KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? THE CLOSET. YOU'RE STILL AROUND? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!
There's been a great deal of discussion on the site [After Elton] over the past couple of weeks about gay celebrities, the closet and what constitutes being "out." And even though we've discussed the issue numerous times before, it seems like it is once again time to revisit the topic. And it's a subject that is as tricky as ever and that can have real consequences for the celebrities involved.
Perez kicked the latest round of debate off when he posted an item about White Collar's Matthew Bomer. Without citing a source or saying how he knew, Perez simply claimed Matt was an out gay man. If true, we were certainly interested in writing about Matt and his show, but as we aren't a gossip site, I wasn't going to simply repeat Perez's claims — for lots of reasons.
But I did call up Matthew's publicist and request an interview if, in fact, Perez's information was correct. Through his publicist, Matthew passed on doing the interview and the publicist told me they don't comment on their client's personal lives. And that post set off a heated discussion about outing, the closet and all the other related issues.
The issue of the closet is something we deal with at AfterElton.com a lot and we are constantly evaluating how we cover celebrities that may or may not be gay. First and foremost, we do not out people. It's our firm belief that despite the undeniably greater gay acceptance in society today, coming out still has serious ramifications for many people and is a decision to be made only by the individual in question (excluding closeted politician's, but that's another conversation for another site).
That being said, we also don't believe there is anything wrong with treating everyone the same and the questions asked of a straight celebrity are perfectly fine to ask of a gay celebrity when appropriate. Are you married? Single? What was your childhood like? How does being straight influence the way you play a gay character? Does your husband get jealous when you kiss another man? And so forth.
Here are some general observations and thoughts about where we stand today.
1) For our readers: Just because "everyone" in West Hollywood or New York "knows" Celebrity X is gay because you've seen him around town with another guy does not make it true or mean that the person is out publicly. First of all, New York and Los Angeles are not the entire world and secondly, being seen out in public with another man is not being out in any practical way.
2) For gay celebrities: Just because your family and friends know you are gay does not make you publicly out.
3) For representatives of gay celebrities: If your client is gay and your response is "no comment" because "we don't ever comment on our client's personal lives" all I have to say is "Poppycock." I may understand why you are hiding the info, but I'm not an idiot and neither are our readers. If your client discusses raising funds for Alzheimer's because their dad had it or working to fight testicular cancer because they have it or anything else not specifically about a particular role, then they do discuss their private lives.
4) There are legal issues involved. Like it or not, claiming a person is gay still has legal ramifications and you can be sued for defamation in almost half of the states in the U.S. Yes, the celebrity has to prove you are wrong, but the fact of the matter is not every celebrity rumored to be gay is gay, and I'm not about to risk my job on Perez Hilton's say so.
BTW, publicists? Please don't tell me information "off the record" and then hint you don't care what I say as long as it's without any attribution at all. Again, that could end with your client suing me and I don't traffic in gossip. Thanks, but no thanks.
5) Dear fellow journalists, please don't treat gay celebrities differently than straight ones. If you regularly ask straight actors about their spouses, children and how they personally relate to playing an ad executive from the 1950s, a starship captain or a serial killer, but avoid similar questions with those you suspect to be gay, you aren't doing your job. And given how quick you usually are to ask officially out actors about the same things you do straight ones, you know I'm right.
I can honestly say that after the success of Neil Patrick Harris has had after coming out publicly (apparently everyone in New York knew he was gay all along) I really thought things would be different and more actors would follow the Luke Macfarlane model and simply acknowledge the fact of their sexuality and move on. But I can tell you from personal experience that we still aren't there no matter how much I'd like us to be.
Which isn't to say I don't understand and appreciate the issues gay celebrities face. But the only reason things ever get better is because some people have the courage to care enough to make things better for all of us.
Source: Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (November 06, 2009), After Elton
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 1504 Newer› Newest»Alec Baldwin may have admitted to my pals over at Entertainment Weekly that he used an "ass double" for a naked scene in It's Complicated, his upcoming flick with Meryl Streep, but he should know there are people out there who would like to see the real thing.
Like 30 Rock's new hunkster Cheyenne Jackson.
"I'd look at that," Jackson, a Broadway musical star who makes his debut on the NBC comedy tonight as TGS' new castmember Danny Blake, tells me. "Alec Baldwin is incredibly sexy. He's an alpha male."
That doesn't mean the openly gay Jackson wants Baldwin in a biblical sense… "I wouldn't say that," Jackson, 34, laughs when asked if he has a crush on A.B. "I would say I have a talent crush on him. That's what we say here in New York—a talent crush."
I caught up with Jackson in NYC, where he's currently starring in the Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow. (He also just released The Power of Two, his new album with Michael Feinstein.) Jackson isn't allowed to say much about his 30 Rock storyline, but does reveal he's been working with all of the shows' stars and he just finished his third episode.
