"Eyelashes like a pony,"
"Cuter in person"
"disarming smile,"
Jake or My Little Pony of Persia?
PoP is just big fun romp to be enjoyed.
Completely different note: My apologies to those who saw the offending symbol that was posted this morning before I had the chance to take it down. Intolerance that that symbol represents will never be tolerated.
Looks like PoP will come in 3rd for Friday box office mojo
ReplyDeleteLet's hope Jake's got a hunky texan close for consolation.
The hunky texan is busy elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteSo why is Jake in Texas?
ReplyDeleteI thought poeple here didn't believe in twitter!
ReplyDeleteJake isn't in Texas.
ReplyDeleteFunny how the only ones commenting today are the ones who are bothered by the twitter about Jake being followed in Texas.
ReplyDeleteAnd who else is from Texas? Has family in Texas? Goes back home to Texas to visit?
hmmmm.
The same one who gets those like 14:33 and 15:00 all nervous.
lol.
Austin's family is in Arlington, TX?
ReplyDeleteLet's hope Jake's got a hunky texan close for consolation.
ReplyDeleteI hope that Jake is getting some Texas lovin'. And I'm sure he is.
The weekend's not over. No, I don't expect PoP to take over SC2 or anything like that. But there is still today, Sun and Monday to make more revenue.
What I'm hoping for and what I can see happening is as families and young kids see this movie, see how enjoyable it is, and go on to tell their friends. Or that a kid's parents go to work and tell their co-worker(s) that they heartily recommend the movie, that their kids really liked it and that they themselves enjoyed it. I can't tell you how many times I listen to my co-workers (women and men alike) who compare what movies they take their kids to and recommend. And I'm hoping for a word of mouth spread of success.
I think it stands a good chance of getting that and I'm not going to give it a prediction of doom based on opening weekend figures. I'll still be curious and am very interested in hearing from others who have yet to go see it.
I hope that Jake is getting some Texas lovin'. And I'm sure he is.
ReplyDeleteBased on what?
Austin's family is in Arlington, TX?
ReplyDeleteHa, boy didn't take you long, tweet, did it? Been sitting on here all day waiting for someone to say something? lol.
DFW is a major airport and not saying that Jake would fly American, but say he did, DFW is one of American Airlines' biggest hubs and has direct flights from NYC to Dallas.
Now think about this. Jake probably isn't going to want to be seen flying directly into Austin or semi-frequently flying into Austin. Why? Because of people like you and us. We all know that's where Austin is from and has family there. And he's not going to want to draw attention to that. So what could he do? Fly into another nearby airport and take a little road trip on to the family hacienda.
Hi Jack! See you're here waiting to chat with somebody.
ReplyDeleteNow think about this. Jake probably isn't going to want to be seen flying directly into Austin or semi-frequently flying into Austin.
ReplyDeleteSo Jake drives from Arlington to Austin because no one would notice him at the Arlington airport but people might notice him at the Austin airport?
DFW is a massive, major hub and one of the largest airports in the U.S. American Airlines alone has at least over 40 gates at DFW. Could be alot harder to notice in a crowded airport like that than a much smaller one.
ReplyDeleteNot only that but a twitter mention alone of "Jake in Austin" or "Jake at HEX" is going to get alot more internet buzz than Jake at DFW.
And he's not going to want to draw attention to that.
ReplyDeleteWhy Jake didn't have any problem with being seen in Austin, TX last time he was there?
Could be alot harder to notice in a crowded airport like that than a much smaller one.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot od tweets from LA and NYC airports.
Well, I got caught up on my video watching awhile ago (I think!) and I have really enjoyed watching all of it.
ReplyDeleteThat hedgehog thing was a riot. I enjoyed the big Legos and Jake doing an upward flip with his Lego Prince.
He's been truly enjoyable to watch because he is obviously excited about the movie and it was fun for him. Fun to film and fun to promote.
And the fact remains....the fact remains that Jake has not been seen since Thursday morning. And Austin has not been seen either. And Sophia was on JJ seen in L.A. with friends sans Austin.
I like the math and deductive reasoning.
And the fact remains....the fact remains that Jake has not been seen since Thursday morning. And Austin has not been seen either.
ReplyDeleteSo? We don't have info about Jake and Austin's whereabouts so we should conclude that they are spending time together?
Unless Jake has the REAL dagger of time he's not in Texas. He was spotted out at dinner last night. In LA.
ReplyDeleteLink, please.
ReplyDeleteAustin can very well be in L.A., too. There's been no sightings of Austin. After all, wherever Austin and the kids are, that is where home is for Jake.
