Comments on Crazy Days and Nights: Today's Blind Items

Grace-News outlets reported Reeves as "the current...

2008-04-18T11:31:00.000-07:00

Grace-

News outlets reported Reeves as "the current boyfriend" because he identified himself as such to the L.A.Co. coroner's office when he was trying to determine if the person in the morgue had been positively ID'd as Syme. They wouldn't have given him the information if he wasn't involved with the decedent.

Why did he want to know? The Smoking Gun website says that the very next day, Reeves put the house he purchased for Syme (when she first became pregnant) on the market. Nice guy. He only wanted to know if she was dead so he could sell her house....

Definitely has to be Keanu. Maybe the baby was "t...

2008-04-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

Definitely has to be Keanu. Maybe the baby was "taken care of" and the gf paid off. What a coincidence! At any rate, Keanu came out smelling like a rose and now everyone feels sorry for him. News reports even stated that at the time she was killed, she was his girlfriend, as if they were still together.

trentb -- true that -- but you'd be amazed how muc...

2008-04-17T14:25:00.000-07:00

trentb -- true that -- but you'd be amazed how much information the supoort staff in a major law or accounting or talent firm or healthcare office has access to. And support staff becomes invisible; if they don't feel well cared-for and treated like professionals, well, the odd leak from a public-email center or strange phone can be quite informative for someone like our Entl.

The accountant may have been chatting indiscreetly while in the rest room, or walking to the exit with his briefcase at the end of a busy day -- right past cubicles full of drones -- and merrily chatting to a colleague or on a cell phone about what he'd heard/seen.

Don't ask me how I know this.

This blind doesn't make sense if you consider this...

2008-04-17T07:45:00.000-07:00

This blind doesn't make sense if you consider this: All of these major celebrities are multi-millionaires and have teams of people taking care of their money and investing it and so forth. I'm sure the same teams take care of the taxes, and a private matter such as this is kept secret at the client's command. Why would a big star, like say, Keanu, take his 300-plus millions to a new accountant, and sit there in the accountant's office going over paperwork and just have that come up? It's not credible. And any accountant who lands such a major client (and isn't in a big financial firm already) is not going to go blabbing his mouth off to a blogger like ent to ruin having his new client.

This is very specific information and suppose Ent IS a lawyer who shares secrets with this successful accountant: As this makes the rounds on the internet- on Gawker, on that main page blind site, etc. - don't you think the actor would get mad at the accountant, and the accountant would realize it was Ent on a blog?

Lowdown - have fun guessing, but this is not a true "scoop" that Ent is privy to, if you use common sense.

Okay, so Pacino and D'Angelo hate eachother. But ...

2008-04-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

Okay, so Pacino and D'Angelo hate eachother. But I still don't think it's him because how often do we hear about who Pacino is dating in the tabloids? I'm sure that the tabloid mention means that this actor is constantly dating different women/isn't married/ and is always in tabloids because of his promiscuity.

The Tabs are actually extremely kind to Keanu, for...

2008-04-16T18:54:00.000-07:00

The Tabs are actually extremely kind to Keanu, for some reason. Even before the tragedy of his baby's death, they never went hard for Keanu except for an occasional romance with a sighting in a cafe. Sometimes I think that the whole "David Geffen marriage" thing was handled behind the scenes and the Tabs are nice to Keanu as some secret settlement for their false reporting.

Toothy tile aka Jake G???

2008-04-16T18:38:00.000-07:00

Toothy tile aka Jake G???

More "Awful Truth" archives, this time from August...

2008-04-16T17:21:00.000-07:00

More "Awful Truth" archives, this time from August 12, 1999:

"Over top secret chit-chat, I'm told by one of my best sources that all this Happy Daddyhood spin you see in the tabloids (can anyone say "publicist payoff?")is nonsense and Keanu's initial reaction to his impending fatherhood (as you first read in this column) was shockingly unsupportive, although, yes, he has now reluctantly turned around, offering the best medical care and the like his paychecks will provide"

From "The Awful Truth" Tuesday September 7, 1999:

"Poop on Prince Keanu: The low key leading man, I'm told by nasty types who know him rather well, was about to start dating new people just as his gal-pal, Jennifer Syme announced her pregnancy. Great timing huh? No wonder he was so frosty at first over fatherhood. Hmmmm. Could one of those potential dates been the Matrix's Carrie-Ann Moss? I do hear their onscreen gooey stuff overflowed right off the big screen. And considering there are about 50 matrix sequels in embryonic stages right now, 'ol Jen might want to take up acting again. Just a thought. Either that or pull a Melanie Griffith and start watching her man's sets like a horny hawk"

From "The Awful Truth" Sept. 14, 1999:

"Keanu Reeves is talking to lawyers now regarding his relationship with pregnant ex-girlfriend Jennifer Syme, so rockin' flies buzz to me. Hmmmm. Must be arrangements for their kid. Or not."

