Scorpions showing up on set just weeks ago. Did they just crawl out of the woodwork or were they part of a plan to keep repeat visitors away from the PoP set? You know, like some of your relatives, the ones that show up and bring nothing but trouble with them. And all those cameras snapping, it's no wonder you want them gone by the pumpkin pie is finished. But a set with scorpions its so not safe for the small and tiny, when you're big and mighty you gotta a little bit of an edge. Small and tiny - you're just a goner.Safety first - you know that's most important. But man that's gotta sting.
Ask to comment on the whole scorpion safety watch - there was a no comment as the Prince himself rushed passed trying not to trip in too long trousers.
For the month of December OMG is going to post local, national and international cause from all walks of life for inspiration in giving during not only for the holidays but for the year ahead. And giving is not just with money or material things but can be your time, your voice or your skills. Giving can be little or big, but for every little bit given even more can be done. We hope that you find something over the next month that might spark inspiration for you.
December 1, 2008
Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.
On World AIDS Day, individuals from around the world come together to lead the response to AIDS. Each of us has something unique to contribute- from standing up against stigma and discrimination to educating ourselves about HIV prevention, from knowing our status to learning more about the commitments our leaders have made. Our voices can make a difference.
Thanks Prairie Girl for today's song - it's perfect for World AIDS Day.
M said ....
ReplyDelete"This bearding relationship has given him an excuse to have no women in his life except for R, who he sees only occasionally for highly publicized and orchestrated photo ops. She keeps all the attention on her, leaving him free to live under the radar in the UK and even in HW. We have no clue what he's been doing or who he has spent his time with otherwise for quite some time now. Totally different from what we used to see. Part of the appeal of taking POP might have been so he could be out of the country and less visible, just like Ted said."
Have always thought that from the beginning. And said when it began when you have to cover something big - you go big. And that's what it's been.
Very good post, Special. And 30-31 days isn't near enough, is it? And you are so right. It doesn't have to be money. You mentioned the other ways to give.
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh, thanks for playing this song, you 2! I love this song. It's a great one to walk to. The lyrics are just unbelievably true. This guy that wrote it, and his name escapes me right now, he knew. He had to have been so inspired when he wrote it.
Thanks to people like lyric writers and melody writers for their gift of music to everyone. And music affects every single person in every walk of life; always has and always will. It has the power to stir up a memory, to bring one to tears of happiness or sadness, to make people dance & move, to bring a scene in a movie or TV show to its ultimate effect, to lift you out of a foul mood, to transport you out of a depressing mood just because it makes you feel good. And it has the power to unite people by a common thread. Music has unlimited power and I just admire the people who have these melodies & words in their heads and can put them down on paper to share with everyone.
Wanted to comment also on ag, flf, Destiny, & m's comments. I don't know what has brought on this marriage thing. Seems like every other month of so, it flares up like a case of hives. If it was a one-time thing, I would say "where there's smoke, there's fire". But this rumor has sprung up several times, dating back to last year, that they were ready to get hitched. It's like someone is trying to stir things up or cover up for something else because the rumors haven't been on the internet blogs except as a comment by a blogger, and in print only courtesy of Star magazine which has blessed us with multiple stories of Reese doing all this planning, complete with Atticus being the ring bearer.
ReplyDeletem, you hit the nail on the head. Jake seems able to just live his life over there in London (BTW, LondonTB, where are you???!)
and we have no news or pictures of him whatsoever. A real turnaround from a year ago.
Who knows. We shall see what we shall see.
Well, I better get off. It's going to be a rough afternoon.
I suspect even a scorpian could be stared down by the General.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea about highlighting different organizations this month. Given how you guys come up with some unusual things, I'm sure there are going to be some I've never heard of.
While I disagree with you Special about the bearding being driven by privacy concerns, I am beginning to think it is very much tied to Baby Tile, so add it to the reasons why I think he or she exists. I think the bearding is because the powers that be, including Disney, were afraid he'd come out, and that adding a baby to that equation increased those odds. I think HW may've been able to live with the ambiguity, but not with the coming out.
That being said, I still think Baby Tile makes the bearding that much worse.
I suspect the marriage chatter is being driven in part by the lack of a Reeke fest over the weekend. And it's clear that they arrived separately for that party.
I'm here PG :) It's a big city :)
ReplyDeleteMore marriage talk?
