And "all things come back around" - it seems that Billy Idol, who Austin's character in the Informers is going to see, is back on tour. Yes 2008 is the new 1988. So those of you in the UK get a chance to see the King Rocker this summer supporting a new greatest hits collection Idolize Yourself. Imagine Billy at the Informers premiere -how cool would that be? And somehow not that far fetched. Can you see Austin and Billy flashing rings and smirks. Wonder if Austin can do the the lip curl?
Pictures:
B&W - Italian Vanity Fair Courtesy of Austin Media.
Blonde Austin Courtesy of JasonWiles. net
Damn he's beautiful. Why someone would rather see pictures of Jake and Reese instead of Jake and this guy is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteMore, more, more...
I think that some fan girls don't like to see any real sexual chemistry between their idol and his partner. Bland is safe somehow, while sizzle is threatening.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall hearing this version of the song. It's pretty good, although I still prefer the original.
I'm looking forward to The Informers - been a long-time Bret Easton Ellis reader. I hope they've made a good version of one of his books this time round as some have been,um, disappointing.
ReplyDeleteMind you, the little snippet of info that A had filmed sex scenes with women and men for the movie made me wonder how long it will be into the film promotion before A does the knee-jerk "straight" actor thing of down-playing/joking/laughing about non-straight scenes?
Hope he's cool about about it - I imagine all sex scenes are slightly embarassing, so it's always strange when actors feel the need to make more of a fuss about a gay scene - whether they're straight/gay/bi/closeted.
It'll be interesting to see what happens.
Amber Heard (Austin's co-star) is very cool about it:
ReplyDeleteOn sex and nude scenes:
"Not for the right project. It's my job. Not to be naked, but to tell a story. And if it's important to the story, I don't have any problem with it. I think it's silly the way society puts a high price-tag on the body. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's sad. Those remnants of religion. I don't appreciate people's conservative views on that. It's less intimidating than you think it is. It's beautiful. It's art. And I'm glad to be a part of it."
"Drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll. For everyone. It's brilliant. It's really gross – I mean that word very specifically. It's very real. It's very gritty. It's very in your face. It's about decadent, decadent Hollywood. The nastiest, beautiful thing you've ever seen. It's a hard pill to swallow, but very powerful."
"She's a bad girl. I play Christie and if I say too much, I'll give away a very important part of the film. She's very wealthy and she represents a very strong evil. She does drugs and is very promiscuous. It's like a Crash-type movie with several different storylines linked by my character."
Saving Rebel Yell, for another time.
ReplyDeleteYou know one whiskey for another one.
It will be interesting to see you does indeed do press for Informers. There are so many different people in the ensemble and some who haven't be on screen in a while, who gets what outlets. When you look at the cast list, what a outsider bunch. You think Russell cast with some controversial choices, look at Informers, Mickey Rourke, Kim Bassinger, Winona they all have had their share of headlines.
Spesh, I truly hope Austin cannot do the lip curl. Because if you see it, you will die and I will be doing this blog alone!
ReplyDeleteGotta say Billy Idol looks fantastic.
It must be the all that vegetarian living Billy has done, can't be all the drugs and women.
ReplyDeleteJake and Reese nice and low maintenance at the Planter's Inn
ReplyDeleteChelsea Clinton tells Jake not to let Reese get away
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see Austin doing a Billy Idol impersonation. We know he can sing and has a beautiful voice from that Tony Danza interview. I can just see him moving his hips.
ReplyDeleteNo, everyone does not love or even believe in Jake and that person. That's why we are here and at WFT2,not at babblers.
According to Star magazine, Jake briefly dated Chelsea Clinton in 1999...
ReplyDeleteStar Magazine?
Good source! LOL!
Contact Music probably used Star Magazine as the source for this:
ReplyDeleteJAKE GYLLENHAAL dated former first daughter CHELSEA CLINTON when they were both teenagers, according to reports. The pair met through their parents in 1999 and stepped out together for a few months, before deciding they weren't a good match.
08/05/2008 02:02
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They didn't bother to check the info becuase Jake and Chelsea met in 1997.
