July 24
The Guardian UK: Gladiator: nice patricide but where are all the pinecones? - Thanks, Allison, Layne
July 23
To buy: South Side Story - THE BOOK - Thanks, Oz Fan
The NY Times: ‘Dark Knight’ Star Denies Assault
For EW's 1000th issue, we asked guest writers associated with a variety of the New Classics to contribute their own top 10 lists. Here are Jodie Foster's favorite 10 New Classic Near-Death Experiences, starting with... See #10 [Russel?] - Thanks, Allison
July 22
Tom O'Neil at The LA Times Gold Derby -- If Batman's truly gone bad, has Christian Bale doomed his Oscar hopes? -- (More negative old stuff about Russell than about Bale)
NY Daily News: A-Rod and William Morris form a grand-slam team -- In another sign of the Yankee slugger's clout, Alex Rodriguez signed a deal with the William Morris Agency, the influential talent agency that reps stars such as Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.
Thanks again to CGee - a newspaper scan of Russell, Dani and Don Spencer at the Australian Children's Music Foundation Dinner
From CGee: "The Tour De France was running live on Versus. Right after the coverage was over, much to my surprise I hear Jack Thompson’s voice narrating the first episode of South Side Story!" What great exposure, as I’m sure many are following the Tour on Versus. I guess they will be repeating the series, but I’m not sure what the schedule will be.
Sad news -- Variety: Christian Bale arrested in London -- Actor accused of assaulting his mother, sister
July 21
gfxartist.com: "The Russell Crowe model was created for a hardcore modeling challenge. I've worked in my limited free time (mostly during the nights) and finaly i was able to finish the model on time .. around 1 month. Software: 3ds max, mental ray, photoshop, zbrush (just to create some fine displacement details)" - Thanks, Steph
Above: Thanks to babzee - at the last game - from newstext.com.au
QuickFlix Blog au: Who Should Play Robin Hood in Ridley Scott's "Nottingham"? -- Over the last couple of months there has been a lot of speculation over who is going to play Robin Hood in Ridley Scott's film Nottingham. -- Russell Crowe is signed on to play the Sherriff of Nottingham, who this time will be the hero, while Robin Hood will be the villain. Since Scott can't decide, we put it up to our readers to choose the best Robin from a list of likely candidates. And...it looks like we can't choose either! - Thanks, Steph
The Daily Telegraph au: Batman is a Souths supporter - Thanks, Oz Fan
The Age au: It's the pictures that got small -- They're still big, but Hollywood's stars are shifting to the small screen in first-rate productions -- "...But the person we really want to see come home and do the right thing by the industry is Russell Crowe. He's the quintessential Aussie leading man, and any number of genres would suit him. The crime drama, certainly; an outback number; something based on boxing, perhaps? Or how about footy? In fact, why aren't we producing a long-form drama/comedy about Aussie rules? Surely that's a series just begging to be made." - Thanks, Allison
The Times Co ZA: Band of Buskers -- Although they don’t have their faces on a hundred-dollar note, many music stars started out as buskers — Carlos Santana, Rod Stewart, The Violent Femmes, Eric Clapton. Even Pierce Brosnan did his bit as a busking fire- eater in London during the early ’70s, and Russell Crowe played electric guitar at Sydney’s King’s Cross under the stage name Russ Le Roq, scoring a hit single with his song, I Wanna Be Marlon Brando. - Thanks, Allison
July 20
The SMH: Gallop put under whip -- " Hollywood actor Russell Crowe wasn't entirely impressed to read in the Herald that he and NRL chief executive David Gallop had "smoked the peace pipe" over their public stink earlier this month. When Gallop issued a press release telling Crowe - who had criticised the game's broadcast deal - to stick to acting, one very irate South Sydney co-owner unleashed hell on his own command and reminded Gallop in no uncertain terms that he was tipping vast amounts of money into the game and was entitled to his opinion. That's the word around the Rabbitohs, anyway. Meanwhile, the club is keen to upgrade the contract of centre Beau Champion with Gold Coast still maintaining interest in the 21-year-old despite him having another season to run on his current deal. We were told there was drama over a third-party agreement. Souths and Champion's agent, Sam Ayoub, say it's not so."
