Saturday 9 May 2009
This Is a Question of Fairness
It is by no means a fast and easy path, but the cause of same-sex marriage is moving forward — proof that justice can triumph over wedge politics and prejudice. It happened this week in Maine and New Hampshire, where both states’ legislatures voted to legalize same-sex marriage and promptly put the final say to their governors.
In New Hampshire, Gov. John Lynch — who previously defined marriage as strictly between a man and a woman — promised his “best decision” after consulting lawmakers and constituents. Mr. Lynch would be wise also to consult his neighbor in Maine, Gov. John Baldacci, who signed his state’s same-sex marriage bill. He previously had opposed the idea, with the familiar hedge of supporting the half-step of civil unions.
Mr. Baldacci described his change of heart — and what we hope is the changing sentiment of many other American politicians. “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage,” he said. Precisely.
Maine was the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage. We urge Mr. Lynch to make New Hampshire the sixth. Similar proposals are pending in other states, with a major debate expected in the New York Legislature.
This week, the City Council of the District of Columbia took a preliminary step, voting 12 to 1, to recognize marriages between gay people certified in other states. A fuller debate is anticipated on a proposal to legalize same-sex unions. Unfortunately, there already are calls for Congress to once more tread on home rule and block this progress in the nation’s capital.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is right to caution against such grandstanding. Governor Baldacci heard the people speak. Congress should listen.
Source: The New York Times, 'This Is a Question of Fairness'
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 825 Newer› Newest»Reese is looking for steady income. Voice-overs and second rate romcoms are easy money for her. And it seems that she is the one being paid for bearding so there is that money, too. Now that she already has the Oscar, quality projects are not on her mind.
Rendition was a romcom?
Well about Prince of Persia, amusing like a lot of blog writers seem pretty enthusiastic like this one:
http://movieblips.dailyradar.com/blog/firstshowing_net/
and people still doubt a movie based on a game which I totally understand but complaining cause Jake isn't persian enough or too white ... I don't know, I wonder if some people realise Persians weren't arab. They weren't so tan and you find nowaday in Iran people who are white with faces kind of european.
I know I know game boy aren't supposed to be specialist of Perse but come on .... Beside the prince in the game don't look persian at all.
Jake was bearding with Kirsten (lesbian).
Jake was bearding with Samantha Ronson (lesbian).
Jake was bearding with Natalie Portman (bisexual who was having an adulterous affair with Sean Penn).
Jake tried to beard with Jessica Simpson (the mind boggles).
Jake finally got his bearding in order with Reese Witherspoon.
Jake was never planning to come out.
Jake valued public opinion and bearding over saying something for a dead friend, even a year later.
Jake valued public opinion and bearding over privacy for his own sister's wedding.
Jake makes his partner hid their (closeted gay) life together - and their son - so he can make more money.
Jake really is the new Travolta.
All of these people complaining about the Prince's ethnicity should have complained when the game came out. They've had all of this time to try to get the "look" of the character changed. They did nothing. But now they complain? Jake looks like the character in the game.
Nitwits.
I'm not going to watch the Pop puffpiece because the mere sight of Jake is beginning to make me physically ill. If I were Maggie and Peter right now, I wouldn't even return Jake's phone calls. The man is a walking embarassment and an utter waste of space.
And yet you are posting on this blog.
I find Jake'a beefed up body repulsive, Im glad Jerry B thinks he's cute, but I no longer do.
And nothing so repulsive as looking at a beefed up guy with a lil child woman.
He's lost all that muscle - how does the body deal with this, I wonder.
No doubt ll:16 is posting on this blog because he/she is Waiting For Toothy. Doesnt mean one has to watch him making a fool of himself.
"Nitwits."
Yeah well, Jake is going to need those nitwits' money if he wants PoP to be a box office hit.
If you aren't watching "Toothy," then how would you know what he's doing, including the "making a fool of himself?"
11:30 AM#1 hi babbler!
Jenny Lewis was a beard.
Kirsten Dunst was a beard.
Samantha Ronson was a beard.
Heath was a junkie.
Samantha Ronson has indeed dealt drugs.
Mary Kate Olsen has indeed dealt drugs.
Natalie Portman bearded reluctantly for Jake in summer 2007.
Jake has a child.
"If you aren't watching "Toothy," then how would you know what he's doing, including the "making a fool of himself?"
Unfortunately, I do have to go thru the check out counter at the IGA.
Heath was a junkie? Interesting, that info. certainly wasn't confirmed by the medical examiner. Could you tell me the names of the illegal drugs that were in his system at the time of death? And the name of your impeccable source please?
Nothing like slagging the reputation of a dead man.
Spring babblers singin' their lil heads off this morning.
Hope your babies fall out of the nest and are eaten by cats.
How old are you 11:37?
11:35 AM, ignore. The first one who says Heath was a junkie is a babbler and the second one (The Truth Fairy) is a delusional poster who thinks Jake has a child. Nuff said.
re: The Truth Fairy. Another fairy engaging in make believe.
I think you and 11:30 are related.
"Nothing like slagging the reputation of a dead man."
Yeah, pathetic really.