Which brings us to more Baldwin gushing. "He knows comedy! He knows timing!" Jackson says. "He knows what a little flick of your eye will do. I learned so much from him already, even in the short time I've been there." As for Fey, she cast Jackson after seeing him onstage in Xanadu and Damn Yankees. "She's one of the most naturally funny people I have ever met," he says. "She's has this quiet confidence. Watching how she conducts herself and how she runs the ship over there is really fantastic."
So will he be belting out a tune with fellow Broadway babe Jane Krakowski? "You're going to have to wait and see," he says, adding, "They rely on the element of surprise so much. I wish I could shout it from the rooftops, but I wanna stay in good with everybody."
ONTD
"I'd look at that," Jackson, a Broadway musical star who makes his debut on the NBC comedy tonight as TGS' new castmember Danny Blake, tells me. "Alec Baldwin is incredibly sexy. He's an alpha male."
A-ha!
...
Hogan isn't the only celeb we've spotted out an about recently. Read on for scoop on Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, Blake Lively, Jon Hamm and E!'s very own Joel McHale…
PENN PALS: Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, walking hand-in-hand along Pittsburgh's Walnut Street—yes, Pittsburgh!
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E! Online Marc Malkin
A-ha!
Yes Jake, we know that a lot of gays (still) fancy Alec :)
Vote for Anne!
Pople's Choice Awards
^^^ People's Choice Awards
Vote for Anne!
And Zachary Quinto, Neil Patrick Harris and Adam Lambert!
the beard with mustache ramey
Voted for Anne. :)
"the beard with mustache ramey"
I don't get it. ??
^^^ Reese forgot to shave her mustache, ewww.
puffing on a hand-rolled cigarette
I believe it. My boss is Swedish (in the US) and that's how they smoke cigs (at least he does). Not too long ago he was on the freeway smoking one of his hand-rolled and he got stopped by the cops because they thought he was toking, lol.
3:15 I don't see it (lol). Is it blonde fuzzy or dark? I thought I saw a darkish shadow? Is the pic recent?
Reese is bottle blonde. Pictures caption is 102809 so I presume that pictures are from October.
Most blondes are bottle blondes. They were blondes as kids, but the hair got darker when they got older. Now they have to help out with chemicals. I personally like long, blonde hair. If it's groomed and nicely colored. It looks good. Many straight men certainly like it. ;)
puffing on a hand-rolled cigarette
I believe it.
There are pictures of Daniel Radcliffe smoking standard cigarettes, he looks wasted and he let a girl scrawl all over his face with a pen.
Photo ops or PR, he still has to go places with her, socialize with her, drive with her in the car, listen to her at meals, etc. Seriously, they both are a piece of work. [November 14, 2009 7:56 AM]
7:56 AM
Huh??? Do you think that Reese beards for Jake because she likes him?! [November 14, 2009 8:49 AM]
A big "huh" back to you 8:49. WTF are YOU talking about? I was answering this:
Jake's around her only for photo ops and for the publicity he can get out of it [November 14, 2009 7:03 AM]
^^ ....because 7:03 is under the impression that Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves. Uh uh. It's more than that - and for him to be able to hang with her for as much time as they are around each other, he must be as crazy sociopathic as she is. I don't know where in hell you got your idiotic reply "Huh??? Do you think that Reese beards for Jake because she likes him?!" from, 8:49.
So what has it been, 2 years? and Reese is still telling the same trash/organizing stories on talk shows? No wonder she had to clutch onto gay Jake after Ryan left her sorry ass. What man would want to date a boorish monotonous OCD psycho. Shit.
7:03 is under the impression that Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves. Uh uh. It's more than that
Most of the photo op are like that - Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves.
A big "huh" back to you 8:49. WTF are YOU talking about?
Reese doesn't beard for Jake because she likes him or doing him a favour, she beards for Jake so he would "beard" for her and make her look like she has a life - going to romantic dinners, vacations, concerts, ...
"Most of the photo op are like that - Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves."
You really still believe that? Delusional much? Then I suppose you don't believe Ted when he says Jake likes to spend time with RW in her house?
Of course I don't belive Ted, it is easy to see that Jake doesn't enjoy wasting time with the beard.
You really still believe that?
That's obvious from so many photo ops pictures.
I saw Reese on Conan. It was strange..have you ever been watching something (IRL) and you get the feeling that you witnessed something that will be a turning point in history? Now I admit I can't stand Reese but this experience had nothing to do with it. Her chattering and her weird eye movements from left and right while she looked up towards the ceiling bugged the shit out of me, sure.
But when Conan pulled out the perfume bottle and she turned towards the audience, and a couple minutes later when they were wrapping it up and he waved the dvds and reminded people that 4C and MVA were now available, I felt more than annoyance. To me those 2 moments signaled turning points in Reese's career. Downward - she's losing it and fast. Gone is the Oscar-winning actress. Now it's hawking Avon perfume and substandard stupid comedies or animated movies. What's next, a hair or skincare line on QVC? I wouldn't be surprised.
It was really a major turning point. She wasn't on Conan to promote a film - she was there to sell her little Avon perfume. In Hollywood, that's a crucial sign of slipping down the A-list ladder. No doubt about it.
I hope you're right!
That's obvious from so many photo ops pictures.
