Blessed Be the Ties that Bond

This is Austin when he was on Jimmy Kimmel Live, in the summer of 2007, his only TV talk show interview for John from Cincinnati.
This is Jake on Jimmy Kimmel Live, last night, his only TV talk show interview (Jimmy called it an exclusive in the promo) for Brothers. (Part 2 here)

Notice something similar?


Not only is Jake's brown tie extra long and squared off. He is wearing a brown suit to go with the brown tie. (When does Jake wear brown?)

It not just Austin's tie, its the same tie that Austin wore when he was on Jimmy Kimmel.

Hmmm hmmmm mmmmmmm.


And now some Congratulations are in order on this Austin Friday.

OMG has long know that Mr. Nichols is sexy and not we want to congratulate him on being # 12 on the Television Sexiest Men of 2009. Moving up 17 positions from #29 last year to #12 this year. But we could have save them all the trouble and just told them that.


Just one more thing: You wonder if there is another reason that Jakes a Pats and Tom Brady fan?



Important Dates:

Brothers opens Today.

OMG 2nd Annual Cooking Klatch - December 11th.

VH (#)1?

Jake might have gone on the radio to talk about his favorite music.

But is Austin telling is who one of his favorite bands is?


On his FOREHEAD???????



Uh Uh Uh.... yeah .... Van Halen. Wonder if he's a Diamond Dave Guy or Sammy fan? Wait what am I thinking! It's gotta be Sammy, we're talking the guy who loves his tequila, and probably Sammy's too. (Now you know what goes through my twisted head while I'm watching OTH)


Reminder: Jake is on Jimmy Kimmel (ABC check local listings) tonight. You think anyone slipped Jimmy an embarrassing video of Jake from high school too?

And on Sesame Street tomorrow next Friday on PBS (check local listings)
Sorry about the date mix up. I thought it was Dec 4. the correct date is December 11.

Hmm you know this is better than a few of his choices of chapeaus. But maybe a little too clingy.


Don't forget: To kick off the holidays, OMG's 2nd Annual Cooking Klatch Friday December 11th.

Photos: Austin Nichols Journal (Thanks Spooky and Vesperlynd), OMG Screencaps, Sesame Street

It's the Wolves!

Dates to Note:

Tomorrow December 3, Jake is on Jimmy Kimmel (Check Local Listings)

Friday December 4, Jake is on Sesame Street (Check Local Listings)

Friday, December 4, Brothers Opens Nationwide

and

To kick of the holidays starting with Hanukkah - OMG's 2nd Annual Cooking Klatch Recipe Swap
on Friday December 11th.

Find a recipe you'd like to share with other, an appetizer, or dessert, main dish, side dish, or even a drink recipe. Come and share in the spirit of the holidays.


After such a long break from the interviews Jake came back to interviews just as funny, silly and charming as he has always have been.

The unscripted interview with Tobey and Natalie, gave some other things to notice not just Jake talking about his band name. Jake and the Merkins would work too with a little retro feel to it.

In the chat you see that Jake talks about hanging out with Tobey and his friends, as he did talking about hanging out with Jim, and working out with Tobey. While there was speculation that he did spend time with other people and only Reese, because he wasn't seen doing so has been now dispelled.

We also can tell that Jake while being environmentally conscious is not going to be going the vegan way, but his reaction here when Tobey and Natalie talk about possibly cheating by eating and egg.



Another thing that was interesting if you look at the large clip and in the clip were Tobey is talking about his Ipod and talking about being a father and his kids, you can see Jake subconsciously nodding with Tobey, as like he knows just what Tobey is speaking. Hmm makes you wonder why.




Of course there is Jake's discussion about his body art. Interesting that he put so much thought into it about what it should be, where it should be, and why. It sound like something Austin would work through if John had had to get a tattoo for JFC. The Celtic C representing the family he still holds to despite the issues coupled the wolf, the family bond vs. the wilding and lone wolf symbolic of Tommy who in a way l comes back to protect the pack. Speaking of tats, we know that the one on his neck, his knuckles, and inside his right forearm, but do you wonder if he will surprise with any more that can't be seen in an ad?


This time isn't not about the ice, it's the wolves. Think he's going be sporting this soon?

Mystery Machine

Jake,Reese and the Case of the Rolling Luggage

(Thank LA Times for the title and Michael K for inspiration)

Well gang, it looks like we have a mystery on our hands.

Like are they splitting up?

Or who broke up with who?

More like what was was in those suitcase.

Maybe we can dig up some answers to this mystery!
The girls and I will go this way, Shaggy, you and Scooby check out the basement we'll start here in the bedroom.

Look at this pretty purple string that I found caught in the nightstand drawer. It would match my dress.

Daphne! You found a clue.

That's the mane of a My Little Pony.

Why's there a My Little Pony stuffed in this drawer, and it smells like Strawberry Shortcake.
Clearly someone wanted us to think this was his side of the bed.

All these other drawers and closets are filled with her clothes.

They forgot that he needs glasses. There's none here. No contacts either He's a blind as a bat, just like me.

Did someone say Batttt?

"Gulp!"