Everybody who keeps rolled up dollar bills at hand, raise their hands.
the people who really slag Heath's memory are those that still get off on him. sick
11;42, a voice of sanity and reason. Bless you.
"Everybody who keeps rolled up dollar bills at hand, raise their hands."
The bill was tested clean you idiot.
11;46. That story was discredited, like all of the incorrect intial reports.
Those of you who keep trying to get at Heath need to give it up. There are too many of us who actually read and followed all of the new reports following his death. We also bothered to pay attention to the medical examiner's report.
Heath accomplished more in his 28 years than you ever will in your entire life. Let it go; you'll never win.
1. Neil Patrick Harris
2. John Barrowman
3. Luke MacFarlane
4. Jake Gyllenhaal
5. Jensen Ackles
6. Chris Evans
7. Cheyenne Jackson
8. Hugh Jackman
9. Gale Harold
10. James Franco
11. Zac Efron
The 2009 AfterElton Hot 100
"There are too many of us who actually read and followed all of the new reports following his death. We also bothered to pay attention to the medical examiner's report."
You got that right. Don't bother making shit up and sell it as fact, it won’t fly. Some of you really can't stand Heath can you? How pathetic of you considering he’s dead.
Truth Fairy,
Want to hear more about Jake's child. Are you referring to Baby Tile? I'm sorry but I refuse to believe that--it's too ridiculous. But if you're suggesting that Jake knocked up some fling awhile back (who had his baby secretly), then I'd be more prone to believe that. But I do not believe Jake and Austin are hiding a baby.
Jake valued public opinion and bearding over saying something for a dead friend, even a year later."
Sigh. Truth Fairy is speaking a truth here. A very sad truth.
But Jake and Heath were not friends, they were only costars. Did you really expect Jake to say anything? That would’ve required backbone and balls, something Jake obviously doesn't have.
They were only co-stars? Is that why Heath named Jake the godfather to his daughter Matilda? That's not the move of just co-stars. They were definitely friends and close for a time obviously.
"Anonymous said...
But I do not believe Jake and Austin are hiding a baby.
May 11, 2009 12:08 PM"
Call me naive or stupid even....I believe that Chris and Jake are hiding him/her.
Wow! :)
Austin writes a poem about Jake:
http://www.postpoetryonline.com/poetry.cfm?ID=14443
May 10, 2009
Author: Austin Nichols
Rebirth
All I know about this poem is that it needs to deal with a life experience.
Friendship, love, trust, those are some good topics, ya know.
Hatred, failure, deception, these subjects are better.
Because even though they sound more sinister, they can tell you more about a person.
All three live in me now, because of what I´ve lost in the past week.
Hating the misshapen trust, failing to save the friendship, going through the deceptive motions of what I thought was love.
You made these feelings change inside of me, like the cruel metamorphosis from a democracy to communism.
Nothing left of me is for you, and all of those times will be forgotten.
Because even though I used to tingle at the sound of your sweet name, it is very clear now that i have forgotten those feelings of friendship, love, and trust
post poetry online
Interesting sentiment expressed in the poem (if this is the same Austin). But he needs to stick to the day job, cause this is terrible poetry.
Now, is this about Jake? Maybe.
If it is, then I can only assume that this means that Austin did not go to the wedding. It would also confirm what I have said before in that Austin was invested in this relationship, not Jake. Jake was over the love (if he was ever in love) along time ago, but sex with Austin is convenient.
Now, if this is about Jake, it will be interesting to see if Austin finally grows a backbone and leaves.
Is it real or fake? It would break all our toothy hearts if there won't be any more Jaustin in the future. Someone go ask Ted if Goose is done with Toothy?
"Is it real or fake?"
Anyone could have written it - check out postpoetryonline.com "Submit Poetry" link.
"Now, if this is about Jake, it will be interesting to see if Austin finally grows a backbone and leaves."
It will be interesting to see if Ted will tell you that!
I have doubt, not good for his story!
It would not break all of us. Many of us have never bought into the fairy tale, and I have no interest in Austin. He's only interesting as Jake's boytoy.
If indeed this is Austin, I can only wonder what finally woke his dumb ass up.
Wasn't talking about you. Quite a few heartless wankers visiting WFT these days.
Reality bites.
What made the Toothy story unique and interesting from the very beginning was that is was a love story, a love story between two men, two actors. In the land of fake, something genuine had sparked.
Slam me if you wish, and I'm sure many will chose to spout their insulting sarcasm over my naivete, but that love story is what drew me in and kept me focused even through all the Reekeing.
For Jake to chose fortune and glory, deception and facade over love, shows his true nature, and he isn't worthy of my time or money.
If it's over, then so am I.
It's true that the poem could have been submitted by anyone, but "Austin Nichols" is not a common name. This is odd though, because it doesn't appear that Austin has ever posted to this site before. If this is him, why this site and why now?
And Ted will never admit to Toothy and Goose breaking up (if he evens knows); he's invested too much in this tale.
1:58 PM
love stories don't last forever.
I bet a babbler wrote that "Austin's poem" - real Austin would post on Southern Gothic blog.
