Clint Eastwood is making a movie about J Edgar Hoover and his lover Clyde Tolson. Leonardo DiCaprio has long been attached to play Hoover and now word is Joaquin Phoenix is being courted for the Tolson role, working from a script written by Dustin Lance Black (Milk) on a project that already has people talking Oscar. Full Story

Casey Affleck settled out of court with the two women who claimed he sexually harassed them on the set of I’m Still Here. They were originally each trying to get about $2 million out of him. The terms of the deal have not been made public but the matter is now resolved without having to get nasty in court. Full Story

Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner are in Venice to promote The Town. Casey Affleck is in Venice to promote I’m Still Here. Joaquin Phoenix is in Venice but didn’t seem to show at the photo call or the premiere of his own movie – at least I can’t find any photos of him at the official events. Full Story

Holy. Sh-t. More TIFF announcements, more major additions, so many world premieres at this year’s film festival including the Midnight Madness line-up and more potential award winners to the schedule covering the entire spectrum from elder Hollywood statesman to dirty tramps and roughnecks. Clint Eastwood will be in Toronto with Hereafter starring Matt Damon. Full Story

Joaquin Phoenix’s face – if you can call it that – is featured on the poster for I’m Still Here just released today and Casey Affleck’s name also gets listed on the bottom. He directed it but the way it appears here it’s like an acting credit. They’re calling it a mockumentary. Full Story

Casey Affleck’s messy legal battle is getting worse. Another lady who worked on the set of his Joaquin Phoenix doc is suing him for being a sexual freak, allegedly sneaking up on her in the middle of the night and getting into bed and demanding to sleep with her. Casey’s team is accusing this second lady of opportunism on the heels of the first suit, denying everything. Full Story

He’s being sued by a former producer on his Joaquin Phoenix documentary I’m Not Here. Amanda White says she was sexually harassed by Joaquin’s bff and brother-in-law, claiming she was fired for not f-cking him. According to White, she was terminated when she rejected Casey’s demand that they start sleeping together. Full Story

Obviously. It was a joke. Some kind of lame construct to expose something about Hollywood, something about the way everyone reacted to his behaviour, his attempt to become a rapper. Like there was any question that it was a poorly conceived “artiste” endeavour concocted by guitar and candlelight one night when Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck were lamenting their superiority over their celebrity peers. Full Story

Is that what he’s doing? Joaquin Phoenix showed up last night at “guerrilla artist” Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop premiere in LA. Remember when Brange bought a Banksy for $2 million? Joaquin seems to be re-emerging slowly and clean-shaven, almost sane-looking. Almost. Last month he also hit up Elton John’s Oscar party, not exactly his kind of joint. Full Story

Only caught a quick glimpse of Natalie Portman and her new man. She is SO small. And that skirt is shorter than you think. The outfit also looks better than it photographs. Portman was having a word with Carey Mulligan. It was all I could do not to have a Sapphic meltdown all over the grand piano. Mulligan stayed close to Maggie Gyllenhaal most of the time, with Peter Sarsgaard coming in and out of their little area. Full Story

Let’s express our collective relief, again, that Joaquin Phoenix has emerged from his vain ass art project last year clean shaven and (sort of) hot again. He’s also reengaging with the Hollywood party circuit. Oh, how f-cking celebrity of you. Joaquin was spotted leaving Voyeur the other night after the Grammys. Full Story

Are you over yourself? You seem to be. I’m so happy! Even with the JailBait next to you, I’m so happy. Joaquin Phoenix has resurfaced. Almost a year after his bizarre foray into rap and his embarrassing appearance on Letterman, almost a year after we knew him for his beard and could not find the hotness underneath, Joaquin is back, cleanshaven, coherent, doesn’t look pudgy, isn’t fronting like an uberartist, isn’t smug, isn’t an asshole, actually has a sense of humour, and looks totally hot again. Full Story

Remember? He was still rapping in the early part 2009, falling off stages, getting into scraps with hecklers Full Story

Twilight Eclipse cast members continue to acclimate to Vancouver – it was Bryce Dallas Howard who was spotted yesterday after a workout, getting into training mode to play the aggressive Victoria. As you know, Bryce recently replaced Rachelle Lefevre and as you also know, Twi-Hards tend to fixate unreasonably on matters they cannot control. Full Story