Page Six today has a not-very-thinly-veiled item about Anderson Cooper going on a very gay vacation with his very gay boyfriend who owns a very gay bar. Enough: Anderson Cooper is very gay. It's time he said it.
Anderson Cooper's see-through closet is such a joke that it doesn't make sense to call him in the closet anymore. If he won't say it, we will: Anderson Cooper is officially out. There's no difference between him and Neil Patrick Harris. They both play it straight at their day jobs and then openly go about town with their boyfriends and do TV interviews about how much they love Kathy Griffin and The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
It's not like Cooper's in a club all of his own, either. He is part of an increasingly large crowd of notables who won't come out but have given up trying to hide that they are gay. Queen Latifah denied that she was going to marry her girlfriend, a girlfriend who she tries to pass off as her "trainer." Kevin Spacey got busted lying about being mugged in a London cruising park. Ricky Martin has stopped even trying to fight the gay rumors. Jodie Foster has never said she's a lesbian out loud, but she basically came out when she thanked her partner in an acceptance speech.
These gay-not-gay celebrities are different from the Hugh Jackmans, John Travoltas, Tom Cruises, and Kenny Chesneys, who are all constantly plagued with gay rumors that they strenuously try to deny or deflect. If they're gay, they're doing it in secret. Cooper and his set of cohorts live openly gay lives — and that's a good thing — but they refuse to acknowledge what the public already knows.
In Anderson Cooper's specific case, we sort of understand why he won't open his mouth and let the rainbows fly. All the guy has ever wanted to do was be an old-fashioned newsman and unfortunately him coming out would make him a part of the story. Every time he tried to cover something having to do with gay civil rights (or Madonna or Fire Island) plenty of people would claim that his reporting was biased because of his sexual orientation. It's not fair: Katie Couric doesn't have to worry when she covers pay inequality for women, and neither does Harry Smith when discussing new medicine that will eradicate baldness.
Coming out would open Cooper up to irrational accusations from those waiting to pounce on the "liberal media" just as quickly as A.C. pounces on his muscle man in an Indian hotel room. That sucks, but it's the way it currently is. How does it get changed? Well, by having some major national news figures come out and show that they can still get blown over in a hurricane or report live from a war zone without breaking into a anti-Prop 8 rant.
That's right, Anderson, it's going to take you to change it. Rachel Maddow has paved the way, but all the baby gays out there need you to man up and be our Jackie Robinson. The first step is the easiest, you just have to say what everyone already knows.
Source: Gawker, Anderson Cooper Is a Giant Homosexual and Everyone Knows It
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To me it matters.
Jake has ONLY internet fanbase.
Exactly, Jake is little known outside the internet so his online fanbase (only fanbase) is very important. Our voices matter. ;)
That story aout Jake putting up Heath's picture during filming sounded like PR BS, funny we only heard about after Heath died.
IMO Jake is intersted in creating a new fanbase, he or his handlers could give a shit about his online fandom. Your voices don't matter and it has been proven time and time agsin.
Clean-cut, family friendly, perfect BF to Reese and perfect stepdad to her kids is what he is pushing now.
His mother aside, Sesame street was calculated.
Straight women made BBM a hit, they are the ones that saw it over and over again
And what's wrong with that?
And what's wrong with that?
I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
BBM fans are only loyal to BBM. There is Jake online fandom and BBM online fandom, the latter will probably go see Brothers, Pop, the former probably not.
you are not audience for Pop since BBM tend to skew older and since you didn run out to see Zodiac and Rendition chances are you won't run out to see Brothers. Plus he kisses an icky girl in Brothers, so that would be a turn-off.
Your voices don't matter and it has been proven time and time agsin.
Why are you here then? Our voices at least matter to YOU since they got your panties in such a twist you've been posting bullshit for the past hour.
Go back to GB, trolly, and play with UV and her fellow middle-aged fatasses.
8:17: There is nothing wrong with that but there is a myth out there is that gay men were gaga over BBM and a lot weren't.
Focus films promoted this film to gay men and straight women, they admited that when they said that the BBM poster idea was taken from the Titanic poster, they knew what they were doing.
Jake's people know that those women were mostly middle-aged and won't run out to see Pop. Brothers? It's being sold as a love triaqngle which is misleading but that's a small budget film so they really don't csre.
Plus he kisses an icky girl in Brothers, so that would be a turn-off.
Oh c'mon. LOL. I think some fans will have less of a problem seeing Jake kissing Anne though (you know since she's part of the BBM "family"). ;)
Jack kissing Lureen? No thanks.
8:32 PM = describing herself.
or it's a him, living in his mom's cellar....
I’m sick of this stupid babbler insulting the posters on WFT2 and the BBM fans. Get a life, you pathetic waste of space!
8:36 PM, IA. That person also has some serious problems with proper spelling. LOL.
