Austin has a bunch from the little shy ones, that bashful one that you not sure if he's bashful or up to something, the cock of the walk broad grin, then there's the sly fox - up to nothing but trouble, a who me? one, that tries to feign innocence and of course that big beautiful broad infectious smile that grows across his face . He's been using his whole arsenal of smiles on One Tree Hill and now more people are discovering what we've know for a long time, the power of those pearly whites.
Just like Jake, Austin has grin just for him. No wonder those blues look like that, if you got a smile like that just for you, you'd be like cheese too - melty, melty melty.
Have a favorite?
Remember starting at 5:00PM EST tonight - OMG's JFC Discussion of Episode 3 His Visit Day 2 continued. The discussion runs through tomorrow. Hope everyone can join us. Bring you observations, opinions, questions, comments or just something you want to say about John and everyone else at Imperial Beach. We'll keep the Austin Friday post open as well for all the other non JFC discussion.
My fav is the legs wrapped around his neck smile! But when in private with you-know-whos legs wrapped around his neck its more like contorted grimace which is better thab a smile anyday. Haha
ReplyDeleteI really like today's music. Have any of you heard other things by this band?
ReplyDeleteThis is Destiny's comment from yesterday about Airborne Toxic Event. I have their record, which is also called Airborne Toxic Event. I feel the song from yesterday is the best song on it by far. I like some of the other songs on the record, but none even close to the hearting I feel for "Sometime Around Midnight." Definitely listen to the clips of the songs before downloading the whole thing. There are other good songs, but some eh ones too.
Miranda Lambert, gushing about meeting one of her biggest fans: Reese Witherspoon! "She stopped me in the hall and she told me she liked my music," Lambert told us. "I was like, 'You know who I am?' She actually said that she and her boyfriend – who just happens to be Jake Gyllenhaal – love 'Home,' my boyfriend Blake Shelton's song."
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Could this be true about Boo?
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^^^ From "People"
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Thanks Wicked. I kind of suspected that given the type of music it is.
ReplyDeleteI'm taking back my comment about the PoP clip yesterday now that I've seen the whole ET clip. I was clearly wrong about it being a return of the old Jake who wanted to promote himself and his movies. Instead it's the sos--"Reese's boyfriend" trying to drum up interest in Reese's movie and career. It leaves such a sour taste in my mouth I can't even enjoy the clip anymore.
As it is Jake has a long haul in front of him if he wants to generate interst in "Jake Gyllenhaal" and his career. This is not going to help.
As people are saying elsewhere, there are more important things to talk about, like Prop. 8. I plan on being out there again tomorrow for the coordinated protests. And even though I normally don't like his show, people like Peter Wentz are going to be on Larry King tonight talking about Prop. 8.
Pup, Boo's been gone for a while. Maybe he lost Reese's dog?
ReplyDeleteInstead it's the sos--"Reese's boyfriend" trying to drum up interest in Reese's movie and career.
ReplyDeleteDestiny Jake didn't say anything about Reese or her movie. ET did as a segue from 4Xmas to PoP story. Its not always the stars PR, its also media like ET and rags and gossip sites. They're are selling their shit too.
One more thing. What does it say that no one--Disney, Bruckheimer, Jake and his 10 percenters--seems to think that Jake and PoP can sell themselves?
ReplyDeleteCould this be true about Boo?
ReplyDelete"He recently let his little dog..."
2 years is recently?!?
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ReplyDeleteThere are no coincidences in HW pop promo, so shame on me for being so naive yesterday. This was all set up to tie in to Reese's movie, otherwise we would have gotten these clips say, a month ago. And remember how there was talk it would run last week? In fact, now that I think about it, I recorded ET that night, and what did I notice while fast-forwarding through it but some promo for Ree's movies. Since ET is very pr-driven, I'm sure all of this was worked out with pr.
ReplyDeleteReese's. I'm not deleting again!
ReplyDeleteIf you are that curious about the Holy Moley story and what dog it was and if its true and when it happened then why don't you write a comment on the site and ask them? Why are you asking here?
