2012 Rewind

2012  saw Jake leave CAA and Austin leave the Crazy Tree and all that came with the job behind.

With January came LA for both of our fellas.  With OTH in the can, Austin was back in the city of Angels with Jake out and about and back to his old haunts (ie the Doctors) and juicing it up. Jake started 2012 out for sushi with friends and smocking it up and playing pap peek a boo.  While Austin was MIA at the OTH premiere for it's last season in LA. (Foreshadowing ahead!) Jake left CAA for WME, and once again was name a presenter at the Golden Globes. Breakfast with Busy and family. And don't forget about that late night Pinkberry run with Austin. We also found out that Austin or is that Julian loves coffee cake.

 
 
Soon Jake was grabbing not one or two or three juices but five juices out on a morning juice run driving a truck that wasn't his, but looked very much Mr. Nichols and later did one better than be seen with Austy's truck but the tall Texan himself as they shared a sushi lunch with friends and hopped in the car and took off together.  And before the month was over there was a little review of the big photoshoppin' job that covered more than Maggie's pregnancy.


 
 

Then Jake was back in England bespectacled  and pushing the dark side making a video for the The Shoes.  Then off to be a juror at Berlinale 2012 with a clean close shave and something even bigger.  His big tall Texan, who was spotted on his way in Heathrow by former co-star Dana Delaney and then soon tweeted he was in Berlin enjoying the film fest. But we didn't only get the tweets but the peeps when pictures from Berlinale showed that Austin was enjoying many of the events right where he should be right by Jake's side, including a reception with President of Germany. At Berlinale Jake was his ever charming self, and we learned of his obsession with the number 5 and stories of being a bad influence from legend Meryl Streep.  While Austin was showing some of his best acting he's done on OTH, the final shave came to Brulian as well.
 

 

 

While Austin lost his beard, Jake grew one that seemed to stay for the rest of 2012 during March.  Austin got the role of  Tommy West, the A-lister with the habit of hooking up with chicks with dicks on Showtimes newest show Ray Donovan.  Rumors of Jake doing Motor City that didn't get of the start line and Jake popping back up in New York.   Then headed back to LA at the end of the month before he started filming The Enemy.  OTH was in it's final days on The CW and Austin talked about his love of directing and about get a chance to direct one more time before the show ended.
 

 
 

April kicked off with Jake back in NYC and doing some host duties for his late godfather Paul Newman's charity at Paul Newman's Dream at Lincoln Center. There were some crazy revisionist history of Ellen Pompeo and Jake meeting before Moonlight Mile by Pompeo herself. There were some fun with photos when Jake's beard grew and changed color from one day to the next.  Jake sightings were all over, San Francisco, Portland, Toronto, while Austin went to Coachella and never got seen.  In April we heard that Jake was going to hit Off Broadway in the fall, with Austin tweeting a big neon LIVE the day after the announcement.  Austin hit the big 32 and we found out that Jake's distance cousins include beard inspiration Ulysses S. Grant, FDR, Shirley Temple and the Bushes.

May had sneak peeks at EoW at early screenings that got great audience response.  We got the first real look at EoW with a trailer and LOL finally opened (and closed quite quickly). Austin spent time on set watching Todd Haynes work and shared it through a tweet. Jake and Austin are out for a late night bite at In - N - Out in Cali.  Jake reported to his set for The Enemy in Toronto, and  continued to wear the black Yankees hat and was reported hanging with Beyonce and Jay-Z as well as out with his mom and bounced between NYC and Toronto.
But the big thing for May was the 10th anniversary for our guys who met at the casting of The Day After Tomorrow in May 2002.

