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What's the deal with these two? Joan is funny as shit but I've heard she's a bitch. John is a one note actor with zero chemistry with any female he's paired with and I've never seen him linked with women. He seems like a total asshole who would hire hookers and get mean drunk just sitting at home.

by Anonymousreply 120August 5, 2018 6:01 AM

You are forgetting Ann. It's ok, Hollywood usually does, too....

They are from an acting dynasty outside of Chicago. John is indeed a pig (bff is Piven), but Joan's great.

by Anonymousreply 1September 6, 2017 9:51 PM

I've seen Joan in person (didn't directly interact) and although it was a quick transaction, she was totally pleasant. No airs about her.

John on the other hand, I think and have heard is a weird, rude asshole.

by Anonymousreply 2September 6, 2017 9:52 PM

R2 again. Piven is another pig. Apparently hit on my wife (lesbian) years ago and was just such a douche bag. John and Piven give Evanstonians a bad name.

by Anonymousreply 3September 6, 2017 9:54 PM

I've never read anything positive about him from people who've interacted with him; he's invariably described as a rude asshole.

by Anonymousreply 4September 6, 2017 10:47 PM

joan is one of the nicest people i have ever met. used to come to a restaurant i worked and was always packed. went outside to get the next person on the waiting list and saw her. the wait was over an hour that night. i asked her why she didn't let me know she was here and she said everyone else was waiting and she would just wait her turn. she was awesome.

by Anonymousreply 5September 6, 2017 11:10 PM

Why does John always wear black clothes, even on screen? It just screams pretension.

by Anonymousreply 6September 6, 2017 11:21 PM

ever see joan in arlington road???

scary as fuck.

then again

the whole movie is SAF

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by Anonymousreply 7September 6, 2017 11:26 PM

John Cusak is a thoroughgoing cunt.

by Anonymousreply 8September 6, 2017 11:30 PM

I'm assuming John is straight but he's never had any high profile relationships?

by Anonymousreply 9September 6, 2017 11:44 PM

Serendipity is the bomb!❤️

by Anonymousreply 11September 7, 2017 12:21 AM

John cusack was with neve Campbell for years. Total asshole to her

by Anonymousreply 12September 7, 2017 1:24 AM

John supposedly dated Neve Campbell for a while.

by Anonymousreply 13September 7, 2017 3:18 AM

I heard he used to date Neve Campbell.

by Anonymousreply 14September 7, 2017 3:23 AM

I've never heard a negative thing about Joan until I read OP's post. What are you basing your opinion of her on, OP?

by Anonymousreply 15September 7, 2017 3:29 AM

Did anyone ever hear he dated Neve Campbell?

by Anonymousreply 16September 7, 2017 3:32 AM

John forced Neve to get an abortion and then when he left her, he took her dog and sued for palimony.

by Anonymousreply 17September 7, 2017 3:36 AM

[quote]FUCK BARBRA STREISAND!

I already did. Do I have to do it again?

by Anonymousreply 18September 7, 2017 4:24 AM

Ann is my favorite, by far. Love her in everything I've ever seen her in.

by Anonymousreply 19September 7, 2017 5:00 AM

I just googled Ann. I don't recognize her at all.

by Anonymousreply 20September 7, 2017 5:11 AM

Joan's comments to Gabourey Sidibe at a party that she (Gabby) should quit the business because it's too image-conscious were later revealed by Gabby on Andy Cohen's show.

by Anonymousreply 21September 7, 2017 5:17 AM

No one ever remembers me... Or my father...

by Anonymousreply 22September 7, 2017 5:43 AM

R15, just gossip that she could be difficult. I'm happy if it's not true because I love her but not her brother. Do they get along at all? He sounds like a real asshole.

by Anonymousreply 23September 7, 2017 5:28 PM

She stole the scenes she was in in Sixteen Candles. Her performances in In and Out and Addam's Family Values were hysterical.

by Anonymousreply 24September 7, 2017 5:29 PM

R20, you should catch her in a 2010 episode of [italic]Criminal Minds,[/italic] titled "Mosley Lane." She is *extraordinary* in it--absolutely heartbreaking and life-affirming in one 44-minute span. Incidentally, the episode also features DL fave Evan Peters, Brooke "It gets the lotion" Smith, amazing character actress Beth Grant, and [italic]Harold and Maude[/italic] legend Bud Cort.

