April 30

Last night on The Killing on AMC, Holder says to Sarah that if she keeps up her search for Rosie, she will be like that character in A Beautiful Mind, and begin writing on windows.

Universal Pictures Hits 100 Today 10. The film A Beautiful Mind was shot in sequence in order to help Russell Crowe better develop his character’s emotional and physical arc. -- 32. In the coliseum scenes in Gladiator, only the bottom two decks are actually filled with people. The other thousands of spectators are computer-animated.

April 29

Thanks to Priscilla - Dani doing the samba at You Tube:April 29

April 28

From Lynda: Another track from Alan Doyle's upcoming "Boy On Bridge" album, courtesy again of Sonic Entertainment Group; 'Where I Belong' is a beautifully moving modern-day Newfoundland anthem that Alan co-wrote with Russell

The Mail UK: A beautiful mind: College dropout became genius after brutal street attack and now turns mathmatical formulae into stunning works of art - They believe the damage to Mr Padgett's brain has left him with a 'remarkable gift' for figures, much like the brilliant mathematician John Nash. - Thanks, Amy

Souths Win - On the back of a strong first half and holding off a NQL comeback, Souths win their 1000 Premiership game, 104 years later, 20-16! - Thanks, CGee --

Rabbitohs were playing vs Cowboys today. After a great first half were they led 20-0 (3 tries in the first 20mn) playing a lovely built game, they did a poor second half, too many mistakes going to several penalties for the Cowboys who came back 20-16. But finally our Rabbitohs reacted in the last 10mn and won their 1000 Premiereship! First one was 104 yeas ago! Good boys! Up the Rabbitohs! - Thanks, Nicole

Jo a at Libris Crowe: THE NEW SET UP FOR THE CLOSE-UPS [nice work on the pics]

April 27

Music Rooms: Jennifer Connelly and Saoirse Ronan join cast of Noah - "It has now been revealed that Jennifer Connelly and Saoirse Ronan are also to appear in the film as Noah’s wife and daughter." - Thanks, Nicole

Collider at Cinemacon: Like Fox’s Life of Pi, the brief footage of Les Miserables wowed the CinemaCon crowd.  While we were told what we were being shown was rough, unfinished, and raw, they could release what they showed us and people would start buying tickets. What I didn’t know before the presentation started was that the cast was singing live on-set and we heard Anne Hathaway singing “I Dreamed a Dream” over the visuals were from the first two weeks of filming.  In the approximately 40 seconds of footage we were shown, we saw Fantine (Hathaway) getting her hair cut extremely short, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) walking the dirty streets, and some extremely impressive visuals that show director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) is not a one-trick-pony. If you were wondering if Anne Hathway could sing, or if Universal was going to fuck up Les Miserables, the footage we saw today makes the film another early contender for end of the year awards.  I’d be willing to put a lot of money down today that it gets a Best Picture nomination. - Thanks, Tamara

Variety ShowBiz News: Goldsman fancies Farrell for 'Winter's Tale' -- ...Goldsman's past collaborators Russell Crowe and Will Smith are expected to take on supporting roles along with a flying horse that factors into the plot.

From Jeannine: The Film Society of Lincoln Center is presenting a retrospective of Ridley Scott's films May 25 to June 3 showing "Alien," "Blade Runner," "Gladiator," "Thelma and Louise, "American Gangster," "The Duellists," and more.

The Belfast Telegraph: Russell Crowe 'struggling to sing' -[ps - Tom Hooper is a perfectionist] - Thanks, Nicole

From Lynda: Sonic Entertainment Group. Alan Doyle's management company, has shared via Soundcloud one of the loveliest of the new songs which will be on Alan's upcoming "Boy On Bridge" debut solo album, due for release on May 15th.

