Pop Candy — Good morning, friends! I'm back with a new haircut and a new attitude. more info

Gigwise — Eighteen years after the star's death... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — When River Phoenix died of a drug overdose outside The Viper Room in 1993, he was midway through production on a film called Dark Blood. The movie's director George Sluizer hid the existing footage, fearing for some reason that it would be destroyed.... more info

NME — The movie he was making when he died in 1993 is set to be finished and released in 2012. more info

ContactMusic — A Dutch filmmaker is set to release the movie River Phoenix was shooting before his sudden death with the help of the actors brother Joaquin George Sluizer was working on Dark Blood with River when the 23-year-old star died from a drug overdose outsi... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Since 1998, Beloit College in Wisconsin has issued a "Mindset List" to its professors for each incoming class. It's basically a look into the students' minds in terms of pop culture, celebrities, and technology -- its sole purpose is to ensure that p... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The absurdly talented and beautiful River Phoenix would have been 31 today. Stand By Me is one of my very favorite movies of all time, and, appropriately enough for our theme week, it's about camping. In fact, it turns out several of River's characte... more info

Guardian Music — Rain Phoenix was raised by hippies and, like her brothers River and Joaquin, has made a career in film and music. She talks about their unusual childhoodNot many people can say they were out busking on the streets at the age of three. Or that they go... more info

ContactMusic — Jerry O'Connell found a recent Stand By Me 25th anniversary reunion "bittersweet" - because he missed his late pal River Phoenix. The actors, along with Corey Feldman and Wil Wheaton, appeared in the coming of age adventure-drama... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Actor Scott Caan (1976) The Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas (1978) Crazy Town singer Shifty (1974) "Star Wars Episode I" actor Ray Park (1974) Actor River Phoenix... more info