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| | Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe get Australian stamps | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When I was a kid, I used to collect stamps for a brief time. ?Brief? because stamp collecting is very time-consuming and deserves a lot patience, patience which is difficult for a child to muster. I had some really beautiful stamps, though, and I learned a little about how and why each country puts certain things or people on their stamps. Many of Great Britain?s old colonies still put members of the royal family on their stamps, even after gaining independence. In America, we never put living people on stamps - people have to be dead for a certain number of years before they can be considered ?stamp worthy?. Many other countries feel differently.
Australia is one of those countries. They have no qualms about putting their biggest exports - their actors - on their stamps. Their current batch features Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe and Geoffery Rush - all Academy Award winners. Australia?s Post released the stamps yesterday.
You?ve seen them on the silver screen, and now Oscar-winners Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Geoffery Rush may soon be starring in a letter box near you after their homeland Australia recognised their achievements by putting them on postage stamps.
The 55 cent (36 U.S. cent) stamps, which went on sale on Thursday, bear pictures of the four Australian Hollywood stars and are part of Australia Post?s celebrations for the January 26 national day, Australia Day.
?The four Academy Award winners were named the 2009 Australian Post Australian Legends in recognition of the outstanding contributions they have made to Australian
entertainment and culture,? managing director Graeme John said in a statement.
In addition to their Oscar gold, the stars will also be presented with a 24-carat gold replica of their stamp in recognition of the honour, the statement added.
[From Reuters]
It?s a nice gesture, but what about Oscar-nominated Aussies? Naomi Watts must feel left out. And what about Heath Ledger? A stamp with Heath would have been a nice way to commemorate his life and work. Out of all of the stamps mentioned, though, I would most want to lick Geoffrey Rush!
Here?s Cate Blanchett on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 5, 2008. Images thanks to Bauer-Griffin.
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| | Kate Winslet confuses 'husbands?, won't work with Russell Crowe | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kate Winslet?s got a lock on the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Reader, but her film Revolutionary Road was snubbed. Still, Kate is a complete professional, and she and her on-screen husband Leonardo DiCaprio have been promoting the hell out of the film, directed by her real-life husband Sam Mendes. The two actors have been spending so much time with each other that Kate?s gotten confused as to who she is actually married to.
British actress Kate Winslet says she spends so much time talking about Leonardo DiCaprio she’s starting to confuse him with her real husband, Sam Mendes.
Winslet is in the U.K. promoting the movie “Revolutionary Road,” which Mendes directed. The film reunites her with her “Titanic” co-star and longtime friend DiCaprio.
The duo’s reunion more than a decade after the melodramatic blockbuster was hotly anticipated, and both have been peppered with questions over whether their on-screen chemistry is still as strong.
Winslet told Britain’s GMTV Monday that DiCaprio “feels more like my husband than my real husband, I have to say. I’m talking about him so much!”
[From The AP Hosted by Google]
Am I alone is sort of wishing Winslet would leave her husband for Leo? Those two really do seem to love each other in a very deep, meaningful way. When Winslet got up to accept her Golden Globe for Revolutionary Road, she cried and spoke directly to Leo, in the audience, saying how much she loved him and how much their friendship has meant. Even Leo looked like he was near tears. Both Kate and Leo have consistently maintained that they are each other?s favorite actors, favorite screen kiss, et cetera. Leo even told Oprah once that Kate is ?his girl?.
Russell Crowe, however, is not Kate’s favorite. Fox News is reporting that Winslet was offered the role of Maid Marian to Russell Crowe?s (bloated) Robin Hood. This was the role that Sienna Miller was supposed to play, but Sienna was either pushed out or quit. There were some mutterings about Russell?s intemperate behavior and his rapidly-expanding size.
It’s a war of Kates ? or Cates ? as the search for Robin Hood?s Maid Marian continues.
I told you the other day about Sienna Miller leaving “Nottingham,” the Ridley Scott directed feature set to star Russell Crowe. The feeling was that petite, young Miller would seem dwarfed on screen by the older, beefier, “Gladiator” star.
Now comes word from sources that Kate Winslet, nominated for Best Actress in “The Reader,” has passed on the role of Maid Marian and the opportunity to spend quality time with Crowe, Scott and pals in the woods.
A new offer has just gone out to Cate Blanchett, I am told, but the answer is likely to come back negative. Blanchett is likely too expensive and too serious to get involved in this venture. An Oscar winner herself for The Aviator in the Best Supporting Actress category, Blanchett also has to set her sight her sights on a Best Actress win. Plus, she already did her action thing with the recent “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”
Producers are mulling a back up plan, I?m told, waiting to make an offer to Rachel Weisz. This seems almost perfect, as Weisz may be the right price and just at the right point in her career to have “Nottingham” make a difference in upping her profile. And if she doesn?t take it, my suggestion to the producers is Jennifer Ehle. But no one asked me!
