Saturday 22 August 2009

Q&A: Alan Cumming

Q: When were you happiest?
A: A couple of summers ago, walking through a forest illuminated by fireflies, with my man and our dogs.

Q: What is your greatest fear?
A: Dying on the same day as someone much more famous than me.

Q: What is your earliest memory?
A: My mum and brother lifting me up to look out of a window to prove to me it was still dark and too early to get up to open my birthday presents.

Q: Which living person do you most admire, and why?
A: Mary Darling, my mum, for leaving my father and finding happiness.

Q: What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A: Being an open book.

Q: What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A: Being closed off to the world.

Q: What is your most treasured possession?
A: Wild Thyme Way, my country retreat in the Catskill Mountains.

Q: What would your super power be?
A: To zap angry, bigoted people.

Q: What makes you unhappy?
A: Our obsession with the worthless and unimportant, like Sarah Palin.

Q: If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would it be?
A: Socialism.

Q: Who would play you in the film of your life?
A: Cate Blanchett. She'd pull it off.

Q: What is your favourite smell?
A: Rosemary. I rub it in my armpits.

Q: What is your favourite book?
A: The Trick Is To Keep Breathing, by Janice Galloway.

Q: What is your guiltiest pleasure?
A: Being in the first-class cabin and not refusing anything that is offered.

Q: What do you owe your parents?
A: My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

Q: What, or who, is the greatest love of your life?
A: Grant Shaffer, my husband.

Q: What does love feel like?
A: Being hit on the head with a brick, and like a bowl of hearty soup.

Q: When did you last cry, and why?
A: An hour ago, on a plane, watching a show about teenage mums.

Q: What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
A: The Obama administration keeping their promises and granting equal rights to the LGBT community.

Q: What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A: When someone tells me that I have inspired them.

Q: How would you like to be remembered?
A: By people who love me raising a glass and laughing and remembering fun times we had.

Q: What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
A: This above all: to mine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, I canst not then be false to any man.

Q: Tell us a joke
Q: How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Why do you think the lightbulb is so keen to change?

Source: Guardian, UK, Q&A: Alan Cumming

1,880 comments:

  1. Dear Ted:
    So now there are reports that Sophia Bush is dating Austin Nichols. Did that girl ever meet a costar she didn't like? When she goes through all of her male costars, will she start going through the female ones?
    —hillarieb

    Dear Sophia's Choice:
    Don't count on S.B. walkin' down the aisle with Austin like she did her first hubby/costar, Chad Michael Murray. But you can bet they'll milk the attention for a while!

    AT

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  2. Great post and interview. I agree and love everything he said except for Socialism and Rosemary!

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  3. jmanlinday: saw jake gyllenhal at gym. This made me sure: old man to jake: "hey, veren't you the vone in that vfilm?" jake: "yes, i'm an actor."

    2 minutes ago

    Jake at gym

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  4. JJ is bought and paid for. He has the credibility of a cow on crack, or for that matter, Perez Hilton on steroids. Being a normal couple in HW is almost an oxymoron, and when that term is applied to a screwed up bearding situation like Reeke, the term 'normal' is almost laughable.

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  5. he has the credibility of a cow on crack

    Money doesn't grow on trees!

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  6. Q: What do you owe your parents?
    Alan Cumming: My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.


    I'm glad Alan can joke about it, but that's so sad.

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  7. FYI jmanlinday's tweets indicate he's either in LA or NY.

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  8. veren't you the vone


    LOL Jake should have answered "Ves I'm a vactor"

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  9. 5:27 PM - well, that fits.

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  10. Re. Natalie: I took a look at her IMDB filmography and she'll probably promote "Love & Other Impossible Pursuits" at TIFF.

    You are right: "Love And Other Impossible Pursuits, starring actress Natalie Portman, directed by Don Roos, will have its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)."

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  11. "FYI jmanlinday's tweets indicate he's either in LA or NY."

    Not Philly? The Babblers are gonna be trolling mad!

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  12. Babblers are always trolling mad!

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  13. Jake, you should read thisAugust 22, 2009 6:23 pm

    June 1, 2009

    Luna (Untitled Moon Project)

    Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller
    Premise: A renegade group of former space employees travels the world, stealing space equipment in an attempt to go back to the moon.
    About: A relatively unknown project that's being directed by Doug Liman which will star Jake Gyllenhaal. The script was originally penned by Liman with the help of 'Along Came Polly' director John Hamburg, but has been rewritten by 'Black Hawk Down' scribe Mark Bowden. It's unclear which draft this is but I'm fairly certain it's the Bowden draft. Dan Mazeau and Ken Nolan are also credited with working on the screenplay.
    Writer: Mark Bowden.

    I have to say that Doug Liman is one of the more underrated directors out there. No one gives him any credit for Swingers but the guy figured out a way to balance Vaughn and Favreau's love for improvisation with a production schedule that couldn't afford second takes. He went on to do "Go", a cool kinetic flick that played with time and still managed to differentiate itself from all the Pulp Fiction clones going out at the time. Mr. & Mrs. Smith was a movie I was so sure I was going to hate that I had to literally be dragged to the theater. Somehow, the movie turned out to be a good time. Then he started a franchise in the Bourne movies that had no business being as big as they were - since Matt Damon's career was basically in the cellar when the first film premiered. His only misstep was the Hayden Christensen starrer "Jumper", which felt like the projectionist had accidentally fallen on the fast-forward button for the entirety of the movie. It's one of a handful of movies that actually felt like it chopped off too much film (but we did get to see Billy Elliot all grown up). So when I heard that Mr. Liman would be directing a big-budget semi-sci-fi flick about going to the moon, I wanted to check out the script.

    A mysterious group of misfits is stealing rockets and boosters and, yes, even lunar landers from all over the world - even going so far as to leave "I.O.U.'s" in their wake. They appear to be a rogue collection of former space pilots and engineers led by a hot Eastern European woman named Anya. She's one of those "save the earth" type women...but on like a case of red bull. FBI and NASA officials find out that the group is following an outdated thesis project from an ex-NASA employee which proposes how to get to the moon at 1/10 the cost of any known mission. The author of this project is an Observation Center employee named Cole - a man who has no idea that any of this is going on.

    Well he's about to. Because Cole is the last item on the list. One second he's staring at the moon, the next he's thrown into the back of a van, drugged, and when he wakes up, he's on a mission to the moon. Yes, Cole is sitting in the cockpit of an old rusted Kazakhstan rocket three seconds before liftoff! Cole is equal parts surprised, terrified, and sincerely pissed off.

