Russell Crowe

...corrupt. His story (based on a book of the same name) plays like a funsize version of The Insider, with Damon as a gormless parody of Russell Crowe's tobacco-firm nemesis. (Was the weight gain also a sly tribute?). The problem with The...

In this article: Matt Damon, Mark Whitacre, The Informant, Steven Soderbergh, Tobacco, The Informant, FBI, and Scott Bakula

...59-year-old was never popular with the British public after ending Henry Cooper's career in the ring. Bugner was an adviser on the Russell Crowe boxing film Cinderella Man but was dropped halfway through, the story of most of his fights. His...

In this article: Brendan Cole, Cinderella Man, and Hungary

...Australia during the late 1970s, at one stage opening his own vineyard. In recent years he also had a spell as an adviser for the Russell Crowe film The Cinderella Man. Despite retiring in 1977, he returned to the ring again and carried on...

In this article: Camilla Dallerup, Muhammad Ali, Henry Cooper, Joe Frazier, Strictly Come Dancing, Cinderella Man, England, and Australia

...one better, winning the WBF heavyweight championship 9. Joe acted as an adviser for the boxing film Cinderella Man, which starred Russell Crowe, but was dropped part way through the project. The rejection prompted Bugner to call Crowe "a...

In this article: Joe Frazier, Henry Cooper, Frank Bruno, Muhammad Ali, London, Morphine, and Ron Lyle

...low-budget Australian films and New Zealanders should follow that lead, he said afterwards. "Russell Crowe is proudly, vehemently vocal that he's New Zealand and Australian. "If you went to him with some great little indie film . . . For...

In this article: Kiwi, Hugo Weaving, Aramoana, Australian films, The Dominion Post, and Gidget

Now we know why Russell Crowe shelled out all those Hollywood dollars to get England tyro Sam Burgess to South Sydney. If ever there was a performance to prove Burgess was worth every penny of the estimated $500,000 it took to buy out the...

In this article: Petero Civoniceva, NRL, Super League, England, and Hollywood

...playing Angel in "X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006). So what's eating him? Nothing, he insists. Sure, his life has not been perfect, but he says he's not one to dwell on the negative. He admits to being a little disappointed that his work...

In this article: Ben Foster, The Messenger, Boston, Woody Harrelson, Los Angeles, The Boston Globe, and Samantha Morton

It will be the Jamaican team's international debut, and the third public match at UNF since 2008, when "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe brought his South Sydney Rabbitohs to UNF to play an exhibition against English powerhouse Leeds...

In this article: University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Leeds Rhinos, Jacksonville College, Bradford Bulls, South Sydney Rabbitohs, and England

...Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania location, and he wanted Banks to join him so he bought a 21-gear superbike. "Russell Crowe''s an avid cyclist and he wanted to share it with me so he bought me this beautiful mountain bike, the Daily Express quoted...

In this article: Elizabeth Banks, Daily Express, Hollywood, London, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

...Sydney?s exclusive eastern suburbs Mr Murdoch beat nine other bidders to secure the property, named 'Le Manoir', including actor Russell Crowe and actress Nicole Kidman. The property is the French government's former consulate in Sydney's...

In this article: Sydney, Master and Commander, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Nicole Kidman, Pacific Ocean, and Australia