Saturday, 4 April 2009
Heath's Birthday
I remember a conversation with Robert Richardson, the Director of Photography on "Four Feathers": "Just make sure that the audience are able to look into Heath's eyes. They tell a story of ancient wisdom and all of humanity." Not an easy job for a DP when Heath would so easily break into an Australian crinkle and narrow his eyes, so that the point of light so carefully placed by the DP would search desperately for its subject! I used to tell Heath that he was an ancient soul in a youthful body and mind. That his struggle was between the ancient wisdom he carried in his soul and coming to terms with his youth.
That struggle showed and I - the 'brother from another mother' as he called me - embraced him at those moments.
I wish I was there to embrace him when he passed away. I was so close. But then, it was not meant to be.
Shekhar Kapur
Source: A friend remembers Heath Ledger on the one-year anniversary of his death, New York Daily News
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 1000 of 1627 Newer› Newest»Do you really believe Jake slept with the POP producer to get the part?
Yes, no doubt in my mind.
I know he always wanted to play a hero and have a franchise, but what was so great about POP that he wanted it so badly and maybe even slept with this uglo producer?
No idea, you'll have to ask Jake.
If he wants a franchise he should have waited for something better.
No, he most likely would never get another chance.
Has anyone else ever noticed that when Chinormica wears high heels Jake doesn't do valet, he parks on the street and she has to walk? LOL
^^^What excuses? The truth is, no one here has insider knowledge and doesn't know what's going on with Jake's career. But we all seem to agree that Reese, beard or gf, isn't good for his image at all.
6:08.. ITA, the only up side of this situation (if it where to continue) is that Jake would begin to seem not such an attractive escort for Reese, and therefore it might lead to a quicker termination of the Reeking than if Jake was being really successful. Then again, she stuck with Ryan and he was hardly setting the world alight was he (but then again he did have a full head of hair).
The truth is, no one here has insider knowledge and doesn't know what's going on with Jake's career.
Jake's career is a public knowledge.
6:12 maybe that's why Ryan got all those hideous tattoos all over his body.
I really believe that Jake is a solid actor (he also has an Oscar nom) and a good looking fellow. If someone like Orlando Bloom can get decent movie offers, why not Jake? It doesn't make sense.
Jake's career is a public knowledge.
Since when?
6:12 maybe that's why Ryan got all those hideous tattoos all over his body.
He's a softy douche who thinks he looks cool and dangerous with tats. As if. LOL.
(but then again he did have a full head of hair).
Get over it! Jake's not losing his hair.
Since when?
Since always. Use Google.
6:17.. well unless he's making films that are only shown to a private cabal of HW insiders, then being a film actor / movie star would seem to be to be the most public career someone can have, expect possibly being a politician. Or has he stopped being an actor and is now pursuing some other career instead.
My sex tapes are very private!
6:19.. knew that comment would elicit that response, which is why I added it. Thanks for reacting so obviously.
Since always. Use Google.
And what should I write?
Only Jake and his agent know what's in store for him. We didn't even know about Nailed until he started filming it. Remember?
Some of you are such drama queens.
Get over it! Jake's not losing his hair.
The way his career is going (down the drain) and the success of Reeke (down the gutter) who can blame him if he's tearing his own hair out.
Only Jake and his agent know what's in store for him.
So what?!?
Jake's movie career consists of his existing movies.
"We didn't even know about Nailed until he started filming it."
Blimey, bet that's two months of his life Jake wishes he could forget. Anyone placing odds when / how / where this turkey will be released.
Only Jake and his agent know what's in store for him.
No, Jake and his agent can't predict Nailed, Brothers and PoP success or failure.
The way his career is going (down the drain) and the success of Reeke (down the gutter) who can blame him if he's tearing his own hair out.
We will see about his career. Hooking up with Reese was a mistake from the very start. I knew it would overshadow his career.
Jake's movie career consists of his existing movies.
Well, we don't know how Brothers, Nailed and POP will turn out. Now do we?
Don't know that I would use Jake's Oscar nom as props for his career.
Both Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Halle Berry WON their categories, and look where they are now.
Also, since Jake has distanced himself from BBM, that also means he's miles and miles away from his SA nod.
Blimey, bet that's two months of his life Jake wishes he could forget. Anyone placing odds when / how / where this turkey will be released.
Don't be so negative, we don't know if it will be a turkey. Some of Nailed director's movies were acclaimed.
Please release me! Let me go!
No, Jake and his agent can't predict Nailed, Brothers and PoP success or failure.
Of course not. With "in store" I meant new projects.
Please release me, let me go
For I can't stand it anymore
To waste our movie would be a sin
Release me, and let me nail again!
^^That was good. :)
No wonder babblers come over here, we got some good stuff.
6.57 Turkey, that was grrrrrrreat!!!
Man's BFF! A Very Special Dude 'n' Dog Gallery
Every H'wood starlet on the scene seems to schlep along her pooch in an oversize Louis Vuitton purse, which is the lamest way to be an animal lover. Dog-owning dudes, like Jakey G. with his German shepherd, know how to do dog walking right—side by side, like amigos.
Too bad animals can't ride bikes or hold a cup of coffee in their paws, or Jake would probably hang with Atticus more than Reese.
Check out our Man's BFF Gallery to see all types of H'wood hunks stepping out with their canine companions ...
Jake and Atticus
Awwww . . .
Pup in the City
My Beautiful Eyes
No gutter for these boys!
Beautiful Tail Cha-cha-cha
You can see my Eyelashes!
Making links is exhausting!
Time for a nap, see ya fer supper!
Ted is so great, isn't he? :)
For the reading comprehension challenged among us, here's the difference between the Obama and Bush administrations re the White House Easter event:
The Obama administration actually reached out to us as an organization, and said we want gay families there, and they are an important part of the American family fabric," said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Boston-based Family Equality Council, which is helping spearhead the effort to organize families to attend.
