The Old Homestead, Hollywood Style

Jake and his family lived in several homes around LA while he was growing up, but this house hidden in the Hollywood Hills, was that last home they all shared as a family.

The home is mid-century modern, built in 1953, boasting an angular roof, open floor plan and floor-to-ceiling windows.  It has five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a pool and grounds tailor-made for entertaining. 

The house was recently purchased by singer Katy Perry's, who paid $11.2 million for three adjoining parcels of land, including the one on which the $3-million dollar former G's house sits.   But Katy isn't the first musician to own the house,  drummer and member of the E-Street band, Max Weinberg purchased the home after the G's put it on the market several year ago.

A little song and dance

So Jake was pictured at LAX.

With less time in front of the paps, the pictures that come out get a closer look.

Jake looks like he got a little sun, no need for the tinted moisturizer this time

 Now it's been a while being inside LAX, but why is Jake in the departures area when the papers said he arrived in  LA?


Notice  the security check point?

And the lady with her ticket out and in her hand?

Then he's at the main gate

And if Jake is living in New York now, wouldn't that mean the major of his possession would be there, including clothes, which would make him need to bring more clothes with him than just a backpackful?

But the biggest headscratcher is why would Jake be arriving in LA,  when he is going to be on the Tony Awards as a presenter this Sunday?

He will have to do at least one rehearsal for Sunday night's Superbowl of Fabulous.

Wouldn't it make more sense for him to leave LA?

But then that would mean he was in LA, and that he could have gone to Universal.....

Yup Jake is presenting at the Tony's this Sunday night and showtune lovers hearts may go aflutter.  Who doesn't love Jake in a tux!

 Jake loves Broadway.  He loves Broadway musicals.

Will he be able to restrain himself from belting out a tune?

Sing out Louise!

Out Spotlight

Before American/Pop Idol, X Factor, Britain/America's Got Talent, or The Voice, there was Star Search. This singer, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, and producer came to national attention in 1983 when he emerged as the grand champion in the inaugural season of the television talent show. In addition to continuing his successful career in music, he has worked as an actor on both stage and screen and has also written and produced for television and theater. Today's Out Spotlight is Sam Harris.

Sam Harris born June 4, 1961 in the small town of Cushing, Oklahoma, and grew up in the neighboring community of Sand Springs. He was drawn to music and acting at a young age, he was always ready to sing for any relatives or neighbors who would listen. He first performed in a stage production at the age of four.

At fifteen, Harris left from Oklahoma to follow his dream of performing on stage, working first at Six Flags amusement park in St. Louis. A year later he moved on to Opryland in Nashville,TN where he had his first romantic relationship with another young man.

While was pursuing his musical career, he was also completing his high school classes by correspondence and after receiving his diploma, he was accepted at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he attended for two years. At UCLA, he co-wrote and starred in an original musical and received the Frank Sinatra Pop Singing Award, which was presented to him by Sinatra himself.

For another two years he eked out a living playing in what he described in his interview with The Advocate as "every divey, dumpy, nasty, horrifying club/restaurant/bowling alley/you-name-it" in the LA area.

Despite the fact that he was performing in the less than high end LA clubs, he developed a large enough fan following that he attracted the attention first of Los Angeles Magazine and then talent scouts for Star Search, a new TV program that was about to debut and that would showcase up-and-coming performers.

On Star Search, Harris delighted audiences with his good looks and bluesy renditions of classics such as "Over the Rainbow." He won week after week, eventually becoming the show's first grand champion in 1983 and pocketing the $100,000 prize money. . "Over the Rainbow" has since become his signature song.

Following his victory, he signed with Motown Records and released two highly successful albums, Sam Harris (1984) and Sam-I-Am (1986), both of which sold in excess of one million copies.

His versatility and talent is showcased in his early albums, combining pop, gospel, soul, and theatrical styles in deeply felt performances. Early in his career he showed in addition to his powerful voice, an unusual ability to capture the emotion of the lyrics he interpreted.

He then transitioned to TV getting a start in a comedy he and college buddy Bruce H. Newberg,created and wrote called Down to Earth. The premise of the show was the story of a woman who returns to earth from heaven in order to earn her wings as an angel. The program, which debuted on the WTBS (now TBS) network in 1984, had a respectable four-year run.

Following Down to Earth, he continued his musical career, touring extensively. He also wrote shows, produced in the LA area, in which he could appear, such as Hard Copy (1989), a musical inspired by an all-night news stand in which he portrayed six different characters, and Different Hats: An Evening of Song and Dance, which he debuted at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1992.