ReplyDeleteI think it's sad that they started the promo by referring to him as Reese's boyfriend. I realize it was the show's call, but it shows a lack of respect for Jake as an actor. He has lost his identity.
ReplyDeleteI've watched the POP clip a few times. Still leaves me cold. I cannot get past that hair, but I did like those tight fitting pants. Are we absolutely sure Bruckheimer does not swing both ways?
Love the smiles today and my favorties are the Laker pics and the legs around the neck pic. An insider said they took one look at each other during the DAT auditions and that was that. I've always imagined them smiling at each other at that moment.
Prairie Girl, it's well known that Mayer likes boys and girls. Perez even admitted to making out with him and reported it on his blog.
You know, you guys are killin' me here. I hope on here for a minute and I can't say all I want to say because, um, I'm supposed to be working. But I'm dying to let loose & I can't. Not for a few minutes, tho.
ReplyDeletem, I'll be back to you, lady! lol.
And Destiny, you too.
Got alot on my mind. Well, not alot. But enough that it's killin me.
It's not fair to do this to me when I can't speak properly & freely, lol!!!
hope = hop
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Not for a few minutes, tho = not for a few minutes, anyway.
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Well, not too much time left. One of our lab people - it's her last day today so we had a goodbye lunch for her, then I got stopped by one of the guys on the floor for awhile, been one thing after another.
ReplyDeletem, I think I had read just a couple of innuendos on other websites regarding John but since you never know how to take some of those, I didn't know. Anyway, it doesn't matter to me about John Mayer's orientation. I wasn't really commenting about that, originally. I really was just wanting to comment about Jennifer Aniston. But then it made me think of Reese and I found myself comparing her to Reese. How Jennifer just seems like a really nice person and she has alot of class. I then made a comment about her & John & PDA and, well, I should've never done that because it got Eva all worked up and well, this is now just one big run-on sentence. Anyhow, I truly don't care about John M. I would hope Jennifer isn't bearding. I can't see that, really. And if he does swing both ways, then why wouldn't he be attracted to her? But Perez Hilton? You have got to be kidding me. Seriously? lol
Destiny, everyone's back and we are buried today. I need to think about this anyways. I will say this; I realized that it had ulterior motive because ET Tonight is on ABC and ABC is owned by Disney. So that was why ET Tonight had the exclusive. Now that you mention it being all about Reese, that has me to thinking as well. But I don't want to leap off of the dock without thinking about it. And I can't think now. But I wanted to say that I 'm sorry you're disillusioned again (and that's probably not the right word, but it's all I can come up with right now); that makes me sad. :(
You have alot going on around you, anyway, sounds like. Alot of excitement & purpose to take care of - that's good & worthwhile! A big ol' hug to you.
Special, you are hard @ work, aren't you, getting ready for your fair? No hug for you, Special; just a big slap on the back & a "Get to workin'" LOL!
I'll talk to y'all later.
You can really tell when Jake likes a word, can't you?
ReplyDeleteWell if those are the words, I can only imagine why. :-D
ReplyDelete"One more thing. What does it say that no one--Disney, Bruckheimer, Jake and his 10 percenters--seems to think that Jake and PoP can sell themselves?"
ReplyDeleteDestiny, I remember thinking the same thing when I saw them on the PoP set. I dont think any of this is a coincidence at all.
Back for a couple minutes from fair set up.
ReplyDeleteET decided the lead in with Reese. Not Jake. Does he even know this those kinds of things ahead of time. Doubt it. Now can you really mention two people who are supposedly dating on the same show and not do a segway..?
Now that's not to say that Reese's PR, (which is not Evelyn) could have pushed for them to link her to Jake's big blockbuster.
Really - Why the heck did Reese go to the CMA's? Publicity. And to play off her June Carter role - which was her last hit. Which was when she was still married. And she had to go alone. And have you seen one interview for Four Christmases yet? And its opening in less than two week.
And let's be honest - Jake said not a word about Reese - or anything personal except when Thea mention his body. Reese mentions Jake - but Jake has never mentioned her in a interview since Rome.
