November 19, 2009
Dear Ted:
I was just looking through People's Sexiest Man issue. How many of the drool-worthy guys pictured in that issue are something other than hetero? Adam Lambert is one, so two or three? Four? More than five? Or would it be easier and less litigious for me to ask you which ones are straight as an arrow?
—Sebastiadams
Dear Yummy Edition:
People's (Out) Gayest Men Alive just wouldn't really sell, now would it?
Source: Ted Casablanca's The Awful Truth
Screencaps from Access Hollywood Jake Gyllenhaal On 'Brothers' & Working With Tobey Maguire video
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 468 Newer› Newest»Blimey Jake's even got ex-beard Natalie Portman extolling the virtues of bearding for him by mentioning his girlfriend. Then again, she does mention that he can dress a mannequin in the same sentence so I can cut her a little slack.
But jeez... talk about a protection racket!
I bet Jake's PR "helped" Natalie with that People comment.
Tobey got top billing on the poster and story about his character is more important than Jake's character.
Some were complaining that Maguire seemed to play it hammy in the trailer for Brothers.
Tobey does make a lot of crazy man faces in those 10 seconds :)
Actually Brothers trailers and clips left me cold, I don't feel bad for the characters and I think that should be a "proper" reaction.
TOBEY Maguire says people often confuse with him Elijah Wood and Jake Gyllenhaal.
The Spider-Man actor, 34, has revealed that he not only gets mistaken for his fellow Hollywood actors but actually pretends to be them when the mood takes him. “I’m told that I’m Jake sometimes,” says Tobey. “I have had comments about Brokeback Mountain a couple of times. It’s strange how that happens but I just go with it.
“Another one is Elijah Wood. I’ve had times where people ask me for my autograph and then they say, ‘Oh you were so great in that movie.’ Which I wasn’t in! So I just sign that person’s name, and say, ‘Thank you very much’.”
ShowbizSpy
Just a quick question. Is Heath kissing a men in 1:35.
German documentary on Heath
^^It's "man" and I forgot a questionmark. Sorry.
German documentary on Heath - kiss pic
^^Thanks 4:44. I do think it's a guy.
^^I mean 4:55.
It was a long day for me and it's time to go to bed. ;)
I do think it's a guy.
I think so too.
Good night 4:58 PM!
"I think so too."
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. :)
"Good night 4:58 PM!"
Good night!
I do think it's a guy.
Maybe they were in Italy at the time? ;)
German documentary on Heath - Kiss
@ 1:33 - Check out Heath's smile when he recognizes the person in question :)
Another one is Elijah Wood.
Thinking about it, Tobey looks more like Elijah than Jake.
Fuck!
Heath kiss - gif animation
Has anyone heard from UV? We better start calling the emergency rooms. I am so concerned. No sightings. No Photo Ops. No Tweets. Lets pray before we go to bed that tomorrow will bring good news to those who lives will be shattered without the holy couple. OHHHHHH they look soooooo cute together.
The Most Touching Video About [Marriage Equality] Love We've Seen
One of the comments:
I grew up in a home filled with turmoil and abuse. I had no one whom I could talk to, and on the bad nights, I had trouble falling asleep. One such night, I laid in the dark, listening to shouts of my parents, and I imagined myself grown up, sitting peacefully on the sofa, simply holding the hand of some boyfriend or partner of a future that I hoped to live long enough to experience. The image relaxed me and enabled me to go to sleep. At this point, I began to dream regularly that maybe I could have a loving marriage to someone, and create a family of people who loved and supported one another. It seemed out of reach, and I didn't know if there was such a thing as a peaceful and loving relationship; moreover, I was gay, and thought it ridiculous to allow such thoughts to drift into my thoughts.
On July 3rd, 2008, I married my long term partner–now my husband. How very thankful I am to have been able to live out my dream, to be surrounded by so much love, and to get a chance to experience the wonders of a supportive family dynamic. I know that marriage is not for everyone, but for me it meant so much.
We too are in California, and we are volunteering much time to try to repeal Proposition 8, through canvasing neighborhoods and speaking to folks. While many will never to choose to marry, I want the young kids out there who feel alone and are uncertain of their futures to have a chance to dream too. I want them to grow up in a world wherein they feel validated and worthy of love.
This video was so touching–two men marrying, one friend there to bear witness. We may not have the support of family or society, but that's alright as long as we have another. I'm so proud of my community, and so very thankful for my blessings, which includes the all those gay men and women whom I proudly stand by. Thank you, All!!!!
MackMichael
Has anyone heard from UV?
She's been crying on my shoulder for the last hour.
If one makes the picture brighter... the person might be a woman. You really can't say for sure.
Heath kiss
I wonder why there were 3 seperate tweets on Sunday placing Jake at the screening on Sunday and the after party when there were tweets of him working on Sunday.
So thew tweets on Sunday placing him in NY were clearly fake but why?
That person is as tall as Heath - it's a man :)
Small picture is a bit sharper:
Heath kiss
So thew tweets on Sunday placing him in NY were clearly fake but why?
The usual - people trying to make their life look more interesting?
Please FL stay off of bridges and away from sharp objects. You could be a DANGER to yourself. If you need help please call 911.
Anonymous said...
So thew tweets on Sunday placing him in NY were clearly fake but why?
The usual - people trying to make their life look more interesting?
Tweets are never wrong he MUST have been in both places. He MUST have.
One of the fake twwets was from a movie blogger that moderated the press conference on Saturday. He obviously lied but why? I would think his lide is moew interesting then most of the dweebs that tweet.
He said he was at the after party, the other tweets placed him at the screening. Unless they were joking or confusing Jake with Tobey, LOL!!
But I doubt that because they would have tweeted that they were joking.
Odd.
You can't trust anyone these days :)
Maggie Gyllenhaal's Crazy Heart performance works for everyone and then some, but is it leading or supporting? I saw it as supporting from the get-go, which didn't strike me as a problem in the least. The Fox Searchlight guys were feeling differently about this a week or two ago, but maybe they've come around.
I shot this with my Canon Elph. Bit of a strange angle but I had to keep it close to pick up her voice. There's a lot that goes into assembling a decent video interview piece. I have to remind myself not to shoot ones that go on for 30 or 40 minutes. It took forever to load and convert this sucker to mp4 and then cut it up into three portions. I've got enough aggravation as it is, and now I'm late for my Thanksgiving dinner.
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Has anyone read any recent reports concerning the child Toothy supposedly "conceived" with Grey Goose? He/she would be 2 years old by now.
That person is as tall as Heath - it's a man :)
IA. If Heath was comfortable kissing guys like that, then maybe fans were right when they thought Jake leaned in to kiss Heath when he won his Bafta. Since I think Heath didn't mind experimenting and Jake is bi, it wouldn't be so unlikely. ;)
Has anyone read any recent reports concerning the child Toothy supposedly "conceived" with Grey Goose? He/she would be 2 years old by now.
