People, Jun. 17, 1996

FROM SPEED STAR TO DOGSTAR

Crisis: Who will help Sandra Bullock save the world from public transportation this time? Speed star KEANU REEVES has turned down an $11 million invitation to rejoin the actress in the sequel. Reeves' spokesman explained that the actor, who has been the subject of a college course and had bouts of Shakespeare, "doesn't really see himself as an action star." What he does see himself as is Eddie Vedder. Reeves will spend the summer touring with his grunge band, Dogstar. (One critic described its music as "Flipper meets an industrial accident.") The group has yet to...

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