PAUL NEWMAN, INSPIRED BY FOX SUING AL FRANKEN,
SUES DEPT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

From the New York Times Op-Ed section:

In the 1963 film "HUD," for which Mr. Newman was nominated for an Academy Award, the ad campaign was based on the slogan, "Paul Newman is HUD." Mr. Newman claims that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, called HUD, is a fair and balanced institution and that some of its decency and respectability has unfairly rubbed off on his movie character, diluting the rotten, self-important, free-trade, corrupt conservative image that Mr. Newman worked so hard to project in the film. His suit claims that this "innocence by association" has hurt his feelings plus residuals.

I'm sure it's just a joke...I'm sure. For more on the story, click here (you may have to register to get access to the article, but, trust me, it's no big deal).

Thanks to my old buddy, Matt, for the link.

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