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3:10 To Yuma: Crowe fine but horse is not
By Stone Martindale Dec 1, 2006, 16:21 GMT
Russell Crowe EPA/Víctor Lerena
3:10 to Yuma, a Western currently filming in New Mexico, helmed by James Mangold (Walk the Line) has had some problems. The film stars Russell Crowe. The filmmakers have seen bad luck in the equine department, but now reports surfaced from local sources that Russell Crowe had to visit the local ER for undisclosed reasons.
Defamer.com is reporting one of their field "operatives" spotted the lead actor, Russell Crowe, in a New Mexico hospital early today. "I saw Russell Crowe in the Santa Fe Emergency Room a couple of hours ago as I walked through. He was hooked up to one of those bleeping heart monitors but looked ok. A skinny blond woman and a younger man with dark hair were with him. He even looked hot with an oxygen mask on, his hair is pretty long." States the unnamed "operative" to
Defamer.
Monsters and Critics spoke directly with the production office staff in New Mexico today who refuted the defamer.com report and told us that Crowe "was fine, and right here at work."
Unfortunately a quarter horse and its stuntman rider were injured Oct. 23rd when the horse ran head-on into a camera vehicle, tossing the rider to the ground. The horse, which broke a leg, was euthanized on the set.
The NewMexican.com news portal reports that the American Humane, an organization that tracks animal well-being on film sets, "has recommended that no charges in the death of a horse on the movie set last month in Diablo Canyon west of Santa Fe."
The stuntman, Deryle Lujan is reportedly is recuperating from his mishap. He suffered a punctured lung, a broken clavicle, broken ribs and other injuries and spent three to four weeks in the hospital, according to Paul Abrams, a Santa Fe attorney who said he was investigating whether to file a civil action on Lujan's behalf, reports the NewMexican.com
3:10 to Yuma is a remake of the 1957 film with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, and is expected to continue filming in the Santa Fe area through January. Many of the department heads working with Mangold were also his key crew from Walk the Line.
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Since the emergency room story has been exposed as complete BS.... and Crowe had nothing whatsoever to do with the unfortunate stunt man and horse accident ... why on earth do you think it's OK to run with this idiotic story in the first place, with the sort of sensationalist headlines you used?
The story does say they called and confirmed with the company that Crowe was not involved...what is your problem?
Ditto what BC posted.
And Joe, my problem is, since this story literally has nothing to do with Mr Crowe, why put his name in the headline? The two incidents (if the second NON incident can even be called into play!) are so totally unrelated as to be ludicrously obvious in the intent of this article. To garner extraneous attention. The horse injury happened weeks before the Defamer goss bit was posted. Why relate that confirmed garbage to what the article is actually about: the result of the horse incident from weeks ago? Why give credence to a piece of goss that has NO basis in reality and therefore NO reason to be mentioned ever again?
This is how crap like this moves from malodorous fantasy to fact in the minds of the public. Because journos won't do their jobs the way they should. With integrity and just plain honest good work.
You know, if I did my job with this level of 'quality', I'd get fired. Why can't 'journalists' be held to a normal standard?
Yeah... what you said 7dlh7 !!
Stories like this are garbage... but using Crowe's name in the headline means they get picked up by the PR Bots, Google, Yahoo... etc and the headlines are spread around the globe via the internet. If this was actually news about Crowe.. fine. But it's manufactured nonsense.
Heck, I bet it was picked up from one of the scurrilous gossip wire services in the first place. I've already read versions of the story from actual news sources in India and China, who don't bother with the corrections or disclaimers. What's worse, writers like here at M&C added their own little bit of tired editorial spin, adding new layers to the fictions.
Gossip is gossip, but some people take it seriously and don't bother to dig a little deeper or question the sources or the truth of it. Crowe has made news in the past, we all know that, but for over a year and a half now, he's kept his profile low, made nice with the press and kept his nose clean. Give the guy a break. He's making movies, not news these days, so why spread the manufactured garbage?
'Monsters and Critics spoke directly with the production office staff in New Mexico today who refuted the defamer.com report and told us that Crowe 'was fine, and right here at work.'
Unfortunately a quarter horse and its stuntman rider were injured Oct. 23rd when the horse ran head-on into a camera vehicle, tossing the rider to the ground. The horse, which broke a leg, was euthanized on the set.'
they reported the correct facts-horse got hurt-Crowe was fine
??
these comments want to make me hurl!
yea it really happened and the stuntman got f'ed up
way worse than was reported
he has a family, too
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7dlh7Dec 5th, 2006 - 05:51:32
As Russell has already completely and utterly stated the Defamer article is patently untrue, don't you think it would be great if y'all tried researching your stories before putting them out for public consumption and just report the facts? Or is that too Edward R Murrow ethically taxing for today's reporters?
I long for the day when journalists remember they're supposed to report facts and not sensationalistic crap.
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