His/her worst problems are the head ones.
Jake's people know that those women were mostly middle-aged and won't run out to see Pop. Brothers? It's being sold as a love triaqngle which is misleading but that's a small budget film so they really don't csre.
Very convincing arguments! lol
Middle-aged fans could be interested in Brothers, but Jake's people still don't want them because they don't care about that movie!
IMO Jake is intersted in creating a new fanbase, he or his handlers could give a shit about his online fandom.
Jake has ONLY online fandom.
There are no offline fans and your "new" fanbase can only be online.
What does "intersted in creating a new fanbase" mean? What have they done so far to create this "new fanbase"?
Babbler, were you molested as a child, dropped on your head, your momma didn’t love you or you're just sexually frustrated?
Babbler is royaly pissed off because we don't unconditionally love Jake and dare to question him :)
Heath was a junkie, everyone in HW knew it. Jake made sure he wasn't "attached" to him anymore
Uh huh. Jake aka Toothy "Mr Cocaine" didn't want to be associated with Heath who was taking prescription meds.
Most people never heard of Jake's alleged drug use, not everyone reads the TT BI's the only source for the rumors.
Heath on the other hand was a different story, since he hit the US at age 20 or so there were stories of him and drugs. Heather G and Naomi W were coke heads and he hung out with Kiki she was a junkie as well and a good drug connection as was MK Olsen.
You never heard those stories with Jake even though his circle of friends at the time were the same as Kiki: druggies including drug dealer to thr HW young crowd S. Ronson.
Jake has no problem with hanging out, in public, with ex-drug user and ex-convict.
Who, me?
9:11, please give us your definition of "junkie."
Most people never heard of Jake's alleged drug use, not everyone reads the TT BI's the only source for the rumors.
Heath on the other hand was a different story, since he hit the US at age 20 or so there were stories of him and drugs. Heather G and Naomi W were coke heads and he hung out with Kiki she was a junkie as well and a good drug connection as was MK Olsen.
You never heard those stories with Jake even though his circle of friends at the time were the same as Kiki: druggies including drug dealer to thr HW young crowd S. Ronson.
Heath was 19 when he did TTIHAY in the US. Other than that, you mentioned some good points.
IMO there's nothing wrong with experimentation with drugs, especially when in the 18-40 group. It's normal. Saying someone is an addict, though - that's not for any one of us here to decide. It's up to professionals to evaluate the situation, not people/fans who hear (fourth-hand or more) rumors.
But Robert is suppose to be clean and soer and paid his dues. He is married now and "reformed". Now people say that Robert has fallen off the wagon and he probably has but the public doesn't know that.
With Heath, it was always whispered or gosipped about. He never went to rehab and did the confessional bit and neither did Kiki.
The public like a comeback story=Robbertthat's why it is safe for Jake and Reese to hang with him.
Kiki only went to rehab after Heath died. Jake couldn't risk being seen with him, what if Heath was busted? Now if he went to rehab , etc, then maybe he would have acted differently.
Heath on the other hand was a different story, since he hit the US at age 20 or so there were stories of him and drugs.
What about RDj, Jake hung out with him in public BEFORE he became a reformed junkie and before his comeback. Being associated with his at the time wasn’t the best thing either for Jake's image. Rumors about Heath weren't mainstream whereas the ones about Robert were, he also did time for possession.
Why would Jake only care about Heath's drugs rumors but not RDj's reputation?
Please try using some common sense - big Hollywood stars had no problem talking about Heath and claiming to be his friend. Heath drug rumors are only his and everyone in the right mind knows that.
I also wouldn't call people who go thru a phase using drugs, like coke, ecstasy, for fun at parties or during sex "cokeheads" or addicts. If that was true, then anyone who ever got drunk more than 3 times would be categorized as an alcoholic.
Jake couldn't risk being seen with him
Please provide links that contain this info. I'd be interested to read about it. TY.
Why is this poster dead set to convince us Jake wanted nothing to do with Heath?
When Jake made Zodiac with Robert, Robert already did his jail time and was in rehab, check the timeline. Robert was the comeback kid when he signed on to do Zodiac in 2005. There is no proof Jake hung out with him before then.
I still LOL about the man who found RDJ hiding in his bushes.
Pleass provide proof that Jake and Robert hung out together and were friends prior to 2005.
Why is this poster dead set to convince us Jake wanted nothing to do with Heath?
I'm not saying that poster is right. But I wouldn't rule it out that if Heath had a problem with drugs that Jake was turned off by it.
Jake and RDJ became friends during Zodiac shooting.
RDJ, comeback kid in 2005? LOL! His comeback was in 2008 with Iron Man.
I asked RDJ if he wanted to "hang out"
There is no proof Jake hung out with him before then.
LOL!
