Sunday, 12 October 2008
Remembering Matthew Shepard
We asked people: "What effect did Matthew Shepard’s murder have on you since it happened 10 years ago?"
Matthew Shepard’s murder has served as a reminder for me that even good can come out of the most heinous acts. Dennis and Judy argued against the death penalty for their son’s murderers, and after his death established the Matthew Shepard Foundation to promote lgbt equality.
Bryan Glick
I was heartbroken; at the time I was living life as if America was a safe and accepting place. Ten years later I have learned that, in order for America to be that safe and accepting place, I have to live a genuine, visible life and take every opportunity to stand up in support of my community.
Erika Church
Matthew Shepherd’s heinous murder made real for me the ugly bigotry that had been hidden too long by giving it a face and a soul. Whenever I read of homophobic statements and actions, I now see Matthew’s face and it reminds me to stay in the fight for equality for all.
Kurt Bestor
I remember where I was and what I was doing — morning rush hour traffic. It made me realize how vulnerable life can be, and that living in my little bubble in Salt Lake City couldn’t protect me. I am always paying attention to my surroundings and I take nothing for granted.
Matt Lyon
I realized that the time had come for me to pull my head out of my ass and begin to live my life as God intended; gay, courageous and out.
John Wood
Matthew Shepard’s murder put a face to the issue of hate crimes in this country and who the victims of homophobia really are. His death was not only a wake up call to society at large, it was a resounding bell for the GLBT community to stand up for equal treatment and protection under the law. May His Memory Be Eternal (Greek Orthodox blessing).
Connie Anast
Matthew Shepard died just a couple years before I came out at 17. He signifies to me both that it is important to stand up and be counted for who I am, but to always remember that it can be dangerous to do so.
Josh Adamson
I have become very sensitive of which strangers I am open with about my sexuality (at least when I am in a strange town). When I travel through small towns I imagine the frustration and fears that the local GLBTQ people may be going through and I hope that they find positive allies and friends who will help to protect them.
Jeremiah Maybee
I wondered to myself "How in the world could anyone kill such a beautiful young man with so much potential and so much more life to be lived?" I remember attending the vigil at the Captiol that cold fall night when our community gathered together lighting candles in remembering Matthew’s life. That memory will live for me forever. Unfortunately, even with Matthew Shepard’s passing, many today are still violently beaten or killed today. When will it stop?
Mark Swonson
Source: QStreet: 10 Years After Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard Foundation
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 721 Newer› Newest»I was struck at these pics because they were a bit different, they both looked happy and smug and full of themselves and they are.
Come on, how hard is to smile or laugh for paparazzi pictures?
business as usual
Posted on OMG
October 13, 2008 8:28 PM
Pictures of relationship Reese show up 2 days before she has an exclusive interview on Entertainment Tonight tomorrow. The General starting to cash in her chips.
ET
New Video: Reese Witherspoon in the City of Lights
ET has your exclusive look inside Reese Witherspoon's fashionable photo shoot for Vogue magazine, where the Oscar winner dons designer gowns in the chic Paris! Meanwhile, in the new issue of Vogue, on stands October 15, Reese talks about her movie star beau Jake Gyllenhaal.
"He's very supportive," she says. "Suffice it to say, I'm very happy in life, and I'm very lucky to have a lot of really supportive people around me who care very much for me, and, you know, that's all you can hope for in life. I am very blessed in that way."
Watch Reese open up about balancing work and play as a busy mom.
"I'm very lucky I get to bring my children to great places and they get to see the world with me, and we get to grow and learn and experience things together," Reese says about traveling with her kids.
To see more, click on www.Vogue.com.
ET Online
Watch Reese open up about balancing work and play as a busy mom.
Give us a break. LOL
I'm very lucky to have a lot of really supportive people around me who care very much for me
Yeah, right.
Quote Of The Day
"I'm not gay. And to prove it, Im giving away Madonna tickets."
- Ryan Seacrest on his morning radio show
First Look: New Milk Stills
A bunch of new stills from Gus van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic Milk have been released. Here's Sean Penn as Milk in San Francisco City Hall. Below, James Franco as Milk's lover Scott Smith.
Check out the trailer for Milk here. For all of our coverage on Milk and Harvey Milk, click here. Milk is released to limited theaters on November 26.
New Milk Stills
"Exactly 12.58 after filming finishes, Jake might not come out of the closet but hopefully will realize the damage the bearding has done him and dump the Chin!"
What damage? It helped him more than it didn't. Mostly the ones who complain about R & J are posters from WFT2 and OMG.
He has a straight image ouside the internet world and landed PoP. People love him for hooking up with an older mom of two. Oh how noble he is!
Don't you see that this works for him?
I think people who didn't know about Jake before Reeke don't know about him now (except Reese's fans).
Don't you see that this works for him?
I don't see it.
Did dating Kirsten worked for him?
It may be not working for him but there is also no damage. Or did dating Kirsten any damage? No.
It looks like Jake & Reese are obviously starting to talk about each other in interviews - and the next step should be walking the red carpet together.....
What? All this photo ops aren't "walking together"? LOL
"and the next step should be walking the red carpet together....."
Four Christmases anyone?
I don't think so.
Why?
Because Jake will probably be in UK and Reese don't need him for the red carpet.
We'll see.
" All this photo ops aren't "walking together"?
I am speaking of "official" events, not paparazzi pictures.
And yes, mentioning the boyfriend in interviews is a step forward.
They are so annoying and pretentious, how on earth can people find them cute? Even stupid ONTD jumped on the Reeke bandwagon. Traitors!
Reese wanted this "relationship" to be official from the very start. She's just playing her PR cards.
7:36 AM
People aren't very bright, they are buying PR stories and don't know much about her or Reeke.
"People aren't very bright"
LOL, agree they really are not!
Reese has mentioned Jake before when she said he was amazing at some interview. Now he is supportive, like so many others around her. WTF? Is he the love of her life or not?? If they are a couple why can't she just say it without playing with words?
As for damage done to Jake because of the bearding, Reese has made him look like a wuss and a hell of a lot more people know about the gay rumors, not to mention the fans he has lost....don't play stupid, 6.34.
