November 6

ed note: Elizabeth Banks talks about "Freaking Russell Crowe!" tonight on Jay Leno. Saw a bit on Law and Order.

Reuters: Lionsgate Music - (Scroll) - Additional upcoming projects include the Jim Sheridan film BROTHERS,
scheduled for release in December featuring music from U2, as well as music for such upcoming films as
THE EXPENDABLES, starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Jet Li, FIVE KILLERS, starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, KICK-ASS, starring Nicolas Cage, and Academy Award® winning director Paul Haggis' THE NEXT THREE DAYS, starring Russell Crowe. - Thanks, Kris C

Variety International: U.S. production shuts out Australia - Production falls from $227 million to $20 million

November 5 - Top of the world - Yankees win!

[ed note: I no longer have a Twitter account. I still am on Facebook, but not accepting any more new friends at the moment]

The Australian: AC/DC is now the highest-earning Australian entertainer, with more to come - Russell Crowe is the top-ranking actor with estimated earnings of $25m, while Nicole Kidman dropped to ninth in the list with $11m, trailing her husband, musician Keith Urban, with an estimated $20m. - Thanks, Allison, Kris C

Clothes on film: BOL - Body of Lies: Mark Strong in Huntsman - Thanks, Allison (Huntsman site)

Related - Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Film Festival casts a wider net - Thanks, Kris C

November 4

Real Estate Source au: PRC, Russell Crowe, Tipped to Bid For $15 Million Bellevue Hill Mansion, Sydney - More on the mansion - Thanks, Maria

Thoroughly Russell Crowe: November Crowe Calendar

November 3 (USA residents - Don't forget to vote)

Broadcastnow.co.uk: Liza Marshall quits as head of C4 drama -- Marshall is stepping down to become head of film and TV at Scott Free, the London and Los Angeles-based production company owned by Hollywood directors Ridley and Tony Scott.... Scott Free has a number of feature films and television programmes in development and production, including Cracks (directed by Ridley’s daughter, Jordan) and the latest big screen adaptation of Robin Hood, helmed by Ridley and starring Russell Crowe. - Thanks, Steph

The Independent UK: The 30th annual AFM (November 4-11) will screen 455 films for the consideration of distributors and exhibitors around the world. With 8,000 attendees from 70 countries, film buyers and producers meet and greet to buy and sell at this insider event. ... Here are some titles expected to create a buzz for 2010 releases: - The Next Three Days, directed by Paul Haggis (Crash) and starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks, this thriller based on the French film Pour Elle. - Thanks, Allison

You can wish Keith a happy birthday (11/11) at this Yuku Topic

Kaspinet has updated her site. Great images

Related - The AFP: Blanchett smolders in US in 'Streetcar Named Desire' -- WASHINGTON — Australian star Cate Blanchett is winning standing ovations and rave reviews from US audiences for her heart-rending performance in the Tennessee Williams classic "A Streetcar Named Desire." More than 60 years after the play debuted on Broadway, Blanchett and her Sydney Theatre Company Saturday launched 24 performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, all of which are already sold out. - Thanks, Cindy

November 2

Times on line: The Biggest movies of 2010 - 3 Robin Hood - Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe in a revisionist take on the classic English legend. Matthew McFadyen is the Sherriff of Nottingham, confounding earlier rumours that Crowe would play both outlaw and oppressor. Cate Blanchett replaces Sienna Miller as a widowed Maid Marian. The title ‘Maid’ may raise some eyebrows there. Due in mid-May this will almost certainly be one of the most talked-about film releases of the year. - Thanks, Allison

The Mayo News: MUSIC Size2Shoes, the band with a star-studded following - Hollywood actor Russell Crowe is also a huge fan of Size2Shoes, and the brothers have jammed with him on several occasions. “I’m a huge fan of Size2Shoes,” says Crowe. “From the inspired mastery of their harmonies, to the streetwise intellect of their humours. Unique, unaffected, awesome.” Next year, they are heading to Australia to record their second album at Crowe’s private studio. -- Thanks, All - The band's page at MySpace - Thanks, Steph

Rabbitohs.com: Rabbitohs Back for 2010

ed note: Just wishing --- That Russell will star in Ridley's remake of Red Riding. Just a wish after watching the whole wonderful, disturbing trilogy on PAL DVD

The Post-Gazette: The Morning File: If you're not worried about the swine flu, start paying attention (to something else) -- This new illness (pronounced correctly as either "hini" or "hone-none") is about as dangerous as swine flu. It should discourage you even from shaking hands with Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington or Jake Gyllenhaal if you run into them during their local filming. If a Hollywood star does interrupt a scene to try to shake hands with you, as they often do to try to curry favor with fans, just give a polite salute or curtsy or run as fast as you can in the opposite direction. - Thanks, Kris C

Related: The Mail UK -- Want to live on a film set? How Hollywood is bringing New Orleans, Paris and Berlin to a location near you For the masterminds of Pinewood Studios' new makeover, bringing New Orleans, Paris and Berlin  -  as well as several other world 'environments'  -  to Buckinghamshire isn't enough. As James Delingpole reports, they want us to live there too - Thanks, Cindy

November 1

BBC iPlayer - High Flight (Hear Russell reciting HERE) - Thanks, Christine (Trailer for For The Moment HERE)

BOL premieres on HBO TV on December 12 - Thanks, Kris C

Latino Review.com: Robin Hood Writers Talk About Robin Hood - -- "Nottingham was about us both wanting to see a new and different version of a classic old story retold. The truth is the movie Ridley Scott made doesn't have all that much to do with the script we sold to Universal, in the midst of a bidding war with various other Hollywood studios, about 3 years ago. Our script was told from the Sheriff of Nottingham's POV (thereby the title), and Russell Crowe signed on to play the part of the Sheriff, who was the hero of our screenplay. There are a few things remaining in the movie which had their origin in our script, like including Eleanor of Aquitaine (mother of Richard the Lionhearted and Prince, later King, John) as a key character in a Robin Hood movie for the first time (at least that I know of), plus the movie would never have been made to being with if Russell Crowe hadn't signed on to play the Sheriff in our original script. I guess for us, without having seen the movie, it's a mix of triumph and frustration. Triumph because we got the ball rolling that led to a massive Medieval period piece being made with an excellent cast by arguably one of the greatest directors in movie history, but also frustration in that the world will never see the original movie we wrote. But we did get paid, so I'm not complaining. Once they bought it, Universal had the right to do whatever they wanted with our script." - Thanks, Steph