Cynthia Nixon and familyOctober 4, 2010
This past weekend, the New Yorker held its annual festival, which -- as always -- includes a multitude of speakers and panels discussing a variety of topics. Top players in all professions were represented, including Stephen King, Malcolm Gladwell, Jake Gyllenhaal and Regina Spektor -- all chatting about themselves and their areas of expertise. Our favorite, though, would have to have been Cynthia Nixon on the panel discussion "Love and Obstacles: The Case for Gay Marriage."
Ms. Nixon, who is most known for her role has Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City, and now is engaged to education activist Christine Marinoni, stole our hearts with her rather calm, well made argument. Not only does she make a good case, she makes an example of how to make said point.
“Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way. When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside white people, they did not redefine eating out. They were simply invited to the table. And that is all we want to do. We have no desire to change marriage. We want to be entitled to not only the same privileges, but the same responsibilities as straight people.”
Source: Out Hero: The Cynthia Nixon Edition
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YOU don't have to look. You don't have to follow that actor/celeb who you think is lying to you and the public.
You mean the same way YOU don't have to look at a blog or follow a blog that you find so wrong and think is being unfair? :)
Jake is really "on" in these interviews, confident, incredibly handsome. Anne looks gorgeous. Ed does too. :) Looking forward to LaOD.
Stunning, both of them. :)
YOU don't have to look. You don't have to follow that actor/celeb who you think is lying to you and the public.
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You mean the same way YOU don't have to look at a blog or follow a blog that you find so wrong and think is being unfair? :)
NO No not at all. I don't find this blog wrong and unfair. Just some of the posters who seem to need for Jake to be gay and OUT him for their own purposes and agenda. That's all.
I think that's UNfair.
I happen to think he's either bi or str8, or possibly gay, he will come out when he's ready, not when I'm ready for him.
Review: 'Love and Other Drugs' offers career-best roles to Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway
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Maybe his career will always be as great and he can be "whatever" about it and skip premiers etc. Other actors are very appreciative for their opportunities.
I'm sure James is very appreciative too. Not all actors are obsessed with making (even) more money.
lol, you're so transparent, 12:51PM :) Your idea of "UNfair" is any post that says Jake is gay or any post that is not 100% Jake-positive! You should start your own blog, it can be called the "I Think Jake is Bi or Str8 But I Don't Want to Say He's Gay Except If I Put the Word Possibly In Front of It Because That Makes Me a Good Person and a Good Fan and Not One of Those Nasty UNFair Bad Fans Who Have Different Opinions Than Me" blog. Then you won't have to spend so much time preaching! :)
I agree with another post that showmances are not just about sexuality or hiding ones, but more about publicity for the stars.
Showmances are more often used by closeted gays than by straight celebrities.
Showmances are more often used by closeted gays than by straight celebrities.
THIS. Jake would have no need for a showmance if he were straight.
Jake Gyllenhaal Not Swift with Answers about Taylor
"Extra's" Lauren Sanchez got right to asking Jake Gyllenhaal about his relationship with Taylor Swift at Thursday's AFI Fest 2010's opening night premiere of his new film, "Love and Other Drugs."
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Jake played coy when Lauren asked about his brewing romance with the country sweetheart, who will be 21 December 13. He'll be 30 December 19. Both Sagittarians!
Gyllenhaal was somewhat elusive, saying only, "I think there are a lot of difficult things going on in the world today, and I don't think my personal life in particular is that hard."
While he shied away from answering questions about Taylor, Jake assured Lauren he's doing just fine with the ladies.
"How do you physically prepare for a love scene?" asked Lauren, referring to his intensely romantic scenes with co-star Anne Hathaway. "Just a lot of practice," he joked. "When you're devoted to a role, you have to give it all you can give."
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I think most people, except for the totally delusional and the developmentally disabled, can see that there's a possibility that Jake may not be straight, but nothing's for certain, and don't carry on about something that they know nothing about.
Nor do they vilify everything a star does because of what he might be doing.
It is certain that Jake is not straight, never was and never will be.
Best Actor category looks pretty tough this year :/ (Also, I didn't realize 127 Hours had a 94% at RT. Impressive.)
127 Hours
Leave it to Danny Boyle to expand the possibilities of movies by shrinking his focus. 127 Hours is the claustrophobic true story of one guy, Aron Ralston, who is pinned down by a boulder in an isolated Utah canyon until he manages, horrifically, to free himself after six days. If your initial reaction to taking this endurance test is "Help! Get me outta here!" — fight it. Boyle, the visionary behind Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and his Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, pumps every frame of 127 Hours with cinematic adrenaline that declares war on the dull gravity of docudrama.
Of course, the whole movie would collapse if that one guy wasn't played by one hell of an actor. And James Franco does the best, most natural and nuanced acting of his career to date, lacing terror with bracing humor. There's an incendiary daring to Franco's performance, a willingness to go for broke. 127 Hours is 90 minutes of raw power and a double tour de force for Franco and Boyle.
Things start on the move as Aron bikes into Blue John Canyon, near Moab, Utah, in April 2003. With the gifted help of editor Jon Harris and co- directors of photography Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak, Boyle pulls out all the split-screen stops as Aron whooshes through the wilderness to the propulsive sound of Free Blood's "Never Hear Surf Music Again." When he flips his mountain bike, Aron laughs at himself and takes a photo.
The first chance Franco has to show us who Aron is comes when he encounters two hottie hikers (the beguiling Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn) and takes them to an underground lake. They talk about a party involving Scooby-Doo, but the girls know this devilish charm boy is a loner, and Franco excels at letting a few looks and gestures speak volumes.
Shortly after the girls wave goodbye, the accident happens. Scaling down a canyon, Aron slips. A boulder becomes dislodged, crushing his right forearm and trapping it against the canyon wall. He pulls and yanks at it. No give. Suddenly, the adventurer (27 at the time) who can't stop moving is locked in place. No one knows where he is — Aron's a lone wolf, remember. He makes a quick inventory — water, sandwich, camcorder, but no cellphone. Over 127 hours, anger turns to hope of rescue, fear it will never come, and worse.
It's here in this seemingly static situation that Boyle, who adapted Aron's memoir with Simon Beaufoy, makes his own special magic. Aron uses his camcorder as a way of working out personal issues. A radio show Aron devises for himself is a comic highlight for Franco and the film. Dehydration (drinking his own urine doesn't help) leads to hallucinations, most involving his parents (Treat Williams and Kate Burton), his sister (Lizzy Caplan) and the girl (Clémence Poésy) who got away.
Still, it's on Franco's expressive face that Boyle tells his tale of courage under fire, even in that squirmy, avert-your-eyes moment when Aron uses a dull knife on his arm rather than resign himself to a tragic fate. Like the A.R. Rahman score that drives the movie, the triumphant 127 Hours pays fitting tribute to Aron by being thrillingly alive.
"OK had a little something on JGL too - his face is gorgeous. Poor bb."
Joe was back today on his Twitter and Tumblr - he announced a college tour at a handful of universities to present and discuss his Hitrecord project.
