This is aiming for one of those five extra Best Picture nomination spots. I can already tell. The first trailer for Jim Sheridan's Brothers has finally showed up on YouTube (via The Playlist) courtesy of ET even though it's already showing in theaters in front of Public Enemies. Brothers stars Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey Maguire and is yet another Iraq / Afghanistan movie like every other one we've seen come and go in the last few years.
Sure, it looks emotional, it looks like a tough story for many reasons, and it has a good cast, but is it going to actually be any good? We'll find out in December whether it is or not.
Trailers for Sheridan's 'Brothers' and Almodovar's 'Broken Embraces'July 05, 2009 1:41 pm
I will never understand why movie studios allow for their trailers to debut on "Entertainment Tonight" with that shoddy logo slathered on the video and an ugly bootlegged version of it showing up online, but that's what we have here when it comes to our first look at Jim Sheridan's Brothers, which stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman and is set to be released by Lionsgate on December 4.
The film was expected to be a potential Oscar contender last year, but didn't make it to theaters and will, instead, make an awards season run this year. The film is a remake of Susan Bier's Danish-language war drama centering on a man (Maguire) who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while his black-sheep brother (Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife and child.
Check out that trailer below and stay tuned as I will add an official version to the site once it becomes available.
"I've found throughout my career, that sometimes when you share things like that, that you've gone through, it can be very inspirational to other people. And there's times when people inspire me. When there's disillusion about the business, or certain things. Someone says because of you, my daughter loves her body now, and she's a big girl and she looks at you and she says she can do it because you do it. And those stories make me feel good about myself. It makes me not afraid to share certain things."
This male Celebrity Musician has an addiction. It's not what you think. Not drugs, or sex or even rock'n'roll, no, his addiction is to the internet. That's right, this Celeb is probably part of your online community. He loves celeb gossip, loves computer games, and even allegedly writes some steamy fan fic! The guy is online all the time, reading what you write, reading about himself and his loved ones, reading about his enemies and posting comments and pics, just like us! [BlindGossip]
The guy is online all the time, reading what you write, reading about himself and his loved ones, reading about his enemies and posting comments and pics, just like us!
Gene Simmons: Adam Lambert 'Killed His Career' by Coming Out
In a mid-June interview with FOX Philadelphia, Gene Simmons said that Adam Lambert should stop talking about his sexuality.
Said Simmons: ""Mostly he should shut up about his sexual preferences. We, America, the rest of the world, really don’t care. I mean, if the story becomes ‘I prefer farm animals to,’ you know, who cares? Be quiet about what it is you do indoors and go out there and sing."
In a more recent interview, AOL asked Simmons why he was "talking smack" about Lambert:
"I don't think I've been talking smack at all. In fact, if anything, I've been soft-peddling. He's enormously talented, best talent 'American Idol' has had, but I think he killed his career because now the conversation is not about his talent but about his sexual preference. He's done. You're forcing people to deal with issues they may not be interested in. Life is unfair, and the masses don't all live in L.A. They live in Wisconsin and Nebraska, and you're on crack if you think the same rules apply there. My advice is still the same, shut the f*** up, just sing and let people say whatever they want. But I do wish him the best because he's got all the talent in the world. If only the world was not homophobic, but it is. I would be the first one to vote for equal rights for gay women and men, and get the church and the state to stop telling everybody how to lead their lives, but do I think he's killed his career? Oh, in an instant. I hope I'm completely wrong. I hope he becomes the next Beatles and proves me wrong."
I'm guessing the internet junkie is John Mayer. He blogs and didn't it leak out that he was always on the net rather than with Anniston, making her mad. He also swings both ways, so slash fiction fits.
Austin writes. It would be so cool if he did slash. Love that thought, but agree with whoever said gay males probably prefer video porn. Men are visual. There are a few guys writing BBM slash but I am guessing 98% are female. You can tell the difference right away. Romance heavy if female, graphic sex when male. Slow build up and delayed consumation if female, quick sex if male. Both have their charms.
The last time Tobey Maguire was in an acting movie was Seabiscuit -- and that wasn't so much an actor's film as well. Likewise, I also dont remember a good Jake Gyllenhaal film (apart from Brokeback Mountain). So you can say I'm delightedly surprised that his next film shows off how talented people think of him.
The film centers on a soldier's wife played Natalie Portman coping with her husbands passing (Maguire) and falling in love for his brother (Gyllenhaal). You have strong personalities in the roles... and I think you got yourself a worthy movie.
Nonetheless, it's another thing to say Spiderman and Prince of Persia fans are gonna root for this movie considering how drama has failed to attract viewers the same way as fiction movies have. But acting-wise, this one's a likely tear-jerker.
CARLA Gugino isn't thrilled about the way Hollywood treats its aging actresses. She tells Moves magazine, "It is bizarre, certainly in Hollywood, when you hit 23 [and] people start to ask you, 'How does it feel to get older?' It is absolutely surreal because, as a woman, when you hit your 30s it's just the beginning of owning yourself and being in your own body." She said a friend of hers was told by a dermatologist, "Your face is very expressive -- let me know if you want me to do something about that." Gugino said, "I mean, wait a minute -- isn't an expressive face a good thing?"
Nonetheless, it's another thing to say Spiderman and Prince of Persia fans are gonna root for this movie considering how drama has failed to attract viewers the same way as fiction movies have.
I think only great reviews can motivate people to see "Brothers".
THE death of Michael Jackson has opened some old wounds for the family of Heath Ledger, especially his father Kim, who has admitted there is no one else to blame for his son's death than the actor himself.
Just days after his friends and colleagues came forward in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine to claim a combination of prescription medication, insomnia and the split with Michelle Williams caused the Dark Knight star to "snap", Ledger's Perth-based dad has revealed Jackson's drug-related death has hit too close to home.
Still grieving for his son every day, Kim said the similarities between Heath and Jackson's death had left his family reeling.
"On the day Michael died I spoke to my daughters and former wife Sally and we all had such a down day," he told Woman's Day, which is out today.
"At the end of the day we're all responsible for what goes into us and I blame Heath for not being responsible."
It is the first time he has spoken so bluntly about his son's passing, and is a strong contrast to the emotive acceptance speech he gave at last year's Oscars, where he accepted the award for Best Supporting Actor on behalf of Heath.
While the publicity-hating star combined drugs from a trio of doctors across three different countries, it has been claimed that Jackson had up to eight prescription and narcotic-based drugs in his system at the time of his death on June 25.
I will never understand why movie studios allow for their trailers to debut on "Entertainment Tonight" with that shoddy logo slathered on the video and an ugly bootlegged version of it showing up online
I agree.
How hard is it to setup official movie web page and post high quality trailer the same day it hits the cinemas?
It seems Bond babe Gemma Arterton has managed to bag a 007 of her own. Her mystery fella is an Italian known only as Stefano and was Daniel Craig’s body double in Quantum Of Solace.
The couple met on the set of the movie and are said to have been attracted to each other immediately. Last month we revealed that the 23-year-old beauty had accepted her man’s proposal at the Download Festival.
And now it seems the couple are going public as they celebrated their engagement with a night out with friends and family at a London restaurant. The happy pair were snapped leaving the same eatery, although were careful not to be pictured together.
Gemma showed off her sparkling diamond engagement ring and had a big smile to match.
"President Barack Obama with actress Reese Witherspoon in the Oval Office on June 25, 2009. The president was also joined by actors Paul Rudd and Jake Gyllenhaal; they are filming a movie in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)"
I guess Jake and Paul were too dull for the WH photographer or else it was Jake and Paul who??, LOL! Only one pic with the Prez, no actors though, LOL!
Several celebrities will be cutting short their snow-frolicking at the Sundance Film Festival to watch the swearing in of President-Elect Barack Obama, while others will simply descend from their thrones on Olympus for a few hours of patriotic revelry. Exactly which 30 Rock actress is expected to be in the VIP section when Barack Obama swears on the Bible on Jan. 20, 2009? Well…
Not Tina Fey, sorry. At least, she isn’t confirmed yet. But Jane Krakowski sure is, along with Anne Hathaway, Maggie Gyllenhaal, her man Peter Sarsgaard, Spike Lee, Kerry Washington, Josh Lucas and a whole bunch of others.
The stars are being rounded up by the Creative Coalition, an organization created to bring Hollywood together with political and social causes. And just in case you were wondering, these particular stars aren’t just bandwagon fans who clamored for tickets once Obama won.
“Anne, Josh, Susan [Sarandon] and Spike were all with us at the Democratic National Convention as well,” a publicity rep for the Creative Coalition told me. “Maggie and Peter are a recent addition to the group who joined us at our pre-Hofstra debates event on Long Island.
9:33: What does that have to do with the WH visit by Jake, Reese and Paul last month? I can see the confusuion since Jake was hanging around the set once too often.
That wasn't a WH visit, that was an invitation to the swearing in ceremony in the VIP section. I doubt that any of those stars went back to the WH after that.
It looks like they had a WH tour on 6/25, probably given by a WH aide and a short visit with the President because they were celebs, totally different.
There were some twitters about people meeting Jake and Reese, the twitters sounded like they either worked in the WH or knew people that did. Most likely the visit was last minute. A lot of twitters thought Jake was filming as well because he was spotted on set.
If they didn't care about Reese's new movie, they wouldn't have been twitting about 24/7 or she wouldn't have gotten to meet Obama. Paul got the invite as her co-star and Jake because he is the "bf" who is also filming, LOL!! I wonder why Owen and Jack didn't get an invite.
Just discovered I talked to Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal's dad last night.July 06, 2009 11:40 am
Didn't know who he was. He is famous, and I have previously enjoyed his work [Homegrown]. (Watched that with my parents. Remember it being really good.)
"Oh, you blog for Huffington Post? Cool," said I, oblivious. We chatted about Twitter, embeddable widgets that sell things, and how American banks are one big Ponzi scheme. Very nice man. I demanded he look at my blog. Wonder if he will.
I guess that's one of the infinity things that can happen when you see Sir Richard Bishop at the Croc and take a pizza break at Via Trib.
Gerard Butler partied in Montauk, NY over the weekend, at a "model-strewn" bash thrown by photographer Ben Watts (brother of Naomi). Did Gerard have fun? "He was there with about a million girls," a source says. [Page Six]
I read the VF article and thought it was a tacky way to promote the movie. It was really an article about the movie and the director and Heath was used as a marketing tool (and, didn't they spend a lot of time saying how he hated that).
A few Heath things. (I'm not anti-Heath so don't get too upset.)
1. It sounded like he hated all the promotion and marketing, especially for the awards. But, they way they said it was hard for him to see someone else win over and over again made me feel like he cared more than he wanted to.
2. Heath (like Jake) grew up wealthy and seemed to not to want for things (except a father figure). He seemed to able to get things at will. He also seemed to be very smart and picked up skills and people easily. That's wonderful, but I think it could also be a downfall (sadly, it lead to his death).
A. He and Michelle did have one thing in common. They both left home young to start a career and life. That's a big thing. I have a feeling Michelle was the first woman who ever said, no, you can't do that. I bet his other girlfriends thought he was so sweet and cute that he got away with a lot. Michelle probably was like that at the beginning, but after Matilda (born around the promotion-where it was said the problems started). I don't think it is wrong for a new mother to demand things from her partner. Heath may have been willing, but he wouldn't like to be told.
B. I think because he was skilled, smart and given things (he also worked), he also got bored easily. Sleeping issues and boredom can cause a lot of problems. I sometimes wonder if he was manic/depressive, it would explain a lot.
C. I think it was interesting that they mentioned his need for a father figure. Says a lot about his realtionship with his own. I think Gilliam was stroking his own ego, but I bet he was somewhat truthful.
I think poor Heath was sick, heartbroken, tired and unlucky. I think he thought he could handle everything and he couldn't and his body gave out. It is sad. The worst is for his child. You never recover from losing a parent. Never. I hope that the people that love her make her childhood the best it can be now. Writing articles about how her parents fought about her isn't a good thing. No one would claim her parents didn't love her, so stop the he said, she said.
Okay, thought too much about this and now back to Jake.
I hope the movie is good, but i really can't stand Portman. Overrated. Met her once (for a few hours), she is a cool customer. Tough cookie, nothing sweet about her. Mr. Seabiscut seemed to deepen his voice so that may help. I think if Jake pulls this off it will be good for him. It's a small film, but he could get some respect for it.
