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Finally, Someone Claims Responsibility For Joaquin Phoenix’s Terrible Hoaxing

9:39AM Kyle Buchanan | There is a man in this photo with Joaquin Phoenix. Learn his face, for he may be the dark wizard conjurer behind Phoenix’s career transformation into a trainwreck. More »

Gordon Ramsay Teaches Norm and Conan How To Make F*ck à l’Orange

8:00AM Seth | We’re not sure what it is they’re cooking on Late Night, but it requires some extra-salty language. (Tee hee!) More »

Joaquin Phoenix Struggles To Keep Straight Face While Debunking Hoax Rumours

1:57AM Kyle Buchanan | Like a weird uncle who gives his adult nephew a present that reads “From Santa,” Joaquin Phoenix is still struggling to prop up a hoax-y music career that’s way past its sell-by date. More »

Joaquin Phoenix’s Rap Career Demands Punctuality, Crotch-Baring

5:05AM Kyle Buchanan | We may never know whether Joaquin Phoenix donned oven mitts and rocked the Queer Lounge at Sundance, but today, we know far more about his disastrous “performance” in Las Vegas than we ever wanted to. More »

Did A Disguised Joaquin Phoenix Crash This Gay Sundance Party?

4:15AM Kyle Buchanan | Many of you have wondered if the eccentric douchebag featured recently in our Sundance quotes roundup was none other than newly minted faux-idiot Joaquin Phoenix. Let’s examine the evidence! More »

Didn’t We Call Bullshit On Joaquin Phoenix Already?

7:00AM Kyle Buchanan | …Because he’s still going through with this pretend “quitting acting to become a rap star” chicanery. In fact, THR has broken more news about this supposed life trajectory that we are simply refusing to believe: More »

4:49AM STV | Oscar’s Stepchildren: Reclaiming the selective credentials that helped nudge Crash to a Best Picture win only three years ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is cracking down on new membership effective immediately. Among the first to feel the pinch: Last year’s nominees Ellen Page, Casey Affleck and Amy Ryan, all snubbed in 2008 by an actor’s branch that even Academy execs say might have gone too far in restricting invitations. But, reports the NY Times, Henry Winkler retains his influence, so, you know, as you were, Hollywood. [NYT] More »

Joaquin Phoenix Retirement Announcement More Awkward Than We’d Ever Imagined

5:23AM Kyle Buchanan | When Extra revealed on Tuesday that Joaquin Phoenix had announced his mumbled retirement from acting, little did we know that the video of said declaration (captured at Monday’s Paul Newman charity benefit) would immediately enshrine itself in the annals of red carpet awkwardness forever. Thanks to a clip furnished by E!, we’ve got the entire, baffling experience, as an out-of-it Phoenix confesses all to Extra correspondent Jerry Penacoli, takes offense at Penacoli’s disbelieving laughter, then storms off. More »

Jessica Alba Is Pregnant, Hungry and Unwilling To Wait In Line

10:00AM Mark Graham | PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week (depending on volume), so send them in early and often—without them, we’ll surely be forced to endure another Pellicano trial! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put “sighting” or “PrivacyWatch” in the subject line so we don’t lose them) and tell everyone about the time you saw Jessica Alba cut in the breakfast line at the Griddle Cafe. More »

Amy Adams And David Letterman To Dim Bulb Lisa Rinna: You Should ‘Be Fired’

5:04AM Molly Friedman | On last night’s Late Show, guest Amy Adams and David Letterman decided to review one of poufy-lipped red carpet host Lisa Rinna’s numerous gaffes on Oscar night. And after seeing this particular stomach-turning foul for the third time, we’re gonna have to agree with Letterman and Adams, who essentially came to the conclusion that the soap star turned Joan Rivers 2.0 “should be fired.” The best part? Even Rinna agrees! More »