To throw off Philly's lone pap, Reese loped out of the restaurant, jumped into her hazard-blinking car parked illegally in a disabled spot in front, drove a block away and waited for her mother to hobble down and meet her.
My mom is like that too, she walks ahead and doesn't wait for people. But she's still a good-hearted lady. I don't dislike Reese because she walks ahead of people (i think it's a habit), but because she seems so pretentious and fake. She started to annoy me ever since her Oscar speech. Talk about annyoing. Jeez.
Demetri Martin, Conan O'Brien, and Shaquille O'Neal Freak Out About Gay Kiss in Taking Woodstock
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Demetri Martin appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien last night to talk about his new film Taking Woodstock, based on the memoir by Elliot Tiber, the gay man who helped facilitate the legendary rock fest.
After describing the uncomfortable feeling he got after reading the first couple chapters and discovering he'd be playing a gay man, Martin discussed the horror he felt when he learned he'd have to kiss a man onscreen. Upon hearing that news, Shaquille O'Neal moved away from Martin on the sofa (above), eliciting gales of laughter from Conan and the audience. Here's my rough transcript:
MARTIN: There's a scene in the movie where I have to kiss a guy, where I have to make out with this guy. (big laughter as Shaq moves away on couch) . Ang [Lee], the director said, listen, in that scene you have to kiss a girl first, and then you push her away, and then you kiss the guy. We can cast your girlfriend if you want....So the day comes, and I'm kind of dreading it but I'm like my girlfriend will be there so that's cool. We do the first take. I kiss my girlfriend, I have to push push her away. And then I have to go really make out with the guy in front of her. And I hadn't anticipated...
CONAN: The weirdness of doing this in front of your girlfriend.
MARTIN: And then, like eight takes later...we keep doing it over and over again. And it was weird cause it was like girlfriend, push her away, guy, oh yeah I want to kiss you, and then, okay girlfriend again...I had like 500 Altoids that night. I thought it would make a difference.
Who is that Demetri Martin idiot?? And why the fuck does he play a gay character if he finds it to be so uncomfortable and funny? At least STFU, you imbecile!
The vid won't play for me either and it won't play even on other sites. I'll reserve judgment until I see/hear it since written it can be taken out of context, i.e. too seriously. Also IMO we have to ask ourselves why it's ok for a gay/gay friendly person to joke around but if/when others (who we might not realize are gay/gay friendly) do it's an "outrage." Just sayin.
A while back on Towleroad (or Qweerty) there was a story/vid on a gay contestant who won the big prize on Wheel of Fortune and his partner ran down from the audience and they hugged and jumped around ecstatically. Pat Sajak said "Whoa I better get outta here!" and so everyone on the site comments called Sajak a homophobe. That's what their impression was, without realizing that that's what he always says when the family member(s) runs and hugs the winner and they're all jumping and screaming LOL. Its his way of getting out of the way and letting them celebrate. It's rare when someone wins the final big prize but I'm a longtime Wheel watcher so I knew what he said when the gay couple was dancing around and hugging was not at all homophobic.
Anyway, maybe the Martin guy is weird, maybe not. But you can't automatically place Conan in with him just because he was the host, either.
And Now for Something Completely Different
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Watch: Mad Men Goes Gay
Here's the gay scene from Mad Men's season three premiere Sunday night. And New York magazine's Vulture has an interview with actor Bryan Batt (Salvatore Romano) about the scene and the implications it has for his character's relationship with Don Draper (Jon Hamm).
Well if they do VoiceOver Jake's voice completely in POP, people will know it's not Jake's voice in the movie. I would think that it would make Jake look even worse in the movie. He's a prince who looks like they stuck his head on an inflated body, his facial expressions go from ernest to annoyed but not tough and threatening like it's supposed to be and to cap it off, his voice is not good enough to use in the movie. Sounds like Disney is trying to salvage a sinking ship-8 months after shooting is done they are still working on the film.
I took it another way, that he wanted to have fresh breath for whoever he was kissing.
Can you imagine Demetri Martin or any other actor discussing kissing an actress and 500 Altoids? Demetri was making the point about kissing an actor, a man.
In filmmaking, dubbing is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. The term most commonly refers to recorded voices that do not belong to the original actors and speak a different language from the one the actor originally spoke. "Dubbing" also describes the process of an actor's re-recording lines he spoke during filming and which must be replaced to improve audio quality or reflect dialog changes. This process is called additional dialogue recording, or ADR for short. Music is also dubbed onto a film after editing is completed.
Dear Ted: I hated to hear that Reese Witherspoon is a be-yotch! She's not doing anything too terrible is she? —Kristen, Nashvegas
Dear Wither Witch: Anything along the lines of Slurpa Pop-Off trapping her pups in the closet? Heavens no! But what's "terrible" to you might be old hat in H'wood.
Dear Ted: Why are so many people obsessed with Toothy Tile? I don't get it. But here is my guess. I don't think Toothy is any one person. I think he represents that stereotypical, smile-so-white-you-need-shades, good looking, tries-too-hard man in Hollywood . I mean, you've eliminated most everyone at this point. —Baby Bear
Dear Tile File: Interesting theory, but an incorrect one, just the same. It probably just seems this way because Toothy has so very man pretenders to the pansy throne, i.e., guys who like guys but are afraid to talk about it. And you're wrong about the eliminations—but literally homo hundreds of possibilities!
There's got to be a reason why Jake was not allowed to speak in his POP voice. Too weird. Disney must have known from the start it was a concern. That way if they have to dub, no one has heard the real voice to compare it to. Didn't someone say they are still re-cutting Brothers too. Cant get the ending right, I think the story goes. More of the Reese jinx in action.
OT: A mountain lion attacked, killed and ran off carrying an 85 pound German Shepard dog in its mouth, in Pasadena California at night in someone's backyard in a residential area (but near some hills). I hope Atticus is kept safe in HW Hills. Didn't Boo get eaten by a coyote?
There's got to be a reason why Jake was not allowed to speak in his POP voice. Too weird. Disney must have known from the start it was a concern. That way if they have to dub, no one has heard the real voice to compare it to.
Good point. So Disney must have known it asap. Unless it's their policy not to release the hero's voices before the movie? Was Depp's Pirate voice heard before the movie or trailer?
Can't wait to see the Prince doing tough, manly,superhero stuff and Jake's face looking like someone stole his latte. POP looks like it's going to be a 2 hour laughfest. And I don't even feel bad for Jake. He wanted this movie so bad he began bearding for it. Maybe this is karma's way of paying him back.
Sounds like Disney is trying to salvage a sinking ship-8 months after shooting is done they are still working on the film.
For Prince of Persia, he [Harry Gregson-Williams] has been given a total of three months to score 90 minutes of music. “I think we are cracking it when we do two minutes a day,” he said. “Eight weeks is a good amount of time to compose; 12 is better.” The music will be recorded with a live orchestra at the end of August in London in his favourite studio, Abbey Road. “When I was assisting Richard Harvey, I had a chance to work there. It was such a hallowed place,” he said. “I wondered if I would ever have a chance to score there myself."
Demetri Martin appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien last night to talk about his new film Taking Woodstock
Demetri Martin IS a homophobe.
In one of his Comedy Central standup specials, he lashes out at a guy who made him give a "faggy handshake." What does that mean? A blow job? Because that's the only equivalent of a handshake we give out that's automatically "faggy."
The thing you have to remember about ugly nerds is that they can be MORE homophobic than average people, because they are constantly teased and taunted with gay slurs for being wimpy nerds. So they're extra sensitive about it and adopt even more homophobic attitudes; doing everything not to appear "gay."
BRAD Pitt, reformed pot smoker? The "Inglourious Basterds" star was on Bill Maher's show on Friday, and Maher recalled a party where Pitt rolled one perfect joint after another. "I'm an artist," Pitt said of his rolling skills. But Pitt said he no longer partakes of the weed, explaining it turns him "into a doughnut . . . I'm a dad now. You want to be alert." However, if Pitt really quit, it was within the last 13 months. "Basterds" director Quentin Tarantino told Howard Stern on Sirius Satellite Radio this week of his visit to Pitt in France last July, when Angelina Jolie was about to give birth to twins. As recounted by a Web site that logs Stern's show, Tarantino said: "Brad had this big brick of hash . . .
He said that Brad whipped out a knife and cut up a big sliver for him and the stuff was pretty good. He said that he asked for a pipe to go with it and Brad handed him a Coke can to use instead. Quentin said that would make for a great scene in a movie and he may have to use that."
I think Jake visits Michelle when he's visiting Maggie in NYC, they live nearby.
If Jake is in touch with Spike and Michelle, that would be good for him imo. It's always good to be an acquaintance of a talented director. Michelle is smart dating him.
Dear Ted: Are the Olsen twins really as boring at they seem? What shenanigans are they up to behind the scenes? —clehr
Dear Sister, Sister: We think Ashley's a ton more boring than her drama-lovin' sister. Mary-Kate had that eating disorder and dates around a lot more than Ash. Plus, there's still a lot unanswered about her involvement with Heath Ledger's death.
Do you have ANY argument why Jake and Michelle aren't or can't be friends?
No, since it's you who claims they're friends, how about you back it up? Otherwise what you say means absolutely nothing, just another anon comment on a board.
Since Heath is dead and Michelle is dickless there's no reason for Jake to be friends with her.
I disagree. Since he is her daughter's godfather, it doesn't matter if he's "only" the celebrity or symbolic godfather, it still would be nice of him to visit the kid every once in a while. JMO.
Prediction: In a few months or couple of years we might see a Jake/Michelle/Matilda sighting or pics. Then everybody is going to believe that they DID had contact during all this time...
This reminds me of the last set of Austin/Jake pics. I admit it surprised me they were still seeing each other at least for that single photo-op but the Jaustin believers went insane!!! I'm a JiG believer but not a Jaustin's,btw.
Jake is a guy who has no problem with using Chin's kids for photo-ops and you expect him to care about Michelle William's kid? Give me a break. If Heath were alive it would be a different story.