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He was also in Vancouver during the last days to reshoot (?) some scenes for the cancer dramedy he is doing with Seth Rogen.
Has anyone seen more reactions to the premiere of LAOD yesterday? I have a feeling this one will be successful for Jake and Anne with or without Oscar buzz.
I just hope that the whole Taylor S. thing is like a "storm in a teacup", Jake has lost much of the respect he has build up during the "Indie" years and after BBM.
1:52 are you being a bully?
How about minding your business and concentrating on you being the best gay person you can be. How about that?
Has anyone seen more reactions to the premiere of LAOD yesterday? I have a feeling this one will be successful for Jake and Anne with or without Oscar buzz.
Positive review posted at 12:54PM.
2:05 PM - I don't take orders nor advices from homophobic and ignorant people like you.
USA Today and Washington Post critic Sean O'Connell pans LAOD:
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The thing will end up mixed reviews.
There's another review at HitFix.com that's negative.
Thanks, 2:04. (((((JGL)))))
^^Sean O'Connell has high praise for 127 Hours: "perhaps the year's best." I wasn't planning on seeing that, but now I think I may have to, the reviews are extraordinary.
There should be more reviews out by now.
Sean O'Connell has high praise for 127 Hours: "perhaps the year's best." I wasn't planning on seeing that, but now I think I may have to, the reviews are extraordinary.
127 is a sure hit. With LAOD you have to pray for one more positive review. That's never a good sign.
I'm hopeful for Jake's next SC.
There's another review at HitFix.com that's negative.
Do you have a link? I could only find one review at HitFix.
negative hitfix review
"127 is a sure hit. With LAOD you have to pray for one more positive review. That's never a good sign."
At least domestic. Not sure about how 127 hours will be doing overseas. LAOD is more a crowd pleaser.
Positive reviews are only important for Oscars. Most people (apart from the film geeks) give a shit about the critics - Transformers anyone??
If people want to see Anne and Jake making out and a bit "nekkidness" they will show up....
Nasty pan for Jake, award buzz for Anne:
Moviecitynews
^^by David Poland
A couple of other reviewers have also criticized Jake...but Poland is particularly scathing although I understand what he's saying. Jake really comes across as way too slick and vapid in the trailer whereas young Tom Cruise was slick but he could also project a good deal of substance underneath the veneer.
It's a shame because Jake in BBM (yes I know a different genre) is anything but slick and substanceless.
Do you have a link? I could only find one review at HitFix.
3:02 PM beat me to it. :)
Jake was a better actor when he was younger. Some get better with age, some worse, some always stay the same.
3:02 PM beat me to it. :)
Thanks, 3:02 and 3:19 :)
Lack of passion. There is a lack of passion in Jake's acting in the last years. It's what I've noticed. Leo, for instance, isn't that much of a better actor, but he is always passionate in every role. That's the difference that makes you watchable or not. Someone who agrees with my POV?
Lack of passion. There is a lack of passion in Jake's acting in the last years. It's what I've noticed. Leo, for instance, isn't that much of a better actor, but he is always passionate in every role. That's the difference that makes you watchable or not. Someone who agrees with my POV?
Nasty pan for Jake, Moviecitynews
^^by David Poland
"The only reason Love & Other Drugs isn’t a truly great film is the problem of Jake Gyllenhaal, an actor who I adored when he was younger and who has me more and more perplexed over time."
OUCH :( Poland better watch his back. UV and babblers will be putting a contract on his head.
@3.36 - yes, I agree with you. Thinking about it, the last time Jake really disappeared in a role was in BBM.
I have the feeling since BBM he never took a step outside his comfort zone like some other actors are doing.
David Poland abviously also agrees...:-))
I have the feeling since BBM he never took a step outside his comfort zone like some other actors are doing.
Jarhead was definitely out of his comfort zone.
David Poland abviously also agrees...:-))
LOL. Yes, obviously.
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Lack of passion. There is a lack of passion in Jake's acting in the last years.
Sounds like a reasonable explanation. Any theories why Jake isn't passionate enough? His nature? Lack of ambition or drive? Just lazy?
Just lazy?
I'd say he's gotten lazy.
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Difficult to say - BBM and some scenes in Jarhead showed that he has it in him. I liked ZODIAC as a film but Jake was miscast IMO. He also seemed not to get along very well with Fincher.
I am also not sure what the failure of PoP meant to him - did it hurt? I understand him wanting to do a Blockbuster but with PoP everything went wrong...
PoP must have hurt, but I hope Jake is relieved that he doesn't have to spend another 3-4 years on PoP franchise.
I don't know if it's laziness rather than lack of stimulus. To me it seems Jake needs some pushing (I think as a director Ang Lee did it the best and as a co-star Heath, both had a no bs kind of approach to working).
I am also not sure what the failure of PoP meant to him - did it hurt?
It had to considering how much Jake prepared for the role, the long shoot and the tons of promo he did for it.
Did anyone else notice PoP is never brought up in interviews and magazine articles? That's got to be deliberate.
Well, I sure don't want to be reminded about PoP :)
Jake (thinking): Get the fuck off of me.
Anne (thinking): Just keep smiling, no one will notice I'm grabbing some butt.
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Jake: "It's not your hand I wanted on my butt. It's Hank's. Get it?"
Anne : "Don't be like that! You didn't even like it a bit?"
Jake: "No!"
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LOL. Poor Anne.
Jake boarding a private plane
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I'm sure there are guys who are more appreciative. ;)
Jake boarding a private plane
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I wonder where he's heading?
Another rather favourable review:
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"Jake boarding a private plane
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I wonder where he's heading?"
I know, he's on his way to Canada to meet up with his new forever and ever true love, Taylor. And once they are together again, they'll hug each other while jumping up and down and giggling together and then they'll stand apart and make hearts with their fingers like Taylor did in the picture from the other while telling each other that they'll boyfriend and girlfriend for ever and ever.
Sorry,
"from the other while telling each other that they'll boyfriend and girlfriend for ever and ever."
Sould be-
from the other day, while telling each other that they'll be boyfriend and girlfriend for ever and ever and ever.
Is this the weekend for the LaoD press junket? Maybe it's being held outside of LA and the movie studio is flying them to wherever?
If not, it is the weekend so maybe time for another "secret" date with Taylor. Apple picking a few weeks ago, ice cream last week, maybe this week running through a field of lilies hand in hand?
So bitter.
^^Taylor?
^^Taylor?
If it were J&A apple picking, ice cream like millions of other people do, or skipping through fields of lillies, hand-in-hand, some of you would be thrilled and you know it. :)
Maybe you should call Jake's PR and suggest something a little more sophisticated for them to do? lol
Did anyone else notice PoP is never brought up in interviews and magazine articles? That's got to be deliberate.
Yep, I mentioned that yesterday. Not one word about PoP (his most recent movie) in the Esquire interview, although a lot of his other movies were mentioned. Of course it's deliberate. They're just going to pretend it didn't happen, lol.