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  14. Apparently Anya's group has dual motives: to mine Helium-3, a high performance energy source which can only be found on the moon and (I'm not kidding about this) to leave a Monk on the moon to establish a Lunar Lighthouse. Apparently nobody told Anya that the purpose of a Lighthouse is to guide incoming ships to safety. Since the only thing that's going to be heading towards the moon in the next 20 years is a meteor or two and the occasional Chinese satellite, I'd say Marco the Monk is going to have a a lot of free time on his hands. I hope he brought a Gameboy.

    Well, because they're all amateurs and they don't have Houston on their side (the American space program refuses to help) they crash land, leaving them in the position of trying to figure out how to get back home. My interest started to fade long before this, but this was the breaking point. First of all, who cares if this team gets to the moon or not? We've already been to the moon, oh, what... 40 years ago. I wouldn't care if you told me my damn cousin was on the mission. Getting to the moon is old. There's nothing special about it, even if you were able to save a couple of dollars in the process. What's next? A renegade team that sends another rover to Mars? And maybe the two rovers clash for Martian supremacy? There could be some high drama in that. But seriously, all that happens is that they crash on a place we've already been before, and then try to find a way back. What's interesting about this?

    You remember that movie, "Space Cowboys?" With Tommy Lee Jones and Clint Eastwood? The whole thing was about these old men going up into space. But what they did with that script is they added another element to the story. Once they were up there, they found out they had to fix this mysterious rouge satellite. The curiosity of what was behind that satellite added another dimension to the story that made it more than just a bunch of guys going into space. That's what "Luna" needed. That extra story element. What if they got to the moon and realized some country had a secret base there? What would the people occupying that base do to make sure the base's existence stayed secret? That's a story. Trying to get to the moon, crashing, then trying to get back isn't a story. I'm sorry but it isn't.

    It was for this reason that I couldn't recommend Luna.

    Script link: Luna

    [ ] trash
    [x] barely kept my interest
    [ ] worth the read
    [ ] impressive
    [ ] genius

    What I learned: One thing I will give Luna is that it's well-researched. While I wasn't always keen on the logic behind *why* they were doing this, everything seemed plausible and realistic because of how much research went into it. I believed that what they were doing was possible. A lot of writers don't do any research but it makes a difference. Readers know when a writer's bullshitting and professional writers almost always research their subject matter. So when someone comes along that doesn't, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

    Script Shadow

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  15. From OMG :

    "plaid said...

    Anyone who thinks that Austin isn't bearding (assuming he's gay at all, see below) because they haven't seen as much fake PDA as Reeke is nuts.

    Austin is a fourth-rate actor with a few minor third-rate movie roles and a third-rate TV series on his CV. Reeke is a carefully constructed commercial product financed by a big studio (Disney) for the benefit of two of its biggest stars : Jake and Reese. A pile of money is involved, money that is *not* going to be spent on a c/d-list actor like Austin. So, of course you won't see the elaborate hoaxes, staged photo-ops and planted gossip rag rumors for Austin and Sophia. They aren't important enough to construct a Reeke-sized hoax for. The return on investment is not there.

    Now for the more controversial assertion.

    I believe that Austin is as straight as a dye. All of the homo-energy coming off of Jake and Austin is coming from Jake, not Austin. Austin is a generic, ordinary, third-rate heterosexual male actor who happened to have found himself in the same room with a famous, horny, gorgeous, love-starved, closeted gay actor desperate for a little companionship in LA. Austin was flattered, took pity on Jake, saw the professional possibilities (self-promotion, bromance, whatever), and decided to go along for the ride. He might have even flirted for awhile with pathetic, emotionally confused Jake, as some straight male guys like to do with their gay male friends - before they go back, permanently - to their straight female girlfriends. And Jake might have even believed this game for awhile, but he certainly doesn't now.

    That's it. There is no more homo-erotic energy in J/Austin. And yes, I've seen ALL of the pictures too.

    It is important to understand this because it explains so much of Jake's bearding.

    There is no great gay (or straight) love worth sacrificing his career for in Jake's life. He's a pretty lonely guy, incredibly love-starved in so many ways. The only thing that he has now is his career, and his current career obsession is a franchise. He's doing what he needs to do to make PoP successful. Meaningful gay love, in the short-term, is not a real possibility for him and he knows it.

    Since there is no great gay love at home waiting for him, no wonderful man telling him that unless he stops bearding the relationship is over, why not sell his soul to the highest bidder?"

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  16. As far as we know, since when Austin doesn't have a girlfriend? Since 2004 when he broke up with Claire Oswalt?

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  17. Whatever, plaid. TBH I believe Ted C over your opinion. So who is Gray Goose, James Schamus?!

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  18. Didn't Austin date Sophia Bush in 2005/2006?

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  19. So who is Gray Goose, James Schamus?!

    I always thought Shamus had a crush on Jake. ;)

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  20. He did! Who wouldn't?!

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  21. Jake's one true love was... Heath!!!


    J/K, J/K! Just to piss you all off. ;)

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  22. Didn't Austin date Sophia Bush in 2005/2006?

    No.

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  23. No.

    When did he supposedly date/(beard with) her? I keep reading on/off girlfriend.

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  24. Jaustin Reads WFTAugust 22, 2009 6:51 pm

    Hey Austin you're a generic, ordinary fourth-rate actor and I'm famous, horny and gorgeous!

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  25. Jaustin Reads WFTAugust 22, 2009 6:51 pm

    So? You're love-starved, closeted, desperate, pitiful, pathetic, emotionally confused and lonely!

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  26. When did he supposedly date/(beard with) her? I keep reading on/off girlfriend.

    Sophia said that she went on a few dates with Austin after her divorce, but they decided to remain good friends.

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  27. Who needs gorgeous?! All butts look the same with your eyes closed!

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  28. Sophia said that she went on a few dates with Austin after her divorce, but they decided to remain good friends.

    I see.

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  29. "I always thought Shamus had a crush on Jake."

    Oh yeah. Big time.

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  30. They were probably f*cking each other during the BBM shoot too. lol

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  31. No, before. I needed that role!

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  32. Jake said...
    No, before. I needed that role!


    You slut!

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  33. Jake should continue doing this movie production stuff - that is a good way to meet a lot of interesting and discreet gays :)

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  34. Jake should continue doing this movie production stuff - that is a good way to meet a lot of interesting and discreet gays :)

    Now we know why he became a producer.

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  35. Shut up, 7:29 PM!

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  36. I need to get into producing and directing ASAP! I'm gonna be 30 soon and 30 in gay years is like being 50 in straight. Shit! I need to get into something where I have power over new hot gay actors!

