Daily TV and radio guide Sep 18, 2009
A cop (Keanu Reeves) versus a mad bomber. R (1994). (Boston Globe)
Keanu Reeves Remembers Patrick Swayze: 'He Just Lit Up A Room' Sep 18, 2009
Keanu Reeves Remembers Patrick Swayze: 'He Just Lit Up A Room. Swayze's 'Point Break' co-star said he 'brought light to wherever he went,' when we caught up with him at the Toronto International Film Festival. (VHI.com -- Music News)
• Funny people Sep 18, 2009
They joked about Obama tags - a reference to political candidate Rex Rammell's comment at a GOPgathering - and questioned movie star Keanu Reeves' sexuality. But they always came back to practicing their routines, giving each other tips on delivery and offering suggestions for alternate punch lines. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
"A really good man" Sep 18, 2009
"Swayze is not often acknowledged as an actor with broad range, but at times he played against type. In To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, he sported a bustier and a garter belt as the drag queen Vida Boheme. He robbed banks in a Nixon face mask and was on the run from Keanu Reeves in the 1991 film Point Break.". "Swayze, known as a down-to-earth, nice-guy actor, was determined not to follow a predictable career path. He followed 'Dirty Dancing' with 'Road House' (1989), in which... (Salon)
Stars pay tribute to actor Swayze Sep 17, 2009
Keanu Reeves, Swayze's co-star in Point Break, said he was "a beautiful person" and hailed his "passion and lust for life and his craft". Speaking at the Toronto Film Festival, Reeves added: "He had a really good sense of humour and he lived life to the full.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Meyers Movie Blog #7 - Back To School Sep 17, 2009
The film is about a young lawyer with a tremendous amount of potential who was just promoted in his firm battling them in court over "wrongful dismissal. The company claims Andrew Beckett's (Tom Hanks) work was unsatisfactory, while Beckett claims it's due to him contracting the AIDS virus. After searching for a lawyer that would defend him in such a controversial case, he finally gets the help from an average defense attorney Joe Miller (Denzel Washington). Joe Miller find himself not just... (Umassathletics.com)
Cremation for Swayze Sep 17, 2009
A host of stars have paid their respects to Patrick following his death, with his 'Point Break' co-star Keanu Reeves the latest to speak about his memories of the actor. Keanu said: "There was some skydiving sequences in this film we did together and as filming was going on it came to be that Patrick was jumping out of airplanes all the time. I think he had over 30 jumps during the course of filming and so the production served him with a cease and desist which he listened to until they got to... (iAfrica.com)
Swayze embarks on his last dance Sep 16, 2009
He starred with Keanu Reeves in the action-packed Point Break (1991). In City of Joy (1992), he played an idealistic American surgeon in Calcutta. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Keanu Reeves pays tribute to Swayze Sep 16, 2009
Keanu Reeves calls Swayze a beautiful person- msnbc ... Keanu Reeves calls Swayze a beautiful person ... Mike Cassese / Reuters fileKeanu Reeves says of Patrick Swayze, "I can say what I know that he lived life to the fullest.". (MSNBC -- News)
Swayze: Hollywood nice guy Sep 16, 2009
" "Early Show" medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton said Smith's symptoms are associated with swine flu. She praised him for staying home and out of circulation. Reeves checks out Buffalo jails for film Actor Keanu Reeves had no problem getting inside Buffalo-area jails. The feds haven't been so lucky. The star of "The Matrix" film trilogy spent last weekend scouting locations for a new film. His visit included tours of two jail facilities that are the target of a U.S. Justice Department... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Obamapushes Sen. Specter's re-election Sep 16, 2009
15: Rachel Maddow highlights the absurdity of actor Keanu Reeves being allowed to visit two jails in Erie County, NY when federal investigators have been barred from those jails to prevent the investigation of reported abuses. . (MSNBC -- Politics)
Patrick Swayze: A Fanboy's Appreciation Of His Movie Career Sep 16, 2009
The fanboys cherish "Red Dawn," but "Point Break" has got to be Swayze's finest big-screen effort, if only for the scene in which Keanu Reeves jumps out of a plane without a parachute to wrestle Swayze in midair. But really, that splendid, logic-defying sequence is just one gem in a sparkling thrill fest of surfer-dude coolness. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Keanu Reeves goes where feds can't: 'Matrix' star tours NY jails where inspectors are barred Sep 16, 2009
