I think we need pictures of Paul Newman.
I mean damn. DAMN.
He’s even hot with a beard!
(Joanne Woodward not pictured, although I hope that rumor isn’t true.)
May 4, 2010
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Oh yes that’s just what the doctor ordered.
Comment by The gold digger — May 4, 2010 @ 3:17 pm
Ah, one of my favorite all time crushes.
He still had it right til the end.
Comment by jojo.k — May 4, 2010 @ 4:18 pm
DAMN.
Comment by Friv — May 4, 2010 @ 4:25 pm
It’s not a rumor. He was arrested in the 50s for soliciting young men and it was even in the local paper in upstate NY.
That said, he stood on line behind me at the movies once and holy god his eyes were even more amazing in person.
Comment by Harri P. — May 4, 2010 @ 4:34 pm
Plummy, thank you. This is EXACTLY what I needed today.
Comment by Maria — May 4, 2010 @ 5:05 pm
could we have picttures of Steve McQueen????? Pretty, Pretty Please????
Comment by cadpig — May 4, 2010 @ 5:16 pm
@Cadpig, someday yes. I do love Steve McQueen!
Comment by Plumcake — May 4, 2010 @ 5:18 pm
This has made my whole day worthwhile.
I don’t believe those rumours. A friend of mine worked on a film with PN and said his eyes could change a straight guy gay, a lesbian straight and make all women leave their husbands. (My friend was part of the crew). Joanne Woodward showed up and the electricity between them was apparently highly charged.
Ooooh, those eyes!
Comment by Christine — May 4, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
Plumcake, I concur. You have brightened my day immensely.
Comment by lucylang — May 4, 2010 @ 5:58 pm
Oh, yes.
yes
thank you
Comment by klee — May 4, 2010 @ 6:37 pm
Hot damn with a dip in fudge and a spray of whip cream. That man is the very definituion of hot damn.
Comment by kimks — May 4, 2010 @ 7:28 pm
The most beautiful man ever. Thank you, so much, for the shirtless ones. Mmmmmm…
Comment by Jennifer — May 4, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
p.s. I worked at a swank hotel in Dallas in 1979/1980, room service breakfast shift. They were staying there to promote some project or other, but I can assure you, when I brought breakfast into their room, there was one bed, used, and contented expressions all around. They were kindness incarnate
Comment by klee — May 4, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
No archive of Newman photos is complete without his military photo.
Comment by zuzu — May 4, 2010 @ 10:01 pm
Oh my!
Comment by bush piglet — May 4, 2010 @ 11:40 pm
My god, he was quite a looker! Thanks for the drool-worthy photos!
Comment by JayKay — May 4, 2010 @ 11:49 pm
I’m a lesbian and even I think he is the most gorgeous man ever. I would switch teams for a young Paul Newman. At least for the night.
Comment by Collette — May 5, 2010 @ 4:11 am
Thank you – thank you! I saw him once, about 20 years ago, at Road America for the vintage car races. Lovely man. Though he was shorter than I expected and had pretty spindly white legs. But who could look at those when you could look for days into his eyes…
Comment by Carol — May 5, 2010 @ 8:39 am
You know what I liked about him? He looked like a man, not some polished and manicured metrosexual. I’m not opposed to the metrosexual look, but I likes me a man that’s not afraid to work and sweat and not be ashamed of it.
Comment by Mrsbug — May 5, 2010 @ 8:42 am
one of my earliest crushes as well. (at my hebrew school we were shown the vintage film Exodus, based upon the novel by Leon Uris, as an Educational Experience designed to inculcate us in Love for Israel. it was not Israel i fell in love with that day, my friends.) and hey, can we talk Newman’s Own and Hole in the Wall Camp? the man was delicious and menschy too.
Comment by marjorie — May 5, 2010 @ 9:13 am
Thanks for imagery I want in my head!
Comment by dcsurfergirl — May 5, 2010 @ 11:36 am
Watching Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for the first time, I remember thinking the performance was brilliant but that Newman was almost distractingly beautiful on the screen.
Then I pondered what the eyes of a theoretical Paul Newman/Elizabeth Taylor child would look like.
He was swoonworthy to the end.
Comment by Courtney — May 5, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
Hi Plumcake,
May I gently remind you that you still haven’t addressed why big girls can be superfantastic, but all of your displays of male hotness have only been ectomorphs?
Comment by wildflower — May 5, 2010 @ 2:59 pm
er… OF ectomorphs? :)
Comment by wildflower — May 5, 2010 @ 2:59 pm
wildflower, in turn I’ll gently remind you of
Stephen Fry:
Eric:
Will and Nathan:
Chuck:
Alex:
Joey:
(who, btw, I’ve loved since I was 15)
Martin Luther King, Jr:
aaaand
A Bunch of Cumbrian farmers in wellies
Comment by Plumcake — May 5, 2010 @ 3:43 pm
Always loved his reply when asked if he ever cheated on Joanne, “Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home.”
Drooooool.
Comment by Constance — May 5, 2010 @ 7:32 pm
Gotdamn. Not only a great talent and a humanitarian, but also very easy on the eyes. You can’t top that. Thanx.
Comment by BrooklynShoeBabe — May 5, 2010 @ 11:28 pm
My dad’s eyes were that color. (My dad was pretty cute.)
Comment by Style Spy — May 10, 2010 @ 1:34 pm