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October 16th, 2009 LONDON - Actors Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks were close to getting injured when a fire engine crashed into a van the stars were filming in. The two stars are shooting new movie 'The Next Three Days' in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

October 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actors Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks escaped injury Wednesday when a fire engine crashed into a van the stars were filming in. The pair is shooting new movie "The Next Three Days" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but production was halted when the truck ploughed into the front of their vehicle, which was parked near a fire station, reports contactmusic.com.

September 21st, 2009 Russell Crowe leaves a coffee shop in Beverly Hills with friends Los Angeles.more images

September 21st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Russell Crowe failed to get a VIP ticket to Cate Blanchett's highly successful play, A Streetcar Named Desire. According to the Daily Telegraph, some theatregoers told Confidential they spotted the Oscar-winning actor and his singer wife Danielle Spencer sitting in row J.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Russell Crowe seemed to have settled scores with an Australian newspaper columnist who mocked him for smoking and eating fatty meal - by challenging her to a duel on a bike. Journalist Annette Sharp ran a story in Sydney's Daily Telegraph entitled: "Smokes and fatty foods - the fitness regime for Rusty" after the actor was spotted smoking a cigarette and having three tacos and a soft drink.

September 3rd, 2009 Russell Crowe challenges columnist to bike duel 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 "Smokes and fatty foods the fitness regime for Rusty." The paper mocked Crowe after he was photographed pausing during a recent bike ride with his personal trainer to puff on a cigarette and chow down on three tacos and a soft drink.

September 1st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Aussie actor Russell Crowe is said to follow a fitness regime that involves a few cigarettes and eating fatty foods. Crowe, 45, who had this year lost 32kgs while preparing for his starring role in Robin Hood, has left many wondering about his trim waistline, and how he manages to keep it that way.

August 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Russell Crowe has lashed out at reports claiming he was recently banned from his local England pub. The actor, who is presently filming "Robin Hood" in Windlesham, Surrey in south-east England, was reported to have faced the ban over his alleged rowdy behaviour after the local tavern keeper told him it was closing time.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Russell Crowe reportedly made a charity stop during the filming of his latest project "Robin Hood". The Hollywood heartthrob was said to have stunned those present at a Cancer Research shop in Sunningdale, Berks with a huge cash donation.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe shocked staff at a British charity shop recently after he walked in and made a $1,500 (1,000) donation. The "Gladiator" star is currently in Britain filming a new Robin Hood movie but took a break from his schedule to visit the Cancer Research store in Sunningdale, Berkshire, and made a generous contribution to the cancer charity, reports imdb.com.

July 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Russell Crowe, who is currently shooting for a new 'Robinhood' movie, showed his benevolent nature by giving 5,000 pounds to a crew member after her car went up in flames. According to the Mirror, Denise Yarde, a boom mike operator was on the way to work in London when her car caught fire.

June 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Russell Crowe showed off his generous side when he left behind a 600 pounds tip during a recent trip to a small bar in South Wales. He also gave a pleasant surprise to the people present by playing several songs on his guitar with his friends.

June 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Russell Crowe has slammed media for blurring the line between news and entertainment. "If you trivialise the news decade after decade, if you turn news into entertainment, if you corrupt how people get information and corrupt that information in the first place and if you have a cynical view where you can take a piece of fluff that you know is not really true but you can bang it up because it fits nice on page 5 next to the ad of women's lingerie.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Aussie actor Russell Crowe is making demands to be flown daily by helicopter from Windsor to Wales for the filming of his new movie Robin Hood. Crowe, 45, who does not want to stay near the set in Cardiff when filming begins, has insisted that producers provide helicopter flights costing thousands of pounds a time to ferry him from the Windsor mansion where he is living.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is demanding he be flown by helicopter every morning to the sets of his upcoming film "Robin Hood". The "Gladiator" star has said he does not want to stay near the set at Freshwater West in Wales when filming begins next week and is insisting on daily helicopter flights to and fro from the Windsor mansion where he is living, reports mirror.co.uk.