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Tag Archives: Joaquin Phoenix
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia – Walk the Line and Johnny Cash’s favourite film
While making the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, director and co-writer James Mangold had numerous conversations with the troubled country star to get inside his head and understand what it was that haunted him throughout his life. Apparently, during … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Frankenstein, james mangold, Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Cash, Walk the Line
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Couch Potato’s Top 10 Country Music Movies
As promised – with Wednesday’s country-themed Name That Chest to mark the UK release of Country Strong this weekend – here is my Top 10 of country music movies: By the way, I’m leaving Country Strong out of this list, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chely Wright, Clint Eastwood, Coal Miner's Daughter, country strong, Crazy Heart, Dolly Parton, Down From the Mountain, glee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Honkytonk Man, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Joaquin Phoenix, Love Can Build a Bridge, maggie gyllenhaal, Nashville, O Brother Where Art Thou, Reese Witherspoon, Rhinestone, Robert Altman, Shut Up and Sing, Sissy Spacek, Sweet Dreams, Sylvester Stallone, The Dixie Chicks, Walk the Line, Wish Me Away
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News Hound | Gwynnie Paltrow and Justin Trousersnake swap careers
It seems that Joaquin Phoenix’s puzzling career change has inspired others to dabble. Gwyneth Paltrow has just recorded a country music track called Country Strong for an upcoming movie (with the same name), where she plays down-and-out country star Kelly … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Seyfried, coldplay, country strong, duets, Gwyneth Paltrow, i\'m.mortal, Joaquin Phoenix, justin timberlake, kelly canter, petition, uk film council
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News Hound | Mel Gibson has very officially lost the plot (again and again and again)
News Hound sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… Mel Gibson is hardly known as a saint, what with his history of … Continue reading
News Muse – London Premiere of 17 Again
Last night, I went to the premiere of Zac Efron‘s latest movie 17 Again, co-starring Matthew Perry and Leslie Mann. Remember when I got caught up in the Twilight premiere? Add more, many many more, shrieking pre-teen and teenage girls … Continue reading
News Muse – it’s all about the actors
Last week, News Muse was speculating over whether Joaquin Phoenix had lost the plot or if there was some method to his madness. Well, not to my surprise, the Artist Formerly Known As Reatively Normal has the world as his … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman, Bond, Bourne Identity, Christian Bale, Happening, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Damon, Sarah Palin, The Talented Mr Ripley, Two Lovers
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News Muse – From hero to zero: the rapper formerly known as the actor Joaquin Phoenix
It started last October with Joaquin Phoenix’s shock announcement that he was retiring from acting to pursue a music career: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video (Is it just me, or does the man … Continue reading
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Tagged Borat, Casey Affleck, Gigli, Howard Hughes, Joaquin Phoenix, Leonardo DiCaprio, Park Lane, The Aviator
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Couch Potato Pickings – Walk the Line
This brilliantly acted, award winning biopic of Johnny Cash offers a moving picture of his passionate relationship with June Carter, as well as an exhilarating portrait of the country music scene in the 1950s and 1960s . And with its … Continue reading