Zoinks, Scoob. Hold me.

You two knock it off. There's no bats.

If there's no bats, can we just forget this and hit the kitchen for a snack?
No Shaggy. We have mystery on our hands.

Gang let's keep looking.

Come on Scooby help us look for more clues.
Uh Uh

How about for a Scooby snack?

(shaking head no)
Two Scooby snacks?

(shaking head no)

If he won't I will.

Raggy!
I've only got one Scooby Snack left, Scoob, go find the next clue.

Fred! Daphne! Velma! Look was Scooby found.
See these tracks, clearly the suitcase was rolled from this office out the front door.

Why would his suitcases be in an office?

It's elementary, their romance is a business.

And from the depths of the tracks and how light they look when the assistant picked them up, I conclude there was nothing in the cases, it was purely for show.

Clearly he never stayed here. Just kept bags that would make it look like he did. Bet all you would find in that suitcase was paperwork, a bad hat, some Abba cds and a Cirque de Soleil dvd.

Why would they pretend and then pretend to pretend to break up?

If we figure that out, we'll be halfway towards solving this mystery and half of Hollywood

Ree hee hee
Who put the My Little Pony and the Strawberry Shortcake in the nightstand.

Someone who wanted to make it look like he did live here, someone who would benefit from it, but didn't want the real hassle in the house.

The Gang: Old lady Witherspoon!

And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids"



And after all this silliness there is something very important about today.

December 1st is World AIDS DAY.
Today there are:
* 33.4 million people living with HIV worldwide
* 31.3 million adults
* 15.7 million women
* 2.1 million children under 15
* 50% of all cases are women

In 2008 2.7 million people were diagnosed as HIV positive. 2.3 million are adults but there were 430,000 children under 15 diagnosed as well. 2 million people died in 2008 in HIV-related deaths. While strides have been made in living with HIV, HIV and AIDS has yet to be cure there is still work to do.

What a Feeling!

Before Jake is just a memory in Pittsburgh.

Did you really think I wouldn't?

Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night,
lookin' for the fight of her life
In the real-time world no one sees her at all,
they all say she's crazy
....

She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

With the yoga and parkour training this is easy.


And he's done dance, and hip hop.



He knows how to make things hard as steel working Pittsburgh.



And that memorable seduction in the restaurant wearing a tux eating a lobster and a little footsie?


Game : Plenty of lobster experience for a guy who spent summers on the Vineyard

Set :

Match : "Out for a romantic dinner at Jar last night, spied dreamy-eyed boat of dreamboat dreams Jake Gyllenhaal dining with Official Jake Gyllenhaal BFF Austin Nichols. Couldn't see what Jake was eating, even through my finest set of opera glasses, but he sat slumped enough in his seat that I momentarily suspected he was being served his meal from under the table" Defamer


Hey it is just like a movie. Getting the tall guy with the curls, the dog and a Porsche in Pittsburgh.

Speaking of tall and handsome.

Tonight on the Crazy Tree. Brooke Davis(TM) is pushed to the limit.(Credit? Speed? Fashion?) Nathan and The Real Housewife of Tree Hill’s careers bring tough decisions for the family,(why not make a tough decision about that hideous hat and hair combo ?) Julian plays a I Gotta Secret with Alex that leads to a confrontation with Brooke Davis(TM), wear a cup Julian, wait it doesn't matter anymore she's already got 'em. Meanwhile, Feats of Clay tries to resuscitate his career as an agent by wearing a suit, Jamie learns the truth about Skills’ new job in LA (exit stage left). And a fresh-from-jail Millie finds an unlikely supporter (when she really needs a sponsor)in Victoria.

OTH News:
Australian actor Mitch Ryan will be joining One Tree Hill this season with a recurring role as Alexander, a handsome pro surfer-turned-young mogul.


Oh come on you know there's going to be a some JFC stuff thrown around. But what lines ? "I got my eye on you"? "I don't know Butchie instead"? "See God" Brooke? "I'm going to bone" Alex? "Whipping the Skippy?" Or is Julian going to whip off the shirt and compare his stick to Alexander's to see who's going to rule the waves of Tree Hill?

OutSpotlight CVIII

Going a little Colonial today since Thursday was Thanksgiving. For a long time there wasn't something called coming out. 1868 is looked upon as the first time someone publicly stated in print that they were homosexual, that was Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, who dropped his pseudonym and used his real name. But that is not to say that there weren't men and women writing about their feelings long long before then, even when then were unable to come out.

Today's OutSpotlight is Micheal Wigglesworth. A Puritan minister from the Massachusetts colony, Wigglesworth struggled with the conflict between his religious beliefs and his sexuality, setting his feelings down in the encoded pages of his diary.

At the time, religious ideas shaped the law, the European colonies of North America, which set harsh penalties for homosexual activity. Yet as they settled, the Spanish, French, and British encountered native cultures that allowed for expressions of same-sex love. And within the colonies as well, there is evidence of same-sex activity despite the violence of the law, which is included beatings and even death.