Sure, Jake is supportive, her kids are supportive, she is surrounded by supportive people! So how's that a step forward in the J/R fauxmance?
Reese Witherspoon arriving at LAX Airport (October 13).
Celebrity Gossip
Photo Credit: FlynetOnline.com
Reese has mentioned Jake before when she said he was amazing at some interview.
LOL
Ellen, last year?
Don't you just love how they give her date of arrival!! have they ever done that before? I swear her PR reads WFT & OMG. lol!
oh, and I just love the "loved up trip". lol
FlynetOnline ia very professional.
FlynetOnline is very professional. Only the best for our clients.
Yeah, they go everywhere Reeke goes. They don't leave home without it!
Vague, vague, vague - supportive means nothing, and just clever worldplay. We still need to hear him say something as well. It almost does sound like they turn to the blogs for chatter, we're the word on the street, very flattering. ;)
Supposedly, they've been together for what, two years now? It's time to make the leap, not take a step forward, and there should be nothing stopping them. We know this is all movie promotion, I wish I could lay bets that they wont just flat out say they are a couple.
They can say whatever they please. After 2 years of Reeke pretending and faking I'm not going to believe them.
uh, Reese says she's very happy in life and she feels blessed....but she has a gay boyfriend?! Jeeze, what planet does she live on?
She doesn't mind being cheated on and dumped by her husband either. Such a wonderful person! lol
Oh, she goes after her ex with a single minded vengefulness that's quite frightening..... she feels "blessed" my ass!
Reese just continues to sell "my life is great" crap.
She did that when her marriage was nonexistent (Oscar PR) and when she filled for divorce (Jake is better than Ryan).
Hollywood dream
Colin Farrell On Rehab: I Was Dying (VIDEO)
Colin Farrell told a BBC talk show how he "was dying" before he checked into rehab nearly three years ago and was "fairly drunk and high for 16 years." Farrell went to rehab for alcohol and substance abuse in December 2005 for five weeks.
On Jonathan Ross's talk show Farrell said of his emergence post-rehab:
"I came back into the world and everything was in a degree of focus that I hadn't experienced... Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.
"So much of the work that I did I was struggling so hard to keep my shit together. A lot of my energy was going into trying not to have a complete meltdown. By the end of Miami Vice I was just done. "I had created an environment for myself, a way of living for myself which, on the outside, seemed incredibly gregarious and vivacious.
"I don't believe I have any chemical predisposition towards depression, but let's just say I was suffering from a spiritual malady for years and I indulged it. "To be in pain, if it's self-perpetuated, can be very sweet at times. You can feel very alive when you're in pain, and I also know that from another perspective, like when somebody who I love in my life has passed away.
"There is something incredibly internally vivacious about feeling pain or mourning, even if it's something as egocentric or self-indulgent as mourning for yourself, or pitying yourself."
Farrell also talked about the release of a sex tape filmed with former girlfriend Nicole Narain in July 2005. The film went online - against his wishes - at dirtycolin.com after falling into the wrong hands. "An expensive 14 minutes, that one... It seemed like a good idea at the time. "The man in charge said I hope you've learned your lesson Mr Farrell and I said 'absolutely, next time I'll take the tape with me'."
He added, "I think I was high."
Colin Farrell On Rehab
He's very eloquent - I'm glad he's ok now and hope he continues to be. He's a beautiful man.
fairly drunk and high for 16 years
Colin is 32.
It's a shame - you worry if they've done permanent damage to themselves by doing this. He's so handsome and talented, and such a beautiful speaking voice, I hope he's got people in his life who can help him keep it together now, and most importantly keeping it together himself. :)
Oh Lord, the guy's such an Irish prince. I just watched a little bit of the video, I love his speaking voice and he's very charming. :)
Is that 'Americans love british accent' thing?
Ops, I meant Irish accent.
The Sun
Kirsten gets trashed in LA
I reckon KIRSTEN DUNST won’t be feeling too great this morning and she’ll only get worse once she sees the pictures from her night out. The blonde beauty was in hip LA bar La Poubelle – which is French for RUBBISH BIN – and looked appropriately trashed.
The Spider-Man star cuddled up to a couple of brunette pals and posed for photographs with the sort of glazed expression that can only be caused by having a few too many. Later she was spotted outside with an unlit cigarette hanging from her mouth. The star recently spent time in rehab to beat depression.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/usa/article1807426.ece#OTC-RSS&ATTR=USA
Roots
Anderson Cooper's great-great-grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, held as a slave Michelle Obama's great-great-grandfather, Jim Robinson. Cooper's cousin has invited Obama to visit her ancestor's grave, which is on a family plantation near some relatives Obama recently visited. [R&M]
I work in an office with 30 other people and can say with certainty that not a single one of them are remotely interested in Jake or Reese or would make any effort to see one of their movies. I am the sole Jake fan. Johnny Depp he is not. It remains to be seen if he can open a film.
Yes, PR when to great lengths to establish that she returned Monday afternoon, which makes it even less believable. And the supportive bit - what a cooincidence that he has been accused of not being supportive recently.
Reeke are boring, but divorced Reese without Reeke would be deadly boring.
Jake sorta looks like Colin Farrell with his long hair and facial scruff. He should wear that look when promoting PoP, it looks great on him, and Colin as well. Colin and Edward Norton have a new movie coming out that looks good and suspenseful, I saw the previews for it. Four Christmases looks kinda cute, but not my cup of Darjeeling.
9:56, what an amazing thing. Talk about reaching out to overcome the past, if possible. Not that it is anyone's fault today, but it's another awful period in the history of humanity. It will be a very proud day for our country, and show how far we've come, if Mr. Obama becomes our President. :')
That jogging pic from last week is old, it was orginally taken from a set taken back in August, that's why X17 never said when it was taken, they just let you assume it was taken the day before or the same day, the pitures don't belong to them.
The original set is of Reese and the kids hiking with friends. If you believe the non-supportive nagging story from last week then you have to believ the sighting of them earlier that week in Heat. If so that means thhat she was in London all last week and arrived back yesterday.
