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| | Keanu Reeves says he threw up 'a couple of times' doing stunts for John Wick | | Added 41 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Keanu Reeves has had a busy few weeks of movie anniversary celebrations. Last month, he was joined by Sandra Bullock and director Jon de Bont for a 30th anniversary screening of Speed. On November 3, it was time to celebrate the John Wick?s 10th anniversary. At the event, Keanu and his co-star Ian McShane did a panel with producer Erica Lee and co-director Chad Stahelski. During the panel, Keanu talked a bit about his experience filming the action movie, in which he reportedly did 90% of his own stunts. He worked so hard on those fight scenes that he even threw up ?a couple of times.?
Moderator Grae Drake asked Reeves how far he was pushed to play the titular hitman who gets revenge on the Russian mobsters responsible for the death of his dog.
Reeves said the experience was a ?gift,? adding, ?I had so many wonderful teachers and guidance and worked with so many talented actors, actresses and stunt people in the sense of its such a dance and collaboration and cooperation. So theres a couple of times where you throw up or puke or whatever, but thats what makes it good!?
McShane also praised Reeves? willingness to go the extra mile.
?He pushes the envelope all the time. So when your leading actors says, ?Wed like do another one,? and its raining for the seventh day in a row outside ? and youre standing there, whatever. And you go, ?Well, Keanus doing it. Here we are. Here we go,? ? said McShane.
The movie was a hit, and launched three sequels, which have collectively made more than $1 billion globally. The films have also become famous for their violent and involved fight scenes, including one in which Keanu?s Wick shoves a sharpened pencil in the eye and ear of a foe.
When moderator Drake quipped that ?nobodys ever looked at a pencil the same way again,? Reeves responded: ?You shouldnt. Because they work!?
[From People]
I am impressed but not at all surprised by Keanus work ethic. Its insane that he pushed himself so hard that he threw up, though. That is hardcore, especially because he was 49 years old when they filmed the first movie. This reminds me of Halle Berry?s stories about getting broken bones and being knocked out three times on set. Halle was in John Wick: Chapter 3 when she broke three ribs, so we know those action scenes and stunts are definitely intense to film. It sounds like Keanu really is just as lovely, hardworking, and professional as he appears. He?ll be back for John Wick: Chapter 5, which surprised me, given the ending of the fourth movie.
Anyway, I love the John Wick movies. I didn?t think I?d be into it so wasn?t really watching it when Mr. Rosie put the fist movie on. I started paying attention midway through, though, and was like, ?All this for a dog?? After that, I was all in. Did you know that Eva Longoria is the reason why the first movie was even able to be made in the first place? They were short on budget, so at the very last minute, Eva provided the additional six million dollars needed to fund it. She still gets residuals from it, too.
Note by Celebitchy: this story was written before the election was called
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| | Keanu Reeves: 'I?m 59, so I?m thinking about death all the time' | | Added 146 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Keanu Reeves this week in New York, and some pics of Keanu performing with his band, Dogstar, at the Rock im Park festival in Germany back in June. Keanu remains the coolest, and I have to admit, his hair is really working for me these days. I love scruffy men, but I love it even more when a scruffy guy cleans up his look just enough. Like, he still has a beard but he recently trimmed it. His hair is just the right length too. Anyway, Keanu is currently promoting his first novel! He collaborated with British sci-fi author China Mieville on The Book of Elsewhere. It?s based on the ?hugely successful BRZRKR comic book series created by Reeves,? per the BBC, who interviewed Mieville and Reeves. Some highlights:
Keanu thinks about death: Im 59, so Im thinking about death all the time.? Thats a good thing, he adds. Hopefully its not crippling, but hopefully its sensitised [us] to an appreciation of the breath we have, and the relationships that we have the potential to have.
Creating the BRZRKR comic book series: I love the images. I love words and storytelling and I love the way that you can have this engagement that overlays. And so you can look at the art and then you can follow the story. The actor plays down his role in the collaborative process though, insisting: I didnt write a novel. China wrote a novel.
