Good news, good reviews, good things....

EoW got a strong start on it's opening weekend with a Friday over expectations, making an estimate $4.6 million the first day.  With a movie that was made for just $7million it had already recouped it's production budget.

But Jake was still out there working and talking about the movie.  And ok having some fun with Jimmy Fallon.

Jake is getting great reviews for his work on EoW and he's getting good mentions for his role in the play "If There Is"

For those how want to see Jake but can't get to NYC , here's a clip courtesy of Broadway World.

On the Road and On Watch

Austin tweeted this yesterday:


Street named in El Paso, TX for a great film I worked on. If you havn't seen it, take a look. Glory Road.  -AUS10


Now the question was Austin in El Paso, or  did his brother-in law who was send him the pic as a shout out to Austin's movie?

Why wonder?  Well Rowdy was in was in El Paso on Wednesday promoting his movie Mexican Sunrise.

Austy,

 Glory Road is a great movie. 
 
 But bud - look at you then and now.

 
 
You've come a long way baby. 




And while it is an Austin Friday, it was also a big day for his fella too.

Jake was on Anderson today


Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena - Anderson Live... by Orlandita02


Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena - Anderson Live... by Orlandita02


Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena - Anderson Live... by Orlandita02

And on the ALMA Awards


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And he has one more stop tonight on Jimmy Fallon. 

Speaking of stops -  Austin tweeted a picture of the shuttle flying over LA today.  So the question is, is Cali his latest stop or is it just a little more Rowdy and friends adding to duck duck Goose cover and he's on the other coast (as in East).  

 Just something to think about and watch what happens.

On the Beat

Jake was on Live with Kelly & Michael today, and talked about both the play and the EoW.  (With a little dancing thrown in - the EoW clip that is)

It's been a long week for Jake starting in LA and ending in NY.  While he looked more worse for wear in the beginning  Jake is looking better as the week  goes on.

 On Kelly and Michael he got a great reception from the audience

 had some great hair for the interview

showed  off that Yillenhoolahay charm.

Check it out





Jake rounded out today with the official opening night of "If There is"

Tomorrow will be another Jake-ful day with his pre-taped interview on Anderson Cooper's show.

Award duty at the ALMA awards

And a visit with Jimmy Fallon

Can we hope he does a 3-fer and dons the banana suit and shakes it up one more time?

And EoW opens.

Whew ---what a week Jake!

Watch the Watch Tour 

Friday, September 21st, 2012 

Anderson Live
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: Check your local listings
Channel: Check your local listings

2012 ALMA Awards
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 8:00 PM (EDT)
Channel: NBC

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 12:35 AM
Channel: NBC

Thursday, September 27th, 2012 

Conan
Date: September 27, 2012
Time: 11:00 PM
Channel: TBS

Arrrrrrstin

 It was Talk Like a Pirate Day today,  and who was the one who said he wanted to be a pirate in a fan Q&A about a year ago?

This guy.

So Austin here you go:

 You been Piratized.

So which of these pirate lines do you think did he used today?

Yarrr, give me yer scupper lest I grope yer rotten peg-leg.

Just be givin' me th' landlubber!

Have ye puffy shirt?

We be shoutin' like a godforsaken boot-licker.

Yarrrr! Plank that rotten sword!

 Curse ye! Blast that buggerin' cannon!

 Get yer blubbery treasure chest out of me hat!

 Yarrr, give me yer booty lest I stab yer pale beard.

Would ye like t' touch me parrot?

Yo ho, blow the man down!


Hmmmm maybe that's what Austin will say he's been doing all this time. Pirate adventures.

Well maybe these kind of pirate adventures.

And don't forget Jake has jumped on the pirate ship too.

Watch the Watch Tour

Thursday, September 20th, 2012 
Live With Kelly and Michael
Date: September 20, 2012
Time: Check your local listings
Channel: Check your local listings
 
Friday, September 21st, 2012 
Anderson Live
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: Check your local listings
Channel: Check your local listings

2012 ALMA Awards
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 8:00 PM (EDT)
Channel: NBC

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 12:35 AM
Channel: NBC

Thursday, September 27th, 2012 
Conan
Date: September 27, 2012
Time: 11:00 PM
Channel: TBS

More watching Watch

More photos from last night premiere
 
And what you see is called a smile.
 