Informers sounds good! I don't know what my favorite Billy Idol song is - probably Rebel Yell, DWM or *shudder* White Wedding. I think I heard Rebel Yell on a commercial the other day - a series of commercials (Comcast?) where they use songs that have More, More, More lyrics in them. The most clever one was Lady Marmalade lyrics. (Hey, can you get me a coffee? Mocha Choca Lata ya, ya? was the answer.) Hee! Sorry to ramble. :)
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Destiny that I like Simple Minds' version of today's song best, although this one is good too! :)
Donnie Darko Sequel Starts Filming May 18
ReplyDeleteNice pics of Austin. Never saw the third one before. I hope the movie is as good as it sounds. The buzz makes it seem really intriguing. Not too much to say lately. I've just been lurking the past few days trying to get my emotions under control.
ReplyDeleteBTW: was a movie decided yet for the movie club?
Robert Gant plays the first gay spy
ReplyDeleteRe: Movie Club
ReplyDeleteI agree with those of you who suggested Maurice or My Beautiful Laundrette. I can't tell you how much Maurice affected me when I first saw it - love truly transcends gender. The same way I felt when I saw Brokeback, only BBM affected me even more. :)
It should be against the law to do sequels to a movie like DD. It sounds like a stinker, and it just cheapens the original to do a sequel.
ReplyDeleteThe Clintons have gotten quite desparate about getting Hilary nominated. Pushing Reeke is tame compared to some of the things they've done. I also don't believe this; why wasn't it in the original stories making the round earlier this week.
I think it would be nice to see Maurice or My Beautiful Laundrette.
ReplyDeleteOne film that might be interesting to view and talk about at some time is The Dying Gaul. It is a far from a perfect film, but it is very interesting and Peter Saarsgaard is great in it. The drawbacks are that it might not be easy for everyone to find, and let's just say it is not a light, happy film, so I'm not so sure now is the time to watch something like that.
In terms of my acting work, my acting work has improved vastly as a result of not having to use so much energy to maintain the façade. And to keep that in place also keeps a certain amount of inauthenticity in place, so as a performer or actor, I think that can be very detrimental—it was for me, certainly.
ReplyDeleteInteresting quote from Robert Gant.
Is it me or does anyone else think it's weird that the director of the DD sequel is named Chris Fisher?
ReplyDeleteBTW: was a movie decided yet for the movie club?
ReplyDeleteNope. Poll tomorrow. We're still taking suggestions.
The Clintons have gotten quite desparate about getting Hilary nominated. Pushing Reeke is tame compared to some of the things they've done.
ReplyDeleteWhat the Clintons have to do with a lame story made up by some rag?
What the Clintons have to do with a lame story made up by some rag?
ReplyDeleteI would say it's the lengths that people will go to in order to protect their images.
Gawker
ReplyDeleteAccording to a "source." That "source" is drugs.
Gay Cowboy Dated Littlest Clinton
Wow, just when I thought PR could not sink to a new low, they prove me wrong.
ReplyDeleteVideo of the gay soldier story arc from last night's Grey's Anatomy
ReplyDeleteDo not watch without tissues. I have never watched this show before and this clip absolutely killed me.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL dated former first daughter CHELSEA CLINTON when they were both teenagers, according to reports. The pair met through their parents in 1999 and stepped out together for a few months, before deciding they weren't a good match.
ReplyDeleteThe real reason Austin is voting Obama? : )
It's funny that Hillary and Reese were mentioned in the same post above, I kind of bracket them together - they both strike me as people who are always on message, intent on control - not qualities I admire ...
ReplyDeleteI like Billy's version of the song, possibly more than the original :)
And Friday Austin is a delight as always. Can't wait for the Informers - I don't think he'll get difficult interviews; it's not a love story and it's love that freaks people, not ships passing in the night. Funny, that.
I'm pretty keen on The Dying Gaul suggestion - that and Maurice most, I think, only because I saw TBL fairly recently.
ReplyDeleteThat today's pix of Austin, he loses clothes as you go down the post?
ReplyDeleteNaughty Spesh.