Robert is the same "bad" man - he did drugs and he did time and Jake doesn't care.
X17 mixed up Austin with James Lafferty!
http://x17video.com/celebrity_video/sophia_bush/sophia_bush_and_james_lafferty.php
Amateurs!
LOL!
Robert is the same "bad" man - he did drugs and he did time and Jake doesn't care.
Yes, but in 2005 additionally to being a talented, well known actor he was also a clean actor.
Jake and Reese supposedly in Pittsburgh, Austin and Sophia in Brentwood. The plot thickens!
Nonsense. Yawn.
Yes, but in 2005 additionally to being a talented, well known actor he was also a clean actor.
So what?
Heath is a terrible person because there are drug rumors and Robert is a wonderful person after years of drug abuse and going to jail? Bullshit.
9:49, you don't get humor or irony, do you. You're the one who's a yawner.
According to the babbler Heath had a drug problem for years, which means during the Oscar season too. Jake didn't seem at all turned off by him then when he was making eyes at him.
I don’t get why Jake would want distance himself from Heath so he wouldn’t "risk being seen with him" since they were never seen together as friends in public in the first place.
The babbler makes no sense.
What irony?
Babblers never do!
Feb 15th 2008
Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell to Replace Ledger in 'Parnassus?'
Probably Terry was asking actors much earlier to step in and that's the time when these three guys had some space to do it.
9:54 #1, if you need an explanation...LOL
So, then why did Jake stay silent re. Heath publically? And why did he happily continue his reeking shortly after, when he can be much more low key if he wants to (as we have seen). Kind of disrespectful IMO.
Heath is a terrible person because there are drug rumors and Robert is a wonderful person after years of drug abuse and going to jail? Bullshit.
LOL, there's the babbler logic for ya.
Babbler never makes sense.
We never saw Heath and Johnny Depp hanging out together, so it's reasonable to assume that Heath and Jake did the same in private.
LOL at all the PR putting Reese with her "bf" Jake every chance she can get. Instead of hot and desirable she comes off as pathetic and desperate by flying back and forth, and that she's choosing him over her kids.
10:00 PM, we never saw him with Terry Gilliam either. ;)
So there's only been 2 tweets of Reeke in Pitts? And they were both about 8-10 hours ago, at the same restaurant (Pamelas)? Sounds suspicious to me....I smell fake.
I personally still believe while Jake had a man crush on and/or admired Heath it was Heath who was more hung up on Jake.
So, then why did Jake stay silent re. Heath publically?
There are things we can't know.
So there's only been 2 tweets of Reeke in Pitts? And they were both about 8-10 hours ago, at the same restaurant (Pamelas)? Sounds suspicious to me....I smell fake.
Or maybe Jake loves this place (Pamelas)?
So is Jake going to do any promo for Brothers?
Tobey and Nat will probably do the chunk of promo work.
What about Jake, I want to see what he says about Reeke. Will he lie or make it off limits?
"Will he lie or make it off limits?"
I guess we will see sooner or later.
CMilesBurr: started on Twitter 11/4/09, has 37 tweets, 9 followers, 30 following.
LarZee: 668 tweets, 42 followers.
So?
Or maybe Jake loves this place (Pamelas)?
They must have cute waiters.
I personally still believe while Jake had a man crush on and/or admired Heath it was Heath who was more hung up on Jake."
Why do you believe that? I don't. I think Heath knew about Jake's man crush and might have felt a bit embarassed by it because of Michelle. Although I do strongly suspect he might have taken advantage of it when he and Michelle were on the outs and he needed some comfort. But I don't think Heath was gay, vulnerable and probably experimented but not gay like Jake. Sorry.
I'd love to see Jake go out with the Chin and flirt heavily with cute guys right in front of her. Her skin is so thick she probably wouldn’t even be embarrassed.
I still LOL about the man who found RDJ hiding in his bushes."
What about the woman who found him sleeping in her child's bed?
10:20 - I don't think Heath seemed embarrassed by Jake's looks at all.
Michelle used to look at him the same way and he didn't look at her either. There was some Aussi paper joking about it, that if it was a cowboy maybe he'd have looked.
I don't think Heath was gay either, he probably "just" experimented. But what I meant with "hung up" is that I think it's possible that the friendship was more important to Heath than Jake. Sorry I should have made myself more clear.
If I found RDJ in my yard/kid's bed, I'd drag him in my bedroom and fuck his brains out.
"LOL at all the PR putting Reese with her "bf" Jake every chance she can get. Instead of hot and desirable she comes off as pathetic and desperate by flying back and forth, and that she's choosing him over her kids."