In 2006 during the Bush administration, more than 100 gay parents attended the egg roll in part to make the statement that they should be welcome. Some conservatives accused gays and lesbians of trying to "crash" the event and turn it into forum for ideological politicking.
This year already feels different, said Colleen Gillespie of Brooklyn, who helped spark the 2006effort.
"We feel so welcomed and embraced, and that in a very real way, I think we can just go as a family and enjoy it," said the 42-year-old assistant professor at New York University's school of medicine, who is attending with her wife and their daughters, Ella and Zelda. "We don't have to fight for our right to exist and be treated fairly."
Leah McElrath Renna, managing partner at a D.C. communications firm, agreed. She attended the event in 2006 and 2007 with her partner, Cathy McElrath Renna, and their now 3-year-old daughter, Rosemary.
"Under Bush, it felt a bit like we were crashing our own party. But this year it feels like we're equally honored guests," Leah McElrath Renna, 44, said. "It's more celebratory."
As far as the DOM, Obama is the only candidate who ever addressed rescinding it at all.
Including those with opposing viewpoints on the subject and bringing them to the table, can open minds or at least meet in the middle. You can already see it happening with people like Rick Warren. Obama has helped set the tone for change, but of course others have done much as well. It's all progress and steps forward, and we'll see more when he's had more time in office. Don't blame troubles and scandals with the economy that he's inherited, such as AIG, on him. Please don't spread misinformation, or twist words to make a point. :)
^^or DADT
POP is scheduled for release in 2010. Zodiac had several release dates, all pushed back and delayed for almost 2 years. Who is to say POP won't get delayed, especially if it tests poorly. Disney spent a bundle and if the first Jake as POP pictures were any indication, there may be problems.
What went wrong with the Brokeback boys? The one is dead, the other seems so unhappy. :( :( :(
Let's remember the good times and hope that if Jake isn't happy, he'll be happy again soon.
good old times
Beautiful. I hope Jake will be happy again soon. :)
tongue
Look at Jake's eyes! Even if they didn't stay as close, when they were close they liked each other mucho (I think).
Beautiful. I hope Jake will be happy again soon. :)
If he needs to change things in his life to be happy again, he should do it asap.
I think so too. :)
Oops, my comment at 9:39 was in response to 9:38's. Jake looks like he absolutely adored Heath in that pic. :)
great Atticus pictures! Do you think he is happy nowadays?
Jake looks like he absolutely adored Heath in that pic. :)
I agree. :)
great Atticus pictures! Do you think he is happy nowadays?
We rarely see him nowadays, but I hope he's ok.
I hope so, but I wonder - we never see him, but that doesn't mean he's not out with Daddy. Poor baby, I hope Atti is ok.
Once again, for the attention challenged among us, I made at least five charges about Obama's thorough lack if substantive attention to gay rights, and that includes his utter irrelevance to current queer victories in DC, Vermont and Iowa. This latest 'invitation' to gay parents is just the latest attempt by Obama to cozy up to queers when it's politically inconvenient without doing a damn thing to help us on the ground. It's safe and lazy, which is Obama's style. Bush did the exact same thing when it was politically convenient. Get YOUR facts straight, and then maybe you'll be able to explain why Obama has flip-flopped at least 30 times since last summer, and why he's likely to do the same to gays in the future when it suits his political purposes.
Could you spare us with the dearest leader Obama propaganda? Are we in North Koreea? Jeez!
He's not even been in office three months yet. Try to be fair, and my facts are fine, thank you.
Since the fate of gay marriage was left in the hands of the individual states when DOMA was passed, of course nobody was talking about Obama having anything to do with the wonderful recent queer victories in Iowa, VT and DC. The DOMA made sure of that. I was strictly speaking of the general climate of change, and the White House Easter event in particular. There are a lot of issues that need attention, and less than three months isn't enough time to make that kind of assessment. It's not propaganda to respond to someone, 9:51, so no we won't spare you, you can scroll on by.
*yawn*
It's not propaganda to respond to someone
Yes, it is propaganda, especially since you raised the question yourself, just to answer to it a few posts later.
Long live the dearest leader, together with the central commitee of the glorious party!
Long live President Obama!
This latest 'invitation' to gay parents is just the latest attempt by Obama to cozy up to queers when it's politically inconvenient without doing a damn thing to help us on the ground.
We should be happy and support every little step in the right direction.
Made me laugh when I read about Kid Jake making noise on the Paris Trout set and Ed Harris yelling at him, I wondered if he had been singing show tunes from South Pacific. Or maybe it was Cabaret?
Maybe Jake was singing "I'm Gonna Was This Man Right Out of my Harris"
oops, Wash
Everybody loved my singing!
Ted is so great, isn't he? :)
He still likes Jakey :)
IA. I think that Ted geniunely likes Jack and that's why he's so snarky about him. It must bother him to see Jake in this bearding mess with the Chin and like us would love to see Jake end the farce.
“Moms are always fun to hang out with at premieres… I figured out where it’s at… 40 is where it’s at.”
--Zac Efron
Hmm, is this the same familiar up-and-coming star pattern Jake was doing? Having an official HW gf, being the subject of gay rumors, then saying he likes older women?
"Everybody loved my singing!"
Not me, it bugged the fuck outta me, some little girly boy singing South Pacific showtunes while I'm trying to work. Shit!
Especially when girly boy started crooning I'm Gonna Wash That Hair Right Outta My Ed, just wait til the snot nose brat's 40 and starts receding. Oh look at those pics, I won't have to wait 10 years.
Shut up!
