Riding in Cars with Boys

Now for different a new spin on The Auto Club.

While it's inferred that Jake and Austin spend time together in cars it hasn't been seen. But there have been a few picture that suggest they have.

Going back to November 05, with furniture shopping we see Jake get into two different vehicles both his car and a Toyota Landcruiser. Wasn't there something about an SUV?

During the magical shoes beach tour, from pictures with the door open in his care it looks like there had been a passenger in the front seat of Jake's car. Cause that passenger seat is back really far. Does Atti needs that much leg room? And he knows that kids go in the back. Boo, well we weren't so sure.
And then last fall a deep dark tint fell upon Jake's windows.Tricking out the Prius? Or just trying to be a little trickier with disguising who's inside? While California laws prohibit dark tints on the front windshield, having a dark tint for the sides and back does create enough a kind of blind spot for fellow drivers and others not to see what's (what's going on)inside?

Well this could put some into overdrive. Others may need to put the top down. And some might wonder about moon roofs. Better stop right there before getting a ticket for reckless behavior.

But one question is it a moving violation if you're doing the moving but car isn't?

And sometimes Y

An OMG Behind the Story Report:

Trying to become a positive eco example for Reese and family Jake has not moved in but moved onto the property and into a yurt in far back corner of the property. A portable,felt-covered, wood lattice-framed dwelling structure used by nomads in central Asia, a yurt can be easily transported by yak or camel. Claiming that this is better for his process for playing Dastan in PoP, Jake has taken up "residence" until filming begins, and contingency plans are in place for the possible strike. Friends realizing that anything that green and eco friendly will instantly be too much for his hostess, seeing this as potential problem. He has also installed a solar shower and a composting toilet to show his commitment to the part, and the environment. He will be using solar panels to provide energy for lightings , computers, phones and blackberries. Sources say that a flurry of phones were sent to managers and team members about the current situation.














The yurt provides a spacious open space with plenty of room for entertaining for Jake. It was constructed and in place while Reese was out of town as a surprised for her. Sources say she is not amused and is even more annoyed by what looks like a very tall cactus that casts a shadow some evenings. The cactus figure seems to be a frequent cause of friction, and that Jake is bumping into it all hours of the night. One neighbor, under anonymity, said they overheard Reese saying to send it back to Texas where it belongs, with Jake saying I didn't realize you could be prickly.

OMG's crack team of PoP psychologists have noticed that Jake has been drawing to thing that begin to Y's since the fall. Yogurt, Yoga and Yurts, have made them wonder if Jake is sending subliminal messages. Noting that G of his last named couple with the first letter of his BFF and coffee pal's first name and these leanings to things that begin with Y, could possibly be spelling out something. No confirmation on what that could be.

Outspotlight XXXII

On April 26, 2008 Rufus Wainwright was presented the Stephen F. Kolzak Award to Rufus Wainwright. The Stephen F. Kolzak Award is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for the LGBT community. But it is more than just coming out after gaining success, Rufus Wainwright is one of the first male musicians to rise to fame while living an openly gay life.

Born in 1973 to folk singers Loundon Wainwright III and Kate McCarrigle, it didn't take long to know that he was going to go into the family business. "It was painfully obvious to everyone from the age of about two," Rufus recalls. "I was banging on the piano, banging on pots, putting on top hats. I think everyone knew right away." Music mixed with comedy and drama and stirred with passion his life could be written in a cross between folksongs and arias, and in a way a good description of his songwriting and music.

Photo: NY Times

His parents divorcing when he was a child, he lived with his mother in Montreal for most of his youth. Both a U.S and Canadian citizen. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York (which would later inspire his song "Millbrook") and later briefly studied piano at Concordia and McGill Universities in Montreal. He began playing the piano at age six and started touring at thirteen with "The McGarrigle Sisters and Family" (a folk group featuring Rufus, his sister Martha, his mother Kate, and aunt Anna. His song "I'm A-Runnin", which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveler, earned him a nomination for a 1989 Genie Award(for Best Original Song). He was also nominated for a 1990 Canadian Juno Award (for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year).

Rufus came out as a teenager, and has said many times in interview, he could never be in the closet because he's a terrible liar. His parents may have recognized that his son was gay, but could not handle him being gay. "We never talked about it really." He lived in fear he had been infected with the AIDS virus after he was sexually assaulted at the age of 14 when he was attacked in London's Hyde Park after picking up a man in a bar. Claiming that he survived only by pretending to be an epileptic and faking a seizure. In one interview he commented his first homosexual experience traumatized him so much, became chaste. In another interview he mentioned embarking on a promiscuous spree. He says, "I had a string of straight boyfriends. "Guys I would occasionally have sex with, maybe only make out with, but never be allowed to say they were my boyfriend."

