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Joaquin Phoenix

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Uggie The Artist Dog's Trainer Omar Von Muller: The Man Behind the Dog

    Stardom came late in life for Hollywood's Next Big Thing. Before he played opposite Reese Witherspoon and landed a scene-stealing role in an Academy Award-nominated film, he endured random parts in commercials, TV shows and films -- and even performed tricks on Third Street Promenade for pocket ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    10 Movies We're Excited About in 2012

    Sacha Baron Cohen is The Dictator​We know -- you're excited about The Dark Knight Rises. And The Avengers. And Hunger Games. So are we. We're also excited about a lot of other movies whose marketing campaigns have not inundated us with white noise (yet). Allow us to suggest a few more films to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Top 10 Famous Vegans

    A recent piece by the Associated Press got us thinking: Where are all the famous vegans? Gossip sites already tell us about famous people dating so-and-so, famous people shopping at some boutique you've never heard of, famous people traveling to some island they own, but we hardly get to hear about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Future Islands - Echoplex - 11/17/11

    Ian Cohen​See also: Future Islands: Too Noisy For New Wave, Too Pussy For Punk Future Islands Echoplex 11-17-11 Better than: Nursing your woes while crying in your beer. Having someone spill theirs on you while dancing in place takes way less effort I'd been told that Baltimore synth-pop be ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 17, 2011

    LACMA Goes Hollywood With Elvis Mitchell

    Museum scrapped its film program for a star-studded partnership aimed at courting showbiz bucks — helmed by the nation's most controversial critic

  • Music

    February 3, 2011

    A Cure for the Monday Funk

    Museum scrapped its film program for a star-studded partnership aimed at courting showbiz bucks — helmed by the nation's most controversial critic

  • Film+TV

    November 4, 2010

    Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    The original art, in 3-D

  • Film+TV

    September 9, 2010

    The Joke's on Who?

    Take that, Hollywood! Joaquin Phoenix implodes to prove a point. Some point. We think

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Gwyneth Paltrow Sings!: Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird

    ​ Gwyneth Paltrow sings! (see #10). In celebration of this amazing revelation, we've compiled this handy list of Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird, starting, of course with: 1. William Shatner. Who can forget Shatner's much-parodied musical career, especially after Rhino Records' inclu ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2010

    Nightranger: Ritual de lo Rock Show

    ​ Gwyneth Paltrow sings! (see #10). In celebration of this amazing revelation, we've compiled this handy list of Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird, starting, of course with: 1. William Shatner. Who can forget Shatner's much-parodied musical career, especially after Rhino Records' inclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2010

    Who Takes a Dump on "Rapper" Joaquin Phoenix in Upcoming Mockumentary?

    Our hero, before the rapping, the beard, and the coke-and-escorts diet​Our friends at the LA Times got some reports from people who have been shown I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix, the presumable phony documentary shot by Casey Affleck and Phoenix over the last couple of years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Last Night: The New Lineup of Jane's Addiction @ Bardot

    Gustavo TurnerJane's'n'Roses!​ Historic (i.e., pre-Chinese Democracy debacle) Guns'n'Roses bassist Duff McKagan debuted last night holding the low-end for Jane's Addiction in a small gig at Hollywood club Bardot. The band, dubbed by the fans Jane's Addiction 6.0 or Jane's'n'Roses, sounded hap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Faux Hookers, Bartending Kids at Banksy Premiere

    ​ Exit Through the Gift Shop, the documentary starring (and apparently detourned by) street artist Banksy, had its LA premiere last night at the grand old Los Angeles Theater in Downtown LA. In our cover story this week, Banksy himself claimed that "the plan for the American premiere is to sur ... More >>

  • Music

    October 15, 2009

    RADIO GOO-GOO

    ​ Exit Through the Gift Shop, the documentary starring (and apparently detourned by) street artist Banksy, had its LA premiere last night at the grand old Los Angeles Theater in Downtown LA. In our cover story this week, Banksy himself claimed that "the plan for the American premiere is to sur ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: Spin Artist — Tommy Hollenstein

    ​ Exit Through the Gift Shop, the documentary starring (and apparently detourned by) street artist Banksy, had its LA premiere last night at the grand old Los Angeles Theater in Downtown LA. In our cover story this week, Banksy himself claimed that "the plan for the American premiere is to sur ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    The Gayest Oscars Ever

    Singing, dancing, politicizing — and still the ratings rose

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Talking Hip Hop (and Phil Collins) With At the Movies' Ben Lyons

    By Brandon Perkins Perhaps if Ben Lyons' movie chops were as obvious as his hip-hop track record, then sites like StopBenLyons.com wouldn't exist. Ever since the E! personality took the helm of the Siskel, Roper and Ebert's beloved At the Movies, Lyons has been berated with more thumbs down than ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    February 12, 2009

    Movie Reviews: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Friday the 13th, Gomorrah

    Also, Fuel, Polanski: Unauthorized, and more

  • Film+TV

    February 12, 2009

    Shades of Gray: Two Lovers Director on Ford and Fellini, Phoenix and Paltrow

    ... and that "Gallic fetish" thing

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Will The Real Joaquin Phoenix Stand Up? New Rhymes for (or from?) a Budding Rapper

    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/music/Will_The_Real_Joaquin_Phoenix_Stand_Up'; Recently two comment posts have appeared as part of our Joaquin Phoenix Attempts a 'Reverse Will Smith' coverage, and we've been very impressed. In fact, we're kinda wondering whether MC Joaquin isn't floating us a few rh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Only in Hollywood: Joaquin Phoenix to attempt a "Reverse Will Smith" by Leaving Acting to Become a Rapper

    Actor Joaquin Phoenix is attempting an incredibly difficult maneuver in the entertainment world: he's leaving acting to become a rapper. The actor, whose work in Walk the Line certified him as a bad-ass, announced his retirement from the movie business last year, and since then there have been rumbl ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 30, 2008

    AFI Fest: A to W

    Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles

  • Film+TV

    July 10, 2008

    Heath Ledger's Final Days Among the Masses

    L.A. Art Collective Struggles to Go On After Actor's Death

  • Film+TV

    May 29, 2008

    Some Alternative Cannes Awards

    Che wins the only Cannes prize that really matters: ours

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival

    I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men were filmed recently, and where Giant was fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Greetings from the first annual Marfa Film Festival

    I got on a bus in Los Feliz yesterday at about 1 p.m. headed for Marfa, Texas, to attend the first annual Marfa Film Festival. If you've been to the movies, you know Marfa as a smalltown Hollywood, where both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men were filmed recently, and where Giant was fi ... More >>

  • Music

    November 15, 2007

    Trash and Vaudeville

    Heavy Trash, Power Solo, Jail Weddings The Echo, November 10

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Jon Spencer, Jail Weddings at the Echo, 11/10

    Heavy Trash, Jail Weddings The Echo, Nov. 10 Photos and review by Rena Kosnett I’m just trying to understand why Jon Spencer is doing this. This egomaniacal vanity study called Heavy Trash, which I could take for ironic stagecraft if I wasn’t under the impression that his inflated id is all t ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 18, 2007

    Road to Hell

    Terry George’s latest comes with plenty of reservations

  • Film+TV

    October 11, 2007

    Movie Reviews: Berkeley, The Heartbreak Kid, Lust, Caution

    Also this week's pick, Colma: The Musical

  • LA Life

    October 4, 2007

    Whoa, Nellie! You're the Best!

    What to do in Los Angeles this week

  • Film+TV

    May 31, 2007

    Francophilia

    Have no fear, the French will save cinema

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Hot and Bothered

    Have no fear, the French will save cinema

  • Film+TV

    June 22, 2006

    Music Video Showcase

    Have no fear, the French will save cinema

  • Music

    June 8, 2006

    Kids in the Mall

    Have no fear, the French will save cinema

  • LA Life

    March 2, 2006

    Another Lost Weekend?

    What to do from March 3 - 9

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    How Gay Will Oscar Go?

    Handicapping who’ll win, who’ll lose, and who’ll just jerk off

  • Film+TV

    November 17, 2005

    Back in Black

    Some inspired detours sway Walk the Line from the straight and narrow

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Ties That Blind

    Terry George’s Hotel Rwanda

  • Columns

    February 12, 2004

    Tofu On A Stick

    The Kooch’s low-carb campaign heads west

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Dennis the Annoyed

    Kucinich, the Cleveland crusader, battles Washington

  • Film+TV

    July 31, 2003

    Horse Balm and Bull Pucky

    Seabiscuit, that is, and Buffalo Soldiers

  • Film+TV

    February 6, 2003

    Too Much i' the Sun

    The festival regurgitated

  • Columns

    August 29, 2002

    Field Trips

    The festival regurgitated

  • Columns

    August 15, 2002

    Crap Circles

    The festival regurgitated

  • News

    June 21, 2001

    The Beauty of the Dork

    A Dialog by Ron Athey & Vaginal Davis with photographs by Jack Gould

  • Film+TV

    November 30, 2000

    Whip It

    Whip it good

  • Film+TV

    May 11, 2000

    Saving General Maximus

    Ridley Scott’s Gladiator

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