I'm not Jake Gyllenhaal I just played him in Nailed.Another stunning move production has scaled pay actors stepping up and doing more than just standing in with taking on the leads in case of production going long. To avoid paying the leads extra or other studios penalties for delays to their production schedules, Mr. Russell has been instructed to use SAG members to finish shooting if production goes past mid June. Representatives for Mr. Gyllenhaal have not commented, but the actor seemed to inquire if the SAG actor would be available for "unplanned" public photo opportunities as well. He was later overheard saying on his cell, I don't think she'll even notice I'm not there.
I don't think it's Jake behind the make me look straight game, it's the big hollywood studio with millions of $$ at stake. Why Jake went along with it I dont know.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that he went along with it makes him behind it.
Boy, they are sure getting a lot of mileage out of this story. How long ago was it they said an engagement was in the works? 6 mos? As predicted, no direct quotes, only "pals", "friends" and "sources close to the couple" (their mgmt!) clever denials from reps, and an observation from a restauranteur whose restaurant stands to gain a lot of exposure from a celebrity visit.
ReplyDeleteEven if you wanted to believe in this relationship, there's no real substance to it. It smacks of a Hollywood creation, maybe because we've looked beyond the veneer.
I think I'll continue to wait patiently until this train arrives at its destination; hopefully there won't be a derailment in the meantime.
From coverawards.com:
ReplyDelete“OK SAYS REESE IS READY TO WED; IS BONNIE FULLER ALREADY EDITING OK?
Pasetsky’s Cover Critique
Pretty picture of Reese but that’s where the good news stops for OK Magazine this week.
This cover is COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS and is out of left field.
OK claims Reese is “ready to wed.”
Translation: No confirmation, no engagement, nada!
There’s also an inset that says “Jake’s proposal plans.”
Translation: No proposal has occurred as of yet.
This main cover story DELIVERS NO NEWS!
Bottom Line: OK Magazine will tank yet again. BTW - do they ever do their research. If they did, they would realize that readers DO NOT CARE ABOUT REESE AND JAKE AS A COUPLE! You could say she’s pregnant with his quadruplets and it still wouldn’t be a huge sale. (Okay, maybe that’s a stretch but you get my point.)
BUT WAIT - THERE MAY BE BONNIE FULLER NEWS HIDDEN IN THIS COVER
As I suggested yesterday, I believe Bonnie Fuller will be taking over as EIC or Editorial Director of OK! This cover adds to my theory.
Why? It’s no secret that Bonnie Fuller loves putting Reese on the cover. Did she have a hand in this one?
And in today’s New York Times, Fuller said that “she is working on a new venture, but she declined to provide specifics except to say disclosures would be made shortly.”
Stay tuned!”
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Have to love the cover awards critique - shows that it's not just tbs who aren't drinking the koolaid.
ReplyDeleteDid we ever see this article about Lenexa? It's from 2005 and it mentions Austin a couple of times.
^^^
ReplyDeleteNichols impresses us as a young man who's going places. He played a rich, preppy bastard in The Day After Tomorrow and a rich, sporto bastard in Wimbledon. This time he's apparently going slightly against type, playing a proletarian, bar-brawling bastard in Lenexa, One Mile.
Yup Blue! I know I have and I think I used part of it when Lenexa/Full Count finally came out on DVD. But thanks for the reminder, it is a great article bout him. There never enough of the those IMO.
ReplyDeleteIs Bonnie Fuller the one that was just "fired" from Star Magazine? Love that cover awards story. I'd sure like to know how the sales figures for Reeke covers stack up compared to other covers.
ReplyDeleteThanks BV for the article.
I know nothing about Bonnie Fuller. Why does she love putting Reese on covers?
ReplyDeleteHow did Reese get the cover over Britney's Mother's Day? At least that's a story.
ReplyDeleteTR, if you are around, could you tell us more about the focus group process of planning magazine covers? I'm curious about how this works.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I want to be on one of those focus groups!
OK mag hit a new low with that ridiculous non story. I love the part about R being so traditional she wont live together before marriage. She was 6 mos pregnant when she got married. Actually I find this story so inane that it only further confirms what a sham this relationship is. Re Beckys' comment in E, notice she called Jake R's Gyllenpaal. Emphasis on pal, as in friend. I think PR got a bit flustered this week and dropped the ball.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Avon isn't too happy with her image right now and/or has gotten some complaints about Reeke "living in sin." And maybe those D.C. photos of Reese at the Avon walk in D.C. at Splash that focused on her stomach didn't go over too well with some people.
ReplyDeleteSo shacking up is sinful but hooking up in the airplane bathroom isn't?
ReplyDeleteWow, my Sunday School teacher's never told me that one. See that changes everything.
It's all about appearances - it's ok to do it six ways to Sunday behind closed doors - but for all outward appearances, everything should look proper. I hate that!! Be honest and real. Maybe with that smokin' hot bf she's supposedly got, people are fillin' in the blanks for themselves and the opposite of what PR wanted is happening! ;)
ReplyDeleteI think we should expect to get majorly Reeked and soon.
