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...look easy. But as Levy reveals, his ascension up the Hollywood hierarchy was anything but. Though blessed with good luck and good looks, Newman also relied on a rigorous work ethic and a determination to overcome savage criticism. In a typically revealing aside, Levy, a film critic for the Oregonian, recalls a slap the young actor suffered early in his career. In January 1953, after being promoted from understudy to the lead role in the hit Broadway play Picnic, Newman's director told the blue-eyed actor, "You don't carry any sexual threat at all." It was an insult...
...Outside Portland’s City Hall, people waved placards and shouted “pedophile” in protest of his continued service. Major papers such as The Oregonian dubbed the affair a “sex scandal” and the relationship, “inappropriate.” Rare is coverage of the affair that doesn’t in some way construct the relationship as the older, experienced man taking advantage of a young boy, confused and overwhelmed by his own sexuality. Yet critics insist that their disgust at Adams’s behavior comes about...
...also dismayed, not least because Adams' story kept changing. His original version, a mentoring relationship, became a romantic liaison that the mayor insisted didn't become sexual until after Breedlove turned 18, the age of legal consent in Oregon. But in an interview published on Jan. 25 in the Oregonian, Breedlove suggested that he shared a passionate kiss with Adams in a city-hall bathroom while he was still underage. Says Leonard: "The part that bothers me is that I defended Sam back in 2007 more so than anybody else." Referring to Adams' admission that he asked Breedlove...
...commenting on the allegations because of an ongoing inquiry by Oregon's attorney general, John Kroger. "I welcome the independent official investigation - the purpose of which is to address those questions," says Adams. Despite the disappointment of his supporters and the calls for his resignation (from, among others, the Oregonian, the local police union and JustOut, a local gay periodical), Adams says he is staying on as mayor. But he appears contrite. When asked if the media hold public officials to an impossible moral standard, he simply says, "No," then adds, "It's a very high standard...
...willing to pay thousands of dollars for their daughters to participate on elite touring squads that compete year-round. The pressure can consume coaches, teams and families alike. In 2003, when Tiffani Bright broke her arm in two places during a stunt that went awry, the 15-year-old Oregonian and her parents' immediate concern was how to get her back cheering as quickly as possible. "As an orthopedic surgeon is explaining she'll have a metal plate in her arm for the rest of her life, we're asking, 'But can she still tumble?' " recalls Bright's mother...