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What The World Needs Now: Prince Charming With A Beard
The facial hair world can finally sleep better at night now. For the first time in almost 60 years, The Walt Disney Co. will be free of breaking the discrimination laws that it had in the past by not allowing their employees to grow facial hair. More »
Celebrity Lookalikes: Uh Oh, Is Jude Law Doing a Joaquin Phoenix Thing?
Forgive me if I’m being alarmist, but spotting a handsome actor suddenly grown a big, bushy beard doesn’t sit so well after the whole Joaquin Phoenix thing. Are we to expect a faux-documentary about Jude Law‘s new career as a soul singer? Because I’m not sure I can handle another one of these fake celeb meltdowns. More »
14 Celebrities with Scars
We talk so much about celebrities’ outrageous tattoos that I figured it was worth searching for actors, musicians, and reality stars who have more lasting impressions on their skin. Some are self-inflicted, others thanks to medicine and diseases alike. But you can bet that we remember each and every one. More »
We guess you could watch this video of Kevin Bacon becoming a “rapper” – Or we could just go ahead and tell you that he means “wrapper.” (Something something six degrees from Joaquin Phoenix.) (OMG)
Trailer: Dax Shepard’s new martial arts mockumentary looks terrible – Joaquin Phoenix plus Danny McBride equals Dax Shepard? Greaaaat. We can’t wait to not see this movie. (Vulture)
Rich People: ‘Entourage’ House Up For Sale
For a mere $5.75 million, the house where Vincent Chase swam nude with a be-pubic haired Sasha Grey could be yours! That’s right, the home from the 7th season of Entourage is up for sale. How exciting for Adrian Grenier fans everywhere (paging Joaquin Phoenix). More »
Fan Fiction: James Franco, Adrian Grenier, and Joaquin Phoenix Have A Party
“Why helloooo there, friends!” A man bustled into one of James Franco‘s many gigantic lofts (this one located in the cool part of East-East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which real estate agents had promised James was so hip and underground, there weren’t even trains in a 20 block radius). The man who entered the apartment was wearing giant glasses with a fake nose attached, a tutu dress, and a shirt that said “Fuck Celebrities.”
“Hello, Adrian Grenier,” said James Franco, sitting naked — save for the Eyes Wide Shut orgy mask he had picked up on his travels — on a hemp rug with his house-guest, actor/visionary Joaquin Phoenix, “Won’t you please come in and join our little party? Now that you are here, we can properly start the process of gratuitous self-congratulation.” More »
The Daily WTF: Be Careful, Jared Leto!
Jared Leto the actor, Jared Leto the musician and now Jared Leto the Cirque du Soleil performer? Everyone’s favorite, um, member of 30 Second to Mars ran free on the streets of New York a few nights ago and Terry Richardson was there to capture it all. Be careful, Jared. With Joaquin Phoenix and James Franco around, the performance artist market is pretty darn saturated. More »
Gallery: PETA’s 30th Anniversary Gala
PETA turned 30 this year, and the organization rang in its birthday with a gala chock full of stars. Lea Michelle, Kellan Lutz and Kelly Osbourne ditched their leather to hang around with the Joaquin and the Phoenix clan. We assume 50 Cent‘s invitation got lost in the mail. More »
Crush Links: James Franco Let Down By ‘Twilight’ Sex
• James Franco was “let down” by the Twilight sex scenes in the book. Soooo straight, that one. (PopSugar)
• The Office is starting tonight, and whether or not this will be the last season is still up in the air. One thing guaranteed? Amy Ryan will be coming back by December. (Entertainment Weekly)
• iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove is making a cameo appearance on The Good Wife. (Wonderwall)
• American Idol‘s panel is now Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, alongside Randy Jackson. Fun! (Betty Confidential)
• Lindsay Lohan‘s got a new friend in Jesus, according to her father, and this new (kinda hot) televangical preacher. (TMZ)
• The Inception video game is going to take us to as-yet-unexplored dream states. (Nerve)
• Joaquin Phoenix “apologized” to David Letterman and his audience for fooling them with his I’m Still Here antics. But uh, Letterman was in on it? Sooo…(RadarOnline) More »
Adrian Grenier Recruits Annoying Celebrity Friends For Fake Ad: The SlebSuit
What do you get when combine the ridiculousness unfortunately misplaced Andy Kaufman-esque performance art of Joaquin Phoenix with the “high-concept” rationalizations for all of James Franco’s recent work COMBINED with a smug, self-righteous atttiude about the hardships of fame AND some sort of weird Tim and Eric non-sequitor humor? Adrian Grenier’s recent viral promotions for Teenage Paparazzi, of course! Here’s a commercial he made for his upcoming HBO documentary (he is so serious!) starring some of his “friends” like “Kim… More »
David Letterman in on the Joaquin Phoenix hoax – Was Letterman in on the JP ruse the whole time? A Late Show writer is claiming the TV host knew about Joaquin’s joke before his now infamous interview — and was eager to play along. Lame! (via Popeater)
Five Jobs We Think Joaquin Phoenix Should Take
Yesterday, the whole Joaquin Phoenix ex-actor/rapper/beard-having-person thing was finally revealed to be a hoax — something we called 5 minutes into the screening of his and Casey Affleck’s infuriating “documentary.” Casey explained that Joaquin’s so-called freakout was nothing more than a bit of self-indulgent performance art. Thanks for wasting our time, Joaq! Now that J.P.’s traditional acting career has gone beer-belly up, we thought of five jobs he might want to consider taking:
• Birthday Party Clown: Joaquin Phoenix with a clown nose, Joaquin Phoenix with polka dots, or even just Joaquin Phoenix with a beard and a pair of stupid sunglasses. I would hire the shit out of this guy to come entertain my drunk pals in Williamsburg.