Why would x17 make it look like ahe was in LA last week? So it wouldn't look like hot pants Reese abandons her kids everytime she gets a chance to go see happy pants bubble boy in London.
I wouldn't be surprised if that gossip guy at fox got an advance copy of Vogue and saw the earlier Heat lovey-dovey sighting along with the Star story and spun.
The ET video is actually a Vogue video and we don't know when she did that, it could have been back in July when she did that shoot so i doubt she made the supportive comment to counter, i have a feeling that interview is not recent.
So much for the ET exclusive!!
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Reese Witherspoon landed the ship and ran some errands.
http://crabbieshollywood.blogspot.com/2008/10/take-me-to-your-leader-earthling.html
La Daily Musto
Richard Gere Finally Addresses Gerbil Rumor--And Changes It!
Remember the old Mother Goose tale that Richard Gere got a sexual thrill out of sticking gerbils up his ass for nightly bouts of squirming captivity? Remember when every douche nozzle in town claimed to know someone who knew someone who had a copy of the X-rays of the little critter suffocating in Gere's rectal canal in vivid closeup? Well, Gere wisely stuck his own head up there too and played dead while the rumor blew over (and it took about 15 years, mind you), but now he's finally found the strength to make a reference to it. According to imdb.com, Gere told an interviewer he won't read magazines because they're full of lies. "I stopped reading the press a long time ago," Gere is quoted as saying. "Lots of crazy things came up about me at first, especially from the tabloids. There is an infamous 'Gere stuck a hamster up his bum' urban myth."
But hold your horses! While it's very brave of Gere (the star of Nights In Rodents, I mean Nights In Rodanthe) to make note of something that obviously proved so humiliating to him, I have to make a correction: The story was that it was a gerbil, not a hamster! And don't say "Who cares?"--there's a difference! I looked it up (lots of free time) and learned that not only does a gerbil not like to be alone, but it's way more likely than a hamster "to be gassy or have diarrhea". And I would think one's rectal canal would be capable of it's OWN gassiness and diarrhea. So by shifting the tale to a hamster, I feel that Gere is unfairly sugarcoating things. It was a flatulent gerbil, dammit! I'm going to go shower now.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2008/10/richard_gere_fi.php
I dont know why I have anything to do with these people, meaning Reeke and Co.
I like my own life, I dont suck frog dicks, I dont have a funny chin, and fat thighs, also haha I dont have any money so Im not jumping outta any windows.
Boooo to the whole shebang. Text me when it's over, although by then I won't care.
I think I'm all done as well - he's takiing the express train to mediocrity, that's where the money and fame is, and I'm disembarking on the next stop.
So if Baby Tile exists, is Reese the donor mom? Is BT a girl or a boy?
he's takiing the express train to mediocrity
That just about sums it up. There's nothing unique or exciting left to him. I've been done for a long time.
It's interesting that that the word mediocrity is derived from "halfway up the mountain". I don't know why I stuck with this for so long, it's just that he was so outstanding in BBM. So, it's on to bigger, but not necessarily better, things for him. Good luck to him.
"It looks like Jake & Reese are obviously starting to talk about each other in interviews"
I see plenty of the former and practically none of the latter, which makes sense because it's time for Reese to cash in her political capital in order to promote the dogmeat Four Christmases. She also appears to be a better liar than he is. She can spin anything : healthy marriages, bearding with a 'supportive' gay friend (her answer to the restaurant spat and Star Report, no doubt), you name it. Grace is very disciplined - and unscrupulous. I don't see him doing much of anything, besides planned walkabout photo-ops. He's too busy working, right?
Yeah, right.
You've got a beard so desperate for a little positive PR and anti ex-husband coverage that she's prepared to fly all over the world? There must be a chapter in the DSM for this kind of obsession. Take a picture, send her home and get on with your life, man.
"marriage in MV, that's the chatter."
And why in Martha's Vineyard? You know the answer. ;)
So if Baby Tile exists, is Reese the donor mom? Is BT a girl or a boy?
Who would want Reese as a donor? LOL
Ted didn't say.
Well, they'd better hurry up before the first snow flies. Walkabout, I love it, 12:44. ;)
"I do think Jake and Reese will get married in the nearest future and will have a child."
They may already have a child. According to Ted, TT is a poppa - either biological or adoptive.
poppa...?
(?)
Still can't help wondering what Ted means. I mean, he said BT "exists." But is that in the sense that Santa Claus exists? Or as in "is born of woman."
According to Ted, TT and his BOYFRIEND have a child.
Poppa = papa = I am your Faaaaahthah
...time for Reese to cash in her political capital in order to promote the dogmeat Four Christmases. She also appears to be a better liar than he is. She can spin anything
ITA
MVineyard is the pits post autumn tapestry time - everybody on their way to getting whacked out until the winter's over. although Christmas time would be a good photo op - right - yeah, Im SO outta here . . . !
Still can't help wondering what Ted means.
Ted was very clear. A human baby, not old enough to walk.
Don't be silly, Jake would never marry the bitch.
It'll be interesting to see just what kind and how good of a liar he is. Ted means exists as in real.
he's takiing the express train to mediocrity
Huh? What happened? I thought Jake's filming in UK.
^^Well, he took the Eurostar for part of the journey. ;)
I sincerely hope BT is real. I just wish they'd share the happiness with us ... (pout)
Whatever goes on in Jake's private private life, he doesn't want to share it.
Please let me have this fantasy about gay marriage........
13 and a half years ago my partner and I decided to wage a very slow, deliberate, and calculated assault on the institution of marriage. A really slow assault indeed. So slow in fact we hadn't ever planned to marry until recently when California overturned its ban on gay marriage. Woo woo! Finally all our efforts to undermine traditional marriage could truly unfold. It's like we're sleeper cells that had just been activated. You straight guardians of marriage had best be on high alert because we the Californian gays are mobilized and looking to make a mockery of your marriage. And the worst thing of all--- you'll have to teach your children tolerance and acceptance. Scary, huh?