I think you mean fearless leader, my dear. If you are going to quote cliches, try to get them right. :)
"I think you mean fearless leader, my dear. If you are going to quote cliches, try to get them right"
8:25 my dear, if you're going to talk to someone here, add their quote and the posting time. There's 867 comments on this post, 67 on this page. We're not mind readers.
Oh no? I thought some of you were mind readers.
Don't worry about losing your hair Jake! There's about 30 fans out of the 500 that you have left that really really liked your Jarhead look.
Ted is so great, isn't he? :)
I just hate his contradictions. First Reese and Jake are pals and she's his beard. Now he insinuates Jake doesn't like Reese, so no pals. Then Jake tries to "convince himself" that he likes the ladies. Maybe he meant that Jake might try to convince himself he likes (in a romantic way) Reese? I'd like more consistency from Ted. This wishy washy stuff makes him less credible.
Oops, typo! It should be 3 fans out of the 50 that's left. Those other 450 fans are Reese's. Too early in the morning for numbers!
Ted is consistent, he didn't change his original claim from 2007 - Reeke is just a publicity deal.
David O. Russell to direct comedy for 'Milk' producers
I Heart Huckabees director David O. Russell has signed on to make the romantic teen comedy Aaron and Sarah for Milk producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Variety reports. The script follows a geeky guy and a popular girl over the evolution of their relationship through four years of high school, during which they become friends and eventually fall for each other. Russell, who also directed the hit Three Kings, has had a spate of bad press in recent years. His infamous videotaped tantrum at Lily Tomlin on the set of Huckabees became a viral sensation, and last year, his film Nailed, co-written with novelist Kristen Gore and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel, was beset by financial problems, and production was shut down several times.
Ted is consistent, he didn't change his original claim from 2007 - Reeke is just a publicity deal.
Even if they are dating for real, it's more for publicity than anything else. Even people who like Reeke know they are famewhores, well it seems Reese is much more of a famewhore.
"The script follows a geeky guy and a popular girl over the evolution of their relationship through four years of high school, during which they become friends and eventually fall for each other."
Geez how many times has that been done.
"Even if they are dating for real"
LMAO
Everybody loved my singing!
Got to looooove young boys with impeccable music taste.
Little Adam Lambert - Phantom of the Opera
They didn't really look very close in these dinner pics, and Reese stumbling around in out of proportion heels again. ;)
"Yeah where is Gwynnie and Chris? And why does Jake park on the street and not in valet? Love how Chinormica has to open her own car door, guess the first blush of showmance has worn off. Poor Jake, wearing his trapped-in-a-contract expression again."
^^He did, didn't he? And the Persian Gulf between them. ;)
They hardly look at each other, never touch unless it's their iconic "holding hands" showmance device, that's dating? These last pics Jake looks absolutely miserable.
He always seems to have the attitude of just "show up".
"his trapped-in-a-contract expression"
"Even if they are dating for real"
LMAO
Weirder things have happened than these two maybe dating.
Babblers bullshit.
Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are warring 'Titans'
Liam Neeson is already returning to work. Using the box office clout of his massive hit "Taken," Neeson has agreed to play Zeus in Louis Leterrier's remake of "Clash of the Titans."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ralph Fiennes will join Neeson in the epic playing the story's antagonist, Hades, who intends on toppling Zeus and ruling the world. Sam Worthington, whose starring roles in "Terminator: Salvation" and "Avatar" haven't even been released yet, is on board to play Zeus' son Perseus. The cast also includes Mads Mikkelsen, Gemma Arerton ("Quantum of Solace" and the upcoming "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time") and Alexa Davos. Like the original 1981 Harry Hamlin camp classic, "Clash" appears to be using British actors to play characters one would assume are of Greek ancestry.
"Titans" is set to begin production later this month in the U.K.
Camp classic remake = camp is good.
"Babblers bullshit."
The 4 babblers are spreading their manure, trying to fertilize Reeke. Sorry pups, Reeke had root rot at the very start.
Atticus the constant scrapbooker said...
Pup in the City
My Beautiful Eyes
No gutter for these boys!
Beautiful Tail Cha-cha-cha
You can see my Eyelashes!
Making links is exhausting!
Time for a nap, see ya fer supper!
I think Atticus turned gay :)
"Babblers bullshit."
The 4 babblers are spreading their manure, trying to fertilize Reeke. Sorry pups, Reeke had root rot at the very start.
For the 100th time, some think Jake is bi and is dating her, but don't like this coupling at all. Since most Jake sites kiss Reeke's asses, that's (WFT2) the place to go to vent. Or do you perhaps mind to share this place?
Atticus was in a Defamer sighting 1/2 years ago when he was seen humping a male dog in a bark park in LA. Wonder if that's why Jake doesn't take him out anymore.. Poor Atticus, just copying what he sees at home and he gets barred from the dog parks.
Atticus was in a Defamer sighting 1/2 years ago when he was seen humping a male dog in a bark park in LA.
What? Link please!
"For the 100th time, some think Jake is bi and is dating her, but don't like this coupling at all. Since most Jake sites kiss Reeke's asses, that's (WFT2) the place to go to vent. Or do you perhaps mind to share this place?"
Uh, no, this isn't the place for "Jake is bi and is dating her, but don't like this coupling". This is a place for "Jake is Gay" or "Jake is/was slightly bi but is not dating Reese." It's NOT for "Jake is bi and dating Reese and I don't like Reese".
9:25, just google Atticus, Defamer, Jake Gyllenhaal and it will come up.
This is a place for "Jake is Gay" or "Jake is/was slightly bi but is not dating Reese."
True, but nice guests and visitors are welcome to play :)
Tue Jan 23 2007
· Sunday at the dog park. My dog starts playing with a cute German shepherd that proceeds to hump him, without benefit of formal introduction or dinner. The owner and I intervene to restore civility and suddenly I'm confronted with sapphire blue orbs. Who else but Jake Gyllenhaal. Very sweet, drop dead hot, and very apologetic- although none was necessary. Our dogs just lived out my fantasy, by proxy. I say "WOOF".