• Weight Watchers Spokesman: Mr. Phoenix packed on some weight for his little charade, and lost it just as quickly. If he’s going to be fluctuating his poundage so frequently, he might as well make some money off it. He and Jared would look cute together.
• Life Coach: “Um, yeah. Just don’t do what I did and you’ll be fine.” More »
Crush Links: Yep, Penelope Cruz is Pregnant, and Britney Spears May Be Engaged
• Yeah, Penelope Cruz is already past her first trimester. (People)
• Britney Spears was seen sporting a ring…an engagement ring? (Your Tango)
• Is someone sabotaging American Idol by giving Jennifer Lopez a bad name? Is it J-Lo herself?? (TMZ)
• AOL and the Jonas Brothers…a match made in heaven? (The Hollywood Reporter)
• 50 Cent is going to be on Eastenders, the UK soap opera. (NME)
• Anna Wintour heard that Lady Gaga is a diva, says Lady Gaga’s unofficial biography. Well, that seems like some legitimate source work. (RadarOnline)
• Joaquin Phoenix is returning to Letterman…maybe he’s planning to make a sequel to I’m Still Here? (OK! Magazine) More »
Someone Is Pretending to be Joaquin Phoenix - Are we sure this isn’t just isn’t some homeless guy asking for change at the Toronto Film Festival? Or Vincent Gallo? (via Vulture)
John Mayer’s Metaphoric Retirement
Is John Mayer retiring? Or just taking a cue from Joaquin Phoenix? John posted this photo to his blog, with the caption: “A Self Portrait of The Artist Three Days Before His Metaphoric Retirement.” So what’s the deal? Does Mayer plan on taking up acting? More »
Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘I’m Still Here’ Turns Out To Be A Hoax, Not Very Well Executed
I’m Still Here is the title of the Joaquin Phoenix documentary opening this weekend. I’m Still Here is also the title of another film – one Joaquin helped narrate along with several other movie stars in 2005. The rest of that movie’s title? Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust.
So why would Joaquin choose to call a project about himself, one that centers on his own hideous emotional breakdown, the same thing as a serious-minded film about kids victimized by the Holocaust? That might be the most interesting question the documentary brings up, and one that we wanted answered when we arrived at a preview screening of I’m Still Here in New York last night. More »
The Great Joseph Gordon-Levitt Playlist: ‘Natural Woman,’ And More!
“Best Thing About Inception” Joseph Gordon-Levitt has something in common with the semi-deluded people who audition for American Idol: They think they can sing! But it’s not all about singing on-key. It’s about passion. And JGL – who we could watch for hours floating around in a dream-within-a-dream – certainly has passion in spades. Take, for example, this video clip of the actor performing a cover of Natural Woman as Carole King never imagined it. More »
Video: First Trailer For Joaquin Phoenix’s Documentary ‘I’m Still Here’
While Joaquin Phoenix was going off the rails – or pretending to, at least – his good buddy Casey Affleck caught the whole thing on camera. The result is the documentary I’m Still Here, which may or may not be a hoax. While there is mystery surrounding Joaquin’s maybe-nervous breakdown, the hyper-talented actor does have a history of bizarre behavior. One time a Crushable friend interviewed him on the red carpet and, out of nowhere, he asked our friend whether there was a frog sitting on his head. Needless to say, there wasn’t.
Crushable Commenter of the Week: Rob’s ‘Still Here’
There are two types of commenters in this world: Those who agree with you, and those who are idiots. Oh, also spammers. And people who write in Ukrainian and post on your site, but we mark them as spam anyway. Or, another way to look at it: Those who write short comments, and those write long, rambling, incoherent essays.
And then there are those few commenters that write something that’s longer than one sentence but less than five pages, uses correct punctuation, and actually gets his point across succinctly. So congrats to Rob for his thoughtful musings on Joaquin Phoenix in I’m Still Here. You’re our commenter of the Week!
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