If you're in the US or Canada (I think), the CM reruns cycle pretty quickly on both ION and A&E, so it'll likely come up soon.

by Anonymousreply 25September 7, 2017 8:46 PM

Oh her, r25. I remember that episode and yes, she was quite touching in it.

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by Anonymousreply 27September 7, 2017 9:21 PM

[quote]They are from an acting dynasty outside of Chicago.

There are acting dynasties in Hollywood, and maybe NYC....not from Chicago.

They are from "an acting background".

by Anonymousreply 28September 7, 2017 9:24 PM

Pardon me, R28! I have been schooled!

by Anonymousreply 29September 7, 2017 9:27 PM

r25-Beth Grant does creepy so well.

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by Anonymousreply 30September 7, 2017 9:33 PM

My God, I would have never even guessed it was her. What did she do to her face???

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by Anonymousreply 31September 7, 2017 9:41 PM

R31 what did it look like before? it looks fine to me.

by Anonymousreply 32September 8, 2017 10:25 PM

I do, R22, daddy Cyril and sister Sorcha. No relation to these Cusacks of course.

by Anonymousreply 34September 8, 2017 10:37 PM

Ann is also on that Audience/DirecTV show Mr Mercedes.

by Anonymousreply 35September 8, 2017 10:42 PM

'The Grifters' would have been much better with someone else in the male role. Huston and Benning were great, he was mediocre.

by Anonymousreply 36September 8, 2017 10:44 PM

I remember that episode. Ann Cusack was great, although I had nary a clue that was she until this thread.

by Anonymousreply 37September 8, 2017 10:48 PM

Joan Cusack was great in "Working Girl": "Six thousand dollars? It's not even leather!"

And not to derail the thread but, yes, I can confirm that he's a total pig. An acquaintance who is a director said that Piven hit on every woman on the set in a rather brazen and vulgar way, to teh point that they were getting increasingly concerned that they would get sued.

by Anonymousreply 38September 8, 2017 11:16 PM

I don't know John, but I worked with Joan. She is one of the nicest celebrities I've ever met. Unassuming and down to earth. If you don't know these people, you should not talk about them.

by Anonymousreply 39September 8, 2017 11:21 PM

[quote] Piven is another pig. Apparently hit on my wife (lesbian) years ago and was just such a douche bag.

Why "apparently"?

by Anonymousreply 40September 9, 2017 1:38 AM

R33 why ANYone would be involved with melissa gilbert is beyond me.......

by Anonymousreply 41September 9, 2017 10:34 AM

R17 how the hell do you force a woman to get an abortion? you don't.

now, stealing the dog?? I would hunt him down and kill him for that alone.

by Anonymousreply 42September 9, 2017 10:36 AM

R40 I guess "apparently" because I wasn't there to witness it. But it sounded like he was an arrogant ass.

by Anonymousreply 43September 10, 2017 5:50 AM

You didn't fucking BELIEVE me, R3?

'Apparently' you'll be sleeping on the couch tonight.

by Anonymousreply 44September 10, 2017 6:08 AM

I have never heard a bad word about Joan. Most people that have met her around town in Chicago say that she is down to earth and polite. John was rumored to be kind of cold when he was younger.

I just find it odd that he hasn't been linked to any women lately. There was a time when he was linked to practically everyone.

by Anonymousreply 45July 29, 2018 4:09 AM

Ann Cusack plays the new warden at Shawshank Penitentiary on [italic]Castle Rock[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 46July 29, 2018 1:40 PM

The reason he is not linked to any female is because he is no longer an a list actor. No need for pr relationships. People are not that interested in his single status anymore. No one cares he is a confirmed bachelor.

by Anonymousreply 47July 29, 2018 2:14 PM

Apparently John behaved like a complete cunt when filming The Thin Red Line in Australia. Still, I've always like him and Joan.

