1995, he was selected as the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in Film History by Empire Magazine, ranking 12th.
He once said that his favorite sound is the sound made by the V-8 engine. Sound.
Paul Newman once said self-deprecatingly that his epitaph should read: "Here lies Paul Newman, who died because his eyes turned brown." >According to the reader's story about Paul in February 2009, we know that he is actually color-blind. This was mentioned in his suicide note. He said in his suicide note: "Dear, forgive me for keeping you locked out of the kitchen door. This is not the right thing to do. Already, because your husband is color blind. In my eyes, there are no colorful fruits or gorgeous salads. My world is gray and I can only distinguish things by their shapes. I chose to keep the secret until now because I wanted to make my movie dream more perfect, because no one would like to watch a defective person act, and no director would accept an actor who cannot see the world clearly. However, I love movies so much, and I want to prove that I can make a living by acting, not by a pair of confusing eyes. This is why I gave up the right path and challenged the villain... I am very happy to have walked with you for 50 years. , because you love to eat salad, and because of your rich understanding of colors, my life has been enriched. I can use my 50% eyes to create a 100% miracle..."