Well, there's always a silver lining. Now Austin is free to chase after the ladies, right? (By ladies, I mean pretty boys.)
I bet a babbler wrote that "Austin's poem"
I suspect Canterror.
A babbler wrote it? Are you serious?
That is so sad and desperate.
Yes, I'm serious.
I am a mean human being. I told you Jaustinites to prepare yourselves.
Did you post that poem, 2:09 PM #2?
I am 2:09, #2. No I didn't. Never heard of the site before someone posted the link today. My previous post was in response to Austin's post about visiting Italy, too many unsettling undercurrents. I just became convinced that Austin did not go to the wedding. If indeed Austin and Jake are in long-term relationship, I would think that would be considered the ultimate snub, and I wasn't going to be surprised to start to see the fairy tale unravel.
Just thought I should warn the romantics and the naive.
That poem wasn't written by Cantera, or a babbler, or a fanfiction writer, or a pr agent, or a ghost, or a unicorn.
Take those blinders off.
It wasn't posted by the real Austin, either.
Since we are all about the speculation here, why would someone other that Austin post this? Cause that is one hell of an obscure blog on which to post if you want shit stir.
Anyway, I am sure that Austin's pr monitors the internet, so I am sure they will become aware of it. I wonder if Austin will post on Sourthern Gothic to let people know that it wasn't him, if only because he does have fans from OTH, and I would think he would not want them to think he is posting in places where he isn't or warn them that there is someone else on the net posing as him.
As you can see, shit is stirred.
Mission accomplished.
I'm not watching the Pop puff piece because Jake is starting to make me physically ill. If I were Maggie or Peter, I wouldn't even return his phone calls. He is an utter waste of space and an embarassment.
Maybe it's Ted , tired of his own saga, who post this! lol
"He is an utter waste of space and an embarassment."
And you re wasting your time telling that.
The After Elton poll should tell you how dumb gay men are, or how desperate straight female Reekers who swamped the poll are. Take your pick. I'm not sure which one is worse.
So will pr take care of this? If it's not Austin, can his people allow people to out there posting as him?
"The After Elton poll should tell you how dumb gay men are, or how desperate straight female Reekers who swamped the poll are."
Everybody don't think like you, take it or leave it.
There are other people named Austin Nichols in the world, you know.
I wonder if anyone will email him and ask him about it? Or mention on the SoGo blog.
Other people named Austin Nichols who has reason to talk about the loss of trust and friendship, who has lived a life of deception for the sake of love in such a anguished manner?
Yeah, right.
I think he most definitely could have written that poem. It certainly seems like his style (and he does write poems). This poem is someone with a broken heart--who just broke up with someone and wants to forget him/her. Why couldn't this be the Austin we think it could be?
Oh Jake, you heartbreaker you.
If Jake marries Reese in the near future, then we'll have our answer.
Who know for this poem. One thing is sure if Austin has his heart broken,Jake don't seem really disturbed by that!
On the other hand, if Jaustin go biking again, then we'll know this is fake.
I wouldn't be so skeptical if someone here wasn't so gung-ho to "warn" us "naive" Jaustinites and hadn't been telling us for days to "be prepared".
And to to the poster who keeps up that drumbeat, most of us are not naive, and I'd say quite a few of us would love to see Austin dump Jake, so if you're hopping for us all to Cry You a River, you'll be waiting a long, long time.
"On the other hand, if Jaustin go biking again, then we'll know this is fake."
Not necessary, biking don't mean you're still in couple!
If this is Austin, why the break now? He's put up with everything for this long that I can't imagine what could have happened to cause this break (in his feelings, not necessarily the relationship).
Maybe he realise Jake doesn't love him, which is a reality.
"On the other hand, if Jaustin go biking again, then we'll know this is fake."
Not necessary, biking don't mean you're still in couple!Ever had your heart broken?
You don't go on a friendly bike ride immediately.
You will if you're whipped.
You can be whipped only if you're in a relationship. Can't have it both ways. If they broke up as bitterly as the poem implies, no way would they be biking together.
Maybe the breakup was bitter only for Austin, Jake looks like his usual self in yesterday’s pics. He doesn't seem affected.
Jake don't care, it's obvious.
If, a big if, this is Austin, I get the impression that heartache is only from his side. He doesn't make any reference to any mutual turmoil, or despair or struggle.
Did he finally realize that Jake is not in love with him?
Or did Jake dump him?
If this poem is fake, should Austin's pr try to discredit it? Does it need to brought to their attention?
"If, a big if, this is Austin, I get the impression that heartache is only from his side."
That was my impression as well.
We don't know exactly when the newest Jake photos were taken. Don't celebs supposedly avoid places like that on the weekends when all the unwashed masses shop? Could be from late last week.
Most likely, the breakup is in your head.
"I think he most definitely could have written that poem. It certainly seems like his style"
Posted on OMG by Special K:
"And doesn't read like Austin writing style. It is too blunt, and transparent, and that's not how Austin writes, he writes with more symbolism and more depth.
And the timing reads more like someone is jumping on an opportunity."
Isn't Austin in Texas now? Maybe he went there to cool his jets (so to speak)? It's always comforting being with family and loved ones when you're coping with a breakup or loss.
