- Newsom was the last director to team British horror stars Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, in his documentary Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994), which the actors co-narrated.
- Wrote the original screenplay of Spider-Man with then-partner John Brancato (co-author of The Net and The Game), subsequently rewritten by Barney Cohen and polished by "Joseph Goldman" (aka Menahem Golan). A 1993 draft of this script also credits James Cameron. That draft is available on-line.
- Was the inspiration for the character of Eric Newsom in the short story "The Girl on the Cutting Room Floor" by Robert Statzer, originally published in "Scary Monsters Magazine" #75 (June 2010).
- In October 2017, when questioning how trustworthy or reliable author Christopher Frayling was, crudely admitted to lying "half the time" in his own audio commentaries.
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