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17-02-I can get Black Book overhere in the magazine store, the only thing is that they still are selling the DEC/JAN but as soon as the MARCH/APRIL is out here I will buy it & put the article & the pictures on here :)

Crashing the gates of such beauty and idealism are the rest of the
new crop of shows. I have to make a confession about Ion Birch's show
at Bellwether. Initially I had balked when I saw all of his high
school-quality pencil renditions of sexual terror and dysfunction had
sold. I was stunned, second-guessing my personal taste, questioning
my eye. Should I leave New York and never return? Here before me was
a sold out show of dubious character. Well, you can imagine my relief
when I heard through the grapevine that Joaquin Phoenix had acquired
the show on opening night. Apparently, Ion and Joaquin are old
friends. In my opinion, if Phoenix hadn't purchased the show, I don't
think any would've sold. The slightly creepy penis drawings would
have languished in the flat files for years, until someone took a hit
for team art and bought them in hopes that Birch would be recognized
as a 'genius' or something.

16-02-I am really busy (that is why the late update) at this moment, so I will update this site whenever I find the time :)

“Black Book” magazine March/April 2003 features Joaquin Phoenix on cover and inside in a 3 page article with 5 other photos inside (3 in article, 2 elsewhere in mag).

*According to Dark Horizons. com Ladder 49 has a scheduled release
date of November 7th 2003.

From: www.darkhorizons.com

*Body Shop makes Fire trucks for Ladder 49

Body shop goes Hollywood
Wagner's Body Shop in York Haven is restoring five Baltimore City
fire vehicles for a Disney movie.
By SEAN ADKINS
Daily Record staff
Thursday, February 13, 2003

Wade Wagner, owner of Wagner's Body Shop, tears apart the door
assembly of a fire engine before it is painted.
bigger version & more photos (2) Most businesses agree that word-of-mouth advertising is the best way
to publicize a company. That fact could not be more evident when the name of that business reaches the ears of Hollywood. Last month, Wagner's Body Shop in York Haven agreed to paint and
repair five Baltimore City fire vehicles for the Disney's upcoming
motion picture, "Ladder 49." The 53-year-old auto body shop has until March 3 to finish restoring two ladder trucks, two fire engine trucks and one medical truck before the vehicles are shipped to Baltimore for the start of filming, said Wade Wagner, owner of the business.
Fantail Films' "Ladder 49" is scheduled to open early next year and
will star John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix in a story about a
firefighter who travels down memory lane while trapped in deadly
blaze.Fantail Films will oversee production of the Disney movie, said Art
Shippee, property master of the movie. While most companies have to push to get their merchandise into a big-budget movie, employees at Wagner's Body Shop let their work speak for itself. In January, Wagner restored a car for an employee of the Baltimore Department of Public Works, who recommended the auto body shop to the city's fire company.
At that time, Fantail Films was searching for a shop that could
restore fire trucks that date back to the late 1980s and early 1990s,
Shippee said. The trucks were not in use and needed some exterior and interior repairs, Wagner said. After one meeting and no other bids, Fantail Films hired Wagner Body Shop to do the job. Each vehicle costs in the range of $3,500 to $15,000 to restore, Wagner said. Sheaffer Signs in Lewisberry will do the vehicles' decal work while Kunkel Service in York will provide materials, he said. "This is one of our biggest and most important jobs," Wagner said. "It's going to be a challenge. It's five trucks in five weeks." To complete the project, Wagner said he has had to hire two
additional workers and offer overtime pay to the remaining employees.
Work hours for the shop range from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through
Friday, with some employees pulling Saturday shifts from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m., he said. But all that work has paid off. One fire truck is almost done, and two others should be completed by early next week. That should leave enough garage space for the two 153-foot-long ladder trucks equipped with 100-foot long ladders. "It's going to be an undertaking getting those trucks inside, cleaned down and prepped," Wagner said. Regardless of the extra work involved, Wagner said he expects to get
an order from Fantail Films to restore another truck and four cars
for the film. "We're a bit short on time," he said. "But when you get an
opportunity like this, you can't turn it down."