Whether he thinks writing about violence will lead to violence irl: I hope if they read BRZRKR, that they dont go out and start ripping peoples arms off and chopping their heads off. Because theres also a love story in it. But if you do read it, I hope maybe you can find love if you dont have it.
Creation & pain: Maybe ultimately the fantasy of building another world brings some kind of comfort in some way. Theres something ultimately about the creative gesture that comes from pain. Creating stuff is great. Just creating, sharing, and hopefully people like the stories that we tell.
He doesn?t give away all of his stuff, despite reports to the contrary: I love owning things, I love having stuff. Im certainly not going to present myself as someone who gives everything away.
[From BBC]
Is Keanu Reeves the perfect man, yes or no? I don?t think he?s perfect, actually, but I think he?s the best person to come out of the crazy 1980s/90s Hollywood scene. He survived, he stayed grounded, humble and compassionate, and he?s continued to do work which makes him happy. I think people miss the fact that he?s genuinely very artsy because he makes so many commercial films. He has all of these amazing side-projects and such a wide variety of interests and passions. Such a cool guy. And yes, as you get older, you just think about death a lot. Incidentally, did you know that Keanu and Kamala Harris are the same age? Their birthdays are about seven weeks apart (he?s a Virgo, she?s a Libra).
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Keanu Reeves' house in Hollywood hit by a team of burglars in ski masks | | Added 372 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Keanu Reeves had a scary incident happen last week when a team of burglars in ski masks broke into his home and stole a firearm. According to the police, they were first called to check on the house earlier in the evening, when someone reported possible intruders. They found nothing and left. However, the alarm was tripped several hours later, sending the police back there to discover the armed intruders had already fled. It doesn?t appear that Reeves or his partner Alexandra Grant were home at the time.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told ABC7 that authorities responded to a call about possible trespassers at the Matrix stars property in the Hollywood Hills at around 7 p.m. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that officers found no one there after receiving the anonymous call, but ended up heading back to the property at around 1 a.m. when an alarm sounded at the house.
Authorities reportedly said that multiple men in ski masks were seen on security cameras smashing a window and entering the property, per the report. They fled before police arrived. TMZs sources told the publication that the men took off with a firearm. Authorities are continuing to investigate the incident.
Its not the first time that the John Wick stars home has been targeted by intruders. In September 2014, the actors home was hit by two intruders in two days.
On the first occasion, Reeves was awoken at 4 a.m. to find a woman sleeping in his library chair, TMZ reported at the time. He woke her up and spoke to her before calling 911. The second woman walked into the property the next day when Reeves was not home, before showering and skinny-dipping in his pool. She was removed after the actors cleaning staff called Reeves, who called police.
Reeves and his partner, Alexandra Grant, also obtained a temporary restraining order earlier this year against a man claiming to be a relative who reportedly trespassed onto the actors home six times between November 2022 and Jan 2023.
[From Yahoo]
I had no idea that Keanu Reeves? house was such a hotbed of intruder activity. I wonder if they can trace a serial number on the firearm to see if it gets sold or turns up somewhere. It?s also so Keanu to find someone sleeping in his library chair and wake them up to chat with them first. He just seems like such a kind soul.
I?m glad that each time, Reeves and now Alexandra, have been okay. However, the caper heist fan in me is curious about the call about intruders coming in first at 7:00 p.m. but the alarm going off at 1:00 a.m. What was going on at that house for six hours? Was it the perps scoping it out to time how long it would take the police to arrive or was it something more Ocean?s 11-y? I?ve seen enough movies and TV shows to create my own head canon in which it was both. USA, I think we found a potential premise for your breezy drama revival era.