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  37. Good thinking, Jake!

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  38. Now we know why Jake hasn't worked with a lot of straight directors LOL.

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  39. Or with the same gay director twice.

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  40. Jake, you have a few good years left for Sugar Daddy hunt :)

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  41. So what's the Chin's Avon perfume gonna small like? Beer puke and magnolias? B.O. and babyfoodbaby's breath? Bullshit and roses?

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  42. smell like LOL.... I'm sure it's gonna be in a small tiny bottle though!

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  44. ^^^ As we said, babblers are always trolling! lol

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  45. We Have to Take Our Clothes OffAugust 22, 2009 8:45 pm

    Being a celebrity today is a lot harder than it used to be. I say this as though I have experience in a) being a celebrity and b) living back in the day. I have neither of those experiences. However, I feel like in order to be a celebrity today you have to either be really talented at one thing or pretend to be talented at lots of different things.

    If you are in the first class of persons, generating publicity for a movie takes about as much effort as breathing. Tom Hanks, for instance, can literally film himself taking a crap and it will most likely generate some Oscar buzz.

    For the second class of celebs, it can be a little bit tougher. What do you do to get people to get out and see your new mediocre movie or listen to your new tepid album or whatever subpar activity you’ve decided to try your hand at? You could hit the talk show circuit aggressively, but as you’re a lukewarm personality, people will most likely not be amped about tuning in to hear you plug your latest venture at 1:30 AM on a work night. What you can do is what millions (maybe not millions…tens? twenties?) of celebrities before you have done. Hit the internet. With your camera. And your naked body.

    What brings this to mind currently is the latest nekkid photo to hit the interwebs that of Mr. Jamie Foxx. I’m shocked by this for a variety of reasons. First and foremost being, goddamn he should change his name to Jamie Foxxx and look into a career in porn. Secondly, no more than 5 years ago, Jamie Foxx had an Oscar in his hand. But come to think of it, I haven’t heard much from Jamie Foxx since “Blame It” came out back in February. But considering that video shows Jamie palling around with Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ron Howard, I’m surprised he feels he has to lower himself by lowers his pants. Though I suppose The Soloist has already come and gone from movie theaters with not as much hype as was expected. But Wikipedia tells me that Mr. Foxx has another movie due out in October. While it is only August, it’s never too early to generate some excitement for a movie. And with the image of Jamie Foxx’s wang seared into your retina (and at the top of most Google searches) for the next few weeks, Law Abiding Citizen may scrape some dough together from the box office.

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  46. We Have to Take Our Clothes OffAugust 22, 2009 8:48 pm

    An even better example involves a repeat offender of these publicity generating tactics, Ms. Vanessa Anne Hudgens. I’m sure everyone saw Baby V’s lopsided bush when it first leaked to the internet back in September of 2007. You’d think she would have learned her lesson and stop taking naked pictures of herself slash delete any pre-existing pictures of herself. That’d be a big NOPE, because more pictures leaked to the internet earlier this month. And in a strange “coincidence” V.Hudge has a movie which came out over the weekend. A movie in which she plays a character named “Sa5m” where the 5 is silent. Clearly, the producers of this movie realize people are going to need an extra push to go see this piece of garbage.

    Surely two instances do not make a standard. Well for you fine people, I combed through the annals of celebrity scandals to find some correlations. Let’s see. Colin Farrell’s sex tape was leaked in early 2006, a year in which he released Miami Vice (with none other than Jamie Foxx! Twist!), a movie with much hype, but not a lot of results. Pam Anderson’s sex tape started hitting the old interweb right around the time Barb Wire was set to hit the silver screen. As iff Leighton Meester couldn’t simply let her collabo with Cobra Starship on “Good Girls Go Bad” hype up her forthcoming album, her foot-job sex tape leaked roughly at the same time. Likewise, Kristen Davis let Charlotte York’s good girl image go bad soon before Sex and the City hit theaters with an alleged sex tape of her own.

    Let’s say that all of the above instances are really publicity stunts and not Revenge of the Ex (a la Mya) although there’s something kinda hot about revenge on a famous ex via public naked humiliation or maybe it’s just me. I would kill to be a fly on the wall when the conversation between a star and their publicist turns to getting naked. “Listen, Vanessa, V, Baby V. We’ve got a bit of a problemo here. The numbers for your new movie just aren’t where we want them to be. I Googled you last night and it wasn’t pretty. You were the #9 hit. #9! Nickelback got more hits than you! I’d love to see you at #1, and there’s one way I can think of to make that happen. Still with me? This is a cameraphone. I’m going to step out of the room and if you happen to take some intimate pictures of yourself, so be it. And I can promise you that I won’t not accidentally leak them to Perez. Now drop trou, I’ll be back in ten. Love you babe!”

    If it does actually work and a naked photo scandal does increase publicity (the litmus test for this will be whether Bandslam is in theaters for more than a month), then please expect pictures of my raw dong to be floating around the internet faster than you can say “More like 2balls1blog!” If not, maybe keep the celeb naked photo shoots to a minimum. However, I heard Jake Gyllenhaal has a movie coming out soon, and if he needs to increase publicity, then by all means.

    2 birds 1blog

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  47. Two words, Jake: Sex tape.

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  48. This was a nice post; I love Alan Cumming. Thanks, Jackie! :)

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  49. So chris of 2 birds who wrote above is a (obviously gay) guy? I thot it was 2 chicks!

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  50. What brings this to mind currently is the latest nekkid photo to hit the interwebs that of Mr. Jamie Foxx. I’m shocked by this for a variety of reasons. First and foremost being, goddamn he should change his name to Jamie Foxxx and look into a career in porn. Secondly, no more than 5 years ago, Jamie Foxx had an Oscar in his hand.

    The image, first posted by MediaTakeOut.com, was removed hours after it was posted following requests from Foxx's attorney... but you can get the idea from this

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  51. So chris of 2 birds who wrote above is a (obviously gay) guy?

    Hmm, can't tell.

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  52. What brings this to mind currently is the latest nekkid photo to hit the interwebs that of Mr. Jamie Foxx.

    I've seen the picture and can confirm that Mr Foxxx has a very nice and big cock.

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  53. Two words, Jake: Sex tape.

    I promised I wouldn't!

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  54. wonder who these kids belong to:


    http://www.malibumayor.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/22/ryan-phillippe-takes-a-walk-with-unidentified-kids

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  55. Heh. I got the NSFW Jamie Fox pic. Hurry and look before tinypic deletes it!