*runs off to read*
For World Aids Day
ReplyDeleteMothers2mothers(m2m)
Mothers2mothers(m2m), is a program across Africa, designed to help HIV-positive pregnant women care for themselves and avoid transmission of the virus to their babies. They are counseled by "Mentor Mothers" who have already benefited from m2m.
Video: Mothers2Mothers
Mothers2mothers www.m2m.org
More for World AIDS Day.
ReplyDeleteAutographed Zodiac one sheet(poster 27" x 40)by Jake for Lifebeat's Bid2BeatAIDS
Bid 2 Beat AIDS Jake Gyllenhaal Signed Zodiac Poster
LIFEbeat- The Music Industry Fights AIDS, is a national non-profit organization dedicated to reaching America’s youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention. LIFEbeat mobilizes the talents and resources of the music industry to raise awareness and to provide support to the AIDS community. In 2007, LIFEbeat is observing fifteen years in the fight against AIDS. For more information visit: www.lifebeat.org
Very appropriate song for today - I haven't heard it in awhile. Thanks PG for suggesting it! I also loved yesterday's version of "What's So Funny 'Bout PL&U" by Nick Lowe.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea - I'm looking forward to the different causes OMG will list. It always feels good, all around, to give a little something back, at the holidays, and all year. I have some that I am involved with, and I always say I want to volunteer more. Very good of Jake to work with Lifebeat. :)
More people are becoming fans of Austin.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is Monday. And I love Mondays! Why? Because I am addicted to One Tree Hill. Yep, this year I discovered One Tree Hill (a little late, I know, since it has been on air since 2003) and I have been hooked ever since. One Tree Hill on the CW, One Tree Hill on SoapNet. I am a One Tree Hill addict and, because of it, my DVR is getting quite a work out.
Why do I love One Tree Hill? Let’s see … great cast, witty dialogue, wicked plots. Yep, that about sums it up. Oh, and then we have the talented Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols, who play Brooke and Julian. Both are LOL funny, share tons of chemistry and seem to be heading towards an on-screen relationship this season.
Tracy's Thought - Guilty pleasures
I really, really hope Julian and Brooke get together. :)
ReplyDeleteI also now beliece baby Tile is in London with Jake. I also believe that Austin was there for Thanksgiving. Jake had little time for reese and I doubt she liked it. It is time for reese to stop embarrassing herself. She looks pathetic.
ReplyDelete^Believe
ReplyDeleteDear Ted:
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your quotes and the mention of Toothy Tile in the Chicago Tribune article about why there are no out leading men in Hollywood. It's always a pleasure to hear you giving your opinion about this topic. I'd like to ask you a question: Is there anything new or upcoming in Toothy Tile's world?
—Claire
Dear Growin' Up Toothy:
Yes, death by boredom.
Reese shows no holiday cheer
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ReplyDeleteI love this song!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting it Special (PG for suggesting).
Great idea about giving back. Your absolutely right that we all have something to contribute in some way.
My closest friends dog passed away this morning. He had him for 15 years so I know he's hurting. I love animals and have been through this as well so I hope I can provide alittle comfort to him.
Have a good nite everyone.
Hi Clarity - good to see you. I'm so sorry to hear of your friend's dog passing away. That is so hard. The pain of losing one can be very deeply felt. Oh, and to have had him for 15 years. That's a long time, though. They must've shared alot.
ReplyDeleteRe Cantara, I was pretty sure she wrote the post, but good to have confirmation. I support Moonbeams' response.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your friend's dog Clarity.
ReplyDeleteNice bit about Austin on OTH. I'm missing getting my fix tonight since we won't have new episodes until next year. I hope they add him to more episodes than the 10 or so originally planned.
I find the Jake thanksgiving pic odd. I mean if Reeke is the lovebirds they are supposed to be, why are there no pics of them coming or going away together from the party? And why are there no pics for the weekend? Surely Jake gets time off from sword fighting and riding a horse? he has dinner & lunch?
ReplyDeleteMethinks the party pic was posed before and dated as leaving the party & Jake was some place else with someone else for thanksgiving. As last year. Dunno, just a thought.
So sorry about your friend losing their dog Clarity. Those who say pets are not part of the family, never had a pet.
ReplyDeleteFeel bad for Jake & Maggie in regards to all this about their family. Yeah they are adults but still they are the ones caught in this, and you are the kids no matter how old you are. One thing to have stuff discussed privately, another when privacy is thrown aside for other things.
