March 12



Arriving for the 6th annual
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles ~ 2000
Russell was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in The Insider



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73rd Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
with Tom Hanks, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Geoffrey Rush

          







Source: Salon.com

March 12, 2001

Russell Crowe's not exactly cowering in the corner now that the FBI has uncovered evidence of a possible plot to kidnap him. Thursday, at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas, the gladiator reentered the public arena for the first time since news of the plot broke, the BBC reports. But he wasn't too happy about it. "Quite frankly, I would rather not be here," he told reporters. "It's just one of those things that's on the schedule at the moment."



On the set of State of Play in Washington, DC ~ 2008




Source: Los Angeles Examiner

March 12, 2009

Christian Keiber: Don't call me, I'll call you
By James Hamilton

Excerpt~
And that led to another mentor relationship. Keiber slips into character playing himself on the set of No Way Back. "I'm standing there, another New York stage actor and the director is shouting all these movie directions and I don't have a clue what any of it means. Russell Crowe realized my situation and told them to wait up because I wasn't ready. From that moment, he took me under his wing and gave me a crash course of film acting. We're friends to this day. I ran into him recently and the friends I was with were awestruck when I went over to speak to him. And even more struck by the warm greeting he gave me."

caption: actor Christian Keiber on set with Russell ~ 1996




Source: www.rabbitohs.com.au

March 12, 2009

State of Play Becomes Sleeve Sponsor for First 11 Rounds

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce that the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster movie State of Play will be the Club's major sleeve sponsor during the 2009 NRL season.

Using a successful sponsorship model introduced by the Rabbitohs in 2005, State of Play will appear on the sleeves of the Rabbitohs home, away and alternate jerseys until the end of round 11 of the NRL season, upon which time the sleeves will become free for another corporate partner to advertise on. State of Play will also receive corporate hospitality, advertising signage and Members' activations as part of the corporate partnership.

The Rabbitohs finalised the agreement with Universal Pictures Australia to advertise State of Play over the first 11 weeks of the competition this week.

"We're delighted to announce the signing of our fourth major corporate partnership for the 2009 season, with State of Play becoming our sleeve sponsor for the first half of the season," Rabbitohs CEO Shane Richardson said.

"We have agreement from the NRL to allow State of Play to adorn our jersey for the first 11 weeks of the competition, allowing us to sell the sponsorship property for the remainder of the season past round 11.

"We did a similar sponsorship deal in 2005 when Cinderella Man appeared on the front of our jersey. It has been a successful sponsorship model for both us and Universal Pictures and we're delighted to be able to partner with them again to promote one of their movies. It is a reminder that there are innovative ways to approach the marketplace when looking for companies to sponsor your Club, and this is one way of doing it.



caption: Russell appears on The Footy Show




At home ~ 2009