Audio Excellence

These might not be the only Audi's in Jake's house.

Prairie Girl  posted that Jake was nominate for the Audio Publishers Association (APA) Audie Award for his narration for The Great Gatsby.

Jake is nominated in the Classics category and is competing against:

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody; Narrated by Lisa Reneé Pitts

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Narrated by Simon Vance

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; Narrated by Dan Stevens

and

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Narrated by Armando Duran; .

Jake has readers and reviewers loving what he did with the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic.

Audio Book Review said about his reading:

"..even if you have read it a dozen times, you will find Jake Gyllenhaal’s narration of it is excellent! The Great Gatsby Audiobook read by Jake Gyllenhaal is highly recommended! It gives you a new appreciation of how important voice is as a instrument of master actors."

Library Journal named his Gatsby was one of the Best Audiobooks of 2013:

" Narrator Jake Gyllanhaal[sic] gives an understated performance filled with nuance and a thoughtful appreciation of the written word. Never overpowering, Gyllanhaal[sic] allows time for readers to draw their own conclusions and investigate their own interpretations of the novel’s many facets. This fresh audio production will inspire readers to experience the classic anew."

For a little rewind here's several clips of Jake reading The Great Gatsby and showing his range, with a little New York accent thrown in too.







From the sounds of it's hands down for Audie.

The winners of the 19th annual Audie Awards.will be announced on May 29, 2014 at the Audies Gala in New York.


Olympics for ALL Moment:

How you can use McDonalds to help support LGTB rights for Russia at the Sochi Olympics.

There is yet another way human-rights and LGBT activists can leverage an Olympics sponsor's existing social media campaign to speak both words of protest and words of support for LGBT equality in Russia and worldwide. This Achilles' heel of Russia's censorship policy has been hiding in plain sight since the McDonald's #CheersToSochi hashtag was first hijacked in January.

And although McDonald's has abandoned the use of the #CheersToSochi hashtag, the Cheers to Sochi campaign website is still up and functioning and, according to their press and social media updates, still a conduit to talk to Olympic athletes and teams who are, right now, behind Putin's Lavender Curtain.

Send a message while Olympics continues.

Fitz and Flags

Austin tweets in starts and stops and he isn't stopping after last night.

This morning Austin tweeted some Gatsby:

"No-Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men." -F. Scott Fitzgerald  -AUS10

Yesterday's Gatsby tweets and today, go together.  It's about Gatsby pursuit of his dream, success. And while he how he got there might be questionable, his determination was unwavering, it because of love, his love for Daisy.  

So why do you think Austin tweeted these, and tweeted them when he did.


And later he let the flag fly

Big ass flag. Texas pride - AUS10

Now you do have to wonder after a week of people saying Austin was in TX, he didn't say anything  when he could have confirmed it Monday.  Heck he's done it before when he's gone to New York.

You think he want people to know that he  is in Texas now,  meaning he was home in LA all this week?

Now who has been in LA this week? 

And why would he want to make sure to make a point about that. ; )   Could it be they all fit together? 

From Fights to Fitzgerald

After a brief break, Austin is back and tweeting.

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -F. Scott Fitzgerald - AUS10

Now why would he be tweeting the last line of The Great Gatsby?

Did he go see the movie tonight.

Or did he just finish listening to his own personal narrator.

Another connection to Jake? Especially at the moment.

Is there something more specific about the quote ?

Well jumping back to high school American Lit,  the quote is about the struggle of people trying to achieve their goals by both transcending and re-creating their past but they prove unable to move beyond it. In Fitzgerald's metaphor, the current draws them backward as they row forward.

Now what's in the past that draws them back?

Dress Down

 While everyone around him was dressing up, Jake dressed down so much at the Met Ball that leave some asking - was that a tux or a casual combo pulled out of his closet.

A little different than the last time he attended the Met Ball

 A silk tux jacket,  relaxed trousers, open collar with a  cashmere scarf, is this Jake's interpretation of Punk, the theme of the event.

