Joaquin Phoenix recently attended a Paul Newman benefit, where he told Extra “This will be my last performance as an actor… I’m not doing films anymore.”  It’s unclear which  performance he meant.  Maybe he was only acting like someone who cared about Paul Newman’s charities.

Extra further probed Joaquin. “Are you serious?” Phoenix, who was curiously being followed by his own camera crews, reiterated, “Yeah. I’m working on my music. I’m done. I’ve been through that.”
Actor Casey Affleck, present during the admission, tells Extra, “I don’t think he’s kidding. He’s got music and stuff.”
Today, “Extra” contacted Phoenix’s rep for clarification and got this response: “That is what he told me.” [Extra]

Being followed by camera crews, announcing his retirement after the death of a friend – I’m starting to think Joaquin Phoenix is the real-life Derek Zoolander. “That Joaquin Phoenix, so hot right now,” Skeet Ulrich whispers to Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas while the Phoenix theme music plays.  Anyway, actors are idiots so it’s not surprising that he thinks he’s a musician because he played one once.  Same thing happened to Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez.  Hell, Gary Busey’s been trying to kill Mel Gibson since ’87.

UPDATE:  Now with video! After the jump, watch Joaquin slur through his announcement like he’s on painkillers and then abruptly walk out after accusing the reporter of laughing at him.  Seems veeery fishy… Read the rest of this entry »