Sunday, Nov 22 1998
If you want take a look at THE OFFICIAL RIVER PHOENIX MEGA SITE (I am quite sure that it isn`t the official !) There you will find a lot about River for sure, but also about his sisters and Joaquin. The News-section is really interesting. The owner of the page talked to Ron Davis the Photographer who was right there on the side walk when River died. You should read what he said. Also she writes there about a special at ET which reported that there is a possibility that River was murdered by "The Children Of God". Crazy idea, isnt it? And she saw Joaquin at Letterman (Joaquin said hi to "Libby", "Ra", Summer and his nephew "Rio" - how cute!)

Monday, Nov 16 1998
interesting news from the unofficial Casey Affleck website:
Casey wrote and directed 13 spots for the SUNDANCE Channel which will air next year. They are very funny and Casey got a lot of his friends to participate, including, Matt Damon,
Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Gus Van Sant, Don Cheadle, Christina Ricci, Edward Furlong and Harvey Weinstein.

Saturday, Nov 14 1998
DAILY DISH....
Yes, that's big movie star Joaquin Phoenix in a TV commercial. But he's not plugging cars, long-distance service or even Gap khakis. The To Die For actor is featured in the first-ever
television ad for the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the animal-rights activist group. In the Thanksgiving-themed spot, directed by Clay Pigeons helmer David Dobkin, a smiling Phoenix pushes a cart through a grocery store, loading up on vegetables. A store clerk, played by Spacehog guitarist Antony Langdon, joyfully tosses him a plum. Things get gloomy, however, when Phoenix arrives at an aisle filled with dozens of dead turkeys. After popping into a phone booth to call PETA's toll-free veggie recipe hotline, he turns to the camera and says
somberly, "Holidays can be murder on turkeys. Let's make this one for the birds."

Choosing Phoenix to do the spot was a no-brainer, according to Lisa Lange, PETA's director of public affairs. "He's been a vegan — a strict vegetarian — for 21 years, and he's only 24," she tells Dish. "It's the first-ever commercial aimed at saving turkeys specifically, and we knew that since he's got a heart as big as the planet, it would appeal to him. It took about two seconds
for him to reply that he would do it."

The spot began airing Monday on about 16 cable networks and local stations in New York and Los Angeles, and will continue to air throughout the holiday season. Although it hasn't been running for long, Lange believes the commercial has driven more visitors to the PETA web site, which is promoted in the spot. In addition to a downloadable version of Phoenix's ad, the site (www.peta-online.org) includes a recipe for Tofu Not-a-Turkey, complete with cornbread stuffing.

Wednesday, Nov 11 1998
<gossip from spacehog internet homepage>
did anyone else see joaquin phoenix talking about ant(antony) on dave letterman the other night? I guess ant was backstage because joaquin was talking about how paul did`nt recognize him in the elevator. anyway, he and ant went to florida on motorcycles. joaquin got in a wreck. he said ant told him he was going too fast, but he did`nt listen. I kept hoping they would bring him out, but they never did.

Saturday, Nov 7 1998
Okay, that´s it! Joaquin has a really good friend called Antony Langdon. He is a member of the band Spacehog. And Antony has a brother called Roy (Royston Langdon). And that`s the one who is dating Liv right now.
Do you wanna take a look at the Spacehog - page? (If you are interested: in the news-section you will find a pic of Roy and Liv.)

Tuesday, Nov 2 1998
excerpts from the articles at JAM! :
It's the second movie for the 5-foot-7 Phoenix and the 6-foot-6 Vaughn, who also worked together on Return To Paradise. They had never met before the Clay Pigeons shoot in Utah last year. Few knew what to expect. "We went to pick him up at this tiny airport," recalls Phoenix. "They were basically trying to pry this Vince Vaughn moose through the door of this small plane." It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship and working relationship, reports Dobkin, who adds that despite their physical differences Phoenix and Vaughn have similar personalities. "He's a big 'tater," suggests Phoenix, "a real sweetheart." Many who work with Phoenix say the same thing about him.

"I'm sweet and vulnerable?" he asked a roomful of reporters at the Ritz Carlton in Hollywood recently, when told that's how his Return To Paradise director described him. "I don't know," he muses, then lunges toward a male reporter sitting next to him, to give him a big bear hug. "Ahhhhhh," sigh all the reporters.