Did You Know...

... Brad Pitt and Sarah Polley were originally cast as 'Russell Hammond' and 'Penny Lane' in 2000's "Almost Famous". Pitt admitted to director Cameron Crowe that he didn't understand the character and Polley dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with another film. Billy Crudup was cast as 'Russell' and Kate Hudson (who was originally cast as 'Anita', and subsequently replaced by Zooey Deschanel) was recast as 'Penny'.

Performance of the Day

Actor: JOAQUIN PHOENIX

Film: "Inventing the Abbotts"

Character: Doug Holt

Year: 1997

Back before he was a two-time Oscar nominee and before he started looking like the uni-bomber, Joaquin Phoenix starred as Doug Holt in "Inventing the Abbotts". Phoenix, playing little brother to Billy Crudup's Jacey, has an obsession with the wealthy, beautiful Abbott girls. Phoenix's showed a mixture of sensitivity and shyness.

Fun Shoots

Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Billy Crudup,

and Joanna Going in a publicity shot for "Inventing the Abbotts", 1997

Fun Shoots

the cast of "Almost Famous", 2000