I don't doubt Jake was more than friends with Austin, they gave off these vibes when they were together. Austin, imo, used to be a friend with benefits until he got dumped for "fresh Oscar winner, American sweetheart" Witherspoon. Jake probably thought back then she was a great catch who'd keep him relevant (Ted mentioned the "keep him relevant" part). IDK if they remained friends, but we've seem them biking together some months ago, so it's entirely possible they are stll in touch and hang out every now and then.
But, imo, BT does not exist.
RW again at hair salon to stay blonde, blonder, blondest:
JJB
Blonde and dumb :)
Has anyone read any recent reports concerning the child Toothy supposedly "conceived" with Grey Goose?
No, nothing new from Ted or anyone else.
Austin, imo, used to be a friend with benefits until he got dumped for "fresh Oscar winner, American sweetheart" Witherspoon.
There is NO reason to dump a boyfriend or a fuck buddy for a beard.
There is NO reason to dump a boyfriend or a fuck buddy for a beard.
Maybe Austin stayed the "little goose on the side§, till he got tired of it or he still is...
In Brokeback Ennis was the main character cause the story followed his life. So heath was in the lead.
In brothers it's the same schema: Tobey'character come first, he is the oldest brother and the center of the movie, Jake and nat are in supporting role.
Maybe Austin stayed the "little goose on the side"...
Reese is tiny beard on the side.
Top 10 movie flops of the decade
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This is from Metro:Canada
"For Sheridan it was his first remake and as such a project that he walked into somewhat trepidatiously.
“I wasn’t consciously trying to make my movie different,” Sheridan says. “I was only trying to answer questions in the original movie that were interesting to me.”
Jim Sheridan’s version of the film is — typical of his work — more family-oriented, focusing on how surviving a painful and spiritually challenging POW experience could change a soldier to the extent that his family can barely recognize him when he returns home. Tobey Maguire in a creative casting choice that works simply because audiences would never anticipate that Maguire would go through such brutal psychological changes. It was a casting decision made specifically by Sheridan to play with audience expectations. “That’s why we cast Tobey, so that no one would expect it,” revealed Sheridan.
That casting approach was also applied to the role of Maguire’s ex-con brother who is surprisingly played by the typically gentle Jake Gyllenhaal. “Jake is often thought of as the lovable centre-of-attention character,” said Sheridan.
“I found it interesting to cast him as the edgy ex-con just to play with that image.”
Metro News
“I found it interesting to cast him as the edgy ex-con just to play with that image.”
Edgy?! Are you sure? lol
Brothers may get great reviews and have great performances, but that still doesn't guarentee a box office hit. War movies have been doing terrible at the box office. A perfect example is The Hurt Locker-it got excellent reviews but made no money. The country is a war for real and every day we hear and see images of destruction and death, I don't want to hear more about it for 2 hours in a movie Also that link to the pic of RW, once again she looks like a moron. The outfit wouldn't be so bad if she didn't wear those shoes. She's to frumpy to pull of a look like that. Her fashion icon that day must have been Heidi Montag.
Heath kiss - gif animation
Sweet :)
Brothers has got decent reviews not great reviews. Not the type that generate Oscar nominations. If the mens lead category were not so strong Tobey Maybe.
In Brokeback Ennis was the main character cause the story followed his life. So heath was in the lead.
No. If Jake's character was a female then she would have been a lead also - leading actress.
In brothers it's the same schema: Tobey'character come first, he is the oldest brother and the center of the movie, Jake and nat are in supporting role.
Because of the genders, Natalie is lead actress.
IMO awards groups need to change the designations, especially if more gay-themed movies are in the future. Who says a movie has to contain both genders in the main roles? And why would only one person of each gender be considered a leading character? There's always two leads in a story/movie and it's not right to demote one of the actors' performance simply because the two leads are of the same sex. IMO the qualifications for leads need to be changed, perhaps be based upon screen time - not just from the genders of the movie's participants.
As someone who lived in PA for a bit and traveled to NYC mostly for business, I thoufgt that it was a bit weird for Jake and Anne not to take a non-stop flight to NY, to LGA or JFK. Newark/NJ doesn't make sense unless you want to go to NJ or that is a transfer point to another city.
PIT airport is frustrating and a lot of the flights to to NY and L.A. for examples involve 1 & 2 stops. If i needed to get to NY right away and there were no non-stop flights, I changes at Philly, Det., DC, as I recall there no 1 stops to Newark, wouldn't make sense, might as well fly directly to JFk or LGA.
I traveled on holidays too, like Christmas and there were extra flights amd more direct flights.
It couls be that the only flight out of PITT at that time was to Newark and they didn't want to wait for the net direct flight to NY and could have just have a car service drive them to the city but as I said, direct flights are available and especially on holidays.
The few times Jake was spotted traveling from PITT to NY, the twwets sounded like he had a stop in PHIL then on to NY and one other time when he was returning he was at LGA.
The only time I went to Newark is when I was connecting to another city.
IMO Jake wasn't traveling to NY yesterday. I think Jake and Anne may have been connecting to another city.
I may be proven wrong if we get twets and sightings of Jake in his usual place in NY, we will see.
9:08, I know nada about those airports so ty for explaining.
Newark/NJ doesn't make sense unless you want to go to NJ or that is a transfer point to another city.
Isn't Newark airport the closest one to Brooklyn? Anne's parents live in Brooklyn, too.
I certainly dont think they went to Newark to connect to LA. That would be highly unusal. The day before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year. Newark may have been their only choice. It is certainly not a long drive to NYC.
Hard to think reeke would not hook up for Thanksgiving. Time will tell.
Hey maybe Jake spent TG with Anne's family. It's always more fun with someone else's dysfunctional clan... AND when there's guests your family treats you better than they usually do. Everyone's on their best behavior!!!!
Win-win! :)
Anne qas born in Brooklyn but was raised in NJ. JFK and LGA are closer and the fastest drive to Brooklyn, especially if you are driving on a Holiday. EWR would be the 3rd choice, but most avoid that because of the extra tolls and trafic though I don't think extra tolls would be a concern for them.
I find it hard to believe that there was not one direct fliht in the morning from PIT to NY on the day before Thanksgiving or even the day of Thanksgiving, it's a common route and on holidays airlines have extra flights. And even if they had to connect, if you check flights out of PIT to NY the stops are in Philly, Boston, DC, Detroit, ILL, Ohio, etc. didn't see Newark but it could be that I missed it or all the direct and connecting flights were booked and they were forced to go to EWR.
L.A. isn't the only city to connect to at EWR. I guess we will find out soon if either one of them are tweeted spotted in NY/LA/TN, etc.
My head is spinning with all the information, but direct fligt from Pittsburgh to Newark Airport sounds like an ordinary way to get to NYC.
^^^ direct flight
As someone who lived in PA for a bit and traveled to NYC mostly for business, I thoufgt that it was a bit weird for Jake and Anne not to take a non-stop flight to NY, to LGA or JFK.