Defamer
Jan 23 2007
Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Jake Gyllenhaal Stars In 'The Gay German Shepherd'
Sunday at the dog park. My dog starts playing with a cute German shepherd that proceeds to hump him, without benefit of formal introduction or dinner. The owner and I intervene to restore civility and suddenly I'm confronted with sapphire blue orbs. Who else but Jake Gyllenhaal. Very sweet, drop dead hot, and very apologetic- although none was necessary. Our dogs just lived out my fantasy, by proxy. I say "WOOF".
Defamer
Double gay! lol
OMG, I hope that's not how Boo......but what a way to go, huh?
9:36 jinx!
I think Atticus turned gay :)
OMG, I was right! lol
You're blowin my cover, Atti! No public parks for you! And stay outta my room, outta the house, yeah that's it, stay in your yard....no wait that's outside isn't it? Shit Atti, just don't watch us anymore you hear me?
Or do you perhaps mind to share this place?
Sharing is fine, pissing off aboriginals should be avoided.
"I think Atticus turned gay :)"
I just do what Daddy does ('cept he's usually on the bottom), there's a name for it? Oh and can someone show me how I can kneel? I got the lickin part down but how can I kneel on my back legs and hold something with my front ones????
Shit Atti, just don't watch us anymore you hear me?
*pouts*
*pisses on Daddy's fedora*
LOL!
Posted on OMG
"SO I'm standing against a wall, alone, minding my own business when a gorgeous guy with a scruffy beard comes up and announces: "I'm told I'm supposed to talk to you." Peter Sarsgaard. He and Maggie Gyllenhaal are a couple with a 2½-year-old daughter, and his new movie with Sienna Miller is "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh." OK. So what might he care to say about Pittsburgh and its mysteries?
"Nothing."
Right. So all the time he was there he did nothing?
"No. I did some things."
Right. Like what?
"Drank and went to karaoke bars."
Right. And what else did he see?
"Just beer and gin mills."
Right. And did he enjoy the time he was shooting there?
"Who can't love a place that has both the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers?"
Right. And, if it's not too much of a stretch, could he maybe talk about his role in "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh"?
"I play a pain in the ass."
Mustering my maximum professional courtesy, I remarked he must be brilliant in the role because he is a pain in the ass.
Peter Sarsgaard just possibly might be the most adorable, delicious, fun, talented, cute, lovable, lousiest interview I've ever had."
Cindy Adams, NY Post
"And why does Jake park on the street and not in valet? Love how Chinormica has to open her own car door, guess the first blush of showmance has worn off. "
To be fair, I have never seen Jake open a car door for Reese. Hee =)
"Drank and went to karaoke bars."
Right. And what else did he see?
"Just beer and gin mills."
"I play a pain in the ass."
Peter is Adorable, delicious, fun, talented, cute and lovable :)
Dear Ted:
Tell me it ain't so! Saying Jen A should move to the suburbs because her roles aren't "meaty" enough is elitist. What's wrong with a working actress making funny movies? And suggesting that she go away because of her bad choices in men borders on sexism! You haven't landed Brad Pitt 2.0...so out to pasture with you, Ms. Aniston! I heart you, Ted, but I'm putting you on time out (in my head)! Let the chick work and bang whatever she likes.
—Faith, Atlanta
Dear Faniston:
It's not who she's banging that's bothering me. Hell, that gives me too much to write about! It's the fact that I do think this gal can do more. I loved The Good Girl. Right now, she's on the path to becoming the female Matthew McConaughey, though.
Dear Ted:
Is Anderson Cooper Grey Goose? He doesn't appear hetero to me. Is he too old or young to be G.C.? Love you love your column.
—Goosey Hunter
Dear Cooped-Up Coop:
Sorry, darling. Too old.
Dear Ted:
I'm still waiting to find out if George Clooney has ever been a subject of your Blind Vices. I'm serious. Yay or Nay. So many seem to fit him.
—Myy Place
Dear Come and Play:
With those dimples? Absolutely!
AT
Ted: I loved The Good Girl.
Aww!
Kanye West's girlfriend Amber Rose went home to Philadelphia for the week and was telling friends that she's over Kanye. According to a source: "The whole week she complained about how turned off she was about Kanye and the only reason she is still with him is to stack up money for her and her ex-girlfriend to have a better life together and hopefully get her career on the rise. She said Kanye is a nympho when it comes to sex and she constantly feels like a big old ape is on her back when they have sex." [ONTD]
Blind item!
"Which seemingly straight married actor conducts his man-to-man hanky-panky in the hangar of the Santa Monica Airport?" [Gatecrasher]
"It was a stupid joke because it rhymes. In the hands of a responsible journalist, humor and sarcasm will be translated appropriately. It was not meant as disrespectful in any way. In England, we have great rhyming slang, and everyone spends their day rhyming. But for all the trouble that comment caused, there were many people who were supportive."
— Sienna Miller, after calling Pittsburgh "Shitsburgh." [NY Daily News]
OMG, I hope that's not how Boo......but what a way to go, huh?
OMG, that's a terrible thought, but you made me laugh.
Is Anderson Cooper Grey Goose? He doesn't appear hetero to me.
WHAT?!?
I think Atticus turned gay :)
Please, Atticus, get a pup tent!
I Heart Huckabees director David O. Russell has signed on to make the romantic teen comedy Aaron and Sarah
Story centers on a nerdy guy and a popular girl who meet as freshmen and, over four years of high school, four proms and one funeral, become friends and eventually fall in love. Husband-wife team Chad Gomez Creasey and Dara Resnik Creasey penned the screenplay.