Well, our assault on traditional marriage is facing a roadblock. Damn you conservatives! On November 4th, Californians will have an opportunity to vote on Prop 8. A Yes on Prop 8 is a victory for bigotry, division, and intolerance. A No vote means equality, acceptance, and progress. I'd be able to legally call my other half my husband, which he is. He also has great health insurance and I want in on it.
I'd like you all to join me and my partner, and Hugh Jackman and his life partner Robert Buckley and Vote NO on Prop 8. OK, Hugh and Robert aren't a couple but as this posting is about my hopes and dreams, I thought I'd add in a bit of fantasy. My fantasy and I'm sure a few other guys out there as well.
Couldn't resist having a little more fun with Hugh Jackman and Robert Buckley or JackBuck as I like to call them. There's something extra romantic about a black and white photo.
Pretty On The Outside
Jake has no private private life -
he's been literally on camera since the day he was popped out from Naomi - now he's glommed on to a life he thinks is real - from all the family sit coms he watched when he was a kiddo.
I think he spends alot of his free time in his trailer with his wonk bank.
I mean wank bank. sorry. I hate to say mean things about Jake.
Jake has no private private life
Of course he does, very much so in the last 2 years.
We get to see about 0,1%.
I hate to say mean things about Sir Ben Kingsley, but this is mean and funny.
See Ben Kingsley in Prince of Persia movie
You have to hand it to Ben Kingsley: For an Oscar winner, that guy will be in just about anything. It's a well-known fact in the industry that if you say aloud "I've got a bunch of money to make a movie, but where will I find an actor?" Ben Kingsley will, within three to five minutes, appear to you as an astral projection to negotiate his share of the residuals.
Now, he's joined the cast of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and you can see him in his garb for the film just above (get this: He plays the bad guy). Yeah, his belt looks stupid, but not as stupid as his hair in BloodRayne, so at least he's making progress.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/14/see-ben-kingsley-in-prince-of-persia-movie/
Jake doesn't need a wank bank, he has us!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20232930,00.html
People magazine ^^^
"They’ve cozied up in Morocco and watched fireworks in Paris: It's good to be with Jake Gyllenhaal, says Reese Witherspoon.
"He's very supportive," the Oscar winner, 32, tells Vogue in its November issue. "Suffice it to say, I'm very happy in life, and I'm very lucky to have a lot of really supportive people around me who care very much for me, and, you know, that's all you can hope for in life. I am very blessed in that way."
Gyllenhaal, 27, isn't the only man she's been spending time with. While on the set of her upcoming comedy Four Christmases, Witherspoon couldn't resist costar Vince Vaughn's sense of humor.
"Vince is the funniest person I've ever worked with in my entire life," she says. "There were days when we were shooting things, I would laugh so hard it would ruin the take, and I was afraid I was going to pee on myself, it was so funny."
Witherspoon – whose divorce from Ryan Phillippe was finalized in June – says she related to the film’s story of a husband and wife who must spend four different Christmases with their divorced parents.
"You don’t see the blended-family Christmas very much [in movies]. And it really is a complication in a lot of people’s lives now," she says. "I didn’t grow up like that. I mean, my parents are still married, and my grandparents stayed married, but it’s a situation my own children" – Ava, 9, and Deacon, 4 – "will have to deal with."
Dlisted
Afternoon Crumbs
"A bowl of cold oatmeal on the cover of Vogue"
lol! So the "romantic" July trip with Jake was for a photoshoot. How did I know that?
Reese is first and foremost a business woman. PR is serious business.
"He's very supportive" is the best she can do? They must be madly in love!
It's all about her and her "fabulous" life.
"Reese Witherspoon Actually Looks Like She's Enjoying Herself
Here's no-nonsense Reese Witherspoon gracing the pages of Vogue. We've finally realized what makes Reese happy - gorgeous gowns and a photoshoot starring her. What girl wouldn't ooze joy at the thought? It's having to schlep those damn kids around and deal with Jake Gyllenhaal's inherent gayness that's making her look so stressed and like she's experiencing foot-binding all the time."
Socialite life
Vogue photos are bland.
^^^^
What the hell is that photo session about?
It's like they hired another blonde woman to take the pictures!!
The one where she is with the long hair dude in some kind of restaurant, i wouldn't know is Reese if someone doesn't tell me.
PR people come with this too late, we already know she is ugly as shooting puppies
this is incredible...
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Ang Lee
5th Ave
Ang Lee and crew filming across the street from New School beautiful vintage cars taking up large chunk of sidewalk.
I'm jealous, I also want to do one or two movies a year and earn 20 millions for each movie and I want her hair stylist. Yes, I'm jealous. I want her hair and her money. Damn.
"It's all about her and her "fabulous" life."
She's promotion her movies, what do you expect?
Jake won't be any better when he stars promotiog his projects.
Some of you guys are really biased. Jake's no different than Reese.
^promoting
4:56 PM, she's probably a huge bitch, but she's not ugly, not at all. She's 32 and looks pretty damn good for her age. No wonder, having such a difficult life... (sarcasm).
Without make up and styled hair Reese is an unfortunate looking woman.
5:08
you are talking as if 32 is middle age. I know 30 year old woman who look like they are in their 20s and they are not milionaire, work 9 to 5 every day and have no nannies.
I do think that the only real ugly thing she has in her face is,not the chin,but those enormous teeth she shows every time she fakes a smile.She reminds me of a chimpanzee but the rest is ok,i guess (athough not for HW standard)
Jake's no different than Reese.
Yes, he is. Reese is shameless.
Yes, he is. Reese is shameless.
How do you know Jake is not?
Along the Avenue Montaigne again, this time at Theyskens's atelier, where Reese is dressed in a bustier-like Nina Ricci dress that, aside from being sexy, is a work of art. The mirrors of Theyskens's office have become a spiraling prism of Reese Witherspoon in black, complemented by Olivier's long, raven-black hair. She is talking about dinner the night before, when her boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal (who dropped by during makeup), wrote cute remarks in the restaurant's guest book (something about French melons), which his girlfriend found charming, her smile now bubbling like champagne in a black crepe flute. "He wrote, 'Vive la France!' " she says, laughing. Ah, Paris and love!
