Russell Crowe is set to share the screen with singing star Beyonce in a forthcoming remake of the classic motion picture A Star Is Born, London’s Daily Star has dished.

Oscar winner Robert Downey, Jr. had been pitted for the lead role, but the “Gladiator” star has apparently replaced him. Crowe will reportedly play an aging alcoholic musician who mentors and falls in love with a talented young star, portrayed by the “Single Ladies” singer.

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Is billionaire golfer Tiger Woods emering from obscurity to lend a hand to the earthquake-stricken island of Haiti?

Russell Simmons sure thinks so!

The hip-hop mogul has been encouraging his Twitter followers to donate to Haiti relief funds, and he claims that shamed sportsman Tiger Woods is so moved by the tragedy in the Caribbean, he’s donating to the effort.

“Tiger woods is doing something AMAZING!!!!” Russell Tweeted early Thursday, later adding, “I heard Tiger Woods [is] donating to send a cargo plane with a mobile hospital out there. Keep ur prayers high!”

Ashley Dupre, the high-prized call girl at the center of the scandal that brought down disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, says she draws “inner strength” from her ongoing yoga sessions with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.