Once again, for the attention challenged among us, I made at least five charges about Obama's thorough lack if substantive attention to gay rights, and that includes his utter irrelevance to current queer victories in DC, Vermont and Iowa. This latest 'invitation' to gay parents is just the latest attempt by Obama to cozy up to queers when it's politically inconvenient without doing a damn thing to help us on the ground. It's safe and lazy, which is Obama's style. Bush did the exact same thing when it was politically convenient. Get YOUR facts straight, and then maybe you'll be able to explain why Obama has flip-flopped at least 30 times since last summer, and why he's likely to do the same to gays in the future when it suits his political purposes.
Oh please you whining PUMA militant.
Since when was Obama the brutal enemy of gays?
Sure, gay rights are not his priority and neither should they be in an economic crisis but ffs, gay families have had to gatecrash this damn eggroll for years because BushCo shut them out.
Whatever Obama does it's small steps and more dialogue towards the chance of a better standing for gays in the longrun under him. It is never going to happen overnight or as quickly as you'd like it to, and he has to appease everyone, not just gays.
BUT, I consider the man genuine in his views and who knows what he's planning for the future. His small steps may lead to greater openings down the line. Time will tell.
Right now though, thank your lucky fucking stars you don't have a moose-shooting, illiterate creationist in power, under whom your life would be a damn sight harder than it is under Obama. At least Obama is open to variety in people, and values science and evolution (proper topics) over myth and legend.
^^Thank you!
well, that's great news for o'russell. still, is anyone else sick of this lather, rinse, repeat sequence for teen comedies. how about we cast the protagonist as a dorky-ass female with braces, a bad perm and a button-maker. Molly Ringwald did wonders with that character in the 1980s.
Have they turned the musical Wicked into a film yet? I loved that the green-faced, smartest girl in the class, animal rights activist got the handsome prince instead of the air-headed blonde. ;)
No worries 1:25, and I'm not even the person s/he was arguing with.
It just bugs the hell out of me that one or two total politically-motivated madheads think their personal socio-political beef takes precedence over a greater world dialogue, a fucked economy, nuclear threats, terrorism and trying to sort the middle east out to ensure stability and hopefully SPREAD the ideas of tolerance and friendship, all ideolgies that BENEFIT gays as much as straights in the longrun.
He cannot do everything right now for everyone. But to imagine him as some kind of mean, malicious figure to gays is ludicrous.
well, that's great news for o'russell.
Romantic teen comedy doesn't sound like David O. Russell, but that could be a good sign about Nailed:
"I thought David O. Russell was sort of done in Hollywood. His conflicts with actors on-set has made him notorious and there doesn't seem to be a high return on the investment. His previous film, "Nailed", was plagued with financing problems. And this is all kind of a shame because despite behind-the-scenes drama and box office receipts, I think the guy is a talented filmmaker who tells interesting stories.
But now he's come roaring back. A couple weeks ago we learned that he was attached to write and direct the adaptation of Matthew Quick's debut novel, "The Silver Linings Playbook". Today, Variety is reporting that Russell is now on board to helm "Aaron and Sarah" which from the plot sounds way too bland and uninteresting for Russell: "The story centers on a nerdy guy and a popular girl who meet as freshmen and, over four years of high school, four proms and one funeral, become friends and eventually fall in love." I expect Russell to subvert it but based on that description alone, it just sounds like "I Love You Beth Cooper" stretched out over four years instead of one night (it also sounds like geek wish-fulfillment which I hate). Variety describes it as "in a similar vein to John Hughes' teen comedies" so if Russell finds a way to twist that into something interesting, I'll definitely be on board.
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Obama's Missed Iowa Moment
It's the state that vaulted Barack Obama, a relative newcomer, to the White House. And last week, Iowa may have launched a wave of change when it comes to gay marriage as well. Only time will tell if the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision to allow gays and lesbians to have the same marriage rights as their straight counterparts will be the tipping point for the gay equality debate in this country. But one thing is certain right here and now, our President's tepid response to the historic decision is not change we can believe in.
Following the decision on Friday, the White House released a statement saying:
"The President respects the decision of the Iowa Supreme Court, and continues to believe that states should make their own decisions when it comes to the issue of marriage. Although President Obama supports civil unions rather than same-sex marriage, he believes that committed gay and lesbian couples should receive protection under the law."
Which, minutes after Pam's House Blend took the statement to task for not using the phrase "equal protection" was revised to this:
"The President respects the decision of the Iowa Supreme Court, and continues to believe that states should make their own decisions when it comes to the issue of marriage. Although President Obama supports civil unions rather than same-sex marriage, he believes that committed gay and lesbian couples should receive equal rights [emphasis added] under the law."
As we all know, the President's position is purely political. As an Illinois state senator, he had indicated on a questionnaire that he supported gay marriage and his backpedal to civil unions is based on strategy.
It's hard to imagine our law-professor-in-chief did not look at Iowa's ruling — and you can't help wondering if, as he perused the Iowa justices' carefully reasoned take-down of all the arguments against gay marriage, he didn't question his own cynical position. Especially if his revised statement is to believed. If the president believes in equal rights for gays and lesbians under the law, then he's for gay marriage. Civil unions are, by their very nature, a perverted contemporary version of "separate, but equal," a fallacy that at one-time would have made it illegal for his own parents to marry.
There are times where "political strategy" is code for "cowardice" and this is one of those times. With George W. Bush, we knew that his anti-gay attitudes were based on conviction; Obama's rhetoric is based on fears of being labeled a "liberal." There are moments of opportunity in every democracy and we're living through one right now. The past six months have been the most momentous in the history of the gay and lesbian civil rights struggle. Put simply, we're winning, not just in the courts, but in the court of public opinion. If we were to tell you a year ago that America would be engaged in a national debate about whether gays and lesbians should have civil unions or the right to marry, you'd have laughed at us, but that was before Prop. 8, the marches, and the collective semi-conscious decision by the LGBT movement to bring up the issue often and loudly.