ReplyDeleteMaybe with that smokin' hot bf she's supposedly got,
ReplyDeleteor Maybe with that smokin' hot bf he's supposedly got,people are fillin' in the blanks for themselves
crystal skull -'majorly reeked' - you mean babbled here on this blog or what do you mean by majorily reeked?
ReplyDeleteTalking about getting Reeked only makes them do it. Noticed that? 2 weeks before SC people started on it guess what they did it. Why don't we just quit predicting and see what happens.
ReplyDeletei like how reek means a bad smell.
ReplyDeleteOops - I think the expression is "eight ways to Sunday". Wouldn't want to miss any! ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't see how more Reeke is going to help with the Avon story.
ReplyDeleteThe NE (via Dlisted) is saying that Jodie and Cyndy have split up.
ReplyDeleteAn indication of how popular Reeke is must be that at the ONTD entry looking at this week's US tabloids, there are no comments about Reeke in the first 3 pages.
ReplyDeletehttp://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/23458505.html?page=3#comments
(I will learn to link eventually).
Almost as if no-one really cares anymore.
Also, I think the bromance pages from last week came from Star, not OK, which is interesting (sort of) in light of the Bonnie Fuller angle.
Talking about getting Reeked only makes them do it.
ReplyDeleteI think they Reeke when they feel it is needed, not when people talk about it.
The NE (via Dlisted) is saying that Jodie and Cyndy have split up.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me sad. I feel bad for all involved, especially the kids. I'm hoping it's not true.
"Actually I find this story so inane that it only further confirms what a sham this relationship is."
ReplyDeleteJake's people are desperately trying to distract us from the Nailed fiasco. That's what Reeke, Inc. is all about - distraction!
Wake up and smell yourself!
ReplyDeleteThis would have been planned long before the Nailed cash issue emerged.
Meg!
ReplyDeleteYou completely stole my post. I just wanted to see the reaction from ONTD. Reeke weren't even ridiculed, just ignored.
The Just Jared wasn't much better but then people had to comment about Reeke because that was all there was to the post.
ONTD posted the OK cover earlier:
ReplyDeletehttp://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/23455337.html
Coffee, I thought Jake's people were trying to distract us from the fact that Jake's personal life, which you seem to know all about, is a mess.
ReplyDeleteThere are two funny comments on Just Jared, #26 and #35.
ReplyDeleteBut Gyllenhaal's spokesperson Carrie Byalick insists the gossips are jumping to conclusions, telling OK! "There are no current wedding plans."
ReplyDeleteMikeFitz's post
oooops..is be abc4 not mike fitz post [copied your cheatsheet!!]
ReplyDeleteJake Gyllenhaal has laughed off reports he is planning to propose to girlfriend Reese Witherspoon and rush her down the aisle.
ReplyDeleteThink anybody else will pick up Becky's Reese Avon Walk story? I'm thinking maybe Ent might.
ReplyDeleteWho is that guy wearing Jake's name and where is that picture from, anyway?
ReplyDeleteReady to Wed and Wed are Totally Different Things
ReplyDeleteReady to Wed and Wed are Totally Different Things
ReplyDeleteMy recent new fave Jake pic? : )
ReplyDeleteStand in for him for the run through of Oscars ceremony when he was a presenter.
But hey he has that perplexed look and a sweater on. And you just to love the giant name tag.
Another blog laughing at the Reese OK! Cover
ReplyDeleteI only mentioned Reese because Jake is obviously just there by default as far as the tabs are concerned.
Sorry about the anonpost at 3:54 - it was posted by Tab Watcher.
ReplyDeleteI only mentioned Reese because Jake is obviously just there by default as far as the tabs are concerned.
ReplyDeleteAnd not one of the comments are about Reeke.
Still wondering...I believe the pic is from rehearsals from either the Oscars or the BAFTAS. Merely a stand-in for staging. Clarification? Anyone?? Anyone?? Bueller??? Bueller???
ReplyDeleteI thought I mentioned it but here it is again. The guy was a stand in for Jake for the run through of Oscars ceremony when he was a presenter.
ReplyDelete" said...
ReplyDeleteCoffee, I thought Jake's people were trying to distract us from the fact that Jake's personal life, which you seem to know all about, is a mess."
1) I know as much about Jake's life as you do, ie. practically nothing.
2) Reeke distracts us from any aspects of Jake's life that his pr people don't want us to see, and that includes his dysfunctional personal life and his professional embarassments.
Get *your* facts straight.
Oh Man - if this week's rag mag headlines don't convince you that all of their reports are for pure (and poor) entertainment value, I don't know what will - some of the lowlights (from Jezebel blog):
ReplyDelete1. There might be a wedding in the future for Jake and Reese - No, like they needed a crystal ball for that one?
2. Nicole Ritchie in tears because her husband and baby daddy was caught sitting next to Lindsay Lohan. Is it over? I may lose my lunch over that one.