Coastal Flood Advisory in CT. What is your favorite Patrick Swayze movie. (FOX61, CT)
Keanu Reeves hams it up as webisode star Sep 15, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. Most Viewed - Entertainment. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
FILMS: Swayze more than a two-hit wonder Sep 15, 2009
Surfers wearing rubber masks in the likeness of former U.S. presidents keep knocking off banks, and federal agent Keanu Reeves has to infiltrate their culture. Swayze's hippie-dippy felon was a high point of the movie. (USA Today)
Patrick Swayze dies at 57 after battle with pancreatic cancer Sep 15, 2009
He starred with Keanu Reeves in the action-packed "Point Break" (1991) so he could become a licensed sky diver and surf big waves. In the noble "City of Joy" (1992), Swayze was an idealistic American surgeon in Calcutta; critics said he was miscast but acquitted himself well. (FOX61, CT)
Patrick Swayze dies at 57 Sep 15, 2009
Swayze followed that up with a memorable performance in the fast-paced action-thriller 'Point Break' in 1991, where he played the charismatic leader of a gang of surfing bank-robbers being hunted by Keanu Reeves. Throughout his career Swayze's wife Lisa Niemi whom he married in 1975 remained a constant source of inspiration for many of his roles. (iAfrica.com)
A test of their metal Sep 11, 2009
French filmmaker Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) told him it was his favourite film of 2009 and Keanu Reeves was proudly photographed with Reiner and Kudlow. But until Gervasi rediscovered them, Anvil appeared set to be nothing more than a footnote in the history of rock music. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Damon, demons, Darwin at Toronto film fest Sep 10, 2009
The lineup includes Drew Barrymore's directing debut "Whip It," a roller-derby romp in which she co-stars with Ellen Page and Juliette Lewis; Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner's comedy "The Invention of Lying"; Joel and Ethan Coen's "A Serious Man," a 1960s tale set in their native Minnesota; the documentary "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel," a portrait of the Playboy publisher; "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," a domestic drama with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves and... (MSNBC -- News)
'Hanuman' Aamir for 'Ram' Keanu Sep 7, 2009
The Matrix star Keanu Reeves will play Rama in an upcoming movie titled Hanuman, according to reports. Gary Oldman (Nil by Mouth) will reportedly play Ravana, while Aamir Khan (Lagaan) has supposedly been approached to play lead Hanuman. (India Times, India)
How Hollywood glamorises the trade Sep 4, 2009
My Own Private Idaho (1991) There are not a lot of movies about male prostitution and it says worlds about the daring of both River Phoenix (Mike Waters) and Keanu Reeves (Scott Favor), above, that they were prepared to take on the roles of male prostitutes at a point in their careers when they were starting to be seen as very heterosexual hunks. A profound, if depressing, look at life on the edge. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Keanu's paternity testing Sep 4, 2009
Keanu Reeves is taking a DNA test to prove he's not the father of a Canadian woman's children. The 'Matrix' actor denies ever meeting Karen Sala (46), who has filed a claim in an Ontario court claiming he is the father of at least one of her four adult children. (iAfrica.com)
This day in history Sep 2, 2009
Actor Keanu Reeves is 45. Former heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis is 44. (Boston Globe)
Keanu Reeves makes time for 'Crime' Sep 1, 2009
Keanu Reeves will star in and produce Henrys Crime, a Malcolm Venville-directed romantic comedy that will begin production November in Buffalo. The project is poised to become the first picture in production for Company Films, the banner that Reeves runs with Stephen Hamel. (Variety)
Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 30-Sept. 5 Aug 27, 2009
Actor Keanu Reeves is 45. Actress Salma Hayek is 43. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Rani, Priyanka.. & Playboy Aug 22, 2009
Other big names are Nicolas Cage, Sir Ridley Scott, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Spacey, Michael Douglas, Penelope Cruz and Keanu Reeves. Apart from Gowariker, Anurag Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Baweja, Rani Mukherjee, and Lisa Ray, the guest list also includes actor Abhay Deol, filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Deepa Mehta's brother Dilip Mehta, and documentary maker Vikram Jayanti. (India Times, India)