Moments fade, though. The shifting ground beneath us has a way of solidifying and many of the marriage battles happening right now will be over in a few months and with it, it will be harder for hays and lesbians to keep the issue in the minds of a public accustomed to 24-hour-news cycles. The President has an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the gay rights movement today, not through Machiavellian negotiations, but by using his best weapon: His voice.
It's easy to speak up for "all Americans." It takes a lot more courage to speak up for the ones on the outside, looking in. Our president wants to go down in history as the fulfillment of the American Dream, but so long as he remains mute on the deferred dreams of gays and lesbians, dreams he privately supports, greatness will continue to elude him. –Japhy Grant
Queerty
It just bugs the hell out of me that one or two total politically-motivated madheads think their personal socio-political beef takes precedence over a greater world dialogue, a fucked economy, nuclear threats, terrorism and trying to sort the middle east out to ensure stability and hopefully SPREAD the ideas of tolerance and friendship, all ideolgies that BENEFIT gays as much as straights in the longrun.
He cannot do everything right now for everyone. But to imagine him as some kind of mean, malicious figure to gays is ludicrous.
ITA, could not have said it better - I really, really find civil rights and gay marriage extremely important, but there's so much else vying for our President's attention, especially the economy. I do believe that he's the best hope we've got, with his openness to dialogue. I think these were just trolls/babblers trying to stir in any way they could.
I thought the green-faced witch in Wicked was the most beautiful as well. ;)
"Story centers on a nerdy guy and a popular girl who meet as freshmen and, over four years of high school, four proms and one funeral, become friends and eventually fall in love."
my god thats sounds like a combination of Best Friends and 4 Weddings and A Funereal. Doesn't anyone do anything original anymore?
If it's like all of Russell's other movies, there will be nothing conventional about it.
It doesn't sound that interesting. You'd expect something different from him. :(
Adaptation of Matthew Quick's debut novel, "The Silver Linings Playbook", sounds interesting :)
^^That one does. :)
POP is scheduled for release in 2010. Zodiac had several release dates, all pushed back and delayed for almost 2 years. Who is to say POP won't get delayed, especially if it tests poorly.
There is enought time to finish, test and fix what can be fixed well before planned PoP release date.
May 28, 2010 is Memorial weekend. Only good SATC2 buzz could make them change PoP release date.
Father and Son
My life has been redefined by this statistic, “The odds of getting pregnant from a one-time sexual encounter are about 11%.” I often think if it can happen, yes, it will happen to me. Now, I’m a single gay dad under thirty, that didn’t adopt, didn’t get married and isn’t bisexual, and inadvertently ends up with a best friend getting pregnant from the solitary experience.
I knew that she would be pregnant, I think we both knew and even though I protested I can’t change it, and wouldn’t want to now. Oddly we never ever discussed not having the baby, and nine months later in my Brooklyn apartment in the living room I delivered my son Kipling, with the help of a mid-wife and my best friend a massage therapist. It all happens so fast, the nine months of waiting, the birth, that it doesn’t really hit you till much later. I remember being the first to hold him and it was just so surreal. It wasn’t till I got home from work the next day sat down and held him again, that all of the weight and reality hit me so hard I sat their weeping looking at him! I had this unbelievable surging emotion of ITS TRUE I’m a father… I was immediately in love with him. He is my son, and I have this amazing opportunity to be a parent that I never had.
Then another nine months later, I lost part of that. Living with his mother and parenting him together was killing the other part of who I am, as idealistic as I am after spending eighteen months not really having a separate identity, I knew that we couldn’t live together if I was going to be mentally healthy. I was sick of nobody getting who I am and having to explain this whole weird or just rare sequence of events that resulted in a new family of sorts. It was probably the hardest choice I’ve ever made, a sacrifice that had to be made, I would sacrifice from being able to be around my son 100% of the time to have a future of my own. It wasn’t about wanting to be able to go out and party and retain my lifestyle, but really I thought it would be more fucked for my son to grow up without me being happy. I couldn’t go to the playground with his mother and have parents being like, “Oh how long have you two been together?” Or, “Your husband and son are so good together.” I didn’t want to go around to every social function being like, “No, no we aren’t married I’m gay…gay…”
So, in all fairness to myself, my son, and his mother, she and I live separate lives around our son now, and I spend 50-60% of the time with him every week. I still would love it if he only lived with me, but both his mother and I are equally invested in him and it wouldn’t be fair to him. I know I’m happier being able to not have to deal with the social confusion on a daily basis, though I guess it will not completely disappear from my life ever. But its okay, I’ve gotten used to it. His mother and I have a better relationship now, though that has been a up and down battle, and probably always will be.
To me the worst part of this whole situation is that I love being a parent so much that I just wish that I had my child in different circumstances…with a husband of my own. I wouldn’t wish being a single parent on anyone. It has definitely opened my eyes more to the reality of raising a child on my own, how little things like carrying groceries and baby becomes a huge deal, and finding reliable people to babysit etc. But I’ve totally come to peace with it, I used to be kind of bitter about it, though I realize now how lucky I am despite not raising him with some life partner (which I guess has no guarantees either really…) I’m so thankful for the support group I have, cause can’t go it completely alone.
- Zachary Williams, NYC
link
I guess that Queerty agrees with the PUMA militant. Oh well.....
Here's to the future for the dreams of youth
I want it all (give it all)
I want it all
I want it all and I want it now!
All civil change takes place in the courts; and this time will be no different.
^^social change
4:19, it meanst that the poster chose an article which most closely reflected his own viewpoint adn posted it here. Queerty is a blog about gay issues, and an open forum, and mostly likely there are other viewpoints there that haven't been posted. Doesn't mean they endorse this particular one. Oh well . . .
