Russell Crowe challenges columnist to bike duel

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.

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Best bets: Is ‘Extract’ the new ‘Office Space’?

Will Mike Judge's "Extract" be as quotable as his previous movies? Plus: Whitney Houston returns; "State of Play" hits DVD.

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Manager denies Russell Crowe British pub ban

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."

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Crowe considering new Master & Commander movie

Russell Crowe is in the early stages of negotiations to reprise the role of Jack Aubrey as a British sea captain in a new movie version from the Master & Commander series of novels.

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Crowe Replaces Pitt on `State of Play'

Russell Crowe is pinch-hitting for Brad Pitt.

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Russell Crowe Plans to Be Baptized

Russell Crowe, who is 43, says he's planning to be baptized. "I'd like to do it this year," the Oscar-winning actor tells Men's Journal. "My mom and dad decided to let my brother and me make our own decisions about God when we got to the right age. I started thinking recently, `If I believe it is important to baptize my kids, why not me?'"

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Audiences Buzz for `Gangster,' `Bee'

Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe's crime tale "American Gangster" led the weekend box office with $43.6 million, with Jerry Seinfeld's animated comedy "Bee Movie" running a strong second with $38 million.

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Heroin Pusher, Honey Bee Lift Box Office

A heroin pusher and a honey bee put some sting back into the movie business. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe's bloody crime saga "American Gangster" took in $46.3 million to lead the weekend box office, with Jerry Seinfeld's family cartoon "Bee Movie" following with $39.1 million. Together, the movies revitalized Hollywood's listless autumn.

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No Tension on Set, `Gangster' Star Says

There was no power struggle between Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe on the set of their new crime drama, "American Gangster." Instead, they worked as a team when filming their scenes together.

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Actor's Rugby Club Cuts Cheer Squad

Russell Crowe says his rugby league club's cheerleading squad is being cut because skimpily clad cheerleaders detract from the game and make spectators uncomfortable.

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This is just such a neat story about actor Russell Crowe, who is working on his "Robin Hood" movie in the UK. He apparently had lunch next to a cancer research center and spontaneously decided to give them about $1600.

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Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

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State of Play: Smart movie for grownups

Hollywood's pandering to youthful audiences by producing movies long on special effects and cartoonish plots takes a blessed holiday with the premiere week before last of director Kevin Macdonald's State of Play.

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They were close childhood friends, collaborated on the script for 1997's Good Will Hunting and then won Oscars for it.

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Russell Crowe, god bless him, recites poetry upon the receipt of an award.

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Australians will get the chance to lick four of the nation's most popular entertainers who have been selected to appear on a special series of postage stamps to mark Australia Day.

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Ridley Scott directs this slick, busy international thriller that stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the CIA's top man in Jordan, on the hunt of an Osama bin Laden-style terrorist.

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Ed's Take: Body of Lies

Trust no one. Deceive everyone. Movie Title: Body of Lies My Take: Neutral Watch For: an excellent performance by Mark Strong as "Hani" the ultra-suave Jordanian chief of security

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Christian Bale in talks to star as Sherwood Forest-lurking villian against Russell Crowe's heroic Sheriff of Nottingham in Ridley Scott's updated "Robin Hood".

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Comedian Joan Rivers was asked to leave the set of a U.K. daytime talk show on Tuesday after calling Russell Crowe names.

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Actor Russell Crowe, his South Sydney business partner Peter Holmes a Court and surfer Layne Beachley have been given the job of promoting Sydney to the rest of the world.

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The clatter of poker machines is set to become a thing of the past at the South Sydney Leagues Club, after a campaign by owners Peter Holmes a Court and actor Russell Crowe.

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Nicole Kidman, Jim Carrey keep him company at the top. It stands to reason that a film studio wants to make back the money it invested to produce its masterpiece in addition to making a profit. As actors get paid more and more nowadays, that return is shrinking.

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'State of Play' to co-star Edward Norton, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren. Should Crowe sign on for the project, as The Hollywood Reporter is saying, it would save the adaptation of the British miniseries from a demise that seemed inevitable when Pitt exited last week.

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Friends, there's an elephant in the room. And when I say "room," I mean the movie theaters and TV screens of America, and when I say "elephant," I mean Russell Crowe.

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This is an early review of the new Denzel Washington/Russell Crowe film about real-life drug lord Frank Lucas.

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Do you need to think of your careers in more hardheaded business terms than ever, keeping one eye on how you're doing at the box office? RUSSELL CROWE: [To Washington] Do you think that way?

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Versus announced it has purchased the broadcast rights to South Sydney Story, a docu-reality series that follows the Australian National Rugby League's South Sydney Rabbitohs, which is publicly owned by actor Russell Crowe.

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Australian actors Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe have been tipped to star in a movie about missing English toddler Madeleine McCann.

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Review: I'm Catching the 3:10 to Yuma

I caught the 9:45 PM showing of 3:10 to Yuma, and I was tired. I feared that I would not be able to pay attention in the film, and that I would dose off during its two-hour run time. Once the film began, though, these fears were put to rest.

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Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is to make his directorial debut with a film about a gang of Australian surfers, according to film trade paper Variety.

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Sydney's Bra Boys have made a startling transition from infamy to media hype. The surf gangsters have become media and celebrity darlings in a matter of weeks, thanks to the new Bra Boys documentary made by gang leader Sunny Abberton and narrated by Russell Crowe.

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Oscar-winner Russell Crowe is to axe cheerleaders from his Australian rugby league club. The Gladiator star, who co-owns the South Sydney Rabbitohs, will replace the girls with a drumming band after fans, including his wife, complained.

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Russell Crowe is expected to star in a new movies called Nottingham and he will play the part of the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, should be a walk in the park for him then

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Russell Crowe is set to play the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new film version of Robin Hood. Universal Pictures have lined up the Gladiator star for their take on the classic tale, which will portray the traditionally evil Sheriff as a good character.

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