Liu, Murphy booked as lead "Detectives"

Tue Jul 11, 1:39 AM ET

Lucy Liu and Cillian Murphy are set to star in the romantic comedy "Watching the Detectives."
Paul Soter, a member of Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe behind "Super Troopers" and the upcoming "Beerfest," wrote the script and is making his directorial debut on the movie.
"Detectives" centers on a film noir buff (Murphy) whose world is turned upside down when a beautiful, unpredictable femme fatale (Liu) provides far more adventure than he ever experienced -- and possibly more than he can handle.
The project is a production of Toronto-based Peace Arch Entertainment and New York-based Plum Pictures. Peace Arch is co-financing and serving as worldwide distributor. Shooting is due to start this week in New York.
Peace Arch is in postproduction on "Chapter 27," a drama about John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman; the film stars Lindsay Lohan and Jared Leto. Plum is in postproduction on romantic comedy "Dedication," starring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore, and on "Grace Is Gone," a drama toplined by John Cusack.
Liu is best known for her starring turn in the "Charlie's Angels" movies as well as "Kill Bill-Vol. 1." She most recently starred in "Lucky Number Slevin" and next appears in action comedy "The Cleaner" and supernatural thriller "Rise."
Murphy made his name in Danny Boyle's zombie movie "28 Days Later" and has appeared in "Batman Begins" and "Red Eye." He received a Golden Globe nomination for his work in Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto."

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Crowe, Wife Welcome Arrival of Second Son

Jul 7, 6:51 AM EST


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SYDNEY, Australia -- Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe's wife Danielle Spencer gave birth to their second child on Friday, his Australian manager said. Tennyson Spencer Crowe was born at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital weighing about 8 pounds, Crowe's manager Grant Vandenberg said.

"Mother, father and baby are doing extremely well," he said.

It is the second child for the celebrity couple, and a brother for their firstborn, 2-year-old Charlie.

Crowe — who won an Oscar for his role in the 2000 film "Gladiator" — married Spencer in a star-studded Australian wedding in 2003.

Crowe, who was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, had said he planned to be in the delivery room with a video camera when the baby was born.

The 42-year-old actor has said fatherhood changed his life.

"I'm very involved in being a dad," Crowe told the television show "Entertainment Tonight" in May last year. "My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that."

Crowe made headlines last year when he was arrested for throwing a phone at a New York hotel concierge. He pleaded guilty to third-degree assault last November and was sentenced to a conditional discharge, meaning he must not get arrested for one year.

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