It sounded like he hated all the promotion and marketing, especially for the awards. But, they way they said it was hard for him to see someone else win over and over again made me feel like he cared more than he wanted to.
I remember different people mentioning Heath and his discomfort about movie promotion and marketing, long before Brokeback Mountain (Spiderman offer, A Knight's Tale).
I believe Heath hated that part of the job, so "it was hard for him to see someone else win over and over again" doesn't make sense.
I hope the movie is good, but i really can't stand Portman. Overrated. Met her once (for a few hours), she is a cool customer. Tough cookie, nothing sweet about her. Mr. Seabiscut seemed to deepen his voice so that may help. I think if Jake pulls this off it will be good for him. It's a small film, but he could get some respect for it.
I also think Nat's overrated as an actress and I think she looks too young for the part. I think Jake and Tobey will be fine in the roles.
Oh yes, I know the story. Non of this celebrities want fame,in fact, fame is something they all hate with a passion.
Stardom is something they don't pursue and it just came to them because,apparently, the Gods wanted to be that way.
Maybe that's why the spend tons of $$ in clothes and pics and show themselves on the red carpets and pay more tons of $$$ to PR and managers to create the image they think people want to see.
oh no, but being famous is the last thing on their minds!! They never thought about it,not for a minute, while campaing to earn a spot in the HW maquinery. No,sir , it is all for the love of art... blah,blah....
Wow, as long as he keeps the sunglasses on Jared Leto is really hot (I don't think his fully exposed face looks good with the haircut). I'm struck all over again over how much Jake looks like a dowdy middle-aged man most of the time, while men who have a decade ore more on him look younger and hotter.
This sounds like a good explanation: "It looks like they had a WH tour on 6/25, probably given by a WH aide and a short visit with the President because they were celebs".
Would it really be better never to talk about Heath's private life and feelings?
^^ People is going to talk about Heath with his closest friends talking or not. He was on his pick when he died so, I don't think he will be forgotten in the short time.
If public is going to speculate on what happened or what could have happen in his final days, I guess is better to do it based on true facts and correct basis
I have mixed emotions about this. Would it really be better never to talk about Heath's private life and feelings?
There are things I told my friends that I expect them not to tell anyone even if I died. Maybe MW didn't know how Heath felt about their relationship even back then? I'm sorry, but I think TG should have kept some things to himself.
TLJ??!!! What you know about him? He is a supporting actor in action movies, nobody gossip about him!! His "artistic" movies are very good but he never had a BO success with them. He is the kind of actor who can be whatever he wants because no one is interested in how he is in real life.
The question is how you know MR.Jones don't ask for special treatment in restaurants, airports or bank lines, since he is not a "tabloid celebrity", we can't really know how he really is in real life because nobody give us that information.
We are in the middle of an economic meltdown. If Obama had time to meet with three pathetic actor-tourists then he is even dumber than I thought he was five minutes ago.
The question is how you know MR.Jones don't ask for special treatment in restaurants, airports or bank lines, since he is not a "tabloid celebrity", we can't really know how he really is in real life because nobody give us that information.
So money and celebrity turns everyone into a self-important asshole?
Dear Ted: Is Dommy-Do Rightly Amanda Bynes? I've thought so since you first mentioned her. Is Toothy Owen Wilson? BTW love your columns. I read them on my cell when I can't sleep at night. —Ad
Dear 0 for 2: Sorry darling, better guessin' next time! Uh, think less fake butch, for sure.
Dear Ted: Your silence on Judas Jack Off and DDD has been deafening. Don't you want to play with us anymore? Give us avid readers of these two Romeos' tales of bearded woe something to chew on, just a nibble, please? —Desperately-Waiting
Dear Forbidden Love: They've both backed off, big-time—very boring, very Toothy Tile of them—I'm sorry to say.
Like many people, I was born gay. Since I never heard the word at home and led an intensely preoccupied life of the imagination, I was unable to know it. It manifested primarily in an attachment to my little toy diver and a desire to be a dancing sailor. But by the time I was 8 or 9 my fears of monsters, my fascination with abstract art and women — and my squeamishness towards intimacy — had turned me straight.
However, my artistic engagement with the world of psyche and libido would be on the same frontier as the gay movement — knocking down taboos against creative passion, celebrating ingenuity and portraying romantic transgressions. I was somewhat excluded by a naive and apolitical agenda that, to my surprise, registered to the public as alternately respectful and disrespectful of all relationships. What I had was a firm grip on the imagery of emotions and a knack for putting my foot in it. This would not get me far in the world of sex, but it was great for film-making.
Now with the expanding code of what constitutes “proper” behaviour, I can indulge my fondness for freedom and my solidarity with the outsider by seeing gay films. I can see attractive and talented people of both sexes in sometimes good, sometimes inspirational and sometimes mediocre films. The sense of risk-taking in the gay community is very developed, so the scripts are often wildly imaginative, unique and interesting. And it’s good to participate in the sense of permission and inclusion that permeates a gay film festival — the gay world is a markedly tolerant one. Being among gays, lesbians and trannies can appeal to certain straights such as me, just as staying out after curfew might — it’s delirious relief and a chance to observe human nature in bold relief.
Which is why I invite you to attend the Pout Film Festival of “queer cinema” at the ICA and Curzon Soho cinemas during London Pride Week, until Monday. Classic historical documentaries such as Before Stonewall and The Celluloid Closet, which examines the subtext of more than 100 Hollywood images, take their controversial place beside British cult classics such as The Killing of Sister George , as dramatic and camp with time’s passage as Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Dream Boy stars young Max Roeg, the son of my old pals Nic Roeg and Teresa Russell. Greek Pete is a docudrama about London rent boys. Hustler White, about the “seedy and needy” of LA, is an old-fashioned love story about a country singer, a masochist, a dominatrix and an amputee fetishist. There’s the German Summerstorm, the French wartime drama A Love to Hide, the Cannes sensation Tropical Malady from Thailand and the Oscar- winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, on whose facts the recent Sean Penn film was based.
As a tribute to the Pout Festival, I put on my own mini DVD festival of “queer” films (men, women, transsexuals and transvestites). A random selection, but isn’t it accepted wisdom that film preference is not a lifestyle choice, but in the DNA?
To Die For (or Heaven’s a Drag) — utter trash, but a British cult classic. A man haunts his male lover by interrupting any new affairs. Lots of bitching but a good comic premise.
Longtime Companion — a classic by Craig Lucas, moving, powerful and as good as film-making gets; it won Bruce Davison an Oscar nomination and puts a discerning and human face on the Aids tragedy.
Chuck and Buck — this tale of the divergent life paths of boyhood friends is full of surprises. It starts off with some unpleasant stalking behaviour, but holds the attention with fantastic performances and writing. Buck’s play-within-a-movie is sublime comedy.
Almost Normal — gay professor gets transported back in time to his youthful high-school self, except that it’s an alternate reality where everyone is gay — his mum, dad, the teens and teachers, except for a few deviants derided as “breeders” and “hole-punchers”. Our young gay hero captures the teen athlete of his dreams but finds himself unexpectedly sexually attracted to a woman. The plot twists keep coming.
After Stonewall — an eloquent documentary, the sequel to Before Stonewall, showing at Pout. It clarifies the transformations in the gay pride movement in the decades since the 1969 riots in Greenwich Village that began it all.
The Lost Language of Cranes — moving, flawless, painful portrait of a marriage in breakdown and a son’s coming out. Exquisite writing. The brilliant actors Brian Cox and Eileen Atkins shine. The director John Schlesinger makes a distinguished cameo.
Flawless — Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman in an inspiring, well-acted tragicomic tale about a homophobic ex-cop forced by a stroke to accept therapeutic singing lessons from his outrageous drag-queen neighbour.
How are gays portrayed in cinema? I’ve seen an ocean of lisping and limp wrists between the early Boys in the Band and the stoic studs of Brokeback Mountain. There have been knife-wielding lesbian killers such as Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct and sensitive young men in need of a “cure”, as in Tea and Sympathy. There have been compassionate, transcendent portrayals in great movies such as Midnight Cowboy and Boys Don’t Cry. There have been exquisite comic turns, as in Torch Song Trilogy and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
My favourite “gay-friendly” films will always be my own, of course: The Music Lovers, Women in Love, The Rainbow. It’s a heart thing. Love — it’s so gay.
Flawless — Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman in an inspiring, well-acted tragicomic tale about a homophobic ex-cop forced by a stroke to accept therapeutic singing lessons from his outrageous drag-queen neighbour.
How are gays portrayed in cinema? I’ve seen an ocean of lisping and limp wrists between the early Boys in the Band and the stoic studs of Brokeback Mountain.
There are no lisping and limp wrists in Brokeback Mountain!
News website Omelete recently caught up with Superman Returns star Brandon Routh on the set of Scott Pilgrim Versus The World to talk about a possible sequel to Bryan Singer’s comic book flop. The one-time Kryptonian, however, was less than sure about whether or not he would be filling the red boots again. In the interview Routh stated, “I do not know of anything. I am sure that Warner Brothers is moving there, but everything is uncertain. Really, I do not know anything. The term contract has expired. But if they call me, I would suit up without thinking twice about it.”
In light of this we’ve decided to get our thinking caps on and decide who could don the cape for the inevitable sequel. Here are our totally irrelevant, based-on-nothing-at-all, semi-serious picks at who should takeover from Routh:
Zachary Quinto Sssss. That’s the noise you hear when you touch Mr Quinto’s skin. After playing Sylar in Heroes and a certain Vulcan in Star Trek this guy is hot property and as a result has the stature to bear the burden of the ‘S’. Crucially, there’s a touch of the lonely outsider about him as well, which is something Brandon Routh carried off well in Superman Returns. He’s relatively tall too. In fact, the more we think about this, the more we like it.
Tom Welling By the time the sequel rolls around Smallville might be ready to make the jump to the big screen, bringing Tom Welling with it. Let’s be clear, though: Welling is about as talented an actor as trees are talkative. Seeing him in the costume would go down poorly with more than a few fans.
Sam Worthington He didn’t exactly shine in Terminator Salvation but he certainly had presence – an increasingly rare quality on Hollywood casting couches and an important one for potential Supermen. If he worked on the accent, dyed his hair black and chucked some contacts in, this could really work (although as we’ve already cast him as Captain America for the upcoming movie, which will almost certainly come true, he could be in danger of being typecast).
Jim Caviezel Few actors do wide-eyed innocence quite like Jim Cavaziel and after playing another saviour of mankind in Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ he has the experience too. Plus, he was dead cool in the cruelly overlooked The Count Of Monte Cristo so we’d like to see him get another shot at the A-list. Much will ride on the success of the upcoming Prisoner remake.
Christopher Reeve It might be a bit soon for this in terms of the technology required but there is little question that Mr Reeve had the look of the Last Son Of Krypton nailed, so a computer-generated version of him would at the very least tick one of the more important boxes. (Insulting emails to the usual address).
My favourite “gay-friendly” films will always be my own, of course: The Music Lovers, Women in Love, The Rainbow. It’s a heart thing. Love — it’s so gay."
Women in Love is SOOOO wonderful!! One of the best adaptations of a novel ever. The nude wrestling scene between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed is intensely erotic.
Brothers is a Jim Sheridan-directed remake of the 2004 Danish film Brødre. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a hot dude whose brother Tobey Maguire is presumed dead after a tour in Afghanistan. He comforts his dead brother’s wife, Natalie Portman, first with kind words but later with his penis and washboard abs. And that’s when Tobey Maguire shows up - he wasn’t dead after all! Drama! It opens December 4th, and Spike Lee is going to be rightly pissed when he finds out they made a movie called Brothers without a single black dude in it. And it’s got Tobey Maguire instead, which is just adding insult to injury. Tobey Maguire is to being white as Djimon Hounsou is to being black.
WHEN it comes to acting and you hear the Ledger name, you immediately think of Heath, but another young Ledger the late actor's cousin is trying to make a name for himself in the industry.
Luke Ledger, 16, was in Melbourne this week filming as an extra on Neighbours, a role he won through a competition in Dolly magazine.
