Not the typical picture you think of when you think of Brokeback, but one that captures more than the scene.
For many Brokeback was what brought them to become Jake fans. His performance as Jack Twist was done with such open honest emotion how could people not be drawn to him. Looking back now there is so much more that was happening in his real life that that helped mold his role on screen . Reflecting on it now you can see how much Jake was trying to say in his interviews and awards.
Brokeback was not just an artistic journey but personal one for Jake. A different journey than any other movie he had done up until then and will do in the future. The months proceeding and following its opening showed Jake at his happiest it seems. There was a sense of freedom in his life. For that brief time in early 2006 was when he felt he could share more than ever, even with more eyes than ever turned on him.
Now it seems the fences have been put up. Trying to corral him in. Will there ever be that freedom again?
Don't Fence Me In
ReplyDeleteOh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,
Don't fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don't fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze,
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don't fence me in.
Well, ya know what we do with bulls, dontcha?
ReplyDeleteRope 'em, tie 'em down, brand 'em and then cut off their balls.
Seems like Jake's done got the same treatment.
OMG - How did you guys evah find this song? You never cease to amaze. It's one of my favorites by K.D. - I was dustin' off ma old K.D. Lang CDs t'other nite when ya said it was Queer Musicians' Month, and I found Absolute Torch and Twang and played this song about over and over again on the way to work. It does sound like our Jack, doesn't it? BTW, thanks for this beauteous pic of him. Let's hope someone else who is very close to Jack Twist gets hisself back in the saddle again and rides off into the sunset quick! (Sorry, I watched Larry McMurtry's and Diana Ossana's Comanche Moon last night too!) lol Got ourselves a blizzard here today too. :)
ReplyDeleteRandom thoughts on the cell pics.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me uneasy to watch em for several reasons. They were together at new year's eve (where they even taken at the place and time the claim to have been taken??)--- isn't that too much, even for bearding (is there such a thing as going too far when u are bearding??)? And hence, if it's real, then it's even more annoying. I'm getting more and more put off with jake everyday.
I don't mind him sitting on the fence. In fact, I think it was the best strategy for him, but obviously, Evelyn didn't think so. I just hope he didn't fall off the fence and onto the wrong side. The side that requires him to be someone he's not.
ReplyDeletebtw, slight OT, but reading gofugyourself is my guilty pleasure and today they have this attached to a Reese covered Marie Claire:
Or maybe she's just upset because she lost a sizable bet to Jake Gyllenhaal that Marie Claire would pull together only 350 hot spring looks this year. It'll be okay, though, Reese -- if Jake's that attuned to the mag, then you could still win out, as he'll surely he'll flip through that poorly titled article being pimped just above the masthead, called "What Makes Men Propose." Because nothing is sexier or more strong and independent than trying to understand what to do to MAKE your man propose, right? So cheer up, and let's socially regress together!
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not really buying the proposal there as well?
Who says that they were engagaged? A few obscure blogs? The only legit place that it was "reported" was the SF Chronicle and they got it from some silly blog. Probably made up after one of them saw her wearing that ring.
ReplyDeleteNone of the rags this week mention engagement just him bonding with the kids and that they are in talks to star in that lame comedy Valentines day. If there is an actual engagement it will be pimped to Us or People or one of the better known blogs.
Even the girls on IHJ think it's BS, don't tell me you fell for it, geez.....
Those NY photos won't make me commit tb hara-kiri - yet! If I saw a girl and a guy sitting with some physical contact like in one of the pics yeah, I would assume they were a couple - just like the Laker I pics with Jake and Austin wedged together made me think of them as a couple.
ReplyDeleteThere's more than Ted that makes me think Jaustin WAS - whether Jaustin still is.......
^hang on, should that be hari-kiri not hara in my post? Think so.
