National Enquirer Blind Item
WHICH married aging male heartthrob – he’s known for his charitable works and environmental activism – is now worried that a tell-all book about his secret extramarital affair will soon be published? The squeaky-clean, still-handsome 70-something star had written the woman off as a nonissue long ago, but it turns out she’s she’s the one who’s been writing!
Clint Eastwood?
ReplyDeleteMartin Sheen??
ReplyDeleteRobert Redford?
ReplyDeleteOn second reading Robert Redford??
ReplyDeleteHarrison Ford
ReplyDeleteRobert Redford.
ReplyDeletejuicy!! i got nothing- hey, maybe tom hanks
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was Warren Beatty, but Redford's interest are definitely more environmental.
ReplyDeleteRedford
Robert Redford.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Clint was a babe http://newspaper.li/static/a18222f14645bb5842b65e1c8728294d.jpg
Another vote for Redford.
ReplyDeleteThis would be the most publicity Redford has gotten in a long time. But does anyone really care if he cheated on his wife?
ReplyDeleteIf I was Redford, I'd be more concerned with the collapse of his film reputation over the past 30 years. Does anyone under 40 even know who he is?
Um yes. People still know who he is. He started the Sundance film festival.
DeleteWhich reinforces his film reputation
DeleteUm, yeah, I know. I'm talking about his acting reputation. Which of his films, apart from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, are still considered classics? The Sting? Maybe. The Way We Were? Very maybe. Paul Newman's library is aging much better, as did Newman himself.
DeleteSpeaking of Redford... anyone see Moneyball and notice how much Brad Pitt looked like a young Redford?
ReplyDeleteI'm going with Robert Redford at 76 (vs. Harrison Ford at 70), stays very low key (so "tell-all" stuff would be newsworthy), huge environmental activist.
ReplyDeleteIt takes some soft lighting but he does still have it.
@Gina, if you think they look alike there, rent A River Runs Through It. Brad Pitt *is* young Robert Redford in that. It's startling.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful movie. One of my all time favorites!
DeleteUgh.
DeleteBrad Pitt wishes he could even hold a candle to a younger Robert Redford. You would never have seen Redford pock-marked and puckering his lips in a film.
@Dewie. It takes a blindfold. He's had awful plastic surgery .
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was Redford.
ReplyDelete@Gina, I've always thought Brad Pitt looks like Redford. Take another look at A River Runs Through It. Brad could be his son.
Oh Hubble, say it isn't so! I am under 40 and adore that man!!!!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Redford, but I think I am going back to Martin or someone who has been married to the same person for ever.
ReplyDeleteRedford is on his second marriage after divorcing his first wife in the 80s, will anyone really care that he cheated on a women he hasn't been married to in 30 years?
Sheen has been married to the same women since '61 and is a devout catholic, an affair in his past could present problems...
Agreement with the Harrison - Redford doppelgang-gang! I noticed in Oceans 13, though.
ReplyDeleteThere hasn't been anyone much more handsome than Redford in his prime, but he really didn't age well. An outdoorsy (almost) ginger living in Utah, he didn't stand a chance.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about him for this BI. It's debatable as to whether he still has it and, also, he's divorced, so I don't think it would surprise anyone to learn about an affair.
And as @Nutty_Flavor said, as an actor/director, he's not that newsworthy.
Some of the other stuff fits well, but I don't know. It just doesn't seem juicy enough.
@Nutty, I hate myself for laughing so hard at that blindfold remark LOL
ReplyDeleteHe still looked okay in Spy Game - thanks to some very creative cinematography. I think his best late-career film (for looks only *smile*) was The Horse Whisperer.
Nutty, the Great Gatsby I think is definitely considered a classic.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree on the not aging well...
@Stephy, Redford's only Oscar is for directing, not acting.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather see a tell-all written by Redford's toupee.
ReplyDeleteCould be a prob if Redford & his family have/had Mormon connections. Wasn't Mormonism somehow involved back in the day? He looked Grandpa-sexy in "Indecent Proposal"- pass the Werther's candies- yowza!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm under 40 and I love Robert Redford. All the Presidents Men and The Sting are my favorite of his. I even watched that god awful movie with JLo and Morgan Freeman.