June saw another beard trick of Jake's or was that just a little photo swapping and playing with dates for cover as Austin arrives back in the Big Apple. The hunt was on to Spot the Jake in Toronto with Where in the Sprawl is Jake Gyllenhaal.  Jake got spotted at Rufus' show in Toronto hanging with K'Naan almost 5 years to the day he was on the stage with Rufus in NYC. Austin filmed Ray Donovan in LA.  Jake couldn't get a date and the Minka story came around again.  Austin started tweet his travelogue of 2012 as he was back in Austin after LA. Jake was seen out with Rufus and his fiancee as second time in just weeks in Toronto.
 
 
 
Austin tweets another connection to Jake with a tweet about Kayne and Jay-Z Watch the Throne while he heads to Comic Con in Paris as a special guest with fellow OTH co-stars and creater Mark Schwahn for three days.  Jake goes of the radar and then pops up all over the place including NYC, Toronto and three tweets of him Austin TX.  And Austin throws out another shout out about Jake wearing a Yankees camp his last day in Paris.  Austin goes missing and Jake pops back up on Mom's set in NYC.  Can we just get them both chipped and run real time GPS on them?  The first picture of Jake and the cast of If There is...comes out and Jake's all about the Details (magazine). And there was a ripple when Jake was seen at Frank Ocean's show, shortly after Ocean came out to the public.  LOL came out on DVD.

 
 
 
Aquaman Austin gives us a video of how long he can hold his breath and backflips off the cliff into the water in August. Jake got spotted at Mumford and Sons (and months later a photo of Austin there too). Austin tweeted an Olympic caption challenge, challenge accepted Mr. Nichols. OMG turned 5!  Austin's all about Shark Week.  Jake was rumored again for another movie, this time Mississippi Grind about a gambler, but that rumor folded as soon as it was dealt.  Jake supported Generation Food and sent out a message online to help them reach their goal of over $50,000. EoW had it's first premiere at a special screening at the Hamptons and we found out that Jake is such of friend of Jerry Seinfeld that he bunks there after the party.  If There is... opens.  Jake goes back to see Dave late night, and was as charming as ever.


 
Jake relives his first Broadway show, Patti Lupone in Anything Goes, and Austin runs his first triathalon any which way he can and gets 7th. (Great job Austy!) EoW premieres at TIFF with the whole cast there (including a late Jake, delayed at the airport).  The Nanny named Fran did a backstage visit at If There Is... Jake on Anderson (no not that way, get your mind out of the gutter) and Jake ALMA's too.  Jake does Live with Kelly & Michael, Conan, and Jimmy... but once again no Jay.  EoW ended up #1 at the box office after a tight race.  And at the end of  Sept Jake was lending help again at the Global Citizen Rally in NYC.
 




October finds Austin LOVES up NYC.  Jake play gets extended till Dec, and we find out it will be Watching the Detective next year when Jake stars with Hugh Jackman in Prisoners. Austin once again told us where he with with a KISS of Back in the New York groove and then gets back to his roots at ACL. Someone else turns 5!  Jake goes on The Chew and cooks with chef pal Mario Batali.  Scheduled to be feted by New Eyes for his work, it gets postponed by a Super Storm named Sandy.  Austin gets Rex'd for Halloween.

Austin gets spotted outside the subway doors that Jake is on, and later is seen walking with Jake and an assistant that gets reportedly mistaken for a new gf for the third photographed sighting of them together for 2012. Jake joined others for Arts in Armed Forces for a performance for active military, veterans and their families on Veteran's Day. Austin tweets a song that gets many thinking which is what he wants them to do.
Jake receives his tribute from New Eyes at Colicchio & Sons, while continuing to help raise more money for them.  Austin heads to Chicago to do some work for Mob Doctor on The CW. Brulian pops up again but just on a ranking of screen couples.  Jake heads to England to promote EoW and when asked what kind of drink would he be he said "A Ribena. Next to a tall glass of water..."
 