On Bastille Day, Reese is at another café. She has done her share of cafés in Paris. "It's the first time I've taken my kids," she says. She believes in taking the kids. "My girlfriend was saying the other day that it's like that famous Mark Twain line, about how travel is fatal to bigotry and narrow-mindedness—I'm paraphrasing, but it's something like that." Travel is also good for discovering croissants, crepes, and macaroons. Also for introducing her son to the toy boats at the Jardin du Luxembourg, or the French sewer tour. And then there's the Métro, a five-year-old boy's thrill. "He goes from one stop to another; it makes his day," Reese says, beaming. And on that very evening, as the French celebrated, she and Monsieur Gyllenhaal would take her nine-year-old daughter out late to see the fireworks—the Seine glowing, the Eiffel Tower a sparkler.
As far as the boyfriend goes, she doesn't like to talk about him so much, and it can make you feel a little tabloid about asking. Still, this is Paris, city of light and love, and if you've heard the song by Carla Bruni about French president Nicolas Sarkozy—"I give you my body, my soul, and my chrysanthemum/For I am yours/You are my lord/You're my darling/You're my orgy/You're my folly"—then you figure, what the heck, it's Paris. You ask. "He's very supportive," she says. You press her. "Suffice it to say, I'm very happy in life, and I'm very lucky to have a lot of really supportive people around me who care very much for me, and, you know, that's all you can hope for in life. I am very blessed in that way."
She will tell you that she was with the guy she'd rather not blab about some weeks earlier—in Rome, speaking of beautiful cities—and that one night they went out to see the Trevi Fountain. It was late, it was beautiful, and she threw a coin in and made a wish. What did she wish for? Come on. Do you really think she's going to tell you that? "If I tell you," she says, "it won't come true."
Fake or true, Reese's smile is always ugly.
How do you know Jake is not?
A year ago Jake was capable of blushing. I hope that didn't change.
Nose, teeth, chin and thighs are not nice, hair, eyes and boobs are very nice. Personality = pretentious. All in all, maybe not so good. Yeah.
Talking about RW here.
5:24 PM, maybe he became a pretentious ass like Reese? *shudder*.
Jake is 27, not 7 years old. Adults don't change so easily.
Jake is a chameleon. He takes on many colors. Makes him an interesting actor. Or could. Ang knew how to handle him. Fincher, not, Gavin Hood too young a director.
Well, then he has always been an ambituous guy. He wants to make it in Hollywood, he'd even promote his (faux/ro)mance if needed. Do what's necessary. What does that say about him? He's one of many Hollywood actors who want the fame and big cash and who'd do almost everything for it.
You say, people don't change so easily, then his "plan" was to make it big from the very beginning.
Jakey is very ambituous. That means if he is gay, he will never make it public. We'll all wait for Toothy in vain. And waste our precious time.
Jake is a chameleon.
I don't know about that. He's a good actor, but a chameleon?
He's still young though and will have many opportunities to show what he really can, except he continues doing films like PoP.
Having fun isn't wasting time.
"Having fun isn't wasting time."
Fun factor is fading. Doesnt like like anybody's having fun, lately. Unless, like Jake, you're a masochist.
^ ^
doesnt LOOK like -
I'm having fun.
so you're saying you're a sadist, then, 5:59. Eeewwwwwww!
Gossip Science
Why We Are All Such Gossipy Bitches, Explained
Some people see gossip as a nasty vice that should be curbed. Not us! Not Scientific American, either—they've explained why we're "hardwired to be fascinated by gossip." After the jump: science explains why we're all snark, all the time, and hate on everything.
For example: do you buy the latest US Weekly if there's a dude on the cover? Practically no one does. Why? 'Cause women want to read and gossip about other women. The relentless coverage of the Britneys of the world isn't as unfair and sexist as it seems—it's what you want.
"In keeping with the evolutionary hypotheses suggested earlier, we have consistently found that people are most interested in gossip about individuals of the same sex as themselves who happen to be around their own age."
That's why Sarah Palin sells: "although males are usually more interested in news about other males, females are virtually obsessed with news about other females."
"We have also found that information that is socially useful is always of greatest interest to us: we like to know about the scandals and misfortunes of our rivals and of high-status people because this information might be valuable in social competition. Positive information about such people tends to be uninteresting to us. Finding out that someone already higher in status than ourselves has just acquired something that puts that person even further ahead of us does not supply us with ammunition that we can use to gain ground on him."
Gawker
Good for you 5:59 PM. I think some people take this, rather, unimportant stuff way too seriously. When we stop having fun here and get bored or have a new hobby or more interesting RL, we'll be away sooner than later, until then.. :)
so you're saying you're a sadist, then, 5:59
Better than masochist, isn't it? lol
*What's wrong with being a masochist?*
The Eyes Have It: Reese—Shocker!—Smiles
Reese Witherspoon, feeding the parking meter in Brentwood, all by her lonesome. Wither-babe, with an adorable li'l blond bob, wore a pink shirt and some black shades, standing outside a Starbucks—so 2007 Britney of her. Except not a single pap was in the place, must be why Reesie was all smiles instead of her glum self whenever Jake's by her side, thrilled to get a break from the PR parade. Seeking much more limelight elsewhere was...
Awful Truth
God bless European advertisements!
You have to love the European sense of humor. The whole commercial is funny, but the best part is the last 5 seconds.
LOL & EWW
Ewwwww.... lol
Actress GWYNETH PALTROW has become the latest Hollywood star to publicly endorse BARACK OBAMA for U.S. President because she's a big fan of his women's rights issues.
"I'm having fun."
Pervert!
"Except not a single pap was in the place, must be why Reesie was all smiles instead of her glum self whenever Jake's by her side, thrilled to get a break from the PR parade."
Hehehehe, LOL. Marry me, Ted! Yes, Reese truly is a walking talking fake PR parade. No one lies, spins or can keep a con better than Gen. Witherspoon.
Jake is a sad pathetic man. Sad to see him become just a shell of who he was. He was a shining star but the beautiful light has dimmed.
Anon 5:41 I fear you are correct it is much too late for Jake ever to come out. Sad very sad.
