Keanu Reeves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves was born on Sept. 2, 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Occupation: Actor
Years Active: 1985-present

His best known roles are that of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, The Matrix and Point Break. And man is he HOT!!!! He is soooooooooooooooo sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Early life
He was born to Patricia Bond, an English costume designer, and Samuel Knowlin, a geologist who was Hawaiian-born, who is of English, Irish, Portugese, Hawaiian and Chinese descent. His father earned his GED while imprisoned for selling heroin at Hilo International Airport. As a child, he moved around the world frequently and had many stepfathers. In 1966, when his parents divorced, they moved to Australia where his mom became a costume designer and then they moved to New York

Career

1980s
He began acting at age 9, appearing in a theatre production of Damn Yankees. At 15 he played Mercutio in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet. His first movie was a role in the hockey movie Youngblood, where he played a goalie. In 1989, he starred in Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure, which led to a 1991 sequel Bill and Ted's Excellent Journey, which typecast him as a spaced out teenager. In the movies, he played an airhead named Ted

Youngblood

1990s
In 1991, he starred in Point Break, about an FBI agent who has to investigate a series of robberies by a gang called Ex-Presidents because they use masks of former presidents and he believes that the robberies are being done by a group of surfers. In 1992, for that role, he won the Most Desirable Male Award at the MTV Awards. In 1994, he starred in the movie Speed. In that movie, he plays an LA SWAT team member named Jack Traven. He plays a game of cat and mouse with a mad bomber named Howard Payne(Dennis Hopper) who says that he has rigged a bus with a bomb that will detonate if it goes above or below 50 mph, and it will also detonate if he tries to remove passengers. In 1997, he starred alongside Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate. In that movie, he plays Kevin Lomax, a defense attourney in Gainesville, Florida who is assigned to defend a teacher accused of child molestation. When the victim(Heather Mattarazzo) gets on the stand, he practically destroys her story and gets a not guilty verdict. After the trial, he is approached by a New York law firm, Chadwick &Waters. His new future boss John Milton(Al Pacino) offers him a new place and a bigger salary, not aware that his boss is a real Devil(literally). In 1999, he starred in The Matrix, which wuold forever be one of his best known movies, where he plays a computer programmer named Thomas A. Anderson who goes by the alias Neo.

The Matrix

The Devil's Advocate

Speed

Point Break

2000s
In 2005, he starred in Constantine, which was supposed to be almost like a sequel to The Devil's Advocate. In 2006, he starred alongside Sandra Bullock again in a romantic movie called The Lake House, which apparently did not do good, but opinions like this come from critics. Everyone has their opinions of movies. People say Ned Kelly with Mick Jagger sucked, but I liked it. See what I mean? Don't ever listen to critics!

The Lake House

Constantine

This is from Wikipedia. So that way I'm not being told I stole it!! I even have the link for the page up above!!!