Michael Wigglesworth born in England in 1631, his father Edward,arrived in New England with his family in 1638, and in October of that year moved from Charlestown Massachusett to New Haven,CT. Michael returned to Massachusetts to attend Harvard College, graduating in 1651. A fellow and tutor in the college from 1652 to 1654, as he continued his studies toward becoming a minister. Like many Puritan clergymen, he kept a diary for recording his daily life, meditations on faith, and his battles with lust and temptation. For Wigglesworth, however, these feelings took a form that seemed dangerous to record even in his private papers.

Wigglesworth was plagued by his attraction to his male students, many of who were close to his age. The passages in his diary about these attractions are written in a secret code, allowing him to be explicit about his feelings and his fears.

On April 5, 1653, he wrote, "I find my spirit so exceedingly carried with love, that I can't tell how to take up my rest in God." On July 4, 1653, he struggled with "filthy lust" inspired by "my fond affection for my students while in their presence." Marrying in 1655, his attraction to men continued. The day after his marriage Wigglesworth confessed to his diary: "I feel stirrings and strongly of my former distemper even after the use of marriage --which makes me exceeding afraid." In 1656, he became minister of the church in Malden, Massachusetts.

In 1663 he made a voyage to Bermuda in search of health, and during his absence an associate minister was ordained at Malden. His health prevented him from officiating in the pulpit for about twenty years, during which time he studied medicine and became a skillful physician. In 1686 he resumed his pulpit labors, continuing to practice as a physician.

In 1662, Wigglesworth published an epic poem about the Last Judgment called The Day of Doom. The first 1800 copies sold out within a year, and the poem quickly became the most widely-read and frequently-memorized text of the age. The poem he pictured in vivid colors the terrors of the judgment-day and the awful wrath of an offended God. Thus the poem recommended itself to the sternest of the Calvinists as well as to their children. Excerpts from the poem are often used in college courses now to illustrate the grim and fiery tone of New England Puritanism in the 1600s. Wigglesworth's private torment, however, is seldom, if ever, mentioned in considerations of his work. Knowing Wigglesworth's private fears gives added resonance to the descriptions of the eternal torment of damnation in his writing.

Several stanzas of The Day of Doom refer to the futility of attempting to keep a secret from God:

"No hiding place can from his Face sinners at all conceal,
Whose flaming eyes hid things doth spy, and darkest things reveal."

Later he adds: "Deeds of the night shunning the light, which darkest corners sought,
To fearful blame and endless shame are there most justly brought."

No matter what Wigglesworth did to conceal his desires from his contemporaries, he felt sure that the truth would out, and damn him forever, when it really mattered.

His carefully encoded confessions were not revealed until the 1960s, when historian Edmund Morgan decoded the passages and published a full version of the diary. Wigglesworth seems to have taken his secret with him to the grave. However, a passing comment made by another minister upon his death reveals how important his decision to encode his thoughts had been. When he died in 1705, the son of one of his former students--the renowned minister Cotton Mather--preached the sermon at his funeral. In the published edition of the funeral sermon, Mather wrote that he could attest to Wigglesworth's great love and concern for his students, since he had read about it in the teacher's "reserved papers."

Fraternal Paternal

Not sure how many have watched the trailer from the UK. But comparing that clip vs. the trailers that are shown in the US you can see the differences in selling the story of Brothers. One of the biggest difference is that in the UK trailer you see scenes of Sam in the war, scenes of conflict. While it is known in the story, in US that is being downplayed. Why?

Well, movies about war have been a hard sell in the US, and as Jim Sheridan says, "I think the American people just don't think there is a war on, so why should they have to go to a movie about something that doesn't exist? Their state of denial is hard to overcome,"

But Sheridan doesn't see Brothers as a war movie, but really "as a family drama about a man coming home after a long absence, and he just happens to have served in Afghanistan."


Sheridan point of view as a director is about families and relationships. He takes a bigger story, like Christy Brown in My Left Foot and focuses on the relationship between Christy and his mother's to tell it. Or telling the story of immigrating to the US, like in In America, through the relationship of a father and his daughters. The same is true for Brothers. Sheridan emphasized the family's struggle to be whole again. "It is a big thing to me to show the family at war. They are split by an event outside themselves. The war is in the family, you know."


A lot of focus in US campaign has been on Grace (Natalie) and Sam and Tommy. But the story that really emerges is more about fathers than brothers. Hank's (Sam Shepard)relationships with each of his sons. Sam's fatherly relationship with Tommy. His relationship with his girls and how that changes from forces out of everyone's control. Tommy find paternal feelings he never thought he had and stepping in as a father and how that changes his life.



Those relationships create so many themes, of expectations,disappointments, rebellion, anger, resentment, abandonment, love, acceptance, and redemption. It is a story as old as man in a setting while modern is itself timeless.



One critic talked about Jake effortless playing a father. Looking at the place in Jake's life you can see how it dovetailed from real to reel. No doubt Sheridan encouraged Jake to bring all of that into his role, relishing as Jake discovered fatherhood on all levels.


Something you might not know about Brothers. Brothers is a pretty little movie that has a powerful punch. The movie had a budget of only $25 million, with the actors talking "a quarter or maybe even a 10th of what they usually get paid," according to Sheridan.