ReplyDeleteMax, you were right the first time - it's seppuku or hara-kiri. We'll only do that when and if that dang Valentine's Day movie comes out! ;)
ReplyDeleteI didn't have time to reply to AG's and BLTB's posts in the previous thread. Will come back later tonight.
ReplyDeleteLove K.D. Lang too but this will have to wait later too.
So Spesh and Wicked, what did you think about that poll suggestion? Our very own fauxmance has to be properly named! ;)
Have a great day everybody!
If pics of J&A walking in the WV exist now would be a good time for those to be "accidentally" released.
ReplyDeleteask ted
ReplyDeleteTed has said he wouldn't explicitly out somebody.
ReplyDeleteAre we seriously gonna believe that there are cell phone pics and such of Reeke and not of the Jaustin??
ReplyDeleteOr maybe some hand catches them before they come up...?
Boy does this post and picture of Jake say it all.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the campaign to obliterate BBM and Austin continues. What I want to know is did it take two weeks for those cell phone pictures to appear, and how did hairdresser know?
Ted heavily implied there were pics of Jaustin
ReplyDeleteIf you saw Jeese together on NY Eve and even had cell phone pics of them, wouldn't you put those pics in your post talking about the sighting? Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteSomething Very Important for All Who Post Here
It has come to my attention that some folks have copied and pasted accounts of tabloid stories from the Gyllenbabble blog here. I would like to request that if you want to post a tabloid story, go directly to the source and buy the tabloid yourself, rather than relying on a secondhand account. I don't think we should trust other blogs' write-ups of hardcopy information. We don't know if the information is accurate and/or truthful. Other blogs could even fabricate a tabloid story in the hope that we will fall for it. In the future I would ask that people who post tabloid stories state what their source for the story is, whether the account posted is verbatim, and whether it is the full story or excerpted.
And Now for Something Completely Different
Today and tomorrow, Tom and I will be accepting suggestions for our couple name for our showmance. On Wednesday, provided I can figure out how to do a poll, we will have a poll and you all can vote on what our couple name should be. So far, we have had Twicked, Wersey, and Ticked suggested. We are looking for suggestions that are both catchy and stupid.
On Wednesday, provided I can figure out how to do a poll, we will have a poll and you all can vote on what our couple name should be.
ReplyDeleteI would like to humbly thank myself for helping the furthering of your career as a highly competent blogger! :D
My addition to the list: Jercked.
Reese and Jake to star in new movie together (star); plan summer wedding (national enquirer)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.celebitchy.com/8612/reese_and_jake_to_star_in_new_movie_together_plan_summer_wedding/
My addition to the list: Jercked.
ReplyDeleteFrenchy, you are fantastique! That one has my vote! ;)
Hmmmmm... seems like celebitchy is saying that the NE's source is highly dubious or non-existent since the reporter mentions the park pics as sure signs of domestic bliss...
ReplyDeleteAG in reply to your post about Jaustin, I can say that in my case they are taking a back seat because of lack of info on the Austin front and also because of some recent signs of "disengaging" (good one too Netb!) from Jake. I have to admit I'm paying more attention to Reeke these days as I do not agree with that distancing and I fervently hope to be proved wrong once and for all. :)
On the other hand, I agree with those who asked you to post details about the article you mentioned. It's particularly interesting to hear about that in the midst of that massive and tentative brainwashing Reeke campaign.
Jercked! Tom and I are really in for it, aren't we? :)
ReplyDeleteIt seems like we're losing WFT. Have you read Dany's last post?
ReplyDeleteI think everyone's suspiciouns about the NYE pics are valid. The pic properties say they were taken 01/01/1980 (prob a mistake?) at 12:00 am and 12:02 am (like right after the kissing lol?). If you look at them at higher magnifications, Reece's face looks weird, Jake's chin is shaped wrong (part of it is missing), Jake's sleeve is not proportionate to Reece's face, lots of things like that.
ReplyDeleteBut in case the pics are real, so what. I'd expect them to spend NYE together (1) in public as part of an agreement or (2) as friends who have driven away all their other friends.