ReplyDeleteFlexibility is a desirable quality.
well you specially like your fantasy world, I can't blame you! I would want to be more optimistic but it's been a long time I stop dreaming.
ReplyDeleteIncredible SATC shit came first people are more brainless than I thought. POP isn't a masterpiece but at least there is action and exotism unlike this bunch of crap superficial women.
haitran9876: : Found beach apt w/ ocean view, great Thai dinner w/ in-laws and a Jake #Gyllenhaal sighting on Sunset. Not bad for a day in #LA.
ReplyDeleteabout 17 hours ago
wherever Austin and the kids are, that is where home is for Jake
ReplyDeleteCommon sense is a desirable quality. When was second BT born? When Jake was filming in London or Pittsburgh?
"After all, wherever Austin and the kids are"
ReplyDeleteyeah it's Noe's arch at home.
Jake answers fan questions.
ReplyDeletePerfect date starts off with the right woman.
WDW scan - People magazine, June 7 2010
So I wonder why the troll isn't at POP watching it over and over to build up the box office. That would be more useful to Jake right now.
ReplyDeleteI looked on box office mojo and the films opening next weekend (splice, marmaduke, killers and get him to the greek) look pretty lame so POP may improve in BO during its 2nd week.
M, where do you see troll, which posts?
ReplyDeletem sees all sorts of things:
ReplyDelete*PR lackeys who have a dedicated budget to bring down OMG and WFT2
*Ted bombshells on the hour, every hour
*PR spies in E! who know when Ted is going to drop a toothy bombshell
It all makes sense y'know!
Trolls post on OMG, but so far I don't see troll posts.
ReplyDeleteSome OMG posters are behaving like 'Jake and Austin are together and have kids' is a proven fact, and not their opinion based only on Ted's gossip.
Maybe this has been said before, but I would like to reiterate what patterns we have seen:
ReplyDeleteIf there is a BT2, BT2 likely would have been born in January 2009. BT1 born in October of 2007. Jake came home from filming PoP in December 2008. And then we barely saw Jake for the next 3 months.
From the time in January 2009, I see this pattern from the pictures in IHJ of his medical center visits:
January 6 (before baby was born)
Jan 27, after BT2 born (after a baby is born, there is a wellness check-up about a week-10 days to check for eating habits, growth, weight gain, etc.
(Jake in L.A. entire month of Jan. until Feb 8 when he goes to NYC for a weekend to see Maggie & family)
Feb 27, doctor visit
Mar 4, doctor visit
(leaves for Europe with Reese from 3/12 through 3/16 - visits toy store in Italy, anger very evident at the end of the trip, infamous annoyed behavior at the store in Paris and ascending the plane as they were leaving for the States)
March 25 & 27, both doctor visits
April 7, doctor visit
April 20 & 22, doctor visits
The doctor visits seem to occur in a regular pattern. Another thing to remember is that BT1 would also be having check-ups & shots as well. I see two date patterns here. I see him going in the first week of the month and then what is probably the 3rd week of the month.
And during that time from January through March during a critical time when BT2 would have been born , Jake was papped only in L.A. (close to homebase) except for two times.
The doctor visits seem to occur in a regular pattern.
ReplyDeleteJake is visiting that same medical building for years, long before BT talk.
Why would Jake take BT to the medical building with resident paparazzi? That is hardly the only place in LA where you can find doctors.
And during that time from January through March during a critical time when BT2 would have been born , Jake was papped only in L.A.
And Austin was on the other coast.
And Austin was on the other coast.
ReplyDeleteWhich could be considered fair play since when BT was born, Jake had Rendition to promote and Austin was home to be with the first one.
Which should be considered bad parenting if there was BT2.
ReplyDeleteSo Jake was raising BT mostly on his own and during filming - Brothers, Nailed and PoP.
And so out of curiosity, I just paid a visit to IHJ and went through all of Paparazzi Pictures 2004, 2005 and 2006 and found no medical building visit pictures. Not until April 4, 2007 was there a paparazzi medical building picture set and that was 3 pictures and Jake not looking happy. That would have been the end of the first trimester if indeed it was October of 2007 when BT1 was born. There another medical visit in 2007 on Apr 17 and then May 8 and then again on Sept. 4.
ReplyDeleteReeke in Rome happened immediately following what I think would've been BT1's birth, providing the perfect big (no, wait - Huge) distraction away from the story of BT1's birth. At which time, there were alot of rampant rumors on the internet about Jake & Austin "having a baby together".
