Sunday, 19 December 2010

Happy Birthday Jake Gyllenhaal!

Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.

- Chuck Swindoll

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Anonymous said...

Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards will be announced on January 25, 2011 at 5:30 a.m. PT. The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 27.

Anonymous said...

Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards will be announced on January 25, 2011 at 5:30 a.m. PT. The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 27.

TY. :)

Anonymous said...

Chin engaged the same week as Portman?? Is there some PR move of her that is not shadowed by other celebrity lately?

Anonymous said...

Would you want tabs dredging up your past in an effort to know all about Jake's new love?

Tabloids wouldn't be interested. Jake is in tabloids just because he and his PR are doing their best to put him there.

Anonymous said...

Poor Jake. Reese is engaged. He must be devastated. I guess she wanted to remarry but not him.

Anonymous said...

Well,it is kinda embarrasing for Jake. At least for his public image. Media told us that Jake was so desperate to marry the Chin and she was like, oh no,not now it's too soon!!! Now she is all willing to share half of her millions with this Toth guy.
The only thing that is left is Kiki announcing an engagement with Franco or Gosling and that she is expecting triplets.

Jake said...

8:04 PM - thanks for a laugh Us Weekly!

Anonymous said...

Well,it is kinda embarrasing for Jake.

Please, lol. It is only embarrassing for Reese to use her "engagement" to get good publicity after her shitty movie flopped.

Anonymous said...

Now she is all willing to share half of her millions with this Toth guy.

Nonsense. She will never marry that guy and she would never marry someone like him without prenuptial contract.

Anonymous said...

The only thing that is left is Kiki announcing an engagement with Franco or Gosling and that she is expecting triplets.

LOL.

Maybe those guys would have loved to date Kiki during her hey days, but now she's an aging starlet with an almost dead career. I never expercted her to sink so low, tbh.

Anonymous said...

Poor Jake. Reese is engaged. He must be devastated. I guess she wanted to remarry but not him.

Let's presume they dated for real for a sec. Then it was him (IMO) who dumped her. He probably saw her true colors more and more during their relationship and finally dumped her. Maybe he wanted to marry her at the very beginning, but later he probably just waited for the right moment to dump her.

Anonymous said...

^^And she probably announced it prematurely (during his movie promotion), just out of spite.

Anonymous said...

Well,it is kinda embarrasing for Jake.

You must be joking - Jake has new, younger, prettier and more successful "girlfriend" without baggage.

Anonymous said...

The girlfriend that he hasn't been seen with in weeks, and she's got the rep of being Hollywood's go-to beard. Jake please have a better beard in place come Source Code promo time in the spring! (Tay-Tay will be overseas by that point anyway)

Anonymous said...

I predict an engagement/pregnancy in Jake's life during 2011. That or he just will have to come out no matter what.I think Jake knows the moment of truth is near.

Anonymous said...

Maybe, but not with Taylor Swift... she's at the mercy of her record company who is going to have her on tour for the next year.

If Jake is going to get somebody preggers, I think it'll be with somebody who is a non celebrity (a la Matt Damon's wife)

Anonymous said...

Jake will get pregnant in 2011? Who is the lucky co-baby producer?

Anonymous said...

If Jake is going to get somebody preggers, I think it'll be with somebody who is a non celebrity (a la Matt Damon's wife)

Yup. But it won't happen anytime soon.

Anonymous said...

^^ Jake had hoped Jerry Bruckheimer, but that rat bastard went back to Johnny Depp. Poor Jake ;(

Anonymous said...

Jake had hoped Jerry Bruckheimer, but that rat bastard went back to Johnny Depp. Poor Jake ;(



(((Jake))), you are not missing out on anything. Bruckheimer is fucking gross. Johnny can have him.

Anonymous said...

I predict an engagement/pregnancy in Jake's life during 2011.

Sorry, Jake is a man and can't get pregnant.

Anonymous said...

It'd be much easier for Jake to be able to get himself pregnant. He wouldn't need to look for the perfect baby mama. It's a waste of precious time.

Baby Tile said...