Yogurt pictures and two cars.
Her chattering and her weird eye movements from left and right while she looked up towards the ceiling bugged the shit out of me, sure.
At least she didn't make those retarded faces! lol
Of course I don't belive Ted, it is easy to see that Jake doesn't enjoy wasting time with the beard.
What about all the twitter sightings and cell phone pics? Made up and photoshop?
Reese doesn't beard for Jake because she likes him or doing him a favour, she beards for Jake so he would "beard" for her and make her look like she has a life - going to romantic dinners, vacations, concerts, ...
IA with that. Never said I didn't. So WTF are you arguing about??
Jake DOES NOT show up for 10 minutes, pose and leave. Spending all day at a concert, traveling, dinners etc. proves that. << THAT was my point. Nothing more. I have no fucking idea where in hell you got the idea that I was saying they weren't bearding. Jeezus.
What twitter sightings and cell phone pics? Reeke in NYC looking bored as usual?
Jake DOES NOT show up for 10 minutes, pose and leave. Spending all day at a concert, traveling, dinners etc. proves that.
One more time: MOST of the photo ops are like that - Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves.
Yogurt pictures and two cars.
Two cars? Didn't Jake head to the passenger seat?
"At least she didn't make those retarded faces!"
She did, actually. Did you see the vids of the show or the show itself? The way she looked up at the lights and moved her eyes.. something's off about her. She looked like a mental patient having a manic episode. I'm not kidding.
No, Jake was there with his car, we posted and discussed photo evidence.
One more time: MOST of the photo ops are like that - Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves.
If you want to believe that, fine. Some here seem to be as delusional as the babblers.
4:21 PM
How quickly you forgot about those 100 coffee and "shopping" LA Reeke photo ops!
No, Jake was there with his car, we posted and discussed photo evidence.
There was no proof that there were two cars. Why if they arranged that photo op would Jake spoil it by showing up and leaving in his own car?
MOST of the photo ops are like that - Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves.
You've been there? Jake and Reese arrive separately at the coffee house, walk in together, order coffee, walk out together, then hop in their respective cars and then screech out of the parking lot? They don't sit and talk, drive anywhere together in the same car, go shopping and chatter at all? It's all show up, pose and leave?!
There was no proof that there were two cars.
Yes, that is a poof that there were two cars.
Who except us would take time to analyse pictures and spot that detail?
Jake spoiled the photo op by his behaviour - no one can fake all the time.
"Why if they arranged that photo op would Jake spoil it by showing up and leaving in his own car?"
IMO, REESE arranged the photo op behind Jake's back, a la "I'm taking the kids for a treat after their first day of school. Come meet us at the yogurt shoppe!"
Yes, that is a poof
I might be gay but I'm not a poof!
Who except us would take time to analyse pictures and spot that detail?
Jake spoiled the photo op by his behaviour - no one can fake all the time.
What details were spotted? I don't recall anyone who provided solid proof it was two cars.
"Who except us would take time to analyse pictures and spot that detail?"
LOL
They don't sit and talk, drive anywhere together in the same car, go shopping and chatter at all? It's all show up, pose and leave?!
The point is that it takes 1-2 hours to do coffee, "shopping" or "working out" photo op.
Remember that video when Reeke were running together, paparazzi took pictures and then Jake left Reese and continue running on his own?
"Who except us would take time to analyse pictures and spot that detail?"
We need to figure out how to make money out of this hobby!
"Who except us would take time to analyse pictures and spot that detail?"
LOL
Do tell, who else was interested in proving that Reeke used two cars?
Some fans theories became borderline ridiculous. More ridiculous than some of Ted's tales. Believe what you want.
What I hope is that Jake's fine and that his career will last a long time. The nature of Reeke, only he and Witherspoon know about. No one else, not even Ted C.
"Most of the photo op are like that - Jake shows up for a photo op, stands/walks for 10 minutes with the beard, then he leaves."
"The point is that it takes 1-2 hours to do coffee, "shopping" or "working out" photo op."
^^So what are we debating and what are the opposing points??
The nature of Reeke, only he and Witherspoon know about.
Nonsense, they aren't that good at lying, just recall Reese on Ellen show forgetting about her "birthday dinner with Jake".
4:36 I'm agreeing and LOLing about it, I was one of the participants. Sheesh. Every comment isn't an attack or negative or argumentative.
4:42 PM
My policy is Shoot first, ask questions later :)
I do believe Ted, I think he's spending time with Reese also outside of photo ops. In PA he drove little Deacon to Reese to the set. He seems to like the kids, the way he looked at Ava in the MV racing pic proves that IMO.
I don't see what's the big deal if he spends time with them?
they aren't that good at lying
Reese is bad, but consider how terrible Jake is - he hasn't said anything about Reeke in the 3 years since it started! Can anyone say "gag order" and "muzzled" - the guy knows if he tries to lie about it he'll be caught.
"In PA he drove little Deacon to Reese to the set."
And then walked in front of him, lol.
*puts vest on*
I think he's spending time with Reese also outside of photo ops.