So I have to dispute this claim that Jake is visiting that same medical building for years, long before BT talk.
Okay, I'm going to check out 2003 and 2002 now. Maybe that's where I missed them.
;)
And wasn't it during the promotion of Brothers, that the director was quoted as saying "Jake was up with the baby" and then corrected it by mentioning Maggie's baby.
ReplyDeleteReeke in Rome happened immediately following what I think would've been BT1's birth, providing the perfect big (no, wait - Huge) distraction away from the story of BT1's birth.
ReplyDeleteThere was no need for any distraction - Rome was BEFORE Ted started BT gossip.
So Jake was raising BT mostly on his own and during filming - Brothers, Nailed and PoP.
ReplyDeleteCorrection - nanny was raising BT mostly on her own while Jake was filming Brothers, Nailed and PoP.
Okay, I just googled that Jonathan Jaxson guy and he was yapping at the end of August 2007 about the rumors re: Jake, August & BT, before Rome happened.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone out there know when Ted actually started to talk about BT? Was it after Rome? You guys know me, I'm not the best Ted Archive.
Alright, now I just finished going through 2000, 2002 & 2003 and there were absolutely no medical building paparazzi pictures of Jake on IHJ during those 3 years.
Wasn't Brothers a closed set?
ReplyDeleteAnd wasn't it prior to Nailed that there was a story that someone had published something about where Jake was going to be living and Jake's people had legal action against that person for revealing that information? And then it sounds like he ended up staying somewhere else after the original house he was going to rent had its location revealed?
And PoP, there was the story about Jake needing a private garage in to the house entrance requirement for his place in London.
And in Morocco, he stayed at a posh, 8 suite exclusive hotel for himself and his, what? His posse? His entourage? His closest friends?
And now I must hit the hay. Research wears a body out.
ReplyDeleteHey PG, most film sets are "closed" sets. You'd think after all this time you may have learned a thing or two about how films are made.
ReplyDeleteThere was no need for any distraction - Rome was BEFORE Ted started BT gossip.
ReplyDeleteThat would be incorrect, with a capital "I."
1) 1/11/07 Ted mentions that Toothy and his equally "homosational b-f" are thinking about adoption
2) 3/16/07 Ted states: "Turns out T2, so blab our mutual amigos, plans on swirling up his love juice, right alongside his boyfriend's procreating protein, ya know, putting it in some kinda beaker or toaster, or something, and mixing it around with a donor's eggs, then putting the results into yet another donor to carry the resulting embryo.
The plan is, Boyfriend Tile will then, legally (and far, far away from pokin' press types like yours truly) be listed as papa—when, in fact, our beloved Tooth just may be the correct daddio."
There were other mentions after that.
Rome occurred October 24, 2007. You know, the infamous, Jake and Reese "Coming Out" frolic. Significantly, just a tad over 9 months after Ted first mentioned that Toothy was planning on having a child with his boyfriend. Gee, I wonder what typically happens after 9 months when a couple want to have a child?
Why would anyone need to pursue the salacious rumor that Jake and Austin were having a baby, when Jake and Reese so publically announced to the world that they were a couple and, conveniently, had been dating on and off for months? The perfect distraction and fauxmance setup. Oh, this "hookup" was carefully planned to divert attention away from what more than likely was a visit from the stork. Just like Ted discusses throughout 2007.
Also, a long time blog post at queerfocus was recently deleted, but this is what the text stated (by the way the commenter pinpoints that Baby Tile was born on October 17, 2007):
ReplyDelete10/24/07
And now, my beauties, something sweet with poison in it. Don't you know? Kansas is all a buzz! with the holding of hands of Reese and Jake, looking more like lance Bass and "Sopranos" actress Jamie Lynn Sigle a few month ago. But let’s forget about that for now, and get to the center of the spiral:
"It is been alleged that Jake Gyllenhaal and his long time secret partner Austin Nichols (or maybe Chef Chris Fischer), allegedly, became parents of a baby boy last Wednesday night through a planned cesarean via a surrogate. The baby was born at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Hollywood, CA. While Jake is off jet setting promoting his current film, Austin is said to be at home with a nanny tending to the new born allegedly." -JJ's blog.
My, my, this seems crazy enough to be true, munchkins. This story was first alleged to a few month ago by E! online, Ted Casablanca, (Toothy tile is planing to have a baby). And we are no Dorothy babies, all of the Land of OZ knows that toothy is Jake Gyllenhaal.
Is this why he is back hugging Reese?, not to promote the movie, but to hide his sexuality and distract from the baby? juice.