10 Things I Hate About G.I. Joe Aug 21, 2009
The Doctor looks like Keanu Reeves, acts like Keanu Reeves but is not Keanu Reeves. 9. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Daily guide to television and radio Aug 20, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
‘The Band’s Visit’ on Starz on Demand Aug 17, 2009
(Comcast Free Movies) A hard-nosed coal miner (Fred Ward) clashes with his rebellious son (Keanu Reeves), who ends up kidnapping dad in a cockeyed scheme to get enough money to escape small-town life ... Returning war vet Keanu Reeves falls in love with the pregnant daughter of a dignified Hispanic family that owns a local vineyard. (Boston Globe)
District 9: The Summer's Coolest Fantasy Film Aug 15, 2009
" A giant spaceship hovers over a world capital, just as in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Only this time it's Johannesburg, not Washington. And the beings that emerge aren't elegant, superior dudes like Michael Rennie and Keanu Reeves; they're large, icky insect types, with wriggling worms where their noses might be. Nor do they issue the lofty proclamation that the peoples of the world must resolve to live in peace (or we'll all be killed). Instead, these space things, more than a million of... (Time.com)
Monica Bellucci's beautiful mind Aug 10, 2009
" Two of her coming films allow her to be different again. In The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (which stars Robin Wright Penn and Keanu Reeves) she has one of those blink-and-you-miss-her roles as Alan Arkin's crazy ex-wife who dramatically commits suicide during lunch. In Don't Look Back she and Sophie Marceau (Braveheart) play two women who morph into each other in this rather bizarre French psychological thriller. Bellucci is supposed to be a diva but divas generally don't accept small roles... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Time-travel movies: past and present Aug 9, 2009
Keanu Reeves is an architect. Sandra Bullock is a doctor. (Boston Globe)
Who's your daddy? A celebrity look-alike Aug 8, 2009
"Most people would consider that to be acceptable. ... If you're creating a little Keanu Reeves, then I have problems with that.". Sperm banks do not need to identify celebrity resemblance to a male donor because it could create "unreasonable expectations" of the child, Rothstein said. (CNN)
Real islanders, please stand up Aug 8, 2009
Celebrity suspect: KEANU REEVES Claim to fame: Actor Birthdate: Sept. 2, 1965 Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon (or so he says. Obama overtone: Reeves' parents, like the president's, were also of disparate backgrounds an English showgirl and a Hawaii-born geologist of Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese and Irish descent and also met and married in an exotic locale before divorcing. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Live, from Mumbai! It's Chris Kattan and 'Bollywood Hero' Aug 7, 2009
Keanu Reeves, left, and Maya Rudolph guest-star. MANGO'S NEW MOVES. (USA Today -- Life)
Kattan Death March Aug 6, 2009
Kattan the fictional schlemiel wonders why he hasn't had the career of Keanu Reeves. This is the point at which Bollywood Hero reveals itself as farce. (Slate)
Chris Kattan stars in ‘Bollywood Hero’ on IFC Aug 6, 2009
Keanu Reeves gets to play a heightened version of himself as a movie star. Jennifer Coolidge plays Kattan s ex-girlfriend. (Boston Globe)
‘Notorious’ available on Comcast Movies and Events Aug 6, 2009
Keanu Reeves plays the alien Klaatu (from the Planet of One Facial Expression, apparently) who arrives bearing dire eco-warnings for humanity. The original did more emotionally with less digitally. (Boston Globe)
Neuheisel: Tebow has one flaw Aug 5, 2009
-- Neuheisel confirmed that he tutored Keanu Reeves for his football scenes for the movie Point Break. Neuheisel said that he immediately realized that Keanu couldn't throw. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Slumdog comedian Aug 5, 2009
Chris Kattan grimaces at this remark by a stranger at a Hollywood party, but that grimace only reminds us of Mr. Peepers -- or Mango or Gollum or the other manic characters he played in his stint on "Saturday Night Live." As Kattan watches Keanu Reeves attract a circle of hot girls at the party while he only attracts curiosity, he finds himself wanting more. "When I was a kid I wanted to be Indiana Jones," Kattan tells us in the opening moments of "Bollywood Hero," IFC's three-part miniseries... (Salon)
Kattan's 'Bollywood Hero' a reality-show tease Aug 4, 2009
