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Martin Scorsese's THE COLOR OF MONEY picks up where Robert Rossen's 1961 film THE HUSTLER left off. Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman), now middle-aged, finds the image of his youthful self in a pool hustler named Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise). Trying to relive his past days of glory through the cocky but inexperienced youngster, .. Read more

Starring	Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver
Director	Martin Scorsese
Genres	Drama

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Paul Newman 1925-2008
- 29 Sep 2008
One of Hollywood’s most popular and admired stars for 50 years, Paul Newman died Friday from cancer. He was 83. Newman was the kind of actor who gave celebrity a good name. An activist who worked to support environmental causes and sick and disadvantaged kids, he launched his own brand of salad dressing in 1982, promising to donate all the profits to charities; more than $200 million to date. The images come flooding back. There are the obvious ones, like riding a cycle in Butch Cassidy... Read more
Newman given posthumous honour
- 25 Feb 2009
Hollywood legend Paul Newman was given a posthumous honour on Tuesday night (24Feb09) as the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution honouring the life, achievements and contributions of the late actor. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, introduced the move honouring the Oscar winning star, who lost his battle with cancer in September (08), on the House floor in Washington. Jim Jordan, a Republican from the actor's native state of Ohio, was among the House... Read more
Jolie and Hanks named most popular Oscar winners ever
- 22 Feb 2009
Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts have come out triumphant in a poll to find America's favourite ever Academy Awards winners. Hanks has twice walked away with the Best Actor Oscar, for 1993's Philadelphia and the following year's Forrest Gump. He saw off competition from Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and late star Paul Newman (The Color of Money) to be crowned America's most popular winner of the trophy, according to a joint survey by U.S. magazine Parade and Entertainment Tonight to... Read more
Martin Scorsese joins Paramount
- 08 Nov 2006
Film studio Paramount has given Martin Scorsese a four-year, first-look contract for all of the projects he produces or directs. Scorsese, whose recent movie The Departed is currently in cinemas, can also work for other studios as part of the deal, but Paramount can co-produce or direct any of his projects in the next four years. The director said he was looking forward to working for the studio, "a studio rich in cinematic history and responsible for making some of my favourite films" Read more
The Last King of Scotland
- 08 Jan 2007
A big, hulking actor with a lazy eye, Forest Whitaker has always been a very physical actor - when you think of his performances, you think of how he carries himself. The way he seemed to pour himself into the saxophone in Clint Eastwood's Charlie Parker biopic, Bird, for example; or his solitary grace in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai; or the way he bigs it up to out-hustle Paul Newman in The Color of Money. In The Last King of Scotland Whitaker plays Idi Amin, the former British army... Read more