"I fear you are correct it is much too late for Jake ever to come out. Sad very sad."
Too late? Are any of you people gay? I am, and I know people who came out professionally when they were sixty. Who gets to decide when it's too late to come out? When did Elton John come out? Ian McKellen? Tab Hunter? Ellen DeGeneres? Richard Chamberlin? Do you people know anyone gay?
I think that Ted was even engaged to a woman before he came out and met the man of his dreams.
Geesh.....
Just wondering, Reeke's PR and Reese and Jake themselves put in alot of effort to promote their "romance". If Hollywood insiders-directors, producers, etc-know that Jake is gay and that Reeke is fake, doesn't it bother Reese that all those people are laughing at her behind her back? I mean bearding because your marriage broke up and the lengths that she goes to for pap photo ops-walking Atticus-makes her look desperate and sad.
She doesnt look desperate and sad. She is desperate and sad. Why else go along with all this bearding. Have you heard about her next movie with Stiller. Already being joked about as trash.
As soon as she stops making money it is going to be open season on Reese. She has made a lot of enemies.
Of course HW producers & directors know if actors are gay. As long as the actors are fooling the public by bearding they don't have a problem hiring them. HW execs only want a seemingly straight actor who will sell their movies. The only ones fooled is the gullible public...
No don't think anyone in HW is laughing at Reese when most of them are doing the same thing! Cruise, Travolta, Aniston, Cruz....the list goes on & on.
How long did regular people believe that Kevin Spacey was straight? Everyone in Hollywood knew he was gay. My mom worked with him before I was born and told me he was gay long before it was ever rumored.
Eventually all this lying catches up with you. People do not have much respect for Cruise, Travolta, Aniston, Spacey. And the minute they stop making money, they'll be kicked to the curb. Already starting to happen with Cruise. Talk about pathetic, Cruise had to turn himself into the center of attention at the first preview of the play Katie is in. We're looking at Jake in 10-15 years.
As soon as she stops making money it is going to be open season on Reese. She has made a lot of enemies."
I have a friend of mine who used to be an agent in LA (I knew her in college through a close friend) and is now a film producer. She has worked on a lot of projects and knows A LOT of folks. I asked her about Jake/Reese--what do people in town think of them. She told me she doesn't know ONE person who likes them. Not one. (She also has told me forever that Jake is gay and Reese is a bitch--and she feels sorry for Ryan because he took the fall as the "bad guy" in the divorce even though according to my pal, the marriage had been over for quite awhile before the official split).
People judge you by the company you keep. Keeping company with a known bitch and pr whore is not going to endear you to anyone.
I wonder if Jake knows how people feel about him and Reese--and I mean in HW.
12:07
"I asked her about Jake/Reese--what do people in town think of them. She told me she doesn't know ONE person who likes them."
Do you mean individually or as a couple ot both?
thanks.
“Reese Witherspoon In Vogue: Like Tracy Flick, Only Wealthier & More Annoying
So Reese Witherspoon is on the cover of the November issue of Vogue. Yawn. According to the mag, she has a "new look." Oh, really? She looks like the same wholesome Southern deb she's always been. As for the story inside, it's just a lame, joyless advertisement for the cringe-inducing film Four Christmases and for Reese's friend/designer, Olivier Theyskens. (The latter, at least, belongs on the pages of Vogue.) But really, all this story does is confirm that Ms. Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, whose father is an otolaryngologist and whose mother is a Ph.D. in pediatric nursing, is accustomed to getting everything she wants, Veruca Salt-style. Consider the story of the Christian Dior dress:
Reese was in Paris in 2005, the day after her Oscar nomination for Walk The Line. According to Vogue, "She needed a dress. She wanted vintage." So her stylist drove her to this "out-of-the-way arrondissement" where a Christian Dior dress "made in the fifties for a princess, literally," was hanging in a shop window. Except! It wasn't for sale. Reese tried it on anyway.
"It fit perfectly. I mean, like, it couldn't have been more amazing," she remembers, "and Nunzio is there and he's talking in French and finally the man said, 'You can have it.'" She wore it to the Oscars. She won an Oscar. "I don't mean to sound hokey pokey, but the dress has energy in it," she says. She will keep it forever. "My accountant got wind of the bill, and he called me and said, 'Um, don't you think you should auction this off?' And I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?' I will never ever ever ever ever sell it."
You're like, whatever Dodai, you're mean, it's sweet, she's so lucky! She glossed over the part where she bought a dress that wasn't for sale. And she also said this: "I was one of the few people born to be June Carter Cash? I was the only person born to play her—I mean, me and June Carter Cash." So. It's just hard not to see her as straight-up Tracy Flick. Still, the pictures are nice!”
Jezebel
I think that Ted was even engaged to a woman before he came out and met the man of his dreams.
What? I got to write a Dear Ted letter. lol
October 15, 2008
THE HOFSTRA DEBATE: Celebs come out for forum, Obama
Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tim Daly and Matthew Modine will host a luncheon and briefing about America's health care crisis at the Long Island Marriott Hotel in Uniondale this afternoon in conjunction with the presidential debate.
The luncheon event, "America's Healthcare System on Life Support: How Should the Presidential Candidates Respond?" is sponsored by The Creative Coalition and will also be co-hosted by actress Rachael Leigh Cook and actor-director Giancarlo Esposito.
So Reese Witherspoon is on the cover of the November issue of Vogue. Yawn.
That sums it all up.
Too late? Are any of you people gay? I am, and I know people who came out professionally when they were sixty. Who gets to decide when it's too late to come out? When did Elton John come out? Ian McKellen? Tab Hunter? Ellen DeGeneres? Richard Chamberlin?
Sixty? Just 33 more years.
After Elton
Stepping out with Lance Bass: Our exclusive interview
AE: Now that two years have passed since you officially came out, what are your thoughts about Perez Hilton and how those events transpired?
