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DavidSeven
01-17-2009, 05:47 AM
Seriously.

Diddy (Puff Daddy, P. Diddy) Producing Phoenix's Debut Album. Casey Affleck to Film Documentary on Actor's Transition to Rapping. (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/16/joaquin-phoenixs-next-big-role-rapper-co-signed-by-diddy/)


Casey Affleck is turning his talents to behind the camera, directing a documentary on close pal and brother-in-law Joaquin "Bye! Good" Phoenix.

The documentary will chronicle Phoenix's abrupt transition from an Oscar-nominated acting career to a burgeoning musical one.

While the amateur guitar-strummer and Johnny Cash channeler extraordinaire announced last spring that he would be cutting a more rock-centric album, word now is that Phoenix's debut will be as a rapper under the tutelage of none other than Diddy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/davidseven/425affleckcombsphoenixlc123008 .jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/davidseven/25499592-25499595-slarge.jpg

Milky Joe
01-17-2009, 05:48 AM
wtf

Sycophant
01-17-2009, 06:01 AM
Guys, Ben Affleck is a pretty good actor and turned out to be a very good director.

Casey Affleck is a very good actor. When he becomes a director, he will be the BEST EVER.

Errol Morris can just pack his shit in.

Dukefrukem
01-17-2009, 06:05 AM
Guys, Ben Affleck is a pretty good actor and turned out to be a very good director.

Casey Affleck is a very good actor. When he becomes a director, he will be the BEST EVER.

Errol Morris can just pack his shit in.

mmmmmmk

chrisnu
01-17-2009, 06:08 AM
Joaquin is having a nervous breakdown before our very eyes.

Seriously, this is something I'd expect to see from The Onion, not for real.

chrisnu
01-17-2009, 06:12 AM
http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/01/m-c-joaquin-phoenix-butchers-rap-music/

To this I say... wtf

Dukefrukem
01-17-2009, 06:33 AM
what are you doing on tmz?

EvilShoe
01-17-2009, 07:33 AM
Affleck's his brother-in-law. He was probably forced.

Acapelli
01-17-2009, 08:34 AM
why is everyone just taking this at face value? it sounds like one big andy kaufman-like joke to me

Ezee E
01-17-2009, 01:51 PM
why is everyone just taking this at face value? it sounds like one big andy kaufman-like joke to me
Is what I'm thinking.

chrisnu
01-17-2009, 02:15 PM
what are you doing on tmz?
Uh, it's linked to in the article...

Dukefrukem
01-17-2009, 02:19 PM
Uh, it's linked to in the article...

YEH but how did you find it?

Kurosawa Fan
01-17-2009, 02:39 PM
YEH but how did you find it?

By reading the article that D7 posted in the first post. Why is this hard to understand? It's right there if you actually read what was posted in the first post.

Dukefrukem
01-17-2009, 02:43 PM
ahh its linked in the article. I just find TMZ to be wicked lame, hence me making a big deal about it. Didn't know if there were any avid readers/viewers here.

Sycophant
01-17-2009, 02:56 PM
Yeah, dude, seriously. SO FUCKING LAME. Anyone who was found to be reading it regularly would be banned, tracked down, and shot in the fucking skull.

Kurosawa Fan
01-17-2009, 03:27 PM
I don't know what TMZ is, but I guess it's pretty lame.

Dukefrukem
01-17-2009, 03:28 PM
I don't know what TMZ is, but I guess it's pretty lame.

Rep for not knowing.

Ezee E
01-17-2009, 09:17 PM
Yeah, dude, seriously. SO FUCKING LAME. Anyone who was found to be reading it regularly would be banned, tracked down, and shot in the fucking skull.
I wonder if there's a camp with people that escaped, and they discuss celebrity gossip all day long.

DavidSeven
01-18-2009, 09:16 AM
Phoenix's Debut Performance From Last Night (http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=e14e99c2-29f3-4447-b64c-f67a85864036) (video on TMZ -- I followed a link; I swear)

...and he falls off the stage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/davidseven/phoenix_affleck_6_wenn2249122-199x3.jpg

Derek
01-19-2009, 06:27 AM
Phoenix's Debut Performance From Last Night (http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=e14e99c2-29f3-4447-b64c-f67a85864036) (video on TMZ -- I followed a link; I swear)

...and he falls off the stage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/davidseven/phoenix_affleck_6_wenn2249122-199x3.jpg

The "done and done." in your signature has never worked better than following this post. :)

Mara
01-20-2009, 01:14 AM
why is everyone just taking this at face value? it sounds like one big andy kaufman-like joke to me

Yeah. Shenanigans.

EvilShoe
01-20-2009, 09:54 AM
Phoenix doesn't seem like the type who's familiar with the concept of comedy.

Ezee E
01-20-2009, 02:57 PM
Phoenix doesn't seem like the type who's familiar with the concept of comedy.
But he seems the type to be familiar with hip hop?