by Anonymousreply 48July 29, 2018 2:43 PM

Add me to the long list of people who've heard only good things about Joan. My friend's parents are close with her and her husband, and have said they're nice, normal people. Joan's husband, a lawyer, also apparently makes wayyyyy more money than she does which I found funny.

by Anonymousreply 49July 29, 2018 2:49 PM

What kind of bland parents name their kids "John" and "Joan"? And their middle names are "Paul" and "Mary," respectively, and their sister is called Ann.

by Anonymousreply 51July 29, 2018 5:21 PM

[Quote] What kind of bland parents name their kids "John" and "Joan"? And their middle names are "Paul" and "Mary," respectively, and their sister is called Ann.

Have you ever heard of something called "Irish Catholic"?

by Anonymousreply 52July 29, 2018 5:26 PM

Cusack, John. Cokehead and heavy drinker who can act very badly on occasion, and apparently has a bad reputation in Chicago. (Oh, John, say it ain't so!) Linked with Pamela Anderson, Neve Campbell, Minnie Driver, Claire Forlani, Meg Ryan, and Uma Thurman.

by Anonymousreply 53July 29, 2018 5:34 PM

Does anyone know anything about Susie, the youngest sister? She was also an actress, but worked very little and her career never took off. I met her over 20 years ago in Chicago. She was struggling with alcohol issues then. I wonder if they derailed her.

by Anonymousreply 54July 29, 2018 5:37 PM

R52, as a matter of fact I live in Ireland.

by Anonymousreply 55July 29, 2018 5:43 PM

I find John incredibly hot, although I guess it's just me. I loved him in The Grifters, but no shirtless or nude scenes. In fact, I don't think he's ever done one unless I missed it. I don't care if he's a pig or not- he wouldn't be hitting on me in any case.

by Anonymousreply 56July 29, 2018 5:45 PM

R56 I have always found John attractive but lately I have been seeing interviews of him on YouTube where he looks so uncomfortable. He does these ComicCon interviews in front of a live audience and he is wearing dark clothing and a baseball cap. Perhaps he is very shy. I don't know though.

by Anonymousreply 57July 29, 2018 6:59 PM

joan is a total sweetheart. used to work in a restaurant that was always busy and she had her husband put his name on the list and waited like everyone else for their table.

by Anonymousreply 58July 29, 2018 7:09 PM

Someone once said he dated Neve Campbell.

by Anonymousreply 60July 29, 2018 7:35 PM

A DataLounger posted years ago that he was a clerk who waited on John in a department store (possibly the home goods/china department). John had his assistant with him and refused to talk to the clerk. John would whisper questions to his assistant and the assistant would ask the clerk questions for him. Evidently this was a lengthy interaction and John simply refused to the clerk

by Anonymousreply 61July 29, 2018 8:54 PM

I recall that story, too, R61. I think it was at Bloomingdale's on MIchigan Ave. Maybe I'm mixing this up with another celebrity, but I think the topic of the conversation concerned some pillows that were part of a sofa ensemble and not sold separately. He wanted the pillows only, but could not fathom or would not accept that he could not have them.

I lived in Chicago in the '90s and early 2000s long before I read about him on DL and heard the same general stories about him: he's a nasty prick with a serious drinking problem who landed his career because his father was in the industry.

by Anonymousreply 62July 29, 2018 9:18 PM

John's Twitter war with Maggie Haberman was pretty amusing.

by Anonymousreply 63July 29, 2018 9:22 PM

John's twitter page is one of the few celebrity pages worth reading. Granted, he has over 50,000 tweets.

He comes across really nice on twitter. Maybe he has mellowed with age.

by Anonymousreply 64July 29, 2018 9:34 PM

Maybe, R64, but having progressive political views on social media don't necessarily translate into a being a nice or decent guy IRL. Suspect he tries to keep his powder dry on social media as best he can, knowing that his past behavior, if Neve Campbell's coerced abortion and dog kidnapping stories are true, which isn't too far out of his possible range of behavior.

Politically and socially "woke" people can still be abusive cunts, no?

by Anonymousreply 65July 30, 2018 5:11 AM

R65 Yes, Progressives can still be awful people.

