Dish #4 - For better or for worse.

The Dish: Today, the headlines go to Joaquin Phoenix. For those who are unfamiliar with the eccentric actor turned wannabe rapper, he was in reasonably respectable movies such as Gladiator, Ladder 49 and more recently Walk the Line (where he was Johnny Cash) and We Own the Night. He's not a bad actor but some time ago he started growing a beard that not only can give Santa a run for his presents but also can camouflage a very small elf. He was performing (I use the term loosely here) at the Miami nightclub LIV around 2am this morning when a heckler in the audience member instigated Mr. Phoenix to plunder off-stage to attack his confronter. Casey Affleck, his brother-in-law, was there to film the entire process. Phoenix was later hauled back onto the stage and kindly escorted out of the club.

Fingers crossed: They keep saying that he's doing this sudden switch in career to film a documentary with Casey. So his fans must be hoping that this very incident is all part of the game he's playing. They can only have faith in Affleck's directorial skills.

The Real Issue Here: As long as it's unsure whether his trippy act is going to pay off in the end, I am more concerned about his health. That beard must be taking an unimaginable toll on his nutrition. The only thing I can be sure of is that the cells that keep his facial hair growing are not the ones that can keep his brain rolling like a normal person.

Even looking like that, Joaquin's still cooler than K-Fed.
(Photo is courtesy of AP Photo/Matt Sayles, taken from CTV.ca)