For Bloom, ad deals are a rose

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Oh, Orlando Bloom. Is there anything he does that isn’t charming and wonderful? AdFreak didn’t think so. The British actor, whose Cameron Crowe film Elizabethtown opens today (to less than stellar reviews), has said he thinks celebrity advertising contracts are a GOOD thing. In 2002, Orlando (pictured here in a still from Elizabethtown) was directed by Crowe in a Gap spot, "Denim Invasion," with fellow Brit actor Kate Beckinsale, and more or less said the copious amounts of cash movie stars get for the ads allows them to pursue their art without sacrificing their high-rolling lifestyles.

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