April 26

RC at Twitter: Alright,look,slight set back tonight...not that Valjean got away or anything... just misplaced (cough),waiting for dawn,hunt resumes

Thisiswiltshire.co.uk: Big screen beckoning -- "He spent part of his Easter holiday in Greenwich, London, rubbing shoulders with the film’s main stars, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Ann Hathaway. Cameron became friends with Crowe’s two sons and even got in an argument with the older boy, Charlie, about who directed Star Wars and, said Cameron, he won." - Thanks, Steph

Russell tweeting as Javert these days:

April 25

Today is Anzac Day - A Day to remember and never repeat

April 24

Liz Smith in The Chicago Tribune: (Scroll) - NOBODY was more convincing as a gladiator-on-a-mission than Russell Crowe. He received an Oscar for avenging -- as Maximus Decimus Meridius -- the deaths of his wife and child. Russell will be a chilling, relentless Inspector Javert in the upcoming "Les Miserables." And he plays Superman's father, Jor-El, in the 2013 reboot of that franchise, "Man of Steel." The burly Aussie, who disdains the fripperies of show biz, is always working. (Yes, he was born in New Zealand, but he self-identifies as an Australian.) So, what will this talented actor do with the role of Noah, in Darren Aronofsky's biblical take on the guy who builds the ark and saves human and animal-kind? Indeed, what will this "Noah" be like, in Aronofsky's hands? The director is known for his dark, intense and sometimes creepy films -- "Requiem for a Dream," "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan." Cecil B. DeMille he ain't. Well, end of the world stories are always intense, so Mr. Aronofsky might be on solid ground, before it rains, anyway. Crowe will be an interesting Noah. The ark-builder is often portrayed as a foolish heavy drinker. There's nothing foolish about Mr. Crowe's persona. - Thanks, Steph

April 23

From Tamara at TRC: We have added a page to The Day Job for the 2012 AACTA awards held in Los Angeles this January that includes videos, two that neither of us remember as being on the site before, and many images.

April 22

The Wrap: Russell Crowe Comes Aboard Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' - The movie will begin shooting this July in Iceland and New York. - Thanks, Steph [The story is in every news outlet around - Thanks, Kris C]

Your giggle for the day (RC loved it) - You Tube - Season 3 Ep 1: From "The Thick Of It" [ed note: Warning - Strong language - I heart Peter Capaldi - remember Vera in Prime Suspect? Here he is completely the opposite:

Dani's second round dance - Jive - Thanks, Priscilla

From Steph: Via Collider: "With CinemaCon kicking off on Monday, we’ll be bringing you lots of coverage from the event throughout next week including interviews, panel recaps, and more.  Steve is already in Las Vegas for the event, and while walking the floor he came across the very first promo poster for The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper’s big-budget movie musical Les Miserables.  For those unaware, CinemaCon is a convention put on for all the major theater owners in order to get a look at what the studios have to offer for the rest of the year; it’s basically Comic-Con for theater owners.  As such, this is just a very simple promo poster that’s pretty much just advertising the stellar cast and the fact that Les Mis is headed to the big screen this year. ...Take a look at the promo poster, which is surely the first of many posters and standees we’ll be bringing you over the next few days. [ed note: Strange that Hooper's name is not on the poster]

From Mary at TRC: We have a couple new things at TRC - a new video page for 'The Insider', and videos of the Larry King Live interview from 2002 (10 years ago!!  ack).  Links are on our main page.

April 21

On Winchester College history -- "William of Wykeham was one of the greatest architectural and artistic patrons of his day and his mediaeval buildings at the College are still in use, mostly for their original purposes. As well as Winchester College, he also founded New College, Oxford. These colleges were on a scale hitherto undreamed of in English education and became the model for Eton and King's College, Cambridge later in the fifteenth century. The Archives of Winchester College have unique and important records of the history and the life of Winchester College from its foundation to the present day."

