"My little man, where do you come from? What is this 'where I live,' of which you speak?
Who do you think you are?
Prince: I am the Prince of Persia.
It's only with the heart that one can see clearly. What's essential, is invisible to the eye.
Prince: How long have I been gone?
It is the time you have wasted on your rose that makes your rose so important.
The Prince: [smiles] Most people think time is like a river that flows swiftly and surely in one direction. But I have seen the face of time and can tell you, they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm. You may wonder who I am and why I say this. Come, and I shall tell you a tale like none you have ever heard...
"What makes the desert beautiful," says the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well."
But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart.
The Prince: You are an insistent inner voice, aren't you?
The Dark Prince: Well, *someone* has to make the decisions.
What is important cannot be seen.
It’s the same as with the flower.
If you love a flower that lives on a star,
it is sweet to look up at the night sky.
All the stars are in bloom.
It’s the same as with the water.
What you gave me to drink was a kind of music,
"But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
Mark Pasetsky's Cover Awards
ReplyDeleteInteresting quote- Reese Witherspoon doesn’t sell like she used to.
Completely OT but amazing-
ReplyDeleteTed Haggard will not give it up
Other interesting observations from the Cover Awards:
ReplyDeleteMy immediate reactions:
Not the best picture of Reese Witherspoon. (Is she starting to look like Madonna or is that just me?)
What a strange headline?!? (Back on Top)
It appears like this is a trade cover at first glance vs a celebrity weekly. The dek saves it a little but I’m not sure if the main line will grab the average newsstand buyer.
Many readers do like Reese but not so sure how much they care about her relationship with Jake.
Plus…
Reese Witherspoon doesn’t sell like she used to.
I also recall reading all over the place that Reese isn’t ready to get married again.
So, this cover comes out of left field for me.
On the positive side, it’s a positive cover. And it’s the time of the year that readers will reach for good news.
Went back to reread The Little Prince and this time, when the Prince cared for the rose, I thought of the guys.
ReplyDeleteNot often that a picture surfaces of Jake that I've not seen before. I'd devoted many hours to IHJ at one time. This is great. Where did you find it?
ReplyDeleteThinking back on OTH last night, Austin really did a great job. Hear that Hollywood. We want more of him.
Just clicked the link on the OK story. Notice the little box that says highest paid actress. She must have something in her contracts that requires those words to be used in any promo about her. It's becoming a joke. I think SNL should do a spoof of it.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find it?
ReplyDelete"Homicide: Life on the Street"?
Love today's post, Spesh. :)
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find it?
ReplyDelete"Homicide: Life on the Street"?
Yes you're right. It was his guest appearance on Homicide:Life on the Street in the episode his dad directed.
Had always wanted to do something on The Little Prince since I loved the story. And when I saw his hair and costume for PoP and I remembered this from when he was little and it all fit well together.
Wicked had loaded up this song a while ago, and I was waiting to find the right post for it. To me it sounds like The Little Prince's Trip to the far away plant and the Prince of Persia's court.
All things come together at the right time.
4 Xmases supposed to do well despite the fact that it sucks
ReplyDeleteIt's quality, not quantity. I can't wait to see Australia. ;)
ReplyDeleteI loved Austin in last night's OTH. His look was perfect and I liked the new dimension that's been added to his character. The OTH fans seem to be embracing his character. A lot of them would be happy if he became a permanent member of the cast. I think this bodes well for future roles.
ReplyDelete^^Austin does seem like he's making himself at home in Tree Hill. :)
ReplyDeleteJake's fault?
ReplyDeleteYou'll Want to Skip Christmas after 'Four Christmases'
Bummer, I can't comment on OTH because I haven't even watched it yet. I'm going to try & leave the stressfest at my desk and take a few minutes to forget about it.
ReplyDeleteWow, I can see now that that is Jake. Cute picture. I didn't recognize that was him until I read the comments here.
I want to know why time is like an ocean in a storm. He drops his explanation like a brick. And I'm trying to figure out the rose line. If the rose is so important to whoever, then why is it wasted time? If we waste too much time on something that is really unimportant instead of focusing on other things, then do we deceive ourselves? Is that what he's saying? Am I reading too much into that line? I'm not sure I get it. Am I wasting too much time pondering it, lol? Does it make it not that important since I am?
Aaaack, my mind's all twisted now. My shoulders are bunched up around my neck again, lol.