Prediction: In a few months or couple of years we might see a Jake/Michelle/Matilda sighting or pics. Then everybody is going to believe that they DID had contact during all this time...
Please stop ignoring the facts - paparazzi pictures have very little to do with Jake's private private life.
Dear Ted: I'm just wondering if the "alleged" coupling of Wentworth Miller and Brothers and Sisters' Luke Macfarlane went anywhere. Being of the nonmale species, I find them highly adorable! The problem is that one photo set of them walking together made them hibernate for a very long time. —flberg
Dear Prison Breakup? The delicious duo haven't been seen together in months, even out for a latte. Not a good sign! Then again, if Miller insists he barely knows Luke and the two are "just friends," they're prolly still on!
Ted can because Perez has already outed Wenty several times and nothing happened so it's ok if Ted does it becasue Perez has already has. No worry from the lawyers.
That's why he and some others hide behind lawsuit free BI's. Even though everyone and the Pope can guess who they are talking about as long as the columnists don't actually say it, they are home free!
I noticed that he didn't openly discuss H. Jackman until People magazine asked him about the gay rumors, then Ted posted about it and continues to becasue the PR shill rag People gave him the opening.
I'm sure Jackman was one of his lawsuit free BI's.
BlindGossip - You would think that in the Internet age it would be very difficult for a well-known person to fabricate their history. However, that is exactly what this youngish multi-hyphenate has done. She is approximately five years older than she claims to be, and she did not grow up in an upper middle class neighborhood, nor go to private school. She has been known to dabble in some unsavory substances that are in direct contradiction to her public persona. Perhaps as long as she maintains A-list status she has the power to convince people that her alternate identity is the truth.
Are two Demetri Martins talking about playing gay in "Taking Woodstock"?
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... While the kissing scene was still awkward for Martin, his biggest worry is clearly his performance. He turns to a gay man on the crew to make sure his performance came off as authentic. On The Tonight Show, the awkwardness is a matter of filming a kiss with a male co-star and having his girlfriend involved in the experience. However, when he described the scene to us, the scene was intimidating because it's a pivotal moment for the character, one that needs to be convincing for Martin to pull off the performance.
That's not the only contrast that stands out between the two interviews, however. Discovering he would be playing a gay character wasn't a big deal when he talked with AfterElton.com:
I read the book and I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s about the 60s [and] Woodstock. And then there’s a chapter about being gay and his first gay experience as like a twelve-year-old kid or something in Manhattan.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, wait a minute.’ And then back to like Woodstock stuff … oh, cool. And then back to more and more detail, about S&M stuff that and a lot of stuff he was into.
But when Martin describes the realization on The Tonight Show there's a definite awkwardness in the story. When he discovers how much Elliot Tober discusses his sexuality in the book, it gives him pause.
I got a call to go audition for [Ang Lee]. They told me it was based on a book, Taking Woodstock, based on a real guy's life and everything. So I started reading the book right before the audition, like that weekend. I read the first chapter and it's like 'Taking Woodstock, it's about Woodstock. Great, I love the 60s, I can do this.' Chapter two, 'I first realized I was gay when I was twelve.' I was like, 'Okay, this is going to be tricky.' Back to Woodstock the next chapter. Chapter three, 'He had me pinned against the wall.' all this kind of stuff. (grimaces) Uh oh. But, all right, I could give it a shot, do my best and try to act.
Aside from a few short red carpet interviews, Martin hasn't much discussed Taking Woodstock outside of AfterElton.com, a website focused on how gay men are depicted in the media, and The Tonight Show, a late night talk show that reaches a wide audience. Unfortunately, that means it is impossible to say for sure if the difference between the two interviews is just a matter of Martin being in a different frame of mind on different occasions, or if it's a matter of discussing the role differently to different audiences.
Martin's Tonight Show appearance isn't helped by O'Neal and O'Brien's attempts to joke about Martin playing gay, as their gay panic humor colors impressions of how Martin retells his experience. However, there's an uncomfortable difference in how he talked about his gay role when talking to a mainstream audience and a gay audience. In talking with AfterElton, he articulates an understanding of what it was like for Tober to be gay in 1969 when police harassment of gay people was common. On The Tonight Show, meanwhile, playing gay sounds more like an awkward social situation to overcome.
Will Adam Lambert's Track for 2012 Turn You to Jelly?
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On his blog, Queen guitarist Brian May gushes about a new track from Adam Lambert produced by Rob Cavallo for the apocalyptic Roland Emmerich film 2012 due out in November.
Writes May: "I was privileged to hear a track that the guys have finished for Adam Lambert ... a song for a forthcoming film, 2012. I have to say I was completely blown away ... it's truly sensational. In fact it's so obviously a number one smash, any bookie would be mad to take bets on it. I am not kidding. I'm not easily moved to jelly by male vocalists ... but Adam's voice reaches out with sensitivity, depth, maturity, and awesome range and power which will make jaws drop all around the world. Its an awesome performance. No doubt about it. The world of Rock has a bright new star."
This Certainly has been quite the year for Mr. Bradley Cooper. Not only has he found success on the big screen thanks to his work in "He's Just Not That Into You" and "The Hangover," but the Coop has also found luck in the love department. He has been linked to a slew of women including Denise Richards (he denied that one) and Jennifer Aniston (also a romance he denied). But, it seems that his heart, at least according to some well placed People magazine sources, belongs to "Bridget Jones" herself, Renee Zellweger.
They were spotted having a romantic dinner or two earlier this year and were just caught at a private party Sunday night in New York City and getting a caffeine fix at a Starbucks in Philadelphia the next day.
Although Bradley wasn't at Renee's side for the premiere of her new movie, "My One and Only," on Saturday (he was at Alyssa Milano's wedding!), they were seen together in Spain not long before this past weekend. If you're hoping to see them brave the media at a Hollywood event anytime soon, though, don't hold your breath. "They're not ready for red carpets," the source added. "They don't want to be public just yet."
The hard part is getting the cake shoved down your throat: being with the bitch every fucking day for almost 2 years for the fucking pap pics. Shit. No one warned me about THAT.
I read in a German gossip rag (a year or so ago) that Jake's friends think Reese is a dumb country wench (I hope this is the right translation)and that Jake should leave her. (I think I mentioned it here already.) Maybe that's why Jake's friends don't seem to hang out with them (much)?
ChristopherE1: Called in by agency for last minute VO read to ADR Jake Gyllenhaal in Jerry Bruckheimer film "Prince of Persia."
ChristopherE1: Reading @ agency. Just met the voice artist who voices all of the female characters in The Sims video games. Also Michael Chiklis just read. http://twitter.com/ChristopherE1 2 hours ago
"Maybe that's why Jake's friends don't seem to hang out with them"
Could be. Even if the friends were against bearding (which I think they are) but found the beard to be a fun and delightful person you would think they would want to hang around her and Jake so they could all get their pics in the rags.
Could be. Even if the friends were against bearding (which I think they are) but found the beard to be a fun and delightful person you would think they would want to hang around her and Jake so they could all get their pics in the rags.
I agree. If his friends liked her, they'd probably hang out together more and probably partake in a few photo ops.
I remember Chris used to hang out with Jake and Kiki a lot. And Austin starred in the same movie with Kiki, so they knew each other as well.
I read in a German gossip rag (a year or so ago) that Jake's friends think Reese is a dumb country wench
Friends don't talk to tabloids and tabloids don't talk to friends - rags make up stuff or use "friends" for PR messages. BTW, this piece of Reeke fiction is very much unauthorized by PR, lol.
I agree. If his friends liked her, they'd probably hang out together more and probably partake in a few photo ops.
Remember the end of the Reeke NYC trip in 2008, the pics of the Chin, Jake and Chris walking out of the hotel towards the van in the light rain? Chin first, then Jake and Chris. I think we all figured out then that he was there all along but all the pics were of Reeke, to give off the impression they were alone on a love trip. You would think that it would be a great op to get the "couple" and the bf's best friend together for a pic, but none happened. Chris didn't look delighted to be near the Chin, not even when walking 20 paces back. That was the last time we saw Chris hanging with Reeke.
I think it is terrible if thy don't use Jake's voice. They can dub him with his own lower voice. It took years for what's herface to recover from Glenn Close dubbing her in Tarzan.
They can't market the movie without Jake and how can he promote it if they don't use this voice.
"Temporarily, it gave a lot of people something to laugh at." -Andie MacDowell, referring to her movie debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
In 1982, tragedy struck when Andie's mother, who was apparently an alcoholic, died. But Andie persevered and made the move from modeling to movies in 1984, playing Jane in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. Her Southern accent was deemed inappropriate for the character, and the producers had her voice dubbed by Glenn Close. Critics had a field day panning her performance, but the model turned actress persevered and won a feature role in the "Brat Pack" vehicle, St. Elmo's Fire, in 1985.
The difference with POP is it isn't Jake's acting debut, and Jerry B should know better than to cast actors on the basis of their muscles. IMO Disney is pissed LOL.
Was reading Atticus twitter page. I don't know who does it maybe a friend of Jake's? Anyway its funny. He begs people for food and asks everyone what their butt smells like LOL!
I can't get into his site right now (too many readers checking it out?!) but I saw tweets where he asked a female nurse for a tick check and another where he asked a dog how many teats she had LOL. Btw Atti's bisexual. He tweeted about humping male dogs but he can't find another dog big enough to top him. LOL!
Those of us who have been Jake followers for a while will recognize a dubbed voice, but many don't have a clue what he sounds like and wont know the difference. He probably could not get the accent right. Don't believe I've ever heard him do accents.
While word of mouth could always make or break a movie, it usually took days to affect the box office. But the rise of social networking tools like Twitter may be narrowing that time frame to mere hours. And that has Hollywood on edge.
I saw what People, Us and Us Weekly wrote about Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper's "new romance" and gee, it sounded soooo familiar. I took the names and specifics out, and what do you see? Is it just me or do you also get a total deja vu on it about Reeke?!
"XXXXX seemed to be hanging on to YYYYY's every word," a witness told [MAGAZINE]. "They were lost in their own little world."