Bitch, the nursery is MINE! (they never let me out of it, but it's MINE and MINE ALONE!)

Anonymous said...

LOL :)

destiny said...

My guess is that Jake knew Michelle through Kiki--they were in Dick together.

destiny said...

LOL, both LAOD and Reese's movie were mentioned together in an interesting article in the NYT Sunday about movies being more class conscious, and not in a positive way:

Right at the moment, though, we may be feeling a little grumpy, and otherwise inoffensive movies (“How do You Know,” for instance, or “Love and Other Drugs”) can look more clueless than playful in their genial assumptions of material comfort and financial security.

Hollywood's Class Warfare

I've been saying the same thing for a long time about Jake's bearding first with Reese, now Taylor. If they're not buying it in the movies, do people still really want to read about spoiled rich stars using their private jets to meet up and dropping $100k on a bracelet--even if it is pr/tabloid dribble.

Anonymous said...

Celebrities are in the same place at the same time all the time. That does not make them friends. Acquaintances at best.

Anonymous said...

1:08 and 1:17pm, Just want you to know, this PR bearding situation you and others have considered Jake to be in since 2006 is really old. You'll still be on this blog talking about PR and Jake bearding years from now. Maybe you'll still be talking about a 10yr old BT and how Jake and Austin are still secretely seeing each other and hiding the kid. And still talking about how the PR machine are trying to fool the Jake is gay crowd, how Jake's career is going down the drain etc. Maybe he's straight, or likes sex with both sexes but won't go public with his business It was the initial post about TT. Maybe this initial post had some truth to it, then got conveluted with other Ted Bs.
I know you can't understand this or find this appalling that this could be.

He does not have to be gay just because you think he is, or want him to be.

Anonymous said...

They are carefully backing away from the Swift is the one scenario since the reaction to it has been universally negative. It may go over with the 15-19 crowd but that is not Jakes audience so bearding with her does him no good. In fact it damaged him mightily with his potential audience. The 25 and over crowd said they would avoid him and his movies it was so off putting.

Anonymous said...

11:41 PM and you'll still be here reading every word we say.

Anonymous said...

Jake shows Taylor his 'hood. How lazy can you get. The article is about LA. The photo is from Brooklyn. They did not even try. A space filler.

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Anonymous said...

He does not have to be gay just because you think he is, or want him to be.

Everyone REALLY, REALLY, REALLY gets the message that you think he is bisexual or straight.

It's strange that you said the following yesterday:

You don't like what the store is selling or the workers in the store, don't go in and buy anything. It's simple.

HMMMMM. And yet here you are today, repeating the same stuff over & over, while it is clear the majority do not care for your posts or opinions.

Anonymous said...

^^Maybe it's time for 11:41 to follow their own advice and move onto the next shop. I hear they're having a fire sale of unused Reeke wedding gifts over at GB.

Anonymous said...

FUCK OFF AND STAY THE FUCK OUT OF OUR SITE YOU ASSHOLE CUNTS.

^^ someone's having a hissyfit or a meltdown.

Anonymous said...

And the manufactured stories just keep on coming. Sister, huh? I was thinking more like a disinterested mother. LOL!

Taylor Swift sees Gwyneth Paltrow as an `older sister`

Dec 28, 2010, 9:49 GMT

Country music star Taylor Swift reportedly sees Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow as the older sister she never had.

Paltrow, 38, has recently revealed she hosted a private dinner party for the 21-year-old and her rumoured boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal, 30, at her London home.

And now it seems Paltrow has struck up a close friendship with the Mine singer.

A source told Popeater.com: 'Taylor loves her brother Austin, who is two years younger than her, but she has always wanted an sister and has fell in love with Gwyneth.

'She met Gwyneth through her musician husband, Chris Martin, and has formed a great friendship.' The close insider added: 'They email and call each other all the time. They talk a lot about music, performing and acting but they also talk about normal stuff like boys and dates.'


http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1608199.php/Taylor-Swift-sees-Gwyneth-Paltrow-as-an-older-sister

Anonymous said...

A source told Popeater.com: 'Taylor loves her brother Austin, who is two years younger than her, but she has always wanted an sister and has fell in love with Gwyneth.