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Letting Go	Stereo Teen No.1
	One Step Away	Ron Petrie
1986	Youngblood	Heaver
	Flying	Tommy Wernicke
	Young Again	Mike Riley, age 17
	Under the Influence	Eddie Talbot
	Act of Vengeance	Buddy Martin
	River's Edge	Matt
	Brotherhood of Justice	Derek
	Babes in Toyland	Jack
1988	Permanent Record	Chris Townsend
	The Prince of Pennsylvania	Rupert Marshetta
	The Night Before	Winston Connelly
	Dangerous Liaisons	Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
1989	Life Under Water	Kip
	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Ted "Theodore" Logan
	Parenthood	Tod Higgins
1990	I Love You to Death	Marlon James
	Tune in Tomorrow	Martin Loader
1991	Point Break	FBI Special Agent John 'Johnny' Utah	MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male
	Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey	Ted "Theodore" Logan/Evil Ted
	My Own Private Idaho	Scott Favor
	Providence	Eric
1992	Bram Stoker's Dracula	Jonathan Harker
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Don John	Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor[22]
	Little Buddha	Prince Siddhartha/Lord Buddha
	Poetic Justice	Homeless Man	(Uncredited)
	Freaked	Ortiz the Dog Boy	(Uncredited)
	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Julian Gitche
1994	Speed	Officer Jack Traven	MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Sandra Bullock) Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Sandra Bullock) Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male
1995	Johnny Mnemonic	Johnny
	A Walk in the Clouds	Sgt. Paul Sutton
1996	Chain Reaction	Eddie Kasalivich
	Feeling Minnesota	Jjaks Clayton
1997	The Last Time I Committed Suicide	Harry
	The Devil's Advocate	Kevin Lomax
1999	The Matrix	Thomas Anderson/Neo	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in an Action/Science Fiction Film Golden Slate for Best Actor in a Leading Role MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Laurence Fishburne) Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Laurence Fishburne) Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
	Me and Will	Himself
2000	The Replacements	Shane Falco
	The Watcher	David Allen Griffin
	The Gift	Donnie Barksdale
2001	Sweet November	Nelson Moss
	Hardball	Conor O'Neill
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	Thomas Anderson/Neo	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Hugo Weaving) Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Monica Bellucci)
	The Animatrix	Thomas Anderson/Neo
	The Matrix Revolutions	Thomas Anderson/Neo
	Something's Gotta Give	Dr. Julian Mercer
2005	Constantine	John Constantine
	Thumbsucker	Perry Lyman
	Ellie Parker	Himself
2006	The Lake House	Alex Wyler
	A Scanner Darkly	Bob Arctor
	The Great Warming	Narrator	Voice
2008	Street Kings	Detective Tom Ludlow
	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Klaatu
2009	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Chris Nadeau
2010	Passengers	Jim Preston
	Cartagena	Character Unknown
	Henry's Crime	Henry
2011	Jekyll	Dr. Jekyll
	Cowboy Bebop	Spike Spiegel[11][12]
	Hanuman	Ram[23]
2012	47 Ronin	Kai	Filming

Today in Rock Music History

2005
-During NBC's A Concert for Hurrican Relief, rapper Kanye West attacks President George W. Bush, calling him a racist, saying that he didn't care about black people

2004
-R&B singer Ciara hits #1 spot with song Goodies
-Imprisoned rapper Shyne sends fax to MTV protesting his prison's Taliban phone rules

2003
-Country singer John Anderson is released from a West Virginia hospital following a heart attack
-Fortune Magazine lists Sean 'P-Diddy' Combs as richest entertainer in their 40 Under 40 list of multi-millionaires
-Punk rockers The Clash recieve a Lifetime Achievment Award at GQ Men of the Year Awards in London, England

2000
-Many fans leave an Oregon Def Leppard concert disappointed. The band was said to have played too quietly because of local noise ordinances.
-Destiny's Child member Angie Stone and Mary J. Blige take two statuettes at 6th annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, while Tony Braxton picks up Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year.

1993
-At the MTV Video Music Awards, Neil Young joins Pearl Jam to perform Rocking in the Free
World

1989
-Paula Abdul's single Cold Hearted goes to #1
-The Cars Rick Ocasek marries supermodel Paulina Porizkova

1988
-The Amnesty International Human Rights Now tour kicks off in London's Wembley Stadium. This tour features Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman

1978
-George Harrison marries Olivia Trinidad Arias, who becomes Olivia Harrison
-Teddy Pendergrass proves how much of a ladies man he is by giving a Ladies Only concert at New York's Avery Fisher Hall. He gives everyone in the audience a white chocolate lollipop in the shape of a teddy bear

1975
-500 ticketless fans try to get in to see Jefferson Starship and The Doobie Brothers at Syracuse's Great American Music Fair. 60 people are arrested

1972
-Gilbert O'Sullivan is at #1 still with hit Alone Again(Naturally). At #2 is The Hollie's hit Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress.

1971
-The Rolling Stones sue their former managers Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton, accusing them of withholding royalties from them during their time on Decca Records.
-Grateful Dead manager Lenny Hart is arrested and charged with embezzling $70,000 from the band.

1970
-Genesis runs an ad for a drummer in the English-based magazine Melody Maker. Phil Collins encourages them to hire him by saying he played music with George Harrison

1965
-The Rolling Stones appear on British TV's Ready, Steady, Go! Mick Jagger and Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham do a skit where they duet Sonny and Cher's I Got You Babe.
-The Beatles release Yesterday, which becomes one of the most played records in the world.