I find it interesting that John has very few pictures of himself on Twitter. I suspect that he doesn't like how he looks now which is a shame because he still has a beauty about him.

by Anonymousreply 66July 30, 2018 5:44 AM

He dated Jodi Lyn O'keefe for years. He wouldn't marry her so they split.

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by Anonymousreply 67July 30, 2018 6:11 AM

John probably lives in Lake Forest or some other super wealthy neighborhood on the Lake. I have never heard one good thing about him, still...I watch his movies.

by Anonymousreply 68July 30, 2018 6:24 AM

I think their Dad was my homemake teacher for a semester.

by Anonymousreply 69July 30, 2018 6:26 AM

He was in the last scene of the movie Fame playing a violin.

by Anonymousreply 70July 30, 2018 6:49 AM

[quote]He wouldn't marry her so they split

Jodi Lyn likely got off easy.

The best part of anything known about Cusack is that as a multiple home owner both in Malibu , Chicago, and NYC, he has officially become a member of the Democratic Socialists of America!

I think it's always wonderful when privileged American actors who emanate from the upper middle class with numerous sources of income and multiple homes on three coasts become the "Voice of Downtrodden Working Class Americans" vis a vis Democratic Socialists, Bernie or whoever rings his bells.

Suspect he's just an average cunt trying to make good for a lifetime of schtuping and tossing anything and everything over in his wake, or "woke" however the PR folks interpret it for him.

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by Anonymousreply 71July 30, 2018 7:02 AM

Didn't he used to date Neve Campbell?

by Anonymousreply 72July 30, 2018 7:16 AM

My sister saw him once on a Metra train (that's a Chicago commuter train as opposed to the "El") heading north out of downtown.

He was not sitting down but standing in the vestibule of the car. She was about to alight at the next stop. She told me she recognized him (she's not a huge movie fan) and they made eye contact. I think he kinda nodded at her and she just got off at her stop and he stayed on the train which continued northbound.

I seem to remember reading that he was supposedly the "Armpit Sniffer" described in a blind item that was about a (then) A-list actor. Rumor became that Clooney was the guilty party, but Cusack slyly let Clooney know that he (Cusack) was the person written about.

by Anonymousreply 73July 30, 2018 7:18 AM

R71, I think lowlife assholes like you should just drop dead. You are nothing more than as ignorant, putrid bag of shit.

by Anonymousreply 74July 30, 2018 7:27 AM

JOHN IS GAY... listen to his Howard Stern interview...

by Anonymousreply 75July 30, 2018 7:30 AM

It occurs to me that maybe his bad press just comes from right wing assholes. I have seen the assholes do it to Clooney, Damen and Affleck. Repugs are simply evil, no matter their endeavor.

by Anonymousreply 76July 30, 2018 7:33 AM

R75 Where can we hear his Howard Stern interview? Is this what someone up thread meant when they called John a confirmed bachelor?

If John is gay, is his lack of style some kind of cover?

by Anonymousreply 77July 30, 2018 7:41 AM

All gay men do not care about style, you damn dummy.

by Anonymousreply 78July 30, 2018 7:43 AM

He was a cad anda blackguard. A rogue and a scalawag

by Anonymousreply 79July 30, 2018 7:45 AM

R78 That was a joke.

How did John escape gay rumors and gay blind items? I would sooner believe asexual before gay. Surely one of our brethren would have been cruised by him or something. He just seems like a loner.

by Anonymousreply 80July 30, 2018 7:57 AM

[quote][R71], I think lowlife assholes like you should just drop dead. You are nothing more than as ignorant, putrid bag of shit.

Hi, could you please detail some empirical evidence about how I am an asshole, unlike, Cusack, the AMERICAN SOCIALIST AND VAST PROPERTY OWNER IN THE MOST EXPENSIVE REAL ESTATE IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING CHICAGO, NYC, and MALIBU, FFS!

Could you please elaborate further about my putrid odor and where you speculate it emanates from?

