Crowe's single / first take recording of Hallelujah was slated to be the soundtrack to a quirky scene in the 2009 Hollywood blockbuster, Watchmen, before being replaced by a Cohen recording.

In another interview, Snyder explained that Crowe's recording is " too romantic " and " too sexy " for the scene which is meant to come across as ironic and " ridiculous ".

Crowe's debut screenwriting effort, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, grew out of a book he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California, where he met Geraldine Edwards, who was a student there while he was visiting mutual friends in 1975.

Brooks mentored Cameron Crowe and was the executive producer of Crowe's directorial debut Say Anything ... ( 1989 ) and produced his later film Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ).

It was Crowe's directorial debut.

Patrick Raymond Fugit ( born October 27, 1982 ) is an American actor best known for his debut performance in the lead role of Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous.

In 2001, Crowe's portrayal of mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John F. Nash in the biopic A Beautiful Mind brought him numerous awards, including an BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor category Motion Picture Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.

Crowe's work has earned him several accolades, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three Academy Award nominations in a row ( 1999 – 2001 ), one Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, one BAFTA and an Academy Award.

Crowe's sympathies were sparked when a pupil drowned at the nearby Coffs Harbour beach in 2001, and he believes the pool will help students become better swimmers and improve their knowledge of water safety.

Denzel Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001, notably beating out Russell Crowe's performance as John Nash for A Beautiful Mind, and the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 2002 for his performance in Training Day, and Ethan Hawke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2001 for the film.

Director Cameron Crowe's film Vanilla Sky ( 2001 ), is a remake of Open Your Eyes.

When he was fourteen, Crowe's family moved back to New Zealand, where he ( along with his brother Terry ) attended Auckland Grammar School with cousins Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe.

Salary cap auditor Ian Schubert was reported to be delving into Crowe's recent dealings with Channel Nine, Channel Seven, ANZ Stadium and V8 Supercars.

Some of them include Cameron Crowe's 1996 blockbuster film Jerry Maguire, U2's 1988 rockumentary Rattle and Hum, The Rolling Stones ' 1983 concert film Let's Spend the Night Together, 1976's A Star is Born, with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, the Coen Brothers 1987 film Raising Arizona, and the 1980 film Used Cars.

Its critical consensus states: " Anchored by dazzling performances from Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Renée Zellweger, as well as Cameron Crowe's tender direction, Jerry Maguire meshes romance and sports with panache.

Throughout his time with the band, Cott had maintained a distance between himself and the other members and he resigned the day before the end of their 1981 world tour, only hours after the rest of the band had decided to confront him for refusing to join them and the road crew for a drink to celebrate Simon Crowe's birthday.

Richards was also Crowe's cricketing idol along with Donald Bradman, Garfield Sobers and Greg Chappell.

Crowe's expert brewer stayed on with Bateman for some years, despite his blindness.

Later models of CPTED were developed based on the Newman Model, with Crowe's being the most popular.

This requirement of a controversial new " anti-terrorism " and " illegal immigration " policy in the UK is not shared by countries of continental Europe and Crowe's tour with her band resumed days later in Germany.

This unique aspect of Crowe's artistry, combining original material with a range of covers to equal praise and draw, has been commented upon extensively in print and broadcast media, including a November 2008 BBC radio documentary, " The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall ".

This era is portrayed in the motion picture " Almost Famous ," with Cameron Crowe's visit to KPRI's studios at the corner of 7th and Ash in downtown San Diego.

* Julia Crowe's Interview with Eliot Fisk.

McLeod published the home address and photograph of Cathy Crowe, co-founder of the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, in the CFP along with what Crowe's lawyer deemed defamatory statements.

The second arc is left with Jones at Emily Crowe's apartment in considerable pain, passing out while trying to piece together information.

* In the 2000 film Gladiator, Russell Crowe's character has a shoulder wound cleaned with maggots.

With ruthless logic and in a forthright manner, he opposed every effort to come to terms with Berlin ... A prodigious worker, Crowe's knowledge and skill earned him a very special place in the Foreign Office hierarchy and his comments were read with attention if not always with approval ".

On 29 June 2011 King announced that he would leave the Warrington Wolves at the end of 2011's Super League XVI to join up with departing Wigan Warriors coach, Michael Maguire at Russell Crowe's NRL team, the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Crowe's touring band, her first since 2003, comprises Billie Woods on guitar, Dave Baird on bass, and Laurent Boucher on percussion.

The Hoover Dam construction project and Frank Crowe's role ( portrayed by actor Jay Benedict ) was dramatised in an episode of the BBC's 2003 docudrama television miniseries Seven Wonders of the Industrial World.

In 2003 the band and Crowe were infamously parodied by fellow Australian band Frenzal Rhomb on their track " Russel Crowe's Band ".

In the 1956 season, the Lions would finish fourth in the West, posting a 6 – 10 – 0 regular season record in Crowe's first season.

In Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe's interpretation of Open Your Eyes, she played Sofia Serrano, the love interest of Tom Cruise's character.

Crowe's other films include L. A.

Crowe's upcoming projects include Les Misérables, an adaption of the popular musical in which he will portray Javert, Man of Steel where he will play Jor-El, the father of Superman, and Noah where he will play the titular biblical patriarch.

Crowe's maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was named an MBE for filming footage of World War II.

Crowe's maternal great-great-grandmother was Māori, and his paternal grandfather was from Wrexham, Wales ; Crowe also has Scottish, Norwegian, English, and German ancestry.

In recent years, Crowe's box office standing has declined.

The album includes a tribute song to actor Richard Harris, who became Crowe's friend during the making of Gladiator.

By April 2011, it was officially confirmed that Crowe's attempt to quit smoking was unsuccessful.

In the 2010 post-season it was reported that Crowe's influence was critical in persuading Greg Inglis, one of the world's best players, to renege on his deal to join the Brisbane Broncos and sign for the Rabbitohs for 2011.

Carr used Crowe's movie Cinderella Man to motivate his team in 2006 following a disappointing 7 – 5 season the previous year.

Due to Cole's efforts, Crowe's unfinished business — rectifying his failure to understand and help Vincent — is finally complete.

Examples include the door of the church where Cole seeks sanctuary ; the color of the balloon, carpet, and Cole's sweater at the birthday party ; the tent in which he first encounters Kyra ; the volume numbers on Crowe's tape recorder ; the doorknob on the locked basement door where Malcolm's office is located ; The shirt that Anna wears at the restaurant ; Kyra's mother's dress at the wake ; and the shawl wrapped around the sleeping Anna when Malcolm realizes he is a ghost.

* Jason Lee's character can be seen reading the book in Cameron Crowe's film " Almost Famous " whilst on a tour bus.

Crowe's abolitionist sympathies alienated him from his slave-holding neighbors, and it was not long before he lost access to the printing press.

Smartly written and boasting a sensational cast, Cameron Crowe's shrewdly observed third feature also gives Tom Cruise one of his very best roles ..." In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named Jerry Maguire one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years.

The film was scored by director Crowe's then-wife, Nancy Wilson, who was a member of the rock band Heart.