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NEWS ABOUT: Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck stories: 7 news summaries

Joaquin Pounces on Heckler
at Rap 'Concert'

Another stunt?

Mar 12, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security guards hauled off neo-rapper Joaquin Phoenix early this morning after he leaped from the stage during a Miami Beach concert to confront a heckler, reports AP. The increasingly bizarre actor appeared in a disheveled suit to mutter mostly unintelligible lyrics after appearing four hours late to the concert. Suddenly... More »

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rapper • hoax • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • Borat • actor

 Phoenix: Music Is My Legacy 

Not my acting

Feb 17, 09 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix thinks he’ll be remembered for his music, rather than his Oscar-nominated acting, he tells the Mirror. Phoenix is a lot wordier than he was in his monosyllabic appearance on Letterman, telling the paper he’s serious about becoming a rapper. “I feel like everything... More »

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music • film • rap music • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • mockumentary • movies • celebrity interview

(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix really is a struggling rap artist, a rep tells MTV. “The transition from one career to another is never seamless,” the actor’s publicist says. “He intends on exploring his musical interests despite speculative, negative, or positive reactions.” The statement is in direct contrast... More »

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celebrity • rapper • rap music • hoax • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • actor • acting • acting career

 Phoenix 
 'Breakdown' 
 More Like 
 a Put-On 

Phoenix' rap career might just be a show

Jan 28, 09 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix's transformation from Oscar-nominated actor to bumbling rapper may be a prank meant to satirize media coverage of pompous actors, Entertainment Weekly reports. “He said, ‘It's a put-on. I'm going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey [Affleck] is going to film it,... More »

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celebrity • rapper • rap music • hoax • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • actor • acting • acting career

(Newser) - Retired actor and ex-Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix hit a Vegas stage last night in his new incarnation—as a rapper, People reports. "This is me saying this is who I am. This is my story," Phoenix said before performing at LAVO in The Palazzo. Brother-in-law Casey Affleck recorded... More »

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music • rapper • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • actor

Top Breakthrough Roles of 2007

Here's a look at actors who came of age this year

Feb 10, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Before No Country for Old Men, Josh Brolin couldn’t get a job. “My most famous role was in The Goonies,” he reflects. Now, scripts are pouring in. Brolin is one of the New York Times’ 15 “breakout” performers of the year. Many, though not all, are... More »

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Academy Awards • list • Paul Dano • Superbad • Michael Cera • Lust, Caution • Casey Affleck • No Country for Old Men • Josh Brolin • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Juno • Atonement • Across the Universe • actor • Marion Cotillard • Julie Christie • Seth Rogen • Knocked Up • The Assassination of Jesse James • Hal Holbrook • James McAvoy • Sienna Miller • Margot at the Wedding • La Vie en Rose • Away From Her

Afflecks' Gone Baby a Real Coup

Oct 19, 07 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ben Affleck “emerges triumphant” from his directorial debut, Rolling Stone says in reviewing Gone Baby Gone, out today and already a critics' darling. “It's one of the best crime movies of this decade,” the Hollywood Reporter raves. Younger brother Casey stars as a PI searching for... More »

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movie review • Ben Affleck • Casey Affleck

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