The young actor from Perth will not talk directly about his relationship with Heath, but does understand his surname will attract attention. "It's just a name," Ledger said. "We all are who we are, if that makes any sense. "I think you've just got to run with it and be proud of it."
Ledger did acknowledge that he looked up to his cousin as an actor when it came to the craft. "Yeah, he was a great role model. But no more so than many other actors," he said. "I was watching Blackhawk Down the other week and I was really inspired by Eric Bana. "I'm inspired by a lot of other Australian actors. I think this country has unique talent."
Ledger, who at 16 seems natural and accomplished, is finishing his final year of school in Perth and hopes to move into acting or film and television production, including directing.
Like his older cousin, whose first major role was on Home and Away, Ledger would not say no to a soap offer. He just wants to work in the field. "If something pops up I would take it and run with it," he said. "I would be absolutely stoked if I was to get a role. I love performing in front of a live audience as well.
"It's a great rush and a great feeling. I think the best thing about acting is that you're learning more about other people, you have to dig deep."
Adam Lambert, Kris Allen Hit the Stage Again as American Idols Live Tour Kicks Off in PortlandJuly 07, 2009 5:58 am
Goth kids, soccer moms and diehard Idol junkies — including one superfan with Clay Aiken’s autograph tattooed on her shoulder — packed Portland, Oregon’s Rose Garden last night for the inaugural performance of American Idol’s summer tour.
The two biggest stars of the show — winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert — embraced what endeared them to millions of fans throughout Season Eight. “Glambert” was out in full force, with tight pants, his otherworldly wail and a tribute to the original rock androgyne, David Bowie. Wrapped in a plaid shirt and a pair of jeans, Allen kept it simple and real, embracing the stripped-down soul sound that elevated him from dark horse to worthy champion.
... In true Robert Plant style, Lambert made his arrival known, punctuating his three-octave howl on “Whole Lotta Love” with pelvic thrusts and microphone straddling. Dressed to the rock-god nines in ripped and studded leather and denim, Lambert switched gears from hot to cool, soaring on Muse’s “Starlight” against a moody backdrop of twinkling lights. In an intimate and memorable moment, the gifted goth took a seat for the haunting “Mad World,” showing off his crystalline falsetto as smoke rose around him. After reprising “Slow Ride,” his energetic duet with “little sister” Iraheta, Lambert closed his set with a medley of David Bowie songs — including an ethereal “Life on Mars,” backed by a glowing graphic of the red planet — then sunk down into the stage, all too soon, to the loudest cheers of the night. ...
Film Drunk - a lot of nasty and/but funny comments, a few of them:
Whats the tagline? “Hoes before Bros”?
It’s a love scatterplot. Tobey Maguire wants to bang Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman wants to bang Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jake Gyllenhaal wants to bang guys.
In this movie, Natalie Portman’s philosophy is “Mo’s before G.I. Joes”
This movie has a strict don’t ask, don’t tell policy.
I’m all for suspending reality for the sake of enjoying a movie, but “Jake Gyllenhaal as a hot dude”? Come ON.
It’d be more believable if it were Jake Gyllenhaal fucking his wife’s brother.
Married Gays Now Immune From Testifying Against Each Other in D.C.!
If you're a homosexual D.C. resident who managed to score a marriage license in Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Iowa (or, soon, Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont) and now live in D.C., good news: Beginning today, your marriage is valid in the nation's capital. "Gay couples are entitled to more than 200 legal rights extended to all married couples. The rights include: inheritance, benefits for spouses of employees at private companies and in the District's government and spousal immunity from testifying against each other."
If we have to be honest, Jake doesn't play "hot dude" in his movies
DONNIE DARKO: an odd boy more than a hottie
HIGHWAY: again an odd dude and with a sexual confussion problem
THE GOOD GIRL: odd isn't enough to describe him on this one. His appeal was more about being young, but looking at Aniston's husband in the movie I think she would have bang any guy
BROKEBACK: I know everybody fell for Jack Twist but his character wasn't exactly the "hot man who can have anyone he wants" in fact, he was kind of a loser in some aspects of his life
ZODIAC: Neither of the male characters were thinked as hot guys
TDAT and BUBBLE B.: Not hot at all.
Maybe in PROOF he had to put up with some sexy poses but, at the end, he never really plays hottie
THE GOOD GIRL: odd isn't enough to describe him on this one. His appeal was more about being young, but looking at Aniston's husband in the movie I think she would have bang any guy
BROKEBACK: I know everybody fell for Jack Twist but his character wasn't exactly the "hot man who can have anyone he wants" in fact, he was kind of a loser in some aspects of his life
So far, Jack is nearest to Jake's "hot man who can have anyone he wants" role.
I just think Jake is going to prove he can be hot with Brothers and PoP. He plaid attractive in his real life image but he still has to show the hotness on screen. Brookies thought he was hot on BBM because they really fell for his character in an emotional level but if you ask me, Jack was played as an average cowboy,same as Ennis.
If it's true Jake wants a "Clooney's career" then he has to choose more sexy characters for now on. I'm curious if he will do that and if he can do it right...
Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Richard Gere, Chris Evans, and Anne Hathaway all have one thing in common: gay brothers!
This Chinese-language round up of celebrities and their homo siblings won't break news, but we're big fans of wrapping big ideas in tight little packages.
She was young and fast, plus she got preggers. A few years later, she realized she made a mistake making Jack her husband. She knew she could had better.
Jack wasn't the typical hot/dreammy guy, and that's one of the things that made the movie so great. Average people whit whom it was easier to relate to.
If we have to be honest, Jake doesn't play "hot dude" in his movies
Jake is hot (or used to be hot), but hot was never the first word I would use to describe him or his movie characters - odd boys are so much more interesting.
Could it be that a certain gay blade has shaved off one beard and grown another? It’s one thing to hang out with that friendly filly who has known her way around a queen or two. Now he’s clinging onto a more desperate dame who, if I’m not mistaken, never met a gay man she didn’t like. His undeniable charms have worked pretty well in the past - his breakthrough happened when he focused on a guy mentioned in this very column. That time, he landed a series. The only thing that could happen with this b* is he’d shrink half a foot and lose all his hair.
Recently I ran into a closeted gay actor and took him home to fuck him. While fucking him senseless, he revealed the most interesting things, of which I will reveal only one of those things, and that is, that he is not gay.
With my cock deeply implanted in his ass, I asked him to go on. He said that he doesn't do gay things, has no interest in ever pursuing anything gay, and most importantly, that he was a very popular jock in high school, and that his favorite thing to watch on TV is ESPN. Oh, and he has a "girlfriend".
Now, I will admit he wouldn't trigger anyone's gaydar right away, but he has an insatiable appetite for men and he wants to get together again.
I responded...only if you bring your gf along this time, to which he replied, that she's not really into guys and would not be interested.
He also implied that more actors and models than not, are totally into guys...never using the "gay" word.
I translate that to mean there is absolutely NO reason for actors to come out. They've got all the cock they could ever want at their disposal and as long as they don't identify as gay, and keep up some sort of heterosexual front, they are not gay in their own twisted little minds.
Who knows? maybe this "actor" is happy in his own way... At least he is actually fucking guys in his private life. I think is sad and almost tragic when closeted cases don't even dare to think about doing it.
LOL! You are right! :D I thought he meant she is not into watching 2 guys having sex together, but now that I think about it, what straight girl doesn't like that?
His undeniable charms have worked pretty well in the past - his breakthrough happened when he focused on a guy mentioned in this very column. That time, he landed a series.
Blind Gossip: Bradley Cooper, and the gay guy he focused on to land a series was Victor Garber and the show was Alias, they have been too many rumours of Bradley Cooper and Garber over the years.
May 3rd 2007
Bradley Cooper split from his wife Jennifer Esposito according to TMZ.com. The two had only been married for four months. One unsurprised onlooker says, ”Bradley Cooper is gay. He was gay all through college and he’s gay now. He had no business marrying a woman. I’m truly shocked he went through with the farce.” When Bradley was on the ABC show ‘Alias’, there were rumors that he and co-star Victor Garber were much more than co-stars.
No stranger than straight men loving girl on girl action, something that is so "normal" that I don't think I've ever seen straight porn that didn't have at least one lesbian scene.
I don't see why women's fantasies that way should be any different. And by the way, most of my friends know I read slash.
Crowds may be wise, but they're not necessarily savvy. Witness this online poll, where the first 2,500 respondents have deemed Mario Lopez flamingly gay, while Kevin Spacey and Vin Diesel get loads of votes as straight.
Lopez might act in a Broadway musical and take off his shirt a lot, but that doesn't make him gay. At least they got Zachary Quinto, who doesn't keep his personal life much of a secret, correct. How about a do-over with just the people who got Spacey right? Or you can just have at it in the comments.
I'll just add that when it comes to watching, I'd rather watch two men because I really hate the way women in porn look, so I really can't identify at all.
I'll just add that when it comes to watching, I'd rather watch two men because I really hate the way women in porn look, so I really can't identify at all.
I don't care how they look, women in porn simply bore me. lol
Dear Ted: I love all your daily Robsten updates, but I definitely feel like you know more than you let on. Seriously, with this dry summer, how can you leave us hanging like this? And please, don't try to pacify the haters by claiming they are just young and stupid kids hooking up. Considering the way they fought Summit for the chance to be together, it's obviously about more than sex with these two. —Wandering Child
Dear More Than Friends: Never said it was only about sex with Robsten. Just that people forget they are young, superhorny people. It's not going to be a boring Gyllenspoon-type courtship. Isn't that why we love them, and love them together? The fiery relationships are always the best.
Dear Ted: Really enjoy you and your column. I was very sorry to hear about your cat. Horrible, painful experience—I know, and my heart goes out to you for your loss. I was curious, have you seen this article? Seems to me to be the most plausible about the whole Robsten thing. Also, definitely—Melinda Miscreant is Shanna Moakler without any doubt. My guess on Toothy Tile is Tom Cruise. Makes the most sense. Keep the Robsten stories coming. Like millions of others, I can't get enough! Thanks for being so great at what you do. —Just another Rob/Twilight/Edward obsessed girl in Wash.
Dear Too Close for Comfort: You're two B.V. guesses would seem spot-on, but unfortunately you're off just a tad on both. As for the Robsten dating item, it was very thorough indeed. But they're off on a few of their facts.
Dear Ted: I want to hear more about JJO and DDD and less about Robsten. I hate the idea of Robsten, even though I am an avid fan of the Twilight series. I'm not in love with R.Pattz or anything like that, I just think people want them to be a couple for all the wrong reasons. People are confusing real life and fantasy. Rob and Kristen are not Edward and Bella, they are actors. Anywho, sorry, just a little rant. —K
Dear Jaded on Love: Judas Jack-Off and his on/off love are finally being smart. Covert's the word more than ever (which, of course, I think is ultimately being pretty dumb, but whatever).
Dear Ted: With all the closeted gay actors in Hollywood, where do straight actresses find men? —kLa, Atlanta
Dear All the Wrong Places: The smart ones go for the behind-the-scenes guys. The dumb ones play along as beards.
Reeke's lack of passion has nothing to do with age. A woman in her 30s and a guy who doesn't HAS 30 yet spent most of their time going for coffe? That's because that is the ONLY thing they do together, not because of how many years they have.
In a move being called “courageous,” Massachusetts State Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg has come out gay.
In a guest column about liberty published in the July 4 edition of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Rosenberg described himself as a gay man, MassLive.com reported. “I rarely discuss these facets of my character because I don't practice identity politics. I practice policy politics,” Rosenberg wrote in a column titled The Bay State's Road To Equality. “Five years ago, Massachusetts stood alone as the birthplace of marriage equality in America. Today, five states have joined us in providing full marriage equality.”
“I am proud to have been a member of the Legislature that helped start this national movement, not just because it marks the beginning of the eventual end to another form of injustice, but because it marks what I consider to be another milestone on our road to freedom – the eventual end to identity politics. As a foster child who grew up as a ward of the state, as a gay man, as a Jew, I understand what it's like to be cast as 'the other'.”
John S. Baick, a history professor at Western New England College, told the paper that while out politicians risk political retribution from conservatives, making such statements shows “personal and political courage.”
Rosenberg, the president pro tempore of the Senate, was first elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986. During the state's 2004 fight for gay marriage, he backed granting gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. The senator has declined questions on the issue.
