.... or is it Lovey Boy?
Named after the hero of To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch was adopted from L.A. animal shelter New Leash on Life by Jake Gyllenhaal and then-girlfriend Kirsten Dunst. But Atticus wasn't the first name he had. Nope. Kirsten had named him Lovey because she and Jake were in love. And Atti was called Lovey for a brief bit, before Jake's choice Atticus Finch came out on top and this loyal companion was Atticus for good. Lovey? Seriously? That's a name for a grandma who plays canasta and drinks gin & tonics with the girls, not a studly shepard living with America's sexiest bachelor.
But what a dog's life. Adopted from an animal shelter, this German Shepard mix, has spa days, hangs at the hippest cafes, walks on the beach with magical shoes, is totally bicoastal and shares a bed with the AfterElton's Hottest celebrity again this year. And his ears, they give him that quirkly loveliness that goes so well with his hot Daddy.
He is true blue and has unconditional love for his Daddy, even when public opinion is not so enamored of him. Many stars have pets for that reason, pets are loyal companions who just love you back, there are no conditions or no expectations, they want nothing more than companionship love and attention, and give all that back in spades.
Atti has proven to be a good pup, who is well trained and well behaved. No car chasing, taking off when not on a leash, for this boy, and not phased in the least by the cameras or paparazzi. Sure there have been a few hookups and that unfortunate Defamer story of him humping another dog without even a proper introduction, but he probably thought the butt sniff hello was enough, but sure boy that fella was surprised when Mr. Finch got down to business.
Lately Atticus has been a good sport about the company Jake has been keeping, he just too cool for it all, and doesn't get involved in the whole thing. Sure he not thrilled being led around and paraded for publicity, but he knows that is just a part of the deal of being a celebupet. What he also knows what the real deal is. Wow, talk about Wag the Dog!
Awwwww - great post. Atti's a beauty isn't he? Love that first pic. Somehow, I don't see him named Lovey either. That could be one of his ten nicknames and petnames, like my animals have, but not his official name. :)
ReplyDeleteE! Online is generally very accurate. If they say Jeese was at TomKat's housewarming party, I think they probably were. Along with everyone else in Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteHeath was #34 on the After Elton Hot 100 list.
ReplyDeleteI dunno wicked- reese was at a kids thing function ]pics at justjared] on sunday same day as tomkat party and she has a new haircut [short bob]. eonline/no other sites didnt say anything about what reese was wearing at tomkat party, nothing about her 'new look' hair and no pics. youd think something would be said about her instead of the same old same old 'reese witherspon arrived holding hands with her bf jake gylenhall'
ReplyDeleteRefresh, why? Because I forgot to my put my favorite picture of Atti up.
ReplyDeleteLove how he lays there with Jake, totally content and relaxed. You know that that is a favorite for both of them.
Just when I thought Ms. Pieces could not look any more like a plain, boring soccer mom, she proves me wrong.
ReplyDeleteWicked you and Tom are a item but whuts goin on with Tink and Atti? Is the fur-mance between them still on? Are there fleas in the relationship? Did Atti throw her a bone? Did Tink get ticked? Whos the top dog and whos in the doghouse? Whut should we call them? Titti? Tatti? Attick?
ReplyDeleteWag the Dog, what a great analogy! I really don't think people want to be lied to, be it by politicians or HW.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit suspicious of the E! story too. The whole hand-holding thing just seems so out of place when you read the post, nobody else is described that way. It really does read like pr talking-points to me, as oppposed to something that was witnessed.
suspicious: The tomcat party was saturday night, the kids woodstock event was on a sunday.
ReplyDeleteE described what Kimora Simmons and Eva Longoria were wearing only, so not only did they not describe what Reese was wearing but, the hostess, Katie (The pic is from the Gala in NY not the housewarming party), O. Winfrey, and K. Alley.
As much as I would hope they wouldn't show up at crazy Tommys house, Eonline is pretty accurate. Some of those names in that list don't appear elsewhere either like Ben Stiller and Prince. Methinks that with so many arriving that more than one source was reporting the comings and goings.
The hand holding thing was not necessary, but IMO they probably added that per request or they saw all the pics of them holding hands and decided to add it. No reason why they would make it up, if so they made up Stiller, Gooding, Fanning, Prince, and Diddy as well, all listed on E but no where else.
ReplyDeleteIMO, they were there but they embellished to make them sound "cute".
PS: The Chicago Tribune and In Touch are reporting that they were there but it's probably from the original source, E.
Why would any one be surprised if they went at this point?
