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Roger L. Simon makes a great observation: The film Running on Empty was nominated for two Academy Awards for 1988 - one for its young star River Phoenix and the other for its writer Naomi Foner .

River Phoenix and Matthew Perry in "Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?" River Phoenix's death in 1993, at the age of 23, cut short an extremely promising career.

Summertime, and the livin's tasty. Here's the scoop: Grab an Edy's black cherry or wildberry fruit popsicle and snag yourself some 365 lemonade from Whole Foods.

This dark-haired attractive actor began her career in juvenile parts and made the transition to more adult roles.

"Stand by Me," filmed in Brownsville, is a nostalgic tale of four pre-teen boys' adventures.

Before I enlarged that picture of the horse I thought she'd look fabulous. Truth is, she's almost unrecognizable on top of that fake horse standing on that fake background.

Question: I recently saw the film version of 'Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,' and in the end credits it says, 'For Rain Phoenix,' one of its stars.

Writer/director William Richert and actress Meredith Salenger are hitting the Loft Cinema at 7 p.m. Friday for a screening of their 1998 film "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon," which Richert has remastered ...

A sometimes engaging, more often irritating, more often boring portrait of a pair of Portland street hustlers, one of them a narcoleptic who's as prone to drop off in mid-embrace as in mid-street, the other the ...

The Amerind Foundation Living Icon, an exhibition of portraits by Bunky Echo-Hawk, continues through Sunday, June 29.

By Zachary Woodruff Friday, May 23 2008, 05:03 AM EDT Views: 6 'SON OF RAMBOW' The first thing to know about "Son of Rambow": It has about as much to do with Rambo as Dirty Harry does with "Harry Potter" or as ...

Andrew A. Smith / Scripps Howard "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is the first Indy movie in 19 years.

The third in the series of Spielberg's enjoyable series.

Within the first ten minutes of The Last Crusade, we learn many things that shaped the character and fashion of the archaeologist. A young Indiana (River Phoenix) steals a crucifix from a group of diggers in Utah, claiming it should be in a museum. In the ensuing chase Jones Junior boards a train transporting a circus, falls into a large box full...

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" opens in wide release May 22, the first Indy movie in 19 years.

“Part of the appeal (of the movies) is the outstanding craftsmanship”

Autumn Stock can't forget the first movie she saw in a theater. Patrick Siegler of Omaha hones his Indiana Jones look. via Omaha World-Herald

Indiana tracks his father in the hopes of rescuing him and keeping the grail from the Nazis. via NZ Herald

Indiana Jones: Harrison Ford Henry Jones: Sean Connery Marcus Brody: Denholm Elliott Elsa Schneider: Alison Doody Young Indy: River Phoenix Sallah: John Rhys-Davies Paramount Presents A Film Directed By Steven ... via Chicago Sun-Times

“Paranoid Park") and written a novel about a Phoenix-like character ("Pink"), indicates that he obviously still feels a strong and disturbing connection to the tragedy. But the experience of "Private Idaho”

So I watched "My Own Private Idaho" the other night in preparation for a Sunday piece about Gus Van Sant as a representative Portland artist. via OregonLive.com

“They wanted to put in yet another steak house. Just what we need.”

LA is a city known more for its light than its landmarks. The Ambassador Hotel, where Bobby Kennedy was shot, is gone, as is the Brown Derby, the legendary restaurant where celebrities dined on Cobb salad, ... via The Nation

Today on a walk downtown, I happened upon two spruced up old buildings with goings on. via Portland Architecture