And that's all of TedC's "coverage" of the whole thing. I find KR's reaction a little overly-strong...unless he was worried about the news reaching his wife, and the divorce from one woman while another woman was having his kid would have eaten him alive, financially....

Here are some choice cuts from Ted C's old Awful T...

2008-04-16T16:58:00.000-07:00

Here are some choice cuts from Ted C's old Awful Truth column (edited for Reeves/babywatch content):

From "Awful Truth" July 21,1999:
"Slow down, put on the breaks because, baby, this one's worth taking a look at. No, it's not another dismal sequel to the megahit that was 'Speed.' Try a "sequel" to its star, Keanu Reeves. This is the buzz. And if that little gem doesn't impress you enough, there's even more gossip on top of that gossip. Busy little bees deep inside Keanu's honeycomb tell me his pregnant girlfriend is none too happy now, only because Keanu is none too happy himself about his impending papa-hood. Old scenario, right? You got it, my busy buzzybodies. "It's an untenable situation" lamented afriend of the hot couple's. "[She] is very distressed by his behavior."

From "The Awful Truth" also July 1999:

"By the by, Keanu, I guess things have gotten better since that unpleasant meeting-witnessed by many at Chaya here in L.A.-you had with your galfriend before you left town for The Replacements. I assume that has nothing to do with the fact that you have no plans to marry [her], as I was told"

It goes on and on in Ted-speak, I will spare you his twisted writing style: I clipped for content and intelligible sentences.

Grace: My guess? He WAS already married. Poke a...

2008-04-16T16:24:00.000-07:00

Grace: My guess? He WAS already married.

Poke around the internet for old stories from back when it was first discovered that the girl was pregnant....When the pregnancy was revealed, his mouthpiece also stated that there was no marriage planned for the two prospective parents. Also, Reeves and Syme broke up BEFORE the loss of the child. Meaning, even though Reeves thought he was about to become a father, he STILL didn't stay in the relationship with the pregnant girl. I dug that little gem out of the archives of Ted Casablancas' "Awful Truth" column. Ted actually went so far as to say Reeves didn't even want the child to be born, and that before the second trimester was completed, the Syme girl wasn't even able to speak to Reeves anymore--only his lawyers, and even they would only discuss the (future) kid and the house and car Reeves purchased for her. Keep in mind the source though. I mean, It IS Ted C,. so...grain of salt, right? Hmmmm....

OMG, I found this on the web: "Around Christmas 19...

2008-04-16T15:46:00.000-07:00

OMG, I found this on the web: "Around Christmas 1999 Keanu was expecting a baby girl with his girlfriend Jennifer Syme. The baby was stillborn just a few weeks before the delivery date. Then his girlfriend Jennifer was killed on April 2, 2001, when her Jeep Cherokee careered onto the wrong side of a Los Angeles road near Highway 101 and smashed into three parked cars. The force of the crash flipped the car over, she was thrown through the windshield and killed instantly."

Was he married at the time this happened?

Maybe it's not a question of how OFTEN they are in...

2008-04-16T14:13:00.000-07:00

Maybe it's not a question of how OFTEN they are in the tabloids, but it's a question of WHAT IS SAID about them whenever they appear in the tabloids (even if it's rarely). The only things we ever hear about Reeves are about the untimely deaths of his child and former girlfriend, and how he's in his 40's and still single. Invariably. That's always the story in the tabloids. He's single, why is he single, is he single because he's gay, he was seen with this-or-that girl, so is it the end of his single-ness...and so on. They always mention his marital status.

DiCaprio is a good guess too, modelizer that he is, but I'm guessing they dont jump on him for being single because for a man in his early-to-mid 30's it's not so unusual. But Reeves is pushing 50, and never married, so they poke at him for it.

Keanu and Cusak are hardly ever in the tabs. Matt...

2008-04-16T12:46:00.000-07:00

Keanu and Cusak are hardly ever in the tabs. Matt McC is a tabloid favorite, as is Leo DiC. Cusak

ks--the $20 million isn't mentioned anywhere in th...

2008-04-16T12:19:00.000-07:00

ks--

the $20 million isn't mentioned anywhere in the actual blind. It's a hypothetical amount pulled from thin air. I believe that the truth is closer to what you just posted.

