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Much of the negativity stems from an insane gauntlet Crowe ran at the onset of fame, when, in short order, he had to deal with a highly publicized affair with Meg Ryan; rumored (and denied) trysts with Courtney Love, Jodie Foster, Nicole Kidman and Sarah Ferguson; countless apparent losses of temper; and a kidnapping threat serious enough that he needed a dozen security escorts with him on the night he won his Oscar. Crowe did not handle any of this particularly well. Instead of expressing amused bewilderment at the peculiarity of fame--a strategy Colin Farrell has perfected...
...origins of his character's accent. "But the vast majority of it is reading," he says, guiding me to a sagging bookcase. "You've got Sailing for Dummies ..." He laughs, but there it is, next to several dozen more sophisticated volumes on naval history, one of which--Nelson: Love & Fame, by Edgar Vincent--is almost in tatters. Admiral Nelson is mentioned only briefly in the film, yet Crowe highlighted and Post-it-noted the text like a grad student. "I wanted to have an intimate knowledge about Nelson," he says. "I wanted to feel the sense of him, because Jack...
...known, existed well before its lead singer became a household name. (Crowe and guitarist Dean Cochran have been playing together since their teens.) Nevertheless, the six-man group, essentially a very good bar band, has become an easy target and now exists almost in spite of Crowe's fame. "The vast majority of people who talk about us have never even heard us," says TOFOG drummer Dave Kelly. "'Russell Crowe's band? I heard they suck.' It's frustrating. But Russell's always been in the band. We can't imagine it any other...
...have problems with a lady, dressed up like a nurse. This time, however, the 18-22 year old women were not there only for my benefit, but were rather celebrating Halloween as Elle Driver, a.k.a. California Mountain Snake, a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad of Kill Bill fame. Depending on the formulations, she was accompanied by some variation on Cottonmouth, Copperhead, Black Mamba and Cottonmouth’s bodyguard Go Go Yubari. This is a Bad Thing, because the movie’s inspiration is 50 years of B-grade movies, a heritage lost as the movie becomes...
Computer guru Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06, of mp3 software fame, is once again bringing innovative programs to the Harvard community. His newest venture, however, has less than innocent intentions. About a week ago, Zuckerberg found himself midterm-free and feeling slightly bored. Instead of turning to XBox or celebratory drinking, the computer whiz decided to create a website to compare Harvard students—but not in the traditional fields of academics and extracurriculars. Instead, Zuckerberg wanted to compare them on their looks. “I thought to myself, that’s an interesting idea...