Cinderella Man Special

I've been a little MIA over the last couple of days because I've been out of town for the little bro's high school graduation. It was good to see him finally have his big day (the poor guy waited through the graduations of his 3 older sisters and deserved his moment in the sun)..The little cousins and I had Ipod wars which I lost...basically because I don't have the Black-Eyed Peas' "Let's Get it Started" on my playlist...I tried to exand their horizons a little bit (even though I'm not the playlist superstar that is Dodge or Stereogum, I like to think I can pick some good music), but alas the 8 and 10-year-old votes revolve strongly around Hilary Duff. And since they were the judges, I got my butt kicked.

BUT now - a little entertainment news for your palate...Russell Crowe throws his latest fit:
RUSSELL CROWE was arrested around 4:20 this morning at the Mercer Hotel after throwing a telephone at the head of a clerk after he could not complete a call to Australia. He had apparently tried to call his wife in Australia several times, but wasn't able to get through. When he told the clerk, the clerk aparently was very rude with a "Yeah, yeah, sure" attitude. Crowe is being held pending arraignment at the First Precinct, across the street from the fire station that figured prominently in Ghostbusters. The clerk was treated for a cut to his cheek and released from a nearby hospital.
UPDATE: Crowe disputes the account that he threw a telephone at the clerk, claiming instead that he probably got the injury while backing away. "This arose because he was trying to get his wife on the phone in Australia," his attorney, Gerald Lefcourt, told reporters earlier outside the police precinct where Crowe was booked. "He was in his room. He couldn't get a line and there was a disagreement." Police said Crowe left his room and went to the front desk where the alleged confrontation took place. He was arraigned around 12pm today and is due back in court on September 14.

MUCH LESS JUICY BUT MENTIONABLE, I GUESS
Renee Zellweger, despite her sweet-as-pie personality, occasionally has her diva moments. A friend writes in from the Cinderella Man press junket to describe how she pulled a bit of an attitude backstage before greeting the notoriously polite Japanese press. "I'm not going to answer this or this or this, etc..."
His favorite part of the encounter, however, was seeing her pull the infamous Renee Zellweger "I sucked on a sour lemon" SNL faces.
"I couldn't believe it - she was looking right at me and pulling the moves. I didn't know what to do, I was just frozen...and then I realized after her manager pushed me out of the way that I was standing in front of a mirror and she had been trying to check herself out. I felt like a dope."

Finally: Fun Fact 3

My roomie's cousin, Rosemarie DeWitt, stars in the movie as Sara Wilson. She's the beautiful grand-daughter of Jim Braddock (played in the movie by Russell Crowe), this is her first big film (after several years performing in off-Broadway plays). So she deserves plenty of praise for getting her big movie debut. Congrats, Rosemarie - may next year be even better!

Yeah, so like I said, story number two wasn't as interesting, but eh...had to be included.