The romance between XXXXX and YYYYY appears to be heating up, but the pair aren't ready for the spotlight just yet.
"They get along really well and just kinda click," a source tells [MAGAZINE] in the upcoming issue. "XXXXX likes that YYYYY is low-key."
The pair, who costar in the upcoming thriller [MOVIE], recently spent time in [CITY] together, then returned to the States, where they each went their separate ways – briefly.
On Saturday, XXXXX attended the premiere of her new movie [MOVIE] in [CITY] while YYYYY was at another event that same evening.
But the cozy costars soon met up again. Sunday night, they attended a private party together in [CITY], then were spotted at a [COFFEE CAFE] in [CITY] on Monday.
As for why YYYYY didn't come to XXXXX's screening and XXXXX didn't accompany YYYYY to the [EVENT], the source tells [MAGAZINE]: "They're not ready for red carpets. They don't want to be public just yet."
Jake is now going to be a producer of the untitled moon movie project. You know, the same unscripted project that Jake has been talking about for over two years? What a mess. Never had so little commanded so much attention and garnered so much press coverage for so many people.
Oh well, I guess that a potential producer credit rumor is preferable to spinning yet another bump in the road for PoP (film was delayed one year, they skipped ComicCon and now they're getting voiceovers for Jake).
hanging on to every word cozy costars lost in their own little world romance appears to be heating up aren't ready for the spotlight yet they get along really well they just kinda click likes that the other one is low-key they attended a private party they were spotted at a cafe together don't want to be public just yet
Man, PR needs to get a new script. Who's writing this crap? It's the same exact stuff they used on Jessica & Justin and Reeke, hell probably on Rock Hudson and whoever. I can hardly wait until the Renee and Brad piggyback ride pic of comes out! Shit!
Photographer who took pics of Jake and Reese's kids at the race is not allowed to take pictures of next years race anymore. He had to apologize to Jake etc.
Thanks for that link, 06:43. I don't have a Facebook account. Is it in one of the other 2 comments that it mentions he had to apologize to Jake?
I'm over on OMG blistering Jake for not stopping the photog from "invading privacy".
Because you can't tell me Jake didn't see the guy taking his picture. And Jake would have to know that the pictures would end up "out there". Come on.
So why would Jake be upset now?
I'm puzzled by all this.
Hope it's okay I mentioned this link on OMG.
No one's up! There's no one to talk to. Gee, maybe everybody's getting ready for work. Which is what I should be doing now. Should be brushing my teeth instead of being late, which I now am going to be. LOL.
No one is upset, that's bullshit. Beard's kids were there for the photo op and future Us Reekly story, it was business as usual for Jake. If someone apologized to Jake that's because they don't follow Jake's PR whoring and don't know about reeking.
Jake is now going to be a producer of the untitled moon movie project.
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Exclusive: Gunning for Early 2010 Moon Shot for Jake Gyllenhaal
Will Jake Gyllenhaal strap himself atop a three-stage rocket early next year and let director Doug Liman send him straight to the Moon in a big-budget Paramount action picture? Gyllenhaal is attached to the Untitled Moon Project and enthusiastically contributing ideas, while Simon Kinberg, Liman’s creative partner on Mr. & Mrs. Smith and a producer on the Moon film, has been hard at work developing the script. Recently, Kinberg sat down with 30 Ninjas Editor John Freeman Gill, who has been involved in the film project intermittently since 1997, to discuss the film’s progress. Here, Kinberg talks about what kind of action hero Jake wants to play, which famous heroic leads are the archetypes, and why Facebook and Google have as much to do with shaping the Moon-bound protagonist’s character as Apollo.
JOHN FREEMAN GILL: For full disclosure for our readers, I have to say that this project is a labor of love for director Doug Liman — it goes back to 1997 or so — and I wrote the second and third drafts of the screenplay, which was then called Three Days Out, for Doug and Polygram Filmed Entertainment, and then also worked with you and Doug last year developing an updated version of the screenplay for Paramount. And it’s gone through a lot of iterations. What kind of action hero has Jake said that he’s interested in playing?
SIMON KINBERG: A smart action hero. Jake is an Oscar-nominated, great dramatic actor, who also has the physical body to play action. And the movies he loves are things like the Bourne movies; he loves a smart, cerebral, capable character, who doesn’t lead from muscles, who leads from intelligence, but when necessary can actually also rough it up. But this character is not so much what you would consider a traditional action character in the sense of a guy who shoots a gun and explodes things and beats up a crowd of people in a fistfight. He’s actually more somebody who has this dream of going to the Moon, and by hook or crook, and quite a bit of crook, is gonna get there, and so he’s a little bit more like us. A little bit less of a superhero.
JFG: Have you talked about different archetypes for heroic leads or male action heroes with Jake?
SK: We’ve definitely talked about a lot of archetypes for heroic leads. I think what we’re going to end up with is a movie that’s four guys, three guys, in a capsule and on the Moon together, so by its very nature it’s going to be The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; it’s not going to be Rocky. But the archetypes we talk about are The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, are The Bourne Identity, are Lawrence of Arabia, are characters who are a little larger than life but also still of this life, and who are not limitless in their powers, who are human, and grounded. The challenge on a movie like this is making sure it stays realistic, because Mr. & Mrs. Smith didn’t exist entirely in the real world, obviously, and superhero movies don’t, and this movie is a movie that ideally people will believe, “Oh shit, if I just put together the right parts and was a little bit more ambitious like this guy, I could do it, too.” I’ve been saying to Doug for the last few days, the model for this movie is not the guys in The Right Stuff, it’s the guys who created Facebook and Google. And those guys are more like us in a way, and certainly guys who rely more on their brains than their brawn.
JFG: Jake is an actor with real depth, he’s got a real complexity behind his eyes. Does this affect the kind of character you can write for him? And also how great his character arc can be?
SK: For sure. Just the same way that you adjust a part to fit an actor’s vocal rhythms, you don’t want to write a part that you feel is going to be impossible for an actor to play. And Jake is, like [Robert] Downey, like Brad [Pitt] and Angie [Angelina Jolie], like a lot of incredibly skilled actors, he has the ability to go deep on a character. So we’re approaching it from, What is the broadest, most emotional — broadest in the sense of broadest spectrum from one place to another — for his character, most emotional version of this character. And that’s what excites him. He’s a guy who is drawn to dramas, who is drawn to Jim Sheridan and Sam Mendes and Ang Lee movies — those are some of the directors he’s worked with — so we’ve got to try to make our action movie about a mission to the Moon have as much drama and emotion and weight as Jarhead or Brokeback Mountain.
JFG: It seems like it has to work as a drama, because at least some chunk of the movie, even if you try to limit it, is three guys in a capsule. While they’re in that capsule, they’d better have some drama to work out.
SK: For sure, they will. And even when they get to the Moon, as much as the visual environment of the Moon is amazing, it’s also not particularly crowded. So you still have three guys in a totally desolate landscape interacting among themselves with space helmets on a lot of the time. So the dynamic between them, as it can express itself in dialogue, better be pretty damn compelling, or you’re gonna be watching a bunch of anonymous guys walking around a dark desert.
JFG: What particular strengths of Jake’s as an actor are you hoping to draw on?
SK: I think he has an innate kindness to him, as a person and as an actor. And what’s interesting about that is when you play against that he becomes even more interesting, because you’re never going to feel like he’s evil; you’re always going to understand that there’s a fundamental kindness at the core of his being. So you can allow him to do things that feel like the wrong things, or are motivated by the wrong motive, because you do feel at the end of the day that there’s some kindness that will overcome whatever his personal issues are. So that’s one thing. You have a lot of leeway to actually fuck him up, because he feels so decent at the core. And he’s also an actor who, because of his big eyes, and because it feels like there’s a lot going on behind his eyes, he doesn’t have to talk much about his emotions. There are some actors who don’t feel as penetrable. So you sort of have to overcompensate for that by giving them some scene where someone says, you know, “I remember when you were seven years old and your mom died.” With Jake, because there’s so much emotion he carries just as a good actor and as someone who has these very expressive eyes, you don’t have to do a lot of work to make us feel that he is an emotive character. He just gives you a lot of flexibility as a writer.
JFG: That should allow you to give him a bigger character arc.
SK: For sure.
JFG: Some of the conversations we’ve had, I’ve been concerned with the challenge of how to make sure Jake’s character is likable, and you make a good point that a character who on the page might not seem as likable, once Jake’s performance animates that character, the character is going to have a lot more depth.
SK: Yeah. I do believe he will bring a lot of that to the character and not all of it has to be on the page. I really believe that with Jake. I mean, I think that about a lot of good actors, but I think what’s really special about Jake is that he has this innate goodness to him. And it’s in everything. Every movie you watch of his, you feel it, and the more interesting way to go with that is to bury it a little bit. And to take for granted it’s there, and to give him a different thing to play.
JFG: How many design people do you have working on Moon, thus far?
SK: We have a production designer we’re working with, we have a conceptual artist we’re working with, we have a storyboard artist, we have research people, a couple of other people sort of casually on the movie, so it adds up to a fair amount of folks, a good ten people who, more than that, whose brains are really thinking about this film. And on a movie like Moon, it’s especially important because we’re creating an environment that obviously exists in the real world, but we’re trying to make it look and feel different from anything we’ve seen in cinema before. You can’t just reboot Apollo 13. You’ve got to try to find … you know, there’s a cinematographer that we’re working with as well.
JFG: Who’s that?
SK: We’ve been talking to the Director of Photography from Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Bojan Bazelli. And so we’re trying to create a world that people have never seen that does happen to exist. It’s things like, What does light look like on the Moon. What does soil look like? It’s the physics of what we’re actually constructing.
JFG: Where does the film stand now?
SK: We’re hoping that the movie shoots the beginning of next year. And it has been through many iterations, which I think is Doug’s process, to some extent, where he wants to look at a lot of different versions of something to make sure it’s the exact right version, and I think we’re starting to close in on the exact right version. Like you say, it’s been a labor of love for Doug, and I’ve worked with him on two movies and a TV pilot now, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him as passionate about a project as he is about this.
