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Show DAILY HERALD CELEBRITY NEWS AND NOTES RENE MACURA/Associated Press Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow have split, the couple announcedina joint statement. “Weboth havea deep love andrespectfor each other and weask that everyonerespect ourprivacy duringthis very difficult time,” they said. Armstrong, Crow end engagement ‘WamerBrothers Harrison Ford stars as Jack Stanfield in the action thriller “Firewall.” Thefilm also stars Paul Bettany. At 63, still a leading man Bruce Newman ‘ina desperate struggle to save his family from some very bad men. Whenit is suggested to Fordthat this Jack resembles is face — withits the Jack who was forced to perpetually furrowed brow,the savehis family from some very bad menin one ofhis earlier go-to-hell curl of hits, “Patriot Games,” and even the upperlip and to President James Marshall in that intriguing chin scar — has carried the emotional weight his 1997 blockbuster “Air Force One,” the worried look that of countless plot twists since usually signals trouble ahead it flashed across the heavens nearly 30 years agoin “Star suddenly appears. “I think that was a very difWars.” Itis a face that Ameriferent kind of movie and a very cans have cometotrust so steadfastly thatit has made different plot,” he says, “so I'm not feeling that I’m going back Harrison Ford the world’s big‘gest box-office star for the past to the same well, or that there three decades. is any cause for disappointment.In this one, the genreis It has been a heavy burden one thatI havevisited before, to bear, and now,at 63, Ford's face is beginning to show signs and the characteris not unlike some characters that have been of wear. The furrowsin his billion-dollar brow have sprouted relatively successful. Which is to say, he’s not a Russian sub“tributaries, and his eyes look marinecaptain.” tired from what he says was _ This is a reference to his role a late night the night before. in “K-19: The Widowmaker,” Sporting a goatee anda piratiwhich placed Ford in such uncal gold earring, Ford has the familiar waters whenit was swaggerof a guy hoping to be released in 2002 thatit became mistakenfor62, In “Firewall,” which opens Friday, Ford plays a man named Jack who finds himself KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS oneofhis few flops. “I try to pick films that I think an audience will enjoy,” he says. “And by that,it doesn’t necessarily mean that [have for myself some set idea of what the audience requires from me, or even that I’m willing to service that expectation. Because from time to time,I fly in the face of expectations, and I do that for my own amusement.” AsJack Stanfield, a computer security specialist at a Seattle bank in “Firewall,” Ford is flying not in the face of expectations as muchas his first career slump, following the disappointing showingof the 2003 comedy “Hollywood Homicide.” Hest 's his name abovethe title creates unrealistic expectations, brought on by his movies’ domestic box office grosses of more than $3 billion. Onepicture that almost certainly would meet with success is the long-discussed fourth nsity MALL CINEMAS ~ cannaiaaneet installmentof the “Indiana Jones”series. “We're closer than we'veever been,”he says. “| think it will happenfairly soon.” Fordis developing movies in whichhe would play character roles,“so that I can create a part that makes sense for me to play as a supporting actor,” he says. But as he is quickto point out, “I'm not yet offered supporting characters,so I'll continueto play the lead character as long as thosearetheroles thatare offered.” Hehas severalstrenuous scenes in “Firewall,” including a desperate fight with the picture’svillain, played by a much youngerPaul Bettany. “Where 1 am in lifeis that I'm still fit enoughto do what we're doing here,” Ford says. “So for those people who say, ‘A 63-year-old man couldn't do that,’ I say, “What are you talking about? I just did. | Pi NEW YORK — Lance Armstrong closed his weekly satellite radio show on bittersweet note by playing exfiancee Sheryl Crow's song “Letter To God.” The seven+time Tour De France winner and the Grammy-winning rocker announced their breakupin a fi joint statementlast weekafter “much thought and consideration,” despite their “deep love and respect.” Armstrong acknowledged | the split in his Sunday night | talk show,“Armstrong Radio,” onthe Sirius Satellite Radio channel“Faction,” saying he was “tornit didn't work out.” “Obviously, this week was a rough weekforus,but that doesn't change the fact that Sheryl is an unbelievablelady, oneof the smartest, wisest, most gifted people I've ever metand a personthatI can honestly say has shown me a love that I never knew,” he said. “It's only fair that I say that, andit’s only fair that we play oneof her songstonight and not run fromthesituation.” Crow,43, has called Armstrong,34, the inspiration for herlast album,“Wildflower,” released in September. They announcedtheir engagementin September. It would have beenherfirst marriage andhis second. 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