Posts with tag "russell crowe"

Russell Crowe Keeps a Promise to Teach Acting

Posted Jun 4th 2011 at 12:07 PM by Christine Fenno

Oscar winner Russell Crowe flew to England this week to share his wisdom about acting with a thrilled group of students at Durham University. The 'Robin Hood' star, 47, was all smiles while posing for photos with his new protegees. Crowe told the BBC, "We did a little vocal warm up, then I took them outside to do an exercise in leadership and using the space around you." He called Durham ...

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Russell Crowe Has No Patience for Irish Accents

Posted May 14th 2010 at 09:20 AM by PopEater Staff

A British radio host felt the wrath of Russell Crowe on Thursday after suggesting that the actor's accent in 'Robin Hood' had "hints of Irish" in it. The Aussie star became downright ornery with Mark Lawson of BBC Radio 4's Front Row when he made this unfortunate observation, asking, "What were you thinking of?" "You've got dead ears, mate," Crowe crowed back. "You've seriously got dead ears if ...

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High Style at Cannes: Salma, Eva, 'Wall Street' Crew, Oh My!

Posted May 12th 2010 at 09:00 PM by PopEater Staff

The 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival kicked off this week, and even massive storms on the French Riviera didn't keep the stars away. The 'Robin Hood' premiere gala on opening night attracted several of Hollywood's biggest A-list celebrities, each one dressed to the nines, while the 'Wall Street' crew looked nothing short of dapper during their film's premiere. Kate Beckinsale, Cate ...

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Russell Crowe Ditches Tights for New 'Robin Hood'

Posted Apr 12th 2010 at 05:10 PM by PopEater Staff

Masculinity-impinging tights are a joke so linked with the legend of Robin Hood that Mel Brooks subtitled his spoof 'Men in Tights.' But Russell Crowe has boldly declared that for his starring role in the Ridley Scott remake of the classic English tale, he don't need no stinkin' tights. "There are no tights in this film," Crowe told Reuters. "They weren't invented until quite a few hundred years ...

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Note To Chris Brown: Comeback From Scandal Is Possible

Posted Sep 12th 2009 at 05:00 PM by Jo Piazza

A Michael Jackson tribute concert planned for later this month in Vienna has been postponed to next year in London. Had a judge allowed it, the Austrian concert would have provided Chris Brown with his first real chance for a comeback. If Chris should wait for the Jackson concert to perform publicly, he should know that stepping back into the spotlight could be a way to put the Rihanna incident ...

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Russell Crowe Challenges Writer to a Duel

Posted Sep 4th 2009 at 07:07 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

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 ...