JFG: It’s the longest he’s been on a project.
SK: For sure. Which is telling. So it’s an ongoing — as you know, since you’re part of the conversation still — it is an ongoing conversation, it’s a group dialogue, it’s all these people involved giving ideas, and our trying to synthesize them … I just spent time with Jake, who is also a producer on the movie, and hopefully the star of the movie, and he’s doing research, and thinking about it, and has all kinds of good ideas, and — like all Dougie’s movies, but maybe more than the others — it’s an all-hands-on-deck, everybody’s-contributing-ideas process.
We’re hoping that the movie shoots the beginning of next year. That's fast.
I just spent time with Jake, who is also a producer on the movie, and hopefully the star of the movie Hopefully?!? After all that talk about Jake he's not 100% the lead in the movie?
this movie is a movie that ideally people will believe, “Oh shit, if I just put together the right parts and was a little bit more ambitious like this guy, I could do it, too
Put together the right parts? LOL, that's beyond stupid. No one can build a rocket, go to the Moon, spend few days there and come back to Earth just because he's super smart and very ambitious.
"Some of the conversations we’ve had, I’ve been concerned with the challenge of how to make sure Jake’s character is likable, and you make a good point that a character who on the page might not seem as likable, once Jake’s performance animates that character, the character is going to have a lot more depth."
Jake needs a good script. He does not have the chops to add depth to a character, despite his buggy eyes that fool some into thinking he's deep. Donnie Darko and BBMt had great scripts.
As for the Moon project, hey, fellas, ever try calf ropin'?
Facebook: Chilmark Road Race Most of you are aware that photos of one of our participants along with photos of his girl friend's kids appeared in the tabloids, both print and online. They were sold without our knowledge by the photographer that we invited to take race photos. He works with our support and endorsement, and for him to sell the photos, was in our opinion, just plain wrong. He will not be asked back next year.
Recently, Kinberg sat down with 30 Ninjas Editor John Freeman Gill to discuss the film’s progress.
Simon Kinberg is a Jewish-American screenwriter. He was born August 2, 1973 in London, England, and his family moved later on to the United States. Kinberg graduated from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, and received his MFA from Columbia University Film School.
I feel bad for the Philly pap guy, he seems so nice. Fuck you Reese. Paul Rudd, I love you.
Small excerpt:
when Paul exited his security detail put up an umbrella to block the shot, Paul says to the guy "what are you doing? We don't need this drama!!" Pushes the umbrella out of the way and let's the paparazzi get off a few shots. Paul you're fucking great. So Reese & Owen why the drama. These photos aren't for me they're for you fans, I'm not getting rich off of them, I am literally taking them so the fans that read about you everyday, see you. If you look on the blogs out there, they are recycling your photos, sometimes purporting them as current like last week when your shiner picture made the rounds again. Please let me get a couple photos and I will leave you alone for a month, I'd like to get some sleep.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1201 – 1400 of 1709 Newer› Newest»"Karma will get you by balls hair, Jakey!"
Ha ha joke's on you. With Reekeing I don't have any balls left!
No wait .... *cries*
Maybe her mother was limping or not feeling good and moving slow. You know Reese, she has no patience for that shit!
Got to love Reese, she treats everyone equally - like dirt.
To throw off Philly's lone pap, Reese loped out of the restaurant, jumped into her hazard-blinking car parked illegally in a disabled spot in front, drove a block away and waited for her mother to hobble down and meet her.
OT. Philly pap is st8 man. LOL
Reese witherspoon wearing pretty pink sweater top. I don't know fashion so is it just called a sweater?
Reese doesn't know fashion either. lol
Got to love Reese, she treats everyone equally - like dirt.
Exactly. LOL.
My mom is like that too, she walks ahead and doesn't wait for people. But she's still a good-hearted lady.
I don't dislike Reese because she walks ahead of people (i think it's a habit), but because she seems so pretentious and fake.
She started to annoy me ever since her Oscar speech. Talk about annyoing. Jeez.
My mom is like that too, she walks ahead and doesn't wait for people. But she's still a good-hearted lady.
Well, we know that's not the case with Reese Bitchy Witherbeard.
Well, we know that's not the case with Reese Bitchy Witherbeard.
IA.
"and waited for her mother to hobble down and meet her."
Waddle, rather.
Cantara Twitter: Why Jake Gyllenhaal's dad can't get a date. Vid: The Sunset Strip, stripped.
That stupid woman, Jake Gyllenhaal's dad has a name!
Demetri Martin appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien last night to talk about his new film Taking Woodstock, based on the memoir by Elliot Tiber, the gay man who helped facilitate the legendary rock fest.
After describing the uncomfortable feeling he got after reading the first couple chapters and discovering he'd be playing a gay man, Martin discussed the horror he felt when he learned he'd have to kiss a man onscreen. Upon hearing that news, Shaquille O'Neal moved away from Martin on the sofa (above), eliciting gales of laughter from Conan and the audience. Here's my rough transcript:
MARTIN: There's a scene in the movie where I have to kiss a guy, where I have to make out with this guy. (big laughter as Shaq moves away on couch) . Ang [Lee], the director said, listen, in that scene you have to kiss a girl first, and then you push her away, and then you kiss the guy. We can cast your girlfriend if you want....So the day comes, and I'm kind of dreading it but I'm like my girlfriend will be there so that's cool. We do the first take. I kiss my girlfriend, I have to push push her away. And then I have to go really make out with the guy in front of her. And I hadn't anticipated...
CONAN: The weirdness of doing this in front of your girlfriend.
MARTIN: And then, like eight takes later...we keep doing it over and over again. And it was weird cause it was like girlfriend, push her away, guy, oh yeah I want to kiss you, and then, okay girlfriend again...I had like 500 Altoids that night. I thought it would make a difference.
CONAN: It doesn't really, I know.
Towleroad
Well, that's one movie I can cross off my list.
Towleroad video doesn't play for me - Demetri Martin was seriuos, he wasn't joking?
I take it back, maybe Philly pap isn't st8. LOL
iPhillyChitChat: Paul rudd has a lovely lime green shirt on. Who doesn't heart that guy.about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Ang Lee should have cast a real actor.
Who is that Demetri Martin idiot?? And why the fuck does he play a gay character if he finds it to be so uncomfortable and funny? At least STFU, you imbecile!
Maybe the imbecile should keep his straightness in the closet, so he would be more believable as a gay character in the movie.
The vid won't play for me either and it won't play even on other sites. I'll reserve judgment until I see/hear it since written it can be taken out of context, i.e. too seriously. Also IMO we have to ask ourselves why it's ok for a gay/gay friendly person to joke around but if/when others (who we might not realize are gay/gay friendly) do it's an "outrage." Just sayin.
A while back on Towleroad (or Qweerty) there was a story/vid on a gay contestant who won the big prize on Wheel of Fortune and his partner ran down from the audience and they hugged and jumped around ecstatically. Pat Sajak said "Whoa I better get outta here!" and so everyone on the site comments called Sajak a homophobe. That's what their impression was, without realizing that that's what he always says when the family member(s) runs and hugs the winner and they're all jumping and screaming LOL. Its his way of getting out of the way and letting them celebrate. It's rare when someone wins the final big prize but I'm a longtime Wheel watcher so I knew what he said when the gay couple was dancing around and hugging was not at all homophobic.
Anyway, maybe the Martin guy is weird, maybe not. But you can't automatically place Conan in with him just because he was the host, either.
Happy 57 Birthday to Patrick Swayze! (the antichrist LOL)
I had like 500 Altoids that night.
Sounds like kissing a guy disgusted him.
Watch: Mad Men Goes Gay
Here's the gay scene from Mad Men's season three premiere Sunday night. And New York magazine's Vulture has an interview with actor Bryan Batt (Salvatore Romano) about the scene and the implications it has for his character's relationship with Don Draper (Jon Hamm).
Gay scene from "Mad Men"
^^^ This video plays :))
Damn! Handjob interuptus! lol
Its about time Salvatore got some. Would like to read interview with Batt: he's very good.
Thanks 6:03
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Voice over artist guy. ADR = Additional Dialogue Recording/Replacement
ChristopherE1: Called in by agency for last minute VO read to ADR Jake Gyllenhaal in Jerry Bruckheimer film "Prince of Persia." I want this gig!!! ;-)
Sorry, voiceover guy's Twitter.
Hmm, is it regular background stuff or are they replacing Jake's voice completely?
"I had like 500 Altoids that night."
"Sounds like kissing a guy disgusted him."
^^ I took it another way, that he wanted to have fresh breath for whoever he was kissing. Wouldn't anyone.
Well if they do VoiceOver Jake's voice completely in POP, people will know it's not Jake's voice in the movie. I would think that it would make Jake look even worse in the movie. He's a prince who looks like they stuck his head on an inflated body, his facial expressions go from ernest to annoyed but not tough and threatening like it's supposed to be and to cap it off, his voice is not good enough to use in the movie. Sounds like Disney is trying to salvage a sinking ship-8 months after shooting is done they are still working on the film.
I took it another way, that he wanted to have fresh breath for whoever he was kissing.
Can you imagine Demetri Martin or any other actor discussing kissing an actress and 500 Altoids? Demetri was making the point about kissing an actor, a man.
In filmmaking, dubbing is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. The term most commonly refers to recorded voices that do not belong to the original actors and speak a different language from the one the actor originally spoke. "Dubbing" also describes the process of an actor's re-recording lines he spoke during filming and which must be replaced to improve audio quality or reflect dialog changes. This process is called additional dialogue recording, or ADR for short. Music is also dubbed onto a film after editing is completed.
Called in by agency for last minute VO read to ADR Jake Gyllenhaal
Christopher's Web site - you can hear him speak :)
Planet Emerson: The official website of Christopher Emerson
^^^ Christopher is the guy with the flowers.
Christopher Emerson - better voice sample
Christopher has a really nice speaking voice, but I prefer Jake's :)
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Dear Ted:
I hated to hear that Reese Witherspoon is a be-yotch! She's not doing anything too terrible is she?