Of course they took a non-stop flight to NY, why wouldn't they?
It couls be that the only flight out of PITT at that time was to Newark and they didn't want to wait for the net direct flight to NY
As you can see, there are plenty of direct flights from Pittsburgh to Newark Airport.
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10:34: Of course they flew non-stop. The airports that they would have landed in non-stop to NY in order would be:
JFK
LGA
EWR
From there they could be driven to Manhattan, Brooklyn or where ever. JFK and LGA are nearer to Manhattan and Brooklyn, EWR is apain in the ass with the extra tols and traffic.
The flight to EWR may have been the only one available at the time that they wanted to travel. Either that or they transfered.
going to hit a Red Carpet event with hottie friend and model, Sean Boleski...and have my last New York Night for the week. Miami next stop!
3:39 PM Nov 24th
Overheard at Maries Crisis: "I miss ur brother being ur brother"
7:37 PM Nov 24th
Jake Gyllenhal just passed us.
6:56 AM Nov 26th
http://twitter.com/jymben
There is also plenty of direct flights to JFK and LGA, again they may have had no choice but to fly to EWR, maybe direct flights to the airports were booked.
The Jake/Anne tweet at Newark was on 11/26@7:26 AM.
The other tweet is Jake @6:56AM on 11/26. It doesn't say where but at that time of the morning I assume it's a airport. The tweeter says that his last night in NY was 11/24
If he did see him it may have been at the Newark airport that morning and he was on his way to Miami. It could be that he saw him at the airport in Miami, no Anne sighting but Jake couldn't be at 2 airports around the same time.
Either that or the Newark tweet was fdake, or the 2nd twet was a lookalike.
We are talking about tweets. Give it up they have zero reliability. ZERO.
"Brothers may get great reviews and have great performances, but that still doesn't guarentee a box office hit. War movies have been doing terrible at the box office"
Yes but Broters isn't really a movie about the war. It's more about familial relationship.
Just like the 3 tweets that placed him in NY on Sunday when he was filing backin Pittsburgh. There was zero proof that he was anywhere in NY on Sunday.
Now 2 tweets on Thanksgiving moring, very early. One at an airport and one I assume was at an airport as well due to the tweeters talk about Miami. Now those tweets could be legit and the 2nd tweet was from the Newark airport as well ut the previous tweets make me suspicious.
Why one can read only 268 comments on this entry? (Although the counter indicates there are 801 posts). Anyone know?
Brothers premiered in NYC and there's rarely feedback from people who saw it. How come? Maybe they just don't go online? Also we only have 5 reviews on RT up: 2 negative, 3 positive. This can't be it.
The most reviews will be out after the LA premiere next tuesday.
Reviews from unknown (at least for me) publications like "The Inquirer" and "Irish Central" - both very good reviews.
The film won´t get a huge box office- but I don´t think anyone involved expected this from a serious family/war drama.
Why one can read only 268 comments on this entry? (Although the counter indicates there are 801 posts). Anyone know?
There are 272 comments at the moment - blogger has a bug.
1:42 PM - I read through the reviews and most of the praise seems to be for Tobey. If someone will be nominated it's him.
The most reviews will be out after the LA premiere next tuesday.
Why? What's wrong with Brothers real premiere on Sunday?
Batman And Robin is the worst Batman movie ever made — in which Clooney is upstaged by his Batman nipple suit. Besides providing fodder for self-deprecating one-liners, the bomb of a film provided Clooney with a jarring reminder back then that playing with other people's studio money can be a dangerous Hollywood game.
After that humbling debacle, Clooney started positioning himself as a guy who takes control of his commerce and his craft. And guess what? He's a movie star with a decent bank account and an Oscar statue he can show folks while lounging at his Italian villa.
The formula that rejuvenated Clooney is not that complicated. It goes like this: If the film is one of his personal projects, he only makes a profit if the film does, and if it's a studio deal, he makes sure everybody's happy with his or her percentage. "Listen, this is the thing," says Clooney during a recent interview. "If the movie makes money, I make money. If I don't, I've still made the movie I wanted to make."
Is Brothers released nationwide?
Brothers is obviously getting the studio embargo concerning reviews. Some people like HW or Variety are ignoring this. Same for example with "Invictus" - Jeff Wells made a comment about this on his blog:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/11/wait_in_line_fe.php
And yes, from what I have read it opens wide.
I don't get why they'd hold back the reviews for Brothers. Newsweek, L.A. Times, Boston Herold are all positive. I think the general consensus will be that it's a well done remake.
I don't get why they'd hold back the reviews for Brothers.
There can be only one reason.
Brothers is obviously getting the studio embargo concerning reviews. Some people like HW or Variety are ignoring this. Same for example with "Invictus" - Jeff Wells made a comment about this on his blog:
Jeff Wells: So Newsweek's David Ansen and Variety's Todd McCarthy get to ignore the 11.30 Invictus review embargo and everyone else has to wait...is that it? Because they're big shots with special privileges? Are we still living in 1997?
And now Huffington Post-er Pamela Ezell has chimed in with an opinion -- "On a scale of one to 10, Invictus is a six," she says.
There can be only one reason.
Which would be?
Hollywood Elsewhere comment:
Mr. F. says ...
My assumption on review embargos (at least for non-genre movies) has always been -- from the studios' perspective -- "If you loved the movie, there is no embargo... if you didn't, then no mention of the movie until the day it's released." Am I wrong? Isn't that always the studios' unspoken rule?
It is called studio embargo- the reviews have to wait until a certain date given by the studio.
*LoL*@One commenter to Wells:
"you're doing fine with your "Brothers" embargo."
:)
"My assumption on review embargos (at least for non-genre movies) has always been -- from the studios' perspective -- "If you loved the movie, there is no embargo... if you didn't, then no mention of the movie until the day it's released." Am I wrong? Isn't that always the studios' unspoken rule?"
No, not true - but I am too lazy now to search for examples.
We will see next week.
No, not true - but I am too lazy now to search for examples.
What else can be the reason for review embargo? Every movie can only profit from good early reviews.
I think the film will get good to mixed reviews, but the acting will be praised, esp. Tobey's.
Brothers trailers and clips left me cold, I don't feel bad for the characters and I think that should be a "proper" reaction.
Anyone else?
But the reviews of Variety and HW weren´t very good or have I missed something?
Here is a link to an article which discusses the embargo:
http://jetl.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/movie-review-embargoes-still-relevant-in-the-internet-age/
I don´t believe that after the first reviews are quite good (or mixed), twitter comments also and David Letterman calling the film "the best in 12 (or 20) years" during his Natalie Portman interview now suddenly the other reviews all will be pans.
I feel this story about a missing brother, his prettier brother who steps in and the wifey who falls for him etc. has been told af few times. I've even watched a similar themed film with Cheryl Ladd on tv a few years ago. So, if it wasn't for Jake, I probably wouldn't watch it. I'm also not a big fan of Portman.
