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hollywoodinsider.ew.com - 1/27/2009

Joaquin Phoenix's rap career: An elaborate hoax? | Showbiz News and Scoop | Studio and Network Dish

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Joaquinphoenixrapping_l Two people close to Joaquin Phoenix tell EW that the actor's recent attempt to reinvent himself as a rapper is not what it appears to be. Ever since the actor announced he was ditching his career in movies to try to make it as a rap artist , speculation has flown wildly ...

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moviesblog.mtv.com - 1/28/2009

Casey Affleck To Direct Documentary On Joaquin Phoenix’s Musical Career

— moviesblog.mtv.com — In one of the strangest celebrity stories of 2008, Joaquin Phoenix abruptly announced he was quitting acting... to pursue a career in music — and not in a guitar-strumming, Johnny Cash way, but as a rapper, with his first album to be produced by ... (more) Casey Affleck To Direct Documentary On Joaquin Phoenix’s ...

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cinematical.com - 2/1/2009

Have We Been Punk'd by Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck?

— cinematical.com — I'm all for people looking to expand their creative horizons, but I know -- like most of... you -- that when news first hit that Joaquin Phoenix was retiring from acting to focus on a hip-hop career, my first reaction was: Are you kidding me? Well, it ... (more) Have We Been Punk'd by Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck?

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screenrant.com - 1/29/2009

Joaquin Phoenix Might Be Acting

— screenrant.com — If you’re a big star in Hollywood having a giant mental meltdown isn’t exactly earth shattering news.... Like they say, the bigger the star the brighter it burns. Naturally, it’s the media’s job to watch that star explode ... (more) Joaquin Phoenix Might Be Acting

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Joaquin Phoenix's "Rap Career" Officially Outed As Hoax? We Weep
:: The Playlist :: — ... (though apparently his people have said, "no comment") and being documented by Casey Affleck. Many people have speculated that the stunt is nothing but a hoax. ...

Joaquin Phoenix’s Rap Career A Joke… No, Really?
Hollywoodtuna — ... for a career as a crappy rapper, EW informs us - gasp! - it “might” just be a hoax to “lampoon pompous actors and punk the media that covers them.” A source says Joaquin told him, ” ‘It’s a put-on. I’m going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it.’ ” ...

Joaquin's New Career an Elaborate Hoax?
Get The Big Picture — When you're as odd as Joaquin Phoenix, it's hard to know what to take seriously. The notoriously hard to figure actor announced last fall he was leaving acting, only to pop up in Las Vegas this month rapping. Stranger still, Phoenix' brother-in-law, Casey Affleck, filmed the whole thing, reportedly for a documentary. Now Entertainment Weekly reports that it might all be a cunning ruse. O, that tricky Joaquin! The ...

Joaquin Phoenix's Rap Career Really Is A Hoax
Cinema Blend News — Joaquin Phoenix's Rap Career Really Is A Hoax Joaquin Phoenix was almost to the point that, just by sticking to his story, he could have convinced the world that he really was going to try and make it as a rapper. And then some unnamed sources go and spill the beans. Entertainment Weekly quote an anonymous friend of Phoenix's, saying "He said, 'It's a put-on. I'm going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it." So this is the point where we ask, which is more fun? Joaquin ...