Awww, I love the new pic too - Atti looks totally trusting of his handsome Daddy, totally relaxed and happy. Not a care in the world.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the party, sound like more of the same to me. Surely they'd have mentioned Reese's new haircut and what she was wearing, isn't that required?
E described what Kimora Simmons and Eva Longoria were wearing only, so not only did they not describe what Reese was wearing but, the hostess, Katie (The pic is from the Gala in NY not the housewarming party), O. Winfrey, and K. Alley.
ReplyDeletethere are pics of katie, oprah and kirstie arriving. methinks pics or at the least descrips of clothes or hair make the list valid but with reeke there is neither.
If it was required that they described what she wore, then they failed to mention what Winfrey, Alley and Katie were wearing as well. It sounds like Eva and Kimora stood out and the rest were maybe dressed rather dull.
ReplyDeleteIt also should be metioned that E's sources missed out on J-Lo and Posh as well.
This is the second time That Stiller has been mentioned with them, the first time was at RDJ's party, I wonder if they are friends?
Other news outlets are picking up the E list since they originally posted it like the Chicago Tribune and Washington Post.
True suspicious, but originally E didn't described what they wore and also to point out again there are others on that list that don't appear on the other lists and there are no photos of them either.
ReplyDeleteIMO they were there, unfortunately.
whatever
ReplyDeleteI use "required" in an ironic sense, because in our shallow and superficial world, that is what is considered important, and HW usually gives us what we want. What were they wearing? Did you see her hairstyle? HW can sometimes surprise us tho.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it's a case of TLI (too little info), but maybe they did go, who knows who went without pics? It's a little like a throw-away line to me, what possibly is done to keep names in the media. I don't care really, if they went or not. :)
I don't think E! is making it up, I think they were given a list of attendees, and I'm betting different sources were given different lists so they wouldn't all quote just the same few names. And I guess it just strikes me as odd that after two weekends in which we got like what, five or six different sets of photos, that we didn't get pictures of them arriving at the party? Was Splash fully booked for the night? But is it also possible they were there--yes.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, love that last picture you added Special, they are just so adorable.
For what it is worth, even babblers are horrified that they may have gone to the tomkat party. Given the size of the event, it may have been perceived as a "business" obligation rather than a social event if they were really there.
ReplyDeleteI love that last pic of Atti. Oh, to be in his place.
Happy to see Jake made the top of the after elton list. Gay men were identified with an asterick, at least on ONTD, but I think it should have been labeled out men as some of the men without the asterick are definitely gay but not out, like Jake, Wentworth, Anderson Cooper.
netb ita. esp with the trite line "arrived holding hands" -the new 'reese is so tiny and theyre totally in love!' standard description.
ReplyDeleteits possible the writers/pr was working off of the guest list and wrote the 'story' before, adding details like clothes when it happened and when reeke didnt show up or the writer wasnt sure if they did they added the 'arrived holding hands' to cover the bases.
And I guess it just strikes me as odd that after two weekends in which we got like what, five or six different sets of photos, that we didn't get pictures of them arriving at the party?
ReplyDeletedestiny ita esp since jake hasnt been papped since around 5/26, only pics of reese alone in the last week.
At most events a press release is issued prior to the event with the names of those invited, to give the press some lead time to get the background on the story and they can make their deadlines.
ReplyDeleteanother thing- youd think jake woulda been at the sunday kids event with reese with all the talk about kids, wanting kids, wanting kids with reese, loving her kids, being like a father to her kids, blah blah.
ReplyDeleteAlong with everyone else in Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteNot at all.
I'm really surprised that there are so few "big" names on the reported guest list.
that last picture of atticus!! if reeke is real [doubt it] i can just see atti "taking his place" sleeping on the bed every night. LOL
ReplyDeleteno wonder reese tried to poisen atti with chocolate. poor reese, she thinks atti is the reason why she and jake havent had sex yet. LOL
ReplyDeleteIt really does read like pr talking-points to me, as oppposed to something that was witnessed.
ReplyDeleteThat's what's really unsavory here. Reeke WANTS it to be known that they were at the TomKat party. It almost doesn't matter if they really were there or not. It's how they want to be perceived.
From WFT2-
ReplyDeleteOK Magazine
What also makes her happy is being free and single after ending her marriage to One Tree Hill costar Chad Michael Murray in 2006 and two-year relationship with fellow actor Austin Nichols.
Two years must be the magic number. :(
ReplyDeleteSo much easier then bearding.
