Russell Crowe is set to play the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new film version of Robin Hood. Universal Pictures have lined up the Gladiator star for their take on the classic tale, which will portray the traditionally evil Sheriff as a good character. The project has been devised by Sleeper Cell creators Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris.

Reiff told the Hollywood Reporter website: “Part of the strength of the script was the simple idea of doing ‘Robin Hood’ by making the sheriff the good guy.”

The two scriptwriters were involved in one of the biggest bidding wars of all time as Universal competed with Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema to make the film. Regency Enterprises, DreamWorks Pictures and Columbia Pictures were also said to be in the running.

This will be the fourth project involving Crowe, Universal and Imagine Entertainment. Previous movies include A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man - as well as American Gangster, which is due out later this year. Crowe will reportedly earn around $20 million to play the Sheriff.

Jennifer Aniston has recently admitted she is desperate to have children and some claim her split from Vince Vaughn was down to the fact that he didn’t want any.

But in a recent interview with Look magazine, a friend of Vince admitted he is willing to get back with Jennifer and even adopt a baby.

Lots of rumors floating around lately that there is a Vince/Jen reconciliation in the works…. wonder if it’s true?

Kate Winslet is reluctant to encourage her kids to take up acting - because she has seen first hand how painful and cruel a career it can be.

While Winslet herself has enjoyed a successful career, her thespian father and actress sisters have had to suffer the trials of being an out-of-work actor.

And, although she insists daughter Mia would make a great actress, Winslet doesn’t want to push the six-year-old or three-year-old Joe into such a difficult life.

The 31-year-old says, “Mia was a very flamboyant and expressive kid, but now she has calmed down a little.

“There was a moment where I thought, ‘Oh, my God, she could really end up doing this for a living!’ and I wasn’t sure how I felt about this. I know from my parents, when I said that was what I wanted to do, it was a big deal.

“My father was a struggling actor for most of his life; both my sisters act and they are not struggling at the moment, but it can be a very hard life.

“When a parent has experienced heartache and struggle from the thing they love most and which they do for a living, of course, it makes sense that they’d be concerned about their child going in for it.”

Harrison Ford has threatened to quit the new Indiana Jones movie, unless he gets to use a real whip. The 64-year-old actor, who plays the daredevil archaeologist, was told the weapon would have to be computer generated because of new film safety rules. Harrison branded the rule “ridiculous” and said he would pull out of the film if he couldn’t wield his whip.

A source said: “The idea was to take away the risk element the whip carries. Safety laws have changed since the last film and movie makers have to be much more careful. Now they use computer graphics for any dangerous stuff.”

Harrison was 39-years-old when the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders Of The Lost Ark was released in 1981. The Temple Of Doom followed in 1983 and The Last Crusade five years later. The trilogy made more than $1.1 billion at the box office. The fourth movie is due for release next year.

Well, guess who this is!

Hint: They’re not really a couple anymore.

Answer + LOTS more pics after the jump!! More »

Prison Break actor Lane Garrison had cocaine and more than twice the legal blood alcohol level in his system after a fatal car crash last month and should be charged with felony vehicular manslaughter, police said Wednesday.

Garrison, 26, was involved in an accident that killed a 17-year-old male passenger. Two 15-year-old girls, who were also in the car, were both injured – one critically.

Beverly Hills police turned over the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, but no decision has been made about whether Garrison will be prosecuted.

“We’re reviewing it now,” says DA spokeswoman Jane Robison.

At a press conference Wednesday, Beverly Hills police said Garrison’s blood alcohol level was .20 percent – more than two times California’s .08 percent limit. He also had an undisclosed amount of cocaine his system, according to a blood test.

Police recommended that he be charged with gross vehicular manslaughter with an enhancement for causing injury or death to more than one victim. Police also recommended he be charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

If convicted of the most serious charge – gross vehicular manslaughter – he faces 10 years in state prison. The other charges would add additional years to the term.

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So basically…he’s BUSTED!!!