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27 September 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Hollywood legend Paul Newman has died after a battle with cancer. He was 83. The star of such films as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, The Color Of Money, Road To Perdition and many more over a career spanning 50 years, was surrounded by members of his family at the time of his death.

Newman was nominated for ten Oscars over the years, winning three, the first for the 1986 film The Color Of Money, directed by Martin Scorsese.

Newman acted in 60 films in all, appearing in some with his wife, Joanne Woodward, in like Long Hot Summer and Paris Blues. He worked alongside legends like Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Altman, Robert Redford, Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall and Tom Hanks. He even provided his voice for the 2006 Pixar movie Cars, which turned out to be his last role.

Newman gave up acting in 2007 because he felt that he couldn't give the »

27 September 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Paul Newman’s lasting impact in Hollywood was more than evident Saturday, a day after the Oscar winner succumbed to cancer, as stars and pals alike expressed their sadness over his death. "There is a point where feelings go beyond words," two-time costar Robert Redford said in a statement. "I have lost a real friend. My life – and this country – is better for his being in it." The pair, who shared heartthrob status in their heyday, starred together in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 and again in The Sting, in 1973. A testament to their easygoing friendship: Redford famously gave Newman a dented, »

25 September 2008 6:59 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Movie legend Sidney Poitier has been exposed as a love cheat by actress Diahann Carroll in her new autobiography.

The respected film icon reportedly promised to wed Carroll after the couple met and fell in love on the set of 1959 musical Porgy + Bess, but when Poitier allegedly locked her out of the New York apartment they were to share as man and wife, she knew the romance was over.

In her new book The Legs Are The Last To Go, the 73-year-old former Dynasty star reveals she even split from her husband Monte Kay so she could marry Poitier - but he refused to leave his first wife Juanita.

She tells America's the Globe, "I was about to move in (with him) when he told me he didn't want me there. He changed the locks so I couldn't get in.

"Then he made me write him a cheque to offset his purchase and decorating costs."

Despite the messy break-up, Carroll reveals she fell for Poitier again on the set of Paris Blues in 1960. Again, the actress dumped her husband, with whom she had reconciled, but the actor would not leave the wife he was cheating on.

Carroll adds, "He loved me, but he also loved his wife, a good Catholic woman who stuck with him through his worst years."

The affair continued until Poitier backed out of plans to divorce his wife a third time. Carroll eventually split from her lover before he finally did leave Juanita.

But, despite all the heartbreak, the actress insists she and Poitier are "now friends," adding, "That's a lovely thing that comes as you age - forgiveness." »

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