ReplyDeleteWell that tidbit from OK illustrates how full of s--t they are. We know Sophia and Austin were just friends. I guess PR has to straighten Austin out too so it does not reflect on Jake.
ReplyDeleteAt least Sophia Bush is lovely and Austin and her do seem to have alot of chemistry together. unlike someone else I can think of.
ReplyDeleteThe really funny thing about that article is the direct quote from her about how difficult it is to be single because everyone assumes any male you're with is a boyfriend. I guess that's what happens when you're in a two-year long relationship that doesn't exist.
ReplyDeleteAppalling that Austin is now retroactive bearding as well. I wash my hands of the whole, closeted, homophobic bunch.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't have said it better. :(
ReplyDeleteSophia Bush was dating Jon Foster for a couple of years, Austin's co-star from The Informers. These mags are so off the mark about almost everything that it's comical.
ReplyDeleteSophia is (or was) dating Austin??? When? Where? How????
ReplyDeleteSophia Bush was dating Jon Foster for a couple of years, Austin's co-star from The Informers.
ReplyDeleteThey must figure that's close enough of an association! ;)
Didn't Austin last year in an interview say that he did date Sophia? This was after Sophia went on record to say they weren't? Obviously he was lying.
ReplyDeleteYeah - and that's not even counting the floating-shoe Austin/Jake/Sophia beach incident. Or the hiking in the hills - "if I have to be around any men, I'm glad it's those two!" (Sophia Bush)
ReplyDeleteMore Wagging the Dog. Special, you must have been in touch with your sixth sense today since you ran that picture of Jake with Sophia.
ReplyDeleteFrom WDW :
ReplyDelete"By all accounts, John Barrowman (Captain Jack himself) was a close second but he drew consolation from Jake's victory: 'I’m thrilled with the results. Who wouldn’t want to come in behind Jake Gyllenhaal?'"
Many men feel the same way. And I'm sure that Jake wouldn't mind coming in behind John Barrowman. ;) After all, Jake IS very versatile.....
I have been known for some sixth sense stuff but I've never seen dead people.
ReplyDeleteOne reason I posted the picture of Jake & Sophia, is that Atti is giving away a clue. He is looking in he direct of third piece who is not in the picture. And obviously he is someone he knows because in other pictures in the series Atti moves out of frame to the right visit with the mystery man. Ooops!
Did I just give something away?
maybe mystery man has a treat in his pocket!
ReplyDeletea big fat bone in his pants!
ReplyDeleteA Longhorn or a Texas T-bone?
ReplyDeleteall i know, i'd like to tinker with it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's disgraceful that a closeted bearder like Jake won that After Elton poll. Read on WFT2 that some on WDW were proud that they had pretended to be gay men so they could vote in the poll. The poll was supposed to be for gay/bi men only. Sure enough, there were comments from fangurls who voted. I think the fangurls put Jake over the top on this one. I really don't think gay men are into him anymore.
ReplyDeleteTexas A+Mazing!!
ReplyDeletewhat was it Samantha said on Sex and the city about fame to the vodka guy - 'first the girls, then the gays, then everyone else.' seems like true with jake -Angel fire/IHJ, BBM/DCF/After elton/here at OMG. 3rd step: the masses with OK and People, helped by reeke.
ReplyDeleteOnline polls are often just a reflection of who can get out the vote. I agree that I would have preferred to see Barrowman win, but I do find it kind of funny that the JIS fangurl crowd turned out to help get Jake to the top of a gay poll.
ReplyDeleteBeing a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing."
ReplyDeleteJake Gyllenhaal, 1999
Regarding the house warming party.
ReplyDeleteRemember folks Reese needs a new job! No nice roles lined up at the moment for Reese. Showing up was probably a request from CAA but it was also a good business decission (for most everyone at the get together.) Like it or not Tom controls UA and that is a source of work for these folks.
As much as most of the public might like to see Tom crash and burn I don't think Hollywood would let it happen. They don't mind that he has been cut down a bit but they don't want him completely destroyed. If all else Hollywood protects its own.
Looks like the leads for Milch's new series "The Last of the Ninth" have been cast. Hope that means that we'll be hearing about other casting for the series soon.
ReplyDeleteLove John Barrowman's comment, and love (in a different way) how Sophia's innocent interview was twisted into a two-year liaison with our Austy ... flipping heck.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Atti picture, some analytical work to do :D
Remember folks Reese needs a new job!
ReplyDeleteI don't think Reeke were there. Claudia Rosenbaum from Eonline did someone a favour, called Reese an A-lister (yeah, right) and promoted Reeke. Others used Eonline as the source and vola, nice and simple PR.
