This week marks the birthdays of a bunch of Jake's ladies and so this post is to wish Happy Birthday to them - in particular, Jake's very own Ruby and Pia. I have it on good authority that Ruby is approaching a landmark this week and I don't mean Big Ben. Much love to them both and a huge personal hug for being such great friends over the last year and longer.
Pia and I both adore Cannes Jake and Pia's present is this video, which shows a truly stunning and radiant Jake Gyllenhaal receiving a huge amount of well-deserved attention at the Cannes photocall, before the premiere of Zodiac last May. It lasts nine glorious minutes. There is also a shorter version of the photocall, which includes an interview with Jake - you can enjoy that video here.
As for Ruby, I know she loves this guy. Hopefully this will do til we get to a bar after she's back from a whole week of celebrating.
The other birthdays include, of course, Reese Witherspoon's yesterday while today two more of Jake's co-stars are also celebrating: Catherine Keener from Lovely and Amazing and Hope Davis from Proof. In 2002, Jake was listed as being the 'Teenage actor most worth envying: Jake Gyllenhaal, who seduced Jennifer Aniston (The Good Girl), Catherine Keener (Lovely and Amazing), and Ellen Pompeo (Moonlight Mile) onscreen in the same year.' Catherine is, of course, the wife of Dermot Mulroney who starred in Zodiac - a small world indeed.
Hope Davis said an interesting thing about why she took on the role of Claire in Proof: 'I feel like I’m a tough audience member, you know, it takes a lot to make me laugh and when I sat down and read the script…that’s how I got involved I met the writer Steve Conrad in Chicago when I was working on Proof and he told me the story he gave me the script and I laughed so hard reading it.It was brutal. That scene on the porch where she tells him how she really feels…I just thought it was hilarious.'
Catherine and Hope both shared scenes with Jake in their movies unlike, of course, Reese in Rendition. Jake said in one interview that he was glad to be sharing a poster with Reese and Meryl Streep because otherwise they were almost not a part of the same project - the Washington story was very separate from that set in North Africa. However, while Jake and Reese did not share screen time, they did share red carpets.
Talking of Rendition, tomorrow sees the release of the UK/European edition of the Rendition DVD. This means that a sizeable potential audience, denied the opportunity to see the film in the theatres, will at least be able to see the film. There have been some excellent reviews in the UK press. The Sunday Mail: 'Gavin Hood, director of the compelling Tsotsi, takes on a big budget movie here for the first time and it's an absolute winner.' The Scotsman says: 'The pacing and linear approach to the unfolding events are held steady, and the key performances here are pretty near pitch perfect.'
IndieLondon, in a review republished for the DVD, says: 'Rendition brilliantly combines intelligence with excitement to set the standard by which others should be judged. It’s stimulating, provocative and comes highly recommended.'
UPDATE:
Since writing this feature yesterday, coincidence of coincidences - it seems Catherine Keener is in final negotiations to star with Jake again - this time in Nailed! 'James Marsden, Catherine Keener and Tracy Morgan are close to getting "Nailed." The trio are in final negotiations to star opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel in David O. Russell's romantic comedy "Nailed." Keener ("Into the Wild") will play a self-serving congresswoman.' Did I say it was a small world earlier? Well it just got smaller!
Easters
Last year, we saw Jake out in Santa Monica for a family lunch for Easter. Famously, Jake was clutching a chocolate bunny. I thought I'd have a look to see where Jake was for the Easter week in 2006 and it turns out he was in NYC having a holiday with family and friends and being all sporty. I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did - and we thought Jake was hairy for the Rendition publicity - I'd forgotten what Jake was like when he got some time off from filming Zodiac.
Includes pictures from IHJ and Just Jared.
47 comments:
Will you slow down woman! I've only just got through the fab "Jake the Politico" post (very interesting and informative,and makes me respect him yet more,if t'were possible)and the fabulously frivolous "Jake's Hair" offering(that's what I love about your work,WDW,every aspect of the Gyllen-character is captured here,from his beliefs and interests and the background to his films to the last minutiae of his drop-dead gorgeous looks!)....then what do I find??!! Before I can make a comment on the two days worth of gems that I've been too knackered to savour, you've put up another long and luscious post!
I'm not really narked,just thought I'd drop in,catch my breath and say hi before I go and drool at...er I mean read and analyse your latest opus!
And a happy Easter one and all!
Hey Nadine - good to see you - I've been missing you. So glad you liked the weekend's posts :D I'm really pleased to hear you enjoyed the Politico one - that was so interesting to do. But yeah, can't always be serious and there's something about Jake's hair... well, there's something about a lot of him.
I've been enjoying my time off but next week I start my new job (gulp) and so I'm sure there'll be less (although I've said that before!). Drool away! Happy easter :D
Nadine, WDW works on WDW time which is completely different from our time and that's why she can do all this amazing stuff :D
A very happy birthday to Ruby and Pia ** and happy Easter to all as well.