That’s what Hollywood studios and independents alike hope to put with their respective slates of first quarter product, appetizers before a summer of sequels and franchises

Waylaid by the events of Sept. 11, Buffalo Soldiers is not the wish-fulfillment of a thousand stoners’ images of Bob Marley’s popular tune about African-American preservationsists; rather, it stars Joaquin Phoenix as a delinquent serviceman who dupes his superior officers (among them Ed Harris and Scott Glenn) into trading drugs for guns. Thanks, Hollywood, for such an untarnished image of the American military. (Miramax, May 9)

Julia Sawalha has just quit being a veggie after four meat-free years. Anthea Turner has admitted to returning to the pleasures of the flesh after she got a whiff of her builders’ bacon sandwiches. Liv Tyler was a tofu girl while she was dating strict vegan Joaquin Phoenix, but has now fallen by the wayside - and there are countless others who have abandoned the whole idea. According to reports in the United States, even the Dalai Lama has started eating meat on the orders of his doctor.

BALTIMORE - A Disney movie starring John Travolta is set to begin filming in Baltimore next month. "Ladder 49" could be the biggest feature film ever made in the city, said Baltimore movie maven Jed Dietz, head of the Maryland Film Festival and founder of the Producers Club of Maryland. Baltimore was chosen over several other cities, including Toronto and Philadelphia, to be the primary location for the thriller. Mayor Martin O'Malley helped campaign to win the movie. The movie, which also stars Joaquin Phoenix, is the story of a veteran firefighter who looks back over his professional life, heroic career and family life while trapped in a deadly blaze. "It is a big production, potentially one of the biggest we've ever had," Dietz said. "It is a great tribute to Baltimore that what (director Jay Russell) saw was authentic." Russell already has directed one film in the area, last year's "Tuck Everlasting," which was shot partially in Harford County. "Red Dragon" and "Runaway Bride" also were shot in Baltimore.

Feature film starring John Travolta to begin filming in Baltimore According to Jed Dietz, "Ladder 49" could be the biggest feature film ever to be made in Baltimore.

QUOTE:
If there are rumors to be started here, this might be one. She says
the most interesting person she's met through her career to date is
actor Joaquin Phoenix. "Oh, I don't know if I should say his name,"
she giggles. "I like Joaquin. He's very funny and nice." Hmmm.

From: Sun Sentinel South Florida News, you can read the whole article HERE

*Evaluating a Movie Lover's Chances of Survival at a Topsy-Turvy Sundance Unnatural Selection from HERE

The crowning glory in this tremendous work is the entrance of Rodrigo - a magnificent Andalucian stallion who was ridden by Joaquin Phoenix in the film Gladiator.

Parade on film

If you're on the fence about attending Baltimore's annual St.
Patrick's Day parade, maybe this will persuade you: The producers of
Ladder 49, starring Joaquin Phoenix and possibly John Travolta (his
involvement has been reported in the trade papers, but not
confirmed), will be filming this year's parade for inclusion in the
movie.

Ladder 49 will star Phoenix as a fireman who, while trapped inside a
burning building, reflects back on his life and career.

The parade is to begin at 2 p.m. March 16 at Mount Vernon Place. For
information, visit www.irishparade.net.

Will Joaquin Phoenix play Aishwarya Rai’s hero in Gurinder Chadda’s new film Bride and Prejudice or will it be Johnny Depp? Gurinder Chadda refuses to commit though it will be one of the two. “The hero has to be finalised and you will know very soon,” she says. And was Aishwarya Rai the obvious choice for the role? “She was my first choice. I wanted someone as stunning and good-looking and proud as Aishwarya for an American to leave everything for her, ” she informs. Bride And Prejudice is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice and will be a musical with as many as seven songs, which is completely unlike a Gurinder Chadda kind of film. “The music is a combination of Hindi music, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof and Grease,” she says. The director also hopes that the success of a musical like Chicago will definitely set good precedence for films like Bride and Prejudice. Besides, she adds, Hollywood is very Bollywood friendly nowadays. The other actors who have been finalised are Nadira Babbar, Meghana Kothari, Namrata Shirodkar and Peeya Rai. Santosh Sivan will shoot the film, which is likely to be shot in Amritsar, Goa, Mumbai, the US and England. Anu Malik is the music director with Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar writing the lyrics in English for the movie

