Saturday, January 17, 2009

"Gimme the Ledger presciption."

According to AP, 'SpaceCamp' star and now former actor Joaquin Phoenix will be performing his first hip-hop show tonight at an unspecified club in Las Vegas. The gig will be the filmed by Phoenix’s brother in law - To Die For co-star, actor Casey Affleck. Affleck, that's Ben's brother, will turn Phoenix’s pursuit to become a hip-hop star into a feature-length documentary.The Hollywood Reporter says none other than P.Diddy, who was recently seen partying with Phoenix and also saying something like "yeah...you know how we do!....Obama...yadda yadda..Obama" or something like that on TV - will produce the actor’s forthcoming album.
In what was thought to be just a joke at the time but still kind of one now, the star of the 1987 film 'Russkies' actually attempted to rap during an impromptu concert last month in Culver City, California. Joaquin, looking like Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison during the recording of L.A. Woman, mumbles and slurs his way through his verses while rhyming the words “Boom” and “Room” over and over again. The MC told the stupefied crowd, “He ain’t done yet,” before Phoenix retook the mic to similar results. If this is all a prank, this is maybe just stupid...if it's real - it is really stupid. P.S. He will not be missed as an actor and yes, Andy Kaufman is missed and he really did wrestle women.