ITA. What does Reese really have to do in her off time? The nanny takes care of the kid when they are with her and other then the PR assistant and the blond who has been in a few pap pics with her, I wonder if she really has any friends. Hanging around with Jake, going out to eat every day gives her something to do. Her attempts to do different fun things (Coachella, Jenny Lewis concert) don't really come off well. I think it makes her look even more out of the loop and patronizing (she only doing these things because Jake does, not because she has an interest to). Also, when she was married to Ryan did she ever travel so much back and forth for set visits? I doubt it. Now that her movie is done filming, she has loads of free time, so why not spend as much time as she can with Jake. At least she can be seen out with her professional escort instead of always being seen out alone.
10:20 PM, what do you mean with "might have taken advantage of it"?
Uh I just had the worst dinner ever. I made it. Trust me; mac and cheese, spinach, tomatoes and bacon all mixed together in an alfredo sauce might sound good but it isn't.
10:20 PM, what do you mean with "might have taken advantage of it"?
10:20, don't answer clinically. Tell us in a story. Like, with lots of filthy sex.
^^It's probably the last time you made this dinner 10:37 PM. Hope you'll feel better soon.
10:40 PM hey, thanks. That's what I going for. LOL
So did PR put Reese on a plane to offset the big Toothy mention in AT? Every Tom, Dick and Harry knows Toothy is Jake. The AT article did not even garner that many comments. Jake is now boring even as Toothy.
Hey X17. Austin worked really hard doing this bearding breakfast PR photo op. The least you can do is give him proper credit.
November 7, 2009 11:17 PM
Posted by: Jake
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Let's hope Austin's career doesn't go the same way as Jake's! Not that Austin has much of one. OTH!! jeez
Jake has no problem with hanging out, in public, with ex-drug user and ex-convict.
Jake will hang out with anyone who will give him some publicity..
"Jake will hang out with anyone who will give him some publicity.."
No Jake will hang out with anyone who will give him the publicity he wants. For 1 1/2yrs he was only pictured with Reese because he wanted to get out the "perfect boyfriend, perfect stepdad" image. Then when the questions of how come he is never with anyone else become very loud we got some Jake with family and select friends. Now we are back to Jake pretty much only with Reese. Can't have people thinking they are not the most perfect, loving couple ever.
Posted on OMG by trace
Sophia's carrying something like a gift. The breakfast was most likely a work-related get-together. Stuff like that, you either go alone or show up with someone who's also invited. No biggie. I wouldn't call that "bearding."
Looks like Sophia and Austin attended some kind of celebration, that man kissed Sophia and gave Austin big hug :)
Anonymous said...
Posted on OMG by trace
Sophia's carrying something like a gift. The breakfast was most likely a work-related get-together. Stuff like that, you either go alone or show up with someone who's also invited. No biggie. I wouldn't call that "bearding."
At this point I would. It is obvious that Faustin is in full fledge bearding mode. Shame on him.
I need more evidence to call it bearding :)
Brothers review: ...Not by an established movie critic though.
http://kiyp.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/brothers
October 30, 2009 1:20 PM
First "Brothers" review is deleted (why???), thanks for posting it on WFT2 :)
Dear Ted:
Who's going to be People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive this year? Toothy Tile? Has he ever held that title?
—Mackenzie
Dear Sexy Toothy:
No, Toothy hasn't won that coveted title, but he could be a contender.
Awful Truth
For 1 1/2yrs he was only pictured with Reese because he wanted to get out the "perfect boyfriend, perfect stepdad" image.
I think that was Reese's request. Reese doesn't have anyone but Jake to be seen in public with and she's the one needing "the perfect boyfriend".
Toothy hasn't won that coveted title, but he could be a contender.
Awww, Ted loves me!
From Karen Walker and Jack McFarland on Will and Grace to Carrie Bradshaw and Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City to Marc and Amanda on Ugly Betty, television writers have created a new kind of super couple over the last decade: the "queer peer" and her gay. She's a neurotic wreck who can't keep a man. He's a constant companion who loves to hear her complain — and then take her shopping for shoes.
Of course, it’s not just the Gay BFF that grabs female attention. Over the last several years, women of all sexual orientations have formed online communities dedicated to fictional gay pairings that exist (Ianto Jones and Jack Harkness, Kevin Walker and Scotty Wandell) and gay pairings they wish existed (Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester, Merlin and Arthur). Women enjoy reading about them, writing about them, and oh! the fan videos.
Female interest in gay men is more complex than the stereotypical “queer peer.” There are lesbians, like myself, who adore them as our brothers in the fight for equality. And there are straight women who want to watch two men kiss, because if one rock-hard set of abs is good, two rock-hard sets of abs are better. (And yes, there are women who want a fashionable, sensitive male pal for trips to the day spa.)
With the recent hullabaloo over Adam Lambert's Details photo shoot, and Esquire's theory that vampires represent gay men, we thought it would be a perfect time to survey our female readers and come to our own conclusions about the complex relationships between women and gay men.
