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The Sydney club won a long court case to be readmitted to the NRL in 2002 after being cut from topflight competition following the 1999 season.

Negotiations could continue for at least a month.

"I'd like to buy the club. ... You're actually talking about rugby league fantasy stuff," Crowe told The Australian Associated Press. "Yeah, I'd like to be able to have a situation like they do in America - they have individual owners."

Crowe, born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, won an Oscar for his role in the 2000 movie "Gladiator." His screen credits also include "The Insider," "A Beautiful Mind" and "Cinderella Man."

He has been charged with allegedly throwing a phone at a New York hotel concierge in June.

If convicted of the assault charge, Crowe could lose his right to work in the United States and could face up to seven years in prison. His lawyers are working for a reduction of the charge. The 41-year-old actor is free on his own recognizance.

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The Swedish Film Institute opened its new library on the day the late Swedish actress Greta Garbo would have turned 100.

"It was mostly a coincidence. The library was ready and we thought it would be nice to open it on Garbo's birthday, a festival day for Swedish film," said Jan-Erik Billinger, the library's director.

The library, Sweden's only special film depository, was opened Sunday and will be accessible to the public.

"We have almost 50,000 books and thousands of film magazines," Billinger said. "There are film manuscripts, public relations material and an extensive archive."

The collection is one of the oldest in Europe and contains some real rarities, among them first editions of most American film magazines from the 1910s, Billinger said.

The library is also equipped with updated electronic search systems that make it possible to access important film libraries all over the world.

The library is also home to a collection of correspondence, sketches, photographs and behind-the-scenes footage from the making of 18 movies by legendary film director Ingmar Bergman. The collection was donated by Bergman.