But it has always been the music. Through weekly shows at Cafe Sarajevo in Montreal, Wainwright became a fixture on the club circuit and eventually cut a series of demo tapes,DreamWorks acquired the demo tapes and signed him. Moving to New York City in the spring of 1996 and performing regularly at Club Fez, he built a loyal local audience. He relocated to Los Angeles that fall, and began recording his first studio album, Rufus Wainwright Wainwright's self-titled debut received critical acclaim; Rolling Stone magazine recognized it as one of the best albums of the year and named the singer "Best New Artist" of the year. Wainwright toured with Sean Lennon in the summer of 1998 and began his first headline tour later that year. In June 2001, his second album, Poses,was released to critical acclaim, but limited record sales. From 2001 to 2004, he toured with Tori Amos,Sting,Ben Folds, and Guster, as well as headlining the 2001 and 2002 tour in support of Poses. Despite a growing cult following and critical success, Wainwright has experienced somewhat limited commercial success in the U.S.

While working and support Poses he became addicted to crystal meth and experience temporary blindness from his addiction. It reached its peak in 2002, describing it as "the most surreal week of my life." During that week, he played a cameo role in the UK comedy television programme "Absolutely Fabulous"; spent several nights partying with the president's daughter,Barbara Bush; enjoyed a "debauched evening" with his mother and Marianne Faithfull; sang with Antony of Antony and the Johnsons for Zaldy's spring 2003 collection; and, throughout, experienced recurring hallucinations of his father. He decided shortly after that he "was either going to rehab or I was going to live with my father. I knew I needed an asshole to yell at me, and I felt he fit the bill". Seeking guidance, he telephoned his friend Elton John who persuaded him to check in to rehab which he has claimed in several interviews gave him a second chance.

He released two ep's Want One and Want Two filled with story songs of life, love, addiction, family, religion, and his sexuality; common themes in all of his work. They were repackaged together in the album Want. In May 2007, he released Release the Stars to growing and widening group of fans, some who discovered him through his contributions on such soundtracks as Moulin Rouge, I am Sam, Shrek, Meet the Robinsons and for his work on the Brokeback Mountain's soundtrack.

In 2006, Rufus took to the stage in tribute to Judy Garland and of her live performance at Carnegie Hall. He went on to do the tribute at the London Palladium and the Hollywood Bowl, release an album and DVD of the show.

He is currently working on writing his first opera, Prima Donna which he says will be about "a day in the life of an opera singer. I've been wanting to write an opera ever since I was 14, when I first heard Verdi's. After that I became an opera fanatic. All I could listen to was opera. I have more of an appreciation for pop because that's the world I live in, but my main passion is opera. So I just decided to write it, finally.

He shares his Gramercy Park home with his boyfriend, Jörn Weisbrodt, an arts administrator.

"I find that, especially in America, because being gay is relatively tolerated, now we're totally part of society and now you have to act like everyone else and move to the suburbs, and have kids, and be responsible. My argument is that all this acceptance could all change on a dime, so you always have to be a little smarter. You can't expect the world to be handed to you, and it's tremendous folly to think that now that we have totally blonde hair and act like everyone else, we will always be given the same rights and privileges and everything will be rainbows and sunshine. Life will always be a battle. But maybe that's just me. I love life as a battle."

Rufus and Jake : Release the Stars Tour

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Deja vu all over again

Summer, London, Jake and a blonde. Sound familiar?

But on an Austin Friday? Oh yeah.

Summer, London, Jake Hammond and a familiar blonde.

Jake went to London to see this Jake, do you this Jake will be London bound to see his Jake?


Sometimes the best match ups are not the ones on Center Court. They just get the most press.

Got serve?

And the Emmy goes to...

.... well it won't be Austin Nichols.

Not because of his performance, but the lack there of. It seems that episode, "His Visit Day 8, submitted for his performance does not have Austin in it at all. All the actors on the series were submitted with the same episode, but you'd think that they would check if the lead character of the show was actually in the episode. Could this be used for negotiations for Last of the Ninth? Hello Milch.

Then maybe the submission was a cheeky nod to an on set off screen performance.

JFC did submit a different episode in one category, for best drama submitting His Visit Day 1. The wait is on to see if how may nominations JFC picks up when the nominations are announced next month. Just don't expect Austin under Best Lead Drama.

Just another pinch of JFC. Amazing what time and new pictures can do. With the pictures from the Nicked LL ranch, the mysterious Pedro supporter can be now identified as Papa Nichols.


Picture: Austin Media

The More You Know

Listen people, I have spent a lot of time on this thing. To answer all your questions:

Yes
No
Maybe
All of the Above
NO NO NO
both
yes yes yes YES!
not completely
seven, eight, nine
yes
no comment

And now you know.