April 20

Collider: Three Videos from the Set of LES MISERABLES; Listen to the Finale

E! on line:Snapped on Set: Amanda Seyfried Gets Her Cosette On in Les Misérables -

Off Topic, but music-related - the great singer/songwriter/The Band/actor Levon Helms has died - Obit at the Times, and a link to Amazon - The Coal Miner's Daughter

Thanks to Carole - A new poll at the Crowe News Blog (TOFO

G related)

The Hampshire Chronicle: Crowds flock to see Russell Crowe filming in Winchester last night - Thanks, Nicole

Thanks to Priscella, the scans of Dani in WHO magazine

The Examiner: Ayelet Zurer loves 'Man of Steel' costumes, praises Zack Snyder - Thanks, Nicole, Allison

BBC News - Hampshire: Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman film Les Mis in Winchester - Thanks, Allison

Yahoo7 Lifestyle via WHO: (Dani) - "Russell Said Get In There And Do Your Best" - Thanks, Allison

April 19

The Mail UK: Anne Waste-away: Actress displays drastic weight loss on set of Les Miserables with Hugh Jackman - Thanks, Gill

From Lynda: Alan has uploaded to YouTube a film clip from his upcoming (May 16, 18, 20) CMT special "Live At Revival"; the Alan Doyle Band is performing "I've Seen A Little," the first single release from his debut solo album, "Boy On Bridge".

Getsurrey.com.uk: Russell Crowe gets active at gym in Staines - Thanks, Nicole

The NY Times Fashion and Style: More Than Mrs. Sting (I met her and her husband back stage after the performance at Russell's concert at Ethical Culture in NYC )

A reminder once again -- I cannot pass on messages to Russell. I made that decision a long time ago.

Dani at Twitter on Dancing With the Stars - Danielle Spencer ‏ @spencerdanielle Damian Whitewood and I have been rehearsing the Jive. It is really hard work and i'm struggling with this one ... Dxhttp://fb.me/11DoJRWwC  View photo

April 18

AGY Related: Deadline Hollywood -- Abbie Cornish Film ‘The Girl’ Hoping Tribeca Is Launch For Awards Season Run

From Tamara at TRC: "The Night Job has returned!  We will be adding everything from before plus more so keep checking back. For starters, how about some beautiful Soundstage video ? Want to slow that blonde bob to freeze frame? Check out our Soundstage caps page."

@LesMisUSTour @peoplemag "Someone is in a good mood! Russell Crowe who plays Inspector Javert beams while filming..." - Thanks, Steph

Crave on Line: ActionFest 2012: Cung Le on 'The Man with the Iron Fists' and 'Dragon Eyes' - The rising martial arts superstar on how he wants to change action movies and working Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Liu, Russell Crowe and The RZA - Thanks, Caliope

April 16

From CGee: Russell's tweet about Annie Liebowitz reminded me I had taken some pictures of them at the Axemen game after the Coffs concert in 2003.

Last night on Mad Men Jared Harris's wife says, "You love football," and he replies, "That was my father." A bit of reality in the show's dialogue, and Crowe-Related. ("Dad saw himself in Russell - they were cut from the same cloth. And having met him I agree" Harris's son, Jared said after the funeral this week. [Richard] Harris said of Crowe: "Top bloke, loves his rugby, doesn't give a stuff, brilliant actor, a much loved new friend. He will carry the baton on. He irritates the hell out of the Hollywood bigwigs, but he's much too good for them to ignore.")

April 15

Russell and Annie Liebowitz - great news - @russellcrowe - 33 km bike ride, freezing, photo's in the rain with annie liebowitz,freezing, thai panang for dinner, hot

Thanks to You Tube (and prthpat), we are finally able to see Danielle perform on Dancing With The Stars. Her mom and dad were in the audience

The Daily Telegraph: Russell wants to see me dance on Seven - Thanks, Gee (and thanks for the screen caps)

From Nicole and CGee: Rabbitohs lost today against NZ Warriors 44 - 22. They were playing in New Zealand. Our boys were not at their best, poor left side defence and ball control. Disappointing after what they did in the last two games.