Photos credit: Vasquez/Lagossiptv/Backgrid, Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Avalon, BauerGriffin/INSTARimages
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| | Keanu Reeves & Alexandra Grant kissed on the carpet at the MOCA gala | | Added 610 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Keanu Reeves made an appearance this weekend with his girlfriend/partner Alexandra Grant at the annual MOCA gala. They often go to this event, and I believe Alexandra has the connection to the museum, and Keanu is her date. Alexandra is an artist and she?s very involved in the Los Angeles artists? community. I love that Keanu shows up to *her* events. They?ve been together for years, but they?re a pretty quiet couple he?s only referenced her in a handful of interviews, and she?s not, like, organizing pap strolls or anything. I?m always in awe of how age-appropriate they are as a couple he?s 58, she?s 50. Keanu definitely sips from Paul Rudd?s fountain of youth, but they do look the same age. It?s just refreshing to see a 50-something celebrity man with a 50-something woman.
Alexandra?s dress is amazing too, I don?t have the designer ID, but it?s great. You know what I like? She understands that with her gray hair, she needs softer makeup and bright colors. I feel like a lot of women who go gray still wear the same colors and same makeup as before. Also: I made the mistake of searching ?Alexandra Grant? on Twitter, only to discover that there are some unhinged Keanu fans who hate her guts. You guys? Keanu is a peaceful dude who has had a lot of tragedy in his life. Just let him live and be with the woman he adores. They also kissed for the cameras last night:
Keanu Reeves and girlfriend Alexandra Grant share a sweet moment on the carpet at the @MOCAlosangeles Gala. #KeanuReeves #AlexandraGrant #MOCA pic.twitter.com/rrl0gQVazY
On The Red Carpet (@OnTheRedCarpet) April 16, 2023
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| | Keanu Reeves' last 'moment of bliss' was in bed with his girlfriend, Alexandra Grant | | Added 627 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Keanu Reeves is still promoting John Wick: Chapter 4, and he?s still giving interviews, obviously. It?s kind of nice that while Keanu is a movie star and he?s still the lead in multiple franchises, there seems to be a real effort to not press him on his personal life? The guy has had so much tragedy in his life, I think most people even entertainment journalists are like ?just let the guy live.? That being said, we know he?s still with Alexandra Grant, his girlfriend of something like six or seven years, I believe? While Alexandra didn?t attend any of the John Wick premieres, he did make a reference to her while he was speaking to People Magazine.
Keanu?s last moment of bliss. A couple of days ago with my honey, the actor says of his longtime love, artist Alexandra Grant, 49. We were in bed. We were connected. We were smiling and laughing and giggling. Feeling great. It was just really nice to be together.
Last time I danced: ?At a friends wedding about eight months ago. Sometimes Im the first out there and sometimes I need coaxing. Sometimes its the song and sometimes its the person. I just go with the feeling.
Last recurring dream: ?Ive had recurring nightmares, but theyre too scary to describe. Its always fun to fly in dreams, isnt it? Im just glad I have the chance to do it anywhere. Its quite extraordinary.
Last game I played: Ive been playing some chess. Its a competitive game. I dont think you walk to the board and go, I hope I lose. If you dont know how to play, Im great?yeah, Im a master. And if youre really good, Im terrible.
Last time I watched the sunrise: ?I was recently traveling in Japan and had some wonderful jet lag and got to see the sun rising in Kyoto. Those are always cool. You have to stop, like, Arent we glad to be here?
[From People]
?We were in bed. We were connected. We were smiling and laughing and giggling.? Why is he rubbing it in our faces?!? No, I?m happy for him. Like, he seems lovely and gentle and kind. He?s a 58-year-old man in a loving partnership with a 48-year-old woman. Keanu?s not out there, trying to hook up with Instagram models. Also: I hate flying dreams! I only have flying dreams, on average, about once a year. I hate them. But then again, I?ve had multiple sex dreams about Andrew Garfield.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Keanu Reeves thought Matthew Perry's macabre comments 'came out of left field' | | Added 771 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Considering Generation Z?s obsession with Friends reruns, I actually thought it was smart for Matthew Perry to write a memoir and cash in on some of that ?90s and early ?00s nostalgia. What I didn?t predict is that Perry?s memoir would go over like a lead balloon. While Perry?s addiction struggles are newsworthy and important conversations, the rest of his sh-t has gone over poorly. He comes across like a creepy coworker to his female Friends costars especially. One of the worst parts of the book was his repeated attempts to ?joke? about how Keanu Reeves should have died instead of River Phoenix or Chris Farley. It?s insane. Perry was called out on it and he gave a half-assed apology. Now Us Weekly?s sources have Keanu?s thoughts on the matter?