3. Jessica Simpson distraught because John Mayer has been linked to Jennifer Anniston. Sigh. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
4. Brad walks away.
Gimme a break - who reads these things? Poor Jake must be cringing.
Poor Jake must be cringing.
ReplyDeleteaustin likes when jake cringes at the reeke garbage cos it makes jakes a*s tighter!
[sees reese]
ReplyDeleteright turn clyde
Since Jake denied the wedding rumors, it's safe to say this OK story wasn't a work of their PR! Right?
ReplyDeletePR puts out rumors so they can deny them but still get the rumor they want out there.
ReplyDeletePR puts out rumors so they can deny them but still get the rumor they want out there.
ReplyDeleteWhy did he even bother to deny it? It's out there already!
Not all tabloid stories are PR driven. However, I think this one smells fishy.
ReplyDeleteJust like the "It's Real, It's Hot, It's Love" US Weekly. There were staged moments for the US story (famers market is an automatic get for paparazzi pictures), the pig farm, the house pictures which would have been made public regardless of how they were brought out they were coming out so why not get a good story rolling. The timing on the weekend of Stop Loss opening was not a coincidence.
This story too was surrounded by a few key events that they want in the public eye: the movie and the Avon walk. No accident that the tabloid just happened to pick this week to break a marriage proposal rumor.
So my conclusion is that it was PR approved. The focus group had this cover a week ago and it takes a week to create the cover so that's another indicator that OK was waiting for the right moment.
BWR at it's finest folks. They don't say BWR = Bitches, Whores and Reprobates for nothing
x17's take on it
ReplyDeleteMost people are bored by them.
TR, can you say more about the focus group/magazine cover connection? How does it work? And how do I get on one of those groups?
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ReplyDeleteGimme a break - who reads these things? Poor Jake must be cringing."
Poor Jake my *#^. He's probably just glad that we're talking about something other than Nailed right now.
I find the the rep's comment that "there are no current wedding plans sort of suggestive as if they are trying to give the opposite impression so to speak.
ReplyDeleteTo me, they are trying to say there are no current plans, but who knows about the future? *wink, wink* And he's supposed to have "laughed it off" which is another creative way to deny without denying. :(
ReplyDeleteI just can't see Reese running headlong into another marriage; Jake maybe, because he's young and if this is true (and that's a big IF. For her, she's already been married and she has children to consider. I don't see Reese making hasty decisions like a lovesick schoolgirl so soon after a divorce, if ever, once your trust has been broken, even if it is Jake Gyllenhaal we're talkin' about.
How long have they even been a couple, if true? I'm only aware of them since Rome, but between plants of sightings, & features in gossip magazines, we're now expected to believe they've been together 2 years? Doubtful, but I have no idea with all the red herrings and other questionable info out there. It's all very nebulous, hazy, and - dare I say it - in the mist! ;)
I was just reading the X17 write-up and this part made me cringe:
ReplyDelete"The source swears his friend's efforts have been sincere, too, stressing that Gyllenhaal "genuinely enjoys spending time with them. They're not an inconvenience he has to deal with to get to their mom."
Yeah, just in case anyone thought Jake was a lothario jerk who tosses kids aside to "get with" their moms. What is this? A character analysis from Cops? And all the friends and sources sound like teenagers - "We swear! Seriously! He's going to pop the question very, very soon! OMG, he's always texting her! Seriously, we swear!" It's just so juvenile; it's embarrassing to read.
incredulous said:
ReplyDeletePR puts out rumors so they can deny them but still get the rumor they want out there.
Exactly. There's a whole premise/world to create here, after all.
I want to thank OK for publishing a story so lame Jake was actually moved to do a formal denial. It was so lame, even the babblers pretty much stayed clear of it. OK should consider firing the idiot behind that story.
ReplyDeleteAs to the denial, I thought the words "people are jumping to conclusions" were pretty meaningful. Maybe Jake is fed up with the whole sham.
I can't understand why the high school level the whole sham relationship is being marketed to either. Is that the POP demographic? Jake did TRL last year or so and it struck me he was a bit too old for the crowd. Looked a little creepy.
I just read ent lawyers comments. Love the part where he says "I guess the fact that they were not both staring at the waiter's ass" was a positive step".
ReplyDeleteLoved that bit about the waiter's ass too M.
ReplyDeleteEnt Lawyer's piece is very good; points out some inconsistencies in the "story".
ReplyDeleteI've always liked the alternative Jake Gyllenhaal, Spesh. *
I think this OK article is PR. The whole "Jake is not living with her because Reese is traditional and would not live in sin" thing screams it. I bet Ms. Pieces didn't like those rumors. They don't make her look classy or like a good mom! At least they have no effect on her being tiny.
ReplyDeleteThe whole "Jake is not living with her because Reese is traditional and would not live in sin" thing screams it. I bet Ms. Pieces didn't like those rumors.
ReplyDelete..dont the babblers believe reeke are living together? guess the ok story shot that out of the water..lol