Some healthy competition

SOMETIMES, when Nova presenter Ed Kavalee is cooking dinner, his girlfriend will sneak up and attack him from behind. "I learnt a new wrist lock once and I wanted to try it out," says former Gladiator Tiffiny Hall, now a trainer on The Biggest Loser.

The new KP belts the Blues

SO MUCH for being able to hear "KP" in cricket terms and know for sure someone is talking about Kevin Pietersen.

Get The Look... Gladiator Sandals

Brace for possibly the ugliest footwear fad since Camper Mary-Janes. "Gladiator" sandals are meant to be worn with spring's skimpiest and yet they grip the foot, from ankle to sole, either by cross-braced straps - a la Russell Crowe - or with enough designer sculpted upper to be more accurately described as a bootlet. With high heels. In all the hysterical commentaria (The gladiator commeth! All hail the gladiator! The gladiator is IT on a stick!) that has accompanied the first wave of ...

India Recovers To Apply Pinch

A gladiator under pressure holds his ground and adds another century to his extraordinary record.

Memo, Maximus Nauseous: One-day Gladiators Need Pride

IT MAY be a bit rich of a gladiator to plagiarise a nobleman but Russ Crowe could do us all a favour when he delivers the eulogy at Kerry Packer's memorial service next week.

Rusty Crows After Rabbitohs' Priceless Win

GLADIATOR Russell Crowe knocked back a $250,000 wager with a cashed-up and irate Roosters fan on the outcome of last night's game but the Rabbitohs' No.1 fan was still laughing in the Souths rooms afterwards, even though he cost himself a quarter-of-a-mill.

Gerrard's Scores Are On The Board

Ridley Scott wanted her for Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, Michael Mann wanted her for The Insider and Ali and Niki Caro wanted her for Whale Rider. It didn't matter that Lisa Gerrard lived in a Victorian rainforest, composing and singing ethereal music around her other obsession, horseriding with her daughters.

Apologies ... It's The Gladiator, Crowe Says

Russell Crowe apologised repeatedly in his first public appearance since he was arrested earlier this week on an assault charge.

Gladiator Awaits The Thumbs Up For Chariots Challenge

A veterinary examination of top New Zealand four-year-old Roman Gladiator following an early-morning trial at Harold Park today will decide whether he takes his place in Friday night's Chariots Of Fire at the track.

No Skirting The Issue

IN the 1994 Australian movie, The Sum of Us, Jack Thompson - an icon of Australian manhood - plays a knockabout, suburban father of a gay son, played by that other national hero of heterosexuality, Russell Crowe (the one who wore the skirt in Gladiator).

We've Found Nemo - In The Dvd Player

A tiny clownfish has beaten Aragorn the ranger and Maximus the gladiator to a new record: fastest selling DVD in Australia.

A Time When Least Meets Best

RUSSELL Crowe has been named the Oscars' Least Deserving Best Actor for the epic Gladiator. He figures in a poll taken by Total Film magazine.

Oscar Win Put To The Sword

RUSSELL Crowe has been named the Oscars least deserving best actor for the epic Gladiator.

Finding Nemo Seizes Record For Dvd Sales

A tiny clownfish has beaten Aragorn the ranger and Maximus the gladiator to a new record: fastest selling DVD in Australia's history.

Gladiator's Election Bid Targets Families

QUEENSLAND families were squarely in Peter Beattie's sights at Labor's state election campaign launch in Brisbane yesterday.

Impending Dad Crowe Is Grounded For The Oscars

RUSSELL Crowe is to miss next year's Oscars so he can stay at home with wife Danielle Spencer and their baby. The Gladiator star is favourite for the best actor category for his portrayal of Captain Jack Aubrey in the swashbuckling adventure Master And Commander.

High-seas Epic With Crowe's Feat A Winner

The five years since The Truman Show have not dulled Australian director Peter Weir's masterful film-making skills. Yesterday's first preview of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World revealed it to be a rip-roaring seafaring epic with soul. Not only is it bound to be a highlight of the holiday film season, but it's likely to figure in the next Oscar calculations. The star of Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind brings a fiery intelligence to Captain Jack Aubrey, whose friendship with gentle doctor S

Clear The Air Please, It's Crowe's Star Turn

Russell Crowe knows how to party to the Maximus. The Gladiator star has assembled an extraordinary line-up of musical talent to celebrate his marriage to Danielle Spencer, to take place at sunset today.

Alibrandi Viewers Give Gladiator The Shaft

THE only surprise in last week's first official audience survey of 2003 was the size of the win by last year's ratings champion, Channel Nine. With almost one in three viewers, on average, tuned to Nine between 6pm and midnight, Sunday to Saturday, it was streets ahead of channels Seven and Ten, both of which had fewer viewers than in the first week of ratings last year.

Russell Reveals His Nautical But Nice Side

HE's played a gladiator, a schizophrenic mathematical genius and now a sailor.