"the best in 12 (or 20) years"
Really? He even liked it more than the original movie?
Here's a new review. It is not positive, but they say nice words about Jake's and Tobey's acting.
Newsblaze
Another unknown publication though. I wish N.Y. Times etc. would post their reviews soon.
Here is a link to an article which discusses the embargo
"On the other hand, any studio, major or minor, would have to decide whether or not it wanted to risk the inevitable media storm–or mere rain shower in the blogosphere–that would result through the enforcement of its legal rights under the embargo because any action on the studio’s part would look like a vain attempt to cover up the inevitable publication of negative reviews."
4:54 PM, am I missing something? All the reviewer says about Jake and Tobey's acting is
"Scenes between Maguire and Gyllenhaal emotionally detonate with a rare passion and intensity on screen. But which unfortunately render the scenes of military conflict artificial and unconvincing in comparison."
That's not much and the review is mostly negative.
Here's a new review. ... Newsblaze
"Scenes between Maguire and Gyllenhaal emotionally detonate with a rare passion and intensity on screen. But which unfortunately render the scenes of military conflict artificial and unconvincing in comparison. It's as if Irish director Jim Sheridan may have been more subjectively focused on personal trauma of his own related to the history of terrorism back in his homeland than a determined scrutiny of the Afghan resistance, which plays out as exaggerated caricatures with no basis in logic or reality connected to current events."
4:54 PM, am I missing something? All the reviewer says about Jake and Tobey's acting is...
I know, but it's still a compliment about their acting.
There's no question Freeman will end up as one of the five Best Actor nominees, and I'm betting right now that he'll win. He's obviously playing a more stirring and inspirational guy than George Clooney's Up In The Air traveller, and a more sympathetic and charismatic figure than Daniel Day Lewis's Guido in Nine. He's dealing with the same sort of historical turf that Christopher Plummer stands on in The Last Station, but Freeman has better lines and a stronger spirit.
His toughest competitors are A Single Man's Colin Firth, The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner and A Serious Man's Michael Stuhlbarg. But we all suspect that two out of these three are facing uphill odds, under-valued as they currently are by go-along pundits.
Hollywood Elsewhere
Newsweek, L.A. Times, Boston Herold are all positive.
Can't find L.A. Times Brothers review.
Dear Ted:
Has Reese Witherspoon ever been a Blind Vice?
—Colleen
Dear Reese Gone Bad:
Darling, don't you know? Crafty Reesey's one of our Blind Vice Superstars!
Dear Ted:
If Toothy Tile is really in such turmoil about his sexuality/beard relationship/Hollywood pressure/Grey Goose love affair, he seems to be hiding it rather well. Is he truly a liar and a coward, Ted? I am asking because I do believe I've guessed his identity, and if it is the person I am speaking of, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for this person, who seems such an otherwise good-hearted fellow. Please don't be coy and tease with lines like "Well I don't know, who do you think he is?" my dear. And also, does his family know about Grey Goose?
-Jkr
Dear No Teasing, Please:
I'm kinda crushed, too, so that makes two of us. And, yes, very much so.
Dear Ted:
Please tell me, Toothy's not my beloved Johnny Depp, is he?
—Pedward
Dear Sexiest Man Alive:
Nope, you're good to go! He's not even close.
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Dear Ted:
Can we talk about Adam Lambert's performance at the AMAs? As an openly gay public figure, I would think that you'd have more to say about Lambert. If a woman or even an underage girl had performed the same exact act, right down to the same-sex kiss at the end, there would not have been nearly the same backlash. Don't you think we need to be talking about this double standard and being as verbal as those who seek to hold others down? Adam Lambert has one of the best voices out there today. He could also do wonders for the younger gay generation, who needs to see others like themselves out there. Neil Patrick Harris is great, but he can't be the only one.
—Millennia
Dear Yay Not Nay on Lambert:
I totally agree, Adam didn't do anything wrong! There's a definite double standard that needs to be looked at for sure. So boring and predictable that people can't see that.
And yes, from what I have read it opens wide.
Do you have his number?
LOL :)
And also, does his family know about Grey Goose?
And, yes, very much so.
Ted is saying that Jake and Austin are together?
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Not a good sign for Reekers if true.
7:48: But you have to keep in mind: Reese was last spotted at a hair salon in L.A. on Wednesday. There have been no tweets or sightings since then. True she could be on her farm in L.A. with the kids , L.A. or TN and under the radar but she has been to NY plenty. So far one sighting in Soho today after TG. I would think he spent TG with family: Mom, Maggie and Peter, etc. And since there were no tweets of him in Brooklyn yesterday one can assume he and the family stayed indoors.
So where was Reese today and yesterday? The kids are off until Monday. Jake doing a bit of shopping in Soho on black Friday while the gang is in Brooklyn? The weekend is just beginning. Also he has been twweted solo in NY/Brooklyn before when she was there. We will see if pics show up this weekend or tweets of her in L.A. If not they can always say she was in Brooklyn with Maggie, LOL!
PS: I used to post on OMG, but stopped for many reasons. They believe Jake is still with Austin (I don't) but you never see tweets or sightings of Jake or Austin, just Jake solo, Jake with Reese, with Atticus, his sister, his brother-in-law, etc. That's the real reason that they don't like tweets posted there.
She's probably there with the kids in New York. Just because there are no tweets or pics means nothing. Don't be surprised if pics of them in NY come up later or tomorrow. I think Jake really is living the straight life with Reese and the kids. Its safe for him that is if he's gay. People should let him be with who he chooses, altough the attraction to Reese is beyond me, but I thought the same about Ryan marrying her. You can't assume they are not together in NY, don't make fun of the Reeke lovers or you may have to eat crow. Reese does know what a plane does, flies from LA to NY in less than 4 hours. Done it myself
I think it's the TB's that are holding their breath because they know she can turn up like a bad penny! They are not making fun of reekers, jsut a bit peeved that it appears once again that jake and Austin are not home taking care of BT!!
PS: Speaking of tweets, I thought that it was weird that tweets about Maggie breast feeding (from 2007), tweets about Jake and his dad in NY (10/09) and tweets about Jake and Reese (7/2009) have all popped up in the last few days. Is it a coincidence or planted? If so why? Maybe the new phase in reeking is not only them going "undercover", no pap pics but the family as well: no pap pics with family.
Anon said
PS: I used to post on OMG, but stopped for many reasons. They believe Jake is still with Austin (I don't) but you never see tweets or sightings of Jake or Austin, just Jake solo, Jake with Reese, with Atticus, his sister, his brother-in-law, etc. That's the real reason that they don't like tweets posted there.
Your fill of crap. If you did post on OMG have the balls to say who you are. I am the one who hates tweets on OMG.
Go back to OMG Tom. You sre not the only one, they rest are just too embarrassed to admit it.
