Joaquin Phoenix Attached to New Spike Jonze Project
Back in March, Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures acquired an untitled project that was to be helmed by writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze, the same team behind Being John Malkovich and Adaptation.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAmy Adams to Join Cast of Scientology Movie
Amy Adams is formally set to star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology project.... read more
Found in: NewsJoaquin Phoenix May Appear In Paul Thomas Anderson Project
Joaquin Phoenix may be coming out of “retirement,” as the actor is in early talks to appear in a Scientology drama.... read more
Found in: NewsJoaquin Phoenix Returning to Acting as a Vampire Hunter?
After Joaquin Phoenix withdrew from acting in October 2008, he grew a beard, started rapping and began acting like a world-class weirdo. Casey Affleck made a thoroughly-watchable documentary about it and then admitted it was all a hoax, which technically means Phoenix never left acting at all. We think.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFive People Who Would Better Host MTV's New Punk'd Than Justin Bieber
Not that we don’t appreciate Justin Bieber in a weird way, but it’s just that we think MTV could do a little better job selecting the host of the forthcoming, revived Punk’d. Although it would allow culture commentators to verb Bieber on the regular, we think the following folks would better head up the new Punk’d. After all, The Bieb’s doing just fine with his day job, thank you very much.... read more
Found in: TV, Features5 Great Performance-Art Hoaxers
Joaquin Phoenix’s foray into rap is arguably better as publicity stunt than convincing hoax, especially after the too-weird-to-be-true Letterman appearance. Now that Casey Affleck has officially revealed the whole thing as a lark, here’s a look at some artists who know (or knew) how to pull-off a believable ruse.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCasey Affleck Says I'm Still Here is Fake
File this under “Things Everyone Sort of Already Knew”: In a recent interview with the New York Times, director Casey Affleck admitted that his movie I’m Still Here is not real.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJoaquin Phoenix to Appear on Letterman ... Again
Considering “rapper” Phoenix’s last go-‘round on Letterman in February 2009, a do-over probably wouldn’t be the worst idea.... read more
Found in: TV, News11 Documentaries Coming to Theaters & DVD in Fall 2010
A decade ago, this would have been a list of Documentaries Your Video Store Might One Day Carry... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWatch the Trailer for Joaquin Phoenix's Rap Documentary I'm Still Here
We know what you’re probably thinking: The fame, fortune and drama of Hollywood have gotten to Joaquin Phoenix, right? There’s no doubt that under that scraggly mess of a beard and matted locks there hides a once-sane person, right? Well, perhaps not.... read more
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