Saturday, April 16, 2011

Triple A

Congrats to Austin who is not only an international ambassador for Just a Drop , an organization combating child mortality by providing clean safe drinking water but he's also been named Grand Marshal for the 11th Annual Los Angeles River Ride.

TwoWheel Tuesday is going to be a “Two Wheel Sunday” June 5th, starting and finish at Griffith Park.

Austin's familiar with the area.

Over 2,000 riders will participate in the 11th annual Los Angeles River Ride in several different rides: A Century (100 miles), 70 Miles, Half Century(50 miles) 36 Miles, Family (15 miles) rides; as well as a kids ride and safety rodeo.

You think being Grand Marshall would get him some nifty streamers on his bike handles, but it will be more like him getting a new bike jersey.

Think he can get an extra to take home for someone who rides too?

For a guy who wears a blazer to bike in, maybe he can talk him into something extra for this ride, a bell for ? Grand Marshall sash? Cool helmet cover, maybe the Jive Turkey ?

Just a word of advice Mr. Nichols. Don't get distracted doing the elbow elbow wrist wrist (or wash the window, wash the windows touch the pearls) wave to the crowd and take a tumble off the bike. This is a two hand operation.

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A little Tree as we get ready for Austin's directorial debut, courtesy of an interview with EW.com

What did Austin have the most fun with when directing?
“I can’t tell you much about that adoption and that new baby, but it was one of the most important things in my episode that I directed and [what] I had the most fun with,” he says. “You know, I got to cast a ton of babies. We had to have twins, because some babies can only work for a short period of time. So I got to go in a room with all these babies and look at all these cute babies and go, Yes, I want that baby, I want that baby [laughs]. It gets complicated when you’re casting babies. I think at one time we had triplets. We’ve had rubber babies and all this stuff, and it’s been interesting.” Check out the rest at EW.com

For most guys a room full of babies would send them running faster than all get-out right out the door.
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44 comments:

  1. LAApril 16, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    I was retrieving my bicycle after breakfast at Square One and didn't even notice Jake Gyllenhaal standing next to me until the last minute. about 1 hour ago via web
    SciWriAlice
    Alice Chang

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  2. destinyApril 16, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    That's nice that Austin got named Grand Marshal for the biking event.

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  3. Florida TomApril 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    So both Jake and Austin are back in LA. Sounds like both are biking. With some holidays coming up looks like they will be together.

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  4. Florida TomApril 16, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Time for a new Avatar. God I love Clearwater Beach.

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  5. tweetApril 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Watching the epic bromance pairing of @AUS10NICHOLS and Jake Gyllenhaal in the Day After Tomorrow! about 2 hours ago via Mobile Web

    http://twitter.com/Zoe_Chan_

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  6. prairiegirlApril 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Oooh, great avatar, Tom. That's gorgeous.

    Boy, as I get over run and inundated with posts and reports of ol' Reesey-poo everywhere doing everything with everyone everyday, one can sure tell she has a movie coming up. I hope our little Soapy rah-rah fan will be relieved that right now I focus on an 'ex of Jake's. Why?

    1) The commencing of the ol' Cockroachella. Ahhh, it just gets ya all sentimental and gooey inside, doesn't it? I know it does me. All the celeb sightings so far, it just makes you recall that wonderful weekend a couple of years ago. I don't know about you, but I get a sudden urge to pick my pants just thinking about it. Kind of a little Saluuuuuute!, a little Carol Burnett tug-on-the-ear kind of shout-out, except in this case, this Jake case, it's a little tug on those ol' underpants.

    c'mon everybody! You know you want to do it. Let's raise the hand, I mean the glass, and toast that fond memory...

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  7. prairiegirlApril 16, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    LOLLLLL!!!! snicker. Oh man.

    And 2) Ted's BB this morning about Robsten and Reese brought up something that I had already been pondering. And that is that Water for Elephants is going to be having a red carpet premiere in NYC and everyone is wondering if Kristen Stewart is going to show up to walk with Rob. You know, true OMG'ers and WFT2'ers know exactly where I'm going with this one.

    Can you see/hear it? The flashing, blinding camerabulbs! The shouting! Thrusting papers and pens! Flapping arms!! "Robert!! Kirsten!! Robsten! Robert! Kirsten! Robsten! Over here!"

    Oh man. I look forward to finding out if Kirsten goes. That's the bitchy woman in me, I suppose. And Ted sounded like he had some bitchy woman running through his veins too when he said he couldn't wait to see if Kirsten shows up. lol!

    And look at this great quote from Reesey on filming an "intimate" scene with Robert:

    “He had a very runny nose. It wasn’t appealing. It wasn’t pleasant,” Reese said.

