Russell Crowe picks up some candy just in time for Mother’s Day on Saturday morning in Sydney, Australia.

The 44-year-old actor brought along his oldest son Charlie, 4 1/2. The pair shopped for a Mother’s Day gift for mama Danielle Spencer. (Russell and Danielle also have a second son, Tennyson, 22 months.)

Russell and Charlie settled on a book from Dymocks Book Store and chocolates from Darell Lee.

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Ever heard of second-hand smoke Russell?

Russell Crowe takes his sons Charles and Tennyson for a walk in Beverly Hills but stops to take a few puffs of his cancer stick on Friday in Los Angeles.

Charles is now 4 and Tennyson is 22 months! How quickly time flies!

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Russell Crowe rides his bike around Beverly Hills, doing a little shopping for his kids at Tom’s Toys on Thursday.

Russell will be starring in the upcoming film State of Play, which is based off a BBC mini-series.

The film tells of a newspaper’s probe into the suspicious death of a United States Congressman’s mistress.

Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe are appearing in the lead roles, with support from Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman, and Rachel McAdams.

State of Play will be released in April 2009.

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Russell Crowe films his new movie State of Play on Monday in downtown Los Angeles, Calif.

According to IMDB, the movie is based on the BBC mini-series of the same title where a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman’s mistress.

Russell replaced Brad Pitt in the movie due to disagreements about the shooting script.

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Russell Crowe has a ball (literally) during a family outing at the Sydney Botanical Garden in Australia with wife, Danielle Spencer, and their two sons, Charles, who just turned 4 this past Friday, and Tennyson, almost 18 months.

Both kids look like they’re having loads of fun and how cute is tiny Tennyson!?

It was reported last week that Ben Affleck will be replacing Edward Norton in the film version of UK’s BBC TV drama State of Play. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Affleck will take on the role of a US congressman embroiled in a conspiracy after Norton asked to leave the political thriller. Brad Pitt pulled out of the project in November, to be replaced by Russell Crowe.

Universal Pictures is trying to replace Brad Pitt in State of Play with American Gangster star Russell Crowe, according to Variety.

Just this past Wednesday, it was announced that Brad dropped out of the film because of disagreements about the shooting script.

We’ll find out early this week if Russell will take on the political thriller and/or if Universal will follow-through with a lawsuit against Brad for bailing.

Nov. 29 is the last possible date Universal has before they start to lose the other actors in the film (Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman and Robin Wright Penn).

Russell Crowe arrives on the red carpet hand-in-hand with wife Danielle Spencer for the Los Angeles premiere of his upcoming Western remake 3:10 to Yuma.

Also pictured: Co-stars Christian Bale and Ben Foster

Synopsis: In Arizona in the late 1800’s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Bale), struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the 3:10 to Yuma, a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other’s respect. But with Wade’s outfit on their trail – and dangers at every turn – the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man’s destiny.

Russell Crowe takes his son Charlie, 3 1/2, to pick up a dress for mommy Danielle Spencer during a shopping trip at “Harry Who” in the Double Bay area of Sydney on Thursday.

Russell, 43, has reportedly been approached by director J.J. Abrams to play a villain in the new Star Trek movie.

“Russell is definitely considering J.J. Abrams’s offer,” said a source. “Russell was always a Star Trek fan as a kid, which is a big bonus. A baddie would seem more likely for Russell. He could play a part in the historic movie without having to compete with any of the original cast’s performances.”

The new Star Trek movie is due out December 2008.