Has Jake Gyllenhaal ever made a public statement about Heath Ledger’s death?
I’m not saying this because I want him to or anything like that.
I understand the fact that when you lose someone close to you, it’s not something to be taken lightly, and the press is truly cruel for trying to force celebrities to talk about things as deep as that publicly. Heath Ledger was an inspiration to me and I didn’t even know him, so I can’t imagine how much his family and close friends must be hurting.
I was simply wondering if Jake has made a statement or not. Either way, I respect him in his mourning. But I’m curious: Has he said anything?
Dear Ted: What would happen if Jake Gyllenhaal and Hayden Christensen met each other? Would any sparks fly either from them or their significant others? —Jill
Dear Double Date: They'd all probably go get coffee and fall asleep in the middle of ordering.
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^^ "significant others": Their public beards or private loves? I'm sure they and their beards would have a lot to discuss re pap pic techniques, how to simulate affection and longterm goals for the bearding. Or in the case of true-life loves, is Ted saying the 2 real-life gay couples are so domesticated, and possibly so worn out from doing all the bearding and raising young'uns that not only are they boring but they're ultra-tired?
Another mystery: Why doesn't Ted address the fact that Jake and Hayden already met, that they worked together as costars on a play in London for 6-8 weeks or whatever it was?
"This male Celebrity Musician has an addiction. It's not what you think. Not drugs, or sex or even rock'n'roll, no, his addiction is to the internet. That's right, this Celeb is probably part of your online community. He loves celeb gossip,"
So whoever it is, he probably keeps up with all the Jake/Toothy Tile news! And if you're reading this, give us everything you know! PLEASE!
"The guy is online all the time, reading what you write, reading about himself and his loved ones, reading about his enemies and posting comments and pics, just like us!"
"I wonder if Jake and Austin do that"
They do!
And so do I! I nap, eat and poop 18 hours a day, what else do you think I do?!
"My advice is still the same, shut the f*** up, just sing and let people say whatever they want."
Whut?! Gene Simmons that gross half-dead drugged up ugly caveman who has his stupid "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" TV show that no one watches and Gene Simmons who no one talks about anymore and Gene Simmons who no gives a rats ass about and Gene Simmons that has-been who one cares if he sings anymore, giving advice to Adam Lambert? Ugh, go away, climb into your coffin and go away Gene Simmons.
"The bad brother does NOT eff his bro's wife. Sorry to disappoint y'all. actually the trailer suggests he does."
Maybe he doesn't in the Dutch original, or in either script, or even in the last audience test runs, but until the movie comes out in December we won't know if it happens or not in the final 2009 version. So maybe he does, don't be so sure he doesn't.
Just Jared has a Chin story called "Reese Witherspoon Rolls Her Blues Away" - she's in a blue dress, walking towards her car and it's not a Rolls Royce. I think they're saying something about her "rolls" as in belly, LOL.
^^That woman goes on my nerves, not because of her connection with Jake, but she comes off so pretentious and fake. As I've said before, IDK what to think about Jake having anything to do with her. Everytime my friend sees a pic of them in tabloids she says, they look like snobs and that she doesn't like them. LOL. They are just not sympathetic together, IDK.
is Ted saying the 2 real-life gay couples are so domesticated, and possibly so worn out from doing all the bearding and raising young'uns that not only are they boring but they're ultra-tired?
Ted said: "Dear Double Date: They'd all probably go get coffee and fall asleep in the middle of ordering."
Ted is talking about two boring and bored fauxmance couples.
With Christian Bale pissing and moaning, it reminds me of all these actors who have sweet gigs and complain about them...this is my response.
I dunno if any of you remember a little bitch named Tobey Maguire, who looked kinda like a girl and cried a lot in his movies? Yeah, he gets the break of a lifetime and headlines "Spiderman" in '02 which essentially puts him on the mainstream map AND I'm sure lines his wallet with some cabbage. Then, number two comes around and suddenly, his ovaries begin to hurt...oh wait, I mean his "back" begins to hurt. Either way, he starts acting like a punk about doing a sequel and suddenly, Sony says "Screw you, we'll get Jake Gyllenhaal to take your place because you guys look alike AND...he's not a bitch!" That brings little Tobey around in a hurry tho, doesn't it?
Then you've got Christian Bale...honestly, I wanted to defend this guy for a while, but lets face it boys and girls, the guy is a pompous asshole. He just is. There's no two ways about it. Put it to you like this: If I chewed someone out at MY job like he did to that poor camera guy...I'd be fired...AND whoever I chewed out would sock me in the kisser. Can't do that to Bitch-Boy Bale though, can you? See, this is what I don't like about him: He acts like it's some kind of CHORE to play Batman. He acts like it's an inconvenience. Though, he really only had a shitty Indy film career prior, right? And it's not like he wants to go back to his little Indy roots, cause he opted to start another franchise (which failed, possibly because everyone heard Bitch-Bale's bitchboy rant). I think I heard he demanded his role to be expanded too, cause Christian Bitchboy Bale won't give up the starlight he's a "professional". I do admit, I could be wrong about that last one, but he's still a bitch.
This is aiming for one of those five extra Best Picture nomination spots. I can already tell. The first trailer for Jim Sheridan's Brothers has finally showed up on YouTube (via The Playlist) courtesy of ET even though it's already showing in theaters in front of Public Enemies. Brothers stars Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey Maguire and is yet another Iraq / Afghanistan movie like every other one we've seen come and go in the last few years.
ReplyDeleteSure, it looks emotional, it looks like a tough story for many reasons, and it has a good cast, but is it going to actually be any good? We'll find out in December whether it is or not.
First Showing
I will never understand why movie studios allow for their trailers to debut on "Entertainment Tonight" with that shoddy logo slathered on the video and an ugly bootlegged version of it showing up online, but that's what we have here when it comes to our first look at Jim Sheridan's Brothers, which stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman and is set to be released by Lionsgate on December 4.
ReplyDeleteThe film was expected to be a potential Oscar contender last year, but didn't make it to theaters and will, instead, make an awards season run this year. The film is a remake of Susan Bier's Danish-language war drama centering on a man (Maguire) who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while his black-sheep brother (Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife and child.
Check out that trailer below and stay tuned as I will add an official version to the site once it becomes available.
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First Showing LOL comment:
ReplyDeleteso Peter Parker was Persian too
I'll sum up this movie with the following:
ReplyDeleteWah wah, sniff sniff.
Awwww.
Haha.
What the.
Whoa.
End.
Mixed comments, a lot of people complaing about trailer revealing too much. I'm really curios about the reviews.
ReplyDeleteCan you believe that Jared Leto is 37?
ReplyDeleteJake and Jared 1
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Jake and Jared 1
Jake and Jared 1
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ReplyDeleteJared didn't age a day since Highway :)
ReplyDelete"I've found throughout my career, that sometimes when you share things like that, that you've gone through, it can be very inspirational to other people. And there's times when people inspire me. When there's disillusion about the business, or certain things. Someone says because of you, my daughter loves her body now, and she's a big girl and she looks at you and she says she can do it because you do it. And those stories make me feel good about myself. It makes me not afraid to share certain things."
ReplyDelete- Queen Latifah [LA Times]
This male Celebrity Musician has an addiction. It's not what you think. Not drugs, or sex or even rock'n'roll, no, his addiction is to the internet. That's right, this Celeb is probably part of your online community. He loves celeb gossip, loves computer games, and even allegedly writes some steamy fan fic! The guy is online all the time, reading what you write, reading about himself and his loved ones, reading about his enemies and posting comments and pics, just like us! [BlindGossip]
ReplyDeleteHighway, Jake and Jared
ReplyDeleteHighway is just an OK movie, but there are 4-5 memorable scenes that make it worth watching :)
He loves celeb gossip, loves computer games, and even allegedly writes some steamy fan fic!
ReplyDeleteSlash? lol
I wonder if Jake ever read slash. I bet he would secretly love it. ;)
ReplyDeleteSlash is mostly for girls and women.
ReplyDeleteBoys prefer gay porn stories - I was told so and it makes sense because they are looking for hot sex, not romance.
Gay porn video is better - no need to read and strain your eyes!
ReplyDeleteVanity Fair cover and "The Last Of Heath" article scans
ReplyDeleteHeath - Vanity Fair scans
Thanks, 5:56 PM.
ReplyDeleteThe guy is online all the time, reading what you write, reading about himself and his loved ones, reading about his enemies and posting comments and pics, just like us!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Jake and Austin do that :)
Gene Simmons: Adam Lambert 'Killed His Career' by Coming Out
ReplyDeleteIn a mid-June interview with FOX Philadelphia, Gene Simmons said that Adam Lambert should stop talking about his sexuality.
Said Simmons: ""Mostly he should shut up about his sexual preferences. We, America, the rest of the world, really don’t care. I mean, if the story becomes ‘I prefer farm animals to,’ you know, who cares? Be quiet about what it is you do indoors and go out there and sing."
In a more recent interview, AOL asked Simmons why he was "talking smack" about Lambert:
"I don't think I've been talking smack at all. In fact, if anything, I've been soft-peddling. He's enormously talented, best talent 'American Idol' has had, but I think he killed his career because now the conversation is not about his talent but about his sexual preference. He's done. You're forcing people to deal with issues they may not be interested in. Life is unfair, and the masses don't all live in L.A. They live in Wisconsin and Nebraska, and you're on crack if you think the same rules apply there. My advice is still the same, shut the f*** up, just sing and let people say whatever they want. But I do wish him the best because he's got all the talent in the world. If only the world was not homophobic, but it is. I would be the first one to vote for equal rights for gay women and men, and get the church and the state to stop telling everybody how to lead their lives, but do I think he's killed his career? Oh, in an instant. I hope I'm completely wrong. I hope he becomes the next Beatles and proves me wrong."
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I wonder who Jake or Austin would consider their enemies. I guess gay fans, Ted, and MK.
ReplyDeleteGays against gays? Gay enemies? Hm...
ReplyDeleteI think Jake and Austin love gays :)
I wonder who Jake or Austin would consider their enemies.
ReplyDeleteThey pay their people to take care of the "enemies" so they could read news, watch gay porn, go to gay chat rooms and read DL! lol
And post on OMG and WFT2 :)
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the internet junkie is John Mayer. He blogs and didn't it leak out that he was always on the net rather than with Anniston, making her mad. He also swings both ways, so slash fiction fits.
ReplyDeleteAustin writes. It would be so cool if he did slash. Love that thought, but agree with whoever said gay males probably prefer video porn. Men are visual. There are a few guys writing BBM slash but I am guessing 98% are female. You can tell the difference right away. Romance heavy if female, graphic sex when male. Slow build up and delayed consumation if female, quick sex if male. Both have their charms.
I'm guessing the internet junkie is John Mayer.
ReplyDeleteBlindGossip.com guess is John Mayer or Kanye (but just maybe).
The last time Tobey Maguire was in an acting movie was Seabiscuit -- and that wasn't so much an actor's film as well. Likewise, I also dont remember a good Jake Gyllenhaal film (apart from Brokeback Mountain). So you can say I'm delightedly surprised that his next film shows off how talented people think of him.
ReplyDeleteThe film centers on a soldier's wife played Natalie Portman coping with her husbands passing (Maguire) and falling in love for his brother (Gyllenhaal). You have strong personalities in the roles... and I think you got yourself a worthy movie.
Nonetheless, it's another thing to say Spiderman and Prince of Persia fans are gonna root for this movie considering how drama has failed to attract viewers the same way as fiction movies have. But acting-wise, this one's a likely tear-jerker.
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The last time Tobey Maguire was in an acting movie was Seabiscuit
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CARLA Gugino isn't thrilled about the way Hollywood treats its aging actresses. She tells Moves magazine, "It is bizarre, certainly in Hollywood, when you hit 23 [and] people start to ask you, 'How does it feel to get older?' It is absolutely surreal because, as a woman, when you hit your 30s it's just the beginning of owning yourself and being in your own body." She said a friend of hers was told by a dermatologist, "Your face is very expressive -- let me know if you want me to do something about that." Gugino said, "I mean, wait a minute -- isn't an expressive face a good thing?"