He can't keep the baby hidden forever...can he?, what a tangled web we weave.... what a world! , what a world!... Good luck Jake.
Wow, great research. Does anyone recall the exact time period or date of the trailer visit. I know it was during JFC. It was such an extraordinary thing for Jake to do that it had to mark a significant event. Like that they found out the surrogate was pregnant or something. Of course they could have had a bad fight and needed hot makeup sex, but I've always had a feeling it marked a big moment for them.
ReplyDeleteTMZ Reported on April 10, 2007:
ReplyDelete"Jake was spotted in San Diego last week, visiting the set of HBO's pilot "John from Cincinnati," where his pal Austin Nichols plays the lead. Gyllenhaal arrived and was immediately escorted to Nichols' trailer, where they spent most of the day. Austin left the trailer only to grab some grub for the two from catering tables." (Probably occurred sometime between April 2-5, 2007)
April 6, 2007
Jake Gyllenhaal sports Spandex again, as he bikes with bud Austin Nichols.
April 7, 2007 - TMZ reported that Austin and Jake had dinner at JAR
May 04, 2007: Hollywood: EXCLUSIVE: JAKE GYLLENHAAL & best friend AUSTIN NICHOLS buy some books at Borders in Hollywood, CA.
Hey, m. It's possible that first week in April was significant, as you suspect. If indeed, the baby was conceived around the second week of January, 2007, then the first week of April would have been the end of the first trimester, which is the crucial twelve week period for establishing the groundwork for a baby's development of organs, and where the highest possibility of a miscarriage is likely to occur. Once that critical point is passed, the pregnancy is considered much more viable. In other words, the risk of fetal loss is reduced dramatically after the 12th week of pregnancy.
ReplyDeleteToo far fetched sorry.
ReplyDeleteThanks M&M with all the info tonight. I was dozing as PG was writing and just woke up.
ReplyDeleteTed had been talking about BT for a long time before Rome. In fact it also gives hints with a broad time frame of fall of when BT would be born when he mentioned Naomi Watts and Liev Schriber having their child and BT could be a playmate.
Something else significant that Ted did just days after BT was born was talking about Jake in NYC and the digital dance with Austin in The Village. I think some led to suspect that Reeke was in response to Ted's closest outing of them and not the baby. Now I wonder if Ted helped them throw everyone off the trail more by running that, it was pretty bold and not that typical for Ted to do.
About the significance of the beginning of April. But there is something and not just about the baby. It was that same time in 2006, that things were buzzing they were coming out that week. (Which ended up turning into that carefully worded statement, saying they were friends, but never formally denying being gay)
Have always wondered if there was something connected to either that or something important that happened to them on the set of TDAT, that became a significant date or anniversary for them.
OT:I think I have lured PG to some wicked ways. LOL. She got her first taste of lobster (hey where else but New England) and found out there is a way to make mac & cheese better.(Lobster!)
So much has been made about Jake's hair in PoP but did you know it is historically accurate?
ReplyDeleteNY Magazine
About the box office for PoP. Not much separates the top three for the daily totals for Friday. One thing to remember, lots of kids were still in school on Friday, and Friday night might not be when kids and families go out to the movies. Expect to see bigger increases for Sat. Sun and Monday because of kids not in school and families going to the movie.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing to consider, when you look at movie goer comments, SATC2 was not fairing to well after people saw it and you may see it make a little less because the word of mouth is so bad. But in PoP's case it might work to it's advantage and online comments, twitter and word of mouth might boost its numbers a bit.
Wherever Jake is enjoying his well earned holiday weekend he is doing so with Austin and family. For wherever they are is his heart and heart his home.
ReplyDeleteMaking an estimated $13 million on approximately 6,100 screens at 3,445 locations, Sex and the City 2 slipped nine percent from its Thursday opening day and made less than half of its predecessor's $26.8 million on the same day two years ago. In two days, Sex has grossed $27.2 million, down from the first movie's $44.3 million two-day start.
ReplyDeletePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time posted an uneventful estimated $10.2 million opening day on around 5,600 screens at 3,646 locations, which was a far cry from similar Memorial weekend releases like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was even less than the last Mummy movie, which had a $15.2 million opening day.
Based on these numbers and history, Shrek Forever After is likely to come in at over $50 million for the four-day Memorial Day weekend, while Sex and the City 2 should land beneath $50 million. Prince of Persia is poised for less than $45 million.
