No, it’s not from The Onion. Apparently Kiwi actor Russell Crowe was given FBI protection after an al-Qa’ida plot to kidnap him was uncovered.
(Brought to you by Zeitgiest – the free Blather news service)
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He said police officers in dinner jackets were guarding him when he promoted his film ‘Proof of Life’ in London in February 2001. (I hadn’t actually heard of this movie. Where have I been?)
“It was something to do with some recording picked up by a French policewoman, I think, in either Libya or Algiers,” he said.
“It was about – and here’s another little touch of irony – taking iconographic Americans out of the picture.”
From the Indo »
Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.