Nah, not here, over on OMG yes. They've got J&A life all planned from the time they get up till the time they go to bed (together of course)
^^^ I think they're sorry he didn't have a beard during PoP promo and they were going to make damn sure that didn't happen again during LAOD promo.
I don't know what happened, who is this Amy person over at OMG? The mere mention of her name and everything ground to a halt?
I thought Jake was fine in LAOD, I totally disagree that he was the "problem" with the film.
That being said, I do think there is something tame in his recent performances, even in LAOD, compared to BBM and Jarhead. I think BBM touched him personally, and Jarhead was filmed while he was supposedly getting hot and heavy with Austin. I think those films were made at a time before he really clamped down on his personal life and given in to the HW bearding/fauxmance game. No rebellion, no risk, rarely looks comfortable in his own skin. I think to get a great performance you need a certain amount of fearlessness, not to mention self-confidence.
Is it any wonder that his performances since Reeket have a controlled, workman like quality?
The HitFlix review was extremely good, and makes me want to see LaOD. I know that the film has been getting extreme reviews, either love it or hate it. I thought Jake seemed more like his old self in these interviews - next to the poster for the film, almost BBM-like, and Anne looks stunning. I never watched him during the BBM promos, but the press photos I saw remind me of these.
I don't understand the code of silence about PoP. The movie wasn't a complete failure after all.Maybe it didn't make the money they were hoping for but is doing very well with the DVDs. It was not a total flop.
Perhaps,PoP being an adventure movie doesn't suit with the serious actor image Jake is trying to portrait right now...
Jake is well known by the public and the medis, the whole Taylor thing is totally unnecessary IMO
Jake is well known by the public and the medis
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the media ;)
Veteran Actress Jill Clayborne who is in Love and Other Drugs just died.
Oh, that's awful. :(
RIP
Jill Clayburgh not Clayborne.
Wonderful actress. I was a young teen when my parents (RIP Daddy) took me to see An Unmarried Woman in the late 1970s. Jill was great in the role as a woman dumped by her husband for a younger woman. A very early feminist role.
I think to get a great performance you need a certain amount of fearlessness, not to mention self-confidence."
Heath definitely had that. James Franco has that and so does Ryan Gosling. And Leo has that too.
Jill Clayburgh not Clayborne.
^^^ Thanks, I thought I had it wrong.
Sorry
I don't know what happened, who is this Amy person over at OMG? The mere mention of her name and everything ground to a halt?
Trolly posted a link to a Facebook page, someone called Amy. But the post was deleted soon after :S
RIP Jill Clayburgh!
"Heath definitely had that. James Franco has that and so does Ryan Gosling. And Leo has that too."
Tom Hardy and JGL have that too, Andrew Garfield is someone to watch.
None of them would led their private life overshine their craft. Ok, Toms old interview caused a bit riot but that was not his fault.
And can you imagine any of those guys being connected with Taylor Swift?? I don´t.
They all share their amount of Pap pictures and videos, that is the business, but none of them was so overexposed like Jake during the Reese years.
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I don't understand the code of silence about PoP. The movie wasn't a complete failure after all.Maybe it didn't make the money they were hoping for but is doing very well with the DVDs. It was not a total flop
They were looking for "HUGE hit" that would turn Jake into the next big action star. They were looking for a franchise. When you're aiming for "Pirates of the Caribbean" type success the fact that you're "not a total flop" or that you're doing well in DVD sales is pretty much meaningless.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about Jill Clayburgh :( I always enjoyed seeing her in movies.
None of them would led their private life overshine their craft
Exactly. Jake's pretending that he wants to keep his private life private is so glaringly phony, not to mention stupid. This embarrassing Taylor thing is getting more attention than his upcoming movie. What serious actor wants that?
And can you imagine any of those guys being connected with Taylor Swift??
No. That's reserved for the truly pathetic and desperate :(
Wonderful actress. I was a young teen when my parents (RIP Daddy) took me to see An Unmarried Woman in the late 1970s. Jill was great in the role as a woman dumped by her husband for a younger woman. A very early feminist role.
Jill Clayburgh Dies at 66; Starred in Feminist Roles
Jill Clayburgh, an Oscar-nominated actress known for portraying strong, independent women, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, Conn. She was 66.
The cause was chronic leukemia, with which she had lived for 21 years, her husband, the playwright David Rabe, said.
Ms. Clayburgh, who began her career in films and on Broadway in the late 1960s, was among the first generation of young actresses — including Ellen Burstyn, Carrie Snodgress and Marsha Mason — who regularly portrayed characters sprung from the new feminist ethos: smart, capable and gritty, sometimes neurotic, but no less glamorous for all that.
“I guess people look at me and they think I’m a ladylike character,” Ms. Clayburgh told The New York Times in 1982. “But it’s not what I do best. I do best with characters who are coming apart at the seams.”
She was known in particular for her starring role in “An Unmarried Woman” (1978), directed by Paul Mazursky. For her performance as Erica, a New Yorker who must right herself after her husband leaves her for another woman, Ms. Clayburgh was nominated for an Academy Award. (The best-actress Oscar that year went to Jane Fonda in “Coming Home.”)
Reviewing “An Unmarried Woman” in The Times, Vincent Canby wrote: “Miss Clayburgh is nothing less than extraordinary in what is the performance of the year to date. In her we see intelligence battling feeling — reason backed against the wall by pushy needs.”
Ms. Clayburgh also received an Oscar nomination for “Starting Over” (1979), directed by Alan J. Pakula. She played Marilyn Holmberg, a teacher who embarks on a relationship with Phil, a newly divorced man played by Burt Reynolds.
Reviewing that film in The Times, Janet Maslin wrote, “Miss Clayburgh delivers a particularly sharp characterization that’s letter-perfect during the first part of the story.” She added, “Her Marilyn is all wrong for Phil — that’s what makes their affair so unexpectedly touching and gives the story so much life.”
Ms. Clayburgh’s other films include “Semi-Tough” (1977), opposite Mr. Reynolds; “It’s My Turn” (1980), opposite Michael Douglas; “First Monday in October” (1981), opposite Walter Matthau, in which she played the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court; and “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can” (1982), based on the memoir by Barbara Gordon about a driven career woman’s addiction to valium.
Jill Clayburgh was born in Manhattan on April 30, 1944, the daughter of Albert, an industrial textile salesman, and Julie Clayburgh. She earned a bachelor’s degree in theater from Sarah Lawrence College in 1966.
Ms. Clayburgh made her Broadway debut in 1968 in “The Sudden & Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson,” a play starring Jack Klugman that ran for five performances. Her other Broadway credits included far more successful shows, among them the Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick musical “The Rothschilds” (1970), opposite Hal Linden; the Stephen Schwartz musical “Pippin” (1972), opposite John Rubinstein; and a 1984 revival of Noël Coward’s “Design for Living” that also starred Frank Langella and Raul Julia.
Her last Broadway appearance, in 2006, was in a revival of “Barefoot in the Park” at the Cort Theater, with Tony Roberts and Amanda Peet.