—Kristen, Nashvegas
Dear Wither Witch:
Anything along the lines of Slurpa Pop-Off trapping her pups in the closet? Heavens no! But what's "terrible" to you might be old hat in H'wood.
Dear Ted:
Why are so many people obsessed with Toothy Tile? I don't get it. But here is my guess. I don't think Toothy is any one person. I think he represents that stereotypical, smile-so-white-you-need-shades, good looking, tries-too-hard man in Hollywood . I mean, you've eliminated most everyone at this point.
—Baby Bear
Dear Tile File:
Interesting theory, but an incorrect one, just the same. It probably just seems this way because Toothy has so very man pretenders to the pansy throne, i.e., guys who like guys but are afraid to talk about it. And you're wrong about the eliminations—but literally homo hundreds of possibilities!
Bitch Back!
Nashvegas: Another name for Nashville.
"pansy throne" Didn't Ted call Jake a pansy last week?!
"Sounds like Disney is trying to salvage a sinking ship-8 months after shooting is done they are still working on the film."
It looks like they're still butching up the film. Christ, what a mess.
Emerson's voice is similar to Jake's.
Today's Bitch Back. 339 comments.
335: Twilight/Zac Efron
3: Michael Vick, Olson Sisters
1: Toothy
There's got to be a reason why Jake was not allowed to speak in his POP voice. Too weird. Disney must have known from the start it was a concern. That way if they have to dub, no one has heard the real voice to compare it to. Didn't someone say they are still re-cutting Brothers too. Cant get the ending right, I think the story goes. More of the Reese jinx in action.
OT: A mountain lion attacked, killed and ran off carrying an 85 pound German Shepard dog in its mouth, in Pasadena California at night in someone's backyard in a residential area (but near some hills). I hope Atticus is kept safe in HW Hills. Didn't Boo get eaten by a coyote?
There's got to be a reason why Jake was not allowed to speak in his POP voice. Too weird. Disney must have known from the start it was a concern. That way if they have to dub, no one has heard the real voice to compare it to.
Good point. So Disney must have known it asap. Unless it's their policy not to release the hero's voices before the movie? Was Depp's Pirate voice heard before the movie or trailer?
Prince od Persia is doing real superhero stuff, Depp's Pirate not so much.
Can't wait to see the Prince doing tough, manly,superhero stuff and Jake's face looking like someone stole his latte. POP looks like it's going to be a 2 hour laughfest. And I don't even feel bad for Jake. He wanted this movie so bad he began bearding for it. Maybe this is karma's way of paying him back.
I've used my best badass pissed off look in PoP!
"pansy throne" Didn't Ted call Jake a pansy last week?!
Yes, it was "Dear Pansyspoon" :)
Dear Wither Witch: Anything along the lines of Slurpa Pop-Off trapping her pups in the closet?
Didn't Boo get eaten by a coyote?
We don't know what happened to Boo, except that it wasn't good. (((Boo)))
I didn't know that Maggie and Spike Jonze worked together - movie Adaptation (2002)
link
^^
So?
So Maggie knows Michelle's boyfriend.
Sounds like Disney is trying to salvage a sinking ship-8 months after shooting is done they are still working on the film.
For Prince of Persia, he [Harry Gregson-Williams] has been given a total of three months to score 90 minutes of music. “I think we are cracking it when we do two minutes a day,” he said. “Eight weeks is a good amount of time to compose; 12 is better.” The music will be recorded with a live orchestra at the end of August in London in his favourite studio, Abbey Road. “When I was assisting Richard Harvey, I had a chance to work there. It was such a hallowed place,” he said. “I wondered if I would ever have a chance to score there myself."
^^^
Oh My fucking God, You are right!!! What a revelation! My life has changed after knowing this!!!!
^^
It goes for both posters above
9:19 AM
We are so happy for you!!!! :)
So Maggie knows Michelle's boyfriend.
Yeah, she does.
"So Maggie knows Michelle's boyfriend"
What's your point?
The point is attention to details, gossip is serious business! lol
I presume Sophia and Leo met at some party.
Sophia talking to Leo
9:06 AM
Are you craving for some Jake/Michelle reunion through Maggie and Spike?
I think Jake visits Michelle when he's visiting Maggie in NYC, they live nearby.
Demetri Martin appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien last night to talk about his new film Taking Woodstock
Demetri Martin IS a homophobe.
In one of his Comedy Central standup specials, he lashes out at a guy who made him give a "faggy handshake." What does that mean? A blow job? Because that's the only equivalent of a handshake we give out that's automatically "faggy."
The thing you have to remember about ugly nerds is that they can be MORE homophobic than average people, because they are constantly teased and taunted with gay slurs for being wimpy nerds. So they're extra sensitive about it and adopt even more homophobic attitudes; doing everything not to appear "gay."
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BRAD PITT'S TOUGH HABIT TO QUIT
BRAD Pitt, reformed pot smoker? The "Inglourious Basterds" star was on Bill Maher's show on Friday, and Maher recalled a party where Pitt rolled one perfect joint after another. "I'm an artist," Pitt said of his rolling skills. But Pitt said he no longer partakes of the weed, explaining it turns him "into a doughnut . . . I'm a dad now. You want to be alert." However, if Pitt really quit, it was within the last 13 months. "Basterds" director Quentin Tarantino told Howard Stern on Sirius Satellite Radio this week of his visit to Pitt in France last July, when Angelina Jolie was about to give birth to twins. As recounted by a Web site that logs Stern's show, Tarantino said: "Brad had this big brick of hash . . .
He said that Brad whipped out a knife and cut up a big sliver for him and the stuff was pretty good. He said that he asked for a pipe to go with it and Brad handed him a Coke can to use instead. Quentin said that would make for a great scene in a movie and he may have to use that."
I think Jake visits Michelle when he's visiting Maggie in NYC, they live nearby.
If Jake is in touch with Spike and Michelle, that would be good for him imo. It's always good to be an acquaintance of a talented director.
Michelle is smart dating him.
Intelligence and creativity are sexy.
Who cares who that vindictive cow is dating? :(
Intelligence and creativity are sexy.
Very true.
Who cares who that vindictive cow is dating? :(
I feel maybe SJ is too good for Michelle. Who knows how long this will last...
I wonder why Spike and Sophia Coppola seperated?
Spike caught her with a girl?
^^Are there lesbian rumors about Sophia? Wasn't Kirsten Dust her muse for a while?
Yes. Yes.
^^I see. ;)
Dear Ted:
Are the Olsen twins really as boring at they seem? What shenanigans are they up to behind the scenes?
—clehr
Dear Sister, Sister:
We think Ashley's a ton more boring than her drama-lovin' sister. Mary-Kate had that eating disorder and dates around a lot more than Ash. Plus, there's still a lot unanswered about her involvement with Heath Ledger's death.
Dear Ted:
Is Toothy Tile currently being bearded by another B.V.?
—seabee
Dear Blind Overlap:
Of course. But I don't think that narrows it down much.
AT
I wonder why Spike and Sophia Coppola seperated?
Maggie - Jake - Michelle - Spike - Sophia Coppola - Kirsten Dunst - Heath
MK had nothing to do with Heath's death. They were just acquaintances
Ted is such a fake bomb dropper,
I don't mind invented gossips but,at least, invent something credible!
MK had nothing to do with Heath's death.
Ted is just repeating what millions were wondering about, he's not making anything up.
"MK had nothing to do with Heath's death. They were just acquaintances
Ted is such a fake bomb dropper,
I don't mind invented gossips but,at least, invent something credible!"
Its incredibly credible - follow the money & the dope, dope.
"I think Jake visits Michelle when he's visiting Maggie in NYC, they live nearby."
Keep dreaming, fangirl.
^^^ Let's put it this way: there is no reason why Jake wouldn't visit Michelle when he's visiting Maggie in NYC.
Dear Ted:
I was never such a fan of celeb gossip until I discovered your column. You are smart and hilarious—I'm totally addicted! So I have a question about our old friend Crotch Uh-Lastic: Any chance he might have had a tasty (albeit extremely brief) swimming pool scene in a recent film? And could that have sparked his offscreen swimming pool shenanigans? If he's the man I suspect him to be, I think his career would be absolutely fine if he came out of the closet already. He's a great actor with an increasingly fantastic résumé. Wouldn't you agree?
—Sarah
Dear Crotchy Clue:
Crotch is very busy studying his moves.
Could be no reason like it could be a thousand of reasons. There is no way to know how things are between them
Jake is visiting his good pal Michelle every time he's seeing Maggie in NYC. LMAO, you fangirls are hilarious.
Tell us babbler - why not? Why Jake wouldn't visit Michelle and Matilda who live 5 minutes from Maggie?
STFU with the babbler shit. Maybe YOU are the babbler desperate for a Jake/Michelle hook up. Jake doesn't give a shit about Michelle.
STFU with the babbler shit. Maybe YOU are the babbler desperate for a Jake/Michelle hook up. Jake doesn't give a shit about Michelle.
I don't think it has to do with a J/M hook up, but with Heath's daughter. ;)
Babblers who call others babblers are the dumbest babblers in the world.
Matilda would give Jake a good kick in the cajones. If he had any.
Matilda would give Jake a good kick in the cajones. If he had any.
LOL. He'd deserve it.
Jake and Michelle are friends. Not BFF, not future lovers, just friends.
Jake and Michelle are friends. Not BFF, not future lovers, just friends.
Are we supposed to take your word for it? lol
Jake is a trickster and a phony.
He was friendly with Michelle to ingratiate himself with Heath.
After the H/M split, there was no need to lick Michelle's boots anymore and now that Heath is gone he doesn't even have to remember her name.
Maybe, someday, if Michelle gets into the A-list, Chin will give Jake the ok for some coffe/lunch photo-op, but for now is like.... Michelle who?
Are we supposed to take your word for it?
Do you have ANY argument why Jake and Michelle aren't or can't be friends?
12:29 PM
That's bullshit. Mike White is A-list?