Keanu Reeves was not expecting Matthew Perry?s digs toward him in his memoir, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
?Keanu thought the comments came out of left field,? the insider says. ?It?s kind of backfired on Matthew anyway, which is why he had to apologize.?
The Friends alum, 53, surprised readers with his shade at Reeves, 58, in Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. In multiple sections of the book, Perry referred to The Matrix star in a seemingly negative light.
?River [Phoenix] was a beautiful man inside and out ? too beautiful for this world, it turned out. It always seems to be the really talented guys who go down. Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?? the Massachusetts native wrote while addressing the death of their mutual friend.
[From Us Weekly]
I hope Keanu didn?t pay any attention to Perry?s words at all. If Keanu did see it, I hope he also saw how many people stood up for him and had his back. Like, at this point, there are absolutely no bad stories about Keanu whatsoever. He keeps to himself, he?s had so much heartbreak and tragedy in his life, he?s a good friend and a good coworker to everyone. It says more about Perry than Keanu that Perry thought he could say something sh-tty about Keanu and get away with it.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Avalon Red, Instar.
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| | Keanu Reeves & Alexandra Grant walked their first red carpet in nearly three years | | Added 925 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It?s been a minute since we?ve seen Keanu Reeves out with his girlfriend/partner Alexandra Grant. By my records, they haven?t walked a carpet together since the 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala. Well, they?re still together, and this weekend, they went to the MOCA gala in LA. Both of them are LA-based and she?s well-known in the LA art community.
Reportedly, Alexandra and Keanu have been together since 2017-ish, although we didn?t see them together until 2019. At the time, people were fascinated by the fact that universally beloved Keanu, a full-on movie star, is with a woman who rocks her natural grey-white hair. Alexandra is actually eight years younger than Keanu (she?s 49 to his 57) but they look like they?re close in age. He even looks younger than her, kind of. But that?s just Keanu.
Anyway, still together, still going strong. I?m happy for them. Jealous, but happy.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Keanu Reeves jumped off a 46-story building 19 times for 'Matrix: Resurrections' | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Keanu Reeves has been in New York this week to do some promotion for The Matrix Resurrections, which comes out next week. Will people make this fourth installment a hit? Is there enough interest and nostalgia for it? Possibly. Maybe. But Keanu will abide no matter what. These are some photos of Keanu outside of The Late Show?s studio two nights ago. He chatted with Stephen Colbert about the movie and a million other things. Colbert really enjoys him and Keanu seems to enjoy Colbert a lot too. I?m just going to include all three videos, because bitches love Keanu. In the first section, they talk about the new movie (his trousers are VERY tight):
Keanu talks about doing his own stunts as much as possible, and what it was like to jump off a building (with wires!) with Carrie Ann Moss nineteen times for the film.
Keanu talks about the Sad Keanu meme and how he welcomes any and all memes. He?s a very good sport.
Anyway, I wish we had more Keanu content! Maybe we?ll get more in the coming weeks. Keanu seems like such a genuine and lovely guy.
Photos courtesy of Instar.
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| | Keanu Reeves praises safety measures on German set of Matrix 4 | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Industries across the board are trying to find a way to reopen or stay afloat during the pandemic. Among those is the mighty Hollywood machine. We talked about The Bold and The Beautiful being the first tv program to start back up, but they had to close down almost as soon as they started due to their safety precautions not being enough. Which begs the question, how are the big productions, like Jurassic World: Dominion (which was the first big production to resume filming), doing with their plans? Our Internet boyfriend Keanu Reeves is over in Germany filming Matrix 4 and he has nothing but praise for the precautions being taken on set.
