Announced at the New York Toy Fair over the weekend was a deal between Disney, Pixar and Lego. And what does that mean? That coming in April 2010 you will be able to build your own Prince of Persia world in Legos. A few Lego kits and you too can make the Kingdom of Dastan, Prince of Persia.
But will it come it with a Prince to put in the castle? Will Jake join the ranks of Harrison Ford be made into a Lego microfigure? But will they give the Prince that everyone wants? Sans shirt or will he be dressed in his white deep v t0 the abs wrap shirt? Would Lego do the abs and pecs in paint, and how much chest hair too much for the under 10 set?
If a Lego microfigure could be on the horizon, could an 11" action figure be far 
behind? The long hair to style, muscled and cut, but will it come with add on fuzzy for the authentic chest? With action grip? And a big saber? Will that become the hottest action figure in WeHo? Well the you know it would have to be looking more like this and maybe with that leather vest as an accessory.
Of course Jake will get to have all the different toys that they will make, and sounds like he has someone(s) at home who are big toy fans, or will be in the next few years. But will they make a special edition figure or two who look like someone else special?
And who wouldn't when he was just listed on TV's sexiest man list. Hello Mr. Nichols - you make 29 look damn good, and that's way before April.
Congratulations Austin!
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Let go my Lego
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That's great about Austin making the list of sexiest men, he's certainly gotten attention for OTH. Hopefully all of this will lead to more interesting work for him.
That Yahoo poll cracks me up. As several of the comments noted, if you have to ask the question, then he is gay. And while I distrust internet polls, it's interesting to see that the few comments they have up are pretty much split down the middle.
Not that it wasn't already clear, with PoP tie-ins to things like Lego we're looking at many more years of bearding and Jake Austin hiding Baby Tile. We all know Disney only cares about straight families. Baby Tile doesn't fit the bill, so Jake has built himself a faux family with Reese and her children so that those movie marketers can show what a great family man he is. And with this likely to be a franchise, we're looking at a good five years or more of this.
Shame on Jake and Austin for doing that to their child.
Destiny I think you are seriously delusional on the Baby Tile thing. While I think Jake and Austin will do anything to cover they relationship to protect their career, i do not think they are such lowlifes as to hide a child in a closet. Considering that having a child as a gay couple does need a fair amount of effort and is a choice not something that happens by mistake, what would be the point? This is a tale I sure don't believe, spinned around for god knows what reason.
oh one more thing, if you believe they are doing that to their child how are you possibly sitting there enjoying the fact Austin is making progress in his career? I would despise him and Jake so much I could not care less about what they did with their career!
I'll admit it Neena, I'm feeling a bit schizophrenic, and I often am when it comes to Jake and Austin. A lot of that has to do with the fact that it is Jake who is out there with the beard, I don't see Austin trying to sell his work by promoting himself as someone's girlfriend. So I think it is great when Austin gets attention for himself, not who he is with. In contrast, Jake is now largely known as Reese's boyfriend.
And while it looks like Jake is locked into this charade for years to come, I keep hoping that Austin will do the right thing and put his child first because clearly Jake is not going to do it. And again I cut Austin some slack because he's not out there trying to make people believe he's a father to someone else's children. Finally, I'm waiting to see what happens when/if Austin does promotion for The Informers, and where things are at when Baby Tile is 2. Hiding a baby is bad enough, but the older a child gets, the more active you have to be to hide him or her.
One thing I meant to address earlier was Stubborn's posts about Jake. Totally agree about the almost coming out, and it was the interview in Details you're thinking of. But one thing I do disagree with you about is the frequency of Reeke. While we did get a pattern of every two weeks while Jake was busy working on films that largely required him to be away from LA, since he's been back from London we've had about 20 Reekings in 2 months, or an average of every 3 days. So if people are hung up on all the Reeking, there is a real basis for it.
an 11" action figure
Will batteries be included?
Great news about Austin making the sexiest list, but I would have put him much closer to #1 on the list. He is aging very well, getting sexier all the time. I bet he is higher on the list next year.