The Mail UK: Hosepipe ban? Not if you're filming Les Mis and need to turn bone-dry London into rain-drenched Paris - Thanks, Allison

April 14

From Allison: Here is the link to Anne Hathaway's interview on Charlie Rose last month; she talks about Les Mis at the 3:00 mark; there's an interesting family connection to Les Mis through the 5:30 mark

Hampshire Chronicle: HOLLYWOOD stars will be in Winchester this week for the shooting of scenes for Les Misérables. - Thanks, Eileen

{TB EXCLUSIVE} JENNIFER CONNELLY RE-TEAMS WITH DARREN ARONOFSKY FOR “NOAH” - Jennifer Connelly is returning to work with Darren Aronofsky since her breakout performance in his indie-cult “Requiem For a Dream.” She is in negotiations for the female lead in his upcoming passion project NOAH. Connelly would star alongside Russell Crowe, who was recently slated for the title character, as his wife, Naameh. The studio is also showing strong interest for Saoirse Ronan to join in a supporting role. - Thanks, Steph

The Chicago Tribune (Man With Iron Fists) : Hip-hop horror route to helmer: Music for Screens: Spring 2012 - Thanks, Allison

UK Daily Mail: Young man! Russell Crowe looks more like a member of Village People than a 19th century Frenchman as he films Les Misérables (Lots more pictures of the shoot) - Thanks, Gill

April 13 (Friday the...)

The Playlist: Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' Will Set Sail On March 28, 2014 - Thanks, Cindy

The Evening Standard: 10 minutes with Hugh Jackman - Thanks, Cindy

Thisiskent.co.uk: Hollywood dream for retired couple -- "...Mr Bott, who worked for BT and then took up sheep farming before retiring, spent a night filming alongside the Gladiator star. He said: "He was standing singing on the estuary wall out over the Medway and I was sheltered under a cart." - Thanks, Cindy

The Mail UK: At my signal, unleash hell... again: Russell Crowe does battle as he films the June Rebellion for Les Misérables - Thanks, Steph, Tamara - Also at Socialite Life

April 12

From Kittie: More Zimbio pics - this time with Russell

Al.com: Russell Crowe to steer Darren Aronofsky's take on Noah's Ark - Thanks, Lily

From Cindy -- Dani interviewed about Dancing With the Stars - Mentions hubby - Video:

Daily Echo UK: Something to Crowe about as Hollywood A-lister comes to city - Thanks, Steph, Caliope

Thisissouthdevon uk: Torquay's Lily lands Les Miserables movie role with Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe - Thanks, Caliope

From Judy: "I was  browsing through Bartlet's Familiar Quotations  and was struck with a quote from a letter from Voltaire to Frederick the Great. It was "He who is merely just is severe."   I thought, the perfect  short, neat description of Javert.""

Fron Kathleen: I was on flickr and came across these neat set photos of the Chatham Dockyard. Just abandoned shots but I thought you might like them for the feel of it.

April 11

From Lynda: Samples of all 13 of the songs on Alan Doyle's upcoming solo debut "Boy On Bridge" album (including 3 co-writes with Russell) can be heard on the Amazon.com mp3 pre-order page for the music:

rhodes.edu: ARENA: GLADIATORIAL GAMES

BBC: All Roads Lead To Rome - History and Gladiator connected

Huffington Post: Guy Pearce, 'Lockout' Star, On His New Motto: 'Deal With It, I'm Guy Pearce' - has some nice comments on Russell. - Thanks, Allison

April 10

A Video Tribute to Russell - You tube - by Caliope

April 8 - A Happy and Blessed Easter

Yahoo News via the AP: Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies -- "...Wallace himself became a dramatic character in several projects, from the stage version of "Frost/Nixon," when he was played by Stephen Rowe, to the 1999 film "The Insider," based in part on a 1995 "60 Minutes" story about tobacco industry whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand, who accused Brown & Williamson of intentionally adding nicotine to cigarettes. Christopher Plummer starred as Wallace and Russell Crowe as Wigand. Wallace was unhappy with the film, [The Insider] in which he was portrayed as caving to pressure to kill a story about Wigand." - Thanks, Kris C (Obit also in the NY Times) - Here is Wallace's interview with Jeffrey Wigand - Very had to find - YouTube

Russell's channel at YouTube

Zimbio - Pics from the Les Mis set - No RC, mostly elephant - Thanks, Kittie

metro.co.uk: Anne Hathaway reveals short cropped hair for Les Miserables role - Thanks, Caliope

April 7 - Happy Birthday, Russell!

