Source: Zimbio
Keanu Reeves was out for a joy ride on Mulholland Drive with his new bike made by West Coast Choppers.
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Archive for April, 2009
Keanu Reeves arrives for the ‘Anvil’ premiere in L.A.
Actress China Chow at Wednesday’s ‘Anvil! The Story Of Anvil’ premiere
Keanu Reeves attended the premiere of Anvil! The Story of Anvil at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood last night. He was there supporting his friend in his directorial debut, Sacha Gervasi.
“I love this film. If you haven’t seen this, go… it’s inspiring; it’s just a really good film.”
Keanu attended the event with China Chow.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil hits theaters in limited release, April 10th.
Keanu Reeves and Adrien Brody at the practice…
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Keanu Speeds With Alex Trebek – Posted Apr 8th 2009 2:01PM
(Video in the folder "Candids 2009", in "April 2009 Toyota Grand Prix")
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LONG BEACH – When Keanu Reeves starred in the 1991 film "Point Break," he played FBI agent Johnny Utah, who went undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who also happened to be surfers.
Johnny Utah had to learn how to surf, and as the story progressed he became infatuated with being anywhere near the water.
It was therefore no surprise that a little bit of Johnny Utah came out Tuesday when Reeves was asked why he decided to compete in next weekend’s pro/celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
"Are you kidding me?" Reeves said, moving his body sideways so as to show a reporter his view. "Long Beach, the weather’s great, we’re in cars, we’re on the streets going fast, going through lights. It’s good, clean fun."
Reeves spoke in animated tones as he got out of his car following a second practice session at the pro/celebrity race media day. So did comedian Carlos Mencia.
"You know what, dude, I was born in Honduras, bro, I grew up in East L.A.," Mencia said. "I mean, come on, dude, this is something that billions of people around the world wish they could do. And it is my reality. So, to be quite frank, I’m just glad to be here."
So was Alex Trebek, the 25-year host of "Jeopardy." But Trebek seemed just a bit shook up after the first practice session. The celebrities have been training for a couple of weeks, but it was their first time on the Grand Prix track.
"Well, it’s a little hairy because you’ve got so many cars and then you’ve got the pace cars that are passing all of us because they’re taking guys like you, reporters, to give you a taste of what it feels like to go a hundred miles an hour," Trebek said. "And so you have to be aware of them.
"And my rear view mirrors weren’t set up properly, unfortunately, and I didn’t see them. But fortunately the flag bearers would be waving the flags – the blue and yellow – so we knew somebody was trying to pass."
Reeves, Trebek and Mencia are among 18 drivers who will compete in the pro/celebrity portion of the Grand Prix. Some of the others include 2003 Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, actress/singer Raven-Symone and actor Eric Close, who plays an FBI agent on "Without a Trace."
Reeves on Tuesday appeared to be the most sought-after individual. Large groups of photographers clicked away as Reeves entered and left his car for each practice session.
Reporters were lucky to get a minute with Reeves, who seemed ultra-cool in his approach to the whole idea of getting into a car and whizzing around the streets of Long Beach. He also came off as highly appreciative of all the help he is receiving.
"There are some really good people here," he said. "They are really taking care of us in terms of training, getting us comfortable in the cars and on the track.
"It’s a great group of people and so there’s no work here. The only thing is just trying to pay attention and learn how to go faster."
One got the impression Trebek wasn’t all that interested in going faster.
"Well, it’s all fun, but it’s still work," Trebek said. "And, how can I phrase it? It’s scary because it’s a learning experience that I’m not at all familiar with. If you’re talking about hosting a television show, that’s no problem for me. I’m familiar with the ground rules, the history and my way of working.
"But this is all new to me; I’m not a race-car driver. So it’s a little different."
As for Reeves, the 44-year-old actor is in his 35th year in the profession, having first appeared on stage in "Damn Yankees" at age 9.
From the sound of it, his role in "Point Break" has been one of his favorites.
"Oh, yeah, that was a great experience," he said of the movie that also starred Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey. "Just the actors I got to work with, what I got to do.
"It was a really fun role, fun film."
The new Sinbad was going to be made by Rob Cohen with Keanu Reeves in the lead role. Now though the mantle has passed, Reeves is out, as is Cohen, and there’s a new director on board, Adam Shankman.
Morgan Creek is fast-tracking three projects and one of them has a dash of genre attached to it, with Keanu Reeves jumping back into the sci-fi landscape with Passengers, reports Variety. Screenwriter Jon Spaihts penned the scrip, which has been developed by producers Reeves and Stephen Hamel.
Plot Concept: "Passengers" is a sci-fi/romance pic that takes place in the future, as a spacecraft is transporting people to colonize a distant planet. Because of a malfunction, a single passenger (Reeves) is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he awakens a beautiful woman. Jim Sheridan and Antoine Fuqua are leading the other two Morgan Creek productions, which are psychological thriller Dream House and crime family pic Scarpa.
The Sheridan-helmed psychological thriller Dream House is about a family that moves to a small town in Connecticut and learns that a mother and her two young children had been killed in their home. The killings were believed to be at the hands of the husband, who survived and may now be a threat to the new residents.
The Fuqua helming vehicle Scarpa is based on the true story of Greg Scarpa Sr., a capo in Brooklyn’s Columbo crime family who was also the highest-level mob informant ever developed by the FBI.
Keanu Reeves leaving Il Sole restaurant on April 1st, 2009 – Photo by Styles/Splash News
