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Glastonbury fans have been reacting to news that Russell Crowe will be performing at this year’s festival.Crowe announced the news himself online today (April 12). Sharing a poster of his act ‘Russell Crowe’s Garden Part’ on X/Twitter that said “we’re playing Glastonbury,” Crowe tweeted: “For those of you watching and waiting for tour dates, we will be adding more soon.

Russell Crowe has revealed that he once was just “a phone call away” from purchasing Leeds United Football Club.The Gladiator star is a longtime fan of the club, after growing up watching them on Match of the Day while a young man in Australia.And now, in an interview with fellow Leeds fan Chris Moyles on Radio X, he has disclosed how close he came to buying the club outright.Crowe did in fact invest in the club as part of a corporate takeover by 49ers Enterprise in 2018, but he recalled how “seven or eight, maybe 10 years ago”, he “really did seriously pursue” buying the entire club.“I just sort of felt that they just needed a bit more focus,” he added. “And I don’t know if you know, but I own a Rugby League team in Australia.

Glastonbury has added more names to its 2024 line-up, as organisers share the bill for this year’s Acoustic Stage.The official 2024 line-up for Glastonbury was shared last month – with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA set to headline the iconic Pyramid Stage this summer, while Shania Twain will perform in the legends slot on the Sunday.Now, following the main announcement, the organisers of the iconic Worthy Farm festival have begun counting down the weeks to this year’s instalment by beginning to announce the artists playing at individual stages around the site.Announced today (April 12), the announcement of those playing at individual stages has kicked off with the Acoustic Stage – and several new artists being confirmed as performing across June 28 and June 30.The Friday slot (June 28) will see performances led by Scouting For Girls, as well as Tanita Tikaram, Deverish, Stornoway, Josh Rous, Angie McMahon, John Smith, The Burma and more. It will also feature sets from Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ cover band, Red Hot Chilli Pipers.Saturday’s line-up at the Acoustic Stage includes Birmingham rock group Ocean Colour Scene, as well as Ralph McTell, The Manfields (featuring Paul Jones and Mike d’Abo), Albert Lee and more.

Ridley Scott’s upcoming Gladiator II has been shared – and it shows Paul Mescal as a gladiator fighting a rhinoceros.The footage was shown by Paramount yesterday (April 12) at the Las Vegas Cinema Con. It also included clips from actors Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal, who are also in the film.“I remember that day.

The very first trailer for Ridley Scott‘s long-awaited Gladiator sequel revealed some big details about the forthcoming blockbuster!

Brent Lang Executive Editor There was something fitting about the setting. Paramount Pictures unveiled the first footage from “Gladiator II” on the stage of The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a hotel that reimagines Ancient Rome in all its decadent splendor, albeit with a few more slot machines. Ridley Scott seems to be offering a bloodier version of that distant age, one that finds Paul Mescal enter the arena as a nobleman who has renounced his privilege.

Refresh for More…Paramount ended their CinemaCon 2024 on an epic note, that being Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II. The logo was unveiled and title made official today at the Las Vegas studio exhibitor confab.

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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Sleeping Dogs,” starring Russell Crowe as a retired cop with Alzheimer’s disease, is a half-rusted scrap heap of a detective mystery. It’s patchy, it’s badly lit, it’s glum, it’s overloaded with suspects, and it’s almost proud of its contrivances. Yet in its logy, booby-trapped way, it keeps you watching.

Selome Hailu The animated series based on Studio WildCard’s “Ark: Survival Evolved” video game finally has a platform attached. The first six episodes of Season 1 surprise dropped on Paramount+ on Thursday, with the remaining seven episodes set for a later date. Spanning eons of human history, “Ark: The Animated Series” follows 21st century paleontologist Helena Walker (voiced by Madeleine Madden), who finds herself resurrected on a mysterious primeval island populated by prehistoric beasts.

Surprise! The first six episodes of Ark: The Animated Series, based on the hit adventure video game Ark: Survival Evolved, are available to stream now exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada. The series will debut in all other Paramount+ international markets starting April 19. The seven-episode Part 2 of the season will be released at a later date. Watch the promo below.