1952
-New Zealand's most famous punk rocker Chris Knox is born in Invercargill

1948
-Football player Terry Bradshaw is born in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1943
-Singer Joe Simon is born in Simmesport, La
-Martha and the Vandellas member Rosalynd Ashford is born in Detroit

1940
-Teen idol Jimmy Clanton is born in Baton Rouge, La

1939
-Bobby Purify of the soul duo James and Bobby Purify, is born in Tallahassee, Fla.

When it rains, it pours.....

Things have not been going good or in my favor. For some reason, things seem to be going downhill for me. I just lost my aunt Mary this morning, she died in her sleep, my uncle Justin is rapidly losing his fight with Alzheimers, my dad recently quit smoking(good for him), but because of the moldy air out at his work place, he has developed pulmonary fibrosis. Yeah, you wouldn't believe what his building was built on top of: fill dirt! It was originally a landfill that his building was built over and because of the moldy air and all the bacteria and whatknot from that landfill, it has gotten into the ventilation system and is making everyone sick!!!!!! It's some kind of breathing disorder, and last night, when I came home from the library, I was shocked to find him sitting on the couch with a green tube attached to him and that was attached to an oxygen tank! My dad is on oxygen!! You know, when you're little, you think nothing can hurt your parents or make them sick, but when you get older, things change. I completely lost it last night, I just went into my room, and broke down into tears. What can I do? I wish there was something I could do but I don't know!! Recently, my dad had quit smoking, thank God for that, and according to the doctor he seen, smoking did not bring this on. He even said that before he went to the doctors, he was worried that they would tell him that he had emphysema or some kind of lung cancer, thank God it was none of those. But I'm still in the initial shock of seeing my dad on oxygen. I always thought parents were supposed to last forever, that they didn't get sick or whatever. Man was I in for a shock!?!


And as for other things, I've also been looking for a job that just doesn't seem to be out there. I've applied at virtually every place I can think of, but...nothing. I've had 2 very unsuccessful interviews, one was at this punk rock/new wave store. It's called Hot Topic and it's a pretty cool store. And I want someone to define irony for me, because in the interview, the woman, named Devan, said they were looking for someone who knows about heavy metal and what knot, not someone who listens to British rock. Yet 2 weeks after the interview, when I go in with my sister because she's there to pick up a hoodie she ordered, I see the same woman who did the interview, who coincidentally is the manager of that store, wearing a hole infested shirt with an image of the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen album on it. WTF? I thought she didn't want British rock there? What the hell does she think The Sex Pistols do? They're a freakin 80s British punk band!! WTF is all I thought. And then I tried my luck at Krogers, a store near me, the interview went fine and they didn't call back. It wasn't until about a week later that my mom phoned me and said that the reason they didn't return my calls was that they didn't want to work with the hours I had given them, apparently they want someone who is not going to college. I'm currently attending a small technical school and they didn't want to hire me obviously, WTF? So basically last night I applied for over 15 different places, including this one place near me. It's a restaurant in a place called Crestview Hills, Ky, called The Pub, it's supposed to be the only and I mean ONLY place to get real authentic British food obviously. A friend suggested I try there because she was joking around and said "You'd fit in there perfectly." And I have to admit that she was right. I think that would be a fun place to work. So, I filled out the application and I'm going to give it a few days and call them back. Who knows? Maybe I'll land a job there. Just got to keep my fingers crossed. I really hope I land a job there. I think it would be cool to work in a British themed place, be awesome, maybe adopt an accent, lol! Just joking. But I think it would be cool, IDK if it's a curse, but I seem to know more about British culture than American culture. IDK if that's bad, but I don't care. It's what I like.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 4

