Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe ‘’s ‘Robin Hood’ film is being touted as the ultimate tale of the philanthropic folklore hero, and the actor fully agrees with it. The ‘Gladiator’ star has said that his 155-million-dollar film does justice to what Robin Hood was all about. “I don”t think there is a satisfying Robin Hood and that’’s one of the key reasons for wanting to make another one,” News.com.au quoted Crowe as telling the Herald Sun. Universal Pictures is hoping that the film, which is in post... Read Full Story

(Photo by Bauer Griffin) Don't Miss: Best and Worst Dressed at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2009 Awesome Cars at the Australian International Motorshow Celebrity Bikini Battle Russell Crowe , known for his short temper, got a little peeved when Aussie gossip columnist Annette Sharp  mocked the star for having a three-taco and cigarette break while on a bike ride with his trainer. Crowe probably skipped his normal smoke break while biking with Sharp (TMZ) According to nj.com , Crowe sent... Read Full Story

“The untitled Robin Hood adventure chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marian (Blanchett), a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of... Read Full Story

An Australian newspaper mocked Russell Crowe for smoking and shoveling down a fatty meal during a recent bike ride, so the notoriously salty actor set out to prove he is still in gladiator shape — by challenging the paper's gossip columnist to a duel by bicycle. Crowe, who has been photographed looking slimmer in recent months, was apparently none too pleased by a column published in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday entitled "Smokes and fatty foods the fitness regime for Rusty." The... Read Full Story

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian actor Russell Crowe on Monday denied reports that he was banned from a British pub after an argument about closing time. Britain's Sunday Express newspaper reported that Crowe, 45, had been banned from the Brickmakers in Windelsham, Surrey, near the set of his new movie "Robin Hood." An unidentified resident was quoted in the newspaper as saying that Crowe had offered money to keep drinking at the pub after closing time, but was refused and eventually left... Read Full Story

Russell Crowe's manager denied Monday a newspaper report that the Oscar-winning Australian actor had been banned from a British pub near the set of his new film, "Robin Hood." Britain's Sunday Express newspaper reported that a spirited argument over licensing laws apparently ended with the 45-year-old actor being banned from The Brickmakers in Windlesham, Surrey. Crowe's manager Grant Vandenberg said the newspaper story was untrue. "The only truth to the whole thing is that he has been" to... Read Full Story

Russell Crowe's manager on Monday denied a newspaper report that the Oscar-winning Australian actor had been banned from a British pub near the set of his new film "Robin Hood." Britain's Sunday Express newspaper reported that a spirited argument over licensing laws apparently ended with the 45-year-old actor being banned from The Brickmakers in Windlesham, Surrey. Crowe's manager Grant Vandenberg said the newspaper story was untrue. "The only truth to the whole thing is that he has been" to... Read Full Story

Russell Crowe is to star in a Hollywood remake of the French thriller "Pour Elle," entertainment industry Daily Variety reported on its website. Crowe, 45, the Oscar-winning star of "Gladiator" and "A Beautiful Mind," will play a teacher trying to free his wife from prison after she is wrongly convicted of murder. The film -- to be released as "The Next Three Days" -- will be shot by Paul Haggis, a best director Oscar-winner in 2006 for "Crash." Haggis, 56, told Variety that Crowe had been... Read Full Story

      On the bright side, if Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks exploded in a fireball, at least the fire department was on scene... The stars almost ended up playing roadkill after their van was clipped by a fire truck while they were shooting their movie The Next Three Days in Deutschtown, Pa. Per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the actors' vehicle was parked on a street near Duquesne University when the emergency unit raced around a corner too quickly and whacked the van's front bumper... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Russell Crowe is in final negotiations to star in "Crash" writer-director Paul Haggis' next film, "The Next Three Days." A remake of the 2008 French thriller "Pour Elle," the Lionsgate project tells the story of a married couple thrown into a harrowing situation when the wife is imprisoned for a murder she claims she didn't commit and the husband must devise a way to get her out. Filming is scheduled to begin in September. Crowe is finishing up filming on... Read Full Story