I thought Jake was like Swifty's older sister?

Anonymous said...

^^ someone's having a hissyfit or a meltdown

sounds like that profit girl from ISJ

Anonymous said...

I was wrong. Looks like Taylor and Jake do have something in common. They are both in love with someone named Austin. LOL!

Anonymous said...

Taylor Swift sees Gwyneth Paltrow as an `older sister`

Looks like Paltrow's still seeking positive publicity for Country Strong, which won't be in wide release until January 7th. Yeah, I can just bet Paltrow and Swift talk on the phone all the time about "boys."

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Anonymous said...

FUCK OFF AND STAY THE FUCK OUT OF OUR SITE YOU ASSHOLE CUNTS

Babblers come here periodically and post that type of message. I don't think it was posted by any regular WFTer

Anonymous said...

^^ That is posted by troll.

product placement bearding said...

konacoffeeteaco: Check us at us weekly. Taylor and jake love our coffee! @usweekly @taylorswift13
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for Android

Anonymous said...

^^ That is posted by troll

Yes babbler troll

Anonymous said...

Looks like Paltrow's still seeking positive publicity for Country Strong, which won't be in wide release until January 7th.

DUH!!!

Anonymous said...

I was wrong. Looks like Taylor and Jake do have something in common. They are both in love with someone named Austin.

There's no proof that Jake is in love with Austin Nichols.

Anonymous said...

There's no smoking gun "proof" about anything we discuss here, except we do know that Austin disappeared mysteriously (scrubbed) from Jake's life in 2007 (just when Jake went into the closet) and only "came out" for an annual photo op together for the past 3 years. Yet, there's Austin, right by Jake's side in Leadville (hoping he would pass under the radar) four months ago. Circumstantial, yes. But, very telling. Why would Austin need to hide, if he were just Jake's friend?

Anonymous said...

Americans want to see less of MILEY CYRUS in 2011 and they're longing for a M*A*S*H TV remake and a TAYLOR SWIFT and JAKE GYLLENHAAL engagement, according to a new end-of-year online poll.
Parade.com polled over 1,000 Americans during December (10) and the results are about to be posted online.
...36 per cent of those polled want to see Swift and Gyllenhaal take their new romance to the next level and plan a wedding.
contactmusic

Anonymous said...

I wonder how many of Swift's "fans" spammed that poll. Please. Several of my friends and family asked me this past week, (because they know I like Jake), "What's up with this Taylor Swift thing?" Implying what the heck's wrong with Jake? Several of the guys, said, "Ewwww." And, my male cousin (he's 26) said, "C'mon guys, you do know he's gay, man."

LOL!

Anonymous said...

I was just watching Taylor Swift on Regis and Kelly (her performance was a repeat) and good god, I know she's young but jeez she really comes off as a little girl playing grownup. She's very child-like (and I'm sorry but I've known young women her age who are very mature). Honestly, she looks and acts like she's 12. And this is what Jake finds attractive? There's something wrong with him.

Anonymous said...

IA. I really don't know what Jake's people are thinking. I was watching an old interview of Jake on Conan (2005) and I almost couldn't believe the transformation. Not just physically, because Jake did look incredibly beautiful and relaxed, but Jake was really funny too. Devilish, open and the guy obviously had no problem poking fun at his ambiguous sexuality. It was the show about the jelly fish and speedos and then Conan asked if he liked show tunes. Jake tells this story about a Bono concert and ends by playfully clapping his hands, voice pitched to falsetto and says, "Send in the clowns."

Awwww, Jake. Are you still in there somewhere?

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Anonymous said...

^11:26 troll alert, probably Jack. He's constantly trying to guess who's commenting on an anonymous sight. Get a life, dude.

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Anonymous said...

It's Jack. Hopefully, Jackie will delete his crap.

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Anonymous said...

And this is what Jake finds attractive? There's something wrong with him.

LOL! Jake is gay and popular beards are hard to find.

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Anonymous said...

Wonder why comments are now moderated on OMG?

Troll, you are a fucking idiot.