Barrett, Chestnut join 'Ladder'
Jan. 31, 2003

Jacinda Barrett, a veteran of MTV's "The Real World," has landed a
lead role opposite John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix in the Walt
Disney Co.'s "Ladder 49." Morris Chestnut also has been cast. Being
directed by Jay Russell from a script by Lewis Colick, "Ladder" is
about a firefighter (Phoenix) who awaits rescue from a burning
building. There, he reflects on his career, wife and family. Barrett
will play the firefighter's wife. Chestnut will play Tommy, a
firefighter who is a friend to Phoenix's character. Casey Silver is
producing the project, with Disney executive Brad Epstein overseeing.
Production is scheduled to begin in March in Baltimore. Barrett, who
is repped by ICM, last appeared on the big screen in "Urban Legends:
Final Cut" and can be seen opposite Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins
in the upcoming Miramax drama "The Human Stain." Chestnut, repped by
CAA and Immortal Entertainment, next stars Lions Gate
Films "Confidence." Recent credits include "Half Past Dead" and "Like
Mike." (Josh Spector)

What could be a compelling screen duo is just the latest example of Hollywood's increasingly common, profitable and mostly male practice of matching relative rookies with venerable veterans.

Among recent memorable pairs: Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington (Training Day); Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson (Changing Lanes); Affleck and Morgan Freeman (The Sum of All Fears); Joaquin Phoenix and Mel Gibson (Signs); Brendan Fraser and Michael Caine (The Quiet American); and Derek Luke and Washington (Antwone Fisher).

*2 interviews with Gus Van Sant 93/94 (River/ Joaquin mention), you can read it HERE

Quote:
Nov. 1990 - Another alternative school, which we have visited (we
cannot name it), has three siblings of River Phoenix attending. The
Phoenix family home schooled their children until they found this
school, a couple of years ago. One of the students is Leaf Phoenix,
who starred with Steve Martin in "Parenthood".

25-01-ANNA'S CLOSE CALL: In George W. Bush's America, satire can be a dangerous thing. Anna Paquin discovered that this week at a question and answer session for her film Buffalo Soldiers. The movie is a satire about a soldier (Joaquin Phoenix) who makes cash on the side pilfering supplies and running drugs. Scott Glenn and Ed Harris also star. One audience member was reportedly so enraged by the movie that she stood up, decrying the film as "anti-American" and through a water bottle at the stage, striking Paquin in the head. Fortunately, Paquin was not hurt. From HERE

*Thanks to KIKI from Joaqrophenia, Another Casting call

Jay Russell, director of Tuck Everlasting, has taken a liking to
Maryland: He plans to film his firefighter saga Ladder 49 (starring
Joaquin Phoenix) here beginning in March.

The production will hold casting calls on Saturday and Sunday for men
and women ages 18-70. Screen Actors Guild members should report
either day at 9 a.m. (last names A-L) or 10 a.m. (last names M-Z).
People who don't belong to SAG should report either day at 11 a.m.
(last names A-F), noon (last names G-L), 1 p.m. (last names M-Q) or 2
p.m. (last names R-Z). The location: Morgan State University's Murphy
Fine Arts Center, 2100 Argonne Drive (park in the "X" lot). Photos
will be taken; dress is casual.

From last week New York Post:
* After all that glamour-pussing, you'll need to relax Thursday
night, so why not some yoga? It's the grand opening of the Om Yoga
Center's new space plus a benefit for crippled Tibetan kids. Demi-
celebs Rain Phoenix and Royston Langdon (a.k.a. Mr. Liv Tyler) are
doing some kind of performance. There will be prizes and you don't
even have to wear shoes! (The dress code is "barefoot and elegant.")

Om Yoga Center, 826 Broadway, 6th floor, 7 p.m., RSVP at (212) 582-
5400. Claim to be one of the innumerable Phoenix siblings.

Joaquin Phoenix has always been an interesting actor to me and he is still very interesting here. It is impressive to see scenes with him that he takes in such a subtle manner but at the same time he can still be very intense.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Now that Hollywood has released its prestige Oscar contenders, it's time to feed the fun -- and occasionally mindless -- pictures into the release pipeline.

Other titles coming in March include "Identity" (John Cusack, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet), "Buffalo Soldiers" (Joaquin Phoenix and Scott Glenn) and "Dreamcatcher" (Morgan Freeman).