He was in Texas last week.
I don't understand Special K's comment. What "opportunity" would someone be jumping on?
I don't know if this poem is real or not, but the undercurrent of his recent SoGo comments indicate to me that something is off, really off.
Of course something is really off w/ Austin! His BF is bearding with an unactractive,manipulative bitch and there is pictures all over the Internet showing them smooching.
That must hurt, no matter the "arragement" they might have for years.
I don't understand how Jake can keep such a hot guy like Austin
under his thumb.
Because i'm sure taht a lot of guys (and some naive girls) are more than willing to give him all what he wants. He is truly a very handsome guy and he looks better with time,
unlike Toothy, who is starting to look like an unemployed chippendale.
How sad is everything.
How can there be a break-up when they were never together in the first place?
^^^ Babbler, I'm sure you know everything about Jake, Austin and Ted.
5:10 PM, that's one option.
Or Austin could be playing smoke and mirrors game, and he sounds off because he doesn't enjoy it.
Despite i always believed Jake is gay and with a habit of bearding, i used to think Austin was just a on-set romance during TDAT and that they barely were seeing each other in the last year.
I laughed when someone mentioned Austin as someone serious in Jake's life.
Then those biking pics came along, and shortly later another! set of biking pics appeared. I realized they were in contact after i was convinced they were not.
IDK,the current nature of Jaustin relationship but since i used to believe they didn't talk to each other anymore and then i realised i was wrong, i'm open to any theory that posters here want to share.
I'm not sure if Austin is important to Jake but i don't laugh anymore when someone says he might be.
This is too funny to miss :)
Dlisted - A Tender Moment Gone Wrong
"IDK the current nature of Jaustin relationship but since i used to believe they didn't talk to each other anymore and then i realised i was wrong, i'm open to any theory that posters here want to share."
Good point.
Yes, she did. Well, she didn't need to because Reese knew Jake for years.
So, what you're saying is she went to Jake and said, 'hey Jake I hear you need me to beard for you? Me out of anyone in the world'./
You really don't get it.
Reese's PR started Reeke rumors two WEEKS after divorce news. Reese was desperate to get 'bf' she could control and using Jake for self-promotion was her best option.
5:10 PM I think Special K is referring to the latest Reeke pics in Italy and to someone who REALLY wants us to believe that the end of Jaustin has come.
"Everybody who keeps rolled up dollar bills at hand, raise their hands."
The bill was tested clean you idiot."
Everybody who keeps clean rolled up dollar bills lying around, rarise their hands.
What is your point 8:12?
Re: Special K's comment. A little too much conspirarcy theory for me.
But in any case, who would want to go through that kind of effort, and why place it on an obscure blog? Many in the general public may or may not be aware of the gay rumors surrounding Jake (if they even know who he is) but I doubt many (if any) know about Austin.
6:59
IS. Reese is nothing without a man to control and show off, and Jake now is nothing without a beard for cover. He's cut himself off from the rest of the acting universe. In fact, I don't think that Jake thinks that he's good enough to firmly secure a juicy role without a beard. His handlers have really done a mind job in him. I'm sure that he gets a subtle message each day from his minders and handlers that it's either their way or the highway.
What a pathetic putz.
But in any case, who would want to go through that kind of effort, and why place it on an obscure blog? Many in the general public may or may not be aware of the gay rumors surrounding Jake (if they even know who he is) but I doubt many (if any) know about Austin.A WFT2 poster warns the Jaustin believers to get ready and be prepared for something bad. Then that poem conveniently appears on an obscure blog. But we are - surprise! surprise! conveniently informed about it. I don't think this poem was aimed at the general public at all but to the gay-friendly blogs by a JIS troll/Babbler or simply by a WFT2 poster who was looking to stir the pot a bit and have fun. And judging by the reactions here it worked just fine.
Seems to me most people are not buying it, so I don't think it worked just fine.
These are two separate instances as the post warning the Jaustinites was done by me which I expounded on in earlier posts today(2:09 and 2:16). The poem was as much of a surprise to me as anyone else. My warning was in response to Austin's blog on SoGo site.
I don't know if the poem is legitimate or not, but I would not be surprised if cracks start to show in the Jaustin relationship (if not a complete break) based on the undercurrents I see in Austin's own words.
"What a pathetic putz."
Totally under Disney control. Beyond pathetic!
"But in any case, who would want to go through that kind of effort, and why place it on an obscure blog? Many in the general public may or may not be aware of the gay rumors surrounding Jake (if they even know who he is) but I doubt many (if any) know about Austin."
Where else to place it?
One who placed it knows who's interested. He/she might be the one who posted the link on OMG and WFT2.
Posted on OMG by Special K
Some will say it's Disney, but to me this read pure Witherspoon.
Jake gets noticed over the weekend for Prince of Persia, and everyone talking about him. And not Reese and Jake.
Then People's Couple Watch come out with this Monday morning.
• Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon, sharing French fries as an appetizer while lunching at R & D Kitchen in Santa Monica. "Reese looked adorable and very happy," an eyewitness tells us, adding that the couple engaged in "fun conversation" during their meal. The two kept dipping their fries in a little cup with ketchup and split a burger and salad. "Jake was very attentive and filled up Reese's water glass a few times," adds the eyewitness.
