Russell Crowe's $11 million, seven-years-in the-pokey nightmares might finally be over, as the NY Daily News reports that Tinseltown's blunt-object-hurlingest actor may have settled with the concierge who helpfully used his face to prevent Crowe's vexing telephone from striking the wall behind him. What's the going rate for being on the business end of an Oscar winner's jetlag? Probably the "low six figures." "No comments" have been issued on behalf both parties, but service industry professionals now have a rough guideline of what they might expect in exchange for some well-timed, poor customer service.

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