Besides Mr. Rabe, whom she married in 1978, Ms. Clayburgh is survived by a daughter, the actress Lily Rabe, who is starring in the Broadway production of “The Merchant of Venice,” now in previews at the Broadhurst Theater; a son, Michael; a stepson, Jason; and a brother, James.
Her many television credits include guest appearances on “Law & Order,” “The Practice” and “Nip/Tuck,” and a recurring role on “Ally McBeal” as Ally’s mother, Jeannie. Most recently Ms. Clayburgh was a member of the regular cast of “Dirty Sexy Money,” broadcast from 2007 to 2009 on ABC.
Despite her acclaim, Ms. Clayburgh, by all appearances, had a healthy sense of herself. “People think about me, ‘This wonderful lucky woman, she’s got it all,’ ” she told The Times in 1982. “But gee, that’s how I feel about Meryl Streep.”
RIP Jill
An Unmarried Woman was the first film I ever saw Jill Clayburgh in also. So sorry to hear about this. RIP Jill Clayburgh
"Heath definitely had that. James Franco has that and so does Ryan Gosling. And Leo has that too."
Tom Hardy and JGL have that too, Andrew Garfield is someone to watch.
ITA. I saw a clip from "The Lookout", and JGL is outstanding in it, even acts his voice, how can he do that? Tremendous. TH's smouldering appeal I remember from the Queen Elizabeth movie. :)
"Tom Hardy and JGL have that too, Andrew Garfield is someone to watch."
Oh,please!
I'm still laughing about the pathetic sudden "engagement" Hardy's PR forced on him after the bisexulity comments.
Tom Hardy is willing to play the HW game in a strong way.
I agree about JGL, that kid has been around for a lot time.He definitely is not a product of the PR machine.
Garfield is adorable and very interesting, he caught my eye in "Parnassus", I even liked him as much I liked Heath!
Yes about AG, although Heath stole the show for me in Parnassus - like an Olivier. :) JGL, you never hear about his private life - except for his recent tragedy.
Heath definitely had that. James Franco has that and so does Ryan Gosling. And Leo has that too."
Tom Hardy and JGL have that too, ”
IA also and maybe the fearlessness and self-confidence comes from the desire to be an actor and not just a famous movie star or a heartthrob. Somewhere along the way, Jake's focus seems to have changed, and maybe that's what David Poland was talking about when he said he adored him when he was younger and is now perplexed by him.
Fearlessness and self-confidence - I love it, it's hot. :)
I'm still laughing about the pathetic sudden "engagement" Hardy's PR forced on him after the bisexulity comments.
Did that happen after? I thought he was already engaged.
His "history" makes Tom even more appealing, if that's even possible. :)
After Hardy made those comments (in a candid and honest way,at least at that moment,i believe) the PR's work of damage control by his agents was too obvious and agressive. You can't deny that. It doesn't mean TH is a bad person, just that he is working hot and heavy to be a huge star just like so many others.
I don't see that kind of attitude on JGL or Gosling. But Hardy is definitely a HW player.
... rom-com with Reese Whiterspoon,anyone?
His "history" makes Tom even more appealing, if that's even possible. :)
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I respect your opinion, but Tom Hardy is working to be a star just like Jake.
For some reason, Hardy gets a free pass while Jake gets all the critics even when he just goes for an ice-cream with his fag hag
Maybe so, time will tell. :(
I'm still hoping that JGL will have a role in the new Dark Knight. It seems that he doesn't want to be in the public eye for anything other than his acting, and you've got to admire and respect that. It seemed to me he protected his family, keeping the press out of his private life, during this awful time for him as well. Just the way I saw it. He's an amazing actor, and very attractive in his own right as well.
The media had a field day with Heath's death, so I was glad to not have to see that again. :(
For some reason, Hardy gets a free pass while Jake gets all the critics
Hardy got criticism, but he's not nearly as famous as Jake - yet. Plus his fiance is not a huge celebrity a la Witherspoon or Swift. When it comes to beards, it's hard to match Jake for sheer famewhoring value.
Blogger has eaten two Ian McKellen posts about gays in HW being pressured to stay in the closet!
Ian McKellan Believes Gay Stars Are Still Pressured to 'Stay in the Closet'
Blogger does not like Ian McKellen :( Excerpts:
"I don't think any gay person is going to be happy and bring joy to themselves and other people unless they can be honest about their sexuality, and if other people don't like that honestly, that's a comment on them and not on the person who is being honest," McKellen said at the Savannah Film Festival.
"That might seem a harsh thing to say to a young actor who is being advised by an agent to stay in the closet. There are no openly gay stars in Hollywood, so someone is telling them to shut up."
....
"I don't think Hollywood is sensitive to the gay and lesbian community unless someone gets caught then you get an apology. The unwritten rules of engagement are we don't want people discussing their sexuality," explains celebrity publicist and image consultant Michael Sands. "Hollywood is very homophobic and behind the times like the military. There is this unbreakable silent law that if you come out, your career will be ruined because no one wants to hire someone who is gay or lesbian."
"Hollywood is very homophobic and behind the times like the military
If these things can be compared, I think HW homophobia is worse because HW is subversive about gay rights. The military is at least honest about their homophobia, whereas HW pretends to be open and accepting, they play kiss-kiss with Ellen and some of them will do PSAs, etc. and some producers/directors give lip service to gay rights. But when it comes to things that matter, when they have to put their money where their mouth is, they shove gays in the closet and gay rights can go to hell.
The media had a field day with Heath's death, so I was glad to not have to see that again. :(
Huh? Heath's death can't compare to Dan's. Heath was famous (more famous than JGL himself) and was a mysterious character with lots of contradictions. He was shy yet a party boy and a womanizer, a nice guy who left his girlfriend but adored his daughter, very talented but very insecure about it, loved being an actor while the fame that came with it terrified him etc.
On top of it he had a much buzzed performance in the most anticipated movie of 2008 still to come out. Of course the press had a field day. Brad Renfro died a week prior to Heath and it barely bleeped on the press's radar. JGL's brother was unknown, luckily for him.
I know all of that plays a part in it, but still -
JGL's brother and Renfro's terrible deaths were not a mistery.Those guys had a major drug problem.
When Heath died, most people were in shock about him being into drugs and it wasn't very clear if he just took too many pills that day or if it was a chronic behavior of him. It's still a mistery that brings lots of speculations
If these things can be compared, I think HW homophobia is worse because HW is subversive about gay rights. The military is at least honest about their homophobia, whereas HW pretends to be open and accepting, they play kiss-kiss with Ellen and some of them will do PSAs, etc. and some producers/directors give lip service to gay rights. But when it comes to things that matter, when they have to put their money where their mouth is, they shove gays in the closet and gay rights can go to hell.
^^^ The best comment I've read in some time. Thanks, and I agree.
The interesting thing is, some posters here will and have called me a Troll.
Great Comment.
So we saw pics yesterday of Jake boarding a private plane on X17 online, but where is he? No tweets about him anywhere. Is he doing promo for LAOD or is he skipping thru a field holding hands with the new "girlfriend"? I wonder how hard Maggie and even Reese are laughing
He's in NY for LAOD promo.
