Oscar-winning actor, Australian pub-rock singer Russell Crowe canceled plans for a US Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts tour citing a "massive level of stress" - that and his head still hurts from his latest brawl:
- announced he has headed home to Australia to spend time with his ailing father and girlfriend.
"Though I love all aspects of my work, and it has certainly benefited my family in myriad ways, the success of the last three or four years has also brought with it an undeniably massive level of stress, not only to me but to my immediate and extended family and to my friends and friendships," Crowe says in an announcement posted on the Grunts' Website, gruntland.com.
He explains that he wants to be with his dad when he recovers from a series of surgeries on his wrists for carpal tunnel syndrome (the operations are slated for December).
And in a rather sensitive moment for the oft-surly star, Mr. Beautiful Mind goes public with his love for current squeeze, singer Danielle Spencer, saying he wants to race home to be with her.
"I am in love with Danielle Spencer, but I don't get to spend nearly enough time with her," says Crowe. "Dani has been very patient with all of the speculations of the past year or so, which I thank her for. I feel a great need to wake up with her as many days of my life as I can." [from E! online]
- Ever since his Academy Award-winning stint in Gladiator, Crowe, 38, has led a life the tabloids dream about.
From a kidnapping plot against him to his affair with a married Meg Ryan to his ... frequent barroom brawls (most recently last week in London), Crowe has gotten nearly as much ink for his acting as for his extracurricular activities.
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