Only when Reese wants to do some reeking without paparazzi present.
"He seems to like the kids"
IA. I also think he feels sorry for them. What kind of a life do they have with a mother like that?
Liking kids has nothing to do with liking Reese, it is obvious that Jake doesn't like spending time with her.
IA. I also think he feels sorry for them. What kind of a life do they have with a mother like that?
Reese insists she's putting the kids first, but I think she prefers putting herself first. And if she HAS to put them first, I feel she feels sorry for herself (for neglecting herself) or is secretly angry about it. But she just needs to APPEAR to be the perfect mom and does "the right thing" because of that. If she wasn't a public persona, she probably wouldn't bother to put the kids first for show, she'd just do what is best for herself. Just my opinion.
^^Bottom line: she's very image obsessed.
IMO if she wasn't a public persona she would give Ryan full custody and visit them once a month.
^^Ha. Very, very possible.
jeffwongdesign: Just saw Jake Gyllenhaal in person at whole foods.
1 minute ago
(his loc: McLean Virginia)
niiiya: just saw jake gyllenhaal walking out of whole foods in pittsburgh.
1 minute ago
Jake, it's Whole Foods not Whore Foods.
^^Perhaps jeffwongdesign's on vacation in Pittsburgh, because there was another Whole Foods sighting of Jake a few minutes ago in Pittsburgh.
OMG, Jake is at Whole foods in Pittsburgh! What a hot, hip hottie, LOL!!
Austin is hungry!
Atticus ate everything!
Boys were getting busy in the bedroom, in the backyard, in the shower, in the garage, so I raided the kitchen
"At least she didn't make those retarded faces!"
She did, actually. Did you see the vids of the show or the show itself? The way she looked up at the lights and moved her eyes.. something's off about her. She looked like a mental patient having a manic episode. I'm not kidding.
No, I didn't watch vids. Thnks for the info, I presumed that Reese managed to control herself for those 8-10 minutes, lol.
Boys were getting busy in the bedroom, in the backyard, in the shower, in the garage, so I raided the kitchen
LMAO :)
What details were spotted? I don't recall anyone who provided solid proof it was two cars.
Side by side pictures of Jake's car and chin's car (Chin's car has a silver line)
Yogurt pictures and WFT2 discussion from September 11
Posted on OMG by Special K
Poet Sharon Mesmer wrote this and posted it on her blog back in October of 2006.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Jake Gyllenhaal's Dog
The ghost of a dog coffeepot foretold:
Jake Gyllenhaal has two cats and my parents have three cats
and I got a second dog.
All it takes to start a new religion
is resentment and a pot of cold coffee
and Jake Gyllenhaal walking his dog.
It's funny that people find other people getting coffee really interesting,
or walking their dogs in the dog park —
welcome to Christian Carnivore ‘04:
with only the occasional torn-up slipper and scattered
hieroglyphic chapters
as proof that any human beings ever lived there,
the dog coffeepot became a sign that,
for the poor, coffee is always already over.
Didn’t Thomas Jefferson predict that would happen
once dark bilious vapors began to define the character
of our dogs?
Hey! Aren't we supposed to just have good things happen to us?
Jake Gyllenhall’s dog is as much of a dog as that Brazilian double-bagger
Giselle Bundchen’s dog,
and I’d really like to know
how shepherds do it with their dogs.
Kim’s sharing spirit has done a great job in telling us about some of the things
that shepherds do with their dogs.
What is the difference between Christianity and all other religions?
The answer is that Dr. Bob is mind blowing.
So consider the story of Ben Stiller and Jake Gyllenhaal:
they got their eyes checked and their dogs autoclaved.
How did Jake Gyllenhaal’s dog get way up there on that fence post anyway?
That black poodle-looking dog had a rocking a cool 'fro
and dog food heaped with Pepto-Bismol.
What is the "abomination that causes desolation" in Mark 13:14?
The daily news, the conflicting messages in the world
and the longing for another man’s funky dung.
Humans in zoos, cross breeding —
it’s evolutionists vs creationists and I’ll be pooping on both
and from beneath the dirty hood comes an awkward
I love you on the sofa in the dark:
It was Jesus weeping as Jake Gyllenhaal returned
from Dramatic Dog Walk/Smoothie Excursion.
It's all over.
The dog has been walked
and the smoothie is just a distant memory.
Sharon Mesmer, Brooklyn, New York
Posted on WDW
This week, the photographer - James White - has been reminiscing about this and other shoots and it turns out this was quite a traumatic day due to naughty fleet-footed Atticus.
'I can't remember the name of the movie but there was a lot of rain involved... I thought that the water would be warm and it wasn't. So there was a water truck and we were spraying him down with like supercool water outside. But he was a real trooper. Unfortunately, when he came to the set, his dog ran off. So everyone got in the car and we were patrolling the whole area of Santa Monica, round Trader Joe's...', 'looking for Jake's dog?' 'Yeah, actually most of the day was wasted looking for Jake's dog, which luckily he found... But, so I think, at that point he was so happy we'd found his dog, he didn't mind being submersed in freezing cold water.'
