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Re:That's it. Gin and I watched The Verdict the other night, and
even as a drunk, Newman looked important and focused. A remarkable face! - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 19, 2011 at 1:57 AM | link to this | reply

Lovely..he's got beautiful blue eyes I think.

posted by shobana on October 18, 2011 at 11:04 PM | link to this | reply

Judge the poem on its success in capturing the person's
facial "persona" within the limits of a haiku, not as a value judgment.  I took it on as a challenge, not an endorsement. - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 6:53 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Like Kabu I'd rather look into the eyes of "no famous" but hard-working
Sounds right to me, but I'm talking about movies not match-making - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 6:08 PM | link to this | reply

Like Kabu I'd rather look into the eyes of "no famous" but hard-working
man.  Now it's those eyes that tell a story....

posted by Troosha on October 18, 2011 at 4:59 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Me.....I always liked Robert Redfern....Sigh......LOL......but actors are
We all have our weaknesses - I have a very soft spot for Meg Ryan.  As a kid I was nuts about Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 4:13 PM | link to this | reply

Me.....I always liked Robert Redfern....Sigh......LOL......but actors are
not my cuppa tea....to much insecurity and me me me

posted by Kabu on October 18, 2011 at 2:35 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Very cool indeed...
the man had a strange and powerful chemistry - and not just with women.  It's as if he COULDN'T be dull. - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM | link to this | reply

Re:Hey, I have blue eyes too, but no one notices. - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM | link to this | reply

Very cool indeed...

posted by teddypoet52 on October 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM | link to this | reply

Eyes so blue the sky pales in fear before them.

posted by UtahJay on October 18, 2011 at 10:55 AM | link to this | reply

Re:I remember feeling outraged when I heard that Alec Guiness got
the Academy Award for Bridge on the River Kwai - he was just being himself, right?  Wrong!  The power of make-believe and the actors who generate it is a miracle to me!  Imagine being Willy Loman in front of a camera,behind which someone's eating a tuna sandwich or talking on a cell phone - and doing it through five or six takes!  Or Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leah holding on for dear life as a bored handyman shakes
their little set, simulating achieving warp speed.  And making us forget it's just pretend!  I guess I just love being tricked by the magician. = Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 8:58 AM | link to this | reply

Re: i'm sure you're right, Lion, but in cases where that's so, isn't it
amazing that they can bring it off with such a convincing air of self-confidence!  Like something I once heard: if you can fake sincerity, you've got it made.  There's mystery in there. - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 8:46 AM | link to this | reply

Re: The subject has always fascinated me: I can't picture certain
actors EVER walking away from an audition without getting a part.  Jack Nicholson, for instance - he's just got an inherently interesting "presence" about him.  Paul Newman's eyes have that certain something I can't put a name on, commercial considerations aside.  You're right, the ladies will probably have something enlightening to say about Newman.  But seriously, I feel that if someone like John Wayne came into a room, he's suck up all the oxygen.  Maybe it's just me, a plaything of the media.  - Bob

posted by 2902 on October 18, 2011 at 8:39 AM | link to this | reply

Y Good sir. BC-A, Bill’s R®st

posted by BC-A on October 18, 2011 at 8:37 AM | link to this | reply

I think celebrities must have a lot of fear in them that they must seek public opinion so desperately

posted by lionreign on October 18, 2011 at 7:51 AM | link to this | reply

A television Screen. A cynical expression for money well earned. I think you will have to drag the ladies on here Bob. Why don't you ask them what they see in men, just for a lark.  

posted by C_C_T on October 18, 2011 at 7:32 AM | link to this | reply