 
 

 
Jake does BBC1 and Graham Norton and not only survives Graham but Joan Rivers and charms them all and definitely is the old Jake we've seen and loved.  EoW comes back to the theaters in the US for a limited engagement hoping for a little nod or nom during award season. Austin is back in Chicago and doing some road trips and shows off he's Wheelin' ways in the trailer for Ray Donovan.  Jake helps raise money with ICAP, and then joins the cause and helps out with 12-12-12 the benefit for Sandy Relief, including giving 10 grand if Brian Williams put on a Firefighter helmet. He also introduces an EMT from Long Island with ends the year of a thread of connections to Long Island all during 2012.  Jake turns 32, the world doesn't end, Austin shows up on Mob Doctor the last night of 2012 and another year is wrapped up OMG style.

 
 
 
 

 
Thanks for sharing another year with us and here's to see more of our fellas in 2013.

Happy New Year!

2010 Rewind

Big birthday, "single" Jake, Hat tricks with Bruck, first info about Source Code, the big gold ring, Jake back to the Dr in schmatas, and grinning at passing vans, the earthquake in Haiti and both helping get the message out to help, Superbowling, first peek at PoP in action, Austin doing Arty red carpet, and rounds at the Golden Globes. Who was the mystery mad hatter at Maggie & Peter's wedding?

Jake in Austin ( behave! Texas that is), back to the Lakers with Chris, Snowmegadon I, Rings on fingers, celebrating sibling success with bad pancakes, Austin all over NYC trying to put on fashion and passion (yawn), The Goose goes Ducky. Jake does some Wild Turkey during tennis is tighty short shorts. Jake turning down one big blue role but did a movie about a little blue pill and with a fella behind a big blue dot. The PoPing slowly start. Was that amour in the background at Ammo?

Oscar Oscar. Parties with partners, presenters introduced as "mother of my child", special time with sis on red carpet, stunned by questions backstage. Jake goes Lego and Time Square. Austin's Beautiful Boy. Brother's out on DVD. Sasquatchi! PoP gets its final poster. OTH hits UTAH, Atti does the Great White North, Jake backs that thing up on set of SC. Five years of Toothy and Goose.

Triumph at ComicCon and first audience Q&A and Ipad. Jake pops one on set and not as a Prince. Mummers of Damn Yankees. Austin hitting the dirty thirties and getting beard busted for color. Jake does GQ. And the Windy City. The future of OTH uncertain. More PoPping and Jake wanting to be like Indy. Does it take a village?

PoP PoP PoP. London, Russia, LA Amazing suits and working it on the red carpet. Austin out for a stroll double T'd. Too big silver band up front and center at Heathrow. OSTRICHES! Austin on the E! carpet both figuratively and literally. Hedgehogs doing karate. Large Lego friends and gone wild. Bad dancing in videos - or bad video of a dancing? Jake on Regis - Maggie has a niece? Family family family. . Busy Busy - farmer's markets with both, and premieres. J's Party time with his man. Tex in Specs. Jake makes a princess statement. Detective work and Where's Austin at the Farmer's Market. Jake and the old lady shopping cart. Audi Family Truckerster one for me one for you. PoP doesn't exactly sizzle opening day. Co-stars trying to make art (is OTH) sound like life. Jake and Austin at the gym, take the backseat lady.

Neutrality Celtics leanings.Healthy shopping and gym in LA. Find out Jake getting more involved with New Eyes. Napoleaning it and show some silver at at the Chrysalis Ball the Gulf Spill. Austin discovers Twitter and the world will never be the same. (Is it wrong to get aroused in whole foods?) Absorbent Man is a smooth operator. Or maybe more Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. GOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLLL! Austin steps up to speak out about the environment and the Gulf and goes to check it out. Jake at the Lakers. World Cup and stories of soccer. Texan Facebooks. Head East Young Men. Austin in NC , Jake on the Vineyard.

Austin smelling freedom and Michigan. Two Wheel Tuesdays. Vineyard sightings and hurricanes. Answer the age old question how to hide a broken leg. PoP Christmas. Jake stands up for Cancer. Color Me Austin. GyllieBrows beats others. Shrinking Breast and Implants? Jake grows a beard. Austin goes Dutch.

