| | Joaquin Phoenix at Hollywood.com |
 | | Joaquin Phoenix was among the more unconventional A-list Hollywood actors, with an intensity of personal character that was apparent right from his humble breakout in the indie gem, âTo Die Forâ (1995). |
 | | Phoenix had been at the Sunset Strip nightclub, the Viper Room, with River the night the 23-year-old actor took a lethal combination of drugs, and it was his voice on the frantic 911 phone call that news shows insisted on playing, despite the flinchingly private nature of the moment. |
 | | Phoenix â“ who, by this time, had changed his name back to Joaquin â“ was quietly brilliant as a burnout teenager seduced by an ambitious local newswoman (Nicole Kidman) into murdering her career-squelching husband. |
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