Re yesterdays conversation about Disney's POP marketing strategy, I would not be surprised if a strategic break up isn't planned about 3-6 mos before the POP release. Disney seems to be going after both the romantic lead crowd and the gamer fans. Either way, first they needed to establish that Jake is Straight. Or at least they tried to establish that. Then to be really effective for the female, romantic crowd, the lead has to be available. No need to do it now, they are still working on the straightening part, but I predict it will happen before the movie opens.
As to babytile, it was conceived in a different time. Jake on the verge of coming out, POP just a possibility not a done deal. You cant put the cake back in the oven once you take it out. I am sure neither side is happy with how it worked out, but there you go.
So the Shopaholic movie opened but I don't see any press about the POP poster. Does no one care?
"Considering that having a child as a gay couple does need a fair amount of effort and is a choice not something that happens by mistake, what would be the point? This is a tale I sure don't believe, spinned around for god knows what reason."
Thanks you !! I am totaly agree with you .
Frankly it's beyond me some here really believe there is a baby, why?? cause Ted "the guy who can't make up things" tell it!
Give me a break.
Totally agree with you M about Baby Tile. I think at the time they planned to have a baby they planned to come out after he or she was born. But having made that choice, I think it was wrong of them to do a 180 and retreat into the closet, and for Jake to start bearding so that he could do PoP. It's not right to subject an innocent child to that.
For people who make a few million a year, having a child doesn't have to go the traditional route. Nannies, separate residences including a home possibly in a foreign country, isolation, access to travel by private jet, even having people cover for you, is all available. You gotta STOP looking at it from your $35-$200K annual income point of view and consider the possibilities of what $3 million a year could get you in the way of privacy and whim.
I love Legos and I really, really hope they make Jake as a Lego.
Happy Presidents Day everyone!
"I really, really hope they make Jake as a Lego."
But if they do they'll have to change the name won't they. To Chesto or GunO.
Austin says to Reese: Lego my fago, hago.
Reality Check, do you honestly believe children would prefer to play in the backyard of their mansion with the nanny to going to the zoo or amusement park, toy store, amusement park, etc. with their parents and/or other kids? What about school? And what about when Baby Tile starts talking. Are they going to teach their child to lie? Do they teach Baby Tile to call them Uncle for fear that if he or she is ever out in public, say the waiting room at the doctor's, that he or she will point to a magazine cover and say "dada"?
Or do you think it is perfectly acceptable for J&A to just keep their child locked up in that $3 million mansion like a dog. Wait, that's right, even Atticus gets to go the park and the beach with his daddy. That in of itself sums up what is wrong.
Jake and Austin should ask themselves how they would have felt reading the family scrapbook and coming across articles about their mothers in which their mothers had talked about everyone in their family but them. Jake and Austin have both talked about their parents, sisters, sister's boyfriends, and their nieces and nephew; especially Jake. What do they tell Baby Tile when he or she asks why they didn't talk about him or her?
And Jake has said in interviews he felt he didn't get enough attention from his parents growing up; he should look in the mirror next time he thinks about that.
"Reality Check, do you honestly believe children would prefer to play in the backyard of their mansion with the nanny to going to the zoo or amusement park, toy store, amusement park, etc. with their parents and/or other kids? What about school? And what about when Baby Tile starts talking. Are they going to teach their child to lie? Do they teach Baby Tile to call them Uncle for fear that if he or she is ever out in public, say the waiting room at the doctor's, that he or she will point to a magazine cover and say "dada"? "
Too far-fetched
Both are too busy with their career to care of a child I think , besides they hardly spent time together so having a child???
I don't believe in his tale at all.
Oh boy, hot topic today and I have to leave to go walk. Well said, Destiny & scrapbook!
I don't care if you're in Hollywood, make $30,000 a year or $ 100,000,000 a year. Since when does money have absolutely anything to do with the way a child is loved and brought up with all the spiritual & mental/emotional building that's possible? He or she is a child and a human being, not a commodity, a possession, or a thing to be manipulated, deceived, hidden, or passed around like that school experiment baby "sack of flour".
And the subject of BT is indeed another sort of sensitive subject. There are those who believe and there are those who don't. And there are those like me, who sway back & forth like a pendolum. One day I do, some days I have doubts. Either way, both sides should be prepared for &/or be ready to accept that it could really be the opposite of what they believe.
Jake as a Lego would be very cool, and I can see him getting a kick out of it. And you know that they will do the action figure too.