Sorry Destiny but I don't agree with you at all. The clip was all about Jake imo and based on what many people who actually have seen filming it does seem Jake and the movie does sell itself to be very good.
ReplyDelete' Cinematical was lucky enough to visit the set of Prince of Persia earlier this month, and while we can't really go into details, we have no problem placing a bet now that Persia will go down as the most successful (in terms of quality and box office numbers) video game adaptation of all time. This sucker is a monster, and you have my word that it looks damn good. Much more coming soon..'
Now about the question of the day - Which Austin smile? The sly smile in the picture with the legs is so good and think is more him that we think.
ReplyDeleteBut the smile he gives Jake gotta be the fav.
I do like the smile in the legs picture, but then again that is one of my favorite pictures of him. But I also really like the one from the GG awards party, he looks so happy and care-free.
ReplyDeleteET is on CBS in my area.
ReplyDeletePG ITA re Jen. Even if she was bearding with JM [which I doubt] here she said flatout they were dating. She made a clear statement that can't be interpretated any other way. With Reese there has been no "from the horses mouth" direct quote that she and Jake are dating. What she does [Jake too] is give fuzzy non-direct answers [and mixed signals behavior] that have a grab bag of meanings that can be interpretated either way. No flat-out clear statement. Maybe after her HW career bombs she can get a job as a politician.
I am sorry that I have not posted
ReplyDeletefor a few days. I too like very
much the fourth one down of the
gorgeous Austin's smile. I will post tomorrow about JFC. I think
that Jake and Reese neither one will ever come right out and say
that they are dating! I think that
is the way it works. It does get a
little disgusting at times. For
myself, I am going to concentrate
on Austin's career from now on.
I have nothing against Jake-I do
wish him well in his career. I
sincerely hope that POP does well
at the box office. Four Christmases looks okay-but not really exciting! Prairie Girl, I
will catch you and everybody else
later!!
But Perez Hilton? You have got to be kidding me. Seriously? lol
ReplyDelete"So, here's video of the lie detector test that Perez Hilton took in an attempt to validate his claim that John Mayer "kissed [him] for five minutes" at Stereo New Year's Eve of 2007 in New York. At the time, Jessica Simpson was dating Mayer and Perez alleges she witnessed the entire incident."
Lie Detector Reveals Perez Hilton Made Out With John Mayer
I think 4 Xmases, while it may not be everyone's kind of movie, will do well and that Reese will be good in it. She is good in romcoms. Many people like holiday movies and I haven't really heard about another holiday movie coming out this season. This should be a hit for Reese.
ReplyDeleteThis could be a hit for Vince and Reese. Vince has much better box office and first billing.
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ReplyDelete“Harvey’s central message was: Gay people must come out. All surveys, all studies show that those people who finally become aware that they have gay people in their families or as their coworkers or neighbors are less likely to take away our rights.”
—Gay rights activist Cleve Jones—played by Emile Hirsch in Milk—about the first step in gaining equality. Try convincing all of H'wood of that
I think 4 Christmases will do well, too, at least the first weekend. If it isn't a very good movie, then word of mouth might sink it later, but I think it has all the makings for a success. Vince. Reese (no, not for me, but let's face it, she's a popular romcom actress). Holiday movie. Just like Wicked said. I just wish I could see it, like I said. I love Vince. But..... oh well.
ReplyDeleteI'm signing off @ work; need to get out & walk before it gets totally dark. But I don't know if I'll be able to get on @ home. Stupid internet provider.
Kacieee! Hello! Good to see you!
Well, surely this week Reese will start appearing on the talk shows, right? Promoting her movie? We shall see. We shall just see what she says. Because it has to come up. Come on. Those interviewers are going to be chomping at the bit to bring it up. And either she'll say they're dating (heck, maybe even cohabitating - nyah, probably not, lol) or it won't be allowed to come up. But I would think she's going to say they are since the Vogue article is out. Wouldn't you think. And if she doesn't, then that make the Vogue Story a big puff of smoke. Which we know it is, but it would make it a big puff of smoke in the public's eye.