If you are a woman (of any sexual orientation), please take a moment to answer our survey questions below. The survey will be open until Sunday, Nov. 8 at midnight. If you'd like to expound on your answers, please feel free to do so in the comments. We just might include them in our article about the results!
Survey: We Already Know Many Women Love Gay Men. Now Help Us Learn Why!
TO: ljreese@bitchface.com
FROM: jaustininlove@gaygaygayisus.com
SUBJECT: Survey
Hey Reese here's something we found that you might be interested in. See ya at the next bearding session (Tuesday, right? call me -J)
LOL
elysianfantasy: Just spotted Reese Witherspoon & Jake Gyllenhaal at Whole Foods! OMG
8 minutes ago
Mama Beard had to go to Pittsburgh to help Jakey shop for groceries! Honestly though, Reese comes off as desperate and someone who couldn't care less about her kids. Pathetic.
And I could care less about Reese. God Jake got so boring. I hope his upcoming movies will resurrect my interest in him again.
Reeke aren't selling the fauxmance just to tabloid and gossip public, they are selling the fauxmance to people in business too.
Reeke movie set visits are as important as attending industry parties.
Mama Beard had to go to Pittsburgh to help Jakey shop for groceries! Honestly though, Reese comes off as desperate and someone who couldn't care less about her kids. Pathetic.
I know from RL some cases where the mother or father got a new partner and they put the new relationshp before the kid. It happens. We all agree that it's most likely a bearding arrangement with Jake, but imagine if she had a real boyfriend. She'd probably never see her kids. LOL.
Reese would sell her kids.
Wouldn't surprise me one bit. ;)
LOL Reeke got a few Tweets. That's it. No twitpics, no pap pics, no tabloid coverage. Reese must be chomping at the bit.
Reese has the kids only 50% of the time.
Bearding in Pitts is more fun than rearranging linen and napkins - and is much better for her PR business.
Interesting that after being gone for months Reese went back to splitting the kids 50/50ish. I would have assumed she would have taken over when she got back but she only had them for a few days, went to NYC for a few days, came home and had them for a week and then left again. Ryan must really be the "mom" their custody arrangement is backwards from most traditional situations.
Someone mentioned that Ryan will film in November, no idea if that's true.
Pittsburgh is a major city and it currently has about 3 big film shoots going on. And Reeke gets nothing but a few Tweets? But they get pap coverage in small unknown towns in Italy, inside European museums, on a closed film set and at a shop in Morocco, at concerts and at obscure airports in Italy and Mexico?! That right there proves those paps were on the payroll. Reese/Reeke only gets pics and tabloid coverage when it's paid for. No one else gives a shit.
The days Reese was in L.A. she finished shooting that baseball movie. So the nanny took care of the kids most of the time probably.
The real mom to those poor kids are the nannies.
Even when Reeke went galloping all over Brooklyn with Maggie, Peter and Mama all they got were about a dozen tweets and 2 pics. LOL
I really don't thin Ryan lets her stick them with a nanny on a regular basis. He came home from Canada Tuesday November 3rd. She was shooting the 4th & 5th (Wed & Thurs). He would have stayed in Canada if he didn't have to take over with the kids. He's probably had them since Wed and she'll take them tomorrow or the next day.
There are no pap pics and barely any tweets of D. Washington and R. Crowe out of Shitsburgh either. All of the actors including Jake and Anne are staying at a 4-star hotel/suite in Shadyside, very private. They only get tweeted when they leave that comfort zone. The even have mansions in Shadyside where the actors stay.
I assume that with Anne that she probably sends a PA out to do errands and such and mostly dines in that area, which is very private.
If Jake and Reese are hitting Whole foods then they may be set up in a suite situation with a kitchen, etc. I think they allow pets there. If he was staying at an apt., you would be getting more tweets.
The toning down of pap pics is deliberate IMO.
Ryan will be shooting a film towards the end of November I read somewhere.
"they may be set up in a suite situation"
LOL Reeke doesn't live together.
2:11, could you provide links for all the info you "know" about on where the film cast is staying? TY.
KitCatFilms: @contactthequeen and I are seeing the Brothers! We really hope Jake Gyllenhaal shows up lol ;). Well at least the director will be here :)
8 minutes ago
I didn't say they were living together, I said that they are probably staying at some suite in Shadyside, geez. Reading comprehension.
Looks like no Brothers screening for Bubble boy today!
Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star in sci-fi thriller "Source Code" for Vendome Pictures and The Mark Gordon Co. Duncan Jones will direct and Mark Gordon will produce with Vendome’s CEO Philippe Rousselet and Jordan Wynn. Production is slated to begin during the first quarter.
Summit Entertainment will distribute the film in the U.S. Summit International is also handling the international sales, which began at the American Film Market with over 15 territories licensed.
"Source Code" centers on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.