Hey I used to make my all my Ken dolls party together, so I'm sure there will be some Ken partying with the Prince going on. Will Dastan become more popular than Earring Magic Ken, well he will have that floowing hair - you never know. Will he out sell Sgt. Stroker in WeHo - doubt it. LOL!
I thought Reality Check was making the point that "hiding" baby Tile is perfectly manageable on a big HW income, not making a moral point - that's how I took it, anyway. If that's the point being made, I agree.
Congrats sexy Austin :)
I thought Reality Check was making the point that "hiding" baby Tile is perfectly manageable on a big HW income, not making a moral point - that's how I took it, anyway. If that's the point being made, I agree.
That was my impression too.
And Austin - looks like that those "bad eyes like a gypsy" and devilish grin, are charming more and more people.
Yes, it was Details that I was talking about earlier. Thank you Destiny for saving me a lot of time having to go through the whole IHJ archive.
Now I just have to find the other one still. I'm on vacation the end of the week though, I think I should be able to find it then.
On the topic of Baby Tile.
I feel like a broken record but I just want to say again:
We don't see or hear about Jake anywhere near he lives. The only time we see him is when he's out with Reese or in areas where you would have to expect to be photographed.
We really just don't know how much they take Baby Tile out in the areas that they know they won't be photographed and no one cares about whether they're out with a child.
I'm also pretty sure they take Baby Tile to families and friends houses and given that most of them are around their age, I'm sure some of them also have kids already.
Just because we don't see the child, doesn't mean that they never take him/her out with them. Jake and Austin had been friends for a good 3 years before we ever saw them together outside of TDAT, did they never go out together then either? Does Jake never go out with his friends anymore just because it's not captured by the paparazzi? I'll just point to a certain post a few days back on that question...
I know I'm the lone dissenting voice on this topic (and hey, many others :P), but I just wanted to bring the other perspective into is as well.
Man I gotta lay off gossip sights. Just woke up from dreaming Keanu Reves was stalking me and I was afraid he saw me thru the windows suck off Kanya West in the apt I live with my lover, Wenty while he was on a trip, while I was the first man to be pregnant with Jakes baby.
ROFLMAO!
I thought Reality Check was making the point that "hiding" baby Tile is perfectly manageable on a big HW income, not making a moral point
That's exactly what I was saying, london. The practical side of hiding a baby not a moral one. Most people say no way Jake and Austin can have a baby because you would see it, it would live with them and they would be taking care of it, taking it to parks, the doctor, the store. Its understandable because thats the POV of them and their avaerage experiences (mine too.) People need to remember "the rich live differently from us". If I had $3 million a year and wanted to keep a child out of the public's knowledge I could probably do it too. Not that I wouold, just saying that that high level of income would allow me to cover my tracks better, or better yet, pay someone else that the public has no knowledge of or cares about, to make the tracks to the parks, the doctor, the store etc.
There are so many actors in HW who lead the majority of their lives out of the public eye, I don't think Jake is any different. And I think that has been the case for many years way before this arrangement with Reese started.
I remember a video (I think Splash) were he was with his parents out walking in Malibu with the dogs, and the you can hear the paps say - come on Jake you owe us, as they slipped down to the beach. I always wonder if he gave shots in exchange for leaving him alone other places.
And why was it for years that you saw more day shots of Jake than night shots of him? Did he never go out at night - really doubtful.
It does seem like Ian is spinning a lot of the SSDD about Toothy, but one thing did catch my eye. About how careful ("paranoid" was used in the post) about things. (Well he has moments - mostly with Austin) It has always been known that he is obsessed with privacy and security.
I think he and Austin have very full life out of the public eye, with their family, and friends, both on their own and together.
You have to have some of your life for yourself, you can't have everything in your life out for public consumption.
I mean do you tell everyone at work or everything you're doing? Do they know everything about you when you go home, who all your friends are, everything you did when you weren't at work, and everyone you know?
Yeah, sorry about that, Reality Check; I hear you now. I was walking tonight & was already fretting about my "Since when" lead in, lol. That's what I get for trying to comment before getting ready to leave work; won't try that again.