I haven't watched the video yet, Smiley, but maybe they were just jacking around? I mean, it kind of stupifies me. Oh well, stranger things have happened.
I missesd the lead in to the ET segment, I guess. I didn't hear them call Jake "Reese's boyfriend". Anyway, it's all part of the big ABC/Disney deal.
Does Reese really have this much pull/power in Hollywood, though? Does she have this much clout to be running this entire show? Does she run ABC/Disney? Does she own Jake? Does she run/own Prince of Persia? Does she run the entire Public Relations show? I'm asking seriously. Is everyone bowing to her and doing absolutely everything she asks?
Is everyone bowing to her and doing absolutely everything she asks?
ReplyDeleteOnly in her dreams.
Destiny, I won't blame Jake for what ET did. Of course PR and the Entertainment shows go hand and hand, but I think it was all ET this time. Why would they not talk about Reese after talking about Jake??
ReplyDeleteI do agree that Jake and or Jake's people have taken a back seat to Reese. Not Good.
I think Evelyn has a serious conflict when it comes to representing both Jake and Reese given this whole showmance.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's not just the fact of what ET said about Jake and Reese, it's PoP arranging for all of this publicity to come out just in time for Reese's movie. They clearly wanted to associate the two with this pr release.
either she'll say they're dating (heck, maybe even cohabitating - nyah, probably not, lol) or it won't be allowed to come up. But I would think she's going to say they are since the Vogue article is out.
ReplyDeleteIt won't be allowed to come up. The promo is for 4Xmas but the Jake question will be verboten because *cough* it's a sensitive subject right now: The wedding was supposed to be in 3 weeks and she wants to marry him so bad but now because of his parent's divorce Jake posponed it to 2009.
That "postponement" story early this week didn't happen on accident.
I might be in minority but 4Xmas is the type of movie I avoid. The ads on TV show it to be the stupidest thing. Formula and predictable: Bathroom humor, baby handling/bodily functions, stupid brothers, older people having sex, cooking mishap. Cliched and awful. It might have a good opening because people want to get out of the house for 2 hours where they don't have to talk to the relatives but that's it.
I agree with you Destiny and I also feel that this whole thing was planned for a very long time. Another tip-off for me was when all 3 had dinner that night together in London/Paris (I cant remember which one). Something about that seemed weird to me at the time although I couldnt put my finger on it. Now its all starting to make sense.
ReplyDeleteOh, it was soooo good to walk tonight. It was just a horrible afternoon at work, my buddy had something happen at work yesterday and it was just all kinds of drama. It is just so good to walk the legs & swing the arms and let things that are in your head out through your mouth as you breathe. Just think them right out of ya.
ReplyDeleteThen I come back here and think about all the possibilities behind things that happen and it all just seems so ...I dunno.
You know, Destiny, if Reese has all this power & clout over this Prince of Persia movie, it's just going to get a heckuva lot worse, then. Any movie of Disney's is promoted to the point of oversaturation, anyway. There'll be action figures. There'll be endless commercials for the dvd and contests and videos on the Disney channel, and interviews galore and toys for McD Happy Meals and toys all over the Target ads and a big song release by probably Celine Dion and Wii games and XBox games, and clothes all over racks at JcPenney's and Macy's, and it'll be on the cover of Cheerios cereal and it'll be on your cup @ Taco Bell and well, it will be endless. Because it's a Disney movie and that's how Disney movies go. This is just the teeny, tiny tip of the ol' iceburg. This movie will be like The Lion King and every other Disney movie before it. Jake will be everywhere.
And if Reese is this tied in with the whole deal, then those 2 will indeed be joined at the hip until the movie is out. I guess I never realized how involved she was. I know you all had said she was one of the backers of the movie, but it just wasn't registering.
I can understand where you're coming from, Destiny, if this is how it all is. But I hope it's not. I hope he still was just himself on that interview and that he is having a grand time while he is in London.
Hi Clarity! What do you mean? What did you see coming? I got lost somewhere. Do you mean how Reese is tied in with the whole movie?