LB: I don’t think anyone wants their public life exploited like that at such a time. I think it’s very hard, especially on the subject of being gay. Everyone needs their own time to accept it, figure it out and to reveal it. So being forced out I think is an awful thing to do. I think it scares more people to stay in the closet than help come out. I think it is, especially with people like Perez, kind of just entertaining. It’s such a big thing and it’s popular for a reason ... because people like to hear the crazy stuff. And even if it’s not true, it makes you feel a little better about your life. But I think, as a gay man, Perez needs to take responsibility and be a little nicer about the subject of outing people.
AE: Would you have come out on your own?
LB: Oh, definitely. I mean I was already out to me and my friends. I was living my life the way I wanted to. I had a relationship. My friends knew. My inner circle knew. It was just something that we didn’t think was such a big deal and I was living a nice, normal private life, but then when someone throws you into the public eye, that’s when things get a little crazy and then you start having to either defend yourself or accept things. I always think it’s so crazy that you have to confirm that your straight or gay.
AE: You’ve been doing some work on Proposition 8, correct?
LB: Right. We’ve done a lot of events here in Los Angeles and different things that I have co-hosted and we put some acts together to raise money. Yeah, it’s really just trying to get the word out there at a lot of the local clubs around L.A.
AE: Have you made a choice for president yet?
LB: I have. I definitely am going to continue to watch the debates, but so far of what I’ve seen I’m an Obama fan for sure.
AE: It seems to me that pressure must be multiplied for someone gay like yourself. There are so few high-profile out gay men that the gay public really are curious to see those examples that do exist. I imagine being that role model could be a cool thing but frustrating as well.
LB: It’s very frustrating. I’m a very private person. I like to keep my private matters very private, but I also understand that I’m in a unique situation where there’s not many out guys out there for a younger generation to look up to and maybe relate to. So I do feel a little responsibility in showing the best light of myself in the public eye just since I have something out there that maybe someone could relate to and I don’t want to hurt that.
AE: On one hand, the Internet is an amazing way to stay a public figure and speak directly to your fans. On the other hand, people don't hesitate to say outrageous things about anyone and everything. Do you completely avoid the blogs and the comments about you and your private life? Or do you follow any of it?
LB: I definitely stay off the blogs. I don’t think it’s good to read anything that’s written about you because it affects you. No one’s that thick skinned to take criticism about themselves. With Internet and blogs, it’s crazy because 90% of the stuff they say is false, so why even put yourself through that? But I do stay in contact with a lot of my fans. I have a MySpace page and I have a FaceBook that I have my people doing so I know that it’s run right and I personally go and write blogs myself and keep in touch so that those fans out there have a true source to listen to instead of other sources.
http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/10/lancebass
Too late? Are any of you people gay? I am, and I know people who came out professionally when they were sixty. Who gets to decide when it's too late to come out?
We get that, coming out isn't the problem (at least not for me), but this kind of bearding is nothing to be proud of.
I asked her about Jake/Reese--what do people in town think of them. She told me she doesn't know ONE person who likes them.
IDK, if that's true what you say, but Jake/Reese come off as extremely pretentious, really.
La Daily Musto
Gossip's Girls on the Prowl
Spotted walking around the West Village the other night: Gossip Girl's Chase Crawford and Ed Westwick and two other friends. For about a quarter of a block, housemates Chase and Ed locked arms in a very touching way--but don't swish to any conclusions. I'm sure it was just to purposely play into the rumors and have fun with them, just like when they went to a gay bar together, mainly for a wink-wink bit of camp! Right?
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2008/10/gossips_girls_o.php
what happened to Jodie Foster and Cynthia Mort, anyone knows?
IDK, if that's true what you say, but Jake/Reese come off as extremely pretentious, really.
You can notice it with her kids too, especially the girl.
^^Reese has a lot of influence. LOL
what happened to Jodie Foster and Cynthia Mort, anyone knows?
The jury is still out. DL thread about them:
http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/forum/thread/gossip/6596716/page-999.html
You expect us to believe that ^^^?
Washington Blade
Obama’s gay mentor speaks out
Occidental professor had ‘strong influence’ on Democratic nominee’s views
As an 18-year-old undergraduate student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Barack Obama was among a coterie of students who spoke regularly with Lawrence Goldyn. Goldyn, an openly gay political science professor who served as a mentor and friend to many of the school’s minority students, said Obama joined him and other students in discussions about social and political issues at a time when Obama was beginning to develop an interest in politics and civil rights causes.
“He was one of those unusual, straight young men who was secure enough in his sexuality that he was not fearful of being associated with me, whether that involved taking a class or just talking socially,” said Goldyn, who also served as faculty adviser for Occidental’s gay student group.
Goldyn, who was at Occidental from 1978 to 1981, has since changed professions and now works as a physician and medical director for a clinic in Northern California, with a specialty in HIV medicine. He decided to speak with the Blade about his interaction with Obama during their years at Occidental after Obama told the Advocate, in an April interview, that Goldyn had a “strong influence” in his understanding and perception of gay people and gay rights.
“He was a wonderful guy,” Obama said of Goldyn in that interview. “He was the first openly gay professor that I had ever come into contact with, or openly gay person of authority that I had come in contact with. “He wasn’t proselytizing all the time, but just his comfort in his own skin and the friendship we developed helped to educate me on a number of these issues.”
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Obama’s gay mentor
It´s amusing really how biased your views are.
Jake G. is a famewhore, he always was one, he always will be. He´s vain, he´s a hypocrite, he´s career orientated. A lot of people who know him and/or his family have called them snobs. He had his male eyecandy for promoting BBM to get the gays going and he´s relentlessly promoting his het image now, because his BBM fans are too clingy for his taste.
8:23, I think you got that right. But that won't change the fan support he still, in my opinion, enjoys now.
8:23 AM
You don't get it, do you?
Famewhoring can be done with class and style.
He had his male eyecandy for promoting BBM to get the gays going and he´s relentlessly promoting his het image now, because his BBM fans are too clingy for his taste.
Bullshit.
8:43 AM, can you for a change explain why you think it's "bullshit" instead of just wrinting "bullshit" all the time w/o explanation. LOL.
r8.49 but that´s quite easy, isn´t it? The hidden knowledge that you have been played is not very nice, right.
Bullshit = made up shit, not worth commenting on.
