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NEWS ABOUT: Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves stories: 11 news summaries
SWAYZE ROUNDUP

 Patrick Swayze to Be Cremated 

Plus, a first look at the actor's book with wife Lisa Niemi, and more tributes

Sep 16, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze’s ashes will be spread across his New Mexican Rancho de Días Alegres (Ranch of Happy Days), which he called his favorite place in the world, a source tells Radar. The actor’s body, currently in Los Angeles, will be cremated within 48 hours. More Swayze news:... More »

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entertainment • cremation • celebrity • Keanu Reeves • Patrick Swayze • Lisa Niemi • celebrity death

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Jacko Doc 
 Hedges 
 on Whether 
 He's Bio Dad 

Plus, LiLo's latest career tragedy, and more

Jul 8, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s longtime dermatologist—and the rumored biological father of his two elder kids—told Good Morning America today, “To the best of my knowledge, I am not the father of these children.” Arnold Klein also denied prescribing any of the dangerous painkillers Jackson allegedly took. Elsewhere:... More »

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entertainment • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Keanu Reeves • Michael Jackson • Kendra Wilkinson • The Hangover • celebrity death • Arnold Klein

OPINION

Earth Tops Box Office
as Specialty Flicks Shine

Golden Globe nominations give specialty flicks a boost

Dec 14, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Day the Earth Stood Still pulled in $31 million and topped the box office this weekend, but specialty films drew bigger buzz, Variety reports. Benefiting from Golden Globe noms, Milk cracked the top ten with $2.6 million and Slumdog Millionaire banked $2.2 million. Clint Eastwood’s Gran ... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • Meryl Streep • Keanu Reeves • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk

movie review

 The Day the Earth Got Silly 

'Philosophical' meets 'camp' in sci-fi remake

Dec 12, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The Day the Earth Stood Still brings “stone-faced silliness” to what’s intended to be a “philosophical discussion” of humankind’s foibles, writes Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News. The human-extinction sci-fi remake's “major action sequences are never exciting,” and its attempt to make... More »

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film • movie review • Keanu Reeves • The Day the Earth Stood Still

OPINION

 Best, Worst Flicks About 'Net 

The Matrix leads the good side; The Net among genre's ugly examples

Nov 13, 08 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Christopher Null, in PC World, has compiled his five best, and five worst, movies that are either about the Internet or use it as a plot device: The good:
  1. The Matrix (1998): Keanu Reeves bends bullets.
  2. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005): Meeting people online equals
... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Internet • film • Keanu Reeves • movies • Sandra Bullock • The Matrix

GLOSSIES

 Dude, Like, Keanu Is a Genius 

Pithy player prefers Proust, poetry, and, possibly, Parker Posey

Nov 4, 08 4:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Seeing his oeuvre on screen, you might believe action hero Keanu Reeves has trouble finishing a sentence. But after spending a day with the actor, Jeff Gordinier reports for Details that the star of films from Bill and Ted to The Matrix has in fact finished Proust's quotidian memoir and... More »

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Hollywood • Keanu Reeves • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Scott Derrickson • Marcel Proust • The Matrix • Dude • Parker Posey

 Reeves Wins 
 Paparazzo 
 Lawsuit 

Actor not liable for photographer's injuries

Nov 3, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - A jury has found Keanu Reeves not liable for a paparazzo’s injuries sustained when the actor allegedly hit him with his car, People reports. Photographer Alison Silva said he injured his wrist after Reeves struck him while leaving a parking space, and the mishap left him unable to work.... More »

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car accident • paparazzi • Keanu Reeves • liability • civil lawsuits

 Keanu Testifies, 
 Denies Car 
 Hit Photog 

Paparazzo insists Reeves' Porsche bumped, injured him

Oct 29, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keanu Reeves and a paparazzo faced off in court yesterday over whether the Matrix actor hit the photog with his car last year, AP reports. Reeves insisted he inched forward to try to get by the lurking paparazzo, Alison Silva. But Silva, in his civil case, insists the bumper of... More »

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California • celebrity trials • paparazzi • Keanu Reeves

Prom Night
Nabs Weekend Crown

Horror flick tops
Street Kings, 21
at box office

Apr 13, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prom Night scored at the box office this weekend, opening in first with $23 million, Variety reports. It easily shot down Keanu Reeves’ cop thriller Street Kings ($12 million) and trumped gambling flick 21, which banked $11 million in third. Dennis Quaid’s Smart People... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Keanu Reeves • horror flims • movies

MOVIE REVIEW

  No Crown for Street Kings 

Cop flick puts overwrought machismo on display

Apr 11, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Street Kings doesn't get a lot of love from critics, who say it resorts at times to the worst of cop-flick cliches. Keanu Reeves plays a cold-hearted, vodka-swigging LA vice cop who's hunting down his former partner's murderers. And while screenwriter James Ellroy's pulp machismo has worked before, here Reeves... More »

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Keanu Reeves • action movie • movies • Street Fights • James Ellroy

Can Keanu Outact a Robot?

Whoa—Day the Earth Stood Still
remake scores Matrix star

Aug 27, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keanu Reeves is coming back to sci-fi—the Matrix star will play the mysterious alien Klaatu in an upcoming remake of 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still, Variety reports. In the original, Klaatu threatened Earth with destruction if humans didn't stop fighting amongst themselves. No word yet on the... More »

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film • Keanu Reeves • Klaatu • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Scott Derrickson • The Night Watchman • David Ayer • actor • movies

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