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Go back to OMG Tom. You sre not the only one, they rest are just too embarrassed to admit it.
Well if you are who I think you are. I actually thought we were buds and you were pretty cool. I know why you were upset on OMG but come on it is just a blog not real life. A blog for me is a place to sometimes act crazy, to be emotional but to also have fun. I like OMG and WFT2. The blogs are a little different but are much related. Hopefully you cna also come back to OMG. I miss you and the chats we had.
The person who stopped posting on OMG probably got sick of making up a new name for every comment. Anons not allowed there. You have to have the guts to have an identity. Tweets are a dime a dozen. Nobody likes them. Too easy to fake. The only point of twitter is when the star does their own tweets, shares their own thoughts. Everything else is just a random comment from an unknown,unreliable source.
Facing the possibility Jake is straight
LMAO
They believe Jake is still with Austin (I don't) but you never see tweets or sightings of Jake or Austin...
What tweets or sightings have to do with Jake's and Austin's private life?
When Portman was asked about forming chemistry with her two male leads, she enthusiastically responded, "It was actually really exciting 'cause this is the first time I've ever worked with actors that I knew before. "I met Tobey when I was 14, I met Jake when I was 18, so there was a level of familiarity from the first day, which was really a nice way to enter into it. We also had a nice rehearsal period for a few weeks before we started, where we got to go over each other's houses and talk about it and try things out."
Any tweets about that?
I JUST SHOOK HANDS WITH JAKE GYLLENHAL I AM SHAKING AND CRYING LITERALLY
about 3 hours ago
I TOLD HIM I COULDNT WAIT FOR PRINCE OF PERSIA AND HE LAUGHED i think he was creeped out
about 3 hours ago
http://twitpic.com/r9zu8 This is the face I made when Jake denied my picture request. He was kind of douchey- but so pretty. :/
28 minutes ago
@whoffleck I literally felt like I couldn't breathe when he shook my hand. I'm pretty sure I was trembling. :[
25 minutes ago
http://twitter.com/deadbeatdavid
David Lopez is a hairdresser and freelance session stylist based out of New York City.
Dinner @ Il Buco. Sat next to Jake Gyllenhal(sp). Great food, great wine, great company I'm going home. Gotta know when to call it quits.
about 2 hours ago
http://twitter.com/taibeau
9:18 PM
Stop picking on Tom or I'll kick your ass :)
"the best in 12 (or 20) years"
Really? He even liked it more than the original movie?
November 27, 2009 4:47 PM"
Fraom Awards Daily
http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=15464#comments
^^^ Another comment:
Letterman said one right thing in this interview. He doesn’t know anything about movies. He just literally could not find the words to say to describe the movie.
That said, I saw the original Danish version recently and thought it was pretty good, so I’ll be checking out this one.
I literally felt like I couldn't breathe when he shook my hand. I'm pretty sure I was trembling.
I have that effect on men!
Aspen Film has announced a preview of the program for the 19th annual Academy Screenings series, and among the films are the musical “Nine,” starring Day-Lewis and Kidman; and “Brothers,” starring Gyllenhaal.
The 2009 Academy Screenings, running Dec. 23-Jan. 2 at Harris Hall, presents 19 films considered candidates for Academy Awards. The full schedule will be announced on Dec. 2, with tickets on sale starting Dec. 14.
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Natalie Portman on The Late Show; Dave raves Brothers - more comments:
"I’m going to see it regardless because it does look good. Maybe, this could be the surprise people are asking for. I love what Jim Sheridan does with stories about family. In America was beautiful and who can forget My Left Foot. There will be people who will see it just because Dave says them too and it’s definitley not a bad thing.
I think the only nomination for the movie is gonna be the Original Song. Maybe if critics rave the movie, maybe Natalie Portman gets a second Best Supporting Actress Nomination. It’s easy (Only Mo’nique and Anna Kendrick and Penelope are locks).
Given what we know about Dave’s recent history with his interns, it’s maybe no surprise that he’s going out of his way to praise a movie when the film’s very pretty young star is on his show.
Wow, we know Letterman is tough to blackmail, so the filmmakers must be holding some seriously sordid pictures to get that review.
Letterman raving about it will help create good word of mouth. People will go to see it because they “heard it was pretty good.” It could help with box office. Except DeNiro and Drew Barrymore are opening the same day and there are two good actionmovies with lots of “explosions,” that same weekend. It will be interesting. I saw the original. It was good. I think this one will be better. I have confidence in Sheridan and I think he assembled a very good cast. Sam Shepherd is in the movie, too.
"Letterman raving about it will help create good word of mouth."
True.
Jake of all trades: Acting A-lister and local man about town Jake Gyllenhaal has all bases covered
He's already gone from indie to blockbuster, from kid to cowboy, and one of New York's favorite acting sons, Jake Gyllenhaal, is still pushing his limits.
This Friday, he hits cinemas in "Brothers," a thriller co-starring Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire that is generating Oscar buzz. And in the new year, get ready for his action-hero debut in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time."
The two vastly different movies cement Gyllenhaal's position as what one film pundit recently called "the jack of all genres." He played a traumatized teen in "Donnie Darko" and a macho soldier in "Jarhead." He evaded an apocalyptic New York City tidal wave in "The Day After Tomorrow" and earned raves for his sensitive turn onstage in London in Kenneth Lonergan's "This Is Our Youth."
Even now, a video-game-based epic ("Prince of Persia") and an offscreen romance with Hollywood heroine Reese Witherspoon, he refuses to be typecast.
"Jake is the kind of guy who can do a spot-on impression of someone you work with that will make you giggle," his "Brothers" co-star Portman raved to People magazine when Gyllenhaal appeared in its sexiest leading men category. "He plays guitar and has a great voice. Kids and dogs love him. He loves his mom and sister and girlfriend. He's perfect. Too bad he's ugly."
Such praise makes him sound almost invincible, and while Gyllenhaal might not be "perfect," he's a casting director's dream. After struggling to find a niche onscreen, he seems to have decided that he doesn't need one. Next up on his slate: forays into science fiction, quirky romantic comedy and movie musical.
He's booked a role in "Source Code" as a soldier who wakes up inside the body of a computer. He stars opposite Jessica Biel in "Nailed," an offbeat romance awaiting release. This year, he was reportedly tapped by New Line to star as Joe Hardy in a screen version of the Broadway classic "Damn Yankees" (in which Jim Carrey will play the Devil), so Portman isn't kidding when she says he can carry a tune.
The high demand comes after years of work — not all of it good. He got a strong start as a boy-next-door type in "October Sky," a role he took after dropping out of Columbia University to pursue acting, but was soon typecast as a teen in transition. The disastrous "Bubble Boy," in which his immune-challenged romantic hero had to emote from inside a hermetically sealed dome, proved he needed to branch out.
