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NEWS ABOUT: Robert Redford

Robert Redford stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - After a "bloody battle royale," the sports staff of the New York Daily News has anointed the best sports films of all time. Among the contenders:
  • Raging Bull: Robert De Niro's knockout performance as boxer Jake LaMotta makes this one of the greatest movies of any kind
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sports • Robert De Niro • Sylvester Stallone • list • Rocky • Robert Redford • Paul Newman • films • Gene Hackman • sports movie • Slap Shot • Hoosiers • Raging Bull

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Redford, Longtime Galpal Marry 

Plus, trouble in paradise for Madonna and Jesus

Jul 15, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Redford married longtime girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars in Germany this weekend, E! reports. The actor and the painter, who met in the early '90s at a Sundance Film Festival event, married in a small private ceremony conducted in Szaggars’ native German, according to a local newspaper. It is the second... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • gossip • Robert Redford • Madonna • movies • celebrity marriage • Lance Bass • Jesus Luz

 Redford Remembers Newman 

From Butch Cassidy to birthday gifts, Robert Redford recalls friendship

Sep 29, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Paul really likes to have fun and…he really especially loves to laugh at his own jokes, and some of them are just really awful," Robert Redford recalled of his friend Paul Newman to ABC News. "He enjoyed them so much…you'd start to laugh with him... More »

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obituary • celebrity • Robert Redford • tribute • Paul Newman

 All Hail Paul, 
 'Ultimate Cool Guy' 

From Clooney to the Clintons, nation pays tribute to actor icon

Sep 28, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - E! Online published a list of high-profile tributes in remembrance of Paul Newman's death Friday. Here are some highlights:
  • "He set the bar too high for the rest of us. Not just actors, but all of us." —George Clooney
  • "Paul Newman was the ultimate cool
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Hillary Clinton • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Bill Clinton • obituary • celebrity • Robert Redford • George Clooney • Paul Newman

 Ailing Newman Gives
 $120M Company to Charity 

Reports say movie legend dying of lung cancer

Jun 11, 08 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie legend Paul Newman has quietly turned over his ownership of Newman's Own cookies and salad dressing company—worth $120 million—to his charitable foundation, which helps ill and impoverished kids, reports Fox TV. News of the gift comes amid reports the gaunt 83-year-old star is dying of lung cancer;... More »

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lung cancer • Martha Stewart • Robert Redford • Paul Newman • Newman's Own • Joanne Woodward • Memorial Sloan Kettering • Hole in the Wall Gang • Sundance Institute

Redford Kid Debuts at Sundance

Amy Redford establishes herself behind the camera

Jan 20, 08 7:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Robert Redford's daughter doesn’t back away from questions about bias regarding a decision by the Sundance film festival—founded by her pop—to show the first movie she's directed. "I've been involved in other films that haven't made it, and it's a democratic selection process," Amy... More »

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Robert Redford • Sundance Film Festival • Amy Redford • movies

Hollywood Won’t Wait for Troops to
Come Home

Slate of controversial war films on the way

Aug 14, 07 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - About a dozen films exploring America's widely debated role in Iraq and Afghanistan are set for release or in production, marking a break with Hollywood's unwritten rules for depicting an ongoing war. Most films made during WW2 were outright propaganda. And films critical of the Vietnam conflict weren't released until... More »

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Afghanistan • Hollywood • Vietnam • film • Tom Cruise • World War II • Robert Redford • Lions for Lambs • Meryl Streep • Iraq war • movies

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