Jolie And Hanks Named Most Popular Oscar Winners Ever
He saw off competition from Russell Crowe ( Gladiator ) and late star Paul Newman (The Color of Money) to be crowned America's most popular winner of the trophy, according to a joint survey by U.S. magazine Parade and Entertainment Tonight to mark the annual ceremony on Sunday.

Russell Crowe not so rusty: PHOTO
Russell Crowe not so rusty Russell Crowe, his nose just a tad out of joint after a report about his fitness regime in Sydney, challenged a columnist to join him on a gruelling 20km bike ride. Crowe and the reporter were joined by the actor’s assistant Texan Keith Rodger, a biochemist turned businessman turned PA, for the 5am start. “You’ll soon realise that from Woolloomooloo, everything is uphill,” he quipped about the ride to Bondi. He added: “This is not a...

Cinematic Threats At Home And Abroad
Danger spans the globe in this week's movies. Goater and glasses = serious suspense. Leo grows some facial hair and gets intense in Body of Lies, playing a CIA operative who uncovers a major terrorist threat out of Jordan. To break into the terrorist network he must first gain the support of his boss back at CIA headquarters (Russell Crowe). The high-voltage scream season gets going with Quarantine, a horror flick that takes place inside a particularly creepy apartment building where residents, infected

Russell Crowe's A Good Sport: PHOTO
We think this is a pretty awesome way to respond to the media. After he was put on blast from an Aussie tabloid writer for eating tacos hand-in-hand with his cycling regimen, Russell Crowe decided to get even…By throwing down a challenge. He had his reps call the columnist and invite her on his 13 mile cycle run and see if after she endured that Torture, she didn't also want a taco or two. Of course, she happily accepted (whose gonna say no to Russell Crowe?) and we hear she did pretty...

Weighty role
Russell Crowe stacked on the kilos to play a portly and powerful CIA boss.

Russell Crowe Will Have You Begging For Mercy: PHOTO
Four years ago, if you trashed Russell Crowe , he would respond by turning your face into a dartboard and using a telephone as his dart. Well, Russell has grown up (insert fat fat fatty joke here) and handles things a little differently nowadays. Today, Russell will just make you beg for his forgiveness in between coughing up your lung and shitting out your stomach. Earlier this week, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph farted on Russell for smoking and devouring tacos during a 13-mile bike ride with...

Crowe goes from Gladiator to Procreator
Numbers king and Oscar winner Russell Crowe wants to outdo Angelina and Brad.

'Body of Lies': Desert Norm, By Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder reviews "Body of Lies," a fairly average action flick starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Russell Crowe on Body of Lies
He decided to go er, puffy for the role.

Russell Crowe wants 17 kids
Russell Crowe says he has no intention of ending his family with just two children and has told his wife he wants 17 kids.

What other critics are saying
What movie critics around the country are saying about this week's releases: "Body of Lies," "City of Ember," "The Express," "Rachel Getting Married" and "Secrecy." Related Search movies and showtimes Talk about your favorite films in our Movies Forum Sign up for our Movies newsletter Movies RSS feed

Of Interest
Comic Book Guy and Russell Crowe. (t/y...

Russell Crowe is a “pushover” when it comes to his kids
Russell Crowe has earned himself a tough-guy reputation, but it seems he’s just a big softie when it comes to his kids. Russell says that his wife Danielle Spencer, with whom he has sons Charles, 4, and Tennyson, 2, is the disciplinarian. “Between my wife and myself, I’m the pushover as far as the kids are concerned,” [...]

Crowe literally phones it in
Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio headline Ridley Scott's competent yet undistinguished spy thriller, "Body of Lies."

Movie Review - 'Body of Lies'
Body of Lies. Ironically, in the first film, the spying is to know too much, while in Body of Lies, too little is known in spite of it. The film is based on a novel by David Ignatius - adapted for the screen by The Departed screenwriter William Monahan - about a search for a high-ranking terrorist that involves the incompatible methods of the intelligence communities of the United States and Jordan. Ferris is on the ground doing the dirty work of Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe), who sits in air

It's On Like Donkey Kong: PHOTO
Now granted, we gossip bloggers tend to get away with quite a bit. For the most part, the people we mock tend to take it pretty well. Occasionally, someone gets called out (or punched in their stupid face), or in the case of Russel Crowe, invited out for a bike ride after a reporter took a few cracks at his workout routine. Picture of It's On Like Donkey Kong [source:webstersismybitch.com] Russell Crowe, not exactly renowned for his loving relationship with the media, fought back at an...

Crowe takes gossip columnist for a ride: PHOTO
The Associated Press SYDNEY — 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 The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday entitled...

Russell Crowe Getting in Shape by Smoking: PHOTO
Russell Crowe (45) is trying to lose weight, and stay in shape by biking. The fresh air in Australia appeared to have overwhelmed Crowe, so he jumped off his bike, and gave himself a breathing treatment with a cigarette. Is there a way to be a healthier smoker?

Russell Crowe's Robin role altered
Russell Crowe will no longer play both Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new movie. The 'Gladiator' star will soon begin filming Ridley Scott's latest movie - which has been retitled 'Robin Hood' from 'Nottingham' - but will see his part dramatically scaled down. Ridley told MTV: "Russell in both roles was an idea so far back, way back when at the time I had this proposed to me, and I read it and thought, 'I don't really know what it does for it, but it's alright' "It is better to...

Russell Crowe
I’m not really sure this is the best way to get back in shape, Russell Crowe. Yes, yes, the bike riding is great and all that, but doing it with a cigarette in your mouth is ridiculous. I mean, just look at yourself. Is this what you are teaching your kids – healthy habits with a twist? I suppose this picture is actually of him taking a break from the bike ride to light up. But still. I mean, really! Source

Russell Crowe: Bicycle Challenge: PHOTO
Russel Crowe, the A-list star from Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind isn’t known for being the slimmest guy in Hollywood but he’s reasonably fit.

Russell Crowe challenges his cycling critic
Be careful what you write, it might come back to bite you in the ass. Russell Crowe challenged an Australian newspaper columnist to a cycling duel after she made fun of a photo of the actor smoking and eating on a bike ride and it was all caught on video. The piece, in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, was headlined “smokes and fatty foods the fitness regime for Rusty”. Crowe called up columnist Annette Sharp to a 12-mile race through the city. And it was all caught on video as he...

State of Play Movie Review
2009 movie staring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman, and Jeff Daniels

Russell Crowe Bike Duel?
(AP) 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