    Yeah, thanks, Reese!! Love you, too.

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  8. prairiegirlApril 16, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Congratulations to Austin on being named a Grand Marshall. That's cool.

    I was wondering out loud to someone if he would be riding in an open convertible for the event and it was gently pointed out to me that well, since this was a biking event, probably not. LOLLLL!!

    Isn't that embarrassing. Brain mis-fire!! lol.

    It's pretty cool to be named a Grand Marshall of a parade. I love that helmet hair, Special, don't know where you found that pic but that is awesome.

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  9. Twitter SaysApril 16, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Tom_Heaton Tom Heaton
    Best part of #TheDayAfterTomorrow is when Jake Gyllenhaal whispers his plan so the wolves don't overhear.
    1 hour ago

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  10. Special KApril 16, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    It's great to see all the different ways Austin (and Jake)help to raise awareness about the causes they care about.

    There are a lot of cool helmet covers out there. But somehow I could see Austin rocking the hair on a ride.

    Did anyone else find it interesting what Austin had the most fun with when he was directing?

    The old adage never work with kids or animals must not apply to him. Because it's not easy to work with babies, let alone the first time directing. That's kind of crazy if you don't know what you are in for.

    It sounds like all those things babies do, crying, fussing, etc didn't phase him in the least.

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  11. the real mApril 16, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Cool that Austin will be Grand Marshal. I bet he is very excited. Almost as good a job as being a director.

    Funny the things you miss - Jake whispering so the wolves don't hear. I have not watched that movie in a long time and don't plan to, but if I see its on TV I'll try to watch that part.

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  12. Special KApril 16, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    Source Code has staying power. Despite the two big releases this weekend (Rio and Scream 4) Source Code is predicted to slip only one spot from 7 to 8 in the Top Ten in the box office.

    Domestic Total as of yesterday: $32,520,000(Estimate)

    Foreign Box Office: $13,242,777

    for an estimated Worldwide Box office total: $45,762,777

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  13. Methodical MuserApril 16, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    An interesting interview with Duncan Jones that reveals the pivotal decision-making/creative role Jake played in bringing Source Code to the screen.

    Jake the Executive Producer

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  14. Special KApril 16, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    It does seem like Jake was acting like a executive producer for Source Code without the official title. It was definitely more than just having the say on the who was going to direct. Source Code was floated around as the best screenplay not produced for a few years, but now you wonder, because it seems like Jake was attached to it just as long. Kind of like a movie in his pocket he could pull out when he was ready and knew what he wanted for it.

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  15. LAApril 17, 2011 at 12:08 AM

    Busy Saturday night on the Blvd... Why no tweets about Le Petit Greek? Jake Gyllenhaal was there a few wks ago
    http://twitpic.com/4lub68
    40 minutes ago via Echofon

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  16. AUS10April 17, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    Thank you Savannah, Georgia!! What a great audience. I love you and I will be back... Wait, I'm not in a band.
    3 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

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  17. Special KApril 17, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    If Austin tweeted this and actually in Savannah it would have been just after 6 am.

    Savannah is a wild place but doubtful the band would getting off the stage at 6am on a Sunday morning and not just any Sunday morning - Palm Sunday morning. It's still is a Southern city with Southern ways.

    Now if he tweeted from the West Coast it would have been after 3am which you could see since it's just after last call or an after hours or even after festival.

    And also saying he's not in the band, could have a double meaning. Not in the band = not there.

    And it could also mean he was out to seeing a band which would work with the West Coast timeline, and what a band says at the end of their set.

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  18. Special KApril 17, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    Check out Austin's other tweets he sent right around the same time.


    Hi. My name is Austin. I am an Actor. I use Twitter. I am a Twactor. Checking out my Twacting. about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

    I dare anybody out there to challenge my bad ass twacting. Bring it. about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

    So is he literally calling himself out on his own shit, and his acting (aka lying) about being in Savannah while throwing down his "challenge"?

    Oh Mr. Nichols - you wascally wabbit.

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  19. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    Good translation, Special, I would concur with that. Austinspeak. And yeah, a twactor. lol. Gotta admit, that's pretty clever.

    This is terrible what happened yesterday in the southeast. Poor North Carolina. They were hit hard and had multiple deaths - I read nine on cnn.com but I guess it's still unclear. That is terrible. Heck, even in Kansas you don't normally see that many deaths from tornados and tornadic activity. Those were probably the same warm and cold fronts that went through here a couple of nights ago.

    I wonder if they have basements in North Carolina? I know Oklahoma doesn't but I'm just wondering why the number of so many fatalities. Maybe flash flooding was an issue; several people were swept away it was reported.