Nonetheless, it's another thing to say Spiderman and Prince of Persia fans are gonna root for this movie considering how drama has failed to attract viewers the same way as fiction movies have.
ReplyDeleteI think only great reviews can motivate people to see "Brothers".
THE death of Michael Jackson has opened some old wounds for the family of Heath Ledger, especially his father Kim, who has admitted there is no one else to blame for his son's death than the actor himself.
ReplyDeleteJust days after his friends and colleagues came forward in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine to claim a combination of prescription medication, insomnia and the split with Michelle Williams caused the Dark Knight star to "snap", Ledger's Perth-based dad has revealed Jackson's drug-related death has hit too close to home.
Still grieving for his son every day, Kim said the similarities between Heath and Jackson's death had left his family reeling.
"On the day Michael died I spoke to my daughters and former wife Sally and we all had such a down day," he told Woman's Day, which is out today.
"At the end of the day we're all responsible for what goes into us and I blame Heath for not being responsible."
It is the first time he has spoken so bluntly about his son's passing, and is a strong contrast to the emotive acceptance speech he gave at last year's Oscars, where he accepted the award for Best Supporting Actor on behalf of Heath.
While the publicity-hating star combined drugs from a trio of doctors across three different countries, it has been claimed that Jackson had up to eight prescription and narcotic-based drugs in his system at the time of his death on June 25.
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Austin writes. It would be so cool if he did slash.
ReplyDeleteNow that would be an interesting read!
I will never understand why movie studios allow for their trailers to debut on "Entertainment Tonight" with that shoddy logo slathered on the video and an ugly bootlegged version of it showing up online
ReplyDeleteI agree.
How hard is it to setup official movie web page and post high quality trailer the same day it hits the cinemas?
Source: The Sun
ReplyDeleteIt seems Bond babe Gemma Arterton has managed to bag a 007 of her own. Her mystery fella is an Italian known only as Stefano and was Daniel Craig’s body double in Quantum Of Solace.
The couple met on the set of the movie and are said to have been attracted to each other immediately. Last month we revealed that the 23-year-old beauty had accepted her man’s proposal at the Download Festival.
And now it seems the couple are going public as they celebrated their engagement with a night out with friends and family at a London restaurant. The happy pair were snapped leaving the same eatery, although were careful not to be pictured together.
Gemma showed off her sparkling diamond engagement ring and had a big smile to match.
Rumer Willis to play a lesbian on an episode of The CW's 90210.
ReplyDeleteJake meets Obama.
ReplyDelete"President Barack Obama with actress Reese Witherspoon in the Oval Office on June 25, 2009. The president was also joined by actors Paul Rudd and Jake Gyllenhaal; they are filming a movie in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3684027002/in/photostream/
Jake meets Obama
ReplyDeleteWrong - Jake excorts the beard to her Obama photo op. lol
^^^ escorts the beard
ReplyDeleteOh, the little perks Jakey-boy gets because of his beard. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind those perks, I love Obama!!!
ReplyDeleteI guess Jake and Paul were too dull for the WH photographer or else it was Jake and Paul who??, LOL! Only one pic with the Prez, no actors though, LOL!
"The president was also joined by actors Paul Rudd and Jake Gyllenhaal; they are filming a movie in Washington, D.C."
ReplyDeleteHuh? Jake was filming?! hahaha
It pays out to be chin's marketing tool! lol
ReplyDeleteNovember 13, 2008
Several celebrities will be cutting short their snow-frolicking at the Sundance Film Festival to watch the swearing in of President-Elect Barack Obama, while others will simply descend from their thrones on Olympus for a few hours of patriotic revelry. Exactly which 30 Rock actress is expected to be in the VIP section when Barack Obama swears on the Bible on Jan. 20, 2009? Well…
Not Tina Fey, sorry. At least, she isn’t confirmed yet. But Jane Krakowski sure is, along with Anne Hathaway, Maggie Gyllenhaal, her man Peter Sarsgaard, Spike Lee, Kerry Washington, Josh Lucas and a whole bunch of others.
The stars are being rounded up by the Creative Coalition, an organization created to bring Hollywood together with political and social causes. And just in case you were wondering, these particular stars aren’t just bandwagon fans who clamored for tickets once Obama won.
“Anne, Josh, Susan [Sarandon] and Spike were all with us at the Democratic National Convention as well,” a publicity rep for the Creative Coalition told me. “Maggie and Peter are a recent addition to the group who joined us at our pre-Hofstra debates event on Long Island.
9:33: What does that have to do with the WH visit by Jake, Reese and Paul last month? I can see the confusuion since Jake was hanging around the set once too often.
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ReplyDeleteThat's a reminder about Maggie, Peter and their WH visit.
Having a beard is much better than being involved with Creative Coalition, or some similar nonsense organisation!
I can see the confusuion since Jake was hanging around the set once too often.
ReplyDeleteWH doesn't care about Jake's bearding duty and hanging around the set.
WH got information about actor's names and filming in DC, and that was good enough for them.
That wasn't a WH visit, that was an invitation to the swearing in ceremony in the VIP section. I doubt that any of those stars went back to the WH after that.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like they had a WH tour on 6/25, probably given by a WH aide and a short visit with the President because they were celebs, totally different.
There were some twitters about people meeting Jake and Reese, the twitters sounded like they either worked in the WH or knew people that did. Most likely the visit was last minute. A lot of twitters thought Jake was filming as well because he was spotted on set.
ReplyDeleteA lot of twitters thought Jake was filming as well because he was spotted on set.
ReplyDeleteMakes sense, people don't care about Jake or Reese's new movie.
If they didn't care about Reese's new movie, they wouldn't have been twitting about 24/7 or she wouldn't have gotten to meet Obama. Paul got the invite as her co-star and Jake because he is the "bf" who is also filming, LOL!! I wonder why Owen and Jack didn't get an invite.
ReplyDeleteIf people cared about Reese's new movie they would know who stars in it.
ReplyDeleteor she wouldn't have gotten to meet Obama
ReplyDeleteLMAO!!!
People love twitting about celebrity sightings, true or false, because it makes them feel more important.
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ReplyDeleteTotally different was my point too.
Gyllenhaals and Obama - Jake as beard's escort, Maggie and Peter as Creative Coalition members.
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ReplyDelete^^^ WFT2 is wrong place to promote Reese The Phony Bitch Witherspoon.
ReplyDeleteBeing a member of Creative Coalition is no big deal and not impressive.
ReplyDeleteOf course not. Now being Avon lady's marketing tool is something to be proud of!
Didn't know who he was. He is famous, and I have previously enjoyed his work [Homegrown]. (Watched that with my parents. Remember it being really good.)
ReplyDelete"Oh, you blog for Huffington Post? Cool," said I, oblivious. We chatted about Twitter, embeddable widgets that sell things, and how American banks are one big Ponzi scheme. Very nice man. I demanded he look at my blog. Wonder if he will.
I guess that's one of the infinity things that can happen when you see Sir Richard Bishop at the Croc and take a pizza break at Via Trib.
Andrew Matson
Obsessed with his nutty dad too I see.
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ReplyDeleteWhy are you obsessed with Stephen's gay son?
Gerard Butler partied in Montauk, NY over the weekend, at a "model-strewn" bash thrown by photographer Ben Watts (brother of Naomi). Did Gerard have fun? "He was there with about a million girls," a source says. [Page Six]
ReplyDeleteI read the VF article and thought it was a tacky way to promote the movie. It was really an article about the movie and the director and Heath was used as a marketing tool (and, didn't they spend a lot of time saying how he hated that).
ReplyDeleteA few Heath things. (I'm not anti-Heath so don't get too upset.)
1. It sounded like he hated all the promotion and marketing, especially for the awards. But, they way they said it was hard for him to see someone else win over and over again made me feel like he cared more than he wanted to.
2. Heath (like Jake) grew up wealthy and seemed to not to want for things (except a father figure). He seemed to able to get things at will. He also seemed to be very smart and picked up skills and people easily. That's wonderful, but I think it could also be a downfall (sadly, it lead to his death).
A. He and Michelle did have one thing in common. They both left home young to start a career and life. That's a big thing. I have a feeling Michelle was the first woman who ever said, no, you can't do that. I bet his other girlfriends thought he was so sweet and cute that he got away with a lot. Michelle probably was like that at the beginning, but after Matilda (born around the promotion-where it was said the problems started). I don't think it is wrong for a new mother to demand things from her partner. Heath may have been willing, but he wouldn't like to be told.
B. I think because he was skilled, smart and given things (he also worked), he also got bored easily. Sleeping issues and boredom can cause a lot of problems. I sometimes wonder if he was manic/depressive, it would explain a lot.
C. I think it was interesting that they mentioned his need for a father figure. Says a lot about his realtionship with his own. I think Gilliam was stroking his own ego, but I bet he was somewhat truthful.
I think poor Heath was sick, heartbroken, tired and unlucky. I think he thought he could handle everything and he couldn't and his body gave out. It is sad. The worst is for his child. You never recover from losing a parent. Never. I hope that the people that love her make her childhood the best it can be now. Writing articles about how her parents fought about her isn't a good thing. No one would claim her parents didn't love her, so stop the he said, she said.
Okay, thought too much about this and now back to Jake.
I hope the movie is good, but i really can't stand Portman. Overrated. Met her once (for a few hours), she is a cool customer. Tough cookie, nothing sweet about her. Mr. Seabiscut seemed to deepen his voice so that may help. I think if Jake pulls this off it will be good for him. It's a small film, but he could get some respect for it.
It sounded like he hated all the promotion and marketing, especially for the awards. But, they way they said it was hard for him to see someone else win over and over again made me feel like he cared more than he wanted to.
ReplyDeleteI remember different people mentioning Heath and his discomfort about movie promotion and marketing, long before Brokeback Mountain (Spiderman offer, A Knight's Tale).
I believe Heath hated that part of the job, so "it was hard for him to see someone else win over and over again" doesn't make sense.
"I believe Heath hated that part of the job, so "it was hard for him to see someone else win over and over again" doesn't make sense."
ReplyDeleteIt was in the article. It may not make it true, but i could see it being hard to sit and smile.
I don't believe it because Heath was successful, young and wasn't obsessed with stardom.
ReplyDeleteI think if Jake pulls this off it will be good for him. It's a small film, but he could get some respect for it.
ReplyDeleteThat's the best he can hope for.
Mr. Seabiscut seemed to deepen his voice so that may help.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Gilliam should have kept his hole shut. I don't think HL wanted the world to know what he confided to him.
ReplyDeleteMr. Seabiscut seemed to deepen his voice so that may help.
ReplyDelete*I'll try that next time.*
I hope the movie is good, but i really can't stand Portman. Overrated. Met her once (for a few hours), she is a cool customer. Tough cookie, nothing sweet about her. Mr. Seabiscut seemed to deepen his voice so that may help. I think if Jake pulls this off it will be good for him. It's a small film, but he could get some respect for it.
ReplyDeleteI also think Nat's overrated as an actress and I think she looks too young for the part. I think Jake and Tobey will be fine in the roles.
Oh yes, I know the story.
ReplyDeleteNon of this celebrities want fame,in fact, fame is something they all hate with a passion.
Stardom is something they don't pursue and it just came to them because,apparently, the Gods wanted to be that way.
Maybe that's why the spend tons of $$ in clothes and pics and show themselves on the red carpets and pay more tons of $$$ to PR and managers to create the image they think people want to see.
oh no, but being famous is the last thing on their minds!! They never thought about it,not for a minute, while campaing to earn a spot in the HW maquinery. No,sir , it is all for the love of art...
blah,blah....
There are real actors and true artists, even in Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteGilliam should have kept his hole shut. I don't think HL wanted the world to know what he confided to him.
ReplyDeleteI have mixed emotions about this. Would it really be better never to talk about Heath's private life and feelings?
Wow, as long as he keeps the sunglasses on Jared Leto is really hot (I don't think his fully exposed face looks good with the haircut). I'm struck all over again over how much Jake looks like a dowdy middle-aged man most of the time, while men who have a decade ore more on him look younger and hotter.
ReplyDeleteVery sad.
What is the reason Reese, Jake and Paul visited Obama? Anyway, it's a pretty cool thing.
ReplyDeleteBecause tourists like to visit WH?