Day 04- Sad Movie

Ghost
This movie gets me teared up almost every time

What this movie is about is a banker named Sam Wheat(Patrick Swayze) and his artist girlfriend Molly Jensen(Demi Moore) live happily in New York. He discovers some major problems at work and confides in his friend Carl Bruner(Tony Goldwyn). Sam decides to investigate and one night after leaving a theatre, Sam and Molly are attacked, Sam is killed by a gunshot from a fight with an armed thugh named Willy Lopez(Rick Aviles). When his ghost leaves his body, only then does he realize he's dead. He then seeks out the help of a psychic named Oda Mae Brown(Whoopi Goldberg), he tells her to convince his girlfriend that she's in danger because the thug has his wallet with his address, but while still in shock over her loss of him, she does not believe the psychic. Soon after, Sam runs into an aggressive ghost(Vincent Schiavelli) who was killed by a couple of kids who pushed him in front of a subway car. This spirit teaches him how to hanress the ghostly powers he was given. When Sam finds out that Carl has laundered the money under a false name, Oda Mae and Sam go there and get the money out. Carl find this out when he tries to access the account and it doesn't work. Carl then hires Willy to go after Molly, and he goes to Oda Mae's apartment and Sam plays tricks with him. After Willy is scared stiff, he escapes, running outside and is hit by a car. After he is dead, his spirit leaves the body and shadowy demons come to take his soul to Hell. Towards the end, Carl is killed by a window with broken glass on it, his spirit is then taken to Hell. Basically this story is about how a banker gets revenge. It's so teary at the end, because she can hear him just as he's about to cross over. The song Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers was the main theme of this movie.

Pictures from the movie

September Birthdays



Keanu Reeves

-Born: Sept. 2, 1964, Beirut, Lebanon

-In Hawaiian, his name means cool breeze over the mountains.

-Got his abdominal scar from a motorcycle wreck in Topanga Canyon. He was on a 'demon ride' (no headlights at night) when he crashed in to the side of a mountain



Kevin Sorbo

-Born: Sept. 24, 1958, Mound, Minnesota

-Worked as a model and bouncer before getting his break on Hercules:The Legendary Journeys

 

Linda Hamilton

-Born: Sept. 26, 1956, Salisbury, Maryland

-At one stage in her life, she was addicted to cocaine

 

Avril Lavigne

-Born: Sept. 27, 1984, Belleville, Ontario, Canada

-Natural hair color is brown

-Owns over 100 pairs of Converse sneakers

 

Macy Gray

-Born: Sept. 6, 1967, Canton, Ohio

-Trademark: Her unusual singing voice

 

Billie Piper

-Born: Sept. 22, 1982, Swindon, Wiltshire, England

-Won most Popular Actress at 11th annual National Television Awards in London, England. She won for her role of Rose Tyler. Her Doctor Who co-star Christopher Eccleston won for popular actor

-Daughter in law of actor James Fox

 

Bruce Springsteen

-Born: Sept. 23, 1949, Long Branch, New Jersey

-As a kid, his favorite movie was The Searchers

-Many of his early songs make references to the Jersey Shore, where he spent most of his childhood and teen years

 

Colin Firth

-Born: Sept. 10, 1960, Grayshott, Hampshire, England

-Lived in the US for a year when he was 12

-Fluent in Italian

 

Ed Sullivan

-Born- Sept. 28, 1901. New York City

-American entertainer with variety show The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s and 1960s

-Was a former boxer, he then began work as a newspaper sportswriter

 

Harry Connick Jr.

-Born: Sept. 11, 1967, New Orleans, Louisiana

-His father Harry was a District Attourney for New Orleans, and his mother Anita was a judge who died of ovarian cancer when Harry was 13

-Has 3 daughters, Georgia, Sara and Charlotte

 

Hugh Grant

-Born: Sept. 9, 1960, Hammersmith, London, England

-Opted not to do a nude scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994)

-In the 1996 paperback book Mug Shots, his face is featured in it. He was arrested in Los Angeles after being found with a prostitute named Divine Brown in a parked car.

 

Tom Felton

-Born: Sept. 22, 1987, Kensington, London, England

-Best known for his role of Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter

-For the role of Draco in the Harry Potter movies, he had to bleach his hair blonde, while his natural hair color is light brown

 

Will Smith

-Born: Sept. 25, 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

-In his movies, he often says "Aw hell no!"

-Was considered for the role of Detective James Carter in Rush Hour

Jim Henson

-Born Sept. 24, 1936. Greenville, Mississippi

-Creator of The Muppets

-Named Kermit the Frog after a childhood friend

Today in Rock Music History

2005
- R.L. Burnside, a blues guitarist and singer who found fame working with the John Spencer Blues Explosion dies at age 78 in Memphis

2004
- Tim McGraw sells 765,000 copies of Live Like You Were Dying to top US album chart. In at #1 is R. Kelly's double album Happy People/You Saved Me. G-Unit rapper Young Buck makes his debut at #3 with Straight Outta Cashville
-Alejandro Sanz dominates the Latin Grammys, winning Male Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year for No Es Lo Mismo. The title track is named Song of the Year and Record of the Year
-OutKast's Andre 3000 visits Republican National Convention in New York to convince young people to vote.