I guess that Queerty agrees with the PUMA militant.
No More Mr Nice Gay :)
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Rio said...
Special there's a DCF member who swears he saw pics taken of [naked] Jake at a South American or Carribean beach resort a few years ago.
Special K said...
Rio - Jake has commented on being being naked around his house, and his exhibitionism. So I wouldn't be surprised.
Funny someone else is a self admitted exhibitionist too, and like to moon in moving vehicles.
April 9, 2009 12:17 AM
Not very realistic, and I wouldn't call negotiation efforts Machiavellian.
there's a DCF member who swears he saw pics taken of [naked] Jake at a South American or Carribean beach resort a few years ago
I just wanted my lily-white ass to be golden bronze like everything else.
pics taken of [naked] Jake at a South American or Carribean beach resort a few years ago
To quote one of our favourite trolls... link please!
link
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"Maggie Gyllenhaal thinks if brother Jake's acting thing doesn't work out, he could be a chef. "Jake makes a mean chocolate zucchini bread."
Cindy Adams, NY Post
6:14.. I so wish I hadn't clicked on that.
Why? (Naughty bits are covered.)
6:29.. actually on second viewing its something I could quite enjoy, I just quite expecting it.
"(Naughty bits are covered.)"
Covered?! I'm so long it was wrapped up behind my back. Kept telling the photog to hurry up, my left arm was getting sore from holding up the weight.
Damn, is that grey hair under my arm?
Absolutely not! You are as big and beautiful as ever.
I hate photoshopped pix of nekkid Jake. His natural body is so beautiful. Why I fell for him. Lov'd his bod.
Just to add to prior comments, I think J & R started out as friends but the novelty wore off. You can tell most times Jake is grinning and bearing it. That shrill voice would put anyone off. Besides, the bearding was not supposed to go on so long. When POP got delayed, everything changed.
Maybe Jake is bearding for Reese?
DCF Heath thread, 80 pages in 6 days.
DCF Jake thread, 13 pages in 6 days.
Jake makes a mean chocolate zucchini bread.
Jakey is my best student ever.
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Austin - jury duty (him too?!), ripped up clothes and guy-liner
Jury duty bloger
Russell's next film, "Nailed", stars Jake Gyllenhaal-and Jessica Biel and is expected in Irish cinemas later this year.
link
A gay or bi Reese W should perhaps surprise no-one at this stage either. Except die-hard fangirls.
My take is that whatever you think you see, you never really REALLY know anyone.
Oh why oh why,
Do clouds float in the sky,
When all below is torment,
So much death, so much...die.
Papa G
Stephen (my beloved), I'm WARNING you!!
Easter is a time for giving,
When all around can't earn a living,
But living is as living does,
And hark! Why's my face so full of fuzz?
So full of fuzz becuz becuz...
The night sky is still, the leaves abound,
And CEOs are all around,
In suit in suits, they affront my eyes,
Their slimy briefcases full of corporate lies,
But let Easter chicks flee the coup,
And roam across this dreary soup,
Of human waste and misery,
They say, Happy Easter to you all,
And,
Shut the fuck up - me!
"Maybe Jake is bearding for Reese?"
Wow that link sure is a sight for jaded eyes.
Yeah well i'm warning you too Cuntera --> "So much death, so much...die."
Hey, leave Stevie Gerrard out of this! He's mine.
"Maybe Jake is bearding for Reese?"
Remember Ent Lawyer had a blind about an A list actress/America's sweetheart, one of today's top 5 money earners, who had shared the same lover with Angelina Jolie, someone who no one would believe was gay/bi? Everyone on the site guessed Reese. Theres alot of pics of her with this same woman. Maybe they're just close friends. But if the EL people were right that it's Reese no wonder she was desperate to beard with Jake: saving her HW sweetheart reputation, looking straight, and child custody issues, not wanting to have dirty laundry aired out, and why Ryan said it was bizarre to see Jake with Reese, if he knows both of them are gay.
4:03.. all sounds fairly plausible to me.
Those Stephen poems aren't real are they! Even with all the bearding rubbish, you have to just feel so sorry for Jake to be burdened with such an embarssasing parent. It's total cringe material isn't it - wasn't there a time when people had the dignity to have their late mid-life crisis in private.
Those Stephen poems are wonderful and so sad. Ah.
Jury duty bloger
Austin, the book lover:
Source: Is he [Austin] wearing guy-liner? Ripped up white v-neck with skinny jeans? Scarf?
Me: Inside out black sweatshirt with shoulder ripped out pulling hood over one ear while he reads a book, same green pants I bought my husband a few years ago.
Jury duty bloger
Jury Duty was nothing short of boring and miserable yesterday but I am not going to complain because I am back at work and not sitting in a courtroom. Thankfully I was not called into a courtroom and spent most of the day preparing for future blog posts. Austin Nichols was in my jury pool, you know, the alien from John From Cincinnati? Not so much on the looks or hygiene in real life.
That bloger thinks that ripped up clothes = poor hygiene.
She doesn't understand artistic souls :)
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Evidence for the defence said...
Could this the black sweatshirt the jury blogger is talking about.
How do all Austin's clothes get ripped, or is that just a stupid question.
Ripped Austin
How do all Austin's clothes get ripped
Jake has jagged toenails?
DCF Heath thread, 80 pages in 6 days.
DCF Jake thread, 13 pages in 6 days.
Is this a competition or what?
When Jake's next films come out there'll be more traffic.
When Jake's next films come out there'll be more traffic.
No, when Jake comes out there'll be more traffic.
DCF is JIS, period. No speculation, no discussion of JIB, JIG, Reeke or bearding is allowed or you are banned from the forum. Alot of people including me left voluntarily. DCF is shit.