Katcy Stephan It’s been four years since The Avenue first launched, and the indie distributor just scored its first top 10 film with William Eubank’s “Land of Bad.” The action flick starring Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle and Milo Ventimiglia opened on Feb. 16, had the fourth-highest per screen average over the holiday weekend and was the only independent film in the top 10. While indie films in awards contention can often make a modest box office dent, it’s unusual for an action film like “Land of Bad” to reach such heights: the actioner’s four-day total on opening weekend was $2.1 million from 1,057 screens.

The results are in on the 2024 Razzie Awards, and it was a very big (but not necessarily great) night for one movie and one actress this year.

Slasher film Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey swept the five categories it was nominated in for at the 44th annual Razzies, which “honor” the worst of filmmaking. The awards were announced today.

Russell Crowe has announced that his ‘Indoor Garden Party’ will be returning to the UK and Ireland this summer.The Gladiator actor’s gigs will kick off at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin on July 1. From there, Crowe will make his way to Warrington, Paris, London and Leeds, before wrapping up at Eden Court in Inverness on July 26.Opening support will come from Lorraine O’Reilly at all dates.

Marta Balaga Enough with the winter gloom: Feel-good shows are about to take over TV market London Screenings, as distributors echo Russell Crowe’s Maximus iconic words: “Are you not entertained?” “Most platforms are looking for entertaining shows. Escapism is a big thing,” says Fremantle International CEO Jens Richter. “You want to take the audience somewhere else and make sure they forget about their reality for a minute.

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Alex Ritman Colin Hanks (“Fargo,” “King Kong”) and Mark O’Brien (“Ready or Not,” “Arrival”) are set to star in “Nuremberg” from writer-director James Vanderbilt (“Zodiac,” “Scream V”). The pair round out an all-star cast that also includes Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Lydia Peckham, Wrenn Schmidt, Lotte Verbeek and Andreas Pietschmann.

The Avenue release Land of Bad, powered by Variance, grossed $1.8 million on 1,120 screens, landing in the top ten for the weekend as Variance noted strong word of mouth with Saturday grosses jumping 37% from Friday’ (not including Thursday sneaks). The estimate for the four days is $2.07 million.

told the outlet. “We should have prepped the ground and buried a pad, but we were in a rush to get the shot done in the fading light.”The Academy Award winner remembered becoming concerned about the setup of the stunt moments ahead of jumping.“With hundreds of extras around, arrows flying and burn pots setting the castle on fire, there was no pulling out,” Crowe said.

Russell Crowe is opening up about an accident on the set of 201’s Robin Hood that left his legs fractured.

Carole Horst Highland Film Group shared a first look at “London Calling,” an action-comedy that reunites director Allan Ungar with star Josh Duhamel after the success of the action heist thriller “Bandit.” Film also stars Jeremy Ray Taylor (“It,” “and “It: Chapter Two”), Rick Hoffman (“Billions,” “Suits”) and Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) Written by Omer Levin Menekse and Quinn Wolfe, “London Calling” sees mediocre hit man Tommy Ward (Duhamel) go on the run and get stuck in L.A. after mistakenly killing a relative of London’s biggest crime boss (Gillen).

Salma Hayek is kicking off her Valentine’s Day celebrations with some delicious food. The Mexican actress shared a post on Instagram to commemorate National Pancake day, showing off her skills in the kitchen and, as usual, her playful side.

Bleecker Street has picked up U.S. rights to Mikael Håfström’s sci-fi thriller Slingshot, starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham. Additional cast includes Fauda star Tomer Capone and The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey. 

Salma Hayek is celebrating Valentine’s Day early. To commemorate the month of love and friendship, Hayek shared a video with a compilation of some of her most romantic movies, sharing footage of films alongside some of her most romantic collaborators, like Matthew Perry, Channing Tatum, Russell Crowe, and more. Salma Hayek shares the most Latino advice to overcome sadnessSalma Hayek dances to ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ celebrating Shakira’s birthdayA post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault (@salmahayek)Hayek’s video contained clips of some of her films over the years, including “Ask the Dust,” “Desperado,” “Fools Rush In,” “Some Kind of Beautiful,” “Bliss,” “Magic Mike,” and more, with the song “Starlight” by Dave set in the background.

