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Paul Newman

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The Resume

    (January 26, 1925-September 26, 2008)
    Won the 1986 Oscar for Best Actor (The Color of Money)
    Appeared in 'Drowning Pool (1975),' 'Lady L (1965),' 'Nobody's Fool (1994),' 'Racing Experience, The (1988),' 'Fort Apache the Bronx,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' 'Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958),' 'Exodus (1960),' 'The Hustler,' 'Cool Hand Luke,' 'Torn Curtain,' 'Towering Inferno,' 'The Sting (1973),' 'Color of Money,' 'Silent Movie (1976),' 'Slap Shot (1977),' 'Blaze (1989),' 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969),' 'Message in a Bottle (1999),' 'Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990),' 'Rack, The (1956),' 'Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956),' 'Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)' and 'Young Philadelphians (1959)'
    Finished second in Le Mans race driving a Porsche 935 (1979)
    Known for his blue eyes

Why he might be annoying:

    He was color blind, which prevented him from going to flight school during WW II.
    He divorced his wife of nine years and married Joanne Woodward days later.
    His son, Scott, died of a drug overdose (1978).
    He liked to eat watermelon while showering.
    He enjoyed chugging beer.
    He supported extreme liberal candidates for president, Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He ranked #12, in Empire Magazine's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All Time.
    He is ranked in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1990 and 1994).
    He ranked #19, in Empire Magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time.
    He and actress Joanne Woodward were married over 50 years (January 29, 1958-September 26, 2008).
    He and Joanne sleep in a bed they purchased from a New Orleans' brothel.
    On his 75th birthday he burned his tuxedo, saying he is through with formality.
    He owned the 'Hole In The Wall Gang Camp,' a summer camp for children with cancer related disease.
    His food company 'Paul Newman's Own' makes salad dress, spaghetti sauce and pop corn with profits going to charity.
    For his charity work he was awarded an honorary Oscar (1994).
    He was the model for comic hero Green Lantern/Hal Jordan.
    President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the UN discussion on Nuclear Disarmament.
    He considered his proudest accomplishment was being on President Nixon's enemies list.
    He stopped drinking Coors Beer in 1977 (ordinarily a two six pack a day drinker) to protest the mistreatment of their workers, and switched to Budweiser.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 52 Votes: 40.38% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 170 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 55 Votes: 43.64% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 98 Votes: 45.92% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 232 Votes: 47.41% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 667 Votes: 49.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 315 Votes: 53.97% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 218 Votes: 72.94% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 285 Votes: 55.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 262 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 196 Votes: 37.76% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 126 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 413 Votes: 44.31% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1840 Votes: 44.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 5038 Votes: 26.76% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 731 Votes: 32.83% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 8709 Votes: 40.06% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 14282 Votes: 35.99% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 2376 Votes: 67.68% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 10402 Votes: 42.18% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 2742 Votes: 39.57% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 48139 Votes: 30.69% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 964 Votes: 26.87% Annoying