No VIP ticket to Cate Blanchett’s play for Russell Crowe

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 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 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Russell Crowe is set to star in new film "The Next Three Days," which will be an adaptation of the 2008 French film "Pour Elle," it has emerged. The 'Beautiful Mind' star will reportedly play a teacher whose wife is arrested and convicted of a murder she says she did not commit.

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 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 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.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sienna Miller believes that Cate Blanchett, who has replaced her in Ridley Scott's epic Robin Hood, will make a "better" Maid Marian than her. The actress, who was due to star alongside Russell Crowe in the upcoming big-budget drama, said that there were no hard feelings against 40-year-old Cate, who she said was "more suitable" for the role, reports the China Daily.

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 21st, 2009 SYDNEY - Russell Crowe has revealed that his on-set chemistry with 'Nottingham' co-star Cate Blanchett is "an interesting gig". The two Oscar winners are in Britain filming Nottingham, the latest retelling of the tale about Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

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 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Aussie actor Russell Crowe will be honoured with a star at Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Oscar winner, along with 28 other entertainers, will be honoured by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 2010.

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.

June 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott are caught up in a new tiff on the set of their film Robin Hood, according to reports. The pair was said to have been quarrelling for quite some time and their new flare up had allegedly made producers jet in to London.