Driving home on Rock Creek Parkway yesterday, my wife mentions to me that she read an article on MSN about Keanu Reeves. Its funny that while most guys I know ridicule him, most women I know swoon over the guy.

What's also interesting to note is that while the man is one of Hollywood's darlings because of The Matrix, he's had a rough personal life the last few years. I recall seeing the in the Tabloids while standing in the supermarket, about how the poor guy had a stillborn daughter and then shortly after that the mother of that stillborn baby dying horribly in a car accident. Man, talk about rough times. All the money in the world (I heard he got 30 million for the Matrix sequels that were complete crap) was never going to bring the happiness that he lost. Apparently after that, he stopped showering for months on end, and walked around in clothes that he never changed and the same sole-less shoe for more than a year. If there was ever a posterboy for money and fame can't buy you happiness, he was your man.

The irony is he was always being cast in these movies where he was either a) enlightened b) the chosen one or c) clarivoyant. I guess if I was going through my dark phase and was contractually obligated to act, the acting ability Keanu's shown in his movies should probably deserve some type of oscar. Ok, maybe not.

My wife noted though that in this article that he's turned a corner and now that he's hit 40, he's adjusting to being a grown-up just like me. Welcome to the club dude, even if you do have it a bit easier with the millions in your bank to adjust to the bleak truths of reality.

Read the MSN article