Paul Newman

The Associated Press has confirmed that Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning actor, philanthropist and salad dressing entrepreneur, is battling cancer. The news comes from the 83-year-old Mr. Newman's longtime friend and business partner, writer A.E. Hotchner, with whom Mr. Newman started Newman's Own salad dressing company in 1982. (It reportedly started as a joke and grew into a multi-million-dollar food company.) "He's battling," Mr. Hotchner told the AP. "He's doing all the right stuff. Paul is a fighter. He seems to be going through a good period right now." More after the jump.  read more »

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Word comes from the Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier that Paul Newman is interested in developing a racetrack at an old Brooklyn airstrip in Floyd Bennett Field, a former airport and Naval base in Jamaica Bay.

The $15 million project, which is in its preliminary stages, needs the approval of the National Parks Service, which would make roughly $1 million a year, according to the Courier. It would also be a home for Mr. Newman's charity, the Hole in the Wall Gang. But some people are not pleased at the idea of a racetrack in an area that animals take refuge in, and even the local City Council member thinks it's a money-making scheme rather than an altruistic move on Mr. Newman's part.  read more »

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-Matthew Grace

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