Naman Ramachandran Camelot Media has set action-adventure film franchise “The Lost Book of Creation.” Roel Reine (“Line of Fire,” “Halo”) will direct the first film of the planned three-film franchise. Matt Hookings (“Prizefighter”) has written the script and will also star alongside Madalina Diana Ghenea (“Deep Fear,” “House of Gucci”). The film follows archaeologists Slade (Hookings) and Eve (Ghenea) as they set out to find the legendary lost Book of Creation, which is believed to hold the secrets of the universe and the answer to why and how humankind exists.

EXCLUSIVE: James Vanderbilt has rounded out the cast for his historical drama Nuremberg, toplined by Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon. New additions to the pic, commencing production in Hungary in February, include Richard E. Grant (Saltburn), Leo Woodall (The White Lotus), John Slattery (Mad Men), Lydia Peckham (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Wrenn Schmidt (For All Mankind), Lotte Verbeek (Outlander) and Andreas Pietschmann (Dark).

Has Russell Crowe entered into a Nic Cage phase of his career, making whatever script his agent sends him? Recent work like “Unhinged,” “The Pope’s Exorcist,” and “Poker Face” (which Crowe also writes and directs) certainly makes it look that way. “Sleeping Dogs” looks like it continues that trend, with Crowe playing a downbeat ex-cop in a mid-budget cop thriller.

Russell Crowe, Chris Evans, Jennifer Lopez and Mel Gibson are among the acting nominees for the 44th edition of the tongue-in-cheek ceremony, which will take place in Los Angeles on March 9, the night before the Oscars.The most nominated film this year is Expend4bles, the fourth instalment of the action franchise starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone, with seven nominations, including Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Stallone.Horror revival The Exorcist: Believer received four nominations, as did Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, both also up for Worst Picture. That category is rounded out by shark thriller Meg 2: The Trench and DC Extended Universe film Shazam! Fury of the Gods.Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania also picked up four nominations, including Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for both Michael Douglas and Bill Murray.Crowe is nominated for his role in The Pope’s Exorcist, while Evans’ turn in Ghosted also earned him a nod, alongside his co-star Ana de Armas.

The nominations for the 2024 Razzie Awards are here, and this year, there’s a lot of big names on this list.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Paul Mescal is already an Oscar-nominated actor with a diehard fanbase thanks to his roles in “Normal People,” “Aftersun,” “All of Us Strangers” and more, but his fame is surely going to explode this fall when Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2” opens in theaters. Mescal is headlining the sequel opposite a heavyweight supporting cast that includes Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington. The original “Gladiator” made Russell Crowe one of the world’s most famous actors and won him the Oscar for best actor.

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Nicole Kidman is looking back at her Oscars win.

the hours after her Oscars 2003 win, which weren’t pleasant.The 56-year-old actress won her first Academy Award for her role as Virginia Woolf in “The Hours” opposite Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore in 2003, but despite taking home the statuette for “Best Actress,” Kidman felt at her worst.At the time, Kidman had recently finalized her divorce from Hollywood’s titular leading man, Tom Cruise, after 11 years of marriage. During her acceptance speech, she appeared so distraught that she couldn’t hold back tears.“I was struggling with things in my personal life, yet my professional life was going so well,” she told author Dave Karger in his new book “50 Oscar Nights.” “That’s what happens, right?” she went on.“Russell Crowe said don’t cry when you get up there and now I’m crying,” she recalled of the moment that should have been a highlight of her career.

Where the Dark Universe failed before it even started—you know, the big shared universe with Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Angelina Jolie, etc.—Blumhouse has shown they have the Midas Touch with horror. Look at what they did, for example, with Leigh Whannell’s terrific and inventive traumatic gaslighting horror, “The Invisible Man,” starring Elisabeth Moss.