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10-12-The IAAL site will be opening :) today, it isn't changed yet, so I hope that they don't change the date again

09-12-I looked in the UK Empire magazine today (thanks to Louise for telling me about it)

It says that Joaquin turned down the play This Is Our Youth after Signs, but he might change his mind, also playing the role might be Leonardo Dicaprio

*Big thanks to SKyblue from Joaqrophenia who found a new great trailer HERE from IAAL

You also can download a dialogue out of the movie etc, so you better check that site out at Trust Film DK

Sheryl and her friend Kimmy showed up about 5:45. We enter the place
and get a somewhat good spot as Desaparecidos comes out. They rock
and roll and then rock and roll some more. Guitar smashing. I
seriously thought that Conor had accidentally hit someone in the head
with his guitar - they were smashing so close to each other. Eek.

Next up was The Good Life. They were okay. Eh. Now It's Overhead. I
enjoyed them. The man in drag. Azure Ray. Also enjoyable. Man in drag
sans wig. Pretty, pretty hair. I really had to go to the bathroom,
and I felt it would only get more difficult to get closer to the
front, so I went. On the way back, I passed a good-looking man in a
white t-shirt and jeans. He was smoking a cigarette, and he looked
very suave. I glanced at him until I realized it was Joaquin Phoenix.
Ohh sexiness.

Joaquin into Omaha rock band Desaparecidos?
DATELINE: NEW YOR, Considered one of the biggest music festivals in the country, the CMJ (College Music Journal) Music Marathon draws more than 10,000 music professionals, artists and fans to the Big Apple every year... Actor Joaquin Phoenix joined the mass of friends and family gathered in the upstairs dressing rooms

In this month's (january 2003) UK empire magazine there is a piece about the play THIS IS OUR YOUTH, it says that Joaquin might be thinking of doing it, following his sister Summer and buds Casey Affleck and Matt Damon

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOTION PICTURE

'Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'
'Red Dragon'
'Signs'

Also reflected is the star power Gilmore spoke about, with such actors as Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Mel Gibson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kevin Spacey, Penelope Cruz, Joaquin Phoenix, Kirsten Dunst, Morgan Freeman and Holly Hunter starring in 2003 Sundance films, some of which will be announced Wednesday.

Director Gregor Jordan's "Buffalo Soldiers," which played the Toronto International Film Festival in 2001 and which Miramax will release next year, offers a look at U.S. soldiers in peacetime Germany and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris and Scott Glenn.

Other world premieres will include Vinterberg's apocalyptic sci-fier "It's All About Love," the Danish helmer's first film since the acclaimed "Celebration," starring Danes and Joaquin Phoenix

If a major star like Michael Caine, with a shot at Best Actor, has so much trouble persuading a Hollywood studio to release a film that criticizes US foreign policy of a half-century ago, what is happening to other films that somebody might consider unpatriotic or anti-American? We already know about another completed film now regarded as a problem: Buffalo Soldiers, an antimilitary satire about the US Army in Germany in 1989, which one critic said "makes M*A*S*H look like a recruitment video." That's another one that Miramax acquired before 9/11 and then put on hold. Miramax told the Times it planned to release the film in March with a new voiceover by Joaquin Phoenix, but events in Iraq could change those plans.

"Buffalo Soldiers," directed by Gregor Jordan
A criminal subculture operates among US soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Wall.
CAST: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Dean Stockwell, Elizabeth McGovern

->The ability to get a proper release has also haunted the film makers behind two other postponed movies, Buffalo Soldiers and The Grey Zone, a Holocaust drama. Both had premieres at last year's Toronto festival to positive reaction. Buffalo Soldiers was released in Germany under the title Army Go Home, but it will not be released in the US until next year. The Grey Zone, however, opened in the US on limited release. Buffalo Soldiers, from the Australian writer and director Gregor Jordan, is a rambunctious military comedy, which, according to one critic, "makes M*A*S*H look like a recruitment video". The film stars Scott Glenn as a Vietnam vet who, in 1989, cleans up a thriving black market in West Germany run by an army private (Joaquin Phoenix). Distributors chased the movie after its first screening; Miramax grabbed it on September 10. The next day, the cynical farce was on indefinite hold. "It's not that easy to release post-9/11," Jordan says. "Before 9/11, the world was a safer and happier place where people were not thinking about war. Now, they're thinking about it every day. The film says that the American Army and armies around the world are full of psychopaths whose aim is to go out and kill people." While America prepares for a possible war against Iraq, movie goers could easily read that message as unpatriotic. "It's not anti-patriotic," Jordan says. "It asks the question: why do people want to keep killing each other? A big section of the world community is asking these questions. I think cinema audiences are getting a bit frustrated with the overwhelming political correct-ness going on." Miramax executives said the satire would open in the US in March with a new voice-over by Phoenix that makes clear that the events depicted are based on fact. "It is tough and anti-military," Weinstein says, "but even if we go to war with Iraq, enough is enough. We'll open it, no matter what."