I doubt that Austin was behind the OK bearding story. I think Jake's PR or Disney is trying to make that multi-year period in Jake's life when there were no women, repeat no women, disappear. It messes up their little fairytale. They aren't fooling anyone.
ReplyDeleteFrom WFT2
ReplyDelete... here are exclusive comments some of this year’s winners gave AfterElton.com upon learning they’d made the list.
“I’m thrilled with the results. Who wouldn’t want to come in behind Jake Gyllenhaal?” — John Barrowman, Torchwood
“I understand I'm underneath John Barrowman, which seems to happen quite a lot. Maybe, next year, Ianto can be on top." —Gareth David-Lloyd, Torchwood
“Here's hoping that the men above me (pun sort of unintentional) age rapidly in the next twelve months." —Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
“As a German – wow! I definitely have been lucky that so far there have been no scenes where one could see my incredibly hairy legs. Anyway, I’m really proud that I made it on your list. Thanks a lot!” —Jo Weil, Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)
“Look out, Barrowman! I’m coming for you! —Cheyenne Jackson, Xanadu
Not even sure it's as sinister as that, m - they just see a picture of a girl with a guy and *assume*, then lie. The point Sophia was making was the precise point the piece ignored!
ReplyDeleteSenator Kennedy is recovering after successful brain surgery at Duke University Medical Center. After radiation treatments to shrink what remains of the tumor, he hopes to be back at work and on the campaign trail this Fall. Best wishes and Yeah Senator Kennedy! :)
ReplyDeleteI was so happy to hear that Senator Kennedy's brain surgery went well. That will be amazing if he is able to stump for the Democratic nominee in the fall.
ReplyDeleteLovey is Thurston Howell III's wife's name.
ReplyDelete**still waiting for pics of Reeke's first official HW Party Debut**
ReplyDeleteremember they were supposed to be at the pre Oscar party but Jake showed up alone. for a couple officially 'so in love' they sure avoid official functions with thier peers.
ReplyDeleteNow that Reese has cut her hair, what will she do with her Avon bracelet? She said she wore it to hold her hair back. Guess she won't need that anymore.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me like Ted is coming very close to admitting Jake and Reese are a couple. Check out tonights letters.
ReplyDeleteDear Ted:
ReplyDeleteSince L. Armstrong and J. Gyllenhaal are friends, would you say Lance is to Kate Hudson what Jake is to Reese Witherspoon? Becky Bain did a great job in your absence, but still... welcome back!
Sofia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dear Duh:
Since J dates R and L dates K then, uh, yeah I would say so. And ain’t B2 great?
I think Ted is close to realizing that Reeke ain't gonna stop. Won't make them any more real. Marriage and baby hasn't made TomKat any more real, has it? Interesting that Reeke showed up at the Cruises. Maybe they were looking for pointers from the master.
ReplyDeleteI think Ted and Jake have lied to ya all and Jake is a big ole heterosexual.
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ReplyDeleteI think Ted is saying that Armstrong is also addicted to fame and also on the NCS side.
ReplyDeleteI deleted my earlier comment because of some stupid grammatical mistake. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteI never was good with math - Ted has lost me. :)
ReplyDeleteWicked, this song is breaking my heart! :'(
I think Ted is commenting on the convenient fame whorish quality of both relationships.
ReplyDeleteita frenchy & fyi esp when you consider kate hudson is a great friend of the gays [her halloween party] & looks like its not the 1st time reese has bearded and befreinded a gay guy.
ReplyDeleteim also wondering bout his B2 is great comment, could it mean more than becky bain. like 2 bisexuals or 2 beards?
(...) like 2 bisexuals or 2 beards?
ReplyDeleteThe mind boggles... :D
"I think Ted is commenting on the convenient fame whorish quality of both relationships."
ReplyDeleteTed is confirming once again, that Jake, like Lance, is bearding. Plain and simple.
I also think that Ted is not pushing the TT story very much these days because he, like so many others I suspect, feel sorry for Jake, and understand that he's trying desperately to get his life, career and head in order.
Ted suggested that Jake had a mini-meltdown last October, and that Reese stepped in to help. Given how screwed up, socially irresponsible and mendacious Jake has been since this charade began, I'm not surprised that Ted feels a little sorry for JG now.
Besides, Ted's married, and he went through his hetero-fauxmance business himself once.
He probably sympathizes with Jake's plight, knows that Jake's career is in the doldrums and needs major help, knows that the Jake is emotionally fragile right now (remember he said that Jake would either have a breakthrough or a breakdown?), knows that Jake is suffering more than anyone else because of the bearding, and hopes that Jake works everything out.