Photographers on Photography: James White
Yeah, actually most of the day was wasted looking for Jake's dog
WASTED?!? That bitch!
It was Jesus weeping as Jake Gyllenhaal returned
from Dramatic Dog Walk/Smoothie Excursion.
Wow! :)
Adam Lambert - Breakout of the Year
Wanda Sykes - Entertainer of the Year
Cyndi Lauper - Ally of the Year
Rob Marshall - Artist of the Year
Lt Dan Choi - Newsmaker of the Year
First Look at OUT Magazine's 100 People of the Year
According to Ian Halperin, author of Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie , it was Angelina Jolie who came up with the storyline that Jennifer Aniston put her career ahead of having a family with Brad Pitt, as she "was convinced that this is the story that would resonate with all these women who saw her as a man-stealing bitch." [USWeekly]
How much weight can we really give to Miley Cyrus's lyrics, even when she's the one singing them? After all, she admitted that despite mentioning "a Jay-Z song was one" in her single "Party in the USA," she, laughably, has never heard a Jay-Z song. So at Louisville concert when she changed the lyrics of "7 Things" (that she hates about her ex) to replace "your games" with "you're gay," was she perhaps referencing Justin Gaston? Or she just improvises her own lyrics when she can't remember them?
Queerty
I saw the Reese appearance as well and she did look manic and nervous. I told you that she was a sociopath.
A poem all about me and I don't have a fucking clue on what it's saying.
Side by side pictures of Jake's car and chin's car (Chin's car has a silver line)
The right side of the car is blurry. You can't see it clearly.
As for the many sorts of yogurt, according to an article (German rag) the kids couldn't decide which sort they wanted, so good ol' step daddy Jake bought all sorts they wanted. I'm not saying it's the truth, but that's what I read.
The right side of the car is blurry. You can't see it clearly.
Everyone except babblers can clearly see that those are two different cars.
I'm not saying it's the truth, but that's what I read.
Jake bought and took extra yogurt to someone else. He was probably pissed off because he had to interrupt something and do the photo op.
Atticus said... A poem all about me and I don't have a fucking clue on what it's saying.
LOL, I wish I could help :)
Tobey Maguire - Brothers
A brilliant turn... people will vote for him off the clips
oscar
I think the movie will get mostly positive response and Maguire has a chance of getting noms for awards.
Page Six
Liberated loins
The audience at "Hair" the other night was treated to even more nudity than the free-loving musical usually provides. The show's resident hunk, Will Swenson, was interacting with an elderly lady in the front row when she suddenly yanked down his loincloth, leaving him completely exposed. Swenson hurried to cover himself, but not before the packed house sent up a huge, collective cheer. "He has nothing to be embarrassed about," our spy laughed.
Tobey Maguire - Brothers
A brilliant turn... people will vote for him off the clips
David Poland doesn't even know that Tobey Maguire is the lead in Brothers? He didn't see Brothers, there are no reviews and there is no buzz.
Oscar predictions based on 20 Tobey's seconds from Brothers trailers?
I think the movie will get mostly positive response and Maguire has a chance of getting noms for awards.
If Lionsgate believes that Brothers is good enough for Oscars, why didn't they use a film festival to show it to the critics and get Oscar buzz?
P.S. They had a year to build the buzz, why didn't they use it?
BROTHERS is in theatres December 4, but we have ten (10) double passes to give away to an advanced screening at 7 p.m. on December 2 at SilverCity Polo Park.
The movie hasn’t even opened yet, but is already an Oscar contender for this year. Featuring an all star cast, including Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire, this is one flick that surely won’t disappoint.
Win Double Passes to an Advanced Screening of ‘BROTHERS’
To me it looks like Lionsgate invited a handful of friendly to them movie critics to a screenings knowing that the critics would write favorable reviews and them said they are going to submit the movie for Oscar consideration in hopes of creating buzz about the movie. Once the movie opens, we shall see what the majority of movie critics really think. I think the movie might be OK, but the whole soldier missing, family falls apart, soldier returns with issues is depressing. Also, the real life war is scary and our soldiers are dying, I don't want to have to watch a movie about how damaging war can be on top of that during the Christmas season. I can't see Brothers being a box office success.
Everybody's Fine: A widower (Robert De Niro) takes to the road to check in with his adult children (Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell), who aren't doing as well as he'd thought. (Dec. 4)
Armored: Laurence Fishburne and Matt Dillon star in this thriller about an armored car robbery that goes seriously wrong. (Dec. 4)
Serious Moonlight: Meg Ryan plays a Manhattan lawyer whose husband (Timothy Hutton) takes up with a younger woman. (Dec. 4)
Brothers: When a Marine is reported missing in Afghanistan, his ne'er-do-well brother takes care of his wife and family, with cataclysmic results. Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman star. (Dec. 4)
"Everybody's Fine: A widower (Robert De Niro) takes to the road to check in with his adult children (Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell), who aren't doing as well as he'd thought. (Dec. 4)"
I seen the original version of this movie. It's an Italian film called Stano Tutti Bene and was the great Marcello Mastroiani's last film. It was such a great film. Of all the actors around today, I have hope that DeNiro will do justice to the movie and Mastroiani's character. If anyone has the opportunity to see the original definitely do it.
