Russell Crowe to Make Third Oscar Appearance

Beverly Hills, CA - Academy Award winner Russell Crowe will make his third appearance as a 
presenter at the 74th Academy Awards(R), producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

Crowe won the Academy Award for Best Actor last year for his role as enslaved Roman general 
Maximus in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator."  The previous year, Crowe received a Best Actor 
nomination honoring his performance in Michael Mann's drama "The Insider."

Crowe made his American film debut in the 1995 film "The Quick and the Dead" with Sharon 
Stone and Gene Hackman.  He later went on to star in the Academy Award-winning movie "L.A. 
Confidential."

Crowe currently stars as Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash in director Ron 
Howard's "A Beautiful Mind."

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2001 will be presented on Sunday, March 24, 
at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland(R) and televised live by the ABC Television 
Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST.  A half-hour arrival segment will precede the 
presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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