Where Russell went with the boys - Legoland in Windsor

April 6

Souths Win -- "Souths really turned a big corner tonight; we took on a tenacious Bulldog team and won by playing smart, disciplined, confident footy. Everingham has scored 4 trys in 5 games! Rabbitohs defeat the Bulldogs 20-10" - Thanks, CGee -- And from Nicole: "Definitively Bunnies'day today! Our bunnies won vs Bulldogs 20-10! Great second half! Led by Bulldogs10-6, they finally took the lead at the end of the first half and kept it. Great performance from Everingham, 3 tries! We saw  great Rabbitohs today."

April 5

Vulture.com: Here There Be Monsters Snagging Collet-Serra; Bradley Cooper To Be Offered Lead - "...We understand that Collet-Serra, meanwhile, is still attached to Warner Bros. Harker, a revisionist take on the classic Dracula tale. (Told from the point of view of the Scotland Yard detective tasked with solving a string of grisly, blood-draining homicides committed by the Transylvanian transplant, Harker won’t start production until 2014, with Russell Crowe in the title role.)" - Thanks, Tamara

Related: Medway Messanger: Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway spotted in Chatham - Thanks, Allison

April 4

Don't forget to add your wishes to RC's birthday page (April 7)

April 3

Footprints of London: Elephants on location (Les Mis) - Thanks, Cindy

From Eileen J: New pages up at Leaves Of Russell Crowe for  "Noah", "Winter's Tale" and Alan Doyle.

Recent RC Tweets:

[ed note: Wow! if you lose much more you will disappear... Good going....]

The Epsom Guardian UK: Bookham dancer set for "Les Mis" film role - Thanks, Eileen

Flickering Myth: Films to watch before you die - ABM - Thanks, Eileen

April 2

Related from Lynda: Alan's got a new blog up on his site about journeying to and performing in Australia, as well as a valuable Life Lesson learned from a good friend of Russell's

Related: The Telegraph UK: To mark his 80th birthday, designer Sir Peter Blake has updated his famous album cover for the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Previous style icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Marlon Brando and Karl Marx have been replaced by Sir Ridley Scott, Dame Helen Mirren, JRR Tolkein, JK Rowling- and the Monty Python giant foot! - Thanks, Christine [ed note: we have the Vinyl of the old album at home]

Footprints of London: Les Miserables and revolting students at Greenwich - Thanks, Cindy - Old World Naval College

From Cindy: Just wanted to let you know that OTH means "over the handlebars", Russell had first put it the other day with the wasp incident. Someone asked him then what it meant - Also thanks to Christine

April 1

Deanna Lee ‏ @DeannaLii - So excited to see that @russellcrowe will be playing the lead in Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin! -- Russell Crowe ‏@russellcrowe @DeannaLii - not the lead, Pearly Soames - Thanks, CGee [Akiva Goldsman's directing debut] - Here is the link to an audiobook edition of the book - not on Kindle

TV Watch - Off Topic, but worth noting - This Thursday on HBO - God Is The Bigger Elvis (A doc about Sister Dolores Hart, former movie star, now Prioress at The Regina Laudis Monastery in Connecticut. I met her there years ago)

SMH: [No April Fools!] - Tigers blow it in loss to Rabbitohs - Thanks, CGee, Nicole

March 31

From Judy: Finally Les Mis is being noticed in the mags. This Weeks People (mag not internet) has pics of Russell and Hugh in costume.

Begonia has a poll up

Related from Lynda: Tickets for all of Alan Doyle's Canadian and USA solo shows are now available for purchase. Schedule and purchase-links can be found at http://alandoyle.ca/tour/ (Note: At present, the link for the Somerville (Boston) show is incorrect. It should be http://www.johnnyds.com/advance-tickets/)

Let's do a poll - See right column: