**September 30**

A lot of screencaps of AGY trailers in my  gallery !!!

Gladiator's sequel to be made
Oscar winning actor, Russell Crowe has confirmed that he and director Ridley Scott are planning to bring the character Gladiator back from the dead for a sequel to the first movie. According to contactmusic.com, even though the character Maximus was killed in the first movie "Gladiator", the two have planned ahead. Crowe says: "We talk about it every now and then. We did kind of make it tricky for ourselves, considering we killed the character at the end of the first one. But that's not necessarily going to stop us." "There have been stranger things happen out of Hollywood. There's a sort of what happens in the after-life question." (contactmusic)

**September 29**

CROWE 'TOO OLD' FOR VIETNAM MOVIE
Australian director BRUCE BERESFORD has turned down RUSSELL CROWE for his new film - declaring the actor is far too old. LONG TAN tells the story of how 108 American and Australian soldiers fought off 2, 500 Viet Cong troops in Vietnam - but it will not feature the 42-year-old GLADIATOR star. The acclaimed director says, "The problem with war movies characteristically is that all the guys playing the soldiers are too old. "I certainly would rather cast people who are the right age for the parts - that was a battle fought by very young guys." The director did concede though that A List names are vital for a big film to get made, saying, "If you don't have names, it is almost impossible (to get a film made). (contactmusic)

NEW AGY' TRAILERS FROM DARRIN   HERE!!!!!
First nine pink squares.She also has the 8 minute interview.

Oscar star's tribute to Harris
Hollywood star Russell Crowe is travelling to Ireland at the weekend to pay tribute to fellow actor and hell-raiser, the late Richard Harris. Crowe will be taking part in the unveiling of a statue in Kilkee, West Clare, commemorating the Irish legend. It was a friendship struck up on the set of the film, Gladiator in 1999. Harris was fond of Crowe, maybe because he reminded him of his younger self. Both shared a passion for acting and for life and a rebellious streak. Limerick-born Harris was everything a bad-boy Hollywood star should be: a handsome, boozing, brawling, womanising, jet-setter whose moody magnificence brought glamour to even his weakest movies. But, beyond his headline-grabbing lifestyle, he was an actor of real emotional depth, able to thrill theatre or cinema audiences alike. Russell Crowe is travelling to Ireland. Harris, who starred in The Field and in more recent years as the wily head of Hogwarts School in Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone, died in October 2002 at the age of 72. He had just finished work on the second Harry Potter movie, Chamber of Secrets, when he became ill. Manuel di Lucia, the project director behind the Richard Harris Memorial Committee said when he first approached Crowe's agent, he was told that he was busy filming in America. But, through a diving friend who worked on the set of another Crowe film, he made another approach. The Oscar winning actor said he would take a break from filming to come to Clare for the ceremony on Saturday. He intends to sing a song he wrote, along with Alan Doyle, in memory of Harris. "It's is a song called 'Mr Harris' about the ghost of Richard Harris playing as the 16th man on the rugby field," Mr di Lucia said. Mr di Lucia, a cousin of Hollywood actor Danny DeVito, said Limerick-born Harris's ties to the area began when he spent holidays there with his brothers during his youth. Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
"Every time he came to Kilkee he brought an air of joviality to the town," he said. "He was very flamboyant, very well liked by everybody." The statue, designed by Seamus Connelly, shows Harris playing racquet ball. He won a racquet-ball competition four times in a row in the west Clare resort where he spent his summer holidays as a young man. Harris's three sons are travelling from Los Angelos and will unveil the statue. His three surviving brothers also plan to attend. Crowe will be arriving in Ireland on Friday with an entourage of about 15 people, including his wife and two children. (news.bbc.co.uk)

Gretchen Mol Joins 3:10 To Yuma
With Peter Fonda and a host of others With Lionsgate now in the production driver's seat, James Mangold's Western remake 3:10 to Yuma is starting to fill up as it prepares to start shooting. Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, X-Men: The Last Stand's Ben Foster, Vinessa Shaw and Mol's The Notorious Bettie Page co-star Dallas Robots have joined the cast. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are already aboard, playing a desperado being brought to justice by a sheriff on the titular train, before the crook's accomplices stage and ambush to try and rescue him. Mangold will blow the production whistle late next month in New Mexico. (www.empireonline.com) (Tanks Ivani)

**September 28**

CROWE STILL MOURNING FOR MATE IRWIN
Oscar-winner RUSSELL CROWE is still reeling from the death of close friend CROCODILE HUNTER STEVE IRWIN and is devastated that they won't be able to do all the things they planned. Irwin died on 4 September (06), when he was struck in the heart by a stingray barb while filming on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Crowe explains, "It's something that was not on my list of expectations in life - that I'd be saying goodbye to somebody who was pretty much my same age. "Somebody I had so many plans with for things that we would do in the future, in particular with our kids. Ours sons are only a month apart." Crowe fought back tears at Irwin's memorial service last week (ends24SEPT06), where he said, "I think this memorial should be a joyful one, not a mournful one. "We have to all keep in mind who we're here to celebrate." There were reports that Crowe would star in a film as Irwin, which he firmly denied, saying he was appalled by the rumours. (contactmusic)

**September 27**

WATCH THE VIDEO   HERE
Crowe angry about reports he's to play Irwin
(CNN) -- Actor Russell Crowe called reports that he may play "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin in a film biography of Irwin's life "appalling," he told CNN's "Showbiz Tonight." "This is my friend," Crowe told "Showbiz Tonight" anchor A.J. Hammer during an interview for Crowe's new film, "A Good Year." "All right? He just died. We've dealt with his funeral, we've dealt with a memorial to him. You know? "I'm not doing business over the grave of my friend. I find that appalling. But, you know, that's not just in the tabloid[s]. That's in The Guardian, its in The New York Times. Understand? Absolutely disgusting." (Watch Crowe react to the idea of doing an Irwin movie -- 2:21 ) Reports of Crowe portraying Irwin apparently originated with a story in the magazine InTouch Weekly, which was then picked up by the New Zealand Herald and made its way through the Internet. (CNN.com checked the Times' search engine and could not find a record of the story there.) Crowe made a short tribute film broadcast at Irwin's memorial service September 20. "We have lost a friend, a champion," he said in the tribute. "It will take some time to adjust to that." "I'm filming this thing, you know, to a video camera, and I know it's being -- going to be watched by his family and by his kids, you know, trying to reach through that camera across those miles and tell his kids that the last possible thing that their dad would have ever wanted was to leave them. You know?" Crowe told Hammer of the emotions expressed in his video. "And that's what I would hope that my friends would take -- make the effort to say to my children if that should ever befall me." Crowe also addressed the way he's been treated in the news media, particularly after a phone-throwing incident at a New York hotel last year. Crowe pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges for hitting a hotel clerk with a telephone and was fined $160. "I don't think that there is such a thing as a fair shake in the media, the way it exists now," he told Hammer. "I think -- I think it's rotten to the core. I think it's full of a whole bunch of people who write late into the night while drinking themselves into oblivion. And I think it's a very nasty situation that we've got ourselves in the world, where you cannot go to a news source and reliably be told the truth." "Quite a few trees died to tell, you know, a larger tale. ... You know, I lost my temper, I apologized for it. You know? We can all move on now." Crowe was also in the news for leaving a big-budget film scheduled to be directed by Baz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge!") and co-starring Nicole Kidman. The film was due to begin production this month, according to The Hollywood Reporter, but has now been pushed back to February. "I just didn't want to work on that movie in the type of environment that was being created because of the needs of the budget," Crowe told reporters, according to Reuters. "I do charity work, but I don't do charity work for major studios." Crowe has been replaced by Hugh Jackman. The film's studio, 20th Century Fox, had no immediate comment, according to the news agency.

**September 26**

Crowe: 'I'm Not Playing the Crocodile Hunter'
Russell Crowe has blasted reports he's planning to portray his late friend Steve Irwin in a new movie, admitting he's "appalled" by the rumors. Media outlets jumped to claims the Gladiator star was onboard an Irwin biopic project last week, but Crowe is upset that anyone is even thinking of promoting such an idea. He fumes, "It's appalling to me and offends me very deeply. "It's so awful that I have to deal with millions of people thinking I would dance on my friend's grave. "Yes, I do think there should be a movie made about Steve but I'm not the sort of person who will be doing commerce on my friend's grave." (www.hollywood.com)

CROWE: 'I DON'T DO CHARITY WORK FOR STUDIOS'
RUSSELL CROWE has branded acting on BAZ LUHRMANN's new Australian outback movie "charity work for major studios." The Antipodean star was due to feature in the as yet untitled movie alongside NICOLE KIDMAN, but quit over money wrangles and was replaced by HUGH JACKMAN in June (06). At the time, Crowe gave no clues about his departure from the romantic epic but now fumes, "I just didn't want to work on that movie in the type of environment that was being created because of the needs of the budget. "I do charity work, but I don't do charity work for major studios." The movie was due to begin production this month (SEP06), but has been postponed to February (07) because of scheduling conflicts and the continuing budget row with 20th Century Fox, according to the Hollywood Reporter. (contactmusic.com)

Crowe comedy not designed to change image
Australian actor Russell Crowe says starring in the new vineyard comedy, "A Good Year," was not a calculated move to soften his tough-guy image. Although Crowe was arrested last year after throwing a telephone and injuring a hotel worker in New York, he insists the incident had nothing to do with his decision to play a British man who leaves the cutthroat world of high finance for the more peaceful life of a wine-maker in Provence. "That's sort of a bunch of silliness because, obviously, the deal to do this film predates anything that might have come up in my life between those two points," he told reporters in New York Monday. "It's just the next character that I decided to play." Crowe also said he is tired of people telling him how surprised they are to see him playing such a "different" role in this romantic comedy. Naming some of his biggest hits like "L.A. Confidential," "The Insider" and "Gladiator," he said, "Which of these movies are similar?" "That's not what I do. I do what's apparent to me and what's apparent to me is usually something I haven't done at all." (license.icopyright.net)

**September 25**

Many pics of Toronto press conference on  wireimage

Crikey! Crowe snubs movie
RUSSELL Crowe called him a close mate but don't expect to see him donning the khaki to honour Steve Irwin in a film about the life of the Crocodile Hunter, at least anytime soon. A weekend report from the US said Rusty was in talks with leading studio Universal about making a biopic on Irwin, who was killed by a stingray earlier this month. US mag In Touch Weekly quotes an insider saying "Steve once told Russell that he wanted him to play him in a movie version of his life''. But Crowe's Australian manager said yesterday the report was way off the mark. "It's not going to happen. It's not on the agenda,'' he said. "He's just finishing American Gangster and he's got another movie to make before the end of the year. "It's absolutely not on the radar.'' (www.news.com.au)

Tennyson' first photo

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RZA's New Muse :Russell Crowe
Gladiator's gentle wisdom.
The Wu-Tang Clan's RZA loves the music of Russell Crowe, his co-star in American Gangster (based on a New York Magazine story by Mark Jacobson). Crowe also has a band. RZA's particularly enchanted with a song called "Weight of a Man" ("I'm so hard to handle... my life's a suitcase that's never been closed / But... you're not one bit scared / to shoulder / a burden like me"). "I was like, Damn, I kind of feel that," he said. "My world, hip-hop—(it's) very promiscuous, but I do have a girl that I have to return to. And I appreciate it so much, but I never knew how to really explain it." Enter Crowe. "I heard this song, I called her up immediately," the RZA said. "I was like, "Yo! I'm not saying you should get his album-but he definitely has beautiful lyrics."(www.newyorkmetro.com)
(Tanks Ivani)

**September 24**

Buddy Movie
Filmmaker Michael Corrente has lined up quite the star to play jailed Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci. (The Boston Globe)
Here  is the interview (Tanks Ivani)

**September 22**

CROWE WANTS TO STAR IN IRWIN BIOPIC
Hollywood star RUSSELL CROWE wants to play late naturalist STEVE IRWIN in a movie about his life. Irwin was killed earlier this month (04SEP06) when a stingray barb stabbed him in the heart while he filmed off the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Fellow Australian Crowe was close to the CROCODILE HUNTER star and paid tribute to his friend in a video message at a public memorial service this week (20SEP06). Sources say Crowe has already contacted Universal Studios with plans for an Irwin biopic. An insider says, "It's not about money for Russell - it's about honouring his mate. "Steve once told Russell that he wanted him to play him in a movie version of his life. (contactmusic.com)

**September 20**

RUSSELL AND DENZEL HAVE A LAUGH ON GANGSTER SET
Hollywood heavyweights Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington play roles on different sides of the law in their latest flick, but they certainly seemed to have a whole lot in common when the cameras stopped rolling as they were snapped dissolving into laughter. The popular actors were getting on famously as they shot scenes on the New York set of their film American Gangster - based on the real life story of Harlem drug lord-turned-informant Frank Lucas, played by Denzel. New-Zealand-born star Russell, 42, plays the cop Richie Roberts who helps bring him to justice and then works with him to expose corruption. Friendships on the movie, which is due out later next year, have apparently made the filming process that bit easier. It's Russell's third collaboration with director Ridley Scott - they recently shot romantic flick A Good Year together – and they both agree their rapport is better than ever. "A lot of things are now unspoken," says Ridley, "which gets a lot of mileage out of the way. When you're working with an actor for the first time, you've got to dance a bit and waltz a bit. We don't have to do that now," he added. But it was no doubt the presence of the Gladiator star's eldest son Charles who made the father-of-two most at ease. The toddler, who turns three in December, joined his famous dad on set as he experienced movie magic first-hand. "I'm very involved in being a dad," said Russell last year. "My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that." The Oscar-winner's second little boy, Tennyson, was born in July.(www.hellomagazine.com)

Thousands Remember "Crocodile Hunter"
BEERWAH, Australia - Friends and fans, including Hollywood stars and Australia's prime minister, bid farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Wednesday at a service that veered from poignant tributes to belly laughs. Irwin's 8-year-old daughter, Bindi, hailed him as her hero; his father, Bob, asked people to end their grieving, and fans were invited to laugh at his television antics one more time. The ceremony was carried live on three national television networks and at least one radio station. Flags on the Sydney Harbor Bridge and throughout Irwin's home state of Queensland flew at half-staff, and giant television screens were set up for people to watch the service. Prime Minister John Howard was among the 5,000 people who attended the ceremony at the "Crocoseum," the small stadium in Irwin's wildlife park where he regularly put on crocodile-feeding shows. "Steve Irwin touched the hearts of Australians and touched the hearts of millions around the world in a very special way," Howard said. In a recorded video message from New York, Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe said: "It was way too soon for all of us. We have lost a friend, a champion." Irwin, 44, died Sept. 4 when a stringray's barb pierced his chest while he filmed a TV show on the Great Barrier Reef. His family held a private funeral service for him on Sept. 9 at the family-owned park, Australia Zoo. As expected, there was one empty seat at Steve Irwin's personal stadium _ symbolically set aside for the late conservationist himself. On the stage sat Irwin's widow, Terri, and their two children, Bindi, and Bob, 2 _ all dressed in Irwin's favorite khaki. It was their first public appearance since Irwin's death. "Please do not grieve for Steve, he's at peace now," Bob Irwin said. "Grieve for the animals. They have lost the best friend they ever had, and so have I." Bindi told the crowd at the ceremony that "my Daddy was my hero." "He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all he was fun," she said. There were lighter moments, including several video clips of Irwin's in-your-face antics that drew laughs and applause from the crowd. Most popular were out-takes and bloopers from his TV program, showing Irwin falling out of boats, getting bitten by lizards and forgetting his lines. At the end of the ceremony, Irwin's utility vehicle, packed with camping gear and his favorite surfboard, was driven from the stadium _ through an honor guard of Australia Zoo employees. After the truck left the stadium, a group of employees spelled out Irwin's catchword "Crikey" in yellow flowers on the ground. As part of the public memorial entitled "He Changed Our World," actress Cameron Diaz said in a video presentation that Irwin was incredibly popular in the United States. "America just flipped for him," said Diaz. "Every kid was in love with the idea of being him." Actor Kevin Costner said in the video that Irwin was "fearless ... He let us see who he was. That is being brave in today's society." Separately from the service, marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau said that, while he mourned Irwin's death, he disagreed with the Australian's hands-on approach to nature television. He said he respected Irwin's environmental message, but noted that Irwin would "interfere with nature, jump on animals, grab them, hold them, and have this very, very spectacular, dramatic way of presenting things." "It sells, it appeals to a lot people, but I think it's very misleading," Cousteau said in Los Angeles. "You don't touch nature, you just look at it." (santamariatimes.com)

**September 19**

Some picture of Russell and Charlie   ISIFA

Thousands Expected At Irwin's Service
More than 5,000 people, including the prime minister, are expected to cram the "Crocoseum" at the Australia Zoo on Wednesday to say farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a memorial service. Flags on the Sydney Harbor Bridge were to fly at half-staff, and giant television screens were set up in Irwin's home state of Queensland for people to watch the service. Irwin, 44, was killed Sept. 4 when the barb from a stingray pierced his chest while he was filming a TV show about the Great Barrier Reef. His family held a private funeral service Sept. 9. His death set off an outpouring of grief. Tens of thousands of people traveled to the zoo near Brisbane to drop off flowers and other mementoes, many of them signing Irwin-styled khaki shirts instead of a condolence book. There has been a surge of donations to the Irwin-instituted charity Wildlife Warriors, and millions of people have visited his Web site to find out more about Irwin and his conservation efforts. Irwin's widow, American-born Terri Irwin, was expected to make her first public appearance since his death at Wednesday's memorial service. The couple's daughter, Bindi, 8, and son Bob, 2, were expected to accompany their mother. Prime Minister John Howard also was expected to attend the service, and country singer John Williamson planned to sing "True Blue," a song that Irwin loved. John Stainton, Irwin's manager and close friend, said the service would be a celebration of the naturalist's life. "There will be one seat alongside of the family for Steve because he loved the Crocoseum, he built it," Stainton said. "And his Australia Zoo cap that he always wore watching all the shows with his daughter will be on the seat." Stainton said there would be visual tributes to Irwin, with some "memorable film clips" and "funny moments" from his television career. Actor Russell Crowe reportly be among those paying tribute by video. "The one thing I hope everyone will take away from it is what a diverse character he was," Stainton said. Three of Australia's main television networks planned to carry the ceremony live and provide feeds to U.S. and international networks.

**September 18**

Crowe's "Yuma" remake finds a studio
LOS ANGELES - Russell Crowe's remake of the old Western "3:10 to Yuma" finally has found a home. Lionsgate has come aboard to distribute the film, which will begin shooting next month in New Mexico. Christian Bale also stars. James Mangold ("Walk the Line") directs. With a budget of close to $80 million (42.5 million pounds), "Yuma" is bigger than most films handled by Lionsgate, which is better known for such inexpensive hits as the "Saw" and "Madea" franchises. "We are not abandoning the niche markets and the cost-efficient driven genre movie, but on occasion we are going to go beyond our reach," said Peter Block, president of acquisitions and co-productions. "This is a thoughtful and calculated step up." The project originally spent four years in development at Columbia, which was planning to start shooting it this past summer. Tom Cruise had been circling the project for his follow-up to "Mission: Impossible III," with Eric Bana rumored to be in pursuit of a role as well. But Columbia scrapped the project, and producer Cathy Konrad and Mangold, her husband, shopped the film to various studios. Last month, Relativity Media came aboard to finance the movie. "Yuma" is based on the 1957 film that starred Glenn Ford as Ben Wade, an outlaw who finds himself in the custody of small-time rancher Dan Evans. The rancher is secretly trying to take Wade to a railway station to catch a train to Yuma for the outlaw's court date. A battle of wills ensues. Mangold's take sees Crowe as the outlaw and Bale as the rancher. Alan Tudyk ("Serenity") has joined the cast as a doctor who helps the rancher get the outlaw on the train. (uk.news.com)

**September 17**

Pics of Russell and Denzel on the set yesterday  HERE (Tanks Ivani)

Russell in the cover of Close Up magazine from Switzerland September 2006 edition. (Tanks Ivani)












**September 16**

Crowe back in "court"
ACTOR Russell Crowe went back today to the court where he pleaded guilty last year to hitting a hotel clerk with a telephone - this time as an actor rather than the defendant. The New Zealand native was at Manhattan Criminal Court filming the upcoming movie American Gangster. Crowe, the star of such movies as A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator, hit a clerk with a telephone in June 2005 at a trendy SoHo hotel. The Oscar-winning actor pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges and was fined $212 in November and told to stay out of trouble and avoid arrest for a year. Crowe plays a detective in American Gangster, which is about a drug lord who smuggles heroin into Harlem during the 1970s in the coffins of US soldiers returning from Vietnam. (news.com.au)

On BBC World the next tv show Talking Movies, to be aired next week, will bring Toronto Festival's coverage! This show last 30 minutes. If you have the channels BBC World or BBC America, stay tunned. The site of the show is at BBC World is  here. (Tanks Ivani)

**September 14**

Famous Brazilian jewelry designer Pedro Brando will do some jewelry for American Gangster, according to Brazilian magazine Isto É Gente, September 18th. HERE is the link. He did in the past the rings/bands for Nicole and Keith Urban, Angelina Jolie has already a meeting with him very soon to know his new collection of tribal motives, right now he is working in a gold butterfly for Nathalie Portman, and he is still working on some jewelry that Denzel and Russell will use in American Gangster. (Tanks Ivani)

**September 13**

CROWE TO HOST IRWIN TRIBUTE GIG
Hollywood superstar-and-sometime musician RUSSELL CROWE is hosting a tribute concert for his late friend STEVE IRWIN in Brisbane, Australia next week (begs18SEP06). The Oscar-winning actor, who fronts THE ORDINARY FEAR OF GOD, has been given three days off from shooting forthcoming movie AMERICAN GANGSTER so he can fly back from the US to his native Australia for the event. CROCODILE HUNTER star Irwin died after being stung in the chest by a stingray while diving on the Great Barrier Reef last week (04SEP06). Paying tribute to Irwin, Crowe said, "He was the ultimate wildlife warrior... He touched my heart. I believed in him. I'll miss him." (contactmusic.com)

THE THINGS THEY SAY
"I needed to get the two boys in place first so she has two big henchman to look after her as she's growing up." RUSSELL CROWE is ready for a daughter after fathering sons CHARLES, two, and TENNYSON, two months. (contactmusic.com)