Keanu Reeves is opening up about his experience filming The Matrix 4amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The 55-year-old actor praised the safety protocols that are in place on the project after it resumed filming in Berlin earlier this month. Shooting previously began in February before production was halted in March due to the current health crisis.
There?s some really thoughtful, effective protocols in place, and the rhythm of filmmaking has not really been impacted or interrupted, Reeves told the Associated Press during a virtual interview.
I think everyone loves the project, he added. If you?re ever going to get into any kind of situation that needs to be figured out, or How do we do this? Show business people are the best. We?re just scrappy, we know how to get stuff done, we?re inventive, think on our feet, and that kind of kindred spirit of just coming together ? it goes back to like, you know, Let?s put on a show! We?ll get some props, we?ve got some things, we?re going to write! And that spirit is definitely alive and well on The Matrix.
[From People]
Keanu is, of course, doing promotional work for Bill and Ted Face the Music which will be released on August 28th. I?d have liked to hear what some of those safety protocols being taken were. I assume, if the film has no COVID-
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| | Keanu Reeves & Alexandra Grant have been together for years, claims Jennifer Tilly | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last November, we became obsessed with the fact that Keanu Reeves has an age-appropriate, silver-haired artist girlfriend named Alexandra Grant. It was one of the my favorite stories of 2019, honestly. Alexandra and Keanu walked a red carpet together and I called it their ?official debut? as a couple at that point. But it wasn?t true Keanu and Alexandra had been attending events together in a lowkey way for the better part of a year, and some sources claimed that they had actually been dating since the summer of 2017. Now their friend Jennifer Tilly says that it?s true, Grant and Reeves have been together for a couple of years at least.
Jennifer Tilly was shocked when the Internet went crazy over pal Alexandra Grant and Keanue Reeves? relationship, because the actress tells Page Six the couple have actually been dating ?for years.?
?I remember a couple years ago, about a year and a half ago, [Alexandra] said, ?Keanu Reeves is my boyfriend? and I?m like, ?Wait. What? What? What??? Tilly, 61, said the American Heart Association?s Go Red for Women Red Dress Collection on Wednesday night. ?She was so cool I thought she was a lesbian.?
In November, Reeves, 55, and Grant, 46, were seen holding hands at the Lacma Art + Film Gala, and instantly sparked romance rumors. ?It?s really astonishing to me how in the last five months, all of a sudden, she goes to an event with him and everybody goes insane, like, ?It?s his new girlfriend,? because she had gone to a lot of events with him,? Tilly said. ?It?s just suddenly surfaced that he?s been dating her for several years.?
The ?Child?s Play? star, who met Grant at a dinner party years ago, raved that the ?brilliant artist? is perfect for Reeves because they are both ?low key.?
?I saw him at her last art opening, and he?s not, like, wanting the spotlight, because he?s a really low-key guy, too, and I think why everybody went crazy is that they?re sort of the perfect couple,? Tilly said. ?I think everybody wishes that they had something like that. It?s not a razzle, dazzle Hollywood romance.?
The actress shared that Grant ? who is still a bit of a mystery to the public ? is a ?cool, elegant woman ? very quiet, very low-key. [Keanu] is a really great guy, too, but he?s really lucky.? When asked whether she thinks her pals will tie the knot someday, Tilly responded, ?I don?t know that doesn?t seem very hip and bohemian, does it? They?re artists. They?re just going to do what they do.?
[From Page Six]
I think that?s really cool too it?s kind of clear to me that SO many people in the industry respect the hell out of Keanu and they aren?t trying to gossip about him to Us Weekly or whatever. Alexandra must inspire a similar kind of discretion, although she?s friends with Jennifer Tilly who just spilled her guts to Page Six, but whatever! The point is that Alexandra and Keanu have been happening for a while and people only recently found out about it and it?s fine. And I don?t think they?ll get married either. They?ll just live together and create ART.
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