What was so offensive about real life that you thought Cusack could possibly be an enlightened spokesperson for working or lower middle class people when he was never either and actually enjoyed the privileges of living on three coasts, three ridiculously expensive metropolitan areas that the average American income could not purchase, even in a fire sale

I always thought it weird that privileged and wealthy actors rose up from their bound upper middle class restrictions to free us working classes from the chains we didn't even know bound us until we were told to wake up by shits like him. Problem is that many of us working class shits he thought he was sticking up for thought he was a terrible poseur who treated service people execrably badly. Those were our parents, brothers, sisters and friends he shit on when he was an entitled consumer in Chicago and we won't forget as he tries to champion our "working class" causes.

He's a drunk, self-centered cunt who loves the sound of his voice and the many ideas he co-opts as his own. Poseur would be a weak description of his "socialism" and "self-aggrandizement" is the better approach.

by Anonymousreply 81July 30, 2018 8:05 AM

R81, you are boring. Take your Metamucil and go to bed.

by Anonymousreply 82July 30, 2018 8:09 AM

Did you have a small, yet ungratifying encounter with the subject of this thread, R82?

by Anonymousreply 83July 30, 2018 8:14 AM

dude, the guy is old, he likes to drink too much, his dick probably doesn't even work anymore.

by Anonymousreply 84July 30, 2018 8:15 AM

Sorry...thanks for telling me you were joking, R80.

He has not even tried marriage so I thought, gay?

by Anonymousreply 85July 30, 2018 12:49 PM

Maybe he is addicted to hookers...who will bring an eightball? I am thinking Chris Farley.

by Anonymousreply 86July 30, 2018 12:51 PM

[quote]All gay men do not care about style, you damn dummy.

And not all men are gay, as people on this site seems to think.

by Anonymousreply 87July 30, 2018 1:03 PM

Well, straight men don’t go to the home goods/fine china department and to Bloomingdale’s to obsess over sofa pillows.

by Anonymousreply 88July 30, 2018 1:04 PM

Hummm, is that true, R88?

by Anonymousreply 89July 30, 2018 1:42 PM

I wonder what the Cusack family gatherings are like. Probably drama, comedy and tragedy all in 3 hours.

by Anonymousreply 90July 30, 2018 1:49 PM

John may be awful but he was great in Love & Mercy.

Did he ever date Neve Campbell?

by Anonymousreply 91July 30, 2018 1:50 PM

R55 Me too. Clare. Where r u?

by Anonymousreply 93July 30, 2018 2:11 PM

"John may be awful but he was great in Love & Mercy."

I don't deny that he gave his all, but he was still horribly miscast. Physical resemblance is not everything, but to cast a runty, dark-haired, brown-eyed actor as a famously large, imposing man who has light hair and eyes... It just didn't work.

by Anonymousreply 95July 30, 2018 2:57 PM

I think that John is an underrated actor. I watched The Number Station on YouTube and he was really good in it. It was kind of formulaic, but he he did really well.

The interesting thing about Jodi Lyn O'keefe is that they were once rumored to have married in Caribbean. He supposedly kept it secret so that his fangirls would not abandon him. It seems that it was never true. They broke amid very little fanfare and no court proceedings.

by Anonymousreply 96July 30, 2018 3:42 PM

According to Wiki eleven of his films have gone direct to DOV since 2012

by Anonymousreply 97July 30, 2018 8:23 PM

What I've learned from this thread is that Joan Cusack needs to learn how to make reservations at restaurants.

by Anonymousreply 98July 30, 2018 8:41 PM

I've never seen a photo of Joan and John together. Have they ever even referred to each other and what does that say?

by Anonymousreply 99July 30, 2018 11:37 PM

Roger Ebert really liked John Cusack movies. Back then, he swore that *this* year is the year John breaks into superstar status as an actor. He was absolutely lame in Sixteen Candles, he looked way too old.

Joan was nyah in My Bodyguard, which was one of her earlier roles. She did an excellent job in Men Don’t Leave though.

by Anonymousreply 100July 31, 2018 12:10 AM

His politics are great but he's def a mysoginist dick. Treated Neve Campbell

by Anonymousreply 101July 31, 2018 12:29 AM

Horribly.

