Maximus Asshole

This is actually an article I wrote for StarNews - I write a few so feel free to check it out at www.star-tv.com
However, I don't post everything I write. Some I don't feel is particularly news worthy but still something I'd like to write. This is one of them:

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Actor Russell Crowe has spoken out against the likes of George Clooney, Harrison Ford and Robert De Niro for their abuse of their celebrity for a few dollars. A number of actors are known for making TV adverts in foreign countries.

Apparently Crowe is in a different sort of business where making money isn’t part of the deal. The Oscar winner says he would never follow in the footsteps of his Hollywood counterparts by appearing in TV adverts, as he believes it would contradict everything he believes in. I wonder if that would include his band, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, playing their first US concert following (or riding off of) the success of ‘The Gladiator.’

The Aussie went on to slander a cinematic great, Robert De Niro. “Robert De Niro's advertising American Express,” he starts. “Gee whiz, it's not the first time he's disappointed me. It's been happening for a while now.”
Crowe told Britain’s GQ he feels it is kind of sacrilegious - it's a complete contradiction of the social contract you have with your audience. Must be in the fine print where it says to start bar fights, be labeled the bad boy of Hollywood and threaten the producer of a British Award Show when your Best Actor acceptance speech is cut short. Russell Crowe, you’re my hero.