BERLIN (Variety) - Berlin Intl. Film Festival organizers unveiled Wednesday the full lineup of 22 films competing for this year's Golden Bear, adding five pictures to those already announced.

Among the special screenings scheduled for the official program are Thomas Vinterberg's first English-language production, "It's All About Love," starring Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Sean Penn, and "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself," from Danish director Lone Scherfig, who won a Silver Bear in 2001 for "Italian for Beginners."

Although the flick not only boasts the budding starlet Paquin but also the currently hotter-than-hot Joaquin Phoenix amongst its line up Read the whole Articel HERE

Hollywood A-list:an obsession with Cranium (a board game involving quizzes, charades, drawing and singing) has swept Hollywood. Gossips say that Britney dumped Justin Timberlake because of his Cranium parties. Liv Tyler and Joaquin Phoenix are Monopoly addicts, Keanu Reeves loves Scrabble, while Brad and Jennifer prefer Pictionary.

A steady stream of people flowed through the champagne brunch hosted by the Danish Film Institute on Monday to spotlight the sizable group of Danish films at Sundance. Danish directors Susanne Bier ("Open Hearts"), Jesper Jargil ("The Purified"), Jorgen Leth ("New Scenes from America") and Nicolas Winding Refn ("Fear X") joined the crowd for the gathering. One glaring absence was Thomas Vinterberg, director of "It's All About Love." Several people at the event were disappointed by his "no show," but the filmmaker was in fact busy doing press for his premiere film. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, and Sean Penn, and is described as a surreal story of a couple's breakup amidst tense emotions and perverse business intrigue.

*DENMARK DELIGHT From HERE

Thomas Vinterberg knows a thing or two about audience participation.

During a question-and-answer session following the premiere of his rapturous film, It's All About Love, an audience member loudly complained he thought the movie was a confused, obtuse disaster. Then suddenly other audience members began defending Vinterberg's work. "I guess that's a good thing," the Danish director muses. "If they had all thought it was confusing, I might be in trouble." That's unlikely to happen. At the press screening I attended, the assembled crowd of surly journalists and critics applauded as credits rolled. That said, it's like nothing anything you'd currently see at a multiplex, but Vinterberg hopes his marquee-name cast --Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Sean Penn -- helps attract audiences when the film lands in theatres, probably later this year. "It takes some of the pressure off," he says of working with box-office stars. "I think having actors like Joaquin and Claire and Sean in the film tells people it's OK to come see it. It would be a harder sell, I think, without them." The film, gorgeously shot with more than one nod to Alfred Hitchcock, is thrilling science fiction, a meditation on the state of the world and, yes, a haunting love story. Vinterberg admits he freely mixed and matched genres, but refers to the result as "a fairy tale." Set 20 years into the future, It's All About Love unfolds in a world in which environmental damage causes flash floods and loss of gravity, and in which an incurable, mysterious disease causes lonely, sad people to drop dead and be discarded as human carnage on escalators and sidewalks and in trash cans. Phoenix plays a businessman on his way to Calgary after a quick stop in New York City to sign divorce papers with his wife, a Polish ice skater played by Danes, who may be the victim of a massive, frightening conspiracy. Penn plays Phoenix's brother, a man who overdosed on fear-of-flying medication and now spends his entire life travelling in planes. Yes, it's dense and puzzling -- which, one supposes, is precisely what Vinterberg wanted. Despite the futuristic setting, Vinterberg deliberately avoided "flying cars and surgically-implanted phones" to help ground the film. Yet the smattering of visual effects there are in It's All About Love are as impressive as those in $100-million Hollywood blockbusters. "We have some very talented people in Denmark," he says. "All of that was done on a PC."

Saturday was a dramatic and spectacular day for Danish movies at this years Sundance Film Festival. Thomas Vinterberg’s movie “ It’s all about love” was shown for the first time for the American audience on the festival’s main scene, and the audience both hated and loved the young director’s poetic and highly unusual movie. “Yeah the movie share people, it has always done that and I think that is cool” a happy Thomas Vinterberg said after the movie. The movie was shown in a packed Eccles Center in Park City, where there were solid applause’s when the last picture of Joaquin Phoenix and Claire Danes had disappeared from the screen. But the audience were shared in two, and created a kind of reality drama when they from each side of the room were discussing for and against “It’s all about love.”