What kind of LAOD promo?
The interesting thing is, some posters here will and have called me a Troll.
I'm sure we called you troll because you posted something trollish, can't recall any instance of being wrong about out trolls.
A press junket for LAOd, he has a movie coming out remember?
"For some reason, Hardy gets a free pass while Jake gets all the critics even when he just goes for an ice-cream with his fag hag"
I am not 100% familiar with Toms past but he was married, has a child and until this interview two(?) years ago there were never rumours about him being gay/bi. Tom met his fiancee at the set of "Wuthering Hights" from what I have read.
"Hardy got criticism, but he's not nearly as famous as Jake - yet."
That will change very fast - he was praised for his role in "Bronson" and when he is mentioned for a new movie everyone is excited - I cannot remember anyone being excited when Jake was confirmed for PoP...
I am not 100% familiar with Toms past but he was married
Wasn't married, has a child.
From Wiki:
"Tom married Sarah Ward in 1999, but they divorced some time later. He has a son, Louis Hardy, with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed. In July 2010, Hardy proposed to actress Charlotte Riley after a year of dating."
Jake is indeed in NY - press conference for LAOD at the Waldorf.
Jeff Wells has some Pictures. He is really pimping the film. I am a bit surprised that he likes the film so much.
The critics might be divided but it looks like a success for Anne, Jake and everyone involved.
Ive noticed Jakes flat performances in the last few films too. A great actor needs to lose himself in the role. You cant do that when your entire life is one continuous act. Hardys reps may be downplaying the gay/bi element but I dont think he gives a rats ass who knows that he enjoys men as well as women. Now there is an actor who always becomes the character. Nasty warts and all.
I'm flattered to report that after this morning's Love and Other Drugs press conference and the "talent" was walking out, director Ed Zwick leaned over and said he'd really enjoyed a piece that I'd written "about Ernest Becker." I know Becker for his cultural and philosophical writings, but at that particular moment I couldn't remember what Zwick was referring to. So I searched and found this 8.27.10 piece. Of course. Came right back.
Waldorf Drugs
Exit polling commissioned by the major cable news networks has found that 31 percent of people who identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual voted for Republicans on Election Day. That represents a big uptick from the 24 percent of gays who voted for the GOP in 2006 and from only 19 percent who did so in 2008. The trend appears to bear out pre-Election Day predictions from gay rights organizers that gay voters were angry and disenchanted with Democrats for not delivering on promises to the community.
It's not clear how widespread the trend is. Hunter College Professor Ken Sherrill, who studies the gay electorate, tells The Upshot that the sample size was small, so the magnitude of gays' shift toward the GOP may be less pronounced than it appears. (About 110 respondents of the 3,700 included in the cable exit polls identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual, representing about 3 percent of all voters.)
He also thinks the shift is more related to the economic downturn than to dissatisfaction with the pace of gay-rights legislation, since there was no reason for voters to believe GOP candidates would be more amenable than Democrats to LGBT issues such as gay marriage or ending the military ban on openly gay service.
"There's no good reason to suggest that the shift was greater than the shift in the electorate as a whole," Sherrill said. "Given there is every reason to believe that LGB voters were as affected or more affected by the economic downturn, it's not surprising to see a shift."
(UPDATE: After reviewing the full data, Sherrill says there was a disproportionate drop in Democratic support among LGB voters compared to Hispanic, black, and young voters. Though the sample size is still very small, Sherrill now says the drop must be attributed to "dissatisfaction with the pace of change on LGB rights over the past two years.")
Even with the shift, gay voters remain among the top five demographic groups that vote Democratic.
Jimmy LaSalvia, the executive director of GOProud, a group that represents gay conservatives, told Tim Mak of FrumForum: "Gay and lesbian voters are just like other voters in the electorate -- many of them are astonished about the growth in government, and the misguided priorities of this administration. These numbers don't surprise me at all."
[see offsite link on news.yahoo.com]
Exit polling commissioned by the major cable news networks has found that 31 percent of people who identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual voted for Republicans on Election Day.
Bad gays?
Jake can do more as an actor than he shows nowadays. He already showed the skill (Oktober Sky, BBM), the passion (Jarhead) in some past work. Like someone above said, he needs to let go. Be fearless to do so. I'm curious about his performance in Source Code.
Me too, I expect he's playing an alpha male in Source Code.
CNN SHOWBIZ TONIGHT POLL:
Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal are reportedly dating. Are they a good match?
No 73% 4048
Yes 27% 1506
CNN SHOWBIZ
^^^ CNN posted only picture of TS. How nice.
Jake Gyllenhaal Baffled By All This Attention
Listen up, Jake Gyllenhaal: If you’re going to be confused and amazed by all the attention you get when you walk outside, then just stop being so darn handsome and stop dating famous women. That combination of stunningly gorgeous good looks and a predisposition to woo ladies like Reese Witherspoon and Taylor Swift is only going to result in having your picture taken by the paparazzi. Them’s the breaks, sugar!
OK
If you read the whole story about gays in HW, it's clear Ian M. is advocating that people come out because he seems to think it would only matter for a few roles. Here's the quote:
He adds: "If you're going around telling a lie you may get by but you won't be half as happy as you would be if you came out. If that means you have to give up hopes of being one of the three or four young sex symbols in Hollywood so be it. You probably weren't going to be one of those anyway. That happens by chance and it doesn't last for very long. There is a difference between living a private life and being in the closet. Being in the closet means you're lying about your life but just because you come out doesn't mean you have to talk about every affair you have. You don't have to talk about what you do in bed anymore than I have to talk about the food I eat."
If you read the whole story about gays in HW, it's clear Ian M. is advocating that people come out because he seems to think it would only matter for a few roles. Here's the quote:
I did read the whole story. In fact, I posted the whole story, but blogger ate it twice, and the entire article is linked. He didn't say it only matters for a few roles. What he said was you might have to "give up being one of the three or four young sex symbols in Hollywood." That's true. It's also true that being one of those sex symbols doesn't last forever. Ian McKellen isn't living in some dream world. He knows what he's talking about. You can choose to live a lie and maybe be a leading man and a heartthrob and make tens of millions of dollars or your can choose a life of integrity and simply be an actor.
Jake Gyllenhaal Baffled By All This Attention
Baffled my ass, lol. Give me a f*cking break. It's this kind of phony posturing that makes me shake my head in disgust.
Jake never said he was baffled. He didn't say anything at all. That's just magazine spin/eye catching headline to make you read the story. But go right ahead and give him shit for something he never said if it makes you feel better.
Jake never said he was baffled. He didn't say anything at all. That's just magazine spin/eye catching headline to make you read the story. But go right ahead and give him shit for something he never said if it makes you feel better.
^^ You know it's hopeless trying to explain to some how things work. Some revel in anything little thing, even if it's bullshit, to throw stones at the guy because he has not come out for them. It's like clockwork. Then comes the lame "why are you here on this blog" comment as if this site is the "I Hate Jake blog". Weird.