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a good explanation: "It looks like they had a WH tour on 6/25, probably given by a WH aide and a short visit with the President because they were celebs".
Would it really be better never to talk about Heath's private life and feelings?
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People is going to talk about Heath with his closest friends talking or not.
He was on his pick when he died so, I don't think he will be forgotten in the short time.
If public is going to speculate on what happened or what could have happen in his final days, I guess is better to do it based on true facts and correct basis
I have mixed emotions about this. Would it really be better never to talk about Heath's private life and feelings?
ReplyDeleteThere are things I told my friends that I expect them not to tell anyone even if I died. Maybe MW didn't know how Heath felt about their relationship even back then? I'm sorry, but I think TG should have kept some things to himself.
There are things I told my friends that I expect them not to tell anyone even if I died.
ReplyDeleteDo your friends know that? (sorry, had to ask!)
"It looks like they had a WH tour on 6/25, probably given by a WH aide and a short visit with the President because they were celebs".
ReplyDeleteI don't get why some celebs complain about being celebs? They get extra treatment all the time. I wish I would get it.
Some celebs are happy without special treatments and ass kissers.
ReplyDelete^^
ReplyDeleteName one!
Tommy Lee Jones.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Jacob Radcliffe.
ReplyDeleteTLJ??!!! What you know about him? He is a supporting actor in action movies, nobody gossip about him!!
ReplyDeleteHis "artistic" movies are very good but he never had a BO success with them. He is the kind of actor who can be whatever he wants because no one is interested in how he is in real life.
Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive, Batman Forever, Double Jeopardy, Men in Black, Men in Black II.
ReplyDelete2:22 PM,
ReplyDeletewhat is your definition of celebrity? People from tabloids?
The question is how you know MR.Jones don't ask for special treatment in restaurants, airports or bank lines, since he is not a "tabloid celebrity", we can't really know how he really is in real life because nobody give us that information.
ReplyDeleteWe are in the middle of an economic meltdown. If Obama had time to meet with three pathetic actor-tourists then he is even dumber than I thought he was five minutes ago.
ReplyDeleteI agree with post 2:53 PM
ReplyDeleteThose pics are frivolous and ridic.
Campaing is over. It's time to do real work now!
Actor to acting and politicians to policy!
2:53 - I totally agree. This is embarassing.
ReplyDeleteThe question is how you know MR.Jones don't ask for special treatment in restaurants, airports or bank lines, since he is not a "tabloid celebrity", we can't really know how he really is in real life because nobody give us that information.
ReplyDeleteSo money and celebrity turns everyone into a self-important asshole?
Dear Ted:
ReplyDeleteIs Dommy-Do Rightly Amanda Bynes? I've thought so since you first mentioned her. Is Toothy Owen Wilson? BTW love your columns. I read them on my cell when I can't sleep at night.
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Dear 0 for 2:
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Dear Ted:
Your silence on Judas Jack Off and DDD has been deafening. Don't you want to play with us anymore? Give us avid readers of these two Romeos' tales of bearded woe something to chew on, just a nibble, please?
—Desperately-Waiting
Dear Forbidden Love:
They've both backed off, big-time—very boring, very Toothy Tile of them—I'm sorry to say.
AT
Dear Forbidden Love
ReplyDeleteAwww! :)
by Ken Russell
ReplyDeleteLike many people, I was born gay. Since I never heard the word at home and led an intensely preoccupied life of the imagination, I was unable to know it. It manifested primarily in an attachment to my little toy diver and a desire to be a dancing sailor. But by the time I was 8 or 9 my fears of monsters, my fascination with abstract art and women — and my squeamishness towards intimacy — had turned me straight.
However, my artistic engagement with the world of psyche and libido would be on the same frontier as the gay movement — knocking down taboos against creative passion, celebrating ingenuity and portraying romantic transgressions. I was somewhat excluded by a naive and apolitical agenda that, to my surprise, registered to the public as alternately respectful and disrespectful of all relationships. What I had was a firm grip on the imagery of emotions and a knack for putting my foot in it. This would not get me far in the world of sex, but it was great for film-making.
Now with the expanding code of what constitutes “proper” behaviour, I can indulge my fondness for freedom and my solidarity with the outsider by seeing gay films. I can see attractive and talented people of both sexes in sometimes good, sometimes inspirational and sometimes mediocre films. The sense of risk-taking in the gay community is very developed, so the scripts are often wildly imaginative, unique and interesting. And it’s good to participate in the sense of permission and inclusion that permeates a gay film festival — the gay world is a markedly tolerant one. Being among gays, lesbians and trannies can appeal to certain straights such as me, just as staying out after curfew might — it’s delirious relief and a chance to observe human nature in bold relief.
Which is why I invite you to attend the Pout Film Festival of “queer cinema” at the ICA and Curzon Soho cinemas during London Pride Week, until Monday. Classic historical documentaries such as Before Stonewall and The Celluloid Closet, which examines the subtext of more than 100 Hollywood images, take their controversial place beside British cult classics such as The Killing of Sister George , as dramatic and camp with time’s passage as Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Dream Boy stars young Max Roeg, the son of my old pals Nic Roeg and Teresa Russell. Greek Pete is a docudrama about London rent boys. Hustler White, about the “seedy and needy” of LA, is an old-fashioned love story about a country singer, a masochist, a dominatrix and an amputee fetishist. There’s the German Summerstorm, the French wartime drama A Love to Hide, the Cannes sensation Tropical Malady from Thailand and the Oscar- winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, on whose facts the recent Sean Penn film was based.
As a tribute to the Pout Festival, I put on my own mini DVD festival of “queer” films (men, women, transsexuals and transvestites). A random selection, but isn’t it accepted wisdom that film preference is not a lifestyle choice, but in the DNA?
ReplyDeleteTo Die For (or Heaven’s a Drag) — utter trash, but a British cult classic. A man haunts his male lover by interrupting any new affairs. Lots of bitching but a good comic premise.
Longtime Companion — a classic by Craig Lucas, moving, powerful and as good as film-making gets; it won Bruce Davison an Oscar nomination and puts a discerning and human face on the Aids tragedy.
Chuck and Buck — this tale of the divergent life paths of boyhood friends is full of surprises. It starts off with some unpleasant stalking behaviour, but holds the attention with fantastic performances and writing. Buck’s play-within-a-movie is sublime comedy.
Almost Normal — gay professor gets transported back in time to his youthful high-school self, except that it’s an alternate reality where everyone is gay — his mum, dad, the teens and teachers, except for a few deviants derided as “breeders” and “hole-punchers”. Our young gay hero captures the teen athlete of his dreams but finds himself unexpectedly sexually attracted to a woman. The plot twists keep coming.
After Stonewall — an eloquent documentary, the sequel to Before Stonewall, showing at Pout. It clarifies the transformations in the gay pride movement in the decades since the 1969 riots in Greenwich Village that began it all.
The Lost Language of Cranes — moving, flawless, painful portrait of a marriage in breakdown and a son’s coming out. Exquisite writing. The brilliant actors Brian Cox and Eileen Atkins shine. The director John Schlesinger makes a distinguished cameo.
Flawless — Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman in an inspiring, well-acted tragicomic tale about a homophobic ex-cop forced by a stroke to accept therapeutic singing lessons from his outrageous drag-queen neighbour.
How are gays portrayed in cinema? I’ve seen an ocean of lisping and limp wrists between the early Boys in the Band and the stoic studs of Brokeback Mountain. There have been knife-wielding lesbian killers such as Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct and sensitive young men in need of a “cure”, as in Tea and Sympathy. There have been compassionate, transcendent portrayals in great movies such as Midnight Cowboy and Boys Don’t Cry. There have been exquisite comic turns, as in Torch Song Trilogy and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
My favourite “gay-friendly” films will always be my own, of course: The Music Lovers, Women in Love, The Rainbow. It’s a heart thing. Love — it’s so gay.
Times, UK
Flawless — Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman in an inspiring, well-acted tragicomic tale about a homophobic ex-cop forced by a stroke to accept therapeutic singing lessons from his outrageous drag-queen neighbour.
ReplyDeleteLove it, great "little" movie.
How are gays portrayed in cinema? I’ve seen an ocean of lisping and limp wrists between the early Boys in the Band and the stoic studs of Brokeback Mountain.
ReplyDeleteThere are no lisping and limp wrists in Brokeback Mountain!
News website Omelete recently caught up with Superman Returns star Brandon Routh on the set of Scott Pilgrim Versus The World to talk about a possible sequel to Bryan Singer’s comic book flop. The one-time Kryptonian, however, was less than sure about whether or not he would be filling the red boots again. In the interview Routh stated, “I do not know of anything. I am sure that Warner Brothers is moving there, but everything is uncertain. Really, I do not know anything. The term contract has expired. But if they call me, I would suit up without thinking twice about it.”
ReplyDeleteIn light of this we’ve decided to get our thinking caps on and decide who could don the cape for the inevitable sequel. Here are our totally irrelevant, based-on-nothing-at-all, semi-serious picks at who should takeover from Routh:
Zachary Quinto
Sssss. That’s the noise you hear when you touch Mr Quinto’s skin. After playing Sylar in Heroes and a certain Vulcan in Star Trek this guy is hot property and as a result has the stature to bear the burden of the ‘S’. Crucially, there’s a touch of the lonely outsider about him as well, which is something Brandon Routh carried off well in Superman Returns. He’s relatively tall too. In fact, the more we think about this, the more we like it.
Tom Welling
By the time the sequel rolls around Smallville might be ready to make the jump to the big screen, bringing Tom Welling with it. Let’s be clear, though: Welling is about as talented an actor as trees are talkative. Seeing him in the costume would go down poorly with more than a few fans.
Sam Worthington
He didn’t exactly shine in Terminator Salvation but he certainly had presence – an increasingly rare quality on Hollywood casting couches and an important one for potential Supermen. If he worked on the accent, dyed his hair black and chucked some contacts in, this could really work (although as we’ve already cast him as Captain America for the upcoming movie, which will almost certainly come true, he could be in danger of being typecast).
Jim Caviezel
Few actors do wide-eyed innocence quite like Jim Cavaziel and after playing another saviour of mankind in Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ he has the experience too. Plus, he was dead cool in the cruelly overlooked The Count Of Monte Cristo so we’d like to see him get another shot at the A-list. Much will ride on the success of the upcoming Prisoner remake.
Christopher Reeve
It might be a bit soon for this in terms of the technology required but there is little question that Mr Reeve had the look of the Last Son Of Krypton nailed, so a computer-generated version of him would at the very least tick one of the more important boxes. (Insulting emails to the usual address).
SciFiNow
an increasingly rare quality on Hollywood casting couches
ReplyDelete*cough*
My favourite “gay-friendly” films will always be my own, of course: The Music Lovers, Women in Love, The Rainbow. It’s a heart thing. Love — it’s so gay."
ReplyDeleteWomen in Love is SOOOO wonderful!! One of the best adaptations of a novel ever. The nude wrestling scene between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed is intensely erotic.
I've watched that wrestling clip, but still didn't watch the movie. Nude wrestling was pretty brave for 1969 :)
ReplyDeleteBrothers is a Jim Sheridan-directed remake of the 2004 Danish film Brødre. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a hot dude whose brother Tobey Maguire is presumed dead after a tour in Afghanistan. He comforts his dead brother’s wife, Natalie Portman, first with kind words but later with his penis and washboard abs. And that’s when Tobey Maguire shows up - he wasn’t dead after all! Drama! It opens December 4th, and Spike Lee is going to be rightly pissed when he finds out they made a movie called Brothers without a single black dude in it. And it’s got Tobey Maguire instead, which is just adding insult to injury. Tobey Maguire is to being white as Djimon Hounsou is to being black.
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Washboard abs - I'm sure Jake loves this compliment.
ReplyDeleteThe bad brother does NOT eff his bro's wife. Sorry to disappoint y'all. actually the trailer suggests he does.
ReplyDeletebut he does not.
ReplyDeleteactually the trailer suggests he does.
ReplyDeletebut he does not.
False marketing!
actually the trailer suggests he does.
ReplyDeletebut he does not.
Hey, we are trying to sell a movie here!
WHEN it comes to acting and you hear the Ledger name, you immediately think of Heath, but another young Ledger the late actor's cousin is trying to make a name for himself in the industry.