Miramax has a site on Buffalo Soldiers HERE. The American Trailer is coming very soon.

21-01-Marjorie :) as got some more pictures from Joaquin, Rain & Summer at the opening of the Om Yoga studio HERE

BUFFALO SOLDIERS: U.S. personnel stationed in Germany behave mighty badly as the Iron Curtain prepares to fall. The release of this film -- which stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris and Anna Paquin -- was apparently held back due to patriotic concerns. (Miramax)

It was a Phoenix family fest at the opening of the Om Yoga studio here on Thursday. Summer and Joaquin Phoenix turned out to watch their sister Rain perform in the New York debut of her new band, the Paper Cranes. (Bandmate Royston Langdon is dating Liv Tyler.) Also on hand were Summer's boyfriend, Casey Affleck, and recording star Mya. In a funny side drama, Mya outbid Larry King (bidding through a representative) in a silent auction for a session with sought-after makeup artist Carlo Geraci ...

*Thanks to Doc & Babe for pictures from Joaq, Rain & Summer. I have put them with the rest HERE

01/16/2003
Joaquin Phoenix is on hand at the Om Yoga Center on Broadway for the center's grand opening celebration and benefit for the Tibetan Handicapped Children's Fund. Phoenix's sisters, Rain and Summer, performed at the event with their band, Paper Cranes. Joaquin wears a Baltimore City Fire Department jacket; he plays the part of a Baltimore firefighter in an upcoming film

Waikiki also hosts "Sunset on the Beach" and "Brunch on the Beach" events this weekend.

Sunday's featured film, also to be screened at 6:30 p.m., is "Signs," the spooky drama about extraterrestrials, starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix. Each film will be screened on the 30-foot screen.

It's All About Love [ITSAL] 2002Color
Program: 104 min
Sat, Jan 18, 6:00pm Eccles Theatre
Sun, Jan 19, 9:00am Egyptian Theatre
Mon, Jan 20, 6:30pm Trolley Corners Theatre (SLC)

Joaquin, Rain & Summer were at the Tibetan Handicapped Children's Fund in New York City, you can see the pictures HERE

(hehe can anyone figure out what is written on his shirt? :lol is it Baltimore City? Fire departement? :lol)

THE PHOENIXES HAVE RISEN Joaquin Phoenix -- flanked by siblings Summer (left) and Rain -- attends a benefit for the Tibetan Handicapped Children's Fund in New York City (Jan. 16, 2003)

Besides, it wouldn't be as if rescinding the grant would likely end up hurting the chimps. The animal-liberation movement is rolling in dough. Organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Humane Society of the United States could all pitch in to help fund the sanctuary. Any shortfall could be made up by rich animal-rights supporters, like Sir Paul McCartney, or by vegan members of the Hollywood A-list elite, like Joaquin Phoenix. Or how about a "For the Chimps" concert tour by Barbra Streisand, assuming of course, that she can spare the time from her political consulting.

*Thanks to Sigrid for these screencaptures from the DVD Quills, more to come still when I have the time to put them up. You can see them HERE

January 2003: Ladder 49 Update:
This movie is now being filmed in Baltimore... I know this because I
am a Baltimore Fireman assisting the film crew and actors with there
training. Other cast include Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer 'Thanks
to Harford'.

January 3, 2003

Attention all SAG members:

Anyone interested in being considered for a principal role in the
upcoming feature film currently titled "Ladder 49" who has not
already been submitted by an agent, should send a headshot and resume
to:

Attention Attn: "Ladder 49" Casting
Fantail Films
2000 Washington Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21230

Though they are casting now, this Disney film will be shooting in the
Baltimore area from March to May of 2003 and they are looking to cast
more than 30 principal roles locally. You may also submit to this
address if you are interested in background work as they will be
looking to fill more than 1300 union background positions.

Please note that the company has been sent an extras registration
packet and a talent directory.

Fiery film facts

What my people are telling me: that Joaquin Phoenix, who played the
evil Commodus in Gladiator - and starred opposite Mel Gibson in
Signs - has been in Baltimore training to be a firefighter, which is
the role he plays in a Disney film being produced here. Is that hot
news or what? Ha. Imagine this young Oscar-nominated actor out
Pulaski Highway, hon, learning the tricks of les pompiers at the
academy. That's what my people are telling me, and my people don't
get this Hollywood-on-the-Patapsco stuff wrong too much.