Actually, Jerry Bruckheimer and Mike Newell’s Prince of Persia is not terrible: it’s a well-made, fun, featherweight $200-million-plus B-movie adventure, Aladdin meets Raiders of the Lost Ark with steals from Lawrence of Arabia. And it’s something that studio execs dread: the attempted launch of a franchise, for which Disney has adopted the “brand” of an established videogame that is recognized by a fragment of the moviegoing audience. So does it mean anything as a title? Well, because Bruckheimer took a Disney e-ride, Pirates of the Caribbean and turned it into a huge franchise, one can see why the studio would hand the reliable producer some play money.
ReplyDeleteBut judging from the reaction on my Twitter feed, if Prince of Persia plays better for me than its target male vidgame demo, then it shouldn’t cost $200 million.
And Disney insisted on starring Jake Gyllenhaal. I understand why his agents want to broaden his appeal, but Gyllenhaal is miscast as an action hero. In some ways this reveals the current void in leading men with enough weight to carry larger-than-life fantasy fare. (James Cameron fought with Fox over casting unproven Sam Worthington over Gyllenhaal in Avatar.) Although Disney knows that Gyllenhaal has never carried a big movie, at least he’s a known commodity. And he was extraordinary opposite Heath Ledger in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, which was a word-of-mouth hit. But the ensembles Brothers, Jarhead, Zodiac and Rendition were all box-office disappointments.
In Prince of Persia Gyllenhaal is charming and physical—with a boost from stuntmen and digital effects—in the role of a wily, athletic young prince who is scooped off the street as a kid by a kindly king. But he is saddled with a Cockney accent in an ensemble of Brits (Alfred Molina is the movie’s comedic stand-out). I suspect that many of Gyllenhaal’s young female fans would rather see him in a more contemporary, naturalistic mode.
You could see this summer misfire coming a mile away. The risk when you aim for the widest possible demo is that you wind up appealing to no one. This movie is PG-13, family and women-friendly, with scads of stunts and effects with male appeal. But it has no edge
And if BT1 was born in a planned Caesarean that would explain to me how Jake could be there for the birth and then be able to leave for Rome for that huge distracting story of coming out with Reece. Leaving Austin at home with their first newborn but at least away from pap's nosy following because they, just like so many of us, were totally distracted by Reeke in Rome.
ReplyDeleteThose doctor visits followed a date pattern and I just never paid attention to that. I think Jake and Austin planned BT after 4 yrs of dating and with 2 breakups in there. It had to take a lot of planning and took money.
I remember something else now, too. I can remember those doctor visits beginning to get our curiosity. In fact, I had a big honkin' verbal fight on OMG with Chris (you regulars remember Chris) the day of one of those dr visits. Chris was livid over mine and I think Tom's speculations. He went into a tirade over how he hated people making up crap when it was likely just something routine.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am almost positive that fight happened the same morning we had those first J @ A biking pics. And I remember that because I've never forgotten the ugliness of that fight. That was the last time Chris and I ever spoke again. But I also remember going from that low to the high of Jake and Austin's first biking pics. Jake was beaming that day and now I wonder if it was because he and Austin had foumd out they were going to be dads.
I can't go thru the OMG archives right now because believe it or not, I've done this from my phone. Don't want to wake up Special but I woke up still thinking about the dates of all this.
Well, or I guess found out their surrogate had passed the first trimester.
ReplyDelete"I think Jake and Austin planned BT after 4 yrs of dating and with 2 breakups in there. It had to take a lot of planning and took money"
ReplyDeleteI still don't see these guys,supposedly in the closet, planning to have kids together. Their relationship was on eggs and much too uncertain to settle a family specially during this time.
They work apart , travel around the world and don't seem to find time for them so for their kids????
Why having kids if they have to be raised by the nanny!
And about all, the crualty of the situation. Do you really see jake and austin doing that, being ashamed of their own "kids". I can't.
Hi PG and Special -
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice time, how did you like your lobster, PG?
I saw PoP over the weekend too - I really enjoyed it. For me, I liked the action scenes, but prefer more character interaction, but I realize it's an action movie. Loved the music, costumes and cinematography. I thought Jake's accent was very good. I thought all of the actors were wonderful, Richard Coyle I was surprised by.
Lots of good previews to enjoy too - The Owls of Ga'Hoole and the new Karate Kid looks great. :)
I think Jake and Austin planned BT after 4 yrs of dating and with 2 breakups in there. It had to take a lot of planning and took money.
ReplyDeleteOK, let's presume you are right and there is BT.
So after all that love and family planning baby BT was with nanny in some rented house/hotel while Jake was filming 3 movies and Austin was visiting from time to time? They desperately wanted a baby but didn't care about actually being together and being with BT those first 12 months?