ReplyDeleteYou know, if this is really how it is, then how did Jake get the role? Did Reese get him the role? Did he not earn it on his own merit? And if she handpicked him for the movie role, then is this what he really wanted? According to Ted, it is.
I think this whole thing could make a great read. Somebody ought to write a book, for gosh sakes, and once and for all, satisfy all our curiosities. You could just spin your wheels trying to figure things out.
And I have to say, Chris, I honestly have not watched the entire trailer for 4 Christmases. I can't bring myself to; might see her and lol, I don't need to do that. I'm usually getting ready for work and I hear it being advertised on the TV. It just reads box office success for the typical movieattendee who wants to watch a little fluff for the holidays. I'm laying odds that it'll have a good opening weekend.
I will be really curious to see if anyone brings Jake up in her interviews. If no one does, you are right, Chris, it will be a "not allowed" question. And you know what? That will speak louder than any answer she would give if she did talk about him. We will see. At this point, we don't have an idea.
I agree Clarity about that dinner. I think not only is there a bearding contract, but a contract between Reese and Disney.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel about the walking PG, there is nothing like it for clearing the mind, which is why I always walk home from work, weather and schedule allowing.
I think not only is there a bearding contract, but a contract between Reese and Disney.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. Disney doesn't need Reese, they can arrange 10 beards for Jake - all 10 would make Jake look good, not the other way around.
Waiting for brownies to bake and ornaments to dry.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way Bruckheimer would EVER bow to anyone but himself. Do you know how power for that man is? He could make one call and Reese could be bouncing back to Tennessee in a less than NY minute and never see Hollywood again if he wanted.
They haven't planned this to coincide. Do you know why they are showing PoP stuff now?
*There is less than three weeks left of filming. And they have 18 months until the release of the movie.
*A new Prince of Persia game is being release for holidays.
*They need a tie with the gamers and get some buzz to start during a holiday season.
*They won't get a chance to get anymore big press until Comic Con next year.
Destiny I think the idea of PoP people paying Reese or Disney even paying Reese for publicizing their movie is absolutely ridiculous. You are getting paranoid about this actress seriously. She is not so important, nor so powerful, nor so sought after. Her camp is desperately seeking to revive interest in her and they thought the correlation to Jake might raise her profile, period. He went along for his own reasons, i.e. playing lead role in a big blockbuster. Why was that needed? Look at what people voted on prop 8 and tell me honestly if a gay out actor would get such role. Obviously not. Blame Hollywood? They are there to make money, not to promote causes nor enlighten people. Indie movies might do that, not Hollywood. Blame the bigots wh would not go to see a movie with a gay lead actor.
ReplyDeleteNot only prop 8 in California but aslo the other ones in other states like Florida and Arizona that didn't get passed.
ReplyDeleteprairigirl, sorry but I don't share your opinion on Aniston. She is just a complete attention whore. Nobody would care a thing about her if she had not been dumped by Brad Pitts for Angelina. Class is an entirely different thing.
ReplyDeleteyes, of course disgusted, just mentioned 8 since I live in CA and CA is where Hollywood is.
ReplyDeletePersonally I think Jake really toyed with the idea of coming out, did walk the ambiguous line to test waters for a while only to go back full steam in the closet when his PR finally convinced him that was going to do no good to his career. Boy, were they right! Sadly.
ReplyDeletePG, I wasnt saying that she owned the movie or had direct control over anything that major but I do think that she is being more than supportive for her own reasons that have nothing to do with this "relationship". I guess thats how it works in HW. One hand washes the other. Im sorry but I do believe there were some backdoor deals made here.
ReplyDeleteI sure struck a nerve with my comment about Reese, makes me think there is some truth to it. And I don't think Reese is all that powerful right now, because lets face it, few women over 30 have power in HW. Do you really think that all she wants to do is romcoms? And funny how posters I've never seen before here are the ones all up in arms about it.
ReplyDeleteAs if there are not a lot of reasons that this all bothers me, one concern I have is that they've clearly cooked up this whole strategy, changing Jake's image, tying him to Reese, etc., but at the end of the day, if PoP is not a success, or as big of a success as they want, Jake is going to take the fall for it despite the fact that this whole marketing scheme was put together by Disney.