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this week in rags said...

In Touch cover, small pic - Taylor still loves her ex!

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Tabloids - InTouchWeekly said...

Taylor is releasing her 'Back to December' video in January (song about Taylor Lautner) and both Taylors are attending the People's Choice event next week so perfect timing for PR to plant this story in the tabloids that gives publicity for the beard's new video and of course Jake looks like a wimpy idiot again as usual:

Taylor Swift Reportedly Wants Taylor Lautner Back? Is He Better For Her Than Jake Gyllenhaal?

A source says Taylor would dump Jake ‘in a minute’ if Taylor Lautner would take her back.
Taylor Swift, 21, may be rubbing her new relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, 30, in our faces, but old flames rarely burn out — and according to a new report, Taylor is still carrying a torch for her ex-boyfriend, 18-year-old Taylor Lautner! ”She’s not over him yet,” a ‘friend’ of Taylor’s tells In Touch Weekly. “They still text. She wants him back.”
The source continues to say that Taylor is more attracted to her hunky Twilight ex than she is to her current squeeze. There’s also the age difference to consider: there are nine years between her and Jake, but only three between her and Taylor.
And let’s not forget Taylor’s song “Back to December,” in which she laments what many believe to be her failed relationship with Taylor Lautner: “This is about a person who was incredible to me,” she has said about the song. “Just perfect to me in a relationship. And I was really careless with him.”
Interesting. What do YOU make of this, HollywoodLifers?

Who do YOU think Taylor Swift belongs with, Taylor Lautner or Jake Gyllenhaal?
Taylor Lautner!
Jake Gyllenhaal!
Neither.
Hollywood Life

Anonymous said...

"Taylor Swift’s best magazine covers from 2010" (includes USweekly with Jake)
Coverawards

Anonymous said...

Tabloids - InTouchWeekly

Her fans will LOVE this fiction.

Anonymous said...

Reese Witherspoon Engaged, But What About Jake Gyllenhaal?

While surely friends and family close to Reese Witherspoon are gushing over her engagement, it seems likely that ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal is not amongst them. Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon dated seriously, but broke it off for good because Gyllenhaal wanted to get engaged, whereas Reese wasn't wanting to tie the knot.
Or, at least, that was the story.
But on the heels of the 34-year-old starlet's engagement to 40-year-old Hollywood agent Jim Toth, we can't help but wonder if there was more to the story than that, or if, plain and simple, she just didn't want to marry Jake. It seems hard to imagine that he wouldn't be a desirable candidate for marriage, but to each their own, right?
What do you think? Do you think that there was more to their break up than they cared to admit? Was Witherspoon not ready to get married just a brief time ago? Or did she just not want to marry Jake? Perhaps she just didn't want to marry another actor, after the way things ended with her ex-husband, Ryan Phillippe?
Either way, Gyllenhaal seems to have moved on, now dating 21-year-old country crossover music star Taylor Swift.
All's well that ends well!

link

Anonymous said...

A source says Taylor would dump Jake ‘in a minute’ if Taylor Lautner would take her back.

Great beard, Jake! lol

Anonymous said...

34-year-old starlet's

The chin is now a starlet?!

GossipCop said...

CLAIM: Taylor Swift Using Jake Gyllenhaal to Get Taylor Lautner Back
“Is Taylor Swift just using Jake Gyllenhaal to make her ex-boyfriend, Taylor Lautner, jealous?” begins a piece in In Touch.
A supposed “friend” of the singer tells the mag that over a year after they broke up, Swift is “not over [Lautner] yet” and “wants him back.”
Now Swift is using Gyllenhaal, says the tab, “in hopes of making the Twilight star come back to her.”
The so-called “friend” of the singer claims that while Swift “likes” the Brokeback Mountain actor, “She would dump him in a minute if Taylor would take her back.”
Is Swift really “still carrying a torch” for her former Valentine’s Day costar?
Not in the least.
Swift and Lautner, who dated for a few months and split in 2009, have remained friends, a source close to the singer tells Gossip Cop, adding she’s perfectly “happy” with Gyllenhaal.

GossipCop

Anonymous said...