Playing against type in "Jarhead" helped turn things around, but nothing earned Gyllenhaal more recognition than 2005's "Brokeback Mountain." His portrayal of a sexually conflicted rodeo cowboy earned him an Academy Award nomination and started a flurry of speculation about his personal life.
Not only was his bachelorhood a subject of media interest — he hadn't had a serious girlfriend since he split from Kirsten Dunst the previous year — "Brokeback" drew attention to his enviable position as a part of New York's actor elite.
When his "Brokeback" co-stars Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger welcomed a daughter in 2005, Gyllenhaal was named a godparent. His sister, Maggie, started a family in New York with Peter Sarsgaard, Gyllenhaal's co-star in "Jarhead" and, later, "Rendition."
The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and New York-born screenwriter Naomi Foner, Jake inherited a Big Apple pedigree. He can be spotted cruising Manhattan on his bike or lunching al fresco on 10th Ave. with godmother Jamie Lee Curtis. He keeps a hand in the city's theater scene, and reportedly considered Beau Willimon's play "Farragut North" for his New York stage debut.
Last year, after feverish speculation, Witherspoon confirmed that she and Gyllenhaal were a couple. The two had starred together a year before in "Rendition," but denied their romance. Over the course of the following months, they kept quiet but were spotted by paparazzi at lunch, on vacation and enjoying playtime with Witherspoon's kids, Ava and Deacon (from her marriage to Ryan Phillippe).
Finally, in the pages of Vogue, Witherspoon dished about her new man. "He's very supportive," she said. "Suffice it to say, I'm very happy in life."
A glance at celebrity magazines offers an eye into the couple's romance. They've been spotted together in Washington and Paris; in Marrakech, where Witherspoon visited the set of "Prince of Persia," and as a couple at Maggie Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard's Italian wedding in May.
If Hollywood needed help seeing Gyllenhaal as the kind of actor who could carry an action franchise, dating one of the world's most bankable stars didn't hurt. After he got his role in "Prince of Persia," he went into action-hero mode: training in swordplay, pumping iron and studying the acrobatic art of parkour.
"He has to be very agile in a lot of other ways than you would normally," Gyllenhaal has said of playing a video-game warrior. "It's not just gladiator-style fighting — although we have all of that — it's also having to jump up walls."
When the first "Prince" previews hit the Internet, fans gushed over the shaggy, six-packed Gyllenhaal, decked out in swashbuckling style. In the movie, he sports a British accent, woos a damsel in distress and has a selection of scary, snake-commanding goons to clobber.
But it is "Brothers," a remake of a taut Danish thriller, that signals his return to the kind of intense, character-driven work that has won him his strongest praise. He plays Tommy, the do-nothing younger brother of Sam (Maguire), a U.S. marine deployed to Afghanistan. When news arrives that Sam has been killed, Tommy falls into a romance with Sam's wife, Grace (Portman).
"Tommy finds himself to be unworthy, unlovable," Maguire has said of Gyllenhaal's character. "When I go away ... he learns how to care for people and get cared for."
The film gets complicated when Grace receives an unexpected phone call. Sam is alive and coming home. The family reunion makes for explosive scenes, and while the film had been flying under the radar, Oscar buzz is building. Helping it along are co-star Carey Mulligan, already a rumored Academy favorite for her work in "An Education," and director Jim Sheridan, a six-time Oscar nominee.
Stepping into a difficult role is a logical step for an actor who craves a challenge. With his latest projects in line, an A-lister at his side and a talented family as his New York base, Gyllenhaal can follow his career compass in any direction.
"I'm going to continue doing what I want to do," he has said. "If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it. I don't care how much I get paid for it. I don't care what attention it brings, or what attention I have to bring to it — I'll do it anyway."
NY Daily News
^^^ NY Daily News article was published under Gossip, not Entertainment.
Posted on OMG by Special K
"Something you might not know about Brothers. Brothers is a pretty little movie that has a powerful punch. The movie had a budget of only $25 million, with the actors talking "a quarter or maybe even a 10th of what they usually get paid," according to Sheridan."
Thanks for the laugh, PR! :)
Even now, a video-game-based epic ("Prince of Persia") and an offscreen romance with Hollywood heroine Reese Witherspoon, he refuses to be typecast.
His portrayal of a sexually conflicted rodeo cowboy... [Jack was sexually conflicted?]
A glance at celebrity magazines offers an eye into the couple's romance. [Rags are celebrity magazines? LOL]
If Hollywood needed help seeing Gyllenhaal as the kind of actor who could carry an action franchise, dating one of the world's most bankable stars didn't hurt. [We, too, think that bearding is about PoP.]
When the first "Prince" previews hit the Internet, fans gushed over the shaggy, six-packed Gyllenhaal...
"http://insidereel.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/brthrs-thtrcl-rev/"
Good review about Brothers and about Jake.
"Jake is quite vindicated here in terms of his acting potential. He shows a depth missing from “Jarhead” and a vulnerableness that was present at times in “Donnie Darko” but perhaps, in many ways, not seen since then. His physical transformation no doubt due to “Prince Of Persia” informs his thoughts here. He is in much rougher form and yet that certain fragile element still comes through but without being forced. As a result, his pain is the most revealing and the most heartbreaking of all because despite his intent, he still can’t win."
"Tobey Maguire is quite good but he has the thankless job of playing the man with the problems created in a very linear way yet with very little saved below the surface. His energy is focused but almost too extraneous. He has to viscerally show jealousy without overwhelming the scene which he sometimes fails at. The problem is that his acting has always been very wide eyed which plays against a subtle madness here making it not work as well. His intensity turns into a type of mugging for the character which would not be noticed as much if Jake’s performance wasn’t so rich."
the end of the review :
"“Brothers” is a story of human characters made by a group of actors that are at the top of their game. Adding to this perception is a stoic but viciously pinpoint turn of Sam Shepard as the father to these two boys who is now remarried to a different woman than their mother who died. Another standout also permeates in the form of Bailee Madison as one of the young daughters of Portman and Maguire. She matches most of the grown up actors toe to toe without being presumptious. Like Jake, in my mind, she deserves an Oscar nomination for their work because it is so purely emotional. The film is a surprise of riches wrapped in a small package, ready for delivery for those who are able to see its reflection. Out of 5, I give it a 3 1/2."
As a result, his pain is the most revealing and the most heartbreaking of all because despite his intent, he still can’t win.
Awwwwww, poor Tommy!
... vulnerableness that was present at times in “Donnie Darko”...
I think Tommy in Brothers is the kind od role that suits Jake - roles of emotional, hurt and affectionate men.