It's good that Jake & Maggie have each other and their supportive partners who are there for them during all of this.
Interesting thought flf, wouldn't surprise me.
ReplyDelete3 in a row from Ted. Toothy, Reese, Heath. Getting cemented = Reeke marriage??? Wasn't there something yestaerday Ted said about 'death by boredom'? That would do it.
ReplyDeleteDear Ted:
Soon it will be the fourth anniversary of Toothy Tile, the young closeted movie star who wanted to come out at a certain time in his life. I'm not waiting any longer for this to happen. Tell me, does Toothy secretly still have a coming-out wish? Can we expect something to celebrate for his fourth-year anniversary?
—Justwondering
Dear Happy Gayversary:
In order: Hip-hip-homo-hooray! Nor am I. Yes. Getting cemented in the back of the closet work for you?
Dear Ted:
Please, Ted, give us some sanity. I've been reading Reese Witherspoon's quotes about love and marriage, all part of her new movie promotion, of course. Her biggest admission? She's too trusting and loving! Yeah, that's how she got to the top of the Hollywood heap. If she can't be honest can she at least be quiet? Calming down now.
—Patricia
Dear Golden:
She's got her Oscar and her status. She doesn't need to play the game anymore. Or that one, anyways.
Dear Ted:
I'm just wondering if one of your closeted Blind Vices would actually portray a gay man in a movie? Wouldn't you think that would be a little too life-imitating-art for someone who was trying to make the world believe otherwise?
—abronson
Dear Nice Try:
Is that just a way of trying to guess the talented Heath Ledger? Respect the dead!
AT Tuesday
In order:
ReplyDeleteQ: Soon it will be the fourth anniversary of Toothy Tile, the young closeted movie star who wanted to come out at a certain time in his life.
A: Hip-hip-homo-hooray!
Q: I'm not waiting any longer for this to happen.
A: Nor am I
Q: Tell me, does Toothy secretly still have a coming-out wish?
A: Yes.
Q: Can we expect something to celebrate for his fourth-year anniversary?
A: Getting cemented in the back of the closet work for you?
Reese comes home to LA alone
ReplyDeleteSomething to Smile About
That's their headline not mine ; )
Seriously is this the new Johnny Cash holiday wear or is she mourning Joaquin quitting the business? Who wears that much black promoting a Christmas movie?
Oh boy. Chris, I get the same idea you do. Cemented as in the ball & chain.
ReplyDeleteAnd look at Reese. She has that "sealed deal" smile.
Now I'm not saying I believe one blogger who is trying to spread the rumor. But after such a quiet weekend on Reeke's part and yeah, Ted's short, concise words, I am getting a really bad feeling. Because Ted's been pretty quiet for awhile, save for a small gratuitous word or two. As if he's given up.
And those answers right there sound to me like a throwing out of the white flag. Now that may not mean Reeke's already hitched or planning to within the next month or so because I still can't see Reese doing it so soon. But hey, it's HW and who knows. I sure don't.
But I'll tell you what. He does it and the ol' Prairie Girl will give him up like a bad passenger on a one-man dinghy. I won't support his career anymore. I'll come here to visit because of you all that I hold dear now, but he'll be pretty much history for me. He's a mere shadow of what he was one year ago as it is.
And Popcorn, I wouldn't be doing it because I believe there is no Jaustin or because I believe Reeke is for real. Quite the opposite.
Look at the Lakers pictures. Look at Reeke pictures. Look at the once loving capable person Jake used to be and look at him now. The way he looked at Austin and the way he could even hold/love on his dogs comes nowhere near the way he looks at Reese. Nowhere near. If he can hold his puggle, put his arms around Atticus, or look at Austin (or even Heath for that matter) with more love or hotness (lol, not in the case of his dogs) in his eyes than what he has ever shown in public with Reese, well, I'd like you to show me.
Well, it was a very short night and will be tonight with my class & all. We are in the throes of overload at work and it's as bad as I remember, lol.
Hate to leave on such a down note, but those words of Ted have me in a good funk now. Everyone have a good day and Special, I could really, really use a boost from your rose colored glasses about now.
:(
Getting cemented = Reeke marriage???
ReplyDeleteLOL
Reese Witherspoon is NOT, I repeat, is NOT the Master of the Universe.
Reese was sent home alone. Without one picture together. I don't think of that smile as sealed the deal smile, but a grin and look like everything is good.