@ImChrisHughes im here too if you at brothers
about 21 hours ago
Going to sleep in a bit so I can stay awake at Brothers screening and Natalie Portman Q & A
2:52 AM Nov 14th
http://twitter.com/JesseHeiman
P.S. They had a year to build the buzz, why didn't they use it?
Because they know it's not awards material?
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Because they know it's not awards material?
Either that, or they suck at marketing.
Everybody's Fine - I have hope that DeNiro will do justice to the movie and Mastroiani's character.
Reviews aren't great, but they did have few festival screenings and there are online reviews.
To me it looks like Lionsgate invited a handful of friendly to them movie critics to a screenings knowing that the critics would write favorable reviews and them said they are going to submit the movie for Oscar consideration in hopes of creating buzz about the movie.
Lionsgate should send them some good wine and ask to write those nice reviews :)
nico575: Jake Gyllenhaal or a really good look alike spotted at South Side works...
about 14 hours ago
To me it looks like Lionsgate invited a handful of friendly to them movie critics to a screenings knowing that the critics would write favorable reviews
Jerry uses that old trick even better - he invites people to the screenings in his house! Now try to write something bad about Jerry's movie if you want to be invited again! lol
My bet's on 2012
My bet's on PoP trailer!
Nah, if Jake was there than it was because he wanted to see me staring at goats!
The show's resident hunk, Will Swenson, was interacting with an elderly lady in the front row when she suddenly yanked down his loincloth, leaving him completely exposed. Swenson hurried to cover himself, but not before the packed house sent up a huge, collective cheer.
SEE!!! You can't trust fans!
The big problem that Brothers has it that it's being released by the same studio that's released "Precious," which has gotten RAVES all around from the top and most discerning film critics. I mean, it's 90% positive on rottentomatoes.com. The buzz is so strong on the film that there's no doubt the leads, supporting players, the film and the director Lee Daniels are going to be Oscar contenders. No doubt about it. Lionsgate knows this and is pushing all their might to support the flick and it's at "Brothers" expense.
Talking about depressing movies - after seeing the trailer there is no way I would watch "Precious".
terminalkindnes: Jake Gyllenhaal, prince of persia? REALLY? No JAKE! NO!
29 minutes ago
Lionsgate knows this and is pushing all their might to support the flick and it's at "Brothers" expense.
I can understand that, but they had more than a year to prepare marketing and promote Brothers - I'm sure that want to make money with "Precious" AND "Brothers".
Nah, if Jake was there than it was because he wanted to see me staring at goats!
fuck - LMAO!!
One thing's for sure: it wasn't The Box.
Posted on OMG by Special K
DIFF 2009 lifts curtain on ‘Cinema of the World’ line-up featuring 24 most anticipated films
Brand-new dramas, rock documentaries, animation and comedy from Australia to Zanzibar among the eclectic line-up for December
More than 20 brand new, all-star and independent films from around the world will screen in Dubai as part of Cinema of the World line-up for the sixth Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
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War drama Brothers, directed by six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan and starring the young talent of Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman, is also expected to draw much interest.
Thriller fans will not be disappointed with Moon, a brilliant and spooky science fiction tale of a solitary lunar employee who experiences a personal crisis as the end of his three-year stint nears. The film stars Sam Rockwell with Kevin Spacey as the voice of his computer, and is the first feature film of director Duncan Jones.
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Now in its sixth year, DIFF 2009 is held in association with Dubai Studio City and supported by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, and will be held from December 9 to 16. Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Pearl, Emirates Airline and Madinat Jumeirah are the principal sponsors.
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Now try to write something bad about Jerry's movie if you want to be invited again!
Or if you don't want the hidden camera vid of you in my bathroom snorting coke, sucking off my houseboy then taking a shit and not washing your hands afterward accidentally getting out on YouTube.
LOL :)
Or if you don't want the hidden camera vid of you in my bathroom snorting coke, sucking off my houseboy
Oops!...I Did It Again!
Jake I told you to stop dressing up as a kabuki houseboy when I have guests over. Someone's going to recognize you.
P.S. Keep in mind that I can recognize your cock anywhere, anytime.
Jake Gyllenhaal AND Russell Crowe at today's Steelers game. You know they've fallen in love with our city.
Oh @tallcathy? RT @bszafranski: @JanePitt Jake Gylanhaal is at the Steelers game, section 237.
8 minutes ago
http://twitter.com/JanePitt
Damn!
"Sherlock Holmes" trailer looks 10 times more fun than PoP trailer:
Sherlock Holmes - Official Trailer 2
Sherlock Holmes - Official Trailer 2
That last scene - Ouch & LOL!