As far as $20mil payoff being worth the tax deduction....it all depends on how our actor is having his books cooked. If they're associating this "wife" with any foreign bank accounts (without her knowledge) she could be worth her weight in gold, depending on how much of his fortune is being "washed" thru her name.

is a $20 million dollar payoff really worth a tax ...

2008-04-16T12:13:00.000-07:00

is a $20 million dollar payoff really worth a tax deduction?? maybe it is im a little clueless when it comes to taxes and stuff. i was thinking it was someone like in brad renfro's situation where he got some girl in japan pregnant and mailed her child support. Not saying it is brad renfro by any means, but a big name actor who went and married someone on the other side of the world and sends her a little bit of money now and then

Factoid: The 3 "Matrix" films made $1,619,336,688...

2008-04-16T12:09:00.000-07:00

Factoid:

The 3 "Matrix" films made $1,619,336,688 (USD) combined.

Reeves made: $10,000,000 and 10% of gross for "Matrix" $15,000,000 and 15% of gross EACH for "Revolutions" and "Reloaded" according to IMDB

So, basically he made $40 million in salary, and 40% of $1,619,336,688. Yeah. Billion with a "B." Like, Whoah, dude.

Back-end deals, Plot. Back-end deals...I get the ...

2008-04-16T11:27:00.000-07:00

Back-end deals, Plot. Back-end deals...

I get the feeling most of that haul comes from his "percentage of the gross" for the Matrix franchise. How much did those 3 movies make worldwide, anyway?

Co-incidentally, it's the Matrix $$windfall$$ that catapults him into the "A-List" IMHO. Cuz it AIN'T his Oscar-worthy work...

Damn! Who knew Keanu had THAT kind of money! For...

2008-04-16T11:04:00.000-07:00

Damn! Who knew Keanu had THAT kind of money! For someone who hides all the time, or comes out looking like a bum, those kinds of assets are just crazy!

Think about it. Sports figures and skanks have to strut it out all the time for that kind of cash - Madonna, Derek Jeter, Tom Brady, Gisele - the public is flogged with their constant presence. But Keanu? No commercials, no late night, no crotchy photo shoots, no duets with dubious singers. How is he doing it?

...Bingo, lainiekazan!!! Canadian Business Online...

2008-04-16T10:32:00.000-07:00

...Bingo, lainiekazan!!! Canadian Business Online puts Reeves' net worth at $336MillionUSD. I'm assuming he's got people to diversify that to the hilt, hide the hell out of a good chunk of it, and they probably also advise him to remain married to Mrs. Mail Order Bride in order to avoid the tax hit. Heck, if he gave her $50 million to go away silently and remain away and silent, it would still beat the tax-hit for that kind of income...

Ragdoll -- Yessss! Again, I didn't read the text ...

2008-04-16T10:24:00.000-07:00

Ragdoll -- Yessss! Again, I didn't read the text closely enough; he probably sends her support by postal money order or Western Union or something.

pacino!!

2008-04-16T09:41:00.000-07:00

pacino!!

I'd love to comment on the guesses which are all p...

2008-04-16T09:36:00.000-07:00

I'd love to comment on the guesses which are all probably pretty good, but I'm still stuck back at "John Cusack is a jerk". Whatwhatwhat? Oy.

At first blush this seems like it should be someone much older, maybe not as old as Jack Nicholson, but a little his prime.

Jared Leto

2008-04-16T09:30:00.001-07:00

Jared Leto

lainiekazan--you and I are probably of the same "v...

2008-04-16T09:30:00.000-07:00

lainiekazan--

you and I are probably of the same "vintage" because I totally am with you there, girl! LOL!

I also think that Mrs. A-List has no IDEA how much money he's worth, or how his funds are disbursed (which may be the **real** meaning behind the CPA's cryptic "she has no idea who shes married to" comment) , so if he offered her $15--$20million, she'd take it and run and shut up forever.

That's another good argument for Team Reeves---how much must he be worth, at $10million per movie, plus the 10% of the worldwide box office gross for the "Matrix" series?? Handing $20million of "shut up money" to his ex would be like scraping gum off his shoe!

Gotta tell 'ya, speaking as a woman of a certain a...

2008-04-16T09:10:00.001-07:00

Gotta tell 'ya, speaking as a woman of a certain age-- after a while, the guy could stay away and you'd be fine with it, long as the check arrives. Especially if he's an egotistical jerk. I agree the wife knows *exactly* what she's doing.

Plus, he's kind of a dope if he's that close with a buck; if he ever tries to divorce her, she'll emerge with proof of years of his support -- and using her as a deduction -- and threaten to go to the tabs if he doesn't pay her off BIG time.