Robert Redford about his blond male stereotype image and turned down roles in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Graduate". Redford found the niche he was looking for in George Roy Hill's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), scripted by William Goldman, in which he was paired for the first time with Paul Newman. The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star, cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy. Redford suffered through a few films that did not achieve box office success during this time, including "Downhill Racer" (1969); "Tell
Joey Newman the Boston Repertory Ballet) nurtured his musical beginnings. Further inspiration and guidance came from his grandfather, Lionel Newman (the Oscar-winning composer/conductor who headed 20th Century Fox's Music Department for 47 years after his older brother and nine-time Oscar winner, Alfred Newman, retired) and his composer cousins, Randy Newman, David Newman and Thomas Newman. His cousin Maria Newman (Alfred's youngest daughter) is a well known composer of music for the concert stage. Joey was drumming at the age of three, owning his first set of drums at the age of eight. At nine, he was chosen for the boy's chorus of