The 110 Things New Yorkers Talked About in 2010

...It was a year in which Gwyneth Paltrow went on “Glee” and all but erased the memories of the smug, unbearable scold she has evolved into in recent years, while Taylor Swift put Kanye West in his place, broke the heart of poor Taylor Lautner and, with her new romance with Jake Gyllenhaal, proved she is no kid anymore.

It was a year in which New Yorkers talked about these 110 things...

29. Taylor and Jake.

The New York Times

New Yorkers said...

Taylor Who?

Anonymous said...

After "diamonds" and "special cards" and "moving in together talk" Jake and the beard forgot to spend Christmas together?

Anonymous said...

I had to google who Taylor Lautner is. LOL. So not up to date! I make sure not to waste my money on shit like Twilight. The only actor of this franchise I heard of is Robert Pattison though. LOL @ Jake being mentioned in the same sentence as these silly early twens like Lautner, Jonas, Swift. *shakes head*

Jake's PR said...

Jake's new public!

TS's PR said...

perfect timing for PR to plant this story in the tabloids that gives publicity for the beard's new video and of course Jake looks like a wimpy idiot again as usual

Duh! Your client should be happy to beard with our client!

Anonymous said...

Another funny Jake and Anne interview:

LAOD Great Britain promo

Anonymous said...

LAOD Great Britain promo - pt 4

Anne about Jake: "Specialty the rainbow sparkles, because Jake's are very rainbow colored." (something like that)

Anonymous said...

The man purse. Ha.

Seinfeld said...

It's not a purse. It's European!

Anonymous said...

Jake and Anne are hilarious together. Unfortunately that was the last batch of interviews with them together promoting LAOD.

Anonymous said...

Balanchine and Barishnikov? :)

Anonymous said...

Natalie and James cover EW: ONTD.

Anonymous said...

I love Nat. I'm finally going to see The Black Swan this weekend. I hope I can get to 127 Hours also.

Anonymous said...

Balanchine and Barishnikov? :)

Anne and Jake sure are connoisseurs of ballet.

Anonymous said...

Jake and Annie spending Christmas together watching Bubble Boy? ;)

Anonymous said...

A Bubble Boy morning. :)

Anonymous said...

A Bubble Boy morning. :)

Jake was actually pretty funny in that movie.

(((500 dollar)))

Anonymous said...

500 dullah!

Anonymous said...

He was. I really liked BB, and I never thought I would. :)

Anonymous said...

NPH and DB introduce their cute babies: ONTD

:)

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! :)

BT said...

*sulking*

Anonymous said...

Jake was actually pretty funny in that movie.

I think Jake was great Bubble Boy. First 20 minutes of the movie are great too :)

DL comments - Rupert Everett Calls Hollywood Conservative And Homophobic said...

Richard Chamberlain is right in telling actors not to come out. A CNN Anchor who'll be on with Kathy Griffin on New Year's Eve knows enough to keep his mouth shut. Producers hire actors, not the fans.
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He has a point.

But the fact is he got fucked, not because he came out, but because so many of his gay actor colleagues didn't. If the majority of gay movie stars would simply come out of the closet, then Hollywood would just grow up and get the fuck over it. Therefore, he shouldn't be falling into the pit of advising other actors not to come out because he had a rough time. He should, if anything, realize that what he did took courage and advocate that a great many others show the same.

Other professions grew up because gay men and women came out of the closet. Now, nobody gives a shit if an attorney, doctor or even a teacher is gay. The great irony is that, of all professions, acting - one known for a very long time to have a great many gay people in it - remains the most closeted.
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His film career failed in part because he made stupid choices. He did "Inspector Gadget" followed by that dreadful movie with Madonna. Both of which sunk his mainstream career. The simple fact that he refuses to admit that his choices played a role in this negates his argument.

It was great that he came out, but just because he was the first openly gay actor does not mean he should have been given a free pass to make utter shit for the rest of his career.

And he's not encouraging more actors to come out, he's basically saying that it was a mistake for him to and is advising others not to follow in his steps.

DL comments - Rupert Everett Calls Hollywood Conservative And Homophobic said...