Sorry I'm r101 I posted before I finished

by Anonymousreply 102July 31, 2018 12:30 AM

R56 I think there was a brief butt shot in The Paperboy FYI. He was so repulsive in that movie!

by Anonymousreply 103July 31, 2018 12:40 AM

I think there were pictures of him in a magazine several years ago coming out of a gay bathhouse, a book or article that wrote about many celebs going to a gay bathhouse in LA also included him, maybe it was you'll never spa in this town again; maybe another oversexed mess.

by Anonymousreply 104July 31, 2018 12:46 AM

John is not a runt. I hate itvwhen goddamn assholes come and declare something that they know nothing about. John is at least 6 feet tall.

by Anonymousreply 105July 31, 2018 12:47 AM

Have only heard good things about Joan. I have a friend who lives on the north side of Chicago, and she said that she sees Joan with her family at church. They are act and are treated as normal everyday members of the parish. Joan's fame is treated as no big deal to the people around her, and she is thought of as sweet.

by Anonymousreply 106July 31, 2018 12:59 AM

Didn't he date Neve Campbell?

Loved him in "Grosse Point Blank." Joan was good in it too. Apparently, he and Minnie Driver were getting down during filming.

by Anonymousreply 107July 31, 2018 1:38 AM

The Cusacks were terrible. All those pogroms!

by Anonymousreply 109July 31, 2018 2:03 AM

r1, you are forgetting Ann. It's ok, Hollywood usually does, too....

I love you. This stings. LOL.

by Anonymousreply 110July 31, 2018 2:06 AM

Joan has to be nice. She's ugly as shit.

by Anonymousreply 111July 31, 2018 2:10 AM

R104 Thanks.

Joan got a wealthy, hunky husband so she must look good enough to him. Joan has a beauty about her too. The Cusacks are an attractive group of people.

I wish John would just go gray. I guess he wears the hat to hide his hairline. He should just embrace this time in his life.

by Anonymousreply 112July 31, 2018 8:30 AM

R101 Please elaborate on his relationship with Neve. I read that Jodi Lyn O'keefe really wanted to marry him and have children with him, but he just would not commit. Neve married the next guy that she dated after John, although that marriage did not work out.

I watched John's interview with The Young Turks on YouTube and he comes across as really intelligent and well read. He just seems a bit...different or perhaps odd. You really see it when he does interviews with Joan. It is like Joan got all of the normal genes or something.

by Anonymousreply 113August 3, 2018 8:48 PM

Joan was hilarious as the hitman's secretary in Gross Pointe Blank.

by Anonymousreply 114August 3, 2018 8:51 PM

John Cusack has been linked to tons of women: Neve Campbell, Minnie Driver, Meg Ryan, and others.

by Anonymousreply 115August 3, 2018 8:57 PM

Yeah, the stuff about John not having girlfriends is ridiculous. He’s had several high profile relationships. He’s also given some great performances, including in Grifters and quite recently Love and Mercy. I’ve no idea if he’s an asshole.

by Anonymousreply 116August 4, 2018 12:16 AM

John also dated Alison Eastwood, Clint’s daughter.

by Anonymousreply 117August 4, 2018 12:30 AM

R116 We know that he tapped a lot when he was younger, but for the last decade you have barely heard anything about him being linked to anyone. Now, he is walking around wearing a baseball cap, black skinny jeans, and looking just plain odd.

I read that he sold his beach house so I guess he has given up on the LA thing.

by Anonymousreply 118August 5, 2018 4:54 AM

John Cusack had chemistry with Daphne Zuniga years and years ago in The Sure Thing. He's better remembered for Say Anything, but I think his best chemistry was with Zuniga. They were playing peers but he was 17 and she was 21. Everything else he was in, he sucked.

I believe he briefly dated Meg Ryan a few years after her Russell Crowe debacle, when she was in full "I want to be relevant again" mode.

by Anonymousreply 119August 5, 2018 5:05 AM

The only nasty stuff I've heard about Joan is that she would have to shoo away loiterers and other people from her house in Lakeview - usually drunk people. Not sure what she thought would happen in such an accessible neighborhood - but that's the only negative stuff I've heard.

by Anonymousreply 120August 5, 2018 6:01 AM