ReplyDeleteYeah you can talk about cement - that is not marriage. You are over looking the small three letter word before that. Yes. Does Toothy want to come out? The answer is Yes This is where I still find hope in this.
He still wants to come out, that has not changed. The desire is still there to be out. He has not drank all the koolaid. Its when the desire to come out goes away then there is concern.
Cement can be broken up - with a good jackhammer.
LOL! Thank you, Special - love you!
ReplyDeleteI'm stealing a few minutes before I punch the clock, so to speak.
How could I be so self-wallowed when I had a great greeting from London TB? About lunchtime there, isn't it, London? Wonderful to hear from you from across the sea.
And I forgot to ask Chris how was your Thanksgiving? I hope you had a good one.
Okay, I have lots to do. Special got me good with the jackhammer line. That and another listen to my song from Rent. Everyone have a great Tuesday.
He still wants to come out
ReplyDeleteDoesn't mean he'll actually do anything about it.
"But I'll tell you what. He does it and the ol' Prairie Girl will give him up like a bad passenger on a one-man dinghy."
ReplyDeleteWell said, girl. Me, too. in the name of the father son and into the deep he goes. . .
Jake can't come home until he is finished filming Pop at Pinewood studios. The "soft" end date was 12/3, but with a production that big most likely it will be the end of this week. She could have staid until he is finished but how would that look? PR for 4C is done over there and all she would have to do is go shopping in NH while he worked, it's not like back in Oct. where he actually had a few days off in London, more than the usual weekend. Then he had time off later on and flew to the states.
ReplyDeleteThe way it works for them is that she has been flying over for weekends, this was just extended due to PR, she usally comes back on Mondays, plus the kids are back in school and she has been gone a week. Need pics of her Xmas shopping with the kids.
Things are winding down filming wise at Pinewood and with a strike threat looming, there is no time for silly photo ops.
Ah, Disney, Disney....
ReplyDeletePhoto ops have been the life blood of Reeke for more than a year and you go and call them "silly"
Shame on you!
Sorry, Work, I had to get back on here for a second. Because Disney, you're the same one from yesterday who I bet told us that Reese would wait until Jake was coming home to come home with him. Are you their tour guide? How nice of you to keep us informed of their itinerary. I wish you'd feed us some better information, tho. I don't think I could count on you to guide me through the sights of London should I ever get to go there.
ReplyDeleteHow would it look?
ReplyDeleteIt would look like they are in a relationship.
PG, you are confusing me with someone else, wasn't me. I assume that poster was speculating like everyone else since she was spotted in London after 4C PR was done and Thanksgiving and supposedly the end date for filming is 12/3, supposedly.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to forget that he is in London filming a blockbuster movie, not sitting around picking lint out of his navel, i think some have forgotten that he is WORKING. What they do away from filming IMO (the days he has off) has nothing to do with Disney and the horse and pony show they are putting on.
A strike is looming folks, no time for fooling around with nonsense, if a strike is authorized, actors will go on strike in January. The original schedule for this was filming ending early Dec. and the cast would come back in January for some CG stuff, they can't do that is there is a strike, makes sense if they try and get everything done now.
I hope it doesn't go into X-mas, they would miss all the photo ops of them and the kids X-mas shopping, LOL!!!
Not only do you seem to forget that he is WORKING over there but that she has two kids that went back to school on Monday, she has been gone a week, bad mommy hanging around London while Stepdaddy to be is working while Ryan is taking care of the kids for a second week.
ReplyDeleteEven HW couples w/o children involve don't "re-connect" as often as they seem to do when working, abit overkil don't you think?? Brothers/4C/Nailed/Pop and i'm sure the Ben Stiller movie she will be doing in January if there isn't a strike, bet he pops up on set there too.
I'm sure Ryan and Reese did the same but they were married, but I don't think it was this often.
She has that smirk on her face.....
She has that smirk on her face because the only thing that matters to her is attention and money, both of which she's getting with 4Cs.
ReplyDelete"Does Toothy want to come out? The answer is Yes This is where I still find hope in this.
ReplyDeleteHe still wants to come out, that has not changed. The desire is still there to be out"
How long is Ted telling this now? And how does he even know whats going on in Jakes head?
Jake has made a clear decision - working on a million dollar project with the conservative Bruckheimer/Disney "connection" there is absolutley no chance for him other then to present a "straight" image at least during the next years.