Project had originally been set up at Universal in early 2007 when the studio bought Ben Ripley's screenplay and attached Topher Grace to star. Uni tapped Shane Abbess to helm last year. Current script includes revises by Billy Ray ("State of Play").
Rousselot noted that "Source Code" will launch the Vendome slate, adding he believes it will appeal to a world-wide audience and exemplifies the types of producers and filmmakers with whom Vendome plans to work. He and co-CEO Fabrice Gianfermi plan to produce a minimum of a dozen films over the next five years.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011029.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562
A soldier? More macho Jake :)
Gyllenhaal is currently filming "Love and Other Drugs," helmed by Ed Zwick, and will next be seen in Jim Sheridan’s "Brothers" and Disney's "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time."
Jones is currently writing the screenplay of the upcoming film "Mute," which he will also direct. He has previously directed "Moon," starring Sam Rockwell.
Gordon’s most recent projects include "2012," "The Messenger," starring Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson," and "The Details," with Tobey Maguire and Laura Linney.
"Source Code" centers on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.
That plot sounds familiar, but any movie project is 1.000 times better than project Reeke :)
What if Reeke lasts a lot longer than we think and she paps a few puppies for Jakey poo?
Jake ain't THAT stupid.
Let's hope!
Look at Travolta or Cruise, I fear Jake might go the same path.
2:31/2:49 = Babbler
2:55, yawn. Give me a break.
3 years and Jake hasn't said anything about Reese. They hold hands, in 3 years there's only been 3 pics of them doing a peck on the lips (and 1 was for the Lakers kisscam where he had to hold her face so he wouldn't miss the target!), and Jake leans as far back and away from Reese as he can get... I wouldn't worry about him marrying her and breeding with her.
So what if Jake marries the bitch. It's his life. Let him ruin it. It'll be proof that just because a person is an actor it doesn't mean they don't have problems. Even more it'll prove that they are really a fucked-up group.. and that we should feel fortunate to be ordinary. Seriously.
LOL Bushnic at WeHo, Mafta
Sophia Bush and One Tree Hill co-star (and boyfriend) Austin Nichols visit a friend’s house in West Hollywood on Saturday (November 7).
Last weekend, the couple was spotted at a Halloween masquerade ball in Mafta, Texas as hosted by The Art of Elysium, Gilt Groupe, and Interview Magazine.
LOL a restaurant in Brentwood, a friend's house in WeHo and a Ball in "Mafta"
^^^ Creative writing! lol
The bathrooms are on the far right in that pic. See the two cans?
LOL a Masquerade Ball with appetizers and drinks provided by a roach coach parked in an empty dirt lot.
Hey Jake - keep bearding and losing fans and that Roach Coach might be your next film shoot trailer.
LOL ..or Jake's next gig. Atticus won't mind, he'll eat the leftovers.
Maybe the roach coach was the friend's house in WeHo.
At least JJared knows who's Austin and can spell his name :)
Hey Jake - come out of the closet and fuck up my $150 million Prince of Persia movie and that Roach Coach will be giving out snack-size BBQ pieces of you for free.
DUH. I finally remembered and *got* it. Duncan Jones.. the guy who twittered that he met Jake for an early breakfast meeting a few months ago.. the guy who's dad is David Bowie.
Duncan Jones twitter page
an early breakfast meeting
Love at first breakfast :)
Just found out Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) is directing Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal - I've read the script, it's frickin' awesome!
Alex Billington from http://www.firstshowing.net/
Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star in sci-fi thriller "Source Code" for Vendome Pictures
Sounds like "Source Code" will be an indie movie:
"Longtime French producer Philippe Rousselet has formed Vendome Pictures to develop, produce and finance roughly 15 features over the next five years in the $10-40m range."
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4:07 pm: "...the guy who's dad is David Bowie."
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
Source Code
Synopsis: Guy with amnesia wakes up on a train. The train may or may not be a target in a terrorist attack. Sci-fi.
About: Source Code is very much like the Denzel Washington vehicle "Deja-Vu". But, you know, actually good.
Writer: Ben Ripley
Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow. I absolutely freaking LOVED this script. Loved it x a million. I'm a sucker for sci-fi. But sci-fi that makes you *feel*? I'm so down.
Source Code is about a guy who wakes up on a train, having no memory or idea how he got there. He stumbles around, observes the other passengers, trying to find something, anything, to remind him why he's here. And then...the train BLOWS UP. Our main character is dead. Boom. Welcome to Source Code.
Moments later we wake up in a strange lab only to realize that, a la Deja Vu (a way inferior movie), our main character is actually being sent back in time digitally 3 hours prior to find out who blew up the train. Before he can process this, he's sent back again, to the exact same moment where the movie started. He has 17 minutes to find out who's responsible before the train blows up again. Confused and disoriented he starts to study the passengers one more time. Which ones look suspicious, which ones look innocent, all the while trying to figure out what the hell he's doing on this train. 17 minutes later - BOOM! The train blows up. Time to start over again.