**September 12**

It's been a good year for Crowe
TORONTO -- Russell Crowe played nice, but that didn't stop him from saying exactly what was on his mind as he addressed the press at the Toronto International Film Festival with director Ridley Scott. The two Gladiator collaborators were in town to unveil their latest effort, A Good Year, a film about a money-driven London broker (played by Crowe) who inherits his uncle's chateau in Provence and experiences a profound transformation. Before the moderator even began his introduction for Crowe, the Oscar-winning Aussie (who was born in New Zealand) began to wave him off. "Don't introduce me. Let's just get on with it," said Crowe, to the shrinking Henri Behar -- a veteran festival panel host known for concocting somewhat florid intros. Behar couldn't help himself, and uncorked his best line regardless. "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Dr. Russell and Mr. Crowe." "That's good," said Crowe. "You had that worked out ahead of time -- good line." It was a tantalizing preview, but those hoping for some real fireworks instead of fleeting awkwardness would have left disappointed, as Scott, Crowe, writer Peter Mayle and other A Good Year cast members talked about spending time in the south of France sipping the finest fruits of the vine. They said the experience was intoxicating -- for several reasons -- most notably because it was a comedy, unlike other Scott efforts, such as Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Alien and Black Hawk Down. "I don't know, there's a lot of laughs in Gladiator," said Crowe, deadpan. "Chopping someone's head off is ... funny." The actor quickly moved on to talk about his relationship with Scott, and how after completing work on Gladiator, he tried to work with Scott once more -- but their ideas for a Gladiator II were problematic, since they killed off Crowe's character Maximus at the end of the film. Ironically, Crowe's character in A Good Year is also named Max. "That's why I had to do this film -- because his name was Max." Crowe said he took it a step further and actually integrated a few Gladiator references into A Good Year, which viewers with an eye for detail will easily pick up -- such as a scene where Max smells the dirt at the vineyard and practically passes out from the chicken-poop fertilizer. Scott said Crowe is the kind of actor who likes to change the script to better suit his ideas about character, and he credits his leading man with transforming Max from a luckless joe into a complete prig. "Russell is always part of the scriptwriting, sometimes an hour before, sometimes five minutes before (we're about to shoot)," he says. When you win a best-actor Oscar, you get the creative breathing room you need, and Crowe said he enjoys working with Scott so much, he'd been looking for a project he and Scott could share ever since they wrapped their Roman epic. "I noticed I was out of whack with Ridley's schedule," said Crowe. "There were things he was doing that I wanted to do. We got together and discussed 17 different projects. I liked the idea of exploring the Anglo-French dynamic -- and that's how this happened." Crowe said he had such a pleasant time, he'd like the chance to go back to Provence and shoot more footage with Scott. "So tell your friends to see this movie so we can go back and have another Good Year." A Good Year is tentatively scheduled to open across North America Nov. 10.
Katherine Monk, CanWest News Service (canada.com)

**September 10**

More pics Toronto festival  HERE  (AAPimage)

Russell Crowe tries hand at romantic comedy in Toronto festival film
You can read press conference  here (www.canada.com)









New pics of Russell on the red carpet at Toronto festival   here (wireimage) and here (getty images) Do a search for Russell Crowe.

yahoo news
Maximus may be back, says Crowe
yahoo news
A sequel to Russell Crowe's Oscar winning flick Gladiator may not be far off. Speaking at a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival, Crowe said he and director Ridley Scott had talked about bringing the character of Maximus back to life. "We talk about it every now and then," said Crowe while promoting his latest film, A Good Year. "We did make it kind of tricky for ourselves considering we killed the character at the end of the first one, but stranger things have happened in Hollywood." Scott, who also directed Crowe in A Good Year, previously has indicated he would like to make a Gladiator sequel. Dressed in baggy blue tracksuit pants, worn sneakers and a black South Sydney jumper, Crowe was playful as he fronted the media with his A Good Year castmates. "Let's just get on with it. You don't have to introduce me," he joked with the conference moderator. A Good Year is a romantic drama based on the novel by Peter Mayle, also starring Australian Abbie Cornish, Marion Cotillard, Albert Finney and Tom Hollander. Crowe plays Max Skinner, an Englishman who inherits a vineyard in Provence and plans to sell the property. Arriving in the south of France, Skinner slowly falls in love with the vineyard. Crowe said he was keen to take on the project because it gave him an opportunity to try physical comedy, although he joked he'd done comedy before. "There were plenty of laughs in Gladiator," he said. "It wasn't sold that way, but that's why people went back to see it." Shooting a film in France was also a drawcard for Crowe. "There was a lot of socialising on a Friday night, playing boulles," he said. Crowe currently is based in New York, where he is starring in Ridley Scott's next film, American Gangster, alongside Denzel Washington.(Tanks Ivani)