Do you have ANY argument why Jake and Michelle aren't or can't be friends?
No, since it's you who claims they're friends, how about you back it up? Otherwise what you say means absolutely nothing, just another anon comment on a board.
12:29 PM, ITA. Well said.
My instinct tells me Jake doesn't respect Michelle very much. I doubt there's more contact with Matilda than birthday cards.
I agree with what 12:29 PM said as well.
Maybe, someday, if Michelle gets into the A-list, Chin will give Jake the ok for some coffe/lunch photo-op, but for now is like.... Michelle who?
What photo ops have to do with Jake and Michelle?!
Jake is seeing and visiting different people and we don't get paparazzi pictures, you know that.
Maybe Michelle is not interested on being the female version of Paul Rudd...
No, since it's you who claims they're friends, how about you back it up?
If Jake stayed in contact with Mike White, why should we believe that he isn't in contact with Michelle?
Since Heath is dead and Michelle is dickless there's no reason for Jake to be friends with her.
Since Heath is dead and Michelle is dickless there's no reason for Jake to be friends with her.
I disagree. Since he is her daughter's godfather, it doesn't matter if he's "only" the celebrity or symbolic godfather, it still would be nice of him to visit the kid every once in a while. JMO.
Prediction: In a few months or couple of years we might see a Jake/Michelle/Matilda sighting or pics. Then everybody is going to believe that they DID had contact during all this time...
This reminds me of the last set of Austin/Jake pics. I admit it surprised me they were still seeing each other at least for that single photo-op but the Jaustin believers went insane!!!
I'm a JiG believer but not a Jaustin's,btw.
Jake is a guy who has no problem with using Chin's kids for photo-ops and you expect him to care about Michelle William's kid? Give me a break. If Heath were alive it would be a different story.
I think Austin is the "little goose on the side".
O fuck the Heathens have nothing to do - how 'bout an air conditioned movie, people?
I don't understand you, 1:15 PM
Who is being a Heathen here?
Jake has no problem with using Chin's kids for photo-ops because the Chin arranges those photo-ops.
Prediction: In a few months or couple of years we might see a Jake/Michelle/Matilda sighting or pics. Then everybody is going to believe that they DID had contact during all this time...
Please stop ignoring the facts - paparazzi pictures have very little to do with Jake's private private life.
Dear Ted:
I'm just wondering if the "alleged" coupling of Wentworth Miller and Brothers and Sisters' Luke Macfarlane went anywhere. Being of the nonmale species, I find them highly adorable! The problem is that one photo set of them walking together made them hibernate for a very long time.
—flberg
Dear Prison Breakup?
The delicious duo haven't been seen together in months, even out for a latte. Not a good sign! Then again, if Miller insists he barely knows Luke and the two are "just friends," they're prolly still on!
How come Ted is writing openly about Wenty but not others??
I was going to ask the same thing.
We should ask Ted :)
"I'm a fan of the traditional Speedo. I think it's time to bring back the ass cleavage." — Vivica A. Fox
Speedo ass cleavage? Yes, please!
Ted can because Perez has already outed Wenty several times and nothing happened so it's ok if Ted does it becasue Perez has already has. No worry from the lawyers.
That's why he and some others hide behind lawsuit free BI's. Even though everyone and the Pope can guess who they are talking about as long as the columnists don't actually say it, they are home free!
I noticed that he didn't openly discuss H. Jackman until People magazine asked him about the gay rumors, then Ted posted about it and continues to becasue the PR shill rag People gave him the opening.
I'm sure Jackman was one of his lawsuit free BI's.
That makes sense, but doesn't seem fair.
Celebrity Makes Up an Alternate History
BlindGossip - You would think that in the Internet age it would be very difficult for a well-known person to fabricate their history. However, that is exactly what this youngish multi-hyphenate has done. She is approximately five years older than she claims to be, and she did not grow up in an upper middle class neighborhood, nor go to private school. She has been known to dabble in some unsavory substances that are in direct contradiction to her public persona. Perhaps as long as she maintains A-list status she has the power to convince people that her alternate identity is the truth.
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While the kissing scene was still awkward for Martin, his biggest worry is clearly his performance. He turns to a gay man on the crew to make sure his performance came off as authentic. On The Tonight Show, the awkwardness is a matter of filming a kiss with a male co-star and having his girlfriend involved in the experience. However, when he described the scene to us, the scene was intimidating because it's a pivotal moment for the character, one that needs to be convincing for Martin to pull off the performance.
That's not the only contrast that stands out between the two interviews, however. Discovering he would be playing a gay character wasn't a big deal when he talked with AfterElton.com:
I read the book and I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s about the 60s [and] Woodstock. And then there’s a chapter about being gay and his first gay experience as like a twelve-year-old kid or something in Manhattan.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, wait a minute.’ And then back to like Woodstock stuff … oh, cool. And then back to more and more detail, about S&M stuff that and a lot of stuff he was into.
But when Martin describes the realization on The Tonight Show there's a definite awkwardness in the story. When he discovers how much Elliot Tober discusses his sexuality in the book, it gives him pause.
I got a call to go audition for [Ang Lee]. They told me it was based on a book, Taking Woodstock, based on a real guy's life and everything. So I started reading the book right before the audition, like that weekend. I read the first chapter and it's like 'Taking Woodstock, it's about Woodstock. Great, I love the 60s, I can do this.' Chapter two, 'I first realized I was gay when I was twelve.' I was like, 'Okay, this is going to be tricky.' Back to Woodstock the next chapter. Chapter three, 'He had me pinned against the wall.' all this kind of stuff. (grimaces) Uh oh. But, all right, I could give it a shot, do my best and try to act.
Aside from a few short red carpet interviews, Martin hasn't much discussed Taking Woodstock outside of AfterElton.com, a website focused on how gay men are depicted in the media, and The Tonight Show, a late night talk show that reaches a wide audience. Unfortunately, that means it is impossible to say for sure if the difference between the two interviews is just a matter of Martin being in a different frame of mind on different occasions, or if it's a matter of discussing the role differently to different audiences.
Martin's Tonight Show appearance isn't helped by O'Neal and O'Brien's attempts to joke about Martin playing gay, as their gay panic humor colors impressions of how Martin retells his experience. However, there's an uncomfortable difference in how he talked about his gay role when talking to a mainstream audience and a gay audience. In talking with AfterElton, he articulates an understanding of what it was like for Tober to be gay in 1969 when police harassment of gay people was common. On The Tonight Show, meanwhile, playing gay sounds more like an awkward social situation to overcome.
After Elton
However, there's an uncomfortable difference in how he talked about his gay role when talking to a mainstream audience and a gay audience.
Demetri Martin sounds like not too bright two-faced bitch. (BTW, he's 36)
We should hook him up with the Chin.
On his blog, Queen guitarist Brian May gushes about a new track from Adam Lambert produced by Rob Cavallo for the apocalyptic Roland Emmerich film 2012 due out in November.
Writes May: "I was privileged to hear a track that the guys have finished for Adam Lambert ... a song for a forthcoming film, 2012. I have to say I was completely blown away ... it's truly sensational. In fact it's so obviously a number one smash, any bookie would be mad to take bets on it. I am not kidding. I'm not easily moved to jelly by male vocalists ... but Adam's voice reaches out with sensitivity, depth, maturity, and awesome range and power which will make jaws drop all around the world. Its an awesome performance. No doubt about it. The world of Rock has a bright new star."
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Fingers crossed! :)
Cooper Not Ready To Go Public With Beard
This Certainly has been quite the year for Mr. Bradley Cooper. Not only has he found success on the big screen thanks to his work in "He's Just Not That Into You" and "The Hangover," but the Coop has also found luck in the love department. He has been linked to a slew of women including Denise Richards (he denied that one) and Jennifer Aniston (also a romance he denied). But, it seems that his heart, at least according to some well placed People magazine sources, belongs to "Bridget Jones" herself, Renee Zellweger.
They were spotted having a romantic dinner or two earlier this year and were just caught at a private party Sunday night in New York City and getting a caffeine fix at a Starbucks in Philadelphia the next day.
The duo, who will star in "Case 39" together, apparently "click." "They get along really well and just kinda click," a source tells People. "Bradley likes the speed of everything. He likes that Reneé is low-key."
Although Bradley wasn't at Renee's side for the premiere of her new movie, "My One and Only," on Saturday (he was at Alyssa Milano's wedding!), they were seen together in Spain not long before this past weekend. If you're hoping to see them brave the media at a Hollywood event anytime soon, though, don't hold your breath. "They're not ready for red carpets," the source added. "They don't want to be public just yet."
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^^^ They don't want to be public just yet = They want to milk the fauxmance for as long as possible.
From late 2006 to 2007 Reeke milked an extra year out of their fauxmance just by PR-spread "rumors" and "sightings" and "close unnamed sources" !!
True. Selling the fauxmance was a piece of PR cake.
The hard part is getting the cake shoved down your throat: being with the bitch every fucking day for almost 2 years for the fucking pap pics. Shit. No one warned me about THAT.
Of course we didn't, you naive fame-hungry pretty-boy fool!
Can't wait to see the Prince doing tough, manly,superhero stuff and Jake's face looking like someone stole his latte
Latte is very important stuff!
LOL, Jerry Bruckheimer's cock is costing Disney a lot of money.
Latte is very important stuff!
Well, no one can argue with that! lol
I read in a German gossip rag (a year or so ago) that Jake's friends think Reese is a dumb country wench (I hope this is the right translation)and that Jake should leave her. (I think I mentioned it here already.)
Maybe that's why Jake's friends don't seem to hang out with them (much)?
ChristopherE1: Called in by agency for last minute VO read to ADR Jake Gyllenhaal in Jerry Bruckheimer film "Prince of Persia."
ChristopherE1: Reading @ agency. Just met the voice artist who voices all of the female characters in The Sims video games. Also Michael Chiklis just read.
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2 hours ago
"Maybe that's why Jake's friends don't seem to hang out with them"
Could be. Even if the friends were against bearding (which I think they are) but found the beard to be a fun and delightful person you would think they would want to hang around her and Jake so they could all get their pics in the rags.