And JJ releases the PDwhadahu? pictures from Brindisi (the one's we've all seen) today too.
I don't think Disney did this. Why because they wouldn't have ham handed it this much. And they want the focus on Bruck, the movie and Jake and those abs in Prince of Persia. But I think Ms. R couldn't have Jake getting PR without her for a second weekend in a row. Kind of like showing up in Italy 500 miles from the wedding and getting seen and no one else did. (oops! my bad!) And kind of how there are magazine covers on the weekend big things happen to Ryan's career.
Just observing m.o. that seems to be linked to Ms. R. But kind of makes you wonder about who calling the shots doesn't it? Just a little?
I guess when your career is down you only kiss the ground and chant "Yes Master!"
Agree 2.56
ROTFLOL!! I don't for a minute believe the poem was written by Austin. The word sinister tells it all and the bad quality of the poem the rest. But it would be hilarious if Austin sent a fuck you poem online after a few too many beers and then jetted off to Italy. "Damn you Gyllenhaal, you are gonna pay!"
Jake and Austin as mortal enemies. That's hot.
February 2009:
Dear Ted:
Just to start setting a Valentine's Day mood, I'd like to ask you, what is, in your opinion, the greatest love story in today's Hollywood? Is it Toothy Tile and Gray Goose's endless, complex, beautiful and ever-forgiving love story?
—Miranda
Dear Unrequited Love:
Are you kidding? Toothy's tale is more like Hom-e-o and Juliet—there's nothing great about it. Expect an equally bitter and potentially tragic ending, too. At this point, I'd go with Ellen and Portia."
"potentially tragic"?
Maybe Austin's going to get his hunting gun, and in a crime passionel go pay Jake back for not taking him to Italy.
Or maybe he'll just write semi-opaque poetry on an obscure blog which nobody would really know the story behind.
As a tb I would fully support his decision to do the latter. I hope that poem was Austin's, and he didn't post it on his usual blog because it was too pointed.
Jake had it coming.
^^Wasn't Austin raving about Italy last year? He really wanted to go sometime. Boy would it burn if your bf took his beard there instead of you.
But it would be hilarious if Austin sent a fuck you poem online after a few too many beers and then jetted off to Italy. "Damn you Gyllenhaal, you are gonna pay!"
I also like that he posted it online. Okay, it's a blog that few know about but it's on the internet and it did leak out. Wonder what Jake's PR thinks (they monitor this blog so much of course they know already).
"Wasn't Austin raving about Italy last year?"
What happened to the trip to Rome with his sister's husband 2 years ago?
It was last summer, and maybe work got in the way? He was filming that Chris Carter movie last June, or maybe he had auditions and didn't make it?
On reflection, I don't think Austin wrote this poem. I don't think he would post something like this on the internet. That said, I do think something is up with him, and it's not good.
Re: POP and its promotion. I have no worries about Reese horning in on that. I don't think Reese is that stupid, but more importantly, you do not fuck with THE MOUSE. They will clamp down on her quick is they think she is interferring. They control their product and no one else.
"you do not fuck with THE MOUSE"
LOL
9:53 AM
You are right, that would explain why he couldn't go.
Seems weird that Disney is such a bad guy these days, when they were the symbol of gay-friendliness a few years ago.
They were being boycotted by anti-gay so-called Christians for allowing gay days at DisneyWorld and DLand.
My parents' preacher used to wear a Mickey Mouse tie in support of the good guys! :-)
Sad that that is being compromised. The message has changed. It's only about the money now. :P
Gay-friendliness attitudes are, sometimes, marketing strategies.
After all, gays have money too, and they are more than willing to spend it!
But when it's time to take a truly, conscious and commited stance then the old conservative minds start to lead again.
"Gay-friendliness attitudes are, sometimes, marketing strategies"
yeah like gay rumors!
"yeah like gay rumors!"
No, Toothy was not started as a marketing strategy for BBM.
"Seems weird that Disney is such a bad guy these days, when they were the symbol of gay-friendliness a few years ago."
Disney is a company and needs to make money, everything else is less important.
"yeah like gay rumors"
Jake's gay rumors started during Columbia University / Donnie Darko years.
Potentially like Romeo and Julian? That is, Jake and Austin commit suicide?
Geez, 1:04 PM #2.
Gossip Girls
"Last night (May 11) Reese Witherspoon was in the house for the 5th anniversary of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Center.
In related news, it seems Miss Witherspoon and her handsome beau Jake Gyllenhaal are more ready than ever to finally tie the knot.
An inside source told press, They just got back from Jake’s sister Maggie’s wedding and they’ve definitely got the bug.” Rumor has it that Reese and Jake are looking to get hitched in the summer of 2010."
Team Reese?Not really!
the summr of 2010, huh?
Like right before PoP premires?
Can these bitches be any more transparent?