ReplyDeleteLuke Ledger, 16, was in Melbourne this week filming as an extra on Neighbours, a role he won through a competition in Dolly magazine.
The young actor from Perth will not talk directly about his relationship with Heath, but does understand his surname will attract attention. "It's just a name," Ledger said. "We all are who we are, if that makes any sense. "I think you've just got to run with it and be proud of it."
Ledger did acknowledge that he looked up to his cousin as an actor when it came to the craft. "Yeah, he was a great role model. But no more so than many other actors," he said. "I was watching Blackhawk Down the other week and I was really inspired by Eric Bana. "I'm inspired by a lot of other Australian actors. I think this country has unique talent."
Ledger, who at 16 seems natural and accomplished, is finishing his final year of school in Perth and hopes to move into acting or film and television production, including directing.
Like his older cousin, whose first major role was on Home and Away, Ledger would not say no to a soap offer. He just wants to work in the field. "If something pops up I would take it and run with it," he said. "I would be absolutely stoked if I was to get a role. I love performing in front of a live audience as well.
"It's a great rush and a great feeling. I think the best thing about acting is that you're learning more about other people, you have to dig deep."
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Good luck, Luke! :)
ReplyDeleteGoth kids, soccer moms and diehard Idol junkies — including one superfan with Clay Aiken’s autograph tattooed on her shoulder — packed Portland, Oregon’s Rose Garden last night for the inaugural performance of American Idol’s summer tour.
ReplyDeleteThe two biggest stars of the show — winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert — embraced what endeared them to millions of fans throughout Season Eight. “Glambert” was out in full force, with tight pants, his otherworldly wail and a tribute to the original rock androgyne, David Bowie. Wrapped in a plaid shirt and a pair of jeans, Allen kept it simple and real, embracing the stripped-down soul sound that elevated him from dark horse to worthy champion.
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In true Robert Plant style, Lambert made his arrival known, punctuating his three-octave howl on “Whole Lotta Love” with pelvic
thrusts and microphone straddling. Dressed to the rock-god nines in ripped and studded leather and denim, Lambert switched gears from hot to cool, soaring on Muse’s “Starlight” against a moody backdrop of twinkling lights. In an intimate and memorable moment, the gifted goth took a seat for the haunting “Mad World,” showing off his crystalline falsetto as smoke rose around him. After reprising “Slow Ride,” his energetic duet with “little sister” Iraheta, Lambert closed his set with a medley of David Bowie songs — including an ethereal “Life on Mars,” backed by a glowing graphic of the red planet — then sunk down into the stage, all too soon, to the loudest cheers of the night.
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Rolling Stone
^^ A lot of nice comments about Adam's performance.
ReplyDeleteFilm Drunk - a lot of nasty and/but funny comments, a few of them:
ReplyDeleteWhats the tagline? “Hoes before Bros”?
It’s a love scatterplot. Tobey Maguire wants to bang Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman wants to bang Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jake Gyllenhaal wants to bang guys.
In this movie, Natalie Portman’s philosophy is “Mo’s before G.I. Joes”
This movie has a strict don’t ask, don’t tell policy.
I’m all for suspending reality for the sake of enjoying a movie, but “Jake Gyllenhaal as a hot dude”? Come ON.
It’d be more believable if it were Jake Gyllenhaal fucking his wife’s brother.
*Fuck!*
ReplyDeleteIn true Robert Plant style, Lambert made his arrival known.
ReplyDeleteThis I gotta see!
I hope I'll see it and HEAR it on YouTube :)
ReplyDeleteFilm Drunk - a lot of nasty and/but funny comments
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked - those people are worse than me! lol
Married Gays Now Immune From Testifying Against Each Other in D.C.!
ReplyDeleteIf you're a homosexual D.C. resident who managed to score a marriage license in Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Iowa (or, soon, Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont) and now live in D.C., good news: Beginning today, your marriage is valid in the nation's capital. "Gay couples are entitled to more than 200 legal rights extended to all married couples. The rights include: inheritance, benefits for spouses of employees at private companies and in the District's government and spousal immunity from testifying against each other."
Queerty
FilmDrunk comment:
ReplyDeleteIn a misguided attempt at revenge, Tobey tried to fuck Maggie Gyllenhaal.
LOL!!
If we have to be honest, Jake doesn't play "hot dude" in his movies
ReplyDeleteDONNIE DARKO: an odd boy more than a hottie
HIGHWAY: again an odd dude and with a sexual confussion problem
THE GOOD GIRL: odd isn't enough to describe him on this one. His appeal was more about being young, but looking at Aniston's
husband in the movie I think she would have bang any guy
BROKEBACK: I know everybody fell for Jack Twist but his character wasn't exactly the "hot man who can have anyone he wants" in fact, he was kind of a loser in some aspects of his life
ZODIAC: Neither of the male characters were thinked as hot guys
TDAT and BUBBLE B.: Not hot at all.
Maybe in PROOF he had to put up with some sexy poses but, at the end, he never really plays hottie
BROKEBACK: Jack is sex on a stick!
ReplyDeletePROOF: Hal plays drums, enough to make him sexy as hell!
THE GOOD GIRL: odd isn't enough to describe him on this one. His appeal was more about being young, but looking at Aniston's
ReplyDeletehusband in the movie I think she would have bang any guy
LOL!
There's more!
ReplyDeleteBrothers - Tommy
Rendition - Douglas
Jarhead - Anthony
Moonlight Mile - Joe
Lovely & Amazing - Jordan
October Sky - Homer
Tommy/Douglas/Anthony: Hot body but the characyers were regular guys
ReplyDeleteJoe/Jordan: Not unattractive, but average guys.
Homer: Homer.His name was HOmer! With taht name, how can anyone be hot?
Homer: Homer.His name was HOmer! With taht name, how can anyone be hot?
ReplyDeleteBe nice to the kid! :)
Cute-sexy: Joe, Jordan, Hal, Holden, Pilot, Sam.
ReplyDeleteBROKEBACK: I know everybody fell for Jack Twist but his character wasn't exactly the "hot man who can have anyone he wants" in fact, he was kind of a loser in some aspects of his life
ReplyDeleteSo far, Jack is nearest to Jake's "hot man who can have anyone he wants" role.
Jack is nearest to Jake's "hot man who can have anyone he wants" role
ReplyDeletePlus anyone = male and female.
I just think Jake is going to prove he can be hot with Brothers and PoP. He plaid attractive in his real life image but he still has to show the hotness on screen.
ReplyDeleteBrookies thought he was hot on BBM because they really fell for his character in an emotional level but if you ask me, Jack was played as an average cowboy,same as Ennis.
If it's true Jake wants a "Clooney's career" then he has to choose more sexy characters for now on.
I'm curious if he will do that and if he can do it right...
Ay, no Prince on the list - unforgivable!
ReplyDeleteI just think Jake is going to prove he can be hot with Brothers and PoP.
ReplyDelete"Brothers" trailer and PoP clip - does Jake look hot to you?
Jack was played as an average cowboy, same as Ennis.
ReplyDeleteCowgirls disagree.
What are you waiting for cowboy, a mating call?
If it's true Jake wants a "Clooney's career" then he has to choose more sexy characters for now on.
ReplyDeleteNailed / Howard Birdwell? Cowlick is kind of sexy!
Lurren doesn't count... she was a slut! ;D
ReplyDeleteCute slut with a rich daddy - Lureen Newsome could have anyone :)
ReplyDeleteMadonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Richard Gere, Chris Evans, and Anne Hathaway all have one thing in common: gay brothers!
ReplyDeleteThis Chinese-language round up of celebrities and their homo siblings won't break news, but we're big fans of wrapping big ideas in tight little packages.
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She was young and fast, plus she got preggers. A few years later, she realized she made a mistake making Jack her husband. She knew she could had better.
ReplyDeleteJack wasn't the typical hot/dreammy guy, and that's one of the things that made the movie so great. Average people whit whom it was easier to relate to.
This Chinese-language round up of celebrities and their homo siblings...
ReplyDelete+ subtitles in English
Average people whit whom it was easier to relate to.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought Jack is special. He's optimistic and brave, and in his circumstances and with his parents that's an achievement.
If we have to be honest, Jake doesn't play "hot dude" in his movies
ReplyDeleteJake is hot (or used to be hot), but hot was never the first word I would use to describe him or his movie characters - odd boys are so much more interesting.
Could it be that a certain gay blade has shaved off one beard and grown another? It’s one thing to hang out with that friendly filly who has known her way around a queen or two. Now he’s clinging onto a more desperate dame who, if I’m not mistaken, never met a gay man she didn’t like. His undeniable charms have worked pretty well in the past - his breakthrough happened when he focused on a guy mentioned in this very column. That time, he landed a series. The only thing that could happen with this b* is he’d shrink half a foot and lose all his hair.
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NSFW :)
ReplyDeleteMy run in with a closeted gay actor.
Recently I ran into a closeted gay actor and took him home to fuck him. While fucking him senseless, he revealed the most interesting things, of which I will reveal only one of those things, and that is, that he is not gay.
With my cock deeply implanted in his ass, I asked him to go on. He said that he doesn't do gay things, has no interest in ever pursuing anything gay, and most importantly, that he was a very popular jock in high school, and that his favorite thing to watch on TV is ESPN. Oh, and he has a "girlfriend".
Now, I will admit he wouldn't trigger anyone's gaydar right away, but he has an insatiable appetite for men and he wants to get together again.
I responded...only if you bring your gf along this time, to which he replied, that she's not really into guys and would not be interested.
He also implied that more actors and models than not, are totally into guys...never using the "gay" word.
I translate that to mean there is absolutely NO reason for actors to come out. They've got all the cock they could ever want at their disposal and as long as they don't identify as gay, and keep up some sort of heterosexual front, they are not gay in their own twisted little minds.
If true, that is just pathetic.
ReplyDeleteIf true, that is very convenient.
ReplyDeleteWho knows? maybe this "actor" is happy in his own way...
ReplyDeleteAt least he is actually fucking guys in his private life. I think is sad and almost tragic when closeted cases don't even dare to think about doing it.
I feel sorry for the girlfriend, though
I feel sorry for the girlfriend, though
ReplyDeleteMaybe the girlfriend is gay too - 'he replied, that she's not really into guys and would not be interested'.
LOL! You are right! :D
ReplyDeleteI thought he meant she is not into watching 2 guys having sex together, but now that I think about it, what straight girl doesn't like that?
I'm afraid a lot of girls don't like gays and wouldn't be interested in watching (that's true for my little, homophobic country).
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ReplyDeleteThey say they don't like it but I bet they all have fantasies about it! ;)
I would love to see poll results for that: XX percent of straight females say they like slash, gay porn or have fantasies about gay sex.
ReplyDelete^^^ about gay male sex.
ReplyDeleteHis undeniable charms have worked pretty well in the past - his breakthrough happened when he focused on a guy mentioned in this very column. That time, he landed a series.
ReplyDeleteBlind Gossip: Bradley Cooper, and the gay guy he focused on to land a series was Victor Garber and the show was Alias, they have been too many rumours of Bradley Cooper and Garber over the years.
May 3rd 2007
Bradley Cooper split from his wife Jennifer Esposito according to TMZ.com. The two had only been married for four months. One unsurprised onlooker says, ”Bradley Cooper is gay. He was gay all through college and he’s gay now. He had no business marrying a woman. I’m truly shocked he went through with the farce.” When Bradley was on the ABC show ‘Alias’, there were rumors that he and co-star Victor Garber were much more than co-stars.
Two degrees of separation:
ReplyDeleteBradley Cooper - Jennifer Esposito - Austin - Jake
I would love to see poll results for that: XX percent of straight females say they like slash, gay porn or have fantasies about gay sex.
ReplyDeleteMy guess - 10% or less.
Woman have always been the major writers of porn of all kinds.
ReplyDeleteAsk any porn publisher.
Women like porn a lot, but I guess they are more reluctant to admit it in public.
ReplyDeleteWell, porn is hardly a suitable subject for casual conversations, slash and gay porn even less so.
ReplyDeleteWell, porn is hardly a suitable subject for casual conversations
ReplyDeleteLol!! Yes, but I don't think they even admit it between their own friends
I discuss slash and gay porn only with online strangers :)
ReplyDelete^^
ReplyDeleteME TOO!!! But it's not like there is something wrong with it....