I feel pity from Ted, not resignation.
I haven't much to add except I agree that as long as Reeke attended the TomKat party on paper, the work is done; we know how it is at this point. That said, I'm actually finding it difficult to imagine them there, even though this event was something of a who's who. Maybe because it would have been an official Hollywood debut of them as a couple and we've yet to see that. Unless pictures are forthcoming, I suspect we'll keep on waiting.
ReplyDeleteThe mention of Austin in the Sophia article was bizarre and, quite frankly, depressing. It scares me to think of how vastly inter-connected it all appears to be and that in the time of Reeke, old gaps might be sought out and filled. I hate seeing Austin as simply a pawn in written form like that.
On a much brighter note, I loved that Atticus had a whole post devoted to him! Thank you for that, special! He is such a beautiful boy and no doubt a cherished constant in Jake's life. Not unlike Austin. What I would've given to see one picture of the three of them together.
I think Ted is just saying that Lance is NCS, bearding, and in the relationship for attention; Ted is not saying jake is straight.
ReplyDeleteI also don't think Ted is feeling sorry for Jake, I just think Jake has retreated so far into the closet that some of his sources have dried up. I'm sort of surprised he didn't mention Reeke and the Cruise party sighting.
Sometimes Ted is just way too obtuse. I do agree that Jake is so far in the closet now that juicy gossip is not likely to slip out.
ReplyDeleteI am very disappointed that Austin did not get named in Milch's new series. Maybe he is just not pursuing an acting career anymore. Turned off by the games that must be played, perhaps.
The other thing about Ted's column tonight is that I think it is reminiscent of the the item he ran eons ago comparing J&A to McBongo/Penelope and Lance/Sheryl.
ReplyDeleteI think it is too soon to know about the Milch series; it was never very likely that he would cast Austin as the lead character in this series, and he doesn't seem right for the role of someone coming back from Nam, etc. (after all, some people think of this as being about the early years of the Sipowtiz charatcter....
Austin is too pretty to play young Sipowtiz!! The series storyline will be "What happened?" lol
ReplyDeleteGimme a long tall sip of Texan not Sipowitz..
Could be Austin is heavy into writing and why we havent seen him out in daylight.
anyone else wacthing the stanley cup? tied 3-3, 3rd ot, 12;30 am.. holy crap!!
ReplyDeleteLooking over Ted's entire column, he seems off his feed entirely. Some replies are just one word, not up to his usual repartee, like he did not put a lot of effort into it. I hope everything is OK with him.
ReplyDelete2 weeks of marriage allready turned him into a tired old man who grunts out 1 word answers. lol
ReplyDeleteTed is fine. Check out his videos (up right corner).
ReplyDeleteBabblers are still Ted's avid readers. LOL
ReplyDeletecommentator, care to find the Ted comment about this mini-meltdown you keep mentioning? The breakdown was a prediction, not a report.
ReplyDeleteTed suggested that Jake had a mini-meltdown last October, and that Reese stepped in to help.
ReplyDeleteReese helping anyone? BS. Team Reese was selling the fauxmance since 2006.
that was me ^^
ReplyDelete**still waiting for the tomkat party pics of "so much in love and ready to get engaged any day now" reeke**
ReplyDeleteI think one of the "insiders" said that Reese stepped in to help Jake. It wasn't Ted.
ReplyDeleteUntil I see pictures, I seriously doubt Reeke attended TomKat's party. They (TC) would definately pimp all A-listers but only the usual crowd + Ophra has been pictured.
ReplyDeleteLove this post and the pool pic is too cute :) I'll also always love the beach photos (magic shoes and car pictures) because there are traces of the other guy whose been cut out in both sets. In the car pics the dogs are clearly watching & walking towards someone they know.
Also I'm not very surprised that Austin has been cast as Sophia's bf of two years. I wonder when that happened since she was dating another guy around 2006-2007.
The mags never cease to amaze me how little research they do.
ReplyDeleteGuess we better send out sympathy to Austin for the loss of his two year relationship.
Maybe he needs to hang out with Reeke and soak up the major love between them so he doesn't feel unloved.
Although have to say that after this whole Reeke thing, retroactive bearding is a very good idea.
ReplyDeleteCan Jake try that one next?
Wicked, this song is breaking my heart! :'(
ReplyDeleteGet the record. Untrue by Burial.
The tracks on Untrue are awesome aren't they Wicked? I love it!
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