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  WATCH: Joaquin Phoenix's Oddball Hip-Hop Doc

  August 17, 2010 – Remember when Joaquin Phoenix quit acting to become a rapper and paraded around different late night talk shows looking like a homeless dude? Well, Phoenix's brother-in-law, actor Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone), captured that experience on film, and it's being released September 10 as a documentary titled I'm Still Here. …
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  Gwyneth Paltrow on Joaquin Phoenix: "I'm Not Convinced"

  March 16, 2009 – Add Gwyneth Paltrow to the growing list of people who aren't buying Joaquin Phoenix's hip-hop sincerity. In a recent interview the actress commented on Phoenix and his retirement from film to pursue hip-hip. "I'm not totally convinced that this is his last film," she said of her Two Lovers costar. "I think that there might be something going on. I'm not sure what, but... …
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  Joaquin Phoenix Confronts Heckler in Miami

  March 12, 2009 – It's hard out there for a pimp -- and, also, for Joaquin Phoenix's hip-hop career. During his performance in Miami Beach, FL, last night, the aspiring (and possibly conspiring) rapper had a dramatic run-in with a heckler -- no, it wasn't Ben Stiller -- and ended up being hauled off by security guards. Phoenix headlined a party -- aptly-titled "Dirty Hairy," no less -- at the Fontainebleau Hotel's Liv nightclub. …
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  Rock Stars Benefit from Obama Stimulus Plan!

  February 24, 2009 – Given all the new beneficiaries of President Obama's economic stimulus package -- first-time home-buyers, small business owners, unemployed bloggers -- the American rock music industry seems to have been cruelly overlooked. For just a fraction of that $787 billion, many singers and rappers at risk could be pulled from the brink of ruin. …
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  Joaquin Phoenix on Music Career: "It's No Hoax"

  February 4, 2009 – In the wake of actor Joaquin Phoenix's career-change and debut as a rapper, there's been widespread speculation that it was all part of some elaborate hoax. For starters, his buddy and fellow actor Casey Affleck was filming the whole thing. P. Diddy is said to be producing Phoenix's debut, and the newbie rapper's first show in Las Vegas sounded (and appeared on the internet) spectacularly... bad. …
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  Joaquin Phoenix Quits Acting to Pursue Music

  October 30, 2008 – Attention Led Zeppelin: We hear you're in the market for a new frontman and we have a lovely Johnny Cash-like singer you just might be interested in. That's right: Joaquin Phoenix, the man who so winningly portrayed the Man In Black in Walk the Line, is calling it quits on his acting career in order to pursue his musical ambitions. …
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