So they never spent NY with the kids then?
ReplyDeleteIf you ever get depressed about the machinations of pr, can I suggest that you head over to Goggle trends. Do a search to compare Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears for Jan 2008. The results are to say the least quite amusing.
ReplyDeleteBlabbing on about ambiguous, staged photopics and National Enquirer/ trash gossip headlines suggesting the fictional possibility of a marriage is much more flattering to Reeke than talking about the collapse of Type-A's picture deal with Universal, or the vagueness of Jake's future movie plans. And of course, Reeke say nothing about the trash magazine rumors, tacitly encouraging them to continue. They also avoid saying anything to respectable, reputable magazines.
ReplyDeleteRyan Phillippe was weird, but at least he came out and quashed rumors about a possible reunification with Reese.
We're being played. It isn't going to work this time. For the first time in almost 15 years, I didn't watch SNL this weekend.
It's too bad that they can't just be friends.
Do a search to compare Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears for Jan 2008.
ReplyDeleteBet Britney gets more hits than anyone!
Really weird to post a detailed sighting and then wait a whole fortnight for some perfectly matching pics to show up. I'm with random thinker and Wicked on this. Looks like a subsequent engagement.
ReplyDeleteLondon tb - subsequent engagement meaning what? an event? or they're enggaged to be married? The interior (the seats) are the Disney seats, but it's weird how they really don't "flow right" in the pic at high mag. and reece is wearing the huge diamond which has since disappeared from the latest pics of her.
ReplyDeleteThat's her RIGHT hand, the same hand with the ring in the Santa Monica pics, the same ring she has been photographed with since March.
ReplyDeleteNothing new there.
4:53, no engagement subtext, I only meant it took a while appearing.
ReplyDeleteOn a happier note, does anyone remember that simply gor-juss cover of Vanity Fair with K.D. Lang and Cindy Crawford? Hawt. I will admit to having a little bit of a girl crush on K.D. Don't know why I felt the need to share that, but there you have it. ;)
ReplyDeleteOn a happier note, does anyone remember that simply gor-juss cover of Vanity Fair with K.D. Lang and Cindy Crawford?
ReplyDeleteI do! :)
^^K.D.'s just beautiful, I think, and what a voice. I have seen her in concert. :) I wish I could find a link to the cover photo. Herb Ritts is a fantastic photographer too.
ReplyDeleteA distinctive memory I have a K.D Lang's is my friend Mark's special edition of her cover of the Valley of the Dolls theme.
ReplyDelete6:37, Was a fantastic photographer. Ritts died a few years ago of pneumonia brought on by AIDs.
ReplyDeleteOn a happier note, does anyone remember that simply gor-juss cover of Vanity Fair with K.D. Lang and Cindy Crawford? Hawt.
ReplyDeleteI remember too! It had made quite a splash at the time. These are good memories, along with the Keanu/River superb Interview photo session (sigh). :)
Sorry, I meant to write was. He was such a wonderful photographer. :)
ReplyDeleteNew from Ted
ReplyDeleteDear Ted:
Will the strike ever end? Will Toothy Tile ever come out of the closet? Will Aniston ever get pregnant? Will Hillary be your next president? Answer these most important questions, please.
Vicky
Paris
Bonjour, Madame Demanding:
Slow down, ma chère! I’m a gossip connoisseur, not a psychic. But I can make some guesstimations for you: Yes, no, yes, no. Not necessarily in that order. Bon chance!
Statistics, I did the searches you recommended earlier today. I specified "Canada" as the region just for fun and got the following message both for Reese and Jake:
ReplyDelete"Your terms - reese witherspoon (then jake gyllenhaal) - do not have enough search volume to show graphs.
Ouch. Seems these guys are not exactly the most popular over here.
Mr. Casablanca, I can now safely claim to have caught you in flagrante delicto! It's bonne chance my dear, chance being a feminine word in French (tee-hee-hee...)