Helping create the blurred reality are Maya Rudolph, Kattans good friend who plays his good friend, and Keanu Reeves, who makes a cameo appearance to poke fun at his own heroic movie image. And then there is The Groundlings veteran Kip King, Kattans real-life father who plays his father in Bollywood Hero. (Fresno Bee)
Hollywood Destroys the World; New wave of disaster movies, TV shows... Aug 1, 2009
Keanu Reeves plays Neo, far left, the hero who discovers the truth, and helps to save mankind from illusion. 11) 28 Days Later. (The Drudge Report)
Scott 'to direct Alien prequel' Aug 1, 2009
The film will be written by Jon Spaihts, who has also penned Keanu Reeves' space film project Passengers, after he pitched his idea for the reboot to Twentieth Century Fox and Sir Ridley's production company. Alien, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, won an Oscar for best visual effects in 1980. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Sigourney Weaver 'Can't Imagine' Being Part Of Ridley Scott's 'Alien' Prequel Aug 1, 2009
There's been no word yet about the prequel's story line, and a writer, Jon Spaihts (who has penned sci-fi scripts for Keanu Reeves), has only just been hired. The first "Alien" movie followed Ripley and the commercial towing vessel Nostromo, which responds to a distress signal only to discover an alien spacecraft. (VHI.com -- Music News)
'The Hurt Locker' Jul 31, 2009
Bigelow may be a woman but she's no rom-com specialist or shrinking violet -- not with movies to her credit such as "K-19: The Widowmaker" about a jinxed Soviet submarine, "Blue Steel" starring Jamie Lee Curtis as a rookie cop, and the action thriller "Point Break" with Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. She has made an action movie about improvised explosive devices that don't go off because some fearless unit disarmed them and the ones that do, no matter how hard the men try. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Megan Fox Is More Than Just A Pretty Face At Comic-Con Jul 25, 2009
SAN DIEGO There are certain truths in life that seem impossible to debate: Geeks don't get the girls; hot women aren't interested in comic books; sequels to Keanu Reeves films always suck. Well, OK, maybe the last one still holds true. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Feehery: Obama enters 'The Matrix' Jul 22, 2009
In the movie "The Matrix," Keanu Reeves, playing Neo, ends the film with the line, "Anything is possible." In a Hollywood movie, anything is possible. But in Congress, with limited money, limited time and limited patience, the president can't get everything he wants. (CNN -- US)
Jackie Chan: Co-star Jaden Smith's kung fu skills put his own son to shame Jul 20, 2009
Jaden Smith costarred with his father in the 2006 movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" and appeared in the 2008 Keanu Reeves sci-fi movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still.". . (FOX61, CT)
GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images Jul 15, 2009
Jaden Smith costarred with his father in the 2006 movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" and appeared in the 2008 Keanu Reeves sci-fi movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still.". Copyright 2009 by. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Daily TV guide Jul 14, 2009
Street Kings 10 p.m. (MAX) LA s mean streets get meaner after someone sets up disgraced detective Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves). R (2008). (Boston Globe)
Talking Shop Jul 11, 2009
Robin Wright Penn and Keanu Reeves star in the film ... The film also features Keanu Reeves sporting a remarkable Jesus tattoo on his chest. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The Proposal Jul 10, 2009
Ever since her clumsy, nervous rookie act against the cocky Sylvester Stallone in Demolition Man and her er-um-I-can't bravado in Speed, with super hero Keanu Reeves, Sandra has carried forth her title of Ms Congeniality with an unparalleled charisma. And unlike larger-than-life actresses like Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Sandra's appeal has been more of the lovable girl-next-door types. (India Times, India)
Keanu's career change? Jul 8, 2009
Keanu Reeves has been honing his skills in the kitchen and is considering taking a break from his movie career to focus on food. Keanu has also been inspired by the book 'Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor' by French TV chef-and-chemist Herve This. (iAfrica.com)
AJC Peachtree still spry after 40 years Jul 6, 2009