Just Jared: Christian Bale and daughter. He in a South Sydney Hoodie -- Thanks, Penny
Newstext: Rus ditches trakkie for family date -- BEFORE his beloved Rabbitohs were blitzed by the rampant Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium yesterday, Russell Crowe had something to smile about during the weekend. Swapping his favoured South Sydney trakkie for a freshly-pressed Armani dinner suit, Crowe was dressed to impress at the annual Australian Children's Music Foundation Ball on Saturday night. An annual fundraising event for disadvantaged kids across the country, Crowe attended the black-tie event at the Four Seasons in support of his father-in-law Don Spencer. While Crowe was the undisputed Hollywood hero of the night, it was The Whitlams frontman Tim Freedman who topped the entertainment stakes -- raising more then $55,000 by auctioning off two private performances. - Thanks, Chats
Rabbitohs.com: Tigers 36 Defeat Rabbitohs 12
From CGee: "In the Sun-Herald, not yet on line -- It's in "The Diary" by Shelly Horton and it quotes Koby Abberton on the Bra Boys. I don't have time to transcribe it but the pertinent parts are that Koby is quoted/reported to have said - Mark Wahlberg is signed to play him, Russell will direct AND play stand-over man Anthony Hines and filming will start next year."
July 19
Another YouTube - Bale singing in Newsies (1992) - (Kelly wants to take the train to Santa Fe!),
Rare -- a very young Russell in The Rocky Mountain Horror Show at YouTube - Thanks, Susan K
The Independent ie: Hellraisers: the winners of the Alcoholic Oscars -- "...All of this – and the exploits of Oliver Reed, the only non- Celt among the four – is revealed in a new book called Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris and Oliver Reed. In comparison with “four of the greatest hellraisers that ever walked, staggered or fell into a pub”, today's supposed wild men such as Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe are like altar boys." - Thanks, Allison
GBS Related: Exchange Magazine -- The Aud will overflow with Great Big Sea this November -- Canada's Celtic rock sensations Great Big Sea (GBS) will make a memorable splash when they perform at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex on Nov. 20, 2008. Showtime is 8 p.m. - Thanks, Allison
Bra Boys DVD - USA: Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 18 July, 2008 - - Los Angeles, Ca.- After achieving record breaking status in Australia, attending film festivals around the world and successfully playing to sold out audiences in the United States, Bra Boys, narrated by Russell Crowe, will hit surf retail and surfline.com on July 29th, 2008. The special 2 DVD set includes over an hour of behind the scenes and special bonus content. - Thanks, Allison
Portfolio.com: After The Dark Knight, Film Financing's Own Dark Night? -- Most of the majors well set for their 2009 release slate (thanks to a recent production surge that arose out of fears over the writers' strike this past winter), but now, with a few exceptions--like Angels and Demons, Terminator Salvation, and Ridley Scott's Nottingham staring Russell Crowe... -- the studios are choking off the feature production pipeline. - Thanks, Allison
July 18
Coming Soon.net has links to all the various versions of the BOL Trailer - Thanks, Allison
Just because it's cute (Scroll a bit) -- Russell Crowe reincarnation - Thanks, Madchen
New: Nottingham - The History of the Longbow
Darrin has a new page: Rusty and the Rabbitohs - Snaps and clips
EW: Kicking It, New School: 25 New Classic Movie Death Scenes
(LAC) - Thanks, Allison
Related: NY Times review of Batman - The Dark Knight -- He brought a gravitas to the superhero that wiped away the camp and kitsch that had shrouded Batman in cobwebs. It helped that Christian Bale, a reluctant smiler whose sharply planed face looks as if it had been carved with a chisel, slid into Bruce Wayne’s insouciance as easily as he did Batman’s suit.
July 17
The Movie Box has the BOL trailer in High Res
Related -- Emmy Nominations: Paul Giamatti, best actor in a miniseries for John Adams - Thanks, Bea (ed note: Also pleased about Cranford, John Slattery, Tom Wilkinson and John Hamm -- bummed that Saturday Night Lights was ignored)
Independent Weekly au: Taylor says Crowe bond stronger than ever - Thanks, Steph
Cinematical: Ridley Scott's 'Body of Lies' Gets a Trailer (Physically -- Russell in a Wigand-like mode. Where is Hani - Mark Strong?) - It is noted at Amazon's page for the BOL book that the plot of the book and film owes a debt to Ronald Neame's The Man Who Never Was - (1956) Good film, BTW
Variety: TV biz picks up as film slows down -- “Studios have decided to sit out the summer, and the fall, for that matter. There are a few exceptions: Sony just began production on the Roland Emmerich-directed "2012," Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer expect to begin production in Morocco on "Prince of Persia" on July 24, and Universal is set to push the start button Aug. 19 on the Ridley Scott-directed Russell Crowe starrer "Nottingham" in London.” - Thanks, Lyubka
July 16
Jo A's Lovely take on Max
The Australian: Designer fitted for heroism -- "Due to actors such as Clooney, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Clive Owen, Daniel Craig and Matt Damon, the renewed masculinity of contemporary Hollywood has driven a return to the 1960s rat pack-style suits meets '40s old-school movie star glamour. Cinema's new heroes and anti-heroes are wearing their masculinity like suits of armour; consider the alumni of hard-edged men vying for Hollywood's crown. Damon powering through The Bourne Identity, Crowe shooting up 3:10 to Yuma and Denzel Washington's king-pin style in American Gangster. Clooney's Michael Clayton is rivalled in slickness only by Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man."