Baffled my ass, lol. Give me a f*cking break. It's this kind of phony posturing that makes me shake my head in disgust.
^^^ Right on time. He/she believes this is a I hate Jake blog. So predictable.
hmonty90: Good luck @SophiaBush @AUS10NICHOLS & @allisonmunn on your 1/2marathon tomorrow! I hope you carbo-loaded tonight & get a good nights sleep!
about 2 hours ago
Well why are you here on a blog you dont like. Explain yourself. You are explaining for Jake who you dont even know so why not do it for yourself.
LOL. Disagreeing with other posters =/= hating the blog.
Lrn2Logic
Say what now?? ^^^^
My 1:10 post was meant for 12:44.
Franco on Ellen:
ONTD
Boy looks really young for almost 33.
Franco's looks remind me a bit of Heath. Heath was better though. Like Jake said, everyone would have loved to work with Heath if he was alive. :(
November 5 - Jake Boarding A Private Jet At Van Nuys Airport
The HitFlix review was extremely good, and makes me want to see LaOD. I know that the film has been getting extreme reviews, either love it or hate it. I thought Jake seemed more like his old self in these interviews - next to the poster for the film, almost BBM-like, and Anne looks stunning. I never watched him during the BBM promos, but the press photos I saw remind me of these.
Funny that you say that, my mom mentioned a few days ago that Jake seems to have great chemistry with each of his BBM colleagues. The awkwardness between Jake and Heath sometimes, was probably because of their attaction (Jake admitted there was attraction). If he ever does a movie with Michelle, he'll probably have great chemistry with her too. :)
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November 5 - Jake Boarding A Private Jet At Van Nuys Airport
I wonder if they have still press to do in NYC?
Also, I want more LAOD reviews. Blue Valentine premiered yesterday and there are more reviews there already than for LAOD. I wonder why?
The awkwardness between Jake and Heath sometimes, was probably because of their attaction (Jake admitted there was attraction).
Is there a quote or just the OMG report? It's not clear what Jake meant with that comment, did he say mutual attraction or attraction on his side (i.e. enamored). Although beats me why Jake would say that to a critic.
Is there a quote or just the OMG report?
There is GQ interview.
There is GQ interview.
I don't remember Jake mentioning attraction in GQ.
Is there a quote or just the OMG report?
Yes, I'm refering to the OMG report. But why would they lie? I'm not sure, however, if he meant mutual or one sided attraction.
Did Heath never do anything that annoyed you?
"No. I always admired Heath. I always was kind of enamored by him, you know. I mean, yeah, sometimes it was hard to sit with him. He moved... He was a mover."
10:10 AM, yeah, I know about the enamored comment though I'm not sure what exactly Jake meant with it. I was wondering about the supposed attraction comment at the NYer festival.
But why would they lie?
I don't know but it's a little strange that in all the reports no one else mentioned it.
I was wondering about the supposed attraction comment at the NYer festival.
What did Jake say?
Wow, wow, wow. Anne on Elle cover.
holy hotness
What did Jake say?
I don't know, there's no quote, just the OMG report.
Anothe Elle pic:
pic
She looks stunning.
But go right ahead and give him shit for something he never said if it makes you feel better.
Nice try. Jake's the one playing coy with interviewers on ENTERTAINMENT shows about how there are so many more important things in the world than his 'private' life - like he's so surprised that they're asking him about Taylor Swift, the biggest name in music right now. If you're so gullible that you don't want to see the typical PR games and b.s., don't blame others.
Blondes are so overrated! Anne's sexier than most of her young, blonde fellew actresses. What's this obsession with blondes? Most of them are fake blondes anyway. ;)
Jake Gyllenhaal's "Source Code" Sci-Fi Movie Unveils Photo and Plot Synopsis
I don't know, there's no quote, just the OMG report.
Thanks! Oops, I've missed it completely.
New release date:
"Out of the American Film Market, we now have a full plot synopsis and the first photo from Jake Gyllenhaal's upcoming "Source Code" sci-fi movie, which hits theaters on October 14th, 2011"
^^I think that October 14th date might be an error? Comment:
"MrJS1 writes:
on November 7th, 2010 at 9:52:04 AM
Editor, you've made a mistake here. Source Code will be released on April 15, 2011. You've mistaken its release date with the one for The Three Musketeers."
Nice try. Jake's the one playing coy with interviewers on ENTERTAINMENT shows about how there are so many more important things in the world than his 'private' life - like he's so surprised that they're asking him about Taylor Swift, the biggest name in music right now. If you're so gullible that you don't want to see the typical PR games and b.s., don't blame others.
The "baffled" comment comes from an OK! mag headline showing pics of Jake at the medical center. Which is before any of the promo for L&OD and people sticking a mic in his face asking about his personal life when he is there promoting his latest film. It's completely normal that he not discuss his private life there and then with tabloid journos.
Why are you so angry about standard Hollywood procedure? Nobody discusses their private life when promoting their latest film.
Oh, please. If Jake didn't want the rumors, why was the relationship strategically rolled out right before Swifty's new album and one month before Jake's new movie? Jake now has a track record of relying on fauxmances to boost his popularity. It's no coincidence that Reeke officially began around the premiere of "Rendition" and now this PR sham, right before "LaOD". Jake wants the buzz to raise his visibility in the tabloids and e-media, but not the questions. Can't have it both ways, Jakey. Sorry.
Damn!
Can't have it both ways, Jakey. Sorry.
Why not? Because you say so? Because you're obsessed with his personal life?
Can't have it both ways, Jakey. Sorry.
Why not?
LMAO!
Because you're obsessed with his personal life?
Says the poster who can't stop hanging out and posting at WFT2, lol. No wonder you don't want to see hypocrisy when it hits you over the head. Too close to home :)
Funny that you say that, my mom mentioned a few days ago that Jake seems to have great chemistry with each of his BBM colleagues.
On film, yes, Jake does have great chemistry with Heath and according to reviews with Anne.
In RL I don't see it. Jake and Heath seemed awkward, like you said. I thought their interaction on Oprah looked a bit forced. You can tell they didn't hang out much outside of work. Jake and Anne look kind of indifferent towards each other.
Because you're obsessed with his personal life?
You don't get it. It's not about his "personal life." Most posters here just wish he would stop all the phoniness in his "public life." But you're too busy trying to defend him all the time to see what's going on.
Says the poster who can't stop hanging out and posting at WFT2, lol. No wonder you don't want to see hypocrisy when it hits you over the head. Too close to home :)
What does that even mean? By my posting on this blog am I supposed to automatically hate everything Jake does and say? Is that how it goes? Sorry, but I won't be doing that. The day that I hate everything he does and says is the day I leave his fandom. Without bitching and moaning and finding conspiracy theories everywhere. :-))
Is there a quote or just the OMG report?