Highlights of Hollywood's 2003 film slate. Many films do not yet have specific release dates, and dates are subject to change. For films with specific dates, the month of release is noted in parentheses.

Buffalo Soldiers: An army wheeler-dealer (Joaquin Phoenix) battles the brass. (March)

............Kim "The Natural" Basinger; Ryan "So Fine" O'Neal; Claire "My So-Called Life" Danes; Joaquin "Spacecamp" Phoenix; Parker "Party Girl" Posey; Edward "She's the One" Burns; Dustin "Lenny" Hoffman; Andy "Blue Skies Again" Garcia; Paul "Clueless"...........

Among the glitterati descending on the snowy slopes for the nation's premier film festival will be Al Pacino, Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Ed Burns, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Oliver Stone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and indie "It" girl Maggie Gyllenhaal who, with Steve Zahn, will co-host the awards ceremony on Jan. 25.

Around 12.000 Danes went to see Vinterberg's new movie "It's all about love" this weekend. The number is not overwhelming, but not that bad either. Normally a movie's opening weekend is crucial for the movie, but for "I't's all about love" it is different. It is without a doubt recommendations from the audience to others that will make the difference for the movie. "It's all about love" is at number 6 on the top 10.

10) The Tuxedo

*Travolta climbs "Ladder 49"

The Hollywood Reporter reports that John Travolta is in negotiations to star in "Ladder 49" alongside Joaquin Phoenix ("Gladiator") for Walt Disney Pictures. The film will be directed by Jay Russell.

Based on a script by Lewis Colick, the trade reports that the film is about "a firefighter named Jack (Phoenix) who awaits rescue from a burning building. There, he reflects on his career, wife and family. Travolta will play Kennedy, Jack's captain who is made fire chief. He sees his firehouse, which includes rookie Jack, as a tight-knit family."

Other pictures expected to unspool in the Berlinale selection include Michael Winterbottom 's "In Our World" and Thomas Vinterberg's "It's All About Love." FROM HERE

13-01-Another article from Ladder 49 Disney Climb 'Ladder 49' With Jay Russell HERE

Playing veteran blaze man, Chief Kennedy in the Disney drama Ladder 49, Travolta will act as the mentor to Joaquin Phoenix' fireman, who becomes trapped in an inferno and uses the moment to indulge in a spot of recollection about his professional life, heroic career and family life. Expect lots of mano a mano speeches including numerous heartfelt declarations of "I love you, man" and testosterone-fuelled backslapping aplenty. Read the whole article HERE

John Travolta is set to play a heroic firefighter in Disney drama Ladder 49. The movie follows a veteran fireman, played by Gladiator star Joaquin Phoenix, who looks back over his life while trapped in a deadly blaze. Travolta is in final talks to play his fire chief mentor. Jay Russell (My Dog Skip) will direct the movie, from a script by Lewis Colick. Travolta was last seen in a cameo for Austin Powers: Goldmember.

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - John Travolta is joining Joaquin Phoenix to climb up "Ladder 49," a Disney drama set to begin production in March. The story concerns a veteran firefighter who, while trapped in what could be the fire that will kill him, looks back over his professional life, his heroic career and his family life. Travolta would play Chief Kennedy, who acts as a mentor to the Phoenix character. Jay Russell ("My Dog Skip") will direct. Travolta was at one stage in early talks to team with Disney on the Callie Khouri picture "Mr. 3000" but subsequently passed. That role has since gone to Bernie Mac, who will play a baseball player forced out of retirement. Travolta, most recently had a cameo role as himself in "Austin Powers in Goldmember." Other recent credits include "Swordfish" and "Lucky Numbers." He returns to theaters in April with "Basic," a drama that reunites him with his "Pulp Fiction" co-star Samuel L. Jackson. John McTiernan is directing the Columbia Pictures project.