After PoP premires.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet say they will donate to a fund set up to pay the nursing home fees for Millvina Dean, the last living Titanic survivor. The British woman has been selling off Titanic memorabilia recently because she can't afford the fees for her nursing home, where she has lived for three years. [USA Today]
"No, Toothy was not started as a marketing strategy for BBM."
Your so naive! I sure at this time PR had nothing against it , quite the contrary !!
Bullshit.
Jake, I really hope you get outed before then.
And then?
Then I hope you have a success with Prince of Persia.
My wishes for you.
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President Barack Obama ended up in the middle of an unlikely controversy this morning — the debate over Miss California’s position on gay marriage.
At a press conference addressing Carrie Prejean’s disputed title in the Miss USA competition, pageant owner Donald Trump compared Prejean’s stated views on gay marriage to Obama’s. “It's the same answer that the president of the United States gave,” Trump said. “She gave an honorable answer. She gave an answer from her heart.”
In her own remarks moments later, Prejean echoed Trump’s statement, telling reporters: “The president of the United States, the secretary of state, and many Americans agree with me in this belief.”
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Well, apparently the wedding seems like is going to happen.
Maybe, this is going to be good for Jake's career and HW status.And if Reese is willing to look at the sides,from time to time, when Jake needs some boy loving, i think they'll have a bright future together (as bright as fakeness can be,but i guess this 2 famewhores like it that way)
I don't care about Jake's carrer,or public image or his money situation,i think i've never really care about that.
But i'm disappointed that an important movie figure was supposedly about to come out of the closet and would give a big FUCK YOU to all the establishment mummies that are still rulling the movie business.Instead,he decided to bearding...
That's the biggest decepcion :(
"Well, apparently the wedding seems like is going to happen."
Yeah, right.
This is marriage rumor no 27. Yawn.
The weddding is going to happen in 2010. Just like the moon pic, the biking pic, Brothers and Nailed. Lot's of time for things to go wrong. Expect Disney promo to ramp up to max volume.
There will be no wedding.
Reeke publicity is boring, but still much more interesting than married Reeke.
It's amazing how the Disney-compliant press can steer conversation towards unsubstantiated rumors.
The undeniably bleak truths of Jake's daily existence - two flopped films, two more films in trouble, unsquelched gay rumors, family troubles, financial difficulties, an alienated, transient, lonely, closeted home life, his non-appearance in movie theaters in Oct 2007, the absence of any firm film offers, and a loss of credibility amongst his acting peers and top-shelf directors in Hollywood - rarely, if ever, makes it to the gossip rag view screen.
Since he seems to be more interested in posing for the gossip rags than acting in movies, maybe the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should rescind his membership.
Interesting Bruckheimer comment:
No, I think Captain Bruckheimer is from Planet Beardatron for sure. In fact, he might be the Vice President. Furthermore, he might have traveled here on the German starcruiser the “SS Homosexueller Bart.” Yes, that’s German for “gay beard.”
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I have no idea about Bruckheimer'life but, i wonder and i hope someone can answer me: Why do HW producers & directors have to beard too?
I can "understand" the actors's bearding but who really cares if the executives behind the screen are het or gay?
You don't have to be a celebrity to beard.
Gay people beard and marry because they want what straights have - automatic acceptance and better social status.
Jada Pinkett Smith Gives You Permission to Keep Pushing Those Gay Rumors
"You want people to talk about you, because once they stop talking about you that’s when you’re really in trouble! I’m happy to have people talk about all the craziness they want to talk about, whether it’s things like every year we’re getting divorced or we’re an open family or Will’s gay, or I’m gay. … When Will asked me to get married, I said, ‘Understand this, there will be no divorce. So, you might be in one bedroom and I might be in another, but we’re gonna be under the same roof and we’re gonna be married." —Jada Pinkett Smith, on those gay and open marriage rumors [Ebony via CB]
Queerty
"Starring role: Stunning Jessica appears alongside Prince of Persia star Ben Barnes (left) and in Pride And Prejudice Colin Firth (right) in Easy Virtue"[daily mail]
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automatic acceptance and better social status.
^^
I thought HW producers get that by earning lots of $$$ for the studios, i didn't know they have to image the "heterosexual family portrait" as well
Life is more than a bank account.
Understand this, there will be no divorce. So, you might be in one bedroom and I might be in another, but we’re gonna be under the same roof and we’re gonna be married." —Jada Pinkett Smith, on those gay and open marriage rumors
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I guess Jada wanted to clarify some of the rumors but the way she expressed herself totally obscured the message...
Sometimes, celebrities should just shut the fuck up,live their own lives (fake or real) and don't give any declarations to the press and not pay for phony photo-op.
Sooner or later, public and the media will leave them alone. IF is what they really want,of course.
4:17 PM
Please don't make things up, no one suggested "they have to image the "heterosexual family portrait".
Please don't make things up, no one suggested "they have to image the "heterosexual family portrait".
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Then why the bearding?
Is that a serious question, 4:28 PM? You never heard about gay people and their problems?
My dad was one of them.
He married my mother because he got her pregnant trying to prove something to himself and everyone else in 1958. And I suppose he must have liked FHH well enough to stay married to her for 25 years. And believe me - they had a very loud and frequent sexual relationship.