So hip is it that this year for the first time runners were outfitted with the kind of technology usually deployed only in a Keanu Reeves movie a disposable ChronoTrack D-Tag strip that charted every single trip time. Back when the race was new, timing was done by somebody with a stopwatch at the start who rushed ahead to the finish and shouted the times out as you passed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Provocative characters, not violence, entice director Jul 4, 2009
"Near Dark," (1987) was a horror film, followed by "Blue Steel" (1990) starring Jamie Lee Curtis, followed by the Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves surfer gang-crime action flick, "Point Break" (1991). (And yes, she has seen the comedy-parody play based on "Point Break" and called it, "Fabulous. An improvement on the original."). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Public Enemies review: Who is John Dillinger? No idea Jul 4, 2009
Christian Bale plays Melvin Purvis as a straight-edge (very straight up and down get this man some chocolate cake before he becomes Keanu Reeves) agent in what is becoming the FBI. At least Depp can coast on his fun-loving bad boy side. Bale is about as fun as a stroke and his Purvis has fewer dimensions than a sheet of paper. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Multiracial' identity gains acceptance Jul 2, 2009
" Social scientists point to an array of other reasons for the shift-ing view of multiracialism from cultural change and social progress since the civil rights era to the aging of the baby boomers to, even, the rise of hip-hop. "Jazz was unable to do it, nor could blues or rock and roll, but hip-hop came along and now we have Eminem and Asher [Roth] both white men who have released excellent rap albums in the same year," says James Peterson, assistant professor of English and African... (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
'Multiracial' identity gains acceptance in U.S. Jul 2, 2009
" Social scientists point to an array of other reasons for the shifting view of multiracialism - from cultural change and social progress since the civil rights era to the aging of the baby boomers to, even, the rise of hip-hop. "Jazz was unable to do it, nor could blues or rock and roll, but hip-hop came along and now we have Eminem and (Roth) - both White men who have released excellent rap albums in the same year," says James Peterson, assistant professor of English and African Studies at... (AZCentral -- News)
Hollywood's most wanted look familiar as films revisit old 'Enemies' Jun 29, 2009
And two Jekyll & Hydes: Jekyll and Hyde, with Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent, out later this year, and Jekyll, with Keanu Reeves, no release date yet. Also, two William Tells. (USA Today -- Life)
Kathryn Bigelow tells another muscular story in new film Jun 28, 2009
She was behind Point Break, with Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, a cult hit on DVD, and, more recently, K-19: The Widowmaker, with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. She s done episodes of the TV show Homicide: Life on the Street. (Boston Globe)
Kathryn Bigelow filmography Jun 28, 2009
Point Break (1991) Hugely enjoyable surfer crime action movie starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. It s not a guilty pleasure if the director s in on the joke. (Boston Globe)
Defusing bombs at 115 degrees Jun 26, 2009
Some critics, I tell Bigelow, have seen James and Sanborn, the dueling pair in "The Hurt Locker," as updated versions of the Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze characters in "Point Break." It's my last best effort to extract an aesthetic confession from her. She smiles graciously and throws me a bone. (Salon)
100 Percent Pure Adrenaline Jun 26, 2009
She was the first to envision Keanu Reeves as an action starhis hot-shit FBI tyro in (1991) laid the groundwork for his turns in and. And speaking of The Matrix, Bigelow beat the Wachowski brothers to the virtual-reality universe by several years with (1995), a sci-fi freakout with action sequences so complex that her production company had to design and build new camera equipment to capture them. (Slate)
Tap 'er Light: Must not-see TV Jun 23, 2009
Brett Favre appeared on Joe Buck's new HBO show last week, marking the first time that the world's two most annoying men shared the same stage since Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino starred in the The Devil's Advocate 12 years ago. Favre is the person who just won't go away, while Buck is the guy who is clearly working on TV only because his dad was a great baseball announcer. (Montana Standard, MT)
Whatever happened to grown-ups on film? Jun 23, 2009
(Heck, next to the just-turned-23 LaBeouf, even Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves suddenly seem like grizzled old-timers. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