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  56. Austin (in the other room)August 22, 2009 9:55 pm

    *right click save*

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  57. Foxx=Photoshopped.

    The oboy in that pic with Ryan looks like Deacon a bit.

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  58. *front right click save*

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  59. 9:56 I thought that too but then I figure all the boys look the same with their summer buzz cuts. LOL!

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  60. Jeeze you guys. "No pic, it didn't happen." Then when there's a pic "Photoshopped!"

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  61. Do those kids belong to Ryan? The boy does look like Deacon and they look mixed or Latin.

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  62. Q: What is your earliest memory?
    A: My mum and brother lifting me up to look out of a window to prove to me it was still dark and too early to get up to open my birthday presents.



    ^^ I love this. Oh to be a kid again and have that be the biggest problem, having to wait to open presents.

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  63. Can you imagine if those kids are Ryan's (from a very young previous relationship) and he's been hiding them away? Could be why the Chin had the upper hand in the divorce (bad PR if the public finds out) and why Ryan hasn't spilled the beans if Jake is hiding a BT of his own (empathy and "people in glass houses...").

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  64. The kids could be Ryan's nephew and niece. But I agree it would be SO JUICY if they were his!

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  65. There is no BT, please. Don't know who the kids belong too but if he wanted to keep them a secret i doubt that he would be wandering Malibu with them. Could be kids of some friends of his.

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  66. The kids look racially mixed or hispanic.

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  67. I love to see racially mixed kids. They always seem to get the best features from both parents and they always look so beautiful. And no I'm not being sarcastic. Those 2 kids with Ryan, they could be models, easy. Especially the boy, what a beautiful face.

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  68. *wonders when the boy will turn 18*

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  69. Funny how a lot of Jake sightings are twittered by females. I'm sure more guys would twitter about Jake if it weren't for that annoying little confidentiality agreement they signed.

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  70. U.S. Men's Soccer TeamAugust 23, 2009 12:12 am

    Those pesky agreements, ugh.

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  71. Car Park Inc. Parking Structure ServicesAugust 23, 2009 3:38 am

    Tell us about it!

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  72. wonder who these kids belong to

    Probably his niece and nephew.

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  73. I got the NSFW Jamie Fox pic

    Wow, thanks!

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  74. Page Six

    BRYAN BATT'S BRUSH WITH A BELLBOY

    BRYAN Batt -- who plays Salvatore Romano, the closeted art director of the Sterling Cooper ad agency on AMC's hit "Mad Men" -- had his first gay sex on last week's episode when he lip-locked with a hotel bellboy, who put his hands down Sal's pants. Interviewed by Frank DeCaro on Sirius XM, Batt said, "Orestes [Arcuni], the young man who played the bellboy, was fantastic -- he was really, really good. He's straight, and I told him, 'Close your eyes and just pretend I'm Christie Brinkley.'"

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  75. Bryan was very nice, but a little nervous so I decided not to mention I'm gay. But I did think about Christie Brinkley - I needed something to get my erection down.

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  76. I would love to know what Jake and his PR thought of Ted C's "When did Jake G start to suck" headline and the letter with his answer. While I don't think that Ted's opinion is the end all be all to Jake's PR, I do think that they definitely read Ted and must have some opinion. Alot of people read Ted's column. I wonder if that made Jake's PR start to take notice and think that maybe Reeke isn't as wonderful for Jake as they may have been thinking it was.

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  77. Jake's PR would have to be brain dead to think Reeke PR is doing wonders for Jake. The question is - what's the alternative? Would other beard be better? Would people forget about Jake without bearding and bearding PR?

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  78. When did Jake G start to suck

    When I was 14!

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  79. Ted has been bashing Reeke since day one, the latest was tame. I remember several posts including him making fun of their PDA at the Lakers game, the coffee dates, etc.

    PR doesn't care about Ted, otherwise he would have stopped or toned it down after all these years. There are some actors he doesn't touch with a 10 ft pole as per E lawyers.

    If actors like Angelina and Brad ignore his constant bashing and him preicting that they will reak up any day,that she openly flirts with other women and that she still is on smack, Jake's PR sure the hell ain't paying attention to him either.

    I read something awhile back that said that actors and their PR don't pay attention to gossip bloggers with the exception of Perez, they mentioned Jake's PR. I have to search for that.

    JJ is just a ass kisser that pimps stars a lot of time w/o any input from PR.

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  80. Jake and Reese's kids in MV was after Ted's letter, that should confirm that they could care les. Reese is actually working, filming on a closed set, not much chance to have on set photo ops.

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  81. ^^^ Who ever suggested that Reeke would change reeking schedule because of Ted?

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  82. PR don't pay attention to gossip bloggers with the exception of Perez

    Perez is tha man!

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  83. I read something awhile back that said that actors and their PR don't pay attention to gossip bloggers with the exception of Perez, they mentioned Jake's PR.

    That doesn't make sense at all, it's like saying that Internet gossipers care about and trust only Perez.

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  84. Jake's PR sure the hell ain't paying attention to him either.

    Jake's PR is paying attention to Ted and others, it's their job to do that. PR can't be happy with what Ted has to say about their client.

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  85. ^^Didn't Ted say Jake heard about him writing about TT and finds it amusing?

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  86. 9:04am here, my bad, Ted's "letter" was posted a few days after MV and at the time I thought that it was in response to the MV pics.

    Of course they aren't going to change their schedule, that could give two shits about Ted, if they did they would have done something about it years ago.

    It's not that they trust Perez, but they do care because he is the most visible and popular of the internet bloggers. The others don't register outside of the internet including Ted despite being around for years. All Ted seems to be doing for the most part is making sure he gets a ton of hits by mentioning Twilight in every post. Even when he mentioned Reeke a few weeks ago, he made sure he mentioned Twilight so he can get the hits.

    While Jake filmed Brothers ona closed set, we were spared Reeke pics, just a few blog sightings due to the fact that she was also filming, FC.

    Jake needs to e preparing for L&D and Brothers PR and UMP pre-production stuff that's why he is back in L.A. I assume. He nneds to start acting like an adult, he's almost 30.

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  87. Of course they aren't going to change their schedule, that could give two shits about Ted, if they did they would have done something about it years ago

    There is nothing to be done - Jake can't turn straight.

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  88. 9:23: Ted has been "at" their client for over four years, they weren't happy then so what makes now any different? Monitering him and others is one thing, but actually being concerned about Perez which I remember reading (Not only Jake's PR) is different.

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  89. It's not that they trust Perez, but they do care because he is the most visible and popular of the internet bloggers.