But apparently he'd harbored feelings for men all those years, because as soon as all the kids were gone, he left my mother to date men. He hooked up with the first one who looked good to him, and they've been together ever since, a good 20+ years.
BTW, my father did not ping even a little bit. He still doesn't. In fact, no self-respecting (even a) 72-year-old gay man would LEAVE THE HOUSE wearing those horrific Florida-condo-denizen Hawaiian shirts he favors when he comes down here to visit me.
Yes, Dad, if you're reading this, I'm talking about YOU!
I know a guy who is married with two kids, has fairly frequent sex with his wife, and who told me that he has never had a heterosexual thought in his life. He has to imagine fucking a guy to have sex with her. That makes him gay, which he admits to being. I should know because I am married and have had sex with him on many occasions.
In her own remarks moments later, Prejean echoed Trump’s statement, telling reporters: “The president of the United States, the secretary of state, and many Americans agree with me in this belief.” Miss Idiot California and Donald Trump need to get a room, since they obviously share the same bird brain. That would be a fine example of heterosexuality, right there.
LOL
Several months ago, someone posted a link to a Yahoo group called ClosetShutM2M. I looked at the group and it already had several thousand members, most of them married. It gets between 100 to 300 new members every week. Reading the stories, you realize there is a huge percentage of older married men who are no longer having sex with their wives. For some, I guess they feel it's not cheating to get off with another male. For others, they want to make up for their years of denial. Psychologists could have a field day.
This group is for adult males only.
The purpose of this group is to connect with other Bi/Gay men who are like minded and committed to staying in the closet.
If you are single or married it does not matter as long as you are totally discreet. Those men who are curious and have not taken that real first step are also welcomed. "Lending a Hand" to others who are living with this secret can help us all get through the day.
Members: 10104
ClosetShutM2M - The m2m Closet
Do you call this a self-help or self-hate group?
Good question.
A self-help group for men who aren't brave enough to try to live the life they really want.
why is this helpful? Sounds very depressing to me
It is depressing, but since there are posters who still ask "why the bearding?" it could be helpful, too.
She has Finally Pulled the Chip Out of Her Head
He’s been served! She has finally pulled the chip out of her head and is shedding her controlling hubbys! And boy, is he mad!
She will file on the grounds of “Irreconcilable Differences”. The other choice would have required them to go to court, and would have just reflected poorly on both of them. Her attorneys - especially one who worked with her predecessor - have been able to work around most of the restrictions in her original pre-nuptial agreement. She did not fulfill the terms of the contract that would maximize her payout, but she will receive a sizeable chunk of change to keep quiet about his personal life and his special relationship with another high-profile man.
She had him served with documents for a “Dissolution of Contract,” not “Dissolution of Marriage”. There is no court filing yet - that’s the next step. She will be asking for sole custody of the kid/s. She is not currently pregnant.
You will still see them together, albeit much less frequently, and they will continue to be very civil towards each other. They will both have smiles plastered on their faces, but you will know that hers is really just a smirk, and he is absolutely seething inside over having lost control of the situation.
She is spending a lot of time with her ex, but we do not know if they are romantically involved again.
Blind gossip
why is this helpful? Sounds very depressing to me.
Mr. Tile will find it helpful once he has a Mrs. Tile.
It is depressing, but since there are posters who still ask "why the bearding?" it could be helpful, too.
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People with money and power who are not threaten to get killed/fired/rejected because of their homosexuality are simply cowards and hypocrites if they beard.
I can understand family,religious or society presures but the ones who have achieved a safe status in their lives and yet still don't come out of the closet can't entirely blame social intorelance for their hidding.
Pity parties web sites won't change the world's opinion toward gay rights.But if it helps some people then of course i'm glad they exist.
Toothy is bearding to get $ and fame, sorry but i can't compare him with gay people who think they can lose their jobs or the love of their families,or even their lives. Not ALL gays are victims, and i still wonder why some of them think bearding is something absolutely necessary.
ClosetShutM2M group - men who are like minded and committed to staying in the closet.
And these men can look at themselves in the mirror? At their wives? Their children?
They're not hiding out of fear, they are perpetuating te closet because they are fucking cowards, expecting others to take the blows and punches for them.
And I include Jake with this pathetic group of invertebrates.
Disgusting.
5:51
YEAH!!
Debate has begun in the New York State Assembly on marriage equality legislation. The Assembly is expected to pass the bill.
Watch it live here.
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Fingers crossed! :)
"ClosetShutM2M - The m2m Closet"
That Yahoo group picture made me LOL. (I know I shouldn't)
"Stunning Jessica appears alongside Prince of Persia star Ben Barnes (left) and in Pride And Prejudice Colin Firth (right) in Easy Virtue"
Hi Ben, Jessica and Colin!
A Single Man
Director: Tom Ford [fashion designer]
Status: Post-production
A story that centers on an English professor [Colin Firth] who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles.
Dear Ted:
I just completed round one of the Most Awful Celeb and saw that Toothy was listed as a choice, which renewed my obsession with finding out who he is. So I have to beg, any chance you could let me know: Was Toothy listed under his real name somewhere else on the contest?