There's a Gyllenbabble Portuguese site Denby Interview where the person who attended the Denby interview in NY, also indicated that Jake admitted that there was love between Jake and Heath. My Portuguese is a bit rusty, but essentially this is what the attendee reported back to their blog about Brokeback Mountain:
“They showed the clip where Jack and Ennis were at the Trailhead (20 years later)-- the "I wish I knew how to quit you," scene. I had not seen that scene on the big screen and it still carries a powerful "punch". Jake talked about the rehearsals for that scene and that nothing was changed for the filming. He mentioned that Atticus was with him during the filming of that particular scene, and that when he finished, (Atticus) ran towards him. Jake made some funny comments about Jack Twist's mustache, but the mood [in the theatre] was naturally melancholy and a little sad. Jake talked about how much he admired Heath and how he gave an incredible performance. He also said that Heath really came to the fight scenes ready to go, like a method actor. That Heath really stomped on it! He talked about the aging of his character and how the film crew made fun of his exaggerated performance of a 40-year old man. I heard the story before, but it was funny to hear it again. Jake said there had been some quarrels between him and Heath, but there was also a lot of love.
Jake wants the buzz to raise his visibility in the tabloids and e-media, but not the questions.
I don't think the questions bother Jake, just look at his coy smiles when he's asked about Taylor. He loves the attention.
Without bitching and moaning and finding conspiracy theories everywhere. :-))
The poster at 11:28 a.m. was not bitching or moaning, just stating a verifiable fact. Mentioning the obvious, that Jake's people have been using fake relationships to get him in the news is hardly a conspiracy theory. We have hundreds of pictures and now two distinct occasions where Jake is suddenly sighted with new loves of his life right before movie premieres. Grow up. This is Hollywood and the Jake we use to know (prior to Reeke) has disappeared beneath a deep closeted cloak and dagger persona. This may change in the future, but it is, what it is.
The day that I hate everything he does and says is the day I leave his fandom.
LMAO!!!! Wait a minute. "leave his fandom"? Is there an entrance exam to get into "his fandom"? And a little "fandom" I.D. card or certificate? Would you be required to turn your card in if you left? I'm curious about the requirements for the fandom.
Get a clue - pointing out Jake's hypocrisy with regards to his fauxmances is not "automatically hating everything he says an does." It's being realistic. Much better than being a dreamy-eyed fangirl.
I don't subscribe to being bullied into "groupthink". And that's exactly what you're doing. It's nice to see you respecting other points of view. Oh except that you're not.
You can tell they didn't hang out much outside of work.
Not even a nice try! lol
Is that why Sheridan talked about seeing Jake and Heath hanging out by the pools? :)
I don't think the questions bother Jake, just look at his coy smiles when he's asked about Taylor. He loves the attention.
Jake seems nervous and agitated to me. If the questions don't bother him, why doesn't he actually answer one. Notice he didn't even acknowledge that he knew who Swift was. Kind of odd since he just had an ice cream lickin' date that his people made sure was splashed everywhere on the Internet. According to the "exclusive" report, they supposedly laughed and talked with the workers as they picked out their favorite "treat." Jake let's the stories float out there (never denies them) because they are all part of his "I'm straight but, please don't make me talk about the icky woman," PR image. That's not a conspiracy. It's sadly who Jake seems to be these days.
It's nice to see you respecting other points of view. Oh except that you're not.
LOL. Yes, like you, I suppose with your constant lecturing (talk about "bullying") - you're the one who responded to the statement about Jake's phoniness. Why not just "respect" that other point of view? You think people don't notice that you can't give an actual reply to the points that are made so you just resort to the "you're being mean and unfair" type of replies.
I really, really don´t understand why he (or his people) feels the neeed to get attention this way.
He gets good response for LAOD - and he just got back some respect from the online community. (especially over at ONTD) And now this??
Other actors mentioned above don´t need this nonsense to get respect - what is he thinking?
On film, yes, Jake does have great chemistry with Heath and according to reviews with Anne.
In RL I don't see it. Jake and Heath seemed awkward, like you said. I thought their interaction on Oprah looked a bit forced. You can tell they didn't hang out much outside of work. Jake and Anne look kind of indifferent towards each other.
I don't know about Jake and Heath. But I know what I saw and in all their pictures together I saw affection in their eyes. That's all I know about them.
As for Annie and Jake, I don't think they are hot for each other. I've seen Michelle and Ryan promote BV and Jake and Annie LAOD. When I see Jake and Annie, I see close acquaintances or friends. When I see Michelle and Ryan I see sexual tension, genuine affection. That's why there are plenty of rl R/M shippers and just a handful J/A shippers and no, I don't think it has much to do with some thinking Jake is gay or thinking they are both not single. It's becaue how people come across together.
If Jake and Annie have half as much chemistry in their movie as Ryan and Michelle in theirs, you have to give J/A more props for their acting than a couple (R/M) who probably has the hots for each other in rl too. Jake may be a better actor than we all think. ;)
I don't know. Those Lakers pics were steaming hot of Jake and Austin back in 2006. I never thought much about Jake being gay until I saw the bonfire blazing between them in those candid photos. Smitten doesn't even begin to describe what was happening there.
I don't know if the two are still together, but that find over on the OMG site of Austin in Leadville with Jake, a few months ago, tells me they probably are. Why else would Jake not want to be seen with a friend if there was nothing going on between them? After all, he doesn't seem to mind being seen in public with Chris even though plenty of people have tried to ship them as a couple too. So it can't be because Jake's afraid of the gay rumors.
Jake seems to be lickin' something these days, but somehow I don't think the tongue action has anything to do with ice cream or tin ear country singers barely out of high school. ;-)
Who gives a flying fuck about some over-heated fangirls on ONTD, you have got to be kidding.
His PR doesn't give a fuck about his dwindlong online fandom
Jake said there had been some quarrels between him and Heath, but there was also a lot of love.
Jake is so full of shit. Even if they weren't close before Heath died, in the name of that supposed love/affection during the making of BBM, he should've attended Heath's memorial. He didn't because he didn't care about Heath, he cared more about Reeke and his image. Now he brings him up in interviews because he knows Heath is highly regarded as an actor.
Jake is so full of shit. Even if they weren't close before Heath died, in the name of that supposed love/affection during the making of BBM, he should've attended Heath's memorial. He didn't because he didn't care about Heath, he cared more about Reeke and his image. Now he brings him up in interviews because he knows Heath is highly regarded as an actor.
1:29, if Jake didn't attend the memorial, maybe he had good reasons for it. Let's give him the benefit of a doubt from time to time. I'm sure if Michelle thought he wasn't a good person, she wouldn't keep in touch with him and according to Jake she does. Right?
He didn't because he didn't care about Heath
Well, that's one point of view, alright. An amazingly hostile and condemning one, but certainly a point of view. LOL!
Let's say, I choose to have a more generous perspective because Jake reminds me of a kind soul and definitely someone who is tender-hearted. Yes, he makes mistakes, but I don't think for a moment that he didn't care a great deal for Heath. If he chooses to use the word love now, I have no reason not to believe him. He could easily select a different, less provocative adjective, but he doesn't.
1:33 PM, I didn't say Jake was a bad person, I said he's full of shit.
Everyone does shitty things, some more some less.