And while I can see that in their case, they could indeed use $3 mil a year to take all possible precautions, I can still see it being pretty difficult at times. You'd have to live with a moat around your house. That just is not any kind of life, for either the kid or the parents.
Well, I'm headed out anyways for the night. Best to get moving. I need to lay off the subject of BT & quit buttin' in. It'd be better if I knew for sure because the whole idea winds me up whenever Jake steps out in Reeke mode.
Uh oh Reese wants to be an action star. Could it be possible the fauxmance with Jake resulted in not only him getting POP but also Reese securing an action franchise? The hard part is getting writers to come up with a role that suits her tiny stature and lets face it she can't act so the heroine has to be close to her real life personality. Hey I got it, what about Beverly Hills Beard and the Last Goatee. or Die Straighter. or The Control Identity. or Midget:Imposterer JIS.
A Reese action figure! No movable parts and we could fit 10 of them on a head of a pin. Man, think of all the money we'll save in production costs!
Lord I hope we never have to produce an Austin Nichols action figure. With all the extra material needed for the long legs, long arms, big grin and all the "danger: sexual energy, you could be electrocuted" warning labels we would need to run by legal and print on the boxes and attach on the figures, not to mention the inevitable accidental death lawsuits we would get, we would never make a profit much less break even. Shit.
Happy Presidents Day everybody.
I cant see reese doing and action film. Just cant.
If there is a Baby Tile we will know within a couple years. Just cant hide that forever. I till find it hard to believe. But it sure would be interesting to see how they would do it and I do think Jake and Austin would have to do it together.
I guess the PR plan will be that reeke spent a romantic private Valentines Day together. reeke in Egypt. Why?
Thers is something about a man in a tux. I wish Heath was picking up his Oscar himself looking hot as hell.
Hey Hasbro if you can't do it we will. Toothy and Goose action figures with interlocking parts that come with their own SUV for the West Hollywood edition. The Hollywood Pack would be Toothy, Goose and a teeny tiny Polly Pocket.
Wait what about me?
*cries*
We'll make a special edition pets pack with you, leash, ball and treats.
I guess the PR plan will be that reeke spent a romantic private Valentines Day together. reeke in Egypt. Why?
Egypt the land of de Nile. : )
Actually it makes sense if it has connection with Mohamed al Fayed/Harrod's, like Rattler said he's Egyptian.
And yes Tom. Everyone reported today. Big Papi is back! Ahhh Spring Training how sweet it is.
GO SOX!
or better yet, pay someone else that the public has no knowledge of or cares about, to make the tracks to the parks, the doctor, the store etc.
That was one of my main points. Children want to do things with their parents, not the nanny. Isn't that one of the things we make fun of Reese for doing?
I mean do you tell everyone at work or everything you're doing? Do they know everything about you when you go home, who all your friends are, everything you did when you weren't at work, and everyone you know?
No, of course not. But every one of my co-workers who has children talks about them, especially the ones with very young children. And people send out emails to everyone else in the office when someone has a new baby in their family.
And I think I'm the one who is more of the lone wolf when it comes to the issue of going out in public.
Jake may not have been papped all the time, but there used to be plenty of sightings of him. Those have dried up, and I think a lot of that has to do with his just not going out much anymore.
I honestly don't believe no one would say anything if they saw Jake out with a baby, unless he's always dragging around say, a couple, for cover. But if he's doing that then the child is with that couple, not him. Of course he can't get away with that once the child is older, so then we're back to his not going out in public with the child.
As Ted said, a daddy fearest in the making.
Jake thinkin *my god even after I packed all this crap in the car to cover up the cum stains me and Austin left last night she's still asking me 'what's that smell' What is she, a freakin bloodhound?*
LOL.
Grocery List
bananas
bagels
eggs
milk
orange juice
Frebreze
Fuji water
free range chicken
butter
bleach
comet cleanser
(spill some in car)
Toothy and Goose action figures. The best idea ever. Movable limbs essential.
The irony about living a closeted life is that no one is really fooled. Not for long anyway.
OT sorta.
from TMZ Patrick Dempsey's wife had some misplaced anger last night outside Rustic Canyon restaurant -- blaming the eatery for "selling them out" to the paparazzi. Only problem: They didn't tip us off ...Just an FYI: When you're super-famous, people tend to recognize you -- especially people who happen to be seated near you inside restaurants.