Written by Lewis Colick, "Ladder 49" is about a firefighter named Jack (Phoenix) who awaits rescue from a burning building. There, he reflects on his career, wife and family. Travolta will play Kennedy, Jack's captain who is made fire chief. He sees his firehouse, which includes rookie Jack, as a tight-knit family. Casey Silver is producing the project, with Disney executive Brad Epstein overseeing. "Ladder" reunites Travolta with the studio, for whom he most recently collaborated on 1997's "Face/Off" (a co-production with Paramount Pictures) and 1996's "Phenomenon." Travolta, repped by WMA, next stars in Columbia Pictures' "Basic."

*From the gala premiere of “It’s all about love.” HERE

*The Audience praises “It’s all about love.” HERE

*The site Just Joaquin has a new game on her site, Hangman Joaq related

10-01-Big Thanks to Marissa for these IAAL reviews, also thanks for translating them

You can read them all HERE (WARNING there are spoilers in them), also they are making a book from IAAL you can see the cover on the Review page

09-01-Mr.Joaquin.com has a deleted scene from Signs from the DVD on her site

Signs is downright frightening, even for the UFO nonbelievers in the crowd. And credit Shyamalan with the ability to do so much with so little action, to pack so many chills into a scary movie without relying on graphic violence, gore or overwhelming special effects. It's old-fashioned, without apologies.

08-01-Thanks to Marissa for letting us know that Joaquin isn't going to be at the premiere in Copenhagen for It's All About Love

Vanity Fair Magazine Jan. 2003 has a small article on SIGNS. At the
end they say Joaquin has a very good chance at another Oscar Nod for
his excellent pretrial of Mel Gibson's younger simpler brother,
Merrill Hess!

07-01-Thanks to DOC from The Grove for finding these pictures, no recent pictures but still new to me :)

"Signs," starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable"). Like him or loathe him, director Shyamalan has made quite a dent in modern cinema with just three films in his resume. "The Sixth Sense" became the most successful thriller of all time. "Unbreakable" redefined a good superhero movie. And "Signs" may be the best of his films. In a sparsely populated farm country, crop circles are showing up. A local farmer and former preacher (Mel Gibson) questions his faith, his family and himself as the unbelievable begins to happen. The film is loaded with suspense, and the lack of visible aliens holds with the old adage "it's scarier to make the audience picture what they think the monster will look like."

Joaquin Phoenix is marvellous as Mel's younger brother and Shyamalan has given himself a small but key supporting role.

06-01-I want to thank everyone who signed my guestbook :), I read Emma her message & I was thinking, indeed I have no page for clips etc so I made a new page for it you can see it here Clips

Buffalo Soldiers [BUFFA] 2001Color
Program: 100 min
Tue, Jan 21, Noon Eccles Theatre
Fri, Jan 24, 11:30am Prospector Square Theatre
Sat, Jan 25, 9:00pm Broadway Cinema 6 (SLC)

It's All About Love [ITSAL] 2002Color
Program: 104 min
Sat, Jan 18, 6:00pm Eccles Theatre
Sun, Jan 19, 9:00am Egyptian Theatre
Mon, Jan 20, 6:30pm Trolley Corners Theatre (SLC)

04-01-Sorry that it took me so long to translate it (I wanna thank Laura, Helene & Brad for helping e with some english words :lol), I also wanted to correct some mistakes that the writer of the article made :lol, but I didn't :lol

There's not a whiff of Dogme 95 austerity about this studio-bound, deliberately artificial love story from Thomas Vinterberg (Festen). What it does have, though, is stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Sean Penn add Brownie points to their CVs by pitching up in Copenhagen to shoot this futuristic romance set on the edge of apocalypse. And to that wag at the back who called out One From The Heart – pipe down, you cynic.

*New picture, well not new :lol but new to me :) looks like the one used for the PETA AD

02-01-I already translated a part of the article in Starstyle, like I said it ain't a very good one, they just took several bits out of older articles, they don't have his bio correct either....but on the other hand he is in a dutch magazine so that is a good sign already, he gets some attention :)

You can read the article HERE, I still have to translate a page & I will scan the pictures in as well, but no new pictures like I said

01-01-I bought the magazine Starstyle yesterday, I will translate it tomorrow. The article is several older articles put together so nothing new, I also don't find the article very good. But I will translate it, no new photos either

1. Joaquin Phoenix in "Signs" -- Another dumb ballplayer with a lot on his mind.