    Perez is just small part of the online PR and gossip.

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  90. Jake needs to break up with Reese. I read in a gossip mag (2 gossip mags actually, one the German "Life and Style" and another mag (forgot the name) ) that he likes Reese's chilren and likes to spend time with them, but that he doesn't want to marry Reese (who really wants to marry him and urges him) but he doesn't want that responsibility and to really care about the kids like a real stepfather.
    German speaking tabloids aren't Reeke friendly at all.

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  91. 9:34: So therefore they don't pay Ted any mind, like they didn't pay him any mind when he started TT, if so they could have squashed it back then. Ted stopped Crisp Lisp all of a sudden and Crouchalistic or whatever was about Franc, you noticed he hasn't done a BI about that in ages after doing back to back BI's> he does refer to him and makes commenst occasionally about Franco but that's it. How much you want to bet Franco's PR said something,the same thing with Lisp whoever that was.

    Stopped the BI's about Orlando nloom and Viggio after Blooms people said something and Ted's explanastion that no one cared was BS, I know a lot in the fandom that sent him ton of letters and he just stopped.

    Jake'speople never said/did anything back then proly thought it was good PR with BBM coming up andhe would stop. He did in 11/05 - 3/06 when he said he was bored with TT and was going to start doing BI's about Lisp, then a month later he dropped Lisp and started TT again. 2 thngs happened then :Lisp's people contacted the E lawyers and 4/06 was when WFT started and Star, a mainstream rag first did a story on Jake and Austin, then all of a sudden he was on the TT trail again because he knew for sure he had an audience.

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  92. German speaking tabloids are trying to make Reeke seem at least a bit interesting, lol.

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  93. Monitering him and others is one thing, but actually being concerned about Perez which I remember reading (Not only Jake's PR) is different.

    Being concerned about Perez outing Jake?

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  94. German speaking tabloids are trying to make Reeke seem at least a bit interesting, lol.

    More drama is more interesting. ;)

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  95. 9;36: Small part but the most well known outside of the net, do they are more concerend about him. Perez is all over the place: NY times, Time, CNN, etc. He pimps himself 24/7, the others are not.

    They really rather focus on the big fish, the others they can afford to ignore in their opinion.

    I know you don't like Perez, most people don't but that's the truth.

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  96. Perez likes Reese, even pre Reeke and he likes Jake. And he seems to think Reeke is legit and that Jake is straight, maybe bi. There will be no outing.

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  97. Perez knows Jake is gay, he hinted that more than once before Jake's PR arranged things with Perez.

    From time to time Perez suggests Reese Witherspoon is Jake's beard - he wouldn't do that if he really liked her.

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  98. 9:45: No because like most gossip columnists I don't think he has actual inside info on most stars, just BS speculation and embelishing.

    He stopped putting Jake under Gay,gay, gay (Clooney too) but he still occasionally implies that Jake and Clooney are gay and or bearding. When asked about it, Perez has said that is only joking when he says Jake is gay on his site, he does it with a lot of actors ut who knows? He gets more reaction when he does that than when he does a pro-Reeke post.

    PR is concerened with Perez because of the traffic on his site is high despite the fact that you have to now register to post , also he is very visible outside of that. On the E site you don't haveto register to comment on the blog posts opening it up to the same people posting over and over, something that PR is well aware of. MKyou haveto register as well but he has a core group of followers that post there and you pretty know who they are if you post and or lurk there.

    I'm surprised JJ doesn't make you register, maybe he will soon.

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  99. Perez knows Jake is gay, he hinted that more than once before Jake's PR arranged things with Perez.

    Probably because he heard about the TT rumors and has some fun with it sometimes. He has always been Reeke supportive.

    If you checked Reese, Jake entries pre Reeke, you'd have noticed he's always been friendly in his posts about each of them.

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  100. Perez is a gay man who spends a lot of time with other gay men and celebrities - Perez knows Jake is gay.

    Calling Reese a beard isn't Reeke supportive and shows that Perez doesn't give a fuck about Reese.

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  101. ^^I'd suggest check all the Jake, Reese and Reek comments and you'll see Perez seems pro Reeke 10:33. He has a search possibility on his site, just type in Jake's name.

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  102. 9:56: Perez like Reese, most of her solo posts are positive, Jake I get the feeling he could care less about. When Perez first started his site he referred to Jake as Gyllen-Ho, most thought that he meant that as homo, but it was because he was spotted with several women while he was supposed to be back with Kiki or as he called her Drunkst, he hated Kiki and still does.

    It,'s no coincidence that he first broke the Gyllenspoon story. Since then he has gone back and forth but IMO he is bored by the whole situation and unless PR actually pushes him to do something, he won't go out of his way.

    PR would probably rather he ignore them than go back and fort.

    IMO Perez doesn't actually know one way or another about Jake and doesn't care, too boring.

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  103. All those fucking steroids and I lose out to a white pansy!

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  104. I'd suggest check all the Jake, Reese and Reek comments and you'll see Perez seems pro Reeke

    No need for rereading that crap, I know Jake's PR bought Perez's support and Jake miraculously turned straight, LOL.

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  105. 10:03 Oh please stop already with the Perez is a gay man so he knows Jake is gay too, what a stupid homophobic comment to make. He knows about the TT rumors.

    Your anger at Perez for being visible more then Ted and saying on air an in print that he really doesn't think jake is gay is obvious.

    There are more pro-Reeke posts and comments over the last few years than anti-Reeke.

    Perez doesn't give a fuck about Reese or Reeke, was that a typo?

    He gives a fuck more about Reese than Jake IMO. Perez is pro-Reeke despite him at times suggesting otherwise, he is on the PR payroll remember?? You have to keep up!

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  106. Perez doesn't give a fuck about Reese.

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  107. Sorry 10:16 AM,

    Jake is gay and Perez knows that.

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  108. The only thing Perez gives a fuck about is $$$.

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  109. Your anger at Perez for being visible more then Ted and saying on air an in print that he really doesn't think jake is gay is obvious.

    LOL!

    I never heard anything about Perez "saying on air an in print that he really doesn't think Jake is gay".

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  110. So therefore they don't pay Ted any mind, like they didn't pay him any mind when he started TT, if so they could have squashed it back then.

    Jake's PR can't touch Ted - Toothy Tile is BI.
    Toothy BI had the audience from the very start and Ted never said he was bored with TT.

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  111. PopBooger 2009 Shirtless Men Contest - Jake vs Rob Pattinson

    Jake didn't have a chance.