I don't think there is something wrong with it, but I do think it's odd for a straight female to prefer it to heterosexual fan fiction or porn.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Just to be clear, I'm talking about myself, I think I'm odd :)
ReplyDeleteNo stranger than straight men loving girl on girl action, something that is so "normal" that I don't think I've ever seen straight porn that didn't have at least one lesbian scene.
ReplyDeleteI don't see why women's fantasies that way should be any different. And by the way, most of my friends know I read slash.
Crowds may be wise, but they're not necessarily savvy. Witness this online poll, where the first 2,500 respondents have deemed Mario Lopez flamingly gay, while Kevin Spacey and Vin Diesel get loads of votes as straight.
ReplyDeleteLopez might act in a Broadway musical and take off his shirt a lot, but that doesn't make him gay. At least they got Zachary Quinto, who doesn't keep his personal life much of a secret, correct. How about a do-over with just the people who got Spacey right? Or you can just have at it in the comments.
Gawker
I'll just add that when it comes to watching, I'd rather watch two men because I really hate the way women in porn look, so I really can't identify at all.
ReplyDeleteJake Gyllenhaal
ReplyDelete108 responses
44% yes
56% no
Do you think a celebrity is gay? poll
Straight Jake won!! For a very little but still.... Congrats to Toothy and his brave beard! :)
ReplyDeleteThe poll is still open, isn't it? :)
ReplyDeleteI'll just add that when it comes to watching, I'd rather watch two men because I really hate the way women in porn look, so I really can't identify at all.
ReplyDeleteI don't care how they look, women in porn simply bore me. lol
And by the way, most of my friends know I read slash.
ReplyDeleteWere they surprised to hear about it? Do they read slash?
Dear Ted:
ReplyDeleteI love all your daily Robsten updates, but I definitely feel like you know more than you let on. Seriously, with this dry summer, how can you leave us hanging like this? And please, don't try to pacify the haters by claiming they are just young and stupid kids hooking up. Considering the way they fought Summit for the chance to be together, it's obviously about more than sex with these two.
—Wandering Child
Dear More Than Friends:
Never said it was only about sex with Robsten. Just that people forget they are young, superhorny people. It's not going to be a boring Gyllenspoon-type courtship. Isn't that why we love them, and love them together? The fiery relationships are always the best.
Dear Ted:
Really enjoy you and your column. I was very sorry to hear about your cat. Horrible, painful experience—I know, and my heart goes out to you for your loss. I was curious, have you seen this article? Seems to me to be the most plausible about the whole Robsten thing. Also, definitely—Melinda Miscreant is Shanna Moakler without any doubt. My guess on Toothy Tile is Tom Cruise. Makes the most sense. Keep the Robsten stories coming. Like millions of others, I can't get enough! Thanks for being so great at what you do.
—Just another Rob/Twilight/Edward obsessed girl in Wash.
Dear Too Close for Comfort:
You're two B.V. guesses would seem spot-on, but unfortunately you're off just a tad on both. As for the Robsten dating item, it was very thorough indeed. But they're off on a few of their facts.
Dear Ted:
I want to hear more about JJO and DDD and less about Robsten. I hate the idea of Robsten, even though I am an avid fan of the Twilight series. I'm not in love with R.Pattz or anything like that, I just think people want them to be a couple for all the wrong reasons. People are confusing real life and fantasy. Rob and Kristen are not Edward and Bella, they are actors. Anywho, sorry, just a little rant.
—K
Dear Jaded on Love:
Judas Jack-Off and his on/off love are finally being smart. Covert's the word more than ever (which, of course, I think is ultimately being pretty dumb, but whatever).
Dear Ted:
With all the closeted gay actors in Hollywood, where do straight actresses find men?
—kLa, Atlanta
Dear All the Wrong Places:
The smart ones go for the behind-the-scenes guys. The dumb ones play along as beards.
AT
Reeke's lack of passion has nothing to do with age.
ReplyDeleteA woman in her 30s and a guy who doesn't HAS 30 yet spent most of their time going for coffe? That's because that is the ONLY thing they do together, not because of how many years they have.
Reeke's lack of passion has nothing to do with age.
ReplyDeleteOf course it doesn't, it has to do with faking a relationship. lol
^^
ReplyDeleteOk, I wanted to be sure everybody here knows it ;D
We do know, thanks for checking :)
ReplyDeleteIn a move being called “courageous,” Massachusetts State Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg has come out gay.
ReplyDeleteIn a guest column about liberty published in the July 4 edition of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Rosenberg described himself as a gay man, MassLive.com reported. “I rarely discuss these facets of my character because I don't practice identity politics. I practice policy politics,” Rosenberg wrote in a column titled The Bay State's Road To Equality. “Five years ago, Massachusetts stood alone as the birthplace of marriage equality in America. Today, five states have joined us in providing full marriage equality.”
“I am proud to have been a member of the Legislature that helped start this national movement, not just because it marks the beginning of the eventual end to another form of injustice, but because it marks what I consider to be another milestone on our road to freedom – the eventual end to identity politics. As a foster child who grew up as a ward of the state, as a gay man, as a Jew, I understand what it's like to be cast as 'the other'.”
John S. Baick, a history professor at Western New England College, told the paper that while out politicians risk political retribution from conservatives, making such statements shows “personal and political courage.”
Rosenberg, the president pro tempore of the Senate, was first elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986. During the state's 2004 fight for gay marriage, he backed granting gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. The senator has declined questions on the issue.
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Good statement until he played the jew card
ReplyDeleteIt's never OK to "play the Jew card"? Even when someone is a victim or feels like one?
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started about my Superman audition!
ReplyDeleteJake, stop playing the Jew card - you sucked!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Mr Rosenberg!
ReplyDeleteHas Jake Gyllenhaal ever made a public statement about Heath Ledger’s death?
ReplyDeleteI’m not saying this because I want him to or anything like that.
I understand the fact that when you lose someone close to you, it’s not something to be taken lightly, and the press is truly cruel for trying to force celebrities to talk about things as deep as that publicly. Heath Ledger was an inspiration to me and I didn’t even know him, so I can’t imagine how much his family and close friends must be hurting.
I was simply wondering if Jake has made a statement or not. Either way, I respect him in his mourning. But I’m curious: Has he said anything?
Celeb Night Life
if Jake's really gay or just bi or just open for everthing or whatever. (July 04, 2009 3:55 PM)
ReplyDeleteDaddy always says its a good thing I can't talk.
Dear Ted:
ReplyDeleteWhat would happen if Jake Gyllenhaal and Hayden Christensen met each other? Would any sparks fly either from them or their significant others?
—Jill
Dear Double Date:
They'd all probably go get coffee and fall asleep in the middle of ordering.
AT
^^ "significant others": Their public beards or private loves? I'm sure they and their beards would have a lot to discuss re pap pic techniques, how to simulate affection and longterm goals for the bearding. Or in the case of true-life loves, is Ted saying the 2 real-life gay couples are so domesticated, and possibly so worn out from doing all the bearding and raising young'uns that not only are they boring but they're ultra-tired?
Another mystery: Why doesn't Ted address the fact that Jake and Hayden already met, that they worked together as costars on a play in London for 6-8 weeks or whatever it was?
"This male Celebrity Musician has an addiction. It's not what you think. Not drugs, or sex or even rock'n'roll, no, his addiction is to the internet. That's right, this Celeb is probably part of your online community. He loves celeb gossip,"
ReplyDeleteSo whoever it is, he probably keeps up with all the Jake/Toothy Tile news! And if you're reading this, give us everything you know! PLEASE!
"Gay porn video is better - no need to read and strain your eyes!"
ReplyDeleteGay porn you close your eyes and strain your wrist!
"The guy is online all the time, reading what you write, reading about himself and his loved ones, reading about his enemies and posting comments and pics, just like us!"
ReplyDelete"I wonder if Jake and Austin do that"
They do!
And so do I! I nap, eat and poop 18 hours a day, what else do you think I do?!
"My advice is still the same, shut the f*** up, just sing and let people say whatever they want."
ReplyDeleteWhut?! Gene Simmons that gross half-dead drugged up ugly caveman who has his stupid "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" TV show that no one watches and Gene Simmons who no one talks about anymore and Gene Simmons who no gives a rats ass about and Gene Simmons that has-been who one cares if he sings anymore, giving advice to Adam Lambert? Ugh, go away, climb into your coffin and go away Gene Simmons.
"The bad brother does NOT eff his bro's wife. Sorry to disappoint y'all. actually the trailer suggests he does."
ReplyDeleteMaybe he doesn't in the Dutch original, or in either script, or even in the last audience test runs, but until the movie comes out in December we won't know if it happens or not in the final 2009 version. So maybe he does, don't be so sure he doesn't.
"Two degrees of separation:
ReplyDeleteBradley Cooper - Jennifer Esposito - Austin - Jake"
Jenny knows (and obviously protects) her gays!
Just Jared has a Chin story called "Reese Witherspoon Rolls Her Blues Away" - she's in a blue dress, walking towards her car and it's not a Rolls Royce. I think they're saying something about her "rolls" as in belly, LOL.
ReplyDelete^^That woman goes on my nerves, not because of her connection with Jake, but she comes off so pretentious and fake. As I've said before, IDK what to think about Jake having anything to do with her. Everytime my friend sees a pic of them in tabloids she says, they look like snobs and that she doesn't like them. LOL. They are just not sympathetic together, IDK.
ReplyDeleteFrom the Gawker Gay poll:
ReplyDeleteMario Lopez scored as 100 percent gay but Adam Lambert didn't? Which pop culture-illiterates did they poll, my parents?
Has he said anything?
ReplyDeleteNope.
^^It's really interesting that everyone and their grandmother think they (J/H) were the closest friends. Wishful thinking anyone? ;)
ReplyDeleteMario Lopez scored as 100 percent gay but Adam Lambert didn't?
ReplyDeleteOnly 100%? LOL!
Is Jake Gyllenhaal gay?
ReplyDeleteyes (45%)
no (55%)
543 responses (90% care)
Not bad for a gay guy! *should ask for a raise*
ReplyDeleteif Jake's really gay or just bi or just open for everthing or whatever
ReplyDeleteAtticus said... Daddy always says its a good thing I can't talk
Daddy is sooooo right about that!
is Ted saying the 2 real-life gay couples are so domesticated, and possibly so worn out from doing all the bearding and raising young'uns that not only are they boring but they're ultra-tired?
ReplyDeleteTed said: "Dear Double Date: They'd all probably go get coffee and fall asleep in the middle of ordering."
Ted is talking about two boring and bored fauxmance couples.
With Christian Bale pissing and moaning, it reminds me of all these actors who have sweet gigs and complain about them...this is my response.
ReplyDeleteI dunno if any of you remember a little bitch named Tobey Maguire, who looked kinda like a girl and cried a lot in his movies? Yeah, he gets the break of a lifetime and headlines "Spiderman" in '02 which essentially puts him on the mainstream map AND I'm sure lines his wallet with some cabbage. Then, number two comes around and suddenly, his ovaries begin to hurt...oh wait, I mean his "back" begins to hurt. Either way, he starts acting like a punk about doing a sequel and suddenly, Sony says "Screw you, we'll get Jake Gyllenhaal to take your place because you guys look alike AND...he's not a bitch!" That brings little Tobey around in a hurry tho, doesn't it?
Then you've got Christian Bale...honestly, I wanted to defend this guy for a while, but lets face it boys and girls, the guy is a pompous asshole. He just is. There's no two ways about it. Put it to you like this: If I chewed someone out at MY job like he did to that poor camera guy...I'd be fired...AND whoever I chewed out would sock me in the kisser. Can't do that to Bitch-Boy Bale though, can you? See, this is what I don't like about him: He acts like it's some kind of CHORE to play Batman. He acts like it's an inconvenience. Though, he really only had a shitty Indy film career prior, right? And it's not like he wants to go back to his little Indy roots, cause he opted to start another franchise (which failed, possibly because everyone heard Bitch-Bale's bitchboy rant). I think I heard he demanded his role to be expanded too, cause Christian Bitchboy Bale won't give up the starlight he's a "professional". I do admit, I could be wrong about that last one, but he's still a bitch.