Although he had not issued an album since 1986, he released three albums in 1994, The Best of the Motown Sessions, Standard Time, and Different Stages. The latter two, both arranged and produced by Peter Matz and recorded live with an orchestra, featured popular classics and Broadway tunes. They helped define Harris as not simply an outstanding vocalist, but also as a Broadway caliber performer.

He made it officially to Broadway in 1994, when he appeared in a revival of Grease directed by Tommy Tune along with Rosie O'Donnell.  He received a Drama Desk Award nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a musical for his role.

He also appeared on Broadway in Mel Brooks' Tony Award winning musical The Producers, in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and in the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, Cabaret, Hair, and Pippin. He also starred in self-penned critically acclaimed show, SAM. His most recent theatrical outing was the film-to-musical adaptation of The First Wives Club seen in a limited run at San Diego's The Old Globe Theatre in the summer of 2009.

Since coming out publicly in 1999, he has lent his voice to the cause of GLBT rights.

In 2004, in an interview with The Advocate he disclosed he is a recovering alcoholic.

On February 12, 2008, he released a new single entitled "War on War" that became an internet phenom with music videos made by the general public. The song became a part of his album, "Free," which was released that summer. The single "Change Is On The Way" was written to support the Obama campaign and was heard on numerous television shows and behind internet videos around the time of the election. In 2010, Sam wrote and released "My Reclamation" - which has become the anthem for marriage equality.

Harris and Danny Jacobsen, who is a director/producer and a presentation coach, have been together since 1994. They adopted a son, Cooper Atticus Harris-Jacobsen, in April 2008 and the couple married on November 1, 2008.

Looking at Loki

From the new trailer for Prisoners we got a little bit more of a look at Detective Loki

Interesting interviewing technique there 

 One question Detective is that a ring or a lug nut on your finger?

Capping it

It's Austin Friday, and from a twitpic that was shared this week on OMG, we have a new pic of Austy

It's not the first time Austin incorporated the camo cap into his look

And it looks like caps are now de rigueur out and about

 Both for work

 and play

Sometimes hinting

 others times just topping off the day

 Just watch out Austin there's always one who will steal the scene (as well as your cap)

Double Double

It's another 2 for 2 today.

First up Austin tweeted something about the new art for Ray Donovan.

Great new artwork for Ray Donovan! For the observant eye, you might find a little surprise in there. - AUS10

Well Tommy Wheeler A-list action star is back,  "Back to Rock Your World" You know a witty gossip columnist in the Donovan universe could blind vice Tommy's proclivities  as Tommy likes to Rock the Cock.  Now what kind of gossip columnist would ever do that? ; )

And for the second half of this Double Double?  That would be Jakey G in the first official trailer for Prisoners.  While it looks like Detective Loki might have his moments,   the one person you don't really want to cross is Hugh, who's taking it into his own hands to get his daughter back.



Think you two fellas make it a triple double with something from both of you again tomorrow? 

Double Feature

Prisoners is sneaking a peek, and Austin's getting deep.

There was a sneak peek of Jake and Hugh today and a little more about the Prisoner storyline.

Detective Loki and Jackman's Keller Dover are working on different levels in Prisoners. "This is instinct meeting institution, and neither of us looks very happy. But there are similarities between the two of them, which is why they butt heads."

A scene in which Jackman confronts [Jake] in his car, about keeping a suspect in custody, also marks a key point in the unfolding drama.

"They have a chance to work together, but at this moment, my character goes off on his own," says Jackman. "This is where there is a parting of the ways. And it's the beginning of some pretty hairy stuff."

 Torture to be exact. Jackman kidnaps the man he believes committed the crime (played by Paul Dano in full creepy mode). It's a desperate, criminal effort to extract vital information about the disappearance of his daughter and another missing girl.

Jake goes on to say "The movie doesn't condone violence, but at that same time it's so relatable to need to solve the situation yourself as a parent, taking things into your own hands."

Everyone is considered a suspect, including Detective Loki (Jake) who is obsessed with the criminal mind.  Maria Bello plays Hugh's wife and  Terrence Howard and Viola Davis plays the parents of the other missing girl.

Prisoners comes out September 20th


And then there's Austin

Earlier he tweeted....

 Deep into rehearsals for my new movie. Story of two brothers in Texas. Hope y'all like this one. -AUS10

Hmmmm it sounds a little what.....Cane & Abel?   One Tree Hill?  Dallas?   

Don't go too deep Austin or you'll need to strap on your big rubba boots.

But it also looks likes from Liev's twitpic today that Austin's might be a part of the last episode  of Ray Donovan's first season that they started shooting this week.

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