—jede
Dear Awful Poller:
You're a sneaky little detective aren't you? Think you're onto something, I do.
Who's the Most Awful Celebrity? You Decide!
Is Lindsay Lohan's quest for attention worse than Octomom's? Is Robert Pattinson's naughtiness just as breathtaking as Michael Phelps'? And Tom Cruise's antics don't look so bad when compared to Michael Jackson's—or do they?
We're just tickled yellow to introduce our race to the bottom, a giant tournament-style game designed to find the absolute Most Awful Celeb ever!
And the best part is you get to decide! Whether ya think Most Awful means a vile, villainous lawbreaker or just an overexposed diva, here's your chance to make the call.
We're starting with 128 of Hollywood's baddest, bitchiest and blahest. New rounds of voting open Mondays and Thursdays, and in four weeks, we'll narrow the supercrowded field down to just one single celeb whose truly unruly behavior trumps everybody else's in the Biz.
Round one voting closes on Wednesday, noon (Hollywood time), so make your pick in each of the 64 minicategories of awfulishness. Have all sorts of awful fun, babes, it's a must!
The Most Awful Celeb in Hollywood—Round 1
Saccharine Pretender
52.4% Jennifer Garner
47.6% Reese Witherspoon
Pathetic Faker
46.1% Judas Jack-Off
53.9% Toothy Tile
Rumor Queens
62.2% Jake Gyllenhaal
37.8% Hugh Jackman
AT
JustJared has the pics of the Chin at the Avon Breast Cancer walk. The part of the Chin's speech that is there is so sickeningly fake that it almost makes you vomit. I am glad to see that other than 2 or 3 Reese is wonderful comments, the other 20 call her out on being paid to speak about breast cancer and what a hypocrite she is.
And what are YOU doing for the Army of Women, 8:31?
Isn't it interesting 11.56, how it's emphasized that Witherbeard is doing all this charity work but never says that she's getting paid millions for it?
Saw that on WDW :
According "Coming Soon" it looks like "Brothers" has finally a release date -
Brothers release date 4th of December.
Come on, JJ is paid to promote the bitch.
"Debate has begun in the New York State Assembly on marriage equality legislation. The Assembly is expected to pass the bill."
Done! :)
Costars Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton, who tied the knot during last night’s episode of One Tree Hill, will not be returning for the show’s seventh season, EW confirms.
Translation: The CW could not afford to keep newlyweds Peyton and Lucas on their payroll.
Two new characters will be introduced next season and Jake Gyllenhaal’s BFF Austin Nichols (Julian) will become a series regular.
JJared
Aww! :)
"According "Coming Soon" it looks like "Brothers" has finally a release date"
Release Dates Set for Footloose and Brothers
Source: Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate
Paramount Pictures is eyeing a June 18, 2010 release for the Kenny Ortega-directed Footloose remake, to which Zac Efron was attached before dropping out a couple of months ago. No new lead actor has been announced yet. The new version will feature new songs that will complement some of the memorable original tunes from the film that made Kevin Bacon a star.
Meanwhile, Lionsgate has set a December 4, 2009 release date for the Jim Sheridan-directed Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman. You can view more info on the film here.
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Same release date as the last year?
I hope Jake will be filming something in December :)
"And what are YOU doing for the Army of Women, 8:31?"
FYI 11:56 pm, my sister is a 5 year breast cancer surviver whom I supported and took to various chemo and radiation treatments when she was sick. Also, we contribute to Estee Lauder Breast Cancer functions. Estee Lauder happens to raise millions and helps thousands of women suffering from breast cancer and you know what? they don't have to pay some overblown actress to do it. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP BREAST CANCER 11:56 PM?
It's just one way of marketing for Avon.
If you want to help or donate, do it directly, cut out the middle man.
I personally would never donate any money to Avon. If they could afford to pay Reese $2 or 3 million to speak for them, Avon should have just donated the money straight to breast cancer research. That would have spoken much more for them. But, I guess that would have meant digging into their pockets without having some phony actress hawk their cosmetics and make money from that. Avon is just as insincere as Reese is.
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The comments on JJ about Austin are really sweet. I love that he works so hard and is getting the recognition he deserves.
I don't care, don't watch OTH.
Some of us care about OTH 8:11, and a lot more of us care that Austin is getting some recognition and that people seem to like him. When was the last time you saw Jake getting so much positive buzz?
maybe but still don't care, Austin isn't interesting to me.
good for Austin even if I am not a OTH fan either.
"When was the last time you saw Jake getting so much positive buzz?"
Positive buzz for a crappy show like OTH? Oh yes, very impressive.
Positive buzz is always a good thing :)
In her own remarks moments later, Prejean echoed Trump’s statement, telling reporters: “The president of the United States, the secretary of state, and many Americans agree with me in this belief.”
May 12, 2009 2:20 PM.
If that's how it happened then I actually feel a little better ... it was reported that Trump himself said this part (the president etc agree with her).
If Obama, Clinton etc were to let Donald Trump use their name to bash gays, that would have made life in the United States difficult to bear.
On the other hand if they let this 2-bit wh*re use their name to bash gays then I don't care! :D
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