Michael Chiklis just read to voice over Jake?????? Sorry Christopher...
Could be. Even if the friends were against bearding (which I think they are) but found the beard to be a fun and delightful person you would think they would want to hang around her and Jake so they could all get their pics in the rags.
I agree. If his friends liked her, they'd probably hang out together more and probably partake in a few photo ops.
I remember Chris used to hang out with Jake and Kiki a lot. And Austin starred in the same movie with Kiki, so they knew each other as well.
6:05 PM
Why is Michael Chiklis better than Christopher?
I read in a German gossip rag (a year or so ago) that Jake's friends think Reese is a dumb country wench
Friends don't talk to tabloids and tabloids don't talk to friends - rags make up stuff or use "friends" for PR messages.
BTW, this piece of Reeke fiction is very much unauthorized by PR, lol.
P.S. In this case tabloid is right - if Reese was a nice person she would have her own friends.
I agree. If his friends liked her, they'd probably hang out together more and probably partake in a few photo ops.
Remember the end of the Reeke NYC trip in 2008, the pics of the Chin, Jake and Chris walking out of the hotel towards the van in the light rain? Chin first, then Jake and Chris. I think we all figured out then that he was there all along but all the pics were of Reeke, to give off the impression they were alone on a love trip. You would think that it would be a great op to get the "couple" and the bf's best friend together for a pic, but none happened. Chris didn't look delighted to be near the Chin, not even when walking 20 paces back. That was the last time we saw Chris hanging with Reeke.
I think it is terrible if thy don't use Jake's voice. They can dub him with his own lower voice. It took years for what's herface to recover from Glenn Close dubbing her in Tarzan.
They can't market the movie without Jake and how can he promote it if they don't use this voice.
Friends don't talk to tabloids and tabloids don't talk to friends
Enemies, on the other hand.... and we all know Reese (and even Reeke nowadays) must have a lot of those.
I think it is terrible if thy don't use Jake's voice
What if the movie is horrible with his voice? What's worse?!
It took years for what's herface to recover from Glenn Close dubbing her in Tarzan
What movie are you talking about? Disney's 1999 Tarzan? It was animated and Minnie Driver and Glenn Close voiced different characters.
It took years for what's herface to recover from Glenn Close dubbing her in Tarzan.
Andie MacDowell. What did she say about it?
Wasn't Tarzan. It was Greystoke.
"Temporarily, it gave a lot of people something to laugh at." -Andie MacDowell, referring to her movie debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
In 1982, tragedy struck when Andie's mother, who was apparently an alcoholic, died. But Andie persevered and made the move from modeling to movies in 1984, playing Jane in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. Her Southern accent was deemed inappropriate for the character, and the producers had her voice dubbed by Glenn Close. Critics had a field day panning her performance, but the model turned actress persevered and won a feature role in the "Brat Pack" vehicle, St. Elmo's Fire, in 1985.
"made the move from modeling to movies"
+ "won a feature role"
= Casting Couch
The difference with POP is it isn't Jake's acting debut, and Jerry B should know better than to cast actors on the basis of their muscles. IMO Disney is pissed LOL.
I loved Andie in "Green Card" :)
I loved her in Sex Lies and Videotape. James Spader FTW!
Hahah 6.51, ITA!
Was reading Atticus twitter page. I don't know who does it maybe a friend of Jake's? Anyway its funny. He begs people for food and asks everyone what their butt smells like LOL!
He's always lying down, lol.
"ok i lie down now" tweets
^^ 20 times a day LOL.
Was reading Atticus twitter page.
Link please, can't find it.
He begs people for food and asks everyone what their butt smells like LOL!
LMAO!
https://twitter.com/Atti_Gyllenhaal
Thanks, twitter find people search sucks.
Atti Gyllenhaal twitter
@MichaelArm or maybe u need grooming + anal gland squeeze. always make me feel better!
hey tina its me alfred is yor webcam on i need u chek me 4 ticks again heh. i got big juicy bone 4 u 2 lick. tell me whut yor ass smell like
@lancearmstrong send me dinner leftover ok
@ThatKevinSmith you lick yorself too ?
@ThatKevinSmith does yor ass smell gud??
I can't get into his site right now (too many readers checking it out?!) but I saw tweets where he asked a female nurse for a tick check and another where he asked a dog how many teats she had LOL. Btw Atti's bisexual. He tweeted about humping male dogs but he can't find another dog big enough to top him. LOL!
Jake and his dog are both sluts.
He tweeted about humping male dogs but he can't find another dog big enough to top him.
Thank Moses, I don't have that problem!
You're welcome!
That twitter site is most likely fake.
Those of us who have been Jake followers for a while will recognize a dubbed voice, but many don't have a clue what he sounds like and wont know the difference. He probably could not get the accent right. Don't believe I've ever heard him do accents.
Atti twitter=KATE AKA wdw
While word of mouth could always make or break a movie, it usually took days to affect the box office. But the rise of social networking tools like Twitter may be narrowing that time frame to mere hours. And that has Hollywood on edge.
Twitter Effect Rattles Hollywood
Shit!
Atti twitter=KATE AKA wdw
Yea right WDW has time to twitter aka Atti round the clock. Not that I think Atti's doing it himself lol but I doubt its WDW.
I saw what People, Us and Us Weekly wrote about Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper's "new romance" and gee, it sounded soooo familiar. I took the names and specifics out, and what do you see? Is it just me or do you also get a total deja vu on it about Reeke?!
"XXXXX seemed to be hanging on to YYYYY's every word," a witness told [MAGAZINE]. "They were lost in their own little world."
The romance between XXXXX and YYYYY appears to be heating up, but the pair aren't ready for the spotlight just yet.
"They get along really well and just kinda click," a source tells [MAGAZINE] in the upcoming issue. "XXXXX likes that YYYYY is low-key."
The pair, who costar in the upcoming thriller [MOVIE], recently spent time in [CITY] together, then returned to the States, where they each went their separate ways – briefly.
On Saturday, XXXXX attended the premiere of her new movie [MOVIE] in [CITY] while YYYYY was at another event that same evening.
But the cozy costars soon met up again. Sunday night, they attended a private party together in [CITY], then were spotted at a [COFFEE CAFE] in [CITY] on Monday.
As for why YYYYY didn't come to XXXXX's screening and XXXXX didn't accompany YYYYY to the [EVENT], the source tells [MAGAZINE]: "They're not ready for red carpets. They don't want to be public just yet."
"Atti twitter=KATE AKA wdw"
Wdw gets blamed for everything!
Jake is now going to be a producer of the untitled moon movie project. You know, the same unscripted project that Jake has been talking about for over two years? What a mess. Never had so little commanded so much attention and garnered so much press coverage for so many people.
Oh well, I guess that a potential producer credit rumor is preferable to spinning yet another bump in the road for PoP (film was delayed one year, they skipped ComicCon and now they're getting voiceovers for Jake).
2 twitters from Philly's pap, staking out restaurants to catch Reese coming out from dinner:
I'm in rittenhouse square undercover ie in the bushes
about 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Omg a fucking huge rat just ran across my feet. OMG I am so outta here. It wasn't even scared.
about 5 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Cantara's in Philly!
WDW has 2 twitter accounts, one for WDW and one for Atti, I think. The Atti account could be set up by SK, she did have a Atti blogger account.
hanging on to every word
cozy costars
lost in their own little world
romance appears to be heating up
aren't ready for the spotlight yet
they get along really well
they just kinda click
likes that the other one is low-key
they attended a private party
they were spotted at a cafe together
don't want to be public just yet
Man, PR needs to get a new script. Who's writing this crap? It's the same exact stuff they used on Jessica & Justin and Reeke, hell probably on Rock Hudson and whoever. I can hardly wait until the Renee and Brad piggyback ride pic of comes out! Shit!
Photographer who took pics of Jake and Reese's kids at the race is not allowed to take pictures of next years race anymore. He had to apologize to Jake etc.
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Thanks for that link, 06:43. I don't have a Facebook account. Is it in one of the other 2 comments that it mentions he had to apologize to Jake?
I'm over on OMG blistering Jake for not stopping the photog from "invading privacy".
Because you can't tell me Jake didn't see the guy taking his picture. And Jake would have to know that the pictures would end up "out there". Come on.
So why would Jake be upset now?
I'm puzzled by all this.
Hope it's okay I mentioned this link on OMG.
No one's up! There's no one to talk to. Gee, maybe everybody's getting ready for work. Which is what I should be doing now. Should be brushing my teeth instead of being late, which I now am going to be. LOL.
Photographer who took pics of Jake and Reese's kids at the race is not allowed to take pictures of next years race anymore
Got to love naive people of MV!
So why would Jake be upset now?
No one is upset, that's bullshit.
Beard's kids were there for the photo op and future Us Reekly story, it was business as usual for Jake.
If someone apologized to Jake that's because they don't follow Jake's PR whoring and don't know about reeking.
WDW has 2 twitter accounts, one for WDW and one for Atti, I think.
Why do you think Kate is Atti?
I can hardly wait until the Renee and Brad piggyback ride pic of comes out!
Fuck, we have to do that before Renee starts fattening up for the new Bridget Jones movie!
Jake is now going to be a producer of the untitled moon movie project.
Posted on OMG
Exclusive: Gunning for Early 2010 Moon Shot for Jake Gyllenhaal
Will Jake Gyllenhaal strap himself atop a three-stage rocket early next year and let director Doug Liman send him straight to the Moon in a big-budget Paramount action picture? Gyllenhaal is attached to the Untitled Moon Project and enthusiastically contributing ideas, while Simon Kinberg, Liman’s creative partner on Mr. & Mrs. Smith and a producer on the Moon film, has been hard at work developing the script. Recently, Kinberg sat down with 30 Ninjas Editor John Freeman Gill, who has been involved in the film project intermittently since 1997, to discuss the film’s progress. Here, Kinberg talks about what kind of action hero Jake wants to play, which famous heroic leads are the archetypes, and why Facebook and Google have as much to do with shaping the Moon-bound protagonist’s character as Apollo.
