This photo of Paul Newman was taken sometime in 1959 during his shooting of the drama film, “The Young Philadelphians.” The award-winning actor also worked as a director, producer, and racecar driver. He won an Oscar for his thrilling performance in “The Color of Money,” a BAFTA award, and an Emmy award, among many others.
Newman also starred in “The Hustler,” “Harper,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” and “The Verdict.” If you’re a big fan of Disney-Pixar’s “Cars,” Newman was the voice behind Doc Hudson in the first installment of the film. He died of lung cancer when he was 83 years old.
Stallone and Butkus
A week before Sylvester Stallone was able to sell his script for the first "Rocky" movie, he was a nobody — pretty desperate and strapped for cash. So much so, that as a last-resort kind of act, he sold his huge Bull Mastiff, Butkus to a random guy named Little Jimmy. He walked away crying and heartbroken and swore that he would return to buy it back the second he could.
Luckily, that wasn't very long after. The following week, he sold the script for an unbelievable sum of one million dollars and set out to keep his promise. Little Jimmy, however, bargained, and Butkus was bought back by his original owner for no less than 3,000 dollars.
Paul McCartney's Response To John Lennon’s Controversial Comment
In a 1966 interview with Maureen Cleave, Lennon debated that Christianity was dropping away and that rock music would likely outlast it. “We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me,” said Lennon.
His statements, understandably, didn’t go down well, well hence the public outrage. You kind of can’t say “We’re bigger than Jesus” without sounding like a megalomaniac. Protests erupted in the US, radio stations stopped playing their music and Beatles albums were burned.
Paul Newman, Katherine Ross, and Robert Redford
Here’s a classic shot of one of the greatest films ever made in the history of Hollywood. Taken on the set of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," back in 1969, Paul Newman, Katherine Ross, and Robert Redford posed with poker faces.
The American Western movie was helmed by George Roy Hill and is based on the story of Wild West outlaws, Robert LeRoy Parker and his partner Harry Longabaugh. Aside from reaching its box-office mark of over $100 million (astounding considering it was made in the 60s), the film was chosen for the US National Film Registry for its historical significance. Moreover, it received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
On The Original Set Of "Ghostbusters"
This photo was taken on the Ghostbusters movie set, back in 1984. The life-sized Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was built by Bill Bryan using miniatures and optical compositing. The suit had two layers—the inner layer was fireproof and the outer layer was flammable. "Ghostbusters" was the first installment in the original series.
The science fiction comedy follows three eccentric New York City parapsychologists who started their own business investigating and catching ghosts after being terminated from Columbia University. Dubbed one of the most successful comedy movies back in the 80s, the film featured Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson. With a US$30 million budget, it grossed around US$240 million throughout the US and over US$50 million in the international market.