    About a week ago, we had this big hail storm go through and where I live, we lucked out. It was only pea sized. But I heard of golfball size hail not too far from here and an acquaintance had 2 cars damaged, one of them totaled.

    And he had on his deck, one of those Rubbermaid type containers that you put your chaise lounge cushions in? And I guess it blew holes into that. Do you know how darn hard those things are? They're not just like a cheap plastic watering can. That is hard, thick plastic. So can you imagine the force of that hail to be able to do that? I've been outside in downpours and sometimes rain comes down so hard it blows horizontal and it can actually hurt when it hits you. Imagine a hail ball hitting with that kind of force.

    Nature is incredible and is to be respected, that is for sure.

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  20. F3April 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    I wonder if they have basements in North Carolina? I know Oklahoma doesn't but I'm just wondering why the number of so many fatalities. Maybe flash flooding was an issue; several people were swept away it was reported.

    tornados are a rare occurrence in NC and VA. they don't have the same storm warning system that states like Kansas, OK and others have.

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  21. Florida TomApril 17, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    Time will tell what Source Code will do for Jake's career. It certainly didn't hurt it. The movie and his acting got good reviews. I don't think it has elevated him to stardom. The movie was not an overwhelming success at the box office but it wasn't a disastor like Rendition or POP.

    Cruise danced in his underwear and shouted "show me the money". Leo had Titanic. Depp had Jack Spparrow. Pitt took off his shirt in Thelma and Louise. Jake came pretty close with "I can't quit you" but of course most heterosexuals wouldn't agree. Either did jake's PR. Again time will tell if he will ever have another opportunity to play a character like Jack Twist that will catch the mainstream's eye.

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  22. from WTF2April 17, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    OTH said...

    MasterD8ingD: As for James, Sophia, Austin and Joy. New Contracts couldn't be worked out. Mark Schwahn and the CW execs are still continuing without them.
    about 12 hours ago

    April 17, 2011 10:16 AM

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  23. AUS10April 17, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    HELLO. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. about 5 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

    BOOM!! That's Twacting people. Did you feel that emotion? about 5 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

    @adamlevine I think you would make a great Dread Pirate Roberts. about 3 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to adamlevine

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  24. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:09 PM

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  25. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Thank you, F3. That would explain some of it if they don't have a good warning system. It is so tragic what happened to North Carolina as an entire state. They were devastated by all the pictures I've been seeing.

    I'm really surprised Sophia nor Austin have said anything about what has happened in North Carolina, a state that they worked in for most of the year and were closely involved in some of its communities.

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  26. Methodical MuserApril 17, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    Instead of using microblogging for fake, self-serving purposes, why not use Twitter for what it is most suited: bringing people together around a national tragedy for those in North Carolina. People are dead and over 200,000 are without power, and they are wasting time pushing their lame fauxmance to the hilt while Austin babbles about the Princess Bride.

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  27. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    I do have to wonder what with Austin's Princess Bride obsession this morning......

    It does make me wonder if Austin's petname for Jakeypoo is Buttercup???

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  28. Methodical MuserApril 17, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    Awwww. LOL! Because he's so sweet. After all, Jake says he has been called a princess before.

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  29. ;)April 17, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    I'm really surprised Sophia nor Austin have said anything about what has happened in North Carolina

    How disappointing & heartless

    ;)

    ;)

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  30. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:30 PM

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  31. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    ♪♪ Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
    Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
    And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
    When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
    I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
    You know that I have from the start
    So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

    I-I-I need you-oo-oo more than anyone, baby
    You know that I have from the start
    So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart
    ♪♪

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  32. ;)April 17, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    ♪♪♪

    How musical (and how sneaky to then delete)

    ;)

    ;)

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  33. Methodical MuserApril 17, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Speaking of Buttercup, I wonder if it's a pancake Sunday for Austin and Jake? That's right a little spatula action for the boys having burned up all those calories this morning...jogging. Hey, what did you think I meant?

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  34. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    First of all, posted over on WFT2 by myself:

    It should be obvious to the OTH girls that Austin & Sophia had ceased to use twitter to advance their "romance". It was even "revealed" on the Forum that the duo's plans were to keep things low key and more private. And the fans were admiring this new trend of theirs to not use twitter in this fashion. Indeed Sophin had ceased to tweet at each other.

    But now that the show is over, all of a sudden these 2 are resuming the usage of twitter to place their whereabouts and to insinuate that they are together. For us on OMG and WFT2 who at the least realize Austin is gay and Sophia is his beard, leaving Jake out of the equation totally, it's extremely obvious what they're doing. Why the OTH girls don't even recognize this or wonder out loud about this change in behavior is unbelievable.

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  35. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    a little spatula action.