 

And a toothy grin.
 

 Jake shared the night with his co-stars and a diverse group of movie goers from Jake's friend Busy, to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olympic swimmers and gold medalists Conor Dwyer and Tyler Clary ,reality star Audrina Patridge, Dancing with the Stars dancer Karina Smirnoff, and Magic Mike dancing sensation Joe Manganiello. The movie might have been set in East LA, but it got a little 90210 with Jenny Garth hitting the red carpet. And you can't forget 50 Cent.
 
 
 

Another thing to notice are the quote from the reviews of the movie on the red carpet. No small print or small time media outlet. EoW is a hit with the biggies.
 
And you can catch more of Jake this week and next talking about both EoW and "If There Is..."  


Thursday, September 20th, 2012 
Live With Kelly and Michael
Date: September 20, 2012
Time: Check your local listings
Channel: Check your local listings
 
Friday, September 21st, 2012

Anderson Live
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: Check your local listings
Channel: Check your local listings

2012 ALMA Awards
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 8:00 PM (EDT)
Channel: NBC

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 12:35 AM
Channel: NBC

Thursday, September 27th, 2012

Conan
Date: September 27, 2012
Time: 11:00 PM
Channel: TBS

Jake just promised 50 never to sing Candy Shop again.

One question:  Did Jake two wheel in Texas today?

Jaked Around

It's a whirlwind of Jake in LA the last 48 hours

The ALMA awards


 
 
Special private screening for a fundraiser for Eric Garcetti


then  LA Premiere of EoW


 

and squeezing in a interview with Ryan Seacrest tomorrow and a pop-in with Conan.

Then it's back to NY and back to the play with just days to go before the official premiere.

Hey look who else knows Mayor Villaraigosa.

EoW version of the Police's Don't Stand So Close to Me.

Out Spotlight

Today's Out Spotlight is an American entrepreneur who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook with Harvard roommates Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin. He is currently the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, after purchasing the magazine in 2012. Today's Out Spotlight is Chris Hughes.

Chris Hughes born November 26, 1983 and  grew up in Hickory, North Carolina, as the only child of Arlen "Ray" Hughes, a paper salesman, and Brenda Hughes, a public-school teacher. He was raised as an evangelical Lutheran. He is a graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 2006 he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in history and literature.

 Hughes served as the coordinator of online organizing for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign on My.BarackObama.com, the campaign's online social networking website. He was the subject of an April 2009 cover story in Fast Company magazine under the headline, "The Kid Who Made Obama President; How Facebook Cofounder Chris Hughes Unleashed Barack's Base - and Changed Politics and Marketing Forever."  In March 2009, Hughes was named Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst Partners, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, venture-capital firm.

Hughes is the Executive Director of Jumo, a non-profit social network organization which he founded in 2010, which "aims to help people find ways to help the world". In July 2010, UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS) appointed him to a 17-member "High Level Commission" of renowned politicians, business leaders, human rights activists, and scientists tasked with spearheading a "social and political action campaign over the coming year aimed at galvanizing support for effective HIV prevention programs."


He is also an invitee of the Bilderberg Group, an annual, unofficial, invitation-only conference of approximately 120 to 140 guests from North America and Western Europe, most influential people in the world.  About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from finance, industry, labor, education and communication.  Hughes attended the Swiss 2011 Bilderberg conference at the Suvretta House in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

In March 2012, he purchased a majority stake in The New Republic Magazine and became publisher and editor in chief of the magazine.

Openly gay he attended President Barack Obama's first state dinner with his then boyfriend Sean Eldridge, Political Director of Freedom to Marry. Hughes and Eldridge announced their engagement in January 2011 at a reception in support of Freedom to Marry.  They married on June 30, 2012.

And to all who celebrate 

Rosh Hashanah

L'Shana Tova!

Happy 5773!