Obviously, we've seen this structure before in movies like Vantage Point and Run Lola Run. You know, where you keep going back to the beginning of the same experience. I've come to dislike this structure and here's why: The story's never moving forward. You're stuck in neutral. I tolerated it with Run Lola Run because it was a visual experience. And even though Vantage Point introduces you to a new character every time we back up, it still feels like we're going nowhere. I remember the groans from the audience the third, fourth, and fifth time we went backwards in that movie.
But Source Code never gets old. There are a couple of key devices the writer uses to keep us interested. First, he creates an extremely likable female character. She sits across from the seat our hero is always warped into. And so amidst all this terrorism chaos, you're intrigued by their relationship. Each time, he learns a little bit more about her. And the more we learn about her, the more we like her. It gets to the point where he actually reveals to her what's going on. She, of course, thinks he's crazy (wouldn't you?). But because of the incremental information he gains each time through, he's eventually able to convince her. And yet each time, she dies, so when he goes back in again, he has to start all over again. A "serious" take on the Groundhog Day premise. And because you know that this moment doesn't exist anymore, that she's already dead no matter what he does, it becomes this tragic love story. How can he save someone who's already dead? His orders are to look for evidence so they can stop the terrorists. But all he wants to do is save this girl. To save everyone on this doomed train. He simply refuses to accept that he can't do anything.
The second thing the writer does that Deja Vu did NOT do (a great screenwriting tip to keep in mind), is create a story outside the virtual train ride whereby the terrorists who struck the train (that morning) promised to strike 3 more times throughout New York that day. Which puts an amazing amount of pressure on our protag to find out who did this so they can prevent the subsequent terrorist attacks from happening. This works great. I thought about the movie had this device not been used and realized it wouldn't have been nearly as exciting (if at all).
I can't stress how perfectly executed this script was. No scene was wasted. Everything was go go go. I have no doubt that the similarities to Deja Vu have thrown the chances of this thing ever getting into production into jeopardy. But let me make a plea to whoever owns this property: MAKE THIS MOVIE. Cast an up and coming actor. There are only a few locations. Very cheap to make. Then spend a ton on marketing. It will open with 10 mil but word of mouth will carry it. This can be a sci-fi classic.
script link: Source Code
[ ] trash
[ ] barely kept my interest
[ ] worth the read
[ ] impressive
[x] genius
What I learned from Source Code: Increase the tension and stakes of your action script by adding an impending "time bomb" (in this case three potentially devastating terrorist attacks). The critical difference between what made Deja Vu stupid, and Source Code awesome.
Script Shadow
Obviously, we've seen this structure before in movies like Vantage Point and Run Lola Run. You know, where you keep going back to the beginning of the same experience. I've come to dislike this structure and here's why: The story's never moving forward. You're stuck in neutral. I tolerated it with Run Lola Run because it was a visual experience. And even though Vantage Point introduces you to a new character every time we back up, it still feels like we're going nowhere. I remember the groans from the audience the third, fourth, and fifth time we went backwards in that movie. But Source Code never gets old.
Interesting. You can download the script (PDF file) if you want to read it.
Jake's getting some interesting offers. His career seems to be going fine. He's in demand.
Reese is a sociopath.
Rendition had a great script too and we know how well that went..
Reese is a sociopath.
Duh!
Do you think that PoP was one of the reasons Jake was offered "Source Code"?
Smaller production houses can't afford big marketing budgets, so 50+ million spent on Prince of Persia promotion might help "Source Code" too.
It's possible. Whatever the reasons they offered it to Jake I hope it has nothing to do with the bearding.
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Whut?
Sorry but I am SO TIRED of scripts/stories of someone who has amnesia. Ugh.
@ManMadeMoon I am guessing you might have more bargaining power with a second full length film under your belt.
@tterragarrett true.. its a good step up in budget and ambition too. Im excited to work with Jake G too. cool guy. I like him.
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Cast an up and coming actor.
I'm an actor and I'm up... and coming... UMPH
*groan*
What?!
*oops!*
"Jake's getting some interesting offers. His career seems to be going fine. He's in demand."
IDK. Sesame Street, this amnesia sci-fi thing. Whatever happened to UMP, Damn Yankees, Joe Namath bio? IMO he's emulating the beard's technique of listing a lot of projects on iMDB, sending out press releases on them.. it sounds good but there's no real substance.
That's why the beard's in Pitt. Jake being in the Source Code film project was to be announced this w/e. If she can't BE the headline, she has to be NEAR it.