Well, it does remain to be seen how 4 Christmas's does. (How come in that one interview, the one where Reese made that oh-so-unexpected slip of the tongue about her "beau" Jake, the writer called it 4 Holidays? Did anybody else notice that?)
ReplyDeleteI think that it very well will do well opening weekend just because it's a holiday movie and the two lead roles. People are still looking at Reese as the gal who made Legally Blonde which shows on TNT & TBS 1000 times a year. And Vince Vaughn is, well, pretty funny, although he doesn't look quite like he did 10 years ago. Vince not taking good care of himself lately. And in that picture from the Philadelphia paper, it's so visible how much taller he is than her. How on earth are they going to work that into a passionate embrace, if there are any embraces in the movie? Seems several reviews so far have pointed out that they had very little chemistry.
If word of mouth gets out pretty quick that it's not a good movie, it'll die a quick death.
You know what I miss? I miss those everyday, casual pictures of Jake. Out & about. Those just don't happen anymore. They're either movie set picures or Reeke pictures. That's it. Or did I just forget - oh, that's right. The ice cream picture. Okay, there was one time! lol
Well, need to get off now. We'll see if there's any LAX photos coming 'round the bend, eh?
Way to go PR. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie review that blamed an actor's (supposed) partner like this. Was it Gigli?
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work on reshaping Jake's image.
Two things I've noticed about Four Christmases
ReplyDelete1) Vince hasn't done the interviews or PR for the movie - that's kind of telling - ya think?
2)The ticket agent in the trailer (with those ice blue eyes) - is Peter Billingsley - yup Ralphie from a Christmas Story - he's one of the exec. producers
Makes ya wonder, fer sure, Spesh. How did Jake get wrapped up in all of this? I watch Ralphie every year. :)
ReplyDeletePG
ReplyDeleteThe quotes in sky blue are from the story the The Little Prince. Great book to read.
The quotes in tan earth are from Prince of Persia's various game incarnations.
Thought it would be interesting to intersect the two stories together.
Mom & Dad broke?
ReplyDeleteTMZ
No response, no answer. typical. After all you wanting to know, you ignore my post. Next time I'll keep it to myself or send it to another place, why bother anymore with you guys.
ReplyDeleteMatches what are you talking about?
ReplyDeleteDimwit
ReplyDeleteI think Matches is talking about the picture of Jake and Austin.
I think most of us agree that is it Jake's legs wrapped around Austin. It does look that the picture may be flipped. Matt did do some careful set up, lighting, editing and cropping of the picture as well.
This was not a random snap, this looks like something that either he wanted to do of them, or they wanted to have done and have him do it.
I say that Mr. Nichols may have something to do with this!
ReplyDeleteFrom E! News
Monday was good to Dancing With the Stars and How I Met Your Mother. Not so much for Heroes.
The first part of Dancing's fall season finale was as big as the show's season opener, with 21.3 million viewers, up 1.7 million from last week, Nielsen estimates said.
CBS' Mother scored with a season-high 10.1 million, the network said. Its companion comedy, The Big Bang Theory, continued to blow up, clicking with a series-best 10.2 million.
On NBC, Heroes' heroes lost their powers. The struggling show itself held steady, with 7.8 million viewers, about even with last week. On the downside, it ran third among adults 18-49 from 9-10 p.m.
The CW's One Tree Hill (2.2 million) has drawn bigger crowds (it even ran fourth among women 18-34), as has Fox's lineup, which wasn't competitive with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (4.6 million) and Prison Break (5.2 million).
Good eye about the scar. Never looked at Austin's temples before, busy looking at other things, but now I will make a point of it. Thanks for pointing it out.
ReplyDeleteYou think the pic was flipped? But look at his coat's buttons. From left to right.
ReplyDelete^hmmmmmm interesting
ReplyDelete"buttons we don't need no stinking buttons." J/K
Gotta admit I'm more fascinated by Austin sweaty and smudged and the legs, that are making him give that stare.
Interesting comment on TMZ regarding Jake's parents. Kinda explains Ted's comment that Jake is doing all this for the money.....
ReplyDeleteI just read through that documentation posted by TMZ regarding how debt-ridden Jake's parents are-and what saddened me the most was the e-mail that Stephen sent to Naomi (which Naomi included as evidence that her soon-to-be ex was deliberately being delinquent in not helping her pay off their cumulative debts). He actually tells her that it's not his business anymore and he thinks he should just crash and burn--just like our financial markets. I had to read that twice because I couldn't believe the arrogance, stupidity and insensitivity. I feel sorry for the mother. Jake's close to his mother, right? I bet the PoP paycheck will help the mother out unless she refuses to take money from her kids.