->As usual, the lineup for January's Sundance Film Festival is star-
heavy, reflecting both the eagerness of Hollywood players to stretch
in indie films and the difficulty of getting indie films financed and
shot without big-name stars aboard. Names appearing on the marquee at
the Park City, Utah-based festival will include Mel Gibson, Al
Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Kirsten Dunst, Morgan Freeman,
Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Jessica Lange, Holly Hunter, and
Penélope Cruz, according to the festival lineup announced Monday. Big
names will be behind the camera as well, with the festival featuring
the directing debuts of Salma Hayek and Matt Dillon. Read it all HERE

After Bend It Like Beckham's mega success, Gurinder Chaddha had promised an out and out Bollywood mix as her next venture. And she seems to have stuck to her word. Gurinder has signed on Santosh Sivan as the cinematographer for her next project titled Bride & Prejudice. What's more she has managed a coup of sorts on the casting front. News is that she has convinced Aishwarya Rai to play the lead role in this film. Playing the male lead will be Hollywood star Joaquin Pheonix. Phoenix had enthralled the audience with his performances in Gladiator as the villain Caesar and more recently in Signs as Mel Gibson's brother. Three quarters of a film is casting and with Ash, Pheonix and Santosh Sivan in place and Gurinder at the helm, we have another Indo-Brit winner in Bride and Prejudice.

01-12-We are gonna have to wait a bit longer for the IAAL site, they changed the release date of the site to 10 december 2002

*Thanks to Christina Wilson from Joaqrophenia translated the text from this IAAL website you can read it whole HERE

Joaquin Pheonix plays John
“There were three reasons to why I decided to say yes
to the part as John: the script, Thomas Vinterberg and
Claire Danes. I think John was a fantastic part, it
was a beautiful story and I really wanted to work with
Thomas and Claire. There was something in John’s
character I hadn’t found before and which I wanted to
explore – an openness and sensitivity in the
character. I’m really happy to have played John –
living his story.”

[Book Description]
For over twenty years, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) has fought for animal rights using creative tactics that have
included media stunts, shocking footage, and numerous celebrity
endorsements. Such stars as Paul McCartney, Pamela Anderson, Chrissie
Hynde, Joaquin Phoenix, Prince, Drew Barrymore, Gillian Anderson,
Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Kevin Nealon, and
many others have made a commitment to a cruelty-free lifestyle and a
compassionate diet.
Now PETA has gathered all the fun and simple recipes of its celebrity
sponsors into one book. You can enjoy Alicia Silverstone's Artichoke
Dip, dig into hip-hop king Russell Simmonsf Mamafs Mock "Meatloaf,"
savor Fabio's Red Hot Risotto, and chow down on Fiona Apple's Sweet
and Sour "Neatballs."

[About the Author]
Ingrid Newkirk is the president of People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals. She is the author of Free the Animals: The Amazing True
Story of the Animal Liberation Front and You Can Save the Animals:
251 Ways to Stop Thoughtless Cruelty. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY, syndicated Th 11/28: Whoopi Goldberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Tweet, Ethan Hawke, Verne Troyer

FROM www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/movies/mv1392.php

It looks like Buffalo Soldiers isn't the first JP film to be released
at an unfortunate time; he's had this problem before:

In a case of spectacularly unfortunate timing, SpaceCamp was due for
release shortly after the tragic Challenger explosion. 20th Century
Fox pushed the release date forward several months, but it wasn't
enough. SpaceCamp barely got off the ground, but it did influence a
generation of young space junkies and astro-wannabes to hound their
parents for a trip to the real Space Camp.

So what happened to the Polish Brothers? It seems that they were quite set on hiring Kyle MacLachlan for the starring role, and the studio was dead set against it. They refused to budge, and now find themselves unemployed.

Other actors have been approached about other roles, including James Woods, Joaquin Phoenix and Patricia Neal, although no casting will be solid until a new director is found.

*WHAT A POSEN

ZAC POSEN has come of age. The American designer who has been the
hottest name on all fashion lips since debuting at New York Fashion
Week, with Anna Wintour in the front row two seasons ago, has lost
his virginity at last. "I have been saving myself," he tells Cindy
Adams of the New York Post. "Until now I was a 21-year-old virgin.
But I just lost my virginity. In Milan. This gorgeous guy climbed up
the outside of my hotel, so of course I had to sleep with him." Of
course. Posen, who claims to have lost five pounds because he has
been working so hard, celebrated his new status, and his 22nd
birthday, in New York's Old Homestead steakhouse last week with a
host of the beautiful people he has recently been dressing, including
Naomi Campbell, Natalie Portman and Joaquin Phoenix. (November 20
2002, AM)

On the first of December they will be finished with their website for the movie, where you can see press-material etc.