[From Fox News]
Rachel Weisz would be a good choice. I approve. I?m not really eager to see Winslet and Crowe share the screen - I don?t know why, they just wouldn?t seem right together. Probably because she needs to be with Leo!
Here?s Kate and Leo at the UK premiere of ?Revolutionary Road? on the 18th. Images thanks to WENN.
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| | Russell Crowe is Too Fat for Sienna Miller | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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Lumbering behemoth Russell Crowe used his giant gut to push Sienna Miller out of Ridley Scott’s new movie “Nottingham.” Page Six claims
Miller, who was to play Maid Marian, left the movie [on Friday] after being “put on hold” while shooting was pushed back from February to April.
An insider said, “Russell never lost the weight he put on for ‘Body of Evidence’ - and so the love scenes between him and Sienna would have been laughable. He’s so old and fat and she’s so young and gorgeous. It’s just . . . gross.”
Producers are “looking for an older, plumper actress to play the role so [Crowe] doesn’t look like a paunchy grandpa. Someone in her late 30s or early 40s.”
Candidates for the replacement Maid Marion are said to include Oscar-winner Kathy Bates, actress Camryn Manheim, and Whiskers the West Indian manatee.
BONUS: The new video for The Hours’ ‘See The Light’ starring Sienna as a mental patient after the jump. Sienna grocery shopping in London (below):
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| | Sienna Miller leaves Russell Crowe's Notingham film | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sienna Miller has left the film Nottingham. She was going to play Maid Marion to Russell Crowe?s Robin Hood in the Ridley Scott-directed film, due to start production in February, now set to start in April. So… was she fired, did she quit, or did she get pushed out by Russell Crowe?s massive ego (and gut)?
The gossip is pretty juicy and consists of unnamed sources talking to PageSix and British tabloids - and it’s probably Miller, Crowe and Ridley Scott all sending their people out to do damage control. Something happened, and it?s probably really great gossip. Here?s what I know for sure - no matter what, Sienna Miller is definitely out. Whether she jumped or she was pushed, I can?t tell.
~Sienna Miller was dropped from the cast of new movie Nottingham after Russell Crow demanded script rewrites that effectively forced her out of the flick, it has been claimed.
According to the New York Post’s gossip column Page Six, the British actress - who was to play Maid Marian - left the movie yesterday after being “put on hold” while shooting was pushed back from February to April.
A source says, “It is a mess. Russell never lost the weight he put on for Body of Evidence - and so the love scenes between him and Sienna would have been laughable. He’s so old and fat and she’s so young and gorgeous. It’s just . . . gross.?
“Producers are now looking for an older, plumper actress to play the role so [Crowe] doesn’t look like a paunchy grandpa. Someone in her late 30s or early 40s.
“Originally the movie was about a love triangle between Maid Marian, Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
“It is now all about Russell’s Robin Hood. Literally, 40 pages of script were redone and now are just devoted to him and his massive ego. It’s amazing.”
It is also being claimed that Crowe is trying to get director Ridley Scott fired - and that calls were made to several prominent directors over the holidays to find a replacement.
“All of this was done behind Ridley’s back,” the source said. “He has no idea.”
A studio rep acknowledged that Alfie actress Miller was “released” but flatly denied “these rumors”, insisting “Nottingham is moving ahead with Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott.”
[From Showbizspy]
Other sources are claiming unequivocally that Sienna Miller quit, that it was merely a timing issue with the new start date, and a representative for Miller confirmed she has quit the picture, insisting the actress is “fine and about to sign on to two other movies” according to Contact Music.
When reading the PageSix quotes, I tend to think they?re coming from Sienna?s people. Who else would say ?…the love scenes between him and Sienna would have been laughable. He’s so old and fat and she’s so young and gorgeous,? besides someone being paid to represent Sienna Miller? Granted, Russell Crowe might currently be overweight, but he?s still an Oscar-winning actor with a really good resume, which is *so much* more than Sienna has. But I totally believe that Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe are fighting with each other - they?ve supposedly been pissy with each other for years now.
Picture note by JayBird: Here?s Sienna Miller grocery shopping at a deli in Madia Vale, London on November 28th. Images thanks to Splash.
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| | Josh Brolin says Russell Crowe is an a-hole | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Josh Brolin is quite the mouthy fellow. The ?Milk? star won best supporting actor at the New York Film Critics Awards dinner last night. Instead of giving a simple, gracious acceptance speech, Brolin seized the opportunity to call out one of his former costars for being an asshole. And not just any costar ? Russell Crowe. Apparently Brolin forgot Crowe?s reputation for throwing phones and beating the crap out of people.