Is that clear enough?
Famewhoring is famewhoring. You found it "classy", others found it cheap.
Doesn´t change the fact that he was and still is one of the biggest famewhores out there.
Famewhoring is famewhoring.
There are cheap and there are classy hookers.
Oblowme experimented with drugs and male sex. It's well known.
Hillary was LGBT's primary choice.
Mr.BO distanced himself from the community.
Brad Pitt is an example of a classy famewhore.
"Bullshit = made up shit, not worth commenting on.
Is that clear enough?"
Someone stated his/her opinion, it might be the case or not. You can't know that.
I didn't claim any knowledge.
My opinion is that 8:23 AM's opinion is made up shit, not worth commenting on :)
Brad Pitt is an example of a classy famewhore.
Right on cue.
Oct. 15, 2008
Philanthropist, Photog, Politician, Actor: Who Is Brad Pitt?
There was a time when Brad Pitt was the platonic ideal of the alpha male, all-American actor. Blond hair, blue eyes, buff body: Whether rolling with the punches in "Fight Club" or making 'em swoon in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," the screen was his domain. His forte. His raison d'être.
Today? It seems Pitt's passion has shifted from the bright lights and the big screen to ... just about everywhere else. One day he's building homes for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The next, he's donating $100,000 to support gay marriage in California. After that, he's snapping magazine pictorials of his picture-perfect partner, Angelina Jolie. And sometimes, in between, he acts.
As the old saying goes, Jack of all trades, Master of none. So, what's up with Pitt? With so much on his plate and such a diverse palate, can he really be on top of all his endeavors?
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ABC News
At least I have reality to back up my opinion. Jake adapts easily to cater to his target group of choice and I see no one who forces him to do it.
He had his male eyecandy for promoting BBM to get the gays going and he´s relentlessly promoting his het image now, because his BBM fans are too clingy for his taste.
Jake was seen with Austin because he wanted to tease gays? Jake is bearding because he wants to get rid of BBM fans?
At least I have reality to back up my opinion.
Tell us about that reality.
I like the bullshit theory that Jake is dependent upon meds for his ADHD and also on steroids and this is making him even wierder than he already is. Also he gets whacked out on other stuff now and then.
Along with his built-in programming to be the "man of the house" since his manic depressive Scando sex addict hipster father is sick of directing tv commercials to support his ungrateful family and is now pre-occupied with "finding his real self" hahaha - I mean, fuck all, what's a kiddo to do, anyway?
If you can't fix it, you gotta fake it until you make it.
Jake was seen with Austin because he wanted to tease gays? Jake is bearding because he wants to get rid of BBM fans?
I'm not a Ted C. believer at all. This doesn't mean I don't blieve Jake is gay, he may be, I have no idea.
Austin might be just a friend and he and Reese may date for real.
Point is, we know nothing about it.
We? Speak for yourself.
Jake is gay and bearding - I have no doubts and don't need Ted to tell me that.
Then tell me, how do you know? Do you know Jake personally?
Trolly, not that same old shit again. You need new material! lol
Ok, I'm a troll. This is getting old.
It sure does. Trolls keep asking same questions for YEARS.
It gets old when people continue saying how they know for sure he's gay or straight. There's no way to know unless you know the guy personally. Is all I'm saying.
Maybe at the end of the day, he fucks men and women. He's rich, successful, young and good looking, he can fuck whomever he wants. This is Hollywood.
The thing with Reese, real or fake, I think won't last anyway.
I think they are using "Reeke" more to promote themselves than anything else. Two famewhores.
It gets old when people continue saying how they know for sure he's gay or straight.
Some people KNOW for sure Jake is gay, some don't know, but don't have any doubts either.
It's not our fault that you can't make up your mind what to believe.
It's not our fault that you can't make up your mind what to believe.
Well, I certainly won't say that I know something for sure without having facts.
Educate yourself, r9.39. Google Jake and look at his choice of partners for photo ops to promote his movies.
If I insisted on knowing somthing for sure and sold it as a fact (without actually knowing sh*t), I'd be no better than gossip rags.
10:12 AM
You will never ever have facts about celebritie's sex life.
You will never ever have facts about celebritie's sex life.
Exactly. That's why it's ridiculous to claim to know who he fucks or who he prefers to fuck.
Celebs fuck with US and that's what gives us the opportuity and permission to play along - - -
One more time.
Some people KNOW because Jake has a sex life.
Some people are sure because they have brain, know how to use it and know how Hollywood, PR and gossip machine works.
That's why it's ridiculous to claim to know who he fucks or who he prefers to fuck.
No, it isn't, it's just too much for you to comprehend.
Some people are sure because they have brain, know how to use it
LOL.
I give up.
food fight food fight!
(jerks)
10:36 AM #1
Believe it or not, you do need a brain for gossip too.
Fangirls will never learn.
Wonder what Maggie, apparently at the top of her game, and Peter, in highly reviewed Chekhov play, think of Reeke -
Maggie and Peter are part of Hollywood. I think they don't care too much about Jake's bearding business arrangements.
DL gossip
She's [Kirsten Dunst] a closet case (bisexual who prefers women; had an affair with Sofia Coppola; bearded/merkined with Jake Gyllenhaal) - surely that has something to do with her substance abuse issues?
Kirsten Dunst is supposed to be in London right now. I always believed that her and Jake were definitely have some wild sex. Wouldn't it be great if Jake tapped her for a booty call and the paps caught them? Wonder what Reese would look like when her brain explodes as the whole world would know about her bi/gay boyfriend with his ex.
"Maggie and Peter are part of Hollywood. I think they don't care too much about Jake's bearding business arrangements."
I don't know if they don't care or they choose to not be involved. Maggie and Jake are supposed to be very close and she hasn't been photographed with Jake for over a year if not more. ACLU guy said Jake was coming to NYC, so obviously he knows how to stay off the radar when he wants. He probably sees Maggie without Reese around cause I think that Maggie probably can't stand Reese.
We don't get to see Jake's life in paparazzi pictures, of course Jake visits his family and friends.
I think Maggie doesn't care about Reese. Why should she?
merkined LOL!
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