Lotus and Leadville. The pictures tell the story - discovering how long they've been together and are still together. VF International Best Dressed Little Jakey - Stuart Minkus then?( aka Lee Norris (Austin's OTH c0-star)) Clint Eastwood now? Sensitive Julian - It's Just Ju- l-ian to OMG. Austin doing the talking about the Gulf and buy the shirt of his back. OTH rolls on. OMG turns 3. Austin self confessed ice cream addict. First looks at LaOD. A-man going the Motor City to LOL! Mama and Daddy Nic visit their boy. Austin likes hardware and Brazilians. (Just left the hardware store. They were selling galvanized nipples and o-rings. What is this world coming to?) Jake Birthday parties with little ones at The Yoke. Jake asked if he likes Rainbows. Austin tweeting baby clothes from the Biltmore. Austin feeling not so fresh. Jake back in LA looking wild and wooly. On a Triumph and Cabin Fever or just checking on who's checking on him?


More work for the Gulf, PSA's and training for the long run. Looking back at TDAT premiere and so close and yet not one pic together. Hmmmm. Giving back and raising money. Showing it off at Surfrider. Beautiful Boy goes to Toronto but Austin doesn't. Frequent flier miles racking up. Good Man Charlie Brown the beginning for Texas' talent? Another chance for Austin to talk on his own. OTH back on TV and Julian the ever supportive JBra. PoP out on DVD. Triple Nippled Nichols. Austin uses protection. OTH recycles not just on set but on screen. Not a tree but a Biblically bushy Jake shows up in Brooklyn avec his trusty backpack.

Jake at the New Yorker Q&A and OMGer's were there. Showing off the matzoh. Doing the Elible Schoolyard with Alice. Speaking out on bullies through tweets and Bandz. The Little Blue Pill (aka Jake/Anne/Ed show) movie tour cranks up. OTH rolls on and gets extended to a full season. Jake defuzzes sprinted down the red carpet ... giggling. Legand -ary High Fives. Jake Disney's Bobble? The A man get spiritual at the surf and says the great outdoors, and doing what he loves bring him joy. A walk in Brooklyn not so swift. Austin goes Thundercats but never says if it's Liono or Cheetara and who this is.

Both in LA at the same time? Inconceivable!! LoAD gets how many openings screenings and premieres? Jake here there and everywhere but does anyone know exactly where and when? Jake gets on the sexy list but not the sexiest (officially) ....yet Jake & Ann do the circuit with hair whipping and all the bells and whistles (but not much else on in their love scenes). And more comedy ahead? Austin goes the distance (half marathon that is ) and puts together an album with SB to benefit the gulf. Austin goes blue and gets hard on twitter. More Jake on Regis. Love scenes or Football? Talk looking for holes in the back end. Source Code First look. Banana Boyz are back baby. Scruffy shoe shout outs. Jake's a little Pirate and talks about swimming with the walruses. LoAD opens. Austin goes fetal from the TSA. Julian goes German/Bond/Skydiving. Jake "goes" apple picking, ice cream licking, and coffee drinking.

Jake gets nominated for GG and Austin set to direct OTH and is acknowledged for his work for the Gulf. der,Jake tries his hand at it and not so well. While he goes down un Austin heads to the Big Apple and is caught grabbing a banana and handling baggage. It's official Jake is the Ambassador for Alice. (But when was he in Berkley for a week?) The A Man says a lot off the top of his head. SC no longer Tax Code but April Fools.
The Polar connection and Global Green. Happy Birthday Jakey. Elve -ss Part II. The Apatow connection. Dipped in glue and sparkles - who sparkles more? J or A? More on Source Code from music to muse. Austin enraptured by ballet but wondering what Jeff Bridges is talking about. Both went country. Julian's was a bad dream...Jake's? Most wish it was.

Happy New Year!!!