ReplyDeleteOr Naomi can turn to her future daughter-in-law (RME) who's Hollywood's "highest paid actress." A few million would be a drop in the bucket.
Wow they burned through some money in the past few years. Poetry is not a lucrative career but I thought he made money in real estate or something. Maybe one of them stripped the marriage on their way out and hid assets. The first thing a lawyer tells you to do when you're getting divorced is close all your joint accounts, put the money in your own name in something that is hard to find and make all future purchases on credit cards that are jointly owned.
ReplyDeleteWell it sounds like he is saying that she has to rent the house, and cut the price so it will finally sell and she is saying no. He has washed his hands of the whole thing. He sounds like a passive aggressive nightmare and she sounds like if it doesn't go her way everyone feels the pain. How nice. Just in time for the holidays.
ReplyDeleteYou don't think this is some weird tie to the Four Christmases promo do you? :-)
One more thought...what a typical Cali divorce "separated" means they moved to different corners of the same house and only communicated via email.
Who's RME?
ReplyDeleteAnybody notice that in those divorce documents Stephen's e-mail is poppag@ followed by a black bar?
ReplyDeletePoppaG has a blog
ReplyDeleteadmits Jake has had a nose job!
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ReplyDeleteWho's Cantara in Jake's life to ADMIT anything?
ReplyDeleteJake's Dad is not with "that woman" now is he? What a homewrecker! :(
ReplyDeleteThe thing she found on the beach said Marry Me.
ReplyDeleteIs his blog just a series of cryptic little sentences? This is very interesting.
What do we know is that she had/has a business/professional relationship.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at early pictures of Jake and now, you can see that he had some work done,to refine his nose slightly and along his jawline and its done really really well. Less is more and that why it looks so good. Honestly I would love to know the name of his doctor.
Yes, if he has had any work done, it is very, very subtle. Less is more, natural is best, perfection is boring and unnatural. What makes Jake beautiful is his naturalness. A little refinement maybe, but no need to do anything else! And I love that he is nearsighted. It's very, very attractive that a pair of the world's most beautiful eyes need correction. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Gyllenhaal nose, pre-rhinoplasty. Jake's also wearing his contacts in this one (he's very nearsighted). One of life's silliest pleasures, this film.
ReplyDeleteCantara's blog post above uses the same language/arguments as the infamous troll. Wouldn't put it past her.
Stephen G's Nov 4 post on his blog is pretty disturbing - his association with Cantara eliminates any respect I had for the guy. Sorry, but the company you keep and all...
Special, thanks for today's lovely post - I adore "the little prince", both the book and film are favourites of mine.
ReplyDeleteInteresting comments about the "legs" photo, certainly food for thought ;)
tr, wondering if the ok magazine cover was to off set the bad review's for the movie or maybe Ryan and Abbie have some news of their own, remember the moving in story.
ReplyDeletePrairiegirl the writer called it 4holiday because the tile has been change for some overseas market's
Lots of things to catch up on.
ReplyDeleteThanks Wicked for the Haggard article, this is a story that fascinates me, partly because I have family in Colo. Springs. I don't know why he doesn't give up, or find a denomination that is accepting of who he is and come out already.
Interesting about Jake's parents, although in a divorce one can never be sure of what the reality is, I'm sure things get played up.
After looking at Daddy G's blog, if I were Jake or Maggie I'd be mortified.
ReplyDeleteTeam Naomi!
Dest - re:Haggard, have family that knows Haggard and knew all the ministers who were supposed to be his support team. What many people don't know is that some of those minister who said publicly they would support and help walked away as soon as the press went on to the next news item. A few stayed to be there for him and his family. He does need to find resolution for himself first, then with his family and his faith.
ReplyDeleteThe OK cover was locked in ages ago to coincide with the release of the movie. Mags decide their Thanksgiving week covers really early because most of the issues are put together in advance and the timely work is done quickly in a few days so they get some time off. Mags that usually hit on Friday came out today. Do you think Heidi and Spencer's wedding was spontaneous? Not a chance.
