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Jonathan Ross talks fatherhood and heroes with Russell Crowe and Amir Khan
This week in a rare TV appearance Academy Award-winning Australian Russell Crowe makes a return visit to the Jonathan Ross sofa for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE's Friday Night wth Jonathan Ross.
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Russell - whose new movie is A Good Year
- tells Jonathan how fatherhood has mellowed him.
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"It's much more than I
could have hoped for, every day it's more and more fantastic," he says.
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An he is
looking forward to extending his family: "'I'm currently in negotiation.
Danielle and I, we definitely want a daughter, but she's the boss."
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Jonathan also welcomes to the show Olympic silver medallist boxer Amir Khan,
still only 19 and about to publish his autobiography.
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Amir talks about his close family: "My father got me into it (at the
age of eight), he's been like a shadow [but] my mum hates me fighting, I fight
my younger brother, I love the sport and I know I can look after myself."
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On his
ambitions: "I keep telling Frank Warren, put me in a title fight, but he told
me to pace myself, take my time. Next year I want to be World Champion"
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And about meeting his hero: "Muhammad Ali
influenced me from the age of eight. I met him in America and I was star-
struck. He made me feel really comfortable, it was a dream come true."
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Jonathan also welcomes to the show reality TV queen Jade Goody and Bafta Award-winning comedian Lee Mack.
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And there's music from newcomers Gossip performing
Standing in the Way of Control live in the studio.
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A Hotsauce TV/Open Mike production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE.
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, 10.35pm, 13 October 2006, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE
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