Posted on OMG by Charybdis
Gawker.com had fun with the NY Daily News story:
"The Daily News didn't have any good gossip items today, so instead they ran two pages about how Jake Gyllenhaal is a "jack of all trades" or something. They go very out of their way to assure us that him and Reese are definitely dating, and that his two new movies—the melodrama with Natalie Portman about whatever with Tobey Maguire, and Prince of Persia, where he gets to dress in clothing Tom Cruise only dreams about wearing in public—are very different. Sometimes, I just want to knock over the Daily News gossip page. Nothing else, just "knock over." [NYDN]
Gawker
http://insidereel.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/brthrs-thtrcl-rev/
"Both Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman elevate beyond their normal roles playing against type to where they can almost melt away. The only problem here is the persona vision of these stars even though they try to keep out of the tabloids unlike some other actors."
I think Tommy in Brothers is the kind od role that suits Jake - roles of emotional, hurt and affectionate men.
Agreed. But at first Tommy should be unloving and non-emotional (a prison convict) - so I have my doubts that he can play the first part as well as the second.
Gawker had fun of the NY daily News ? the joke of the year.
No pity between colleagues.
Sheridan said that Jake didn't act (like in "acting") when the camera began to roll. What did he mean by that.
at first Tommy should be unloving and non-emotional (a prison convict)
Hmm, that will be interesting to see :)
Sheridan said that Jake didn't act (like in "acting") when the camera began to roll. What did he mean by that.
That Jake is a natural actor, he's got it in his blood?
Jake isn't an actor studio!
Sheridan about Jake from SF chronicles :
" Gyllenhaal is a free-wheeling actor. He is always looking around. He has three or four things going through his head, and normal stars just have one.
The way he lives in a scene is to be half there and half out there looking around. I found it completely fascinating"
Prince of Persia, where he gets to dress in clothing Tom Cruise only dreams about wearing in public
Does Jake dream about becoming Tom Cruise kind of mega star? Just wants to improve his BO results? Wants to play an action hero because he likes popcorn movies and whats to try everything?
^^^ wants to try everything
Sheridan implies that he's acting, but also looking around, still as himself and not as the character. Not exactly a compliment. One thing that Ang Lee accomplished was to make Jack real. Maybe the isolation helped. Jake had nothing to look at but Heath.
^^Ha, ha. ;)
Not exactly a compliment.
I think that's a big compliment: "He has three or four things going through his head, and normal stars just have one. The way he lives in a scene is to be half there and half out there looking around."
Looking around = be able to see the scene as a whole, not just his part.
Sheridan is obviously very fond of Jake and likes him as an actor.
^^He doesn't seem to have that much love for Tobey though. ;)
Duh! What's not to like?
I tell better jokes than Tobey!
^^Yeah, that's probably it. ;)
Sesame Street Episode 4200: The Rainbow Show
Word On The Street: Separate - To split apart.
Original Air Date: December 4, 2009
There were a few tweets about Maggie filming Sesame Street, I wonder if Jake already filmed it.
Tobey's wife bothered by love scene between Nat and Tobey:
Mrs. Maguire
^^^ American actor Tobey Maguire’s wife Jennifer Meyer is said to have been upset when she was asked about her husband’s love scene with actress Natalie Portman. Meyer, 32, was at the Skyy Vodka-sponsored screening of “Brothers”, and later at hot restaurant Abe & Arthur’s when she was asked about the scenes.
“She seemed upset as she was getting bombarded with questions about how she felt about her hubby’s intimate role with Natalie,” the New York Post quoted a source as saying.
“She finally said something to her husband, and he assured her that she had nothing to worry about,” the source added. (ANI)
Did you notice that some reviewers either like Jake's or Tobey's performance? It will be interesting to see if or who of them will get some awards nods.
Reading comments, it seems Letterman's "best movie in 20 years etc..." quotes helped to get people, who weren't sure they wanted to see the film, wanting to see it.
With a father like hers, Mrs. Maguire has nothing to worry about ;)
"Sheridan implies that he's acting, but also looking around, still as himself and not as the character."
Hum I doubt Sheridan meant that !
but good try.
but good try.
2:50#2 is still pissed about Jake's bearding. ;) What JS said about Jake is definitely meant as a compliment.
Tobey and family at playground:
Tobey & family
Midway through a conversation with director Jim Sheridan about his latest film, "Brothers," he abruptly asks, "Do you think anybody will go see this movie?"
I say what I think he wants to hear - that a cast led by Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal is sure to draw people. But we both know that movies that so much as touch on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have turned out to be tough sells. Even "The Hurt Locker," which opened to almost uniformly glowing reviews, brought in only $12 million. Other box office disappointments include "In the Valley of Elah," "Redacted" and "Rendition."
"I think the American people just don't think there is a war on, so why should they have to go to a movie about something that doesn't exist? Their state of denial is hard to overcome," Sheridan said. Aside from occasional moments of doubt, he tries to stay positive about "Brothers," hoping that audiences will see it the way he does - as a family drama about a man coming home after a long absence, and he just happens to have served in Afghanistan.
Sheridan's best work has been capturing shifting relationships between parents and children and among siblings. Think of Daniel Day-Lewis as an artist with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" and Brenda Fricker as the mother who finds a balance between doing too much for him and letting go. And who can forget the loving Irish family in "In America"?
Sheridan, 60, was scrounging for financing for a movie loosely based on the experience he and his four brothers had growing up in a lodging house in Dublin. ("In America" was inspired by his trials immigrating to the United States with his family.) When the money failed to materialize, he turned to "Brothers," a project in need of a director.
"I thought I'd do an American movie about brothers. It's a theme that really interests me," Sheridan said on the phone from his home on the coast near Dublin. With a budget of only $25 million, financing came together easily. The actors took "a quarter or maybe even a 10th of what they usually get paid," Sheridan said.
Maguire plays the older brother, a straight-arrow Marine captain about to be sent on his fourth tour of duty to Afghanistan. He's a solid family man, devoted to his wife (Natalie Portman) and two young daughters. Gyllenhaal is the ne'er-do-well younger brother who has done time in prison and can't settle down. The conceit of the movie - a remake of a well-reviewed 2005 Danish film of the same title - is that the horrors Maguire witnesses in Afghanistan result in the siblings trading places in terms of family dynamics.
"Where the movie lives and dies is in the relationship between the two brothers," says Sheridan, who says Maguire and Gyllenhaal deliver in roles that are more grown-up than what they customarily play.
To look convincing as a prisoner of war, Maguire dropped 25 pounds from his already thin frame. "He is a vegan, so as far as I am concerned he doesn't eat anyway. He ate less vegan," said Sheridan, who worries about Maguire's extreme diet having a long-term effect.
As an actor "Tobey likes to control a lot. That is the way he lives. He has a cook that cooks for him. His world is very controlled. Even when acting, he is not the kind of guy who would get loose. He's quiet and pensive and thinking about things."
By contrast, Gyllenhaal is a "free-wheeling actor. He is always looking around. He has three or four things going through his head, and normal stars just have one."
It would mean trouble, Sheridan believes, if a director told Gyllenhaal to just stand there and hit his mark. "The way he lives in a scene is to be half there and half out there looking around. I found it completely fascinating."