*From NewYorkmetro.com

Seen and Heard Around Town

PETA poster-children Joaquin Phoenix and Natalie Portman avoiding the foie gras, tuna, quail, beef tenderloin, lamb chops, and filet mignon being served at celebutante designer Zac Posen's recent 22nd-birthday bash at the Old Homestead steakhouse and opting for veggie quesadillas and various non-meat finger food instead. . . . The next night, Julian Schnabel was in and said he'd like to paint a portrait of Annabelle the Cow -- the bovine statue perched atop the restaurant -- for a possible Atlantic City Homestead. . . . Janet Jackson and Missy Elliott waiting in SUVs outside Lotus for 40 minutes as their bodyguards checked out the O-Town record-release party. Jackson, Elliott, and their posses eventually took over the downstairs lounge, where they celebrated Elliott's new CD, joined by O-Town members Ashley Parker Angel and Trevor Penick, until the wee hours. . . . ABC News anchor Peter Jennings at Taperia Madrid on the Upper East Side throwing red roses to La Maha, a flamenco dancer better known in media circles as Dan Rather's spokesperson, Kim Akhtar. . . . Martha Stewart's embattled stockbroker Peter Bacanovic telling a friend at Gold's Gym on West 54th Street that he'll probably spend New Year's in Palm Beach.

*This Is Our Youth is opening again for the third time in London tomorrow with a new cast

MORE HERE

18-11- Thanks to KIKI from Joaqrophenia SIGHTING: New York /Victoria Secret show/ Joaquin

Victoria's Secret stunners Gisele, Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell,
Karolina Kurkova, Lenny Kravitz's girlfriend Adriana Lima and Oseary's
girlfriend Michelle Alves mingled with Woody Harrelson, Joaquin Phoenix, Gina
Gershon, Mark McGrath, David Blaine, his latest model squeeze Manon von Gerkin
and Blaine's still-friendly ex, model Josie Maran.

17-11-Thanks to DOC :)for this image & article, image taken from 'Roadshow', a Japanese magazine

Coming to Japan: A Nice Little Story you can see it HERE at the bottom of the page

Odeon lowers year-end forecast Nov. 14, 2002 COLOGNE, Germany -- The disappointing boxoffice performance of the English-language military drama "Buffalo Soldiers" has shot down year-end forecasts at the film's German production company, Odeon Film. Odeon said Wednesday the roughly €200,000 ($200,000) the film has earned in Germany since its Oct. 31 release is well below expectations. The Gregor Jordan-directed "Buffalo," which in Germany was released under the title "Army Go Home!," stars Joaquin Phoenix as a bored supply U.S. army clerk stationed in Germany in 1989 who deals in drugs and black market goods with his fellow soldiers and the local populace. Odeon said the "difficult state of the film licensing market" has led it to revalue its film rights library, resulting in a book loss of €8 million ($8 million). As a result, Odeon says it expects to post a "substantial loss" this year. The company's stock fell 12% Wednesday, closing at €2.42 ($2.42).

Joaquin Phoenix looked nothing like the Roman Emperor Commodus he portrayed in the film "Gladiator," but he would have made a perfect Nero.

08-11-IAAL will apparently be released this month in Sweden, thanks to Fani for that :)

Sweden: 15th November 2002; Denmark: 10th January 2003; Netherlands: 6th February 2003; Germany 20th February 2003. UK/US?

With his crystal blue eyes and razor-sharp bone structure, 28 year old Joaquin Phoenix is more than your average Hollywood pretty boy. This man has principles. He's a strict vegan and once caused chaos at a Prada shoot by refusing to wear leather shoes.

Brother of River, Joaquin (pronounced Wa-keen) was born in Puerto Rico to hippy parents. As a youngster he decided he wanted a more earthy name like his siblings River and Rain, so he chose Leaf. "No one could pronounce Joaquin and I used to get really embarrassed. All the other children in my family had gorgeous names and I got Joaquin - even I can't say it," he admits. It wasn't until he was 18 that he reverted to his birth name.

After his beloved brother River collapsed and died from a drug overdose on Halloween 1993, Joaquin abandoned acting for a while until he starred as Nicole Kidman's love interest in To Die For and later Inventing the Abbots, where he met Liv Tyler whom he dated for two years.

So what's the real Joaquin like? "Pretty boring. I like to spend time with my family. I do normal things like have dinner or watch movies. I'm not a social guy. I'm quiet by nature." So would we struggle to get his name right on a date? "When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them to go by the nickname of Kitten." Cute.