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  112. Jerry "Straight" BruckheimerAugust 23, 2009 10:39 am

    Jake is so fucking gorgeous and muscular with his hot hot hot Prince of Persia sexy sexy body. That stupid contest was fixed!

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  113. Sorry Brucky, Rob Pattinson has fans.

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  114. Didn't Ted say Jake heard about him writing about TT and finds it amusing?

    March 26, 2007

    Dear Ted:
    Has Toothy Tile or any of the other Blind Vicers ever indicated to you that he knows you're talking about him (as in, "Write anything more, Casablanca, and you'll never Awful-speak again")?
    John
    Boston

    Dear Blind on the Mind:
    Yes, Toothy knows he’s Toothy. And he’s proud of it! (Quelle surprise.)

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  115. Perez could give a fuck about Jake, Reese or any other celeb he posts about.

    Perez made the comment about only joking about Jake being gay during a TV giude/biography on Jake taht aired in '06 or 07 I think.

    BI's are lawsuit-proof so I doubt that Crip and Crouchlistic people said anything. Ted like any other gossiper posts crap based on response. Also it's possible he dropped Crisp/Crouch because they aren't bearding.

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  116. Perez made the comment about only joking about Jake being gay during a TV giude/biography on Jake taht aired in '06 or 07 I think.

    That's laughable.

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  117. Even if he's gay I hope Jake fucks Anne on the set just to piss Chin off. *evil laugh*


    ( I know I'm taking this way too seriously, but I have nothing better to do today. :( )

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  118. 11:08, you mean like The Wedding Banquet?! If Jake got drunk/drugged/Viagra'd and fucked a girl and got them pregnant, the Chin would be ready to kill. LOL

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  119. If Jake got drunk/drugged/Viagra'd and fucked a girl and got them pregnant, the Chin would be ready to kill. LOL

    In this case Reeke would start to be interesting and fun.

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  120. 10:57: Why is it laughable? That he said it on air or that the interview doesn't exists? It does, don't have time to search for it but t the time it was on IHJ. Aired maybe right before Zodiac came out, 2/07??

    Evil laugh I know it's just for shits and giggles but Anne supposedly has a BF, some actor. The same reason Jake didn't "fuck Natalie silly" on Brothers becasue she ahd a BF at the time. You would think they would have milked thatdue to Jake and Natalies friendship/history.

    Gemma/Jake could of been spun too. Won't happen,he is a perfect, loyal BF and potential stepdad!

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  121. Won't happen,he is a perfect, loyal BF and potential stepdad!

    Barf!

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  122. 10:57: Why is it laughable?

    Perez making the comment about only joking about Jake being gay is laughable.

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  123. I bet Jake is embarrassed by Reeke by now. For some reason he is hanging on, if the whole thing is an arrangement than probably for that reason.
    Jake named Ryan Gosling as an acting role model. But Ryan Gosling is not pretentious, natural and very talented and doesn't need an A-List starlet to bring him up there. I still think Jake is a decent actor and I hope PoP won't end up a disaster. There's still a bit of a fan inside of me, I don't know why.

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  124. For some reason he is hanging on

    Reeking is serious business.

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  125. Jake might be trying to distance himself from Reeke right now, so that no questions about it during the Brothers promotion will come up. Like if they broke it off or taking a break, what talk show host is gonna ask about that? If I were him I'd not want to have anyone ask about it either, how embarrassing that in 3 years she's selling it on magazine covers that he's proposed at least 5 times and he hasn't said a word that they're even dating. Even if it were real, who the hell wants to admit they're fucking old sour bitchface Witheredpoon that 90% of people in HW hate and won't work with?!

    I say with all Jake's promos and interviews coming up, its time for him to shit or get off the pot. Either quit the bearding so he gets no questions and tells no lies, or lie and tell the world he loves her and marry the bitch. Either way he needs to get his shit done and over with.

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  126. IF, I say if they are real (whatever that means), then I doubt she's the one who doesn't want marriage, it's him. It was probably fun at first snagging fresh Oscar winner, b.o. queen RW then reality bit. LOL. What a dumbass. If/when Reeke ends, I hope Ryan will beat his ass up.
    Ryan was a good friend? My ass. If you have friends like Jake...

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  127. Perez deleted all of his old posts about Jake being gay after PR got to him and gave him the "exclusive" that Reeke was an item. Someone on Data Lounge pointed this out a while ago, and noted that Perez didn't do it right and that his old posts on Jake could be found in the way back machine.

    PR thought that if they got Perez on their side everyone would believe Reeke was real because gasp, Perez, a gay man known for outing, would never do that. Perez is a joke, and he can be bought, unlike Ted and Michael K. He is perfectly happy to protect all the A and B list gay stars while outing people lower down on the food chain.

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  128. Someone on Data Lounge pointed this out a while ago,

    I'd take everything what postes on DL say with a grain of salt.

    I remember old Perez posts where he started to all him GyllenHOE because he was supposedly fucking quite a few women while on a break from this loser druggie Dunst.

    All that being said, I don't say Jake isn't gay. And bearding now with Reese.

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  129. He is perfectly happy to protect all the A and B list gay stars while outing people lower down on the food chain.

    There are constantly inuendoes about the usual suspects though, like Cruise, Travolta, Smith etc.

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  130. It was probably fun at first snagging fresh Oscar winner

    No, it wasn't fun faking a romance with Reese, we saw that Jake didn't have fun in Toronto and Rome.

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  131. No, it wasn't fun faking a romance with Reese, we saw that Jake didn't have fun in Toronto and Rome.

    Not saying it was fun with Reese, but I think he wasn't too happy to have another box office flop, this time even a turkey, after Zodiac.

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  132. Toronto festival was before Rendition was released.

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  133. 12:35, if you check out the pics in Toronto and compare them with Rome, you'll see a difference in his facial expression.

    Toronto

    Rome is under "Press Conference" as well.

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  134. ^^I think he was really disappointed this movie floppes so badly.

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  135. Disappointed and sad because official reeking was about to begin.

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  136. Perez deleted all of his old posts about Jake being gay after PR got to him and gave him the "exclusive" that Reeke was an item.

    Few years ago I saw some of those Perez Jake is gay posts. Perez didn't even need to delete them - his site doesn't have archive.

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  137. Jake might be trying to distance himself from Reeke right now, so that no questions about it during the Brothers promotion will come up.

    It's not Jake's decision, Reese didn't sign the fauxmance contract to be dumped when it suits Jake.

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  138. Reeking = lying, so I don't see why would Jake have a problem with lying during Brothers or other promotions.