Mr. Everett makes the familiar error of confounding anecdote with statistical evidence. His experience was his experience, and it was what it was for specific reasons, perhaps one of which being his coming out and when and how he did it. But there is a lot more to his case than that - his individual talent - and its limits, his personality, his reputation, his period of Madonna-mingling, his appearance, his choice of support people, etc.

There are always more good actors than there are jobs available, and work drops out of the sky for very few. Look at the gay actors mentioned here and the numerous other working gay actors not noted who have kept visible after their coming out.

This isn't to say that an out leading man is going to be successful in the business today as a hetero romantic star of the first rank, but unless and until a top-notch gay actor in that position comes out, the issue cannot be tested. If (I have to say "if because I don't know him) Hugh Jackman is gay he's a perfect example of the compromise, as is Travolta, whose position seems more obvious, although his status as a leading man has passed. They convince themselves they want a family and a "normal" life and that they can "be themselves" too in private, and that in the end they are protecting the family they create by keeping closeted because their career comes first, or some other circular pattern like that.
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Right now if a A-lister comes out I have a feeling the gay mafia will make sure he has jobs. It will be a great asset to the community and there will be enough respect from sympathetic producers/directors to cast him initially. Even if it means losing a few "leading men" roles, I just don't see a huge downfall or career suicide that people are led to believe. One door closes, another one may open. More opportunities on broadway and in TV.
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Take it from someone who worked in the business for years. Hollywood is homophobic insofar as they think that public knowledge of one's sexuality will adversely affect believability in a role (especially romantic straight ones), mainstream acceptability and overall box office. In that sense, it's still a radically conservative industry. Ellen is successful as a gay personality. Which is not the same thing as an actor.

Us Weekly said...

The new US Weekly (issue january 10 2011 with J-lo on the cover) has this sighting:

"Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal grabbing coffee to go at Nashville's Frothy Monkey"

US magazine scan

Anonymous said...

^^^ That's it??? Too pathetic for words, lol.

Anonymous said...

You are paying too much attention to this Jake and Taylor thing.

"Straight Jake" probably had some fun with her and is slowly planning to get out of it.
"Gay Jake" had an alibi gf for a couple of months, so he'll continue to look straight.
Either way he probably saw that the public doesn't like this pairing and that it wasn't the brightest idea to date/beard with that 20 y/o dummy.

It's probably over now. If not, it probably won't last longer than another couple of months.

;)

Anonymous said...

8:30 AM - I agree that we are pessimistic, but this Jake and Taylor thing managed to surprise us - we didn't expect to see Maggie and Ramona pose with the beard.

Anonymous said...

So what? Pictures with Maggie and Ramona won't change the fact (to me it's a fact) that i'll be over in a couple of months. ;)

Anonymous said...

So that was another thing to disrespect about Jake's showmances.

Anonymous said...

Oh don't be so hard on him. He just isn't very wise in choosing girlfriends/beards. I actually feel sorry for him, I'm not really angry...anymore.

Anonymous said...

Reeke showmance lasted for more than two years. Couldn't stand Swill for that long

Anonymous said...

Looks like Jake and his beard agree with you, 8:53 AM :)

Anonymous said...

WTF????? - NY Post called David Furnish Elton's "wife":

Towleroad

People Magazine said...

The 25 most intriguing people of 2010

“Most talked-about couple
Jake & Taylor
She wears clothes that are cute. He’s often in his birthday suit. She’s a country girl with a guitar. He’s an A-list movie star. They belong together, though they’re nine years apart. Picking apples, eating ice cream, maple lattes, it’s a girl’s dream. And if something ever does go wrong? We can’t wait to hear the song.”

People magazine scan

Anonymous said...

NY Post called David Furnish Elton's "wife"

Idiots. I thought that mainstream US media would never insult gay people so openly, but what do I know.

Anonymous said...

The 25 most intriguing people of 2010 ...

My English isn't good enough to express how I feel about idiots who write retarded tabloid shit like that.

Michelle Williams: 'Matilda Ledger will watch Brokeback Mountain' said...