No pictures of his kicks.  The boots from Sunday night might have appropriate for punk rebellion meets fashion night.

And Austin is no stranger to the Met Ball.  He attended in 2006 in Ralph Lauren but Monday night he was  dressed down and way west of New York,  this time it looks like at the movies, from the large Gatsby promo behind him.

Source

Bet he's seen the new movie. Then again he may just a big fan of the book. .... The audio book.  No doubt he's heard it or heard it even before everyone else did.

 Speaking of Jake reading:

Jake's reading again on Wednesday for a good cause.

 He is participating Words of War in support of comprehensive mental healthcare for military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan on Wednesday at IAC HQ, 555 W. 18th St. New York.

This presentation of wartime poetry, literature, theater and letters articulate the exuberance and ideals that drive men to war, the thrill and horror of combat, the difficulties of returning home, and the experience of family members worried about their loved one at war. Iconic wartime images will be projected during the presentation.

Among those who are expected to take part at the event are Executive Director, Chairman of Headstrong Project, Zach Iscol, Jake, Adam Driver, Anthony Edwards, Anna Chlumsky (Veep), Jamie Hector (The Wire), Joanne Tucker (Theatre of War), Jonathan Alpeyrie (photographer) and more.

Find out more here.

It's a Good Spin

He not only read the book,  he went to the premiere

Jake was one of the many celebrities who attended the premiere of The Great Gatsby last night. Jake left the red carpet to the others.

 Because who could compete with Martha Stewart in sequined capri leggings.

But let's imagine Jake doing his best Gatsby look

and mingling with the crowd.

Jake:  If you think the movie is good you should hear the book

Isla Fisher/Sacha Baron Cohen/Leo/Tobey/Martha/Anna Wintour/any random caterer waiter:  Don't you mean read the book?

Jake: No hear the book,  you can use your imagination and make up your own pictures.

Random celebrity/caterer waiter: Why would I want to do that when I can see the movie

Jake:  Well the docile tones of the reading of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic can take all your stress away.

Borak or any caterer waiter: I have a guy to do that!

Jake: But  I could do that for you! 

Martha turning around:  You could?!?  You know Jake, I am looking for someone spend time with to unwind. I have a profile on Match.com

Jake: Whoa whoa whoa there Martha.  I meant I read the book.

Martha: Jake dear, we all read the book.

Jake:  No I read the online book.  I am the voice of The Great Gatsby.

Martha: That's nice dear,  now what about us.

Jake: Well I like the way you cook Martha,  and those capris are too much!  But no, I don't see it going anywhere.  

Martha: Because you are said to be seeing a model.  Jake dear we both know ... we all know ... well the secret isn't so secret is it.

Jake: Martha what are you trying to say?

Martha: You need to spin and I need a spin.

Jake: Speaking of Spinning maybe you'd like to take a class. Exercise it's a good thing. And if I bring a friend to class I get a free green juice smoothie.

A Good Read

Just a few weeks ago, while Jake was filming Prisoners he went into the studio to record.  But record what?

A rap album about  kale?

A soulful interpretation of the song stylings of  Mrs.  Miller?

Or maybe stand up comedy album ?

Nope, nope and nope.  He went back to the classics.

Jake recorded an audio book for  F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatbsy.

It is no coincidence that this new audio book is coming out in preview of new film version by director Baz Lurhmann.  And two of it stars are former co-stars and friends of Jake,  Carey Mulligan and Tobey McGuire.

 Jake takes on the voice by Nicholas "Nick" Carraway, the narrator of the story of his mysterious neighbor in West Egg, Long Island, Jay Gatsby and his cousin Daisy Buchanan and those in his new circle of friends and acquaintances.

The audio book comes out on Tuesday your can pre-order it here and right now you can hear a preview of Jake reading the opening of the classic novel:



Hmmm Nick, from Long Island. 

Never pictured Jake as Nick.  He seems more Jay

 ........ Austin as Nick ...yeah could see that

Daisy?  Daisy who.