Josh Brolin is one of my favorite actors because he speaks his mind. Last night at the New York Film Critics Awards dinner, at which Brolin won Best Supporting Actor for his work in the drama, ?Milk,? Brolin stole the show with his candor.
For one thing, he called Russell Crowe, his co-star in last year?s ?American Gangster,? an ?a-hole.? Oh yes, he did. He said, after Sean Penn introduced him, ?Quite an actor, Sean Penn. And not an a-hole like Russell Crowe.? He then repeated: ?Like Russell Crowe.?
Brolin also gave some insight into how movie stars do interviews.
?I said I studied rats,? he told the rapt audience of actors and movie critics at Strata, formerly Metronome, on lower Broadway. ?I said that on the Actors Studio about how I prepared for ?W.? It was a lie.?
Brolin told me later that he didn?t really mean Russell Crowe was an a-hole. ?He?s a great guy,? he said. ?It?s all good. He has his thing.?
[From Fox News]
Great cover. Sounds like quite the sincere apology. Is it possible that Josh Brolin is a giant douche bag? He?s got a ton of talent, and aside from getting into that big ?W? cast fight last year, he struck me as a reasonably normal guy. Generally the kind of actor that isn?t D list, but not someone I?m constantly aware of either. There was an accusation in Star awhile ago that he got too touchy feely with Sean Penn?s wife Robin Wright-Penn, but nothing really came of it. And he appears to be on better terms with Penn than with Russell Crowe. I hate to say it but it seems likely that Crowe might come out of fighting retirement soon. Though at least we know Brolin can defend himself better than that telephone.
Here?s Josh Brolin at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards in New York City last night. Images thanks to WENN and Fame.
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| | Russell Crowe Needs to Lose Some Weight | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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He’s a shoo-in for pretty much any role he wants, but if Russell Crowe hopes to star in the upcoming Robin Hood film by Ridley Scott, he’ll need to shed some pounds.
The “Gladiator” stud has reportedly been ordered by his director friend to lose weight before he assumes the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham reports FOX News.
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| | Did Russell Crowe have a falling out with director Ridley Scott? | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For someone who likes to portray himself as a tough guy, Russell Crowe sure comes off like a moody bitch sometimes. His behavior has reportedly put a strain on the longtime creative releationship between him and award winning director Ridley Scott. The pair have worked together on such films as “Gladiator,” “A Good Year” and “Body of Lies,” and are currently teamed up on a retelling of the story of Robin Hood- but sources say they are clashing over Crowe’s on-set antics.
THE long professional relationship between Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott could come to a cataclysmic end if Crowe gets Scott fired from “Nottingham.”
Scott turned Crowe into a major star by casting him in “Gladiator” (2000), a role that won him the Best Actor Oscar. The New Zealander also earned critical acclaim in Scott’s “A Good Year” (2006) and “American Gangster” (2007).
Spokesmen for Crowe, Scott and Universal, which is distributing “Nottingham,” flatly deny any discord between the actor and the director. But sources say Crowe blames Scott for the disastrous drubbing their fourth collaboration, “Body of Lies,” received from critics and at the box office last summer, and no longer wants to work with the British director.
“Ridley is the only one who is willing to stand up to Russell and tell him he’s too fat and that he can’t show up four hours late to the set,” said one source. “He [Russell] wants someone he can control.”
“Nottingham,” which starts filming in March, is a revisionist version of the Robin Hood legend, in which Crowe stars as the sheriff of Nottingham, a noble and brave lawman whose corrupt king is raising taxes even as his subjects starve. He and Robin Hood vie for the love of Maid Marian.
Crowe is notoriously hot-tempered, and faced criminal charges in 2005 after throwing a telephone at a concierge at the Mercer Hotel. He is now said to be pressuring George Freeman of William Morris, the agent who represents both Crowe and Scott, to get Scott replaced.
A spokesman for Freeman told Page Six: “There is absolutely no truth to this.” Crowe, Scott and “Nottingham” producer Brian Grazer had a preproduction meeting last week, and everything was full speed ahead, the spokesman said.
[From Page Six]
There’s no doubt that Russell Crowe is a talented guy, but I am mystified as to how he gets away with this crap. My guess is that he’s always been a hot-headed jerk, but now that he’s famous and commands a big paycheck for his work, his ego is even more out of control. A strong willed director like Ridley Scott can only take so much bullshit. I’m guessing there are more than a few big name actors who would jump at the chance to work with him and take Crowe’s place.
Picture note by JayBird: Here?s Russell Crowe at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Revolutionary Road’ on December 15th and riding his bike to eat lunch with a friend at the Euro Caf in L.A. on December 6th. Images thanks to WENN.
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