Jake is just a wonderful boyfriend. When the Chin is visiting he does all those supportive and sensative boyfriend things like going to brunch, shopping, farmers markets and food shopping. When he has the weekend to himself, he does those straight manly things like going to football/baseball games, dinner with the co-stars and biking/running. Never let it be said that not only is Jake super straight, but maybe just a little image obsessed.
A little image obsessed? LOL. The guy is almost as image obsessed as Witherchin.
^^Or he is the straight dream bf most girls wish to have. ;)
Vaste majority of straight men hate shopping and that's fine with me :)
he does those straight manly things like going to football/baseball games
A lot of gay men love sports + watching young and fit men is fun!
Talking about depressing movies - after seeing the trailer there is no way I would watch "Precious"."
Yes, the circumstances of this girl's life is very upsetting but it's what happens to her during the course of the film that's very uplifting.
Jake goes to basketball, baseball and football games - notice that these sports have players in body-revealing uniforms. When was the last time Jake went to ice hockey? Never.
Also should add that ice hockey arenas are very cold. Spectators have to bundle up in warm sweaters, knit caps and big jackets and of course everybody wears pants!
No way Jake will go to a sports event if he can't scope out the players OR the guys in the audience!
Hell no!
Fuck! We need to get Jake to a Penguins game ASAP!
I wish I could watch wrestling, that looks like FUN!
Hockey isn't considered an All-American sport and isn't as popular as Baseball, basketball, football or even tennis.
The ratings for televised hockey games are dismal.
Spectators don't need to bundle up watching Hockey, it's played indoors on ice. If you se pics of spectators watching, they are no more bundled up than any other sport. If anything they would be bundled up at a football game.
Gay men are not thinking about sex 24/7, they attend sports events for the same reason straight men do. The attempt by straight women to sex up everything that gay men do is insulting and homophobic.
All because Jake was spotted at a football game, messes with your sterotypes.
Perhaps you would prefer twitters of him getting his eyebrows waxed which is something he doesn't do anymore.
Pathetic.
Hurry... someone give that wrestler a picture of the Chin!
All because Jake was spotted at a football game, messes with your sterotypes.
LOL, a lot of professional athletes are gay.
Spectators don't need to bundle up watching Hockey, it's played indoors on ice.
LOL have you ever been to an ice hockey game?!!
All because Jake was spotted at a football game, messes with your sterotypes.
Jake was there just to check bulges and hot asses!
I needed new wanking material!
Bulges and asses and meth and sex in the batrooms and dildos on the field!!! That's what gay men want and expect at all sporting events!!!And after they game they all skip out the stadium listening to lady gaga on their ipods and swishing along, LOL!!!!
Gay men are not thinking about sex 24/7
They do, ALL men think about sex 24/7.
getting his eyebrows waxed which is something he doesn't do anymore
My god he should. The hair is beginning to grow on his eyelids.
But just a bit, nothing too drastic.
24/7? More like 25/8. 367 days a year.
Jake is very hairy. He waxed his eyebrows while he was dating Kiki. He looks like Eddie Munster now.
No back hair = not very hairy!
Jake is hairy in the front!
NSFW - Jake Gyllenhaal and Leonardo di Caprio
No back hair = not very hairy!
No ear hair = not old yet!
Leo looks more like Brad Pitt!
That was my first thought too :)
NSFW - Jake Gyllenhaal and Leonardo di Caprio
LOL and the title for this blog post is "In or Out?"
Same site, all 5 Jake posts
NSFW - CFoBan - Jake posts
The site opens some annoying ad windows... for you too?
No, my Internet Explorer blocks Pop-up Ads.
LOL and the title for this blog post is "In or Out?"
I'm versatile!
Awww, how come Topher Grace won't open his mouth for Ryan Philipe's dick on that site???
LMAO!
lynz0r: jake gyllenhaal is at aladdin's eatery off forbes & shady
3 minutes ago
Fucking Leo made me hungry!
*calls Aladdin's Eatery and places order, tells them to charge it to Jake Gyllenhaal and give him the package when he leaves and to go straight home right away*
:)
how come Topher Grace won't open his mouth for Ryan Philipe's dick on that site???
Because he knows Ryan loves the in and out more than him.
I've promised to post outing / "outing" pictures few days ago.
Jordan Taylor Hanson (born 1983 in Jenks, Oklahoma) is one of the singers in the band Hanson. He is one of 7 children, married and has four children.
NSFW - ONTD - A coked up Taylor Hanson of Hanson lets a dude take a camera phone pic of him licking his dick
NSFW - another pic
^^^ ONTD comment: i guess their next song will be "MMMMMMMM COCK"!!!!!!
I've promised to post outing / "outing" pictures few days ago.
I would say yes, that is Taylor Hanson.
UK Guardian
"(T)oday the mystery was solved when a scientist from Bristol outed herself as Belle de Jour, the former escort behind the anonymous Diary of a London Call Girl.
Dr Brooke Magnanti,(...) the 34-year-old specialist in childhood cancer decided to reveal she was the real Belle, having worked as a prostitute to fund her PhD studies.
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Among sex workers themselves there was little surprise that a well-educated woman like Magnanti had got into prostitution.