ReplyDeleteFrenchy, what kind of results did you get for Britney and Angelina?
ReplyDeleteFor January 2008 Angelina is up then stable. Britney is down and down she stays. I think people are really tired about Britbrit.
ReplyDeleteJust thinking about these NY cell phone photos. Usually cell phone photos are not as blurry as these. The Jeese and kids pic taken @ the aquarium is also supposed to be a cell phone picture, and it's much clearer than a cell phone picture should be. Something is not right here.
ReplyDeleteThe NYE pics were taken with a camera without flash, which would account for the ISO speed being off. Digital cameras often include a control for adjusting the ISO speed; some will adjust it automatically depending on the lighting conditions, adjusting it upwards as the available light dims. Generally, as ISO speed climbs, image quality drops.
ReplyDeletefrenchy, the French words Ted used in his answer were these:
ReplyDeleteBonjour, ma chère, connoisseur, Bon chance.
I don't know French but IF Ted didn't make a mistake and wrote the bon (masculine) on purpose, then what would the combination of those words mean?
Hmmmm . . . hello, my love, expert, good luck. Frenchy, any thoughts?
ReplyDeleteor "good day" literally - I'm still thinkin' Baby Tile here. ;)
ReplyDelete"Hello, my dear connoisseur - good luck!"
ReplyDeleteSo,Ted is suggesting that both Brit and Jake/Reese are experiencing meltdowns now. Interesting, and entirely reasonable given the utter stupidity of the engagement rumor and Universal axing Type-A.
ReplyDeleteThe correct French translation for "good luck" is "bonne chance".
ReplyDeleteQuick French 101 session for those interested:
The word "bon" is a masculine adjective and "bonne" is a feminine adjective. Since the word "chance" in French is a feminine noun you have to use a feminine adjective to go with it, hence the mistake made by Ted when he used the masculine "bon" instead of the feminine "bonne".
You still with me? ;) And "ma chère" means "my dear".
Ted is wishing us good luck in matching these questions with the yesses and the nos. I foresee months and months of fun ahead... :D
Ted is wishing us good luck in matching these questions with the yesses and the nos.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Ted! :p
Belated reply to BLTB about Zodiac:
ReplyDeleteI'll probably watch Zodiac with Fincher's commentary this week-end so I don't have to cram that precious viewing in one of those multitasking end-of-weekdays of mine.
I remember the musical passage you mentioned in the previous thread (Graysmith meeting Avery's replacement) and I agree Shire's score is gripping. And all the songs actually contribute to the atmosphere and never ever steal the show (a big big plus in my book). This was my fifth viewing of the film and I still noticed little details that made me stupidly happy, like that guy smoking in the background when the cops are on the cab driver murder scene. I don't know why but I found the smoke coming from his cig kind of dreamy, lol!!!
I'll stop here before people start to wonder if I am actually smoking something weird!
Thank you, Camera Thinker, for clearing that up. Always knew that SF aquarium pic was taken with a professional camera, and not a cell phone like originally purported.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why but I found the smoke coming from his cig kind of dreamy, lol!!!
ReplyDeleteNo, these are the little details that add to making a film a work of art, IMO. So, if you are smokin' somethin' weird, so am I, and we've got lots of company. We're lucky our imaginations are that way naturally! It's more fun. ;) Thanks for the translation help too. It sounds like it's gonna be a long haul, this TT business. ;)
So, if you are smokin' somethin' weird, so am I, and we've got lots of company.
ReplyDeleteAnd the more the merrier, or so they say. :)
Sweet dreams everybody!
FYI: The Disney NYE pics were taken with a camera, a Canon PowerShot A650 IS.
ReplyDeleteThanks Frenchy for the lesson! thats what i was wondering about, in the French words, if Ted was being intentional. After you explained it, IF he did, it could mean 'good = male' and 'luck = female' I'm wanting to believe that he means that Jake will turn out to be the better person and that Reece will need a lot of luck in her life.