I wonder who decided that Jake would finally play the male role in the classic movie "reeke"? Hopefully he did. He sure has looked like a fool following his momma. Actualy he still looks like a fool. Wooo Hoooo BABY!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to remind 360 an Ev to remind Jakey not to wish Ellen a Happy Birthday this year. It might look gay. Thank God they didn't allow such a nuisance like Heath dying slip by and mess up this new macho image.
ReplyDeleteI like your new avatar Tom.
ReplyDeleteAnd London, Taking A Stab hit the nail on the head as to why I mentioned Hilary.
Obama/Clinton 2008.
ReplyDeleteI love Chelsea. I really doubt Chelsea said anything about reese. she probably has never meet her and I doubt if she has talked to Jake for a while. She has been a little busy following around Mom. Oh thats kinda cool Jake has been doing the same thing. Plus I think Chelsea knows that Jake is gay. Probably why they decided they werent a good match:-) BABY!
noone said anything re new pic of jake -hes carrying a purse! reese must be gone..
ReplyDelete"It's not a purse, it's European."
ReplyDeleteJERRY: Hey! Officer! Someone took my European carryall!
ReplyDeleteCOP:: Your what?
JERRY: The...black, leather...thing with a strap.
COP:: You mean a purse?
JERRY: Yes, a purse. I carry a purse!
"Yup, he's a dandy. He's a real fancy boy!"
ReplyDeleteIt's my purse and I never left you sillies.
ReplyDeleteFrom WFT2-
ReplyDeleteJake is having a wonderful time
Reese=Babblers
ReplyDeleteJerry Seinfeld: He's a bubble-boy!
ReplyDeleteGeorge Costanza: A bubble-boy?
Jerry Seinfeld: Yes, a bubble-boy.
Susan Biddle Ross: What's a bubble-boy?
Jerry Seinfeld: He lives in a bubble.
George Costanza: Boy!
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ReplyDeleteGodpaarents seem to be such important people in the Gyllenhaal siblings lives. Why isnt Matilda Ledger important to Jake? What a sweet picture it would be to see Jake holding his little Goddaughter in his arms. I would love to know why we haven't seen this picture? I don't say use her for PR. But just let his best fans know he loves her.
ReplyDeleteA friend at a media consulting firm told me that OK mag has two covers prepped for next week a Jake and Reese proposal cover and a Katie takes control cover.
ReplyDeleteI wonder which one they will go with? They use focus groups to help make the decision so what the focus group says goes.
I don't think either story has any merit.
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ReplyDelete10:42 make your comment with a name or they will delete it. It's too good to lose.
ReplyDeleteProbably Katie takes control. She, like Angelina and Jennifer (and Brittany) are sure-fire tabloid favorites. And I think she sells better than Jake/Reese.
ReplyDeleteI bet on the Katie cover too, its all about moving the mag off the shelf and Katie's loco life with Tom, sells like gangbusters.
ReplyDeletetr i go w/reeke proposal covr. katie sells but nothin like a proposal that the women mag buyers like better and the romcom nailed needs it. whadda ya figure the nailed set pics will be part of the story along w/possible preg pics from avon?? thats a sure seller over katie. 'course the focus group/pr/reese might not like that reese was preg when she married ryan..all america sweetheart icon that she is..
ReplyDeleteIf it's the proposal cover it will be a big picture of Reese with a tiny inserted picture of Reese with Jake.
ReplyDeletemethinks the proposal cover will be summer..nailed shoot over, reeke needs to keep names out there, enuff time to drag out the 'story' til nailed's in theaters in fall [same w/4 christmases] then dvds..then separation stories, weddings off, trying to work things out, off/on..blahblah..
ReplyDeleteJAKE- heaths life was too short but he didnt fake his relationships. something to be said for that.
tr- you got that right!! will thery have jakes name in it at all?? lol
ReplyDeleteI don't think I knew Billy had covered this song. I like the original best (I'm still a big Simple Minds fan; when they released this single it seemed so commercial for them, but I love it more now) but he does a good version. It proves he has a great voice, too. I've always loved Billy, he's a true original and a good egg. He's a sport, too, you know he'd totally be up for a sneer-a-thon with Austin (please make that photo op happen!)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite Billy songs is Eyes Without A Face. Can I make that an official request for the future? :)
The more I see that picture of Austin with his blonde hair, the more I adore it. He looks so damn cute. I think he's going to be scintillatingly good in The Informers. He has an amazing opportunity to some noble press if he's called upon. Dare I hope that it's genuine.