All the focus is on Prop. 8 because realistically there was no chance of getting gay marriage in Arizona and Florida. There was a big story in the NYT this morning about how in fact it was the Mormons who made the difference.
Changing Jake's image and Reeke marketing scheme started in November 2006, two years aago.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it was Disney's idea. Disney will sell the product, PoP movie, and Jake isn't the most important part of the sell.
If you're saying this really started two years ago, then that follows on the heels about the story of Jake sleeping with a producer to get a film part, which some people suspect may be PoP--the screenplay has been around since the summer of 2006.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm not saying the whole thing is tied to Disney--but what does seem to be the case is that all of our looks at Jake in PoP are tied to Reese--after all, the first photos of him on the set in his costume were with Reese, and now we get the ET bit tied to Reese as well. It's almost as if Disney is afraid Jake looks and sounds too gay in PoP, so they're countering it by trying to make us think he's really straight. Contrast that with Depp's campy, arguable gay Jack Sparrow. We didn't see them trotting out Depps girlfriend for publicity purposes.
Hello! Boy, have I been having internet problems. That's why I haven't been on since yesterday. Just got off the phone with my provider and they will be checking into my lines to see where the problem is. Good grief - what headaches! Hopefully I will be able to post this.
ReplyDeleteGlee, that's okay. I don't expect you to agree with me; up to a point, I agree with you in this. Probably all actors/actresses/singers to some level love the spotlight; that's the nature of their business. They like the attention; nothing wrong with that doesn't seem to me. I still like her, tho. For all the reasons I mentioned before.
And Clarity & Destiny, I still am a little lost about the dinner between Jerry B., Reese, & Jake, but I'll never forget how tense J&R looked in those pictures. There was something not good about those pictures. I'm just trying to figure out how much power Reese has in all this. Will never know. Like I said, wish there was a book out on it, lol.
Neena, I hope/wish you're right on your well-spoken points. I just don't know; wish I knew the truth. I agree that Reese's people seem to be grasping at straws, though. That is obvious given all the latest, ridiculous photo ops of her & Jake. They're just so absolutely set up, it's pathetic.
Special, know you're hard at work right now. I wish you, your ladies, & church all the success you could hope for today. Those things are alot of hard work but they are indeed alot of fun, too, to do. You meet alot of people and it's just busy kinda fun. You'll be plenty exhausted tonight - hope you have someone lined up to rub your feet, lol!
Is anybody participating in any demo's today in the outspeak against Prop 8? It sure is garnering alot of attention on the internet - I think that's super.
Yeaaaa, I could post!
ReplyDeleteDestiny, you point out alot of obvious things. Could it really be ? Is Jake's talent not enough? Did he not get that role on his own? And I'm not saying he's an absolutely brilliant actor (I haven't seen all of his movies to make that kind of judgement about his talent, but he was perfectly brilliant in BBM), but he can act. I would've liked to think he got the role in PoP on his own, but maybe not?
Gonna check some messages & whatnot, pay some bills. Everybody have a great Saturday! We are very cold here - there's even been a snowflake or two. Yecccch. Too early for that nonsense.
ReplyDeleteAhhhhh, it's so good to see my little trashcan again. All is right with the world again......
I couldn't join the march this afternoon due to work but Im going to the rally tonight in downtown ATL. Ive never done anything like this before and im really looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteHave a good Saturday everyone : )
What trashcan does my deleted comments go in, recycled, trash or green? Can I knock over others and look in them and eat their words? I'm hungry.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed hearing Jakes accent in the other video of ET on youtube...sounds nice :)
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LOLLL! Atticus, you're a cut up. You're more than welcome to nose around in my words. They're pretty much light eating, lol.
ReplyDeleteHey, good for you, Clarity. Sounds kind of exciting. I think it's great that you are doing something new, something you've never done before - making a presence known.
