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Audiences are frequently left with the same impression. Crowe enjoys the trappings of celebrity: he has had nights out in Brisbane with Bruce Springsteen, dinner parties in London with Emma Thompson and a series of odd phone calls from Michael Jackson. ("He used to put on these funny voices and then giggle, 'Oh, Russell, it's Michael.'") But Crowe has yet to fully make his peace with being famous. "I think in a lot of ways I'm my own worst enemy, because I won't answer simple questions," he says. "And it's not because I'm arrogant necessarily...
...worth doing. I'm very boring." It must be said that Crowe's normal-guy credentials are impeccable. He loves rugby, throwing back a pint and working on his 800-acre farm near Coffs Harbor, six hours north of Sydney. He also loves playing with his band, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. The actor-band is an unfortunate cliche of celebrity culture, but TOFOG, as Crowe's group is 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...
...KILLICK. Aubrey's steward is to the life: cantankerous, odd speech patterns and--nice touch--always serving toasted cheese to the duo before they play music...
...Hampshire last week, Joe Lieberman aired his first television ad of the campaign, and it is an odd one. He's sitting in a diner, speaking directly to the camera--and he announces that he voted for the President's $87 billion funding request for Iraq, even though it was probably too much money. "That's the price we're paying because George Bush antagonized our allies and had no plan to win the peace," he says. "But we had to make a choice. I didn't duck it. I didn't play politics ... Leadership means doing what's right...
...which adds up to weeks, if not months, in which Sri Lanka's peace process will be mothballed or, worse, derailed. "This is a job without end," sighs a Western diplomat involved in the negotiations. "We've learned not to set fixed goals." It's an odd statement when that goal is peace. But in Sri Lanka, it might also be a realistic...