Maybe I'm reaching but it seems like anything is possible nowdays.
Not trying to be argumentative here, but LIT, how the fuck would you know what kind of camera?
ReplyDeleteAre YOU the hairdresser? And if so, why would you come here since you believe that Reeke is for real?
Forgot to vote today on a name. Jercked has a certain ring about it, but it doesn't roll off the tongue. I still like Twicked.
ReplyDeleteto huh? I'm not 'lost in translation,' however, the photo information is right on the photo itself by checking the Properties. So calm down and don't try to stir things.
ReplyDeletelike that guy smoking in the background when the cops are on the cab driver murder scene. I don't know why but I found the smoke coming from his cig kind of dreamy, lol!!!
ReplyDeleteOk, that's wild because I noticed him for the first time on this latest viewing, too! lol. It's one of the most visually rich films I've ever seen, and having it to own and view as many times as you like is pretty incredible. In this case, it feels like having a expensive painting in your house. There's a Fisher-Price wind-up toy clock in the Graysmith house that you see in a couple of shots and I noticed it on my first theatre viewing. I had that clock as a child and still do. :) Did you also catch in the commentary where they point out Brian Hartnell's sons and Hartnell and his wife as extras? One of the producer's pointed out his bit part, too.
And I loved RDJ calling Robert Graysmith Bobby Gray. I could listen to him wax on all day. :)
I freaked out when I heard this k.d. song, I hadn't heard it probably since it was actually out as a single. Gorgeous. She looked totally amazing during that time, too.
Are we supposed to vote on the name today? I just saw your post, destiny. It's Twicked all the way for me. :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to see the "properties" from the "cell phone" SF pix -very easily faked, I imagine.
ReplyDeleteJercked summed up my feelings about the institution of "faux" in general - but you guys are right, Twicked is way cutah! So, overall, I like Twicked too. ;)
ReplyDelete'Night, all!
:)
ReplyDeleteI'm no expert on cameras, but don't you think the quality should have been much better if it was taken with a camera vs. a phone? After all he was sitting close enough to analyze the colors used to achieve her hair color. I wonder what the pixel rating is on that camera. The pic reminds me of that infamous july 4 pic that was poorly photoshopped so it seemed Jake was not alone with Austin.
ReplyDeletesighting
ReplyDelete"EX-TREME SPORTS: Kirsten Dunst, hiking in Runyon Canyon in L.A. at the same time ex-beau Jake Gyllenhaal was there riding a bike."
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/planetgossip/detail/index.jsp?uuid=47a88c11-8dcb-48d1-a7d7-af2d10632c09
Thanks, 'not lost in translation' for pointing out that the camera info is in the properties of the pic. Exactly where i got it from. People forget where to find data I guess. but yeah, that can be faked too i suppose. i agree that the pic should have been better, and how the image looks weird under high magnification. either somethings been faked/photoshopped or Canon cameras should be avoided.
ReplyDeleteJust on the article about Jaustin etc, I saw it on Saturday on my way to catch a plane so I don't know if it was this week's or last week's magazine. I'll have a look tomorrow to see if I can find it.
ReplyDeleteRe, Tom/Wicked, I like the name Twicked and I think they should 'come out' in Paris by holding hands as they look up at the Eiffel Tower
Yeah, we need to have an emerged Twicked in Europe 'cos Europe is so *romantic* an' all :D
ReplyDeleteI was fond of Jercked but we can save it for the split! headlines.
I think Ted just made a common mistake with bon chance and sadly I think he meant his yes/no order the way he wrote it.
Tom and I are merely taking suggestions for our name and we will be putting up a poll either tomorrow or Thursday.
ReplyDeleteAG, I would love to know more about this article, if you can find it and report back. If you could send us a scan of it, that would be fabulous!