Michelle Williams has revealed that she plans to watch Brokeback Mountain with daughter Matilda when the child gets older.

In an interview with Angeleno Magazine, the actress admitted that the film - where she originally met former partner and Matilda's father Heath Ledger - is "a lot" to handle and will be an important experience for her to have.

"I was just an actor who happened to be lucky enough to be in the right place, and it was the place where I met Matilda's father, and that is a lot," she said.

"It was a lot. And it will be a lot for Matilda too, when she gets around to watching it. I will watch it with her, when she's ready. It is hard to imagine what that would feel like, but one day, yes, we will watch it together."

ONTD

Michelle Williams: No Acting for My Daughter said...

Michelle Williams refuses to let her daughter Matilda star alongside her in movies - because she wants to let the youngster choose her own path in life. The "Brokeback Mountain" star admits she once thought about letting a director cast the five year old, her child with the late Heath Ledger, with her in a film, but ultimately decided against the opportunity.

She tells Reuters, "There were a few very sweet, very light scenes that were more about playing. They were having a hard time finding a child and I said to the director, 'Gosh, Matilda would be the right age.' But then (I) realized if that's something she's interested in, then it's a choice she can make in her own life. It's something she's never expressed interest in doing. Her interests are horseback riding, Flamenco dancing and taking care of puppies."

And Williams was adamant Matilda would have no part in her racy new drama "Blue Valentine", "I think in the context of 'Blue Valentine', that would have been too strange and not healthy for her at all. The things that were happening - the bad vibes of a relationship for instance - felt very real."

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0009255.html

Anonymous said...

My English isn't good enough to express how I feel about idiots who write retarded tabloid shit like that.

Out of curiosity, how is it that you can curse perfectly well in English but not express anything else?

12:06 PM said...

Practice Makes Perfect! :)

Anonymous said...

Her interests are horseback riding, Flamenco dancing and taking care of puppies.

Awwwww. :)

Anonymous said...

21 December 2009

Maggie Gyllenhaal steps out in a pair of Mayle boots and YSL pants after making an appearance on The Late Show with Davie Letterman on Monday (December 21).

On tonight’s episode, the 32-year-old actress will promote her new movie Crazy Heart, in theaters NOW. It has so far garnered a very impressive 91% from Rotten Tomatoes!

While prettied up in a Lanvin jumpsuit and Louboutin shoes, Maggie told Dave that her and husband Peter Sarsgaard’s 3-year-old daughter Ramona wants a green flamenco dress for Christmas — and she’s probably going to get one! “Ramona is a great dancer!” Maggie proudly told the audience.

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/12/21/maggie-gyllenhaal-ramona-dancer/

Anonymous said...

I agree that we are pessimistic, but this Jake and Taylor thing managed to surprise us - we didn't expect to see Maggie and Ramona pose with the beard.


^^ LMAO ^ Is there anything in your biased head that may consider Jake and Taylor may be real? Just Maybe??

I don't think the thought ever entered your head.

Now Maggie's in on the charages huh? Oh goodness.

Next thing Atticus will be in on the charades and babysitting Babytile.

Anonymous said...

Is there anything in your biased head that may consider Jake and Taylor may be real?

No one with a brain would do that.
Stop pretending, you didn't buy this silly showmance either, not for a second! lol

DL story said...

Heath and I were stuck on an F train to Brooklyn together once. He had a bunch of bags from Bed Bath and Beyond. There was some hold up and the conductor was saying bizarre shit over the intercom and we gave each other amused looks about what she was saying. He was scruffy and it was winter.

Anonymous said...

Her (Matilda's) interests are horseback riding, Flamenco dancing and taking care of puppies.
Ramona wants a green flamenco dress for Christmas — and she’s probably going to get one! “Ramona is a great dancer!” Maggie proudly told the audience.


Matilda and Ramona like flamenco?
Jake?

Anonymous said...

Maggie told Dave that her and husband Peter Sarsgaard’s 3-year-old daughter Ramona wants a green flamenco dress for Christmas

Maggie bought Swifty a matching dress so the girls can play dress ups when they have sleep overs

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