In preproduction Sheridan would watch the original "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier (who also made "After the Wedding"), over and over in a little screening room in his house. "I was trying all the time just not to do any damage, like they say about doctors," he recalls. Among the few changes he made: having the brothers be younger because that is often the case with American soldiers and giving the daughters more prominent roles.
He found himself emphasizing the family's struggle to be whole again. "It is a big thing to me to show the family at war. They are split by an event outside themselves. The war is in the family, you know."
Sheridan can't stop himself from exploring family themes. "When people are good at telling stories, they are reaching deep into their DNA. It's like you pick up a live wire," he says. "I have noticed it with great filmmakers, and I hope a tiny amount rubs off on me."
He describes how a Stanley Kubrick story is almost always about a mother who can't protect her child against the father: "It's like the mother ship fails."
Sheridan examines another stressed-out family in his next movie, "Dream House." Daniel Craig stars as a father who moves his family into a new house, only to discover brutal murders have taken place there.
SF Gate
He is a vegan, so as far as I am concerned he doesn't eat anyway. ... Tobey likes to control a lot. That is the way he lives. He has a cook that cooks for him. His world is very controlled.
No wonder Sheridan likes Jake more :)
Tobey and family at playground
Tobey working out and showing off :)
Old pap pics. Jake, Tobey and adorable little Ruby.
ihj
BFF: Leo and Tobey:
L&T
I love my Leo
Ruby with goddaddy Leo (holding her), daddy, mommy and friend
^^^ Tobey looks exhausted.
Jake, Tobey and adorable little Ruby.
Tobey looks exhausted.
^^I think they are adorable together, I can't help it.
There were rumors Leo & Tobey were more than just friends when they were younger. ;)
*cough*
L&T
That's adorable :)
Leo, Tobey, Mrs Maguire said...
*cough*
LOL.
Heading for an Italian brunch in undiscovered Tribeca! Rarely go there but love the neighborhood.
about 5 hours ago
Is it impolite to take a photo of a celeberty while s/he's eating? Had brunch with Jack Gyllenhaal next to me but was too shy to take one!!!
26 minutes ago
Location New York, NY
http://twitter.com/yshsieh
Tobey working out and showing off :)
You can tell he loves being father. He seems to be a good dad. :)
Another one with Leo and Ruby:
on the boat
I think Leo's gonna be a good dad one day.
Baby Leo :)
^^Aww.
Little Tobey and Leo
George and Leo
Little Tobey and Leo
Looks like Leo is caressing Tobey's head. Cute, cute, cute.
Awwwww!
The new Playstation and XBox360 BioWare game Dragon Age: Origins features a secret gay sex scene:
"Access to the hands-on scene can only be granted if the player uses the right combination of cheesy chat up lines to seduce the warrior elf. In a clip posted online, the gamer-controlled human character runs through the correct list of options, starting with the inevitably cheesy, 'I want to discuss something personal' – one of four dialogue options available He then makes his intentions explicit with 'Can you join me in my tent?' before coming in for the kill with, 'I bet you’re good at a lot of things'."
Writes Gay Gaymer: "With this bare-chested and unflinching portrayal, it feels as if the depiction of gay sex in video games has reached a new level of equal treatment. This is more than just a mincing gay pirate (Temple of Elemental Evil) or an evasive fade-to-black: there's choreography, tenderness, humor and even an element of sexual politics to Zevran's post-coital conversation."
Watch it (video probably NSFW)...
Towleroad
New XBox Game Dragon Age Features Gay Sex Scene
Too bad there is no gay sex in PoP - I wouldn't complain about the movie in that case ;)
Dragon Age: Origins Male Elf & Zevran Romance
GregMitch: Big NYT piece tomorrow on upcoming flick "Brothers" starring Jake, Tobey, Natalie. But original was fantastic. Trailer: http://bit.ly/yDka4
AddisonBench: I don't do heroin, and I know nothing about Tobey Maguire, but this is funny. From poster on L train platform in Brooklyn. http://twitpic.com/r9gt5
about 19 hours ago
Saw an FYC ad for "Brothers" today Tobey Maguire is going lead and Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal are both being campaigned supporting
In such a competitive Best Actor race its hard to see Maguire getting in. Portman and Gyllenhaal need raves and a huge studio push fast
http://twitter.com/JackattheMovies
I think Tobey will get a golden globes nod.
Coming between Brothers: Natalie Portman helps bring a different war into the American kitchen.
...
Inescapably, Afghanistan is the homewrecker here, but Portman resists casting Brothers as an anti-war - or even war - film.
``I don't think so. And I don't think it really has a political message. It's much more of a family film - and in a way your nation is your family, so it could lead to larger things if you wanted to take it there. But it's not overt.''
``(The war) is really interesting, because we are so shielded from it. We've been in this war like, approaching 10 years, and it's so abstract and distant from many of us, but for the people who are engaged, it's so all-consuming in their lives. A terrifying daily reality.''
For all of Maguire's visceral and disturbing Afghanistan scenes, the terrifying realities of bedroom and kitchen are the heart of the film. As Sheridan will say later in the day in his Dublin accent, ``all of my films are about puttin' the family back together.'' With a boozy, bitter military father (Sam Shepard) who torments Tommy, who himself begins to usurp the role of unravelling scion Sam, this family needs some puttin'.
Brothers crystallizes in a few scenes - some set in Afghanistan, but the pivotal ones detonate around the table. In the most excruciating, an extended- family meal becomes a teeth-grinding session in tension, as one of the Cahills' young daughters sends daddy over the brink. The weapon? A balloon she rubs and squeaks in the painful silence.
``Yeah, it was uncomfortable,'' Portman says, ``and it was largely improvised and figured out on the day. That's Jim's mastery, that he can create that in the room.''
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Whoa, so much Natty hate on ONTD!
Nat was great on Letterman.
I like Nat, but she lost alot of fans by signing that petition supporting Roman Polanski
"Whoa, so much Natty hate on ONTD!"
Only because she voiced her real opinion about eating meat, she was expressing her beliefs. I respect that, I don't agree but respect it. Those same haters over at ONTD love Jen Garner and Reese Witherspoon, two of the fakest people on earth.
I don't begrudge Natalie her opinion. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, she proved herself to be a hypocrite. She compares people who eat meat to rapists, but she signs a petition to free a man who had sex with a 13 year old girl. Who's really the rapist?
In that interview with Letterman, she seems genuinely surprised that he liked the film.
"I'm going to continue doing what I want to do," he has said. "If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it. I don't care how much I get paid for it. I don't care what attention it brings, or what attention I have to bring to it — I'll do it anyway."
hahahaha that's what you say when you are desperate for work!!
Well currently I don't think he is so desesperate for work.
"Whoa, so much Natty hate on ONTD!"
In a blog like ONTD it's usual .
Whoa, so much Natty hate on ONTD!
I'm not a fan either. She seems to be a snob who said a lot of stupid things in the past. She should go away for a while.
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