"That bloger thinks that ripped up clothes = poor hygiene."
I agree. Ripped clothes are part of Austin's style.
ripped t-shirt
ripped sweater at borders with Jake
Only about 4 people post in Jake's thread in DCF. What used to be 20 pages a day has now turned into 300 pages in 6 months. 96% of Jakes DCF fans left not only because of DCF but from Reeke. Used to be Jakes threads were double the number of Heaths. Now Heath is on #14 and Jakes is on #15. DCF Heath fans are surpassing Jake's, Heath treated his fans alot better. Jake beards and loses fans, he deserves it.
"Is this a competition or what?"
Yes it is.
Heath's fans adore him. Jake is bearding and he has 5 fans left and all 5 are Babblers.
Ripped clothes are part of Austin's style.
Fashion statement :)
Heath is dead. The DCF folks didn't think much of heath when he was alive because of Michele.
Brokies aren't Jake fans but BBM fans, they have little interest in any other Jake film: Zodiac, Rendition, Zzzzzzzzzzzz. The same will happen with Nailed and Brothers.
7:44 you will never be more wrong than with those statements.
It's total cringe material isn't it - wasn't there a time when people had the dignity to have their late mid-life crisis in private.
Suffering in private is so 80s.
The DCF folks didn't think much of heath when he was alive because of Michele.
It's a similar or maybe same situation now with Jake. DCF folks don't think much of Jake because of Reese.
I think DCF folks know/believe Jake is bearding, so it's not the same or similar situation.
I know this is a place for Jake fans mostly and many don't know much about Heath, but long time Heath fans knew Heath was a womanizer and that the thing with Michelle would have been probably just a fling if she didn't get pregnant. They split way earlier than it was made public (September 2007).
How do all Austin's clothes get ripped
Jake has jagged toenails?
*cough*
long time Heath fans knew Heath was a womanizer
Did DCF folks have a problem with that? I think Heath was addicted to falling in love.
Did DCF folks have a problem with that?
I don't know if they did.
I think Heath was addicted to falling in love.
That's what Heath himself said, he loved being in love. But being in love only lasts for so long...
I think many had a bad opinion about Heath. They thought he only hooked up with Michelle to get her pregnant so the world would think he is straight. Unfortunately they didn't know that he just about a month before heading to shoot BBM, broke up with Watts because he was unwilling to change, to settle down. I think he even was still very in love with her. Michelle was probably just a rebound and welcome for the lonely nights on set, she moved into his trailer within days. Michelle even followed him when he went to shoot Casanova in Venice and Candy in Australia. She got pregnant within 7 months of "knowing" him. I believe he still wasn't ready to settle down and have a kid, but Michelle decided for him. He seemed very miserable with her and after they split he was miserable, because he couldn't see the kid that often. Even if you don't love the mom, you still love the kid, whether it was a planned kid or not. I think his life situation and having problems that he "treated" with pills (earlier maybe even with street drugs) led to his sad end. :(
To add. I remember a poster here asked why Naomi Watts was at Heath's memorial. Well, she and Heath were still friends and she is close to his family:
Heath, Naomi, Heath's mom
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Blind Vice: Judas Jerks It Again!
Ever since Judas Jack-Off made his smarmy debut, I do think it’s fair to say Toothy Tile’s been breathing a tad easier. Of course, Toothy went so far back into the proverbial closet, I think the only heavy panting T.T. ever does anymore is when he and the GF moon over Pottery Barn chenille throws together. Back to Jack-Off: The dog’s still trying to finagle the old BF into sex again—and I think he’s damn close to succeeding.
After all, Judas is impossibly sexy (some say too much so, but I think of beauty like Kate Bosworth does thinness, never can have too much of that stuff!). He’s hard to resist. Especially when he’s lying to the ditched boyfriend and telling him they can still go off and get married like they'd originally planned, only he just has to “hang out” a little bit longer with the fake girlfriend his management set him up with.
Look, you cretin publicity whore with killer dimples (I mean the ones on your rock-hard ass, not your innocent little face), you’re screwing with the feelings of a man who loves you. This ain’t no Rock Hudson movie. It’s real life. And unless you want some pathetic kind of lying, lonely ending like Hudson himself got, quit effing with people’s lives, starting with your own.
It Ain’t:
Taylor Kistch
Chris Evans
Chris Pine
The Awful Truth
Brokies hated Michelle because it screwed up their fan fic, confusing Jake/Jack/Heath/Ennis.
They felt that he hooked up with Michelle and allowed her to get knocked up because of BBM. His behavior towards Jake at times seemed like he was distancing himself (refusing to pose with him at the Oscar luncheon).
The Brokie fanfic is that Jake and Heath were "close" during the beginning, he left to do TDAT And came back and he was with Michelle, thet felt that he was running away from Jake even then.
Can't see pictures without logging in.
Sorry, but I didn't find the pic anywhere else. :(
I don't think it's that important seeing it anyway, I just thought it shows they all seemed very close. :)
Brokies hated Michelle because it screwed up their fan fic
No one believes your silly theory, not even you.
It's not silly and I can post e-mails and posting on locked LJ's including Ted who went to that luncheon last year, talk about fan fic.
Fan fic/gossip all the same.
9:07 AM, I don't know why he would run away from Jake? Could someone explain?
Oscar Luncheon. Maybe he refused to pose with Jake, maybe it's made up. Who knows? Though, Heath seemed difficult/moody at times, so I wouldn't rule it out.
Complaints because he seemed uncomfortable sometimes when Jake stared at him. Look at pics with Michelle staring at him, he looks just as uncomfortable. He seemed uncomfortable with people staring at him. So what? On top of that he was uncomfortable with the public attention, he always has been, it's not just because of BBM.
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