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  139. Going out to coffee, shopping, holding hands like with Mama, having to kiss on the LakerCam because everyone's cheering, doing an ass poke because you're wondering how your fag hag can wear her bathing suit bottom all day under her dress, traveling on a plane together, is a whole lot different from getting on camera/TV and actually stating with your voice that you are dating/fucking that person. All those things before can and are interpreted differently re the status of their relationship, he's not "lying" because he hasn't said a word. But once he talks, he can't take it back. I am dying to see how he handles/avoids it.

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  140. 12:46 ITA. He was a mess in Rome. It had nada to do with Rendition.

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  141. All those things before can and are interpreted differently re the status of their relationship

    Reeke are faking the romance, no one has any doubts about it, no one questions anything (except people who can smell fakery).

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  142. 12:46 ITA. He was a mess in Rome. It had nada to do with Rendition.

    Nah, I don't think it had nada to do with Rendition. It can't be easy having 2 consecutive B.O. flops.

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  143. IMO on the Brothers promo talk shows he'll say "Yes I'm dating Reese." I just know he will. Jake is not above lying and shaming himself. He wants to be truthful but his greed is greater. Whether or not he "breaks up" with the beard before POP so he can be a fantasy-hero-emotionally-sexually-available-actor, or wants to perpetuate the old boring married guy family man image, remains to be seen.

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  144. ^^^ No one will ask Jake if he's dating the chin, that would be and insult, lol.

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  145. ^^and he was considered the "it" boy and the next big thing if you remember. All eyes were on him and he couln't bring the audience for either film. You can't tell me that's easy for an up and coming and ambitious, young actor like Jake.

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  146. Post 1:58 belongs to my post at 1:55.

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  147. different from getting on camera/TV and actually stating with your voice that you are dating/fucking that person

    I agree, it will be harder to lie, but Jake is lying for years so it won't be too hard.

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  148. Jake is not above lying and shaming himself.

    Jake has no choice, after all the reeking he has just one option - continue the lie.

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  149. Nah, I don't think it had nada to do with Rendition. It can't be easy having 2 consecutive B.O. flops.

    Why would he be upset over Rendition at the Rome premiere? They hadn't even seen it yet. The fan crowds there were excited to see him just like any other film festival, but he wouldn't smile for them on the red carpet. He was very sullen. A fan whose pics of it are on flicker and they had comments with the pics saying he wasn't responsive even though fans were cheering for him. Even if Rendition was a box office disaster in the US, why would Jake snub cheering fans in Rome? IMO there was more to it than B.O., it was shame at what he had done earlier that day, the Reeke Rome pics.

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  150. ITA 2:08. There was no shame in being in one of many war-themed movies that didn't do well, Rendition had nothing to do with his star power or lack of it.

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  151. Also he was a physical mess in the Rome photo call pics. His suit had flakes all over it and he just looked bad. He didn't have that star "glow" and he rarely looked anyone in the eyes. Even compare the Rome press conference pics to other PC pics. There's maybe 2 or 3 pics and Jake looks like he's been sentenced to death, he looks 30 years older and grim. He's had movies that didn't do so well but he never looked as bad and depressed as he did in Rome.

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  152. Even if Rendition was a box office disaster in the US, why would Jake snub cheering fans in Rome?

    Maybe he was a sulking? Wouldn't surprise me.

    IMO there was more to it than B.O., it was shame at what he had done earlier that day, the Reeke Rome pics.

    Ashamed? Give me a break. How many of those Hollywood stars sell romance (true or fake) for image and/or promo reasons? He grew up in Hollywood, he knows the game. He chose to play it.

    He's very concerned about image, that's what he and Reese have in common.

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  153. There was no shame in being in one of many war-themed movies that didn't do well, Rendition had nothing to do with his star power or lack of it.

    It was still his second flop with many eyes on the then it boy.

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  154. IMO there was more to it than B.O., it was shame at what he had done earlier that day, the Reeke Rome pics.

    I agree. Same as during that Rome Vanity Fair interview.

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  155. His suit had flakes all over it and he just looked bad.

    I think he has a dandruff problem. In the opening scene of BBM (you can see it better in some pics) it looks like he has dandruff. Not even stars are perfect. ;)

    He's had movies that didn't do so well but he never looked as bad and depressed as he did in Rome.

    Yes, but that was before his "beak through" in 2005/2006.

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  156. At Cannes he was nasty with fans as well. There was athread on IHJ where a fan said that he ignored fans while Mark and Chloe were nice. He did stop at the airport for a second when someone ran up to him to take a pic but he wouldn't smie.

    When he got to the Cannes/Zosiac screening he continued to dodge fans and run into cars. When they did the red carpet, fans yelled his name, he ignored them until Chloe tapped him on the shoulder, then he turned to the crowd and gestured to yell louder, the jerk.

    WDW/Kate was there but she cleaned up that part but I read the real account on IHJ and a LJ.

    This was May 2007. He was all smiles at the phtocall of course but IMO he wasn't dressed to sharp and you could see specs of gray hair in some pics which he nows dyes.

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  157. It can't be easy having 2 consecutive B.O. flops

    I'm guilty of it too but why is it that the bulk of the guilt/pressure of Rendition failing go to Jake? When you think about it, it was Reese's movie. She had the most screen time, her character was the main story, she was the lead, her name was first and she got paid the most. IMO she was the worst actor in that movie, with her "Just tell mee where heeeeee izzzzzzzzzz" screeching. If only they had cut her part down to a third of what it was and made Jake's role bigger and the story more of a suspense, it would have been a winner. SHE was the one who ruined it. But all the pressure of it flopping goes on Jake. WTF?

    You know damn fucking well that if, IF Rendition had done well Reese would have taken all the credit. It would have been her movie. Seeing how it didn't do well, it's now Jake's movie.

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  158. Rendition poster - Jake has first billing, he is the lead.

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  159. Just tell mee where heeeeee izzzzzzzzzz"

    It was "Just tell me he's ok".

    Still awfully acted.

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  160. You know who I remember the best in Rendition? Who made the character their own? Peter Sarsgaard. He had the least screen time but he made the biggest screen impact. I can still remember his voice and his character and what he said and how he said it. All I recall of Jake is his befuddled face in a dark corner. Reese, ugh, the screech, trying to look concerned, and the posturing. Awful.

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  161. 2:33 PM, that's because Sarsgaard is a really good actor.

    Reese is good in funny and funny satirical movies and was lucky to get a role in a bio pic (Oscars love them) and deliver. I doubt another nomination or Oscar will come anytime soon.

    Jake can be good if he really wants to and if he chooses the right parts. Rendition wasn't a fitting role for him.