    LOL

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  36. lolApril 17, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Where's your dissection of the Savannah wedding? I'm all excited

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  37. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    There are several holes in this supposed trip to Savannah GA.

    For one thing, one has to question how one person knows that a wedding is the reason why Sophia supposedly went to Savannah. A blog moderator is the one who knew this. How does a blog moderator, especially one who lives overseas, know Soap's personal itinerary when nothing has been said thus far on twitter by even the Soap herself.

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  38. Special KApril 17, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Is Austin calling himself the six fingered man? Well... well.. well...


    Princess Bride what comes to mind -

    INCONCEIVABLE!

    That's a miracle pill?

    The chocolate coating makes it go down easier. But you have to wait fifteen minutes for full potency. And you shouldn't go in swimming after, for at least, what? An hour.

    and of course...

    Mawwage. Mawwage is what bwings us together today. Wove, twue wove...
    So tweasure your woves foweva.

    Have you the wing?

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  39. Methodical MuserApril 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    I think Austin is being oh so clever again (Mr. College Boy) in his use of language. Supposedly, Soapy went to a wedding this past Saturday so Austin suddenly tweets about the movie, The Princess Bride. Not exactly lying, but not exactly telling the truth either. He tweeted early this morning:

    Thank you Savannah, Georgia!! What a great audience. I love you and I will be back... Wait, I'm not in a band. 3 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

    That means - it was just after 3 a.m. in Los Angesles (6 a.m. Savannah time) when he tweeted this statement, and it's from his BlackBerry. As someone reminded me, it is what a band would say when they say good night. Coachella, anyone?

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  40. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    2nd of 3 points:

    Then you had these couple of tweets by Ryan McGee of ESPN who indicates that he was near Soap on a flight:

    RyanMcGeeESPN Ryan McGee
    Thought this was @SophiaBush sitting across aisle. The stunned silent stares from every 19 year old boarding the plane confirmed it.
    5 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

    and then after Soap tweets this:

    SophiaBush Sophia Bush
    @
    @RyanMcGeeESPN Haha! Well you should have said hi! We could've chatted about the NCAA tournament. I won my bracket! ;)
    3 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

    he tweets this:

    RyanMcGeeESPN Ryan McGee
    @
    @SophiaBush You should've helped me with my bracket! (And you guys slept even thru my daughter's racket behind you, so I didn't disturb you)
    3 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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  41. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    This Ryan guy is with ESPN. His twitter is all about every sporting event going on known to man, lol.

    So it looks like he was at the Talledega SuperSpeedway for a race this weekend. That speedway is in Birmingham, AL. And yesterday, he tweets:

    RyanMcGeeESPN Ryan McGee
    @
    @lynda1994 Headed to see my peeps at @ESPNmag!
    4 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

    The ESPN mag headquarters moved from NYC to Bristol CT in 2010, although they probably have smaller offices elsewhere.

    But the fact of the matter is he's going from Birmingham AL to the northeast. Soap would be going from LA to Savannah GA.

    Flights from LA to Savannah do not have stopovers in Birmingham. Flights from Birmingham to either NYC or CT do not go through Savannah. They can go through Atlanta. But there's 250 miles between Atlanta to Savannah.

    How are these flights going to cross is what I'm saying? They're going in two totally different paths on flights with generally only one stopover.

    Not only that, but how come he nor the other passengers recognize Austin? If they recognize Soap, they should know who Austin is. But no one tweets about Austin being on this flight. No one recognizes Austin and he just mentions Sophia.

    And Austin's a big boy - he's got to be hard to miss on a flight.

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  42. Methodical MuserApril 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Then there was this Facebook comment from yesterday:

    Jocelyn Wu omg sophia bush was at urban today..... what?!
    17 hours ago

    Even though there is an Urban Outfitters in Savannah, the poster is from San Jose, CA and acts like she's surprised to see Soapy in her own backyard.

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  43. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    And lastly, the weather in the Southeast yesterday was precarious and dangerous. On Wake Up with Al on Friday morning, Stephanie Abrams was already saying it was looking bad for the southeast states.

    Ryan McGee mentions the bad weather. But Soap doesn't. All she does is go on about how lovely her little historic strolls were and doesn't even mention the weather. Whether she flew in on Friday or Saturday, you would think the extremely turbulent weather conditions might be mentioned, especially when you've got a flight scheduled going through the said areas.

    Nor does Austin mention the weather and/or the storms. In fact, on Friday nor Saturday, Austin tweets (oh excuse me, twacts) nothing about airports, flying, leaving L.A., goodbye everyone, etc. That's kind of a veer from the norm, isn't it?

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  44. prairiegirlApril 17, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    Okay, just a few nuggets there to chew on. I'm off to my mom's now. Everyone have a great Sunday afternoon.

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