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About Paul Newman
There are two artists with this name: 1. Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of June 2012, these donations exceeded $330 million. 2. Paul Newman is an Austin (and sometimes Chicago) based post rock/math rock band. Their music is largely instrumental, creating vast soundscapes with occasional interjections of both subtle and intense vocals. Members: Paul A. Newman (bass) Craig McCaffrey (guitar, vocals), also a member of The American Analog Set Anthony Nozero (drums), also a member of Drums & Tuba Edward Robert (bass, electronics, vocals), also a member of I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness Discography: s/t 7" (1997) Frames Per Second (1997) Only Love Can Break Your Heart (1998) Twistworthy Number Seven (1998) Machine Is Not Broken (2000) Re-Issue, Re-Package, Re-Package. Re-Evaluate the Songs (2001) THIS is how it is LOST (2005)