It's time again to give 10 to A Good Year at Joblo

So mark today and do it again next months always, on each 10th, on October 10th, on November 10th, because this site only allows th rating once for month. Here (Tanks Ivani)

**September 9**

New pics Toronto festival here (wireimage)

First pics of Russell at Toronto Festival
Yahoo news
here and here (Tanks Ivani)

Hello poll for The Most Attractive Man of The Month.
From Ivani
Russell is in this poll, always in the second place, Hugh Laurie is in the first, always behind him around 20 to 50 votes. If we make Russell the winner of this monthly poll, he will be already among the 12 of The Most Attractive Men of The Year, as we did last year. Being so, and seeing the partial results as they are right now, we really need more participation of the fans, a bigger engagement of Croweland. ItŽs being difficult to take out this difference and be ahead HughŽs fans, most of them are teenagers. If you could help us, I will be very grateful. While at internet, please do not forget to ask people to vote for Russell at Hello, as The Most Attractive Man of The Month. We really need some more votes, HughŽs fans are being really really very tough, and each vote is very important. We can add a vote at every single 15 minutes, and the only addy for voting is this one below: www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mostattractiveman/month/index.html When you vote, the addy at the URL place, confirming your vote, will change for this one below, adding the word “false” at its end:www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mostattractiveman/month/index.html?presentar=resultado&reciente=false Important: Pay attention when you add your vote, the word "false" needs to appear at the end of the addy of the URL, if the word "false" doesnŽt appear, please go back to the original addy and try to vote again until the word "false" appears. After voting, return please to the first (orignal) addy, refresh it and wait again for the right time (15 minutes) to add the new vote. The poll will finish on September 29th!

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September 6
Crowe: Irwin Was 'Ultimate Wildlife Warrior'
LOS ANGELES -- From Hollywood to New York to Australia, tributes are pouring in for "The Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin -- who died Monday after a stingray barb pierced his chest while he was shooting a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Russell Crowe, a friend and fellow Aussie, released a statement saying, "He was and remains the ultimate wildlife warrior." Crowe was part of a montage of clips featuring Irwin that "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno showed Tuesday night. In tribute to the conservationist, who was a frequent guest on the show, Leno said that he had never met anyone who had as much passion for life as Irwin. Meanwhile, Irwin's body has been returned to Beerwah, Australia, where he lived with his wife, Terri, and two young children. Outside the reptile park he ran in Beerwah, hundreds of people placed bouquets and handwritten notes at a makeshift shrine. "Mate, you made the world a better place," read one poster left at the gate. "Steve, our hero, our legend, our wildlife warrior," read another. Also making her first public comment since her husband's death, Terri Irwin thanked the staff of his zoo in a brief statement. (KETV.com)

August 31
Ridley Scott plans 'Gladiator' sequel?
by Susanna Regan (digitalspy.co.uk)
Ridley Scott has admitted that he is considering making a sequel to his hit film Gladiator, despite the fact that the ending of the film seems unquestionably definite. The director originally attempted to get a follow-up to the epic Roman drama in production in 2003, but after failing once he now seems ready to try again, provided he can get the original actor to return to the role of general Maximus Decimus Meridius. According to Contactmusic, Scott commented: "I will probably do a sequel to Gladiator. The only problem is Russell Crowe was such a powerful presence and, of course, Maximus dies at the end. We'll have to get Russell back somehow."