An amazingly hostile and condemning one
It's not, it's a logical conclusion drawn upon facts. If Jake didn't care about Heath, so what? I'm okay with it (unlike others). They were costars, not brothers, lovers etc. But the man dies and Jake acts like he didn't know him for two years, then when he's promoting his movies he starts the bs about their friendship, love/affection during filming etc? Give me a break.
During BBM promotion Jake always showed more affection towards Heath than vice versa (although I think it was mutual). Jake genuinely liked him. A poster here mentioned that Jake was following Heath and Michelle like a puppy dog during promo time. I've no idea why Jake supposedly didn't attend a memorial or didn't adress Heath's death up until PoP promo. Maybe he made a mistake or he has a good reason. That's why we shouln't condemn him before we know what went on. I'm sure sooner or later we'll find out more and also more details why Heath and Michelle broke it off, because there is more to it than her dumping a loser addict.
"His PR doesn't give a fuck about his dwindlong online fandom"
His PR obviously does not give a fuck about Jake hinself.
But the man dies and Jake acts like he didn't know him for two years, then when he's promoting his movies he starts the bs about their friendship, love/affection during filming etc?
What is wrong with you? Sociopath much?
You never heard that people mourn friends?
Maybe he made a mistake or he has a good reason.
A mistake, really? Jake was in LA when the memorial took place, I'm sure his manager or publicist knew. He didn't go, his prerogative, but really, he should stop with the love whatever mumbo jumbo.
No 2:25 PM, you should try to control your hate and stop pretending that you know what Jake did or didn't do - you were not there, try to comprehend that.
Jake Gyllenhaal told me that I should be a director after the interview...he and Anne Hatheway had such an emotional moment during it
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^^Aww. Reminds me of Jake having an emotional moment with Heath at the DGAs during Heath's speech.
He's very emotional with his BBM co-stars, isn't he? :)
He is, lots of great memories do that to a man :)
New negative review for LAOD:
RT
Why don't they add some of the positive reviews?
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway sure are adorable. The “Brokeback Mountain” co-stars reunite in this romantic comedy set in a financial climate starkly different from the one we currently face: the 1990s — the height of the dot-com bubble and the outset of the pharmaceutical drug boom. While his little brother Josh (Josh Gad) made a fortune in the former, Jamie (Gyllenhaal), the black sheep in a family of doctors, excels instead at sales. Confident and charming, he’s a hit with the ladies but not so much as a door-to-door rep peddling Zoloft to a medical establishment already embedded with Prozac.
Until, that is, Pfizer introduces Viagra. It’s hard to imagine now the cultural sea change wrought by this little blue pill a dozen years ago, but it transformed not only bedrooms but Big Pharma in a period when prescription drugs became commercialized. In the film, Jamie’s target, Dr. Knight (Hank Azaria), complains about patients demanding remedies they’ve seen advertised on TV, but equally disturbing is the thought that something as delicate as antidepressant meds would be determined by which pharmaceutical salesman can get your doctor laid. Working from Jamie Reidy’s exposé “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman,” director Edward Zwick touches on these issues and others, including the plight of the uninsured and Canadian (prescription) drug runs, but fails to delve into them in any meaningful way.
Instead, they serve as the milieu for the romance between Jamie and Maggie (Hathaway), a sexy early-onset Parkinson’s patient with whom he embarks on a torrid affair. Neither is looking for a relationship — that’s just not how he rolls, and she’s reluctant to involve anyone in what lies ahead for her. Yin to his yang, Maggie is a free-spirited fine artist who lives in a spacious, quirky loft on her coffee-shop salary. (She appears to be uninsured as well, as she pays for her meds with a wad of cash.)
Everything’s lovely at first, as are Gyllenhaal and Hathaway, who are often casually naked in a manner that really does serve their story of lust and, later, love. Later is when things get complicated. When they start to envision a future together, the reality of her condition sets in, and whether he can imagine being with her without knowing whether she’ll ever get better is the crux of whether they’ll survive.
Zwick and his co-screenwriters make all of this as easy as possible on Jamie — he never has to be the bad guy he fears he really is. Rather, he gets to learn important lessons about what’s really important to him and make grand romantic gestures we’ve seen plenty of times before without ever really addressing the reality of her progressively degenerative disease. Amid fine details like dirty feet and Jamie trading punches with his brother while he tries to talk to Maggie on the phone, the couple is pretty to look at, and it feels good to root for them, but the film’s political backdrop and her character’s physical condition, however sensitively portrayed, are poor attempts at lending gravity to what, at its heart, is an undistinguished date movie.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway sure are adorable. The “Brokeback Mountain” co-stars reunite in this romantic comedy set in a financial climate starkly different from the one we currently face: the 1990s — the height of the dot-com bubble and the outset of the pharmaceutical drug boom. While his little brother Josh (Josh Gad) made a fortune in the former, Jamie (Gyllenhaal), the black sheep in a family of doctors, excels instead at sales. Confident and charming, he’s a hit with the ladies but not so much as a door-to-door rep peddling Zoloft to a medical establishment already embedded with Prozac.
Until, that is, Pfizer introduces Viagra. It’s hard to imagine now the cultural sea change wrought by this little blue pill a dozen years ago, but it transformed not only bedrooms but Big Pharma in a period when prescription drugs became commercialized. In the film, Jamie’s target, Dr. Knight (Hank Azaria), complains about patients demanding remedies they’ve seen advertised on TV, but equally disturbing is the thought that something as delicate as antidepressant meds would be determined by which pharmaceutical salesman can get your doctor laid. Working from Jamie Reidy’s exposé “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman,” director Edward Zwick touches on these issues and others, including the plight of the uninsured and Canadian (prescription) drug runs, but fails to delve into them in any meaningful way.
Instead, they serve as the milieu for the romance between Jamie and Maggie (Hathaway), a sexy early-onset Parkinson’s patient with whom he embarks on a torrid affair. Neither is looking for a relationship — that’s just not how he rolls, and she’s reluctant to involve anyone in what lies ahead for her. Yin to his yang, Maggie is a free-spirited fine artist who lives in a spacious, quirky loft on her coffee-shop salary. (She appears to be uninsured as well, as she pays for her meds with a wad of cash.)
Everything’s lovely at first, as are Gyllenhaal and Hathaway, who are often casually naked in a manner that really does serve their story of lust and, later, love. Later is when things get complicated. When they start to envision a future together, the reality of her condition sets in, and whether he can imagine being with her without knowing whether she’ll ever get better is the crux of whether they’ll survive.
Zwick and his co-screenwriters make all of this as easy as possible on Jamie — he never has to be the bad guy he fears he really is. Rather, he gets to learn important lessons about what’s really important to him and make grand romantic gestures we’ve seen plenty of times before without ever really addressing the reality of her progressively degenerative disease. Amid fine details like dirty feet and Jamie trading punches with his brother while he tries to talk to Maggie on the phone, the couple is pretty to look at, and it feels good to root for them, but the film’s political backdrop and her character’s physical condition, however sensitively portrayed, are poor attempts at lending gravity to what, at its heart, is an undistinguished date movie.
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