Kurosawa Fan
01-20-2009, 03:20 PM
But he seems the type to be familiar with hip hop?

Based on his performances thus far, I'd say no.

EvilShoe
01-20-2009, 03:35 PM
Based on his performances thus far, I'd say no.
Yeah, that's the right reply. So easy too, and I missed it.
I will delete my post now, and cry.

Kurosawa Fan
01-20-2009, 03:54 PM
Yeah, that's the right reply. So easy too, and I missed it.
I will delete my post now, and cry.

That's the sensible thing to do.

number8
01-20-2009, 06:59 PM
But he's under Diddy's tutelage!

Raiders
01-20-2009, 09:20 PM
I'm still going with Kaufman-esque joke. Maybe even Spinal Tap-ish joke, what now with this "documentary."

I... I have to hold out hope.

DavidSeven
01-20-2009, 11:53 PM
I'm not sure that Joaquin Phoenix as a poor man's Ali G is much more appealing than Joaquin Phoenix as a poor man's Vanilla Ice. Remarkable if he pulls it off though.

Raiders
01-28-2009, 09:27 PM
And the cat's out of the bag...

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/01/joaquin-phoenix.html

Amnesiac
01-29-2009, 08:22 AM
Phoenix doesn't seem like the type who's familiar with the concept of comedy.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/news/080121/joaquin_phoenix320.jpg

Ivan Drago
02-04-2009, 06:14 AM
A report contrary to the article Raiders posted:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_en_mo/people_joaquin_phoenix

Boner M
02-04-2009, 12:20 PM
Sounds like he's just desperately trying to keep the project under wraps.


"There's not a hoax," Phoenix said. "Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention."
I mean come on.

Dukefrukem
02-12-2009, 11:22 PM
Joaquin Phoenix's Letterman Appearance (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/11/joaquin-phoenixs-bizarre_n_166229.html)

Amnesiac
02-12-2009, 11:38 PM
If Letterman and Pheonix surreptitiously collaborated on that little segment, then hats off to Letterman for really selling his restrained indignation with the whole "I'll come to your house and chew gum" exchange. I was considering the possibility that this was just all part of Pheonix's elaborate pseudo-melt down but that particular exchange was convincingly uncomfortable.

Dukefrukem
02-12-2009, 11:43 PM
If Letterman and Pheonix surreptitiously collaborated on that little segment, then hats off to Letterman for really selling his restrained indignation with the whole "I'll come to your house and chew gum" exchange. I was considering the possibility that this was just all part of Pheonix's elaborate pseudo-melt down but that particular exchange was convincingly uncomfortable.

I thought the whole thing was staged.

Amnesiac
02-12-2009, 11:48 PM
I thought the whole thing was staged.

Yeah, this very well might be the case. If so, at least Letterman put some effort into lending the thing some credence.

Qrazy
02-12-2009, 11:52 PM
Yeah, dude, seriously. SO FUCKING LAME. Anyone who was found to be reading it regularly would be banned, tracked down, and shot in the fucking skull.

Awesome post.

number8
02-12-2009, 11:54 PM
Yeah, this very well might be the case. If so, at least Letterman put some effort into lending the thing some credence.

I thought Letterman kind of broke the hoax a bit. A talk show host wouldn't really make fun of a guest the way he did if they didn't know beforehand that the guy's not being serious.

Amnesiac
02-12-2009, 11:57 PM
I thought Letterman kind of broke the hoax a bit. A talk show host wouldn't really make fun of a guest the way he did if they didn't know beforehand that the guy's not being serious.

Yeah, maybe. Yet somehow I didn't see the attitude as being particularly out of the ordinary for someone like Letterman.

Raiders
02-13-2009, 12:16 AM
Letterman has made fun of his guests numerous times. Or are we saying Crispin Glover's appearance was a staged act as well? Not to forget Letterman's bout with Harvey Pekar.

Sycophant
02-13-2009, 12:19 AM
Or any of the trainwrecks that are Richard Simmons interviews.

Or any time Letterman gets the sense that his guest is boring and begins to lob veiled insults and generally be condescending.

It's kind of become Letterman's thing.

Ezee E
02-13-2009, 12:40 AM
Yeah, Letterman insults as many as Leno blows.

Dukefrukem
02-13-2009, 02:34 AM
I thought Letterman kind of broke the hoax a bit. A talk show host wouldn't really make fun of a guest the way he did if they didn't know beforehand that the guy's not being serious.

He was def. going overboard a bit... but the audience was eating it up. And the gum comment solidified it.


Yeah, Letterman insults as many as Leno blows.

So fucking true.

Ezee E
02-13-2009, 05:24 AM
watched it. I found it convincing.

Kurosawa Fan
02-15-2009, 02:06 AM
Yeah, that was Letterman being Letterman with an uncooperative guest. I didn't find anything suspicious. I still think it's a ruse by Phoenix, but I don't think Letterman was in on the gag.