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Joaquin Phoenix Skips Cannes Due to Stomach Flu

Joaquin Phoenix Skips Cannes Due to Stomach Flu

Originally posted 05/20/2008 01:30PM

Joaquin Phoenix was forced to call in sick to the Cannes Film Festival.

The actor, 33, missed the Monday premiere of his movie Two Lovers after doctors told him he couldn't fly because of his illness.

"Joaquin has the stomach flu," his rep, Susan Patricola, tells PEOPLE. "He had his dog boarded, his tux in hand but couldn't even sit on the plane. He did go to the hospital to get hydrated, hoping he could get on the plane but he didn't stay there. He was so sick – and so sorry he couldn't be there with everyone."

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Joaquin Phoenix Working on Music Career | Joaquin Phoenix

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Joaquin Phoenix Working on Music Career

Originally posted 05/09/2008 11:40AM

Joaquin Phoenix walked away with more than an Oscar nod for his portrayal of Johnny Cash in 2005's Walk The Line – the actor, who learned to play guitar for the role, also realized he loved to make music.

Three years later, the actor is now cutting an album with U.K. band The Charlatans. "Once he learned guitar he found that he had quite a lot of demons inside himself that he wanted to expel through music," the band's frontman, Tim Burgess, told Billboard.

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Joaquin Phoenix: Grateful But Speechless for People's Choice Award | Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix: Grateful But Speechless for People's Choice Award

Originally posted 01/09/2008 11:45AM

Joaquin Phoenix may have been named favorite leading man during Tuesday's People's Choice Awards, but the actor wasn't feeling too chatty about the honor. Sure, he was grateful. But in his taped acceptance speech, Phoenix nodded to the ongoing writers' strike – which forced producers to retool the show – by using cards to broadcast his message. "I'm speechless without the writers," his cards read. "Seriously. But in my own quiet way, I want to thank the millions of fans that voted for me for favorite leading man." The actor then mumbled a quick "thank you" at the end of his printed message.
–Brian Orloff

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Ben Affleck, Reese Witherspoon Debut Political Ads

Originally posted 11/12/2007 05:45PM

Ben Affleck has joined forces with a team of celebrity advocates filming a public service announcement drawing attention to health-care reform.

The campaign, which will air on networks later this month, features the likes of Affleck, Reese Witherspoon, Eva Mendes, Garth Brooks, Morgan Freeman and Joaquin Phoenix.

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Heath Ledger & Joaquin Phoenix Share a New York Minute | Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix

Caught in the Act

Heath Ledger & Joaquin Phoenix Share a New York Minute

Originally posted 11/02/2007 06:00AM

• Folks in New York's Soho neighborhood were treated to a double dose of star power: Heath Ledger, sharing a seat – and a casual chat – with Joaquin Phoenix on the street outside a neighborhood restaurant.

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Heath Ledger & Joaquin Phoenix Share a New York Minute | Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix

Caught in the Act!

Originally posted 11/02/2007 06:00AM

• Folks in New York's Soho neighborhood were treated to a double dose of star power: Heath Ledger, sharing a seat – and a casual chat – with Joaquin Phoenix on the street outside a neighborhood restaurant.

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Joaquin Walks Away from Crash | Joaquin Phoenix

UpdatePosted 01/27/2006 03:35PM

Joaquin Phoenix Walks Away from Car Crash

Originally posted 01/27/2006 08:00AM

Joaquin Phoenix's car overturned and crashed into another vehicle when the Walk the Line star's brakes failed Thursday on a canyon road above L.A.'s Sunset Strip, say police.

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Phoenix Takes His Cash Act to Folsom | Joaquin Phoenix

Phoenix Takes His Cash Act to Folsom

Originally posted 01/04/2006 09:10AM

Walk the Line leading man Joaquin Phoenix mirrored his movie subject Johnny Cash by performing for more than 50 inmates at Folsom State Prison in California on Tuesday, following a screening of the biopic of the late country legend.

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Joaquin Phoenix Blasts Breakdown Reports | Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Blasts Breakdown Reports

Originally posted 08/22/2005 12:00PM

Joaquin Phoenix is shooting down reports that he suffered a breakdown while filming the upcoming Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.

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Joaquin Phoenix Checks into Rehab | Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Checks into Rehab

Originally posted 04/13/2005 08:00AM

Gladiator and Ladder 49 actor Joaquin Phoenix checked into an undisclosed rehabilitation facility for treatment of alcoholism two weeks ago, his publicist said on Tuesday.

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