ReplyDeleteGuys, it WOULD be juicy if the writer were someone famous.
ReplyDeleteHas Jane Fonda ever admitted whether they got it on? I can't find a reference through google. The books she's written so far, maybe he thought he was safe because she has been thusfar discreet?
First wife is a Mormon. There was also a slightly-publicized mess during the filming of the Milagro Beanfield War. Sonia Braga that time or she was his sidepiece at some other time.
ReplyDeleteWhy would Redford care he was divorced forever and finally re-married a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteHusband #2 was Mormon. Yes, I am on Husband #3 (I'm a loser!) At the risk of insulting other fine Mormon people, it was a traumatic situation! Left a very bad taste in my mouth. We could probably share some interesting stories!
ReplyDeleteRobert Redford for the win!
ReplyDeletePaul McCartney!!!
ReplyDelete@Rejected, I agree that All The President's Men should be considered a classic.
ReplyDeleteRedford was indeed gorgeous in the 1970s. But you know who else was? Ryan O'Neal. Just saw him in What's Up Doc (1973) recently and he was lovely. And we all know how Ryan O 'Neal turned out.
Richard Gere? Is he even married?
ReplyDeletePaul Newman.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE me some Redford! He's HOT, at any age, really. Putting him up against Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal, or whatever it was, was a no brainer for me! YUM to Redford. Don't even care if he's this blind, I'm just glad I had the opportunity to think about him today!
ReplyDeleteBarefoot in the Park was great, too.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely on of my favorites. He was such a dish!!
DeleteI'm another under40 Redford fan, for the record.
Robert Redford is definitely hot. I remember my mother thought so too. When I was around 9-ish, my Catholic, goody-two shoes mother said "I would let him park his slippers under my bed anytime". I was shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you!
ReplyDelete@Ms Cool - I love that movie too. Jane Fonda was pretty cool in her day, and Robert Redford was hot, and that great old school Broadway supporting cast. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteAt first, I thought Sir Paul wasn't a bad guess -- it just says "heartthrob," after all, and not "actor" -- but I don't know that his legendary love of weed, as well as all that LSD and other things during the Beatles years, makes him "squeaky-clean." Although finding out that he'd had an affair whilst married to Linda would be a shocker and a heartbreaker! I don't know how it would really be possible, though; they both claimed that from the moment they met, they only spent six days/nights apart from each other, and that was only during his jail time in Japan.
ReplyDeleteMartin Sheen might fit, but I think he does more for workers' rights and amnesty than for the environment, IIRC. Plus he is a recovering alcoholic, so he's not always been "squeaky-clean."
I think with the environmental activism and squeaky-cleanness, it has to be Redford. I've not heard of any scandals or vices attached to him.
Oh, and Paul Newman is dead. I doubt he's worried about much right now. :-P
ReplyDeleteAlan Alda?
ReplyDeleteAudrey!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom would say:
"He can park his boots under my bed anytime".
That is so funny. Almost forgotten that memory, thanks !
Redford was also in "The Way we Were", with Babs, sigh. . .
ReplyDeleteand "Out of Africa" with Meryl. . .
and who can forget "The Electric Horseman" lol.
I definitely thought Redford right away. and yes I agree, BP looks like he could be RR's son! I've said that for a long time.
ReplyDelete>>and who can forget "The Electric Horseman" lol.
ReplyDeleteThe Willie Nelson character: "I'm gonna get me a bottle of tequila and find me one of them Keno girls that can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch and just kinda kick back."
Please don't let it be Alan Alda
ReplyDelete@TuxCat, Me too! Loved MASH, still watch reruns, Oh Hawkeye!
ReplyDeleteAlan Alda is a prick. Sorry to knock your illusions. But I dont' think he was EVER considered "heartthrob"
ReplyDelete^^Someone else knows What's up Doc!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis was a classic in my childhood house!
My favorite: Uh, how much is it without the aspirin?
Mom's favorite: worker letting cigar drop out of his mouth (because it told you what was going on without showing it or being raunchy)
Dad's favorite: Trying not to break the glass
Sister's favorite: Hi, Daddy.
good times...