"Loads of people who work in the sex industry are academics – education is a very expensive habit," said Catherine Stephens, an activist for the International Union of Sex Workers who has been a sex worker herself for 10 years.
"At a brothel I worked in, I think I was the only one not doing a PhD.""
Well, i did a PhD but didn't feel the need to go into that line of work. Anyone else?
Loads of people who work in the sex industry are academics – education is a very expensive habit
Thumbs up!
I was lucky and could afford to pay the University fees.
GL_namesake: I was just leaving a restaurant in Squirrel Hill and a guy in a hoodie bumped into me, smiled, & said sorry. IT WAS JAKE GYLLENHAAL!!!!!!!
about 1 hour ago
morgbaxt: jake gyllenhaal was at my school for his new film love and other drugs!!
41 minutes ago
Not a great way for a guy(Talyor Hanson) to be outed. The guy is married with four children. I wonder if he is the musican who was planning to come out next year.
brb. On page 4, 44 more to go.
I clicked on the Taylor Hanson source link on ONTD (celebrity flavor). 1st I got "views exceeded" (or something like that) then the 2nd time it goes to http.com ads. ??
Very very graphic. The guy has 4 kids. His 4th this year.
The Hanson post is from February. In the last pages the consensus seems to be that it's photoshopped.
Oh wait - the Hanson post was in February?! I thought it was new. So what was the consensus, real or photoshopped? What happened afterwards?
9:35 we must be twins. Eerie!
The fact is that the photos were posted in Feburay and they are still up. You would think if Talyor threatened to sue they would be down. Sounds like he rather not have the publicity of a suit make the headlines. I think the photos may very well be real.
IA 9:45 #2. I wonder though why the original site is gone.
9:45 #2, it's possible yeah. Or maybe he just didn't care what was posted on ONTD...
Was the subject addressed by Hanson or his PR Company? Did he deny it was him. It is unreal this is the first time has been talked about on any blogs. There have been gay rumors circulating about talyor for quite some time.
Does anyone have Taylor's number?
"There have been gay rumors circulating about talyor for quite some time."
Maybe because he's the prettiest of the Hanson bros?
Maybe Talyor was the musician planning to come out next year. I feel bad for his wife and kids though.
I feel bad for his wife and kids though.
Oh please, we don't even know for sure if the pic is real.
Eh. They'll get over it.
Does anyone have Taylor's number?
We do.
LOL I hope Atticus doesn't have Taylor's number. ewwww
I wrote a letter to Ted. Maybe he'll answer this week in Bitch Back? Hope so.
Ted wouldnt touch that with a ten foot ball. Its real evidence. When has he provided any of that.
WTF are you talking about 10:13?
letter = about Jake
Not Taylor Hanson lol
1. Depending on how far you want to go to figure out, you could check the resolutions of different parts of the image. However, most image manipulation artists will shrink down the image far enough so that you can't tell. What this really means is that most folks that are trying to hide a Photoshopped image will post it in a really small size.
2. Try looking at the edges of the subjects- if they're sharper than they should be, or show edges of color that doesn't match the background, or things are cut off. Look for blurs or lack of detail in areas where the image should be in focus, and areas where one color is used more predominately than it would be in the natural world. Look for repetition in natural textures. Also, look for flaws in the perspective, color interaction, light source, etc.
3. Inconsistencies in highlights, shadows, focus, depth of view, resolution, etc can all give away a manipulated picture.
deviantART
^^there's also something I heard about differences in color temperature between parts of a shopped pic but it's microscopic and you have to have special equipment for that.
Jeeze I guess it's because of people like
this that keep Jake in the closet. Who the fuck is he? The guy has almost 65,000 followers and that post (I hate to even repeat it but here it is: I just spit on a jake gyllenhal poster fuck that fag) was re-tweeted by alot of them. They thought it was funny. WTF? Hateful ignorant bigoted idiots.
If you follow his youtube link... he's a retard pre-pubescent moron endowed with a mike.
For those who are following the Judas Jack-Off/Dashed Dingle Dream blind item, there was a Supernatural convention this past weekend and yesterday Jensen Ackles said on stage that he wants to fly a plane and basejump (parachute from a stationary structure). Nobody knew this before and it fits the latest blind about Judas wanting to jump from a plane with his beard to perfection. The fact that Jensen is the one who is actively bearding and this skydiving info could mean that Jensen is Judas and Jared Padalecki is Dashed Dingle Dream and not the other way around as it was believed.
I don't think Taylor's pics are photoshopped.
Jeeze I guess it's because of people like
this that keep Jake in the closet. Who the fuck is he? The guy has almost 65,000 followers and that post (I hate to even repeat it but here it is: I just spit on a jake gyllenhal poster fuck that fag) was re-tweeted by alot of them. They thought it was funny. WTF? Hateful ignorant bigoted idiots.
This is because he starred in BBM. You could read such comments about both boys (J & H) more often when the movie premiered. I've watched some paparazzi footage where they were insulting the boys and called them names like "fag" etc. Most of the paparazzi are primitive a-holes.
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