SFist: Photos: Celebs Saturated Paul Newman Benefit at Davies Symphony Hall

KatyG

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:27:24 -0800

Can't we just tax the rich instead of holding these ridiculous fundraisers?

SFX

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:11:31 -0800

i was just googling to find the name of that doc. it's truly chilling seeing phelps' clan cheerfully putting their "god hates fags" signs in the hands of their own kids.

icbalaam

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:29:04 -0800

Last year I met Shirley Phelps-Roper and she is INSANE (duh). I suggest everyone watch Louis Theroux's BBC documentary on the Phelps clan called The Most Hated Family in America.

kainoa

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:50:26 -0800

@generic You are absolutely correct. That's the quote. But... the deal is/was (apparently) that he cheated on his FIRST wife (Jackie Witte) for years before having the affair with Joanne Woodward. He got caught in that one, the divorce went down, and he married his new lady. THEN, he became faithful. Whether (any of) that is true? I don't know. It's just the story. As I know it.

kainoa

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:43:43 -0800

How AMAZING does Bonnie Raitt look? I'll just go ahead and answer that. AMAZING. I long to be her guitar tech/lover.

Golux

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:42:40 -0800

The WBC was out there by 5:20. They are real!! I was glad they were down at the corner of Van Ness & Hayes and not out front when I went by. http://www.flickr.com/photos/golux/2982835985/in/set-72157608465560490/

Generic

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:58:36 -0800

Targeting Paul Newman for adultery is like targeting the Pope for being a jew; it makes no sense. Newman's most famous personal trait was his fidelity to his wife. He may well have uttered the most famous aphorism on the subject: "Why go out for a burger when I have steak at home?" There's never even been a rumor of an affair. In Hollywood.

sfrealist

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:47:10 -0800

Anything that fucker Phelps opposes must be awesome.

mabelkitty

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:49:30 -0800

*stands in line behind peej66 to kiss Casey Affleck* Do you think it would help my chances if he knew we have named a steer after him at my place of employment? (he's vegan, ya know!) Paul Newman was awesome. And Fred Phelps and his hideous, knuckle-dragging ilk can kiss my ass.

peej66

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:01:01 -0800

Could Casey Affleck be any cuter? Jesus I could just kiss him!!

fizzandpop

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:24:24 -0800

I thought the kid stage right had The Painted Turd on his shirt

cablecarsam

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:10:04 -0800

Wish I had known about this. I always miss the fun stuff. Paul was the last of classy Hollywood.

bluecanary

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:51:21 -0800

An amazing humanitarian like Newman is now the object of Phelps' ire? WTF??Newman did more for his fellow man in a month than Phelps has ever done. Oh well, if I were Newman's family I'd take it as compliment.

AGinSanFran

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:46:56 -0800

BTW, I was waiting for friends in front and in lobby of Davies for 45 minutes and I saw ONE Phelpsian the entire time although with several signs. The ones I could make out were: God Hates Fags, Paul Newman Burns in Hell, and God Hates Finland. (As to the last ... well, DUH!) Per the website, God also hates the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Baltimore, and Desert Mountain High School and really, really hates Mexico -- but on a different day of the week. Lest we feel sorry for our neighbor-to-the-south, Phelps reminds us: "However, just because they speak a different language does not excuse them from their duty to serve and obey the SAME GOD and the SAME HOLY BIBLE that we here at Westboro Baptist Church do."

periqueblend

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:42:51 -0800

Who was his wife? Loved Paul Newman. Is that Julia Roberts in one of those pictures?

AGinSanFran

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:25:37 -0800

From Phelps'website: (www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html) Davies Symphony Hall - Paul Newman Is In Hell 201 Van Ness Ave. We will picket your "Special Tribute" for Paul Newman. What the heck are you talking about, you fools. He lived a life of pure filth. From his desire to be a movie star to his personal life as an adulterer. You know full well that nobody had a CLUE who Paul Newman was until he played a drunken fag in Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof with the WHORE Elizabeth Taylor, then his acting career took off (as they say). You know full well that Joanne Woodard was NOT HIS WIFE. More importantly, you know that he sold his never-dying soul for a little bit of human praise.

sf_bikebike

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:25:25 -0800

Tom Hanks always looks like he's about to take a shit.

Angrybat

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:10:11 -0800

What's the connection between Paul Newman and gays? Obviously, Phelps doesn't need much of a connection if he protests at Iraq War soldiers' funerals, but I'm curious. Also, this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/burstein/2979979221/