Paul Newman's undressing

The Observer's Food Monthly goes the length with Paul Newman: "Newman was in London last month to sign a £10 million deal with McDonald's which gives the fast-food giant the right to use his Lighten Up Newman's Own dressings on its new salads. To promote the venture—which Newman only signed after McDonald's agreed to stop using preservatives in its dressings—he flew in for some promotion. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time but the problem with signing up a star as big as Newman is that you never know what he is going to do. When an actor playing Ronald McDonald... appeared, Newman tried to pour vinegar in to one of his ears and olive oil in to the other. Later he picked up a lettuce leaf, rolled it into a cigar shape and tried to light it. 'Necessity,' he grinned, 'is the motherfucker of invention.'"... Newman also ventures about being 80: I'm like a good cheese... I'm just getting mouldy enough to be interesting.