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  162. ^^Jake also said in an interview that he agreed to take on the role because he knew Reese Witherspoon is in it. If it is true what he said that is.

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  163. 2:30 ok I'm wrong. But still, she's the one who fucking butchered it. And I still say she had the most scenes and screen time. That's what surprised me when I saw it, how the movie promos had Jake as the lead but the actual film was more Reese than him. IMO if she had been billed as the lead it would have sold as a Lifetime Movie. Instead they used Jake to draw people in and it was Reese who was on film the most and who in the end fucked it up with her bad bad acting. I will NEVER see another movie with her again. Even without Reeke LOL. She is just a horrid actress.

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  164. Jake was billed first in Rendition, not Reese, Meryl Peter or Alan Arkin.

    If it was a hit, it would have been a Jake hit.

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  165. No, it would have been a Reese hit. Just like Reeke is about "blessed and absolutely irresistible" Reese Witherspoon.

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  166. I read a while back that Oscars generally go to actors when they play a role that's opposite of their normal selves/temperament. Which makes sense, if they always play themselves, then its not acting! Remember Denzel Washington in Training Day? Total asshole. Got the Oscar, because it was a fine piece of acting...he's the nicest guy in HW and nowhere near that TD character. Well anyway to make my point LOL, remember what Reese got her Oscar for. Playing a nice, talented lady who cared about others, was family oriented and who stood by her man. 'Nuff said.

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  167. I remember Gavin Hood saying that he approached Reese during one of the awards shows in '06 about Rendition when his original choice, Cate Blanchart wasn't available. He didn't mention Jake who you woud assume was at some of those same parties. Then in Sept. of '06 it was annoumced that Jake and Reese were doing Rendition.

    I wondered at the time if Jake got Reese to talk Gavin into getting him the part, i asked this because I remember Fincher first saying Jake was his 1st choice for Zodiac but later admitted that J. Anniston lobbyed Fincher for the role for Jake. Anniston was friends with Fincher since she was married to Brad.

    I do remember reading that Jake convinced Reese to take the part because she was still upset about the split and didn't think she could be focused but that sounded like S at the time.

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  168. I always found it funny how Jake was on "Esquire" cover featured as one of the best performers of 2007 for Rendition when the movie and actors mostly didn't get favourable reviews.
    If next time he's on the cover for delivering one of the best performances of the year, I hope most critics and fans actually agree with it. ;)

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  169. It's well know in HW that Denzel is a first class asshole a diva and cheats on his wife.

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  170. I do remember reading that Jake convinced Reese to take the part because she was still upset about the split and didn't think she could be focused but that sounded like S at the time.

    Still sounds like PR shit.

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  171. 2:50 PM, I read Jen introduced and recommended Jake to Fincher. IDK if she specifically recommended him for Zodiac.


    I do remember reading that Jake convinced Reese to take the part because she was still upset about the split and didn't think she could be focused but that sounded like S at the time.


    As I've said before, I'm sure I read that Jake said he took on the role after learning that Witherspoon was cast. I just can't find the interview anymore. Does anyone else remember reading this? Maybe someone even saved the interview?

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  172. It's well know in HW that Denzel is a first class asshole a diva and cheats on his wife.

    Am I missing something? Since when are we talking about Denzel?

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  173. 3:00 PM

    Never heard it before.

    Anyway, people are still trying to make it look like Reese Witherspoon rules Hollywood! LMAO

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  174. Anyway, people are still trying to make it look like Reese Witherspoon rules Hollywood! LMAO

    What people?

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  175. WDW probably has it 3:00. Do a google search for "Rendition interview" within the WDW site address. I'm sure its there somewhere!

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  176. 3:00 I heard that too so no its not your imagination.

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  177. Since when are we talking about Denzel?

    He and Jake made a sex tape. TMZ has it.

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  178. Look like another solitary conversation going on.

    I am sure the bearding contract has an inception date and an expiration date. He cant stop bearding until the contract is up, but he does not have to be happy about it. Lord knows how he will deal with the aftermath.

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  179. 3:06 PM, I'll try to find it.

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  180. What people?

    "I wondered at the time if Jake got Reese to talk Gavin into getting him the part" people and people who believe that Jake accepted Rendition role because Reese was already casted.

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  181. 3:00 I heard that too so no its not your imagination.

    Thanks for backing me up.

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  182. He and Jake made a sex tape. TMZ has it.

    LOL, Ebony and Ivory!

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  183. He cant stop bearding until the contract is up, but he does not have to be happy about it. Lord knows how he will deal with the aftermath.

    I'm going to celebrate for a year!

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  184. 3:09 here. Sorry I got a phone call and didn't get a chance to say j/k at the Denzel and Jake sex tape comment I left. Hope no one's desperatly searching TMZ!

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  185. I do remember an interview where Jake said Reese was casted first and that's what made him take the part. Reese probably said the opposite in her interview and Jake probably said something else in another interview lol. These HW actors, all liars.

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  186. Assuming there is an aftermath. I'm still expecting a PoP wedding.

    I remember thinking at the time of Rendition that Jake might have picked for the movie because of Reese, sharing the the same manager I bet old Evelyn was campaigning hard to get her oscar winner and oscar-nominated clients in the film. Don't forget Hood's previous movie won an Oscar for best foreign film.

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  187. Don't forget Hood's previous movie won an Oscar for best foreign film.

    Exactly - and the script got great reviews.

    With that in mind - why would Jake care about Reese being in the movie? Sounds like selling Reeke to me.

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  188. Assuming there is an aftermath. I'm still expecting a PoP wedding.

    It won't happen.

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  189. "I always found it funny how Jake was on "Esquire" cover featured as one of the best performers of 2007 for Rendition when the movie and actors mostly didn't get favourable reviews."

    Yeah, I kinda backed away from Jake upon seeing this - figured the boy's got connections, he's gonna be a fuckin' Movie Star -

    whatever that means.

    I did notice that in one Esquire photo he was in the back and in another WAY up front.

    the boy's got ambition.

    "dont mean nothin' Alma"

    right.

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  190. I do remember an interview where Jake said Reese was casted first and that's what made him take the part. Reese probably said the opposite in her interview and Jake probably said something else in another interview lol. These HW actors, all liars.


    IA, they are all liars and who knows if it's true what Jake said, but IF it is true, maybe he thought it would be a good idea staring in the same film with a fresh Oscar winner? And she was very popular after WTL. There are still many Joaquin/Reese shippers out there, believe it or not.

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  191. the boy's got ambition.

    REALLY? ;)

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