5:46.. totally agree, most of these projects never seem to get off the ground, just seems like they're trying to get funding (which you can't argue with). Have to say, having just reviewed the latest tweets (?) from Pittsburgh I can't believe how dull a weekend of reeking sounds, 2nd rate 'family' restaurant, supermarket shopping and the obligatory coffee run (yawnarama!).
I know there must be more going on behind the scenes, but come on guys, try to make your fake lives just that little more interesting and aspirational.
If this was such a big announcement, wht was it released on a Sunday? Yeah, what happened to Damn Yankees and the UMP and Joe Namath?
FYI: Here's a really good synopsis of the Source Code story.
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I was put in mind of Twelve Monkeys and the end of the story definitely has a few echoes of something from Brazil, but aside from the Gilliam resonances, there’s perhaps a mild whiff of Tony Scott’s Deja Vu too, as well as the House episode House’s Head, a certain bit of the UK version of Life on Mars and, I’ll say it so nobody else has to, Groundhog Day and Jack Sholder’s 12:01. The beginning certainly has a Final Destination vibe too, though the film heads off into completely distinct territory once the train has exploded.
I’ve just made a fairly original script seem like nothing but a horrendous patchwork. Ooops.
The cucumber plants are dry, the tomato plants are dying, the pigs are starving, the goats are eating the house.
Curly mouthed, long jawed, doe eyed Jake Gyllenhaal to find out who blew the train in 17 mins? I guess they'll have to send him back many, many times before that ever happens! Heaven help the audience..
6:03, maybe the selling point for Source Code could be "Why waste time seeing Twelve Monkeys, Deja Vu, Life on Mars, Groundhog Day, Jack Sholder’s 12:01, Final Destination and the TV series House, when you can see all of them in Source Code?"
Not worry, i'm taking care of things while they are away.
Jake won't be able to quit that train!
Good point!
Chris, we know you're taking care of the farm on MV.
Jake won't be able to quit that train!
OMG I can hear the jokes about Source Code now. Jake to the train: "I wish I could quit you but you keep blowing up and I have to go back!"
FUCK!
POP was a videogame turned into a movie. Source Code is a movie trying to be a videogame: "FAIL! Go back. Do over."
I'm glad Jake is doing an indie movie with a good script and inexperienced director after expensive PoP Coca-Cola trash.
Damn right!
Inexperienced director?! I thought Jakey only worked with well known directors? oh, things must be bad in the Gyllenhaal camp!
Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) recently directed his debut feature film, Moon.
"Source Code" will be his second movie.
A lot of big-time known, award winning directors were going to sign Jake for films, until they saw that the beard was along for the ride too!
Remember when Nailed was being filmed, and there was a story about how Reese was waiting for Jake in his trailer but it was getting late and she was tired of waiting around so she went over to the building where they were shooting to hurry it up?! Fuck. What director needs that shit.
Can't Austin get a part for Jakey in OTH? Like Brooke is cheating on Julian with Jake? just make sure the damn shoes don't appear in the beach scene...!!
I don't think that directors care about Jake's beard.
Reese can annoy her directors, but she's just a guest on Jake's movie sets.
I find it pretty funny that Just Jared's post about Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols got about 70 comments and on a good day Reese by herself gets about 35, Jake by himself about 25 and Reeke together about 35. That bearding has certainly done wonders for Jake.
I think Jake never should have agreed or lobbied (whatever) to do POP. What will a Mummy like movie bring him? If he's lucky it'll be a B.O. success and he'll become more of a household name. If that's that what he wanted, I hope it'll happen.
The project had originally been set up at Universal early in 2007 with Topher Grace in the lead role. Shane Abbess had been attached to direct last year.
Like Brooke is cheating on Julian with Jake?
. . . . On a lonely, overcast Monday, Brooke closes the shop early to take a solitary stroll on the beach. She needs to think about her predicament and make a decision - dating two guys is difficult. Lo and behold, she sees Julian and Jake sitting side-by-side in the sand at the north jetty...Julian with his arm wrapped around Jake's broad back, Jake nestled in his shoulder with his hand fondling Julian's inner thigh.
"Well!" she thinks. "If they're both cheating on me I'm gonna go find a long-haired, center-parted OTH brunette girl to date. Three can play that game!"
More! :)
"Source Code"... have seen this kind of script in Star Trek Voyager, when Seven of Nine was sent from "Relativity" starship back in time to find the weapon which killed Cpt.Janeway and her crew on Voyager and to repair the timeline. So in what is the new script original?
7:32 PM
Read the "Source Code" script and tell us :)
http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2009/02/source-code.html
While grabbing a fistful of hair at the back of Jake's head, Julian continued his deep sadistic thrusts and whispered the harsh, horrifying words his man needed to hear.
Fuck! What did he say?
Duncan Jones:
RT @Glinner: Ha, ha! Pwned! #threewordsaftersex --- lol
Don't miss this! LMAO
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