ReplyDeleteRyan and Abbie will probably be engaged soon. They have been living together "officially" for six months. They want kids and I doubt he'll have them with her unless they are married. They won't make a big thing about it though so there is no reason for Reese to do anything but remind people that she is happy and in love. She certainly doesn't want to be single while he gets married and has a new baby.
Reese is on Tonight Show tonight. Wonder what nuggets she'll drop about Jake and "narriage" to get her dogmeat movie going.
ReplyDeleteThere was a little two line mention on one of the blogs the other day about Ryan & Abbie seen shopping in Petite Tresor (an expensive baby store in LA) and wondering if it was for them. I wonder if Reese would really marry Jake just so she wouldn't be single if Ryan remarried again. I also wonder if Jake would go that far to uphold his Mr. Straight Soccer Step-Dad Boring Mr.Witherspoon image he's gotten. I hope neither one of them would be that fake.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Special. One thing about Haggard that is also interesting is that he did not oppose some of the civil rights efforts for gays and lesbians, unlike many others in positions such as his.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of religion, I thought this was an interesting analysis of religion and Prop. 8, equating gay rights with feminism and it's effects on churches.
Prop. 8 and religion
Florida judge overturns ban on adoption by gays
ReplyDeleteWondering, I don't think they were shopping for themselves.
ReplyDeleteReese is on Letterman tonight not the Tonight Show. She did all NYC press this week and probably lots of shopping. Notice how she managed to shop without one picture being taken.
On Reese's way in and out of the talk shows I was horrified to see the evil visage of Nanci Ryder looming next her like a glowering meat-fisted PR body guard.
I imagine she came up with REESE BACK ON TOP all by herself the evil witch.
Oh boy, I hope they wouldn't take it that far either, Wondering. That would be pretty extreme and would look kind of funny after all the big proclamations that she's "not ready".
ReplyDeleteNot going to comment much on the TMZ bit - except geez, can you imagine having all that stuff aired out for all to see? Your professional peers? Your friends?
That blog of Papa G's looks kind of unusual. He doesn't dress it up too much nor say too much, does he?
You're right tr. Sorry. All the nightime PR talk shows are the same to me!
ReplyDeleteIf I was having a baby every time I shopped for a baby gift I'd be living in a shoe by now.
ReplyDeletePG Wondering was posting about Ryan and Abbie. They haven't said they aren't ready.
ReplyDeleteIf I was Ryan I would go into a baby store like that and make sure to be seen just to piss Reese off. I agree TR, she's been in NYC for a few days and no pap pics of her shopping. How did she survive? But, after all these horrible reviews for her crappy movie, how can she go on Letterman and even attempt to promote it? I wonder if we'll get another accidental mention of Jake?
ReplyDeleteThe Chin was supposed to be on KCAL Los Angeles morning show today to promote 4 Xmas, she apparently cancelled at the last minute, as Gillian Barbeari said" because she would'nt go live, even when we submitted the questions in advance and promised not to ask about her romantic involvement with Jake Gyllenhaal, but we love Resse anyway." What a load of Phoneywood BS.. They were obviously pissed off. Why play coy about a "romance" noone is buying to promote a moving noone will buy tickest to see. I just don't get their management's strategy.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I didn't make my own statement very clear, tr. I'm a little weary, not typing very coherently! I meant Reese was going around last week trumpeting that she "wasn't ready". So it would look kind of odd if she & Jake were to get bound sometime soon. But you never know in HW, do you?
ReplyDeleteWell, Lance is not going to win DWTS. :(
I really became a big fan of his through his stint on there. When he first started, I never thought he'd go very far. But he stuck with it and he became quite a snazzy dancer. He & Lacey were so fun to watch.
Well, may sign off now. Gotta try & get into work tomorrow @ 0530.
Oh yeah you're right I agree about R&J not getting married soon. If ever. I just can't imagine.
ReplyDeleteNasty business divorce. Terrible that their problems have to be aired in front of the world since they are not celebrities themselves any more. Two sides to every story of course. For those who remember the JakeWatch days, I always thought the affair came to light when Steven let the baby name slip so fast to Cantara. The brouhaha that ensued was not appropriate to the offense, unless there was more to it. A tell, as they say. If I were Jake, I'd fly home to comfort my momma after that story broke, despite any contract commitment to reese.
ReplyDeleteRe the Austin/legs picture. I'm not lucky enough to have the high resolution on my monitor needed to pick out nuances such as scars and freckles, so could not comment if I cant see it. I do think those are jake's legs though. Downey did not call him wet, dark and wild for nothing.