All it has is PD and wife walking outside restaurant to the valet like most celeb restaurant pic/vids are. So why aren't Reeke's restaurant pap pic/vids just of them leaving the building? It's always them dining thru the 4 course meal, shot thru a window with no other diners nearby or blocking the view at the window. Wait don't answer that I already know.
I wonder how the Egypyt photo shoot is going Lol.
Thank you Mattel I love you.
ps can you pleeze send me new Allan his head got licked off pretty sure Daddy did it
Stubborn TB there is NO way they could take a baby out in a park or at family friends etc as you say. That is bound to have someone with a camera taking pics or talking about it and it would soon be know. You cannot keep a child hidden, no way. And again I see no reason for them to put themselves in such situation.
Actually I don't doubt that a Egypt Reeke photoshoot wouldn't be in the works. It would make a nice spread in People, OK, Good Housekeeping, to infiltrate the minivan common majority. Makes Reese look young and sexy for the Elle and Allure group and draws out her vague Vogue "romance" story angle. And the location: sand, desert, sun, tombs, caves, mystery, the same ambiance that the upcoming romantic adventure "Prince of Persia" movie that Reese's boyfriend/fiancee is starring in has! What a coincidence. Pure marketing BS. Pure Reeke. Pure puke.
"You cannot keep a child hidden, no way."
Yes you can. One example: Liv Tyler.
Hasbro or Mattel
Who's gonna make the Prince with a package action figure? He's got more than a Ken bump.
"Yes you can. One example: Liv Tyler."
Liv tyler???? there are pics of her and his son!!
Design dept: Hey whats the cost on materials if we add sexual organs?
Production dept: It costs too much to add extra parts. Only way is if you trade an ear and 1 finger for a penis. You could design the doll with hair over where the ear supposed to be and have him holding a sword in a way where no one notices he has 4 fingers on that hand.
Design dept: Which finger?
Production dept: Pinkie.
Design dept: Nah too much work. Tell you what, what if we drill out a hole in the ass? We could take the material that's usually there and mold it into a penis.
Production dept: That'll work but remember the hole has to be the same size as the penis for production costs.
Design dept: Well if it has to be the same size we might as well make those parts interlock too. Damn we're good. Kids and parents are gonna love us.
"Yes you can. One example: Liv Tyler"
You just have to to do a google search - many Milo pictures.
Difference is that pictures of Jake with baby would make tons of money - and as we all could see during the last days there are always people/fans/stalkers with a mobile phone, camera etc.
*rolls eyes* Wasn't talking about Liv andher son. Was talking about Liv and her own dad.
Liv Tyler wasn't hidden away from the public, she was hidden away from Steve Tyler by her biological mother because he was a pathetic drug addict who fucked around thus making him a less than ideal father. I could make a joke about the similarities between Jake and Steve, but that's another discussion entirely.
Liv Tyler was born in 1977 - no World Wide Web, no mobile phones at that time......
You got that right Todd, of course she claimed that you were the father, so you should know. ;)
So unless J&A have given Babty Tile to someone to raise who will say that someone else is the father.....
Oh definitely, "Belle" - no cameras, no paparazzi, no gossip industry, no mass media in the form of scandal sheets...
Please.
"Oh definitely, "Belle" - no cameras, no paparazzi, no gossip industry, no mass media in the form of scandal sheets..."
Less than now anyway!
Well sure this baby story is an issue for everybody.
I hardly believe it cause in Jake and Austin situation having a babe seems too complicated and illogical.
And in the case there is a child , I wonder who will keep the kid if the relationship between the two fathers don't last, which I suspect very soon cause I am not optimistic and ted doesn't seem either.
I guess it will be Austin.
Maybe that's why Jake looked down in the dumps when he went back to LA. He flew Virgin, not Northwest.
"Oh definitely, "Belle" - no cameras, no paparazzi, no gossip industry, no mass media in the form of scandal sheets...
Please."
I said WorldWideWeb and Mobile Phones - the whole paparazzi/internet gossip blogs/getting information around the world in some minutes - did NOT exist 32 years ago.
I will believe the BT story when I get only ONE reliable proof/picture.
Jake and Austin with baby
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