My movie club vote would be for Maurice as well. And I'll try and actually participate in this one as it's one of my favourite films and I've seen it about eleventytwenty times.
I would think Matilda and Ramona would make good play mates. Close to the same age and both living in Brooklyn. I have come to believe the godfather story was just movie hype and probably not even true. It was what 4 yrs ago they filmed, the "friendship" helped sell the movie, but everyone moved on with their lives. Heath probably picked a long time friend as the real godfather but they let the story of Jake out for promo. Hate to say it, but Jake hasn't been seen around Ramona for a long time either.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone catch gawker.com today. They mentioned Jake. The adjectives gay cowboy and wooden actor were used. No surprise about gay cowboy, but the wooden actor came out of left field. I always thought the gawker crowd liked him.
ReplyDeletemabbee wooden actor is about reeke..
ReplyDeleteThe "wooden" tag is unmerited, imo. I've always found Jake to be a very fluid, natural actor and he has a gift for subtlety; probably the quality that draws me to his work the most. Despite all, I'll always rate him highly as an actor, go to see his movies and believe that his talent can't be harmed by anything (and I hope he won't let it).
ReplyDeleteWTF. Wooden almost actor Jake Gyllenhaal apparently dated wooden former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, according to Star. In 1999! When he wasn't even famous! Apparently their parents knew each other. We don't buy a word of this. Why is it coming out now? Last-ditch effort to rescue Hillary Clinton's campaign with star power? Also according to this story, Chelsea Clinton thinks Jake should marry Reese Witherspoon. According to a "source." That "source" is drugs.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it coming out now? Last-ditch effort to rescue Hillary Clinton's campaign with star power? nah, last-ditch effort to promote reeke/nailed/powerful female-lovin horndog heterojake.
Wooden almost actor Jake Gyllenhaal
ReplyDeleteMethinks Gawker is saying somethiing about the Reeke Show. Remember- digidigits was in NY, Gawkerland. so was Avon in March. NYers know the diff between the real thing and a bad performance.
"DRAMA! David O. Russell Film On Hold? Jessica Biel & Jake Gyllenhaal Sidelined?
ReplyDeleteEXCLUSIVE: I'm told by knowledgeable sources that David O. Russell's indie pic Nailed may have been put on hold yesterday. It's a risque political comedy starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel who sources say are standing by to see if the movie can continue to completion. The script co-written by Al Gore's daughter Kristen (once a staff writer on Futurama) and Russell began filming April 15th. Details are sketchy, but I've gleaned that the pic's predicament is related to its financing, not to its helmer Russell. True, the temperamental director is known for turbulent shoots especially when it comes to actors. Already on Nailed, Jimmy Caan quit the South Carolina set two weeks ago after he and the helmer couldn't agree on the best way for the actor to choke to death on a cookie during a scene. (Caan’s role of U.S. Speaker Of the House was being recast before this new problem.) Russell also had well-documented differences with George Clooney (the two came to blows on the set of Three Kings) and Lily Tomlin (profane exchanges on the set of I Heart Huckabees... See my previous Lily 'Liberated' By F-Bomb/C-Word Video). But now the pic's woes go way beyond just a tense set. There are a lot of rumors circulating, and I'm trying to separate what's fact and what's fiction. The film focuses on a naive small town waitress (Biel) who gets a nail lodged in her head and discovers a new-found sexual drive. When she travels to Washington to fight for better health care for the "bizarrely injured", she meets an unscrupulous U.S. congressman (Gyllenhaal) who attempts to take advantage of her. The movie also stars James Marsden, Catherine Keener and Tracy Morgan. Those are a lot of name actors to be sidelined. One source with insider knowledge about the production tells me, "The actors are waiting to see if the movie will continue. It's kind of amazing, really.""
Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily
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ReplyDeleteIt might be Katie's magazine cover then.
Reese will be annoyed if she's been photographed visiting the set of a stalled movie.