2003
-Sir Elton John tops U.K. singles chart with Are You Ready for Love.
-Australian rockers Jet deny they signed to Elektra for $3 million

2000
-A federal judge awards Herb Reed of The Platters an injunction against another group Reed described as "these phony people going around calling themselves The Platters."

1998
-David Bowie unveils his Bowienet online community

1989
-U2 bassist Adam Clayton pleads guilty to a charge of marijuana possession. But Irish judge lets him off the hook in return for donation to a Dublin women's center

1981
-Bob Dylan releases his Heart of Mine single in Europe only.

1980
-Fleetwood Mac wrap up 9 month tour at Hollywood Bowl with Lindsey Buckingham telling audience "This is our last show for a long time."

1979
- In Sydney, INXS make their live debut at Oceanview Hotel. It's 4 years before they have their 1st U.S. Top 40 hit with The One Thing.
-U2 release their first record, the U2-3 EP

1977
- New York's Blondie signs with Chrysalis label

1976
-L.A. music force Lou Adler and employee Neil Silver are kidnapped.

1972
-David Bowie releases "John, I'm Only Dancing" in the U.K. The lyrics "He turns me on" don't refer to Iggy Pop

1967
-Boz Scaggs joins Steve Miller Band on guitar

1965
-James Brown introduces the funk of Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, then Booker T & the MG's perform on Shindig

1957
-Gloria Estefan is born in Havana, Cuba

1956
-Elvis Presley buys his mother Gladys a pink Cadillac.

1955
-Bruce Foxton, bassist with The Jam, is born

1946
-The Bee Gees Barry Gib is born in Manchester, England

1944
-Archie Bell, who led to The Drells #1 hit with Tighten Up is born in Henderson, Texas.

1933
-Country star Conway Twitty is born in Friar's Point, Miss.

1931
-Boxcar Willie is born in Sterret, Texas

30 Day Challenge Day 3

Day 3- Movie that makes you happy

Freejack
This movie is basically about a racecar driver named Alex Furlong(Emilio Estevez) who is wisked away to the year 2009 to be the recipient for a mind transplant for a businessman named Ian McCandless(Anthony Hopkins). The movie was made in 1992, but is supposed to take place in 1991, go figure! He sends a 'bonejacker', basically mercenaries with time travel devices to go and get Furlong, and these 'bonejackers' are led by Victor Vacendak(Mick Jagger), who will stop at nothing to do this and get paid. Furlong escapes and is labeled a 'freejack', lowest rung on the social ladder in the futuristic society, and he tries to find his girlfriend Julie Redlund(Rene Russo), who works for McCandless Inc. This movie's concept was taken from the 1950s era sci fi book Immortality Inc by Robert Sheckley. From watching this movie, I see Mick looks a little skittish acting. I get the feeling he is uncomfortable acting, that he'd rather be taking the stage singing Stones tracks. He's a pretty good actor, but I get the feeling he's a little nervous on the acting camera. He totally rocked this movie out though.

Pictures from the movie

 Picture of the future in the movie.

 

At the very beginning

 Towards the end where Julie and Alex reach the top floor of McCandless Inc

 Group photo- Hopkins as McCandless, Estevez as Furlong and Jagger as Vacendak

Furlong and girlfriend Julie 

Scene towards the end where Furlong tricks Vacendak

Another shot of Jagger

Jagger as Vacendak

Filming the scene with Jagger

30 Day Movie Challenge, Day 2

Day 2- Most Underrated Movie

I have to agree with Taysha the Film Geek on this one.
Donnie Brasco.

This movie, for those who may not know of it is about the story of Joseph D. Pistone. He was an FBI agent in the 1970s who went undercover for 6 years in the Bonanno crime family in New York. He used the alias 'Donnie Brasco' and also went by the name 'Donnie the Jeweler', who was supposed to be a street thief and also jewel expert. The movie is pretty cool, but also very violent, very graphic, bad language as well.

Pictures from the movie