ReplyDeleteIf I were Jake, I'd fly home to comfort my momma after that story broke, despite any contract commitment to reese.
ReplyDeleteBut...isn't he still filming a big budget movie in England? And why can't Maggie comfort her momma?
Jake should be with his Mom for Thanksgiving not hoaring around his lies in London. I am sure he will have time off from filming during Thanksgiving. At this point I find the man despicable.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a link to the article
ReplyDeleteabout Toothy Tile by Ted in the
Chicago paper that I could read?
I appreciate your time and trouble.
kacie, here's the article:
ReplyDeleteChicago Tribune
what picture of Austin with Jake's legs are you talking about?
ReplyDelete^^Sorry for the above. I was half
ReplyDeleteasleep so I printed the Chicago
paper article. I will read it when
I get time. PLEASE print the photo
Of Austin and the legs again!!!
^^Sorry for the above. I was half
ReplyDeleteasleep so I printed the Chicago
paper article. I will read it when
I get time. PLEASE print the photo
Of Austin and the legs again!!!
^^Sorry for the above. I was half
ReplyDeleteasleep so I printed the Chicago
paper article. I will read it when
I get time. PLEASE print the photo
Of Austin and the legs again!!!
^^Sorry for the above. I was half
ReplyDeleteasleep so I printed the Chicago
paper article. I will read it when
I get time. PLEASE print the photo
Of Austin and the legs again!!!
^^As you can tell, my computer has
ReplyDeletegone haywire again!! So sorry for
the printing 4 times above. I just
meant the photo of Austin with the
legs around his neck with the shoe. I just would like to see it
again-you printed it about 2 weeks
ago. Thanks for your time and
trouble and please excuse the above!!
I am sure he will have time off from filming during Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteNot likely.
Wow, Kacie, a quadruple post! chuckle. You're just anxious to see that picture, that's what it is. I haven't decided on it myself - haven't really studied it too much. At first glance, they just do not look like female legs or a female ankle/foot. But then again, I have noticed that Jake does have some thin, underdeveloped calves, so I guess if I looked again...
ReplyDeleteOkay, I had to watch. Don't ask me why. I should've been asleep. You know, at first Reese came across as cute & all, but after awhile it seems like she doesn't know what to say, how to answer questions. Some of the strangest stuff comes out of her mouth. And after awhile, she starts to get this sour like curl to her mouth.
2 things:
1, Yeah, kind of cute stories & mentions of her children. They make her sound like just the ideal mom. But she says she takes her kids to Rome & Paris (I love how Dave Letterman seemed to think that was an odd place to take little children, Paris) for family vacations but then when Deacon wanted to go see the sewer, she comments that she "let the nanny take him". And the way she talked about her kids playing with/dressing up her Oscar. Right. Unless she was speaking tongue in cheek. I suppose that's possible.
2) And then, you know if this was a year ago, around Rendition time, the big elephant in the studio between her & Dave Letterman last night would have been understandable. Her & Jake's "coyness" about their relationship. But give me a break. It's been a year since then. She's been trumpeted all over the rags in the past month, "admitting" to this new "relationship" and the New Man in her Life. So why on earth would you have the subject not be allowed to be brought up in an interview? Like everyone on earth doesn't know? Is it supposed to be coy? Is it supposed to be private? No. It's just plain ridiculous & annoying at this point.
Gotta head off to work.
ReplyDeleteHey, Kacie, I'm glad you got called back in for a job! That's cool. I hope it turns into another one & another one; soon you'll be back fulltime as usual, huh? Cross the fingers!
Everyone have a good day. :)
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ReplyDeleteI love this post, Spesh :) *
ReplyDeleteHmmm, have always been team Naomi.
Hmmm, have always been team good rhinoplasty, way back.
I'll be right about Toothy, next :D
Ted's Turkey Jerky Awards!
ReplyDeleteJake Gyllenhaal: Dark Meat
Man, Jakey, this homespun thing—whatever it is—you're parading around with Reese Witherspoon is so not you. We all know you're a badder boy than even pretend-virginal Reese likes to go with, why don't you start showing your more rebel side a bit more often? 'Cause if People is to be believed, the two of you stroll and drink more coffee than Amy Winehouse smokes crack. And a relationship, surely, cannot survive on vanilla lattes alone.