The Star UK: Craftsmen ready to bowl over Hollywood's Russell Crowe (Nottingham) - Thanks, Chats, Steph, Lyubka
From Darrin: Russell Crowe attended the Round 18 clash between the Rabbitohs and Parramatta Eels on Sunday! First half caps and vids have been posted, links can be found at Constant Crowe
July 15
Russell as a character in the game Wii - Thanks, Penny, Tamara
Synopsis added to SOP main page
Body of Lies web links - Cinematical - First Showing - Cinema Blend - Thanks, Kris C
From Darrin: Jess has made a gorgeous Steve video to  Neverending White Lights' "Ending of a Story". Very poignantly put together! Also, I have the ET preview of their Wednesday show which will have a sneak peek at "Body of Lies"! All links can be found at Constant Crowe
July 14
ET TV will have a peek at Body of Lies on Wednesday night's show - Thanks, Penny
The Brolin News is too off topic to keep on site. I have removed the links
Variety: Universal, Grazer give 'Tehran' a try - Imagine picks Richard Regen's script -- "...Imagine is lensing the "Da Vinci Code" followup "Angels & Demons" for Columbia, and is readying the Robin Hood tale "Nottingham" for U."
Rabbitohs: Play this video to see SSTV's exclusive footage of the post-match press conference. - Thanks, Oz Fan
July 13
The India Financial Express: Fragments of a Nightmare -- "In the Indian popular imagination, Australia exists as a space full of adventurous delights whether it is via Hollywood celebrities like Russell Crowe or architectural triumphs like the Sydney Opera House or the exotic geographic landscapes routinely exploited by Bollywood. This is certainly one reason why Indian students’ demand for an education Down Under is reaching record peaks, enrollments having gone up by 51% this year. But an exhibition of Trent Parke’s photos that opened in the capital this week works hard against the established stereotype."
Kansas.com: Dark Victory -- You want to see the trailers before the film -- Three trailers for some hotly anticipated movies will precede "The Dark Knight": "Watchmen," based on the graphic novel; "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins," which also stars Christian Bale (can we say overworked?) as John Connor; and "Body of Lies," the new Ridley Scott film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Yeah, no one will go to see that pairing - Thanks, Allison
Times UK: Daniela Hantuchova steps out of the shadows --Tennis star Daniela Hantuchova on her love of Italian food, the fear of injury and why far too much is made of her looks -- "Watching DVDs in the hotel room is a favourite relaxation of most tennis players. If you had to choose one, what would it be? No questions about this one. I’m a huge Russell Crowe fan and Gladiator is my all-time favourite movie." - Thanks, Allison
CGee's Report on the Eel's Game -- and this on the Rabbitohs: SSFC Member and Supporter Day - Saturday 19 July - Thanks, Oz Fan
July 12
The SMH: Sizzling Sienna -- There's The Edge Of Love, co-starring Keira Knightley, the action movie G.I. Joe, Hippie Hippie Shake, about Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier at Oz magazine in Swinging '60s London, and her latest - big news - casting in the Ridley Scott blockbuster Nottingham "That's a dream project. I'm still in shock," she says of Nottingham, where she will play Maid Marion to Russell Crowe's sheriff. Does she have a thing for Australians? "Yes, all I do is work with the Aussie boys," she enthuses. "Lucky me!"
Souths win again! - 5 in a row -- South Sydney Rabbitohs 32 vs Parramatta Eels 20 -- 3 Points: Roy Asotasi -- 2 Points: Chris Sandow -- 1 Point: Nathan Hindmarsh
Nottingham will be filmed at Pinewood Studios
The Daily Mail UK: The Day I met my Waterloo -- Chick is building a genuine medieval fortified village outside Bannockburn, and he does a lot of film work. He played the Barbarian chief in Gladiator opposite Russell Crowe; when Crowe shouted, 'At my signal, unleash hell!' he meant, 'Get Chick now!' - Thanks, Steph
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