JOHN FREEMAN GILL: For full disclosure for our readers, I have to say that this project is a labor of love for director Doug Liman — it goes back to 1997 or so — and I wrote the second and third drafts of the screenplay, which was then called Three Days Out, for Doug and Polygram Filmed Entertainment, and then also worked with you and Doug last year developing an updated version of the screenplay for Paramount. And it’s gone through a lot of iterations. What kind of action hero has Jake said that he’s interested in playing?
SIMON KINBERG: A smart action hero. Jake is an Oscar-nominated, great dramatic actor, who also has the physical body to play action. And the movies he loves are things like the Bourne movies; he loves a smart, cerebral, capable character, who doesn’t lead from muscles, who leads from intelligence, but when necessary can actually also rough it up. But this character is not so much what you would consider a traditional action character in the sense of a guy who shoots a gun and explodes things and beats up a crowd of people in a fistfight. He’s actually more somebody who has this dream of going to the Moon, and by hook or crook, and quite a bit of crook, is gonna get there, and so he’s a little bit more like us. A little bit less of a superhero.
JFG: Have you talked about different archetypes for heroic leads or male action heroes with Jake?
SK: We’ve definitely talked about a lot of archetypes for heroic leads. I think what we’re going to end up with is a movie that’s four guys, three guys, in a capsule and on the Moon together, so by its very nature it’s going to be The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; it’s not going to be Rocky. But the archetypes we talk about are The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, are The Bourne Identity, are Lawrence of Arabia, are characters who are a little larger than life but also still of this life, and who are not limitless in their powers, who are human, and grounded. The challenge on a movie like this is making sure it stays realistic, because Mr. & Mrs. Smith didn’t exist entirely in the real world, obviously, and superhero movies don’t, and this movie is a movie that ideally people will believe, “Oh shit, if I just put together the right parts and was a little bit more ambitious like this guy, I could do it, too.” I’ve been saying to Doug for the last few days, the model for this movie is not the guys in The Right Stuff, it’s the guys who created Facebook and Google. And those guys are more like us in a way, and certainly guys who rely more on their brains than their brawn.
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JFG: Jake is an actor with real depth, he’s got a real complexity behind his eyes. Does this affect the kind of character you can write for him? And also how great his character arc can be?
SK: For sure. Just the same way that you adjust a part to fit an actor’s vocal rhythms, you don’t want to write a part that you feel is going to be impossible for an actor to play. And Jake is, like [Robert] Downey, like Brad [Pitt] and Angie [Angelina Jolie], like a lot of incredibly skilled actors, he has the ability to go deep on a character. So we’re approaching it from, What is the broadest, most emotional — broadest in the sense of broadest spectrum from one place to another — for his character, most emotional version of this character. And that’s what excites him. He’s a guy who is drawn to dramas, who is drawn to Jim Sheridan and Sam Mendes and Ang Lee movies — those are some of the directors he’s worked with — so we’ve got to try to make our action movie about a mission to the Moon have as much drama and emotion and weight as Jarhead or Brokeback Mountain.
JFG: It seems like it has to work as a drama, because at least some chunk of the movie, even if you try to limit it, is three guys in a capsule. While they’re in that capsule, they’d better have some drama to work out.
SK: For sure, they will. And even when they get to the Moon, as much as the visual environment of the Moon is amazing, it’s also not particularly crowded. So you still have three guys in a totally desolate landscape interacting among themselves with space helmets on a lot of the time. So the dynamic between them, as it can express itself in dialogue, better be pretty damn compelling, or you’re gonna be watching a bunch of anonymous guys walking around a dark desert.
JFG: What particular strengths of Jake’s as an actor are you hoping to draw on?
SK: I think he has an innate kindness to him, as a person and as an actor. And what’s interesting about that is when you play against that he becomes even more interesting, because you’re never going to feel like he’s evil; you’re always going to understand that there’s a fundamental kindness at the core of his being. So you can allow him to do things that feel like the wrong things, or are motivated by the wrong motive, because you do feel at the end of the day that there’s some kindness that will overcome whatever his personal issues are. So that’s one thing. You have a lot of leeway to actually fuck him up, because he feels so decent at the core. And he’s also an actor who, because of his big eyes, and because it feels like there’s a lot going on behind his eyes, he doesn’t have to talk much about his emotions. There are some actors who don’t feel as penetrable. So you sort of have to overcompensate for that by giving them some scene where someone says, you know, “I remember when you were seven years old and your mom died.” With Jake, because there’s so much emotion he carries just as a good actor and as someone who has these very expressive eyes, you don’t have to do a lot of work to make us feel that he is an emotive character. He just gives you a lot of flexibility as a writer.
JFG: That should allow you to give him a bigger character arc.
SK: For sure.
JFG: Some of the conversations we’ve had, I’ve been concerned with the challenge of how to make sure Jake’s character is likable, and you make a good point that a character who on the page might not seem as likable, once Jake’s performance animates that character, the character is going to have a lot more depth.
SK: Yeah. I do believe he will bring a lot of that to the character and not all of it has to be on the page. I really believe that with Jake. I mean, I think that about a lot of good actors, but I think what’s really special about Jake is that he has this innate goodness to him. And it’s in everything. Every movie you watch of his, you feel it, and the more interesting way to go with that is to bury it a little bit. And to take for granted it’s there, and to give him a different thing to play.
JFG: How many design people do you have working on Moon, thus far?
SK: We have a production designer we’re working with, we have a conceptual artist we’re working with, we have a storyboard artist, we have research people, a couple of other people sort of casually on the movie, so it adds up to a fair amount of folks, a good ten people who, more than that, whose brains are really thinking about this film. And on a movie like Moon, it’s especially important because we’re creating an environment that obviously exists in the real world, but we’re trying to make it look and feel different from anything we’ve seen in cinema before. You can’t just reboot Apollo 13. You’ve got to try to find … you know, there’s a cinematographer that we’re working with as well.
JFG: Who’s that?
SK: We’ve been talking to the Director of Photography from Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Bojan Bazelli. And so we’re trying to create a world that people have never seen that does happen to exist. It’s things like, What does light look like on the Moon. What does soil look like? It’s the physics of what we’re actually constructing.
JFG: Where does the film stand now?
SK: We’re hoping that the movie shoots the beginning of next year. And it has been through many iterations, which I think is Doug’s process, to some extent, where he wants to look at a lot of different versions of something to make sure it’s the exact right version, and I think we’re starting to close in on the exact right version. Like you say, it’s been a labor of love for Doug, and I’ve worked with him on two movies and a TV pilot now, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him as passionate about a project as he is about this.
JFG: It’s the longest he’s been on a project.
SK: For sure. Which is telling. So it’s an ongoing — as you know, since you’re part of the conversation still — it is an ongoing conversation, it’s a group dialogue, it’s all these people involved giving ideas, and our trying to synthesize them … I just spent time with Jake, who is also a producer on the movie, and hopefully the star of the movie, and he’s doing research, and thinking about it, and has all kinds of good ideas, and — like all Dougie’s movies, but maybe more than the others — it’s an all-hands-on-deck, everybody’s-contributing-ideas process.
Poor SK, he's in for a shock!
Why?
We’re hoping that the movie shoots the beginning of next year.
That's fast.
I just spent time with Jake, who is also a producer on the movie, and hopefully the star of the movie
Hopefully?!? After all that talk about Jake he's not 100% the lead in the movie?
this movie is a movie that ideally people will believe, “Oh shit, if I just put together the right parts and was a little bit more ambitious like this guy, I could do it, too
Put together the right parts? LOL, that's beyond stupid.
No one can build a rocket, go to the Moon, spend few days there and come back to Earth just because he's super smart and very ambitious.
"Some of the conversations we’ve had, I’ve been concerned with the challenge of how to make sure Jake’s character is likable, and you make a good point that a character who on the page might not seem as likable, once Jake’s performance animates that character, the character is going to have a lot more depth."
Jake needs a good script. He does not have the chops to add depth to a character, despite his buggy eyes that fool some into thinking he's deep. Donnie Darko and BBMt had great scripts.
As for the Moon project, hey, fellas, ever try calf ropin'?
I'm in rittenhouse square undercover ie in the bushes
Omg a fucking huge rat just ran across my feet
LMAO!
Hopefully?!? After all that talk about Jake he's not 100% the lead in the movie?
The General's PR is still hammering out the on-set bearding visit and photo op details in Jake's contract.
He had to apologize to Jake etc.
Where does it say that?!
Facebook: Chilmark Road Race
Most of you are aware that photos of one of our participants along with photos of his girl friend's kids appeared in the tabloids, both print and online. They were sold without our knowledge by the photographer that we invited to take race photos. He works with our support and endorsement, and for him to sell the photos, was in our opinion, just plain wrong. He will not be asked back next year.
Recently, Kinberg sat down with 30 Ninjas Editor John Freeman Gill to discuss the film’s progress.
Simon Kinberg is a Jewish-American screenwriter. He was born August 2, 1973 in London, England, and his family moved later on to the United States. Kinberg graduated from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, and received his MFA from Columbia University Film School.
Simon is cute: Simon Kinberg
I feel bad for the Philly pap guy, he seems so nice. Fuck you Reese. Paul Rudd, I love you.
Small excerpt:
when Paul exited his security detail put up an umbrella to block the shot, Paul says to the guy "what are you doing? We don't need this drama!!" Pushes the umbrella out of the way and let's the paparazzi get off a few shots. Paul you're fucking great. So Reese & Owen why the drama. These photos aren't for me they're for you fans, I'm not getting rich off of them, I am literally taking them so the fans that read about you everyday, see you. If you look on the blogs out there, they are recycling your photos, sometimes purporting them as current like last week when your shiner picture made the rounds again. Please let me get a couple photos and I will leave you alone for a month, I'd like to get some sleep.
Philly Chit Chat
Where does it say that?!
The photographer said he sent an apology to Jake's publicist. It seems the entry is removed now.
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