Just got back from Nebraska Furniture Mart. What a zoo. I was scouting out the Nintendo DS games because my little nephew has one of those and he just loves it. He only has one game so seems like that'd be a good idea for a Christmas present. They have so many to choose from. I got some good ideas.
Really itching to start a little Christmas decorating, too. Think I'm going to start inching a little bit into the apt. this week. Neb. Furn. Mart had all their Christmas cd's out and it started getting me in the mood. Does anybody still like those Rakin Bass shows? You know, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph, and The Year Without a Santa Claus? Love those.
Well, I have to go. My camper friend is coming over as she is in town this weekend and 3 of us are going out for a big night at the shopping strip mall. lol. Yankee Candle seems to be the main destination. High times here in JoCo Kansas, let me tell you.
I went to the rally in NY, another great turnout. This time it was a traditional rally with speakers, not a march. It was mostly local politicians (but only at the city council and state legislature level) and a lot of gay activists. Celebrity-wise Heather Matarazzo spoke and was very passionate on the subject, and even got teary-eyed. I loved her. There were also some people I can't recall the names of--a former Miss America who does a lot of Broadway and described herself as mostly conservative but not on this issue, and someone who was on one of those model realty shows and is now a newscaster for MTV.
ReplyDeleteI do wonder though why we did not see people like the mayor, any openly gay male stars from Broadway, etc. I wonder if it has to do with the organizers, who are mostly young college students, timing, reluctance to speak up....
There was a rally in Wilmington too, I saw a picture on towleroad. I wonder if anyone associated with OTH went to it.
ReplyDeleteOne other thing I forgot to say about the rally in NYC. Double-decker tourist buses kept going by, the kind where the top is open to the air (and after a rainy morning we had a couple of hours of warm sunny weather), so there were a lot of tourists on the upper deck who got to see and hear the rally as they slowly drove by, or stopped for people to get off and on. More than a few of them signaled their support.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if anyone saw it, but I kept thinking of a bit on The Daily Show a few weeks ago with Rob Riggle taking one of those buses through New York and showing off all the exotic liberal elites in New York, including the "gays" in Chelsea. I sort of felt that way, but I also felt like we got a lot of attention for the cause.
Am I the only one who didn't know comedian Wanda Sykes is gay?! She made a surprise visit to a Prop 8 rally.
ReplyDeleteWanda Sykes At Las Vegas Prop 8 Rally
Omg, thats why I didn't know, Wanda came out at the rally. She got married to her partner in Oct in California.
ReplyDeleteI got married Oct. 25, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation, I felt like I was living my life, I wasn’t in the closet, but I was just living my life. Everybody who knows me personally, they know I’m gay. And that’s the way people should be able to live our lives, really. We shouldn’t have to be standing out here demanding something we automatically should have as citizens of this country. ... They pissed off the wrong group of people. They have galvanized a community. We are so together now and we all want the same thing and we shouldn’t have to settle for less. Instead of having gay marriage in California, no, we’re gonna have gay marriage across the country.
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That's wonderful about Wanda. I always thought she was gay, and in fact I think it was another case of living in the glass closet. She had also appeared at protests last weekend in L.A. And that's great that she got married, I've never heard anything about a girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting about Wanda. That was news to me although I cant say im surprised. Something that she said rang so true to me I had to post it:
ReplyDeleteIn my interview with her, she said this: "People shouldn’t have to talk about their sexual orientation, we shouldn’t have to do it, but with the legislation that they passed, I can’t sit by and just watch. I just can’t do it."
This is exactly the way I feel also. But at this point its a human rights issue - plain and simple.
The rally here in ATL was amazing. Lots of signs and candles. Cars honked in support as we marched back and forth accross the street. It was small and peaceful and I did see the press covering the rally the whole time. It felt great to be a part of something like that.
Saw this on the news:
ReplyDeleteBoston had 5,000 people on Boston City Hall Plaza out for No on Prop 8. And it was as much an affirmation of gay marriage in Massachusetts as protest for No on 8. Funny thing happened of course a few people came out to protest the protesters and gay marriage here in Massachusetts about but the intensity is out of the argument.
Sign at the rally.
Repeal Crazy 8