Thank you WDW. *) (and Nousk*))
A long video of gorgeous Cannes Jake, what a great way to start my week (at least) of 'celebration'. Is that even the right word. :/ Jake certainly has come a long way since Pilot.
A milestone? Who told you that? :D
Does that mean I'm now the perfect age for Jake? I'm definitely passed the age where I can wear skirts as short as Chloe Sevigny's. I don't think I ever had legs like that though. :(
Hi Nadine - there's nothing frivolous about Jake's hair. :D
Happy Easter everyone and good luck for the new job, WDW.
I want it on record that I'm taking a break from watching Top Gear to respond to comments - that's dedication for you...
Hey Nouskie! Very kind of you to say so. I fear the voluminous posting is a result of blizzards and the fact that I can't afford to fill my car with diesel. Oh, and because Jake is hot. Hope you're having a great holiday weekend *)
Birthday Girl! I'm singing a Beatles song right now (but quietly). That video of Jake in Cannes is absolutely delectable. Sun, sea, sand... Jake.
I love Chloe but I'm really not sure about that skirt... You're reaching the age where Jake will approach you in awe, admiration and lust. At least I hope so, as I'm not far behind you :D
Thanks for the job wishes - *nervous shakes* and have a fabulous holiday :)
I'm with you Nadine, same for me about all the posts I have to look through ;)
Thank you WDW for this one too, I've really loved it! WOOOW at the Cannes video, the 9 minute one, Jake's absolutely stunning! Those eyes and smile drive me crazy, I even love the shape of his head!
Only what a pity for all those "GHYllenhaal's" :-/
... oh and Happy Birthday to Ruby and Pia :)
You're reaching the age where Jake will approach you in awe, admiration and lust
:D :D
Have you been taking a peak at my dreams? You'd be shocked at the next part. ;-)
Happy Birthday, Pia
You're not neglecting the Hamster are you WDW?
Ah, the Hamster - the alternative blog :) We need at least one Hamster post, and that Highway post WDW will never do :)
Chuckle, Ruby - you're not talking about your re-enactment of 9 1/2 weeks again, are you!
The Hamster's finished now :D Mr WDW now accepts Jake into our family but I think he wants to throw things at the TV when I put on yet another Top Gear repeat. I like cars, OK!
Hi Sonia! I'm so glad you liked the video - 9 minutes of Jake on top movie star form - I love it :D Cannes was one of the best experiences, without doubt. I love the shape of his head too!
hey Anouska - I keep trying to do a Highway post - does this not count?? I fear my love for the Hamster is silent and cannot be spoken of... I will give this matter some serious thought :D
Ah, 'thou speakest not they truest love' or whatever Jake's so-called mantra is.
Yes, when are you going to do a 'proper' Highway post? You may have to get creative and write a Jake interview yourself for this movie. :D
That's it, Ruby :D
Good idea about Highway - maybe I'll just make it up. I saw the film twice but got no inspiration - I need ideas!
Hey Nouska,my lovely subversive comrade-in-arms ;-)!
Without further ado,may I wish Rubes and Pia a Very Happy Birthday!!
Don't worry Ruby,I take Jake's hair very,very seriously, in that I like various styles on his head,(favourites "Proof","BBM" and "Rendition")little to none on his chin,all that occurs naturally on his chest and stomach(oh God,I'm having SNIT shivers!) and I really wouldn't mind if he shaved his legs for reasons other than aero-dynamics (but that probably says more about me than it does about him! ;) ).
I'm going to have to leave the Cannes videos until tomorrow as we have "QI" on a digital station at the mo(Stephen Fry rocks!) and I don't want to disturb hubby as he's waited on me all day - and married to me he's disturbed enough as it is! :D
Just to pick up on your observation from yesterday,WDW,you said that you were surprised how much Jake had become a part of main-stream culture,named as he was by the Daily Mail as the inspiration for David Beckham's new buzz-cut a la "Jarhead". You're definitely not wrong - there was a question on "Eggheads" last week asking who starred as a CIA agent in the recent film "Rendition"-I felt so ridiculously proud to see Jake's name pop up as the first of 3 on-screen alternatives and as I was e-mailing TL at the time I told her the news excitedly,like he'd won the Nobel Peace Prize or something ;-) Never enough Jake,never enough.....
Hi Nadine - ooh Snit shivers - like the sound of that :DD Mr WDW and I like QI by the way... That's amazing that there are questions about Jake on quiz shows now. A year ago that wouldn't have been possible. I've seen some ads for the Rendition DVD on TV this week and it's great to hear Jake's name mentioned - and first too :) It does make me feel proud.
Have a good night :D
Hey, y'all! and happy birthday,Ruby! celebrating with you in and with spirit!
Thank you all for birthday wishes! I am so thrilled to be given equal billing with Ruby and Jake's co-stars, also - but I do believe IT IS TRUE we all do have equal billing in Jake's heart. Or he wouldt look at us that way. And say, "and Im not goin'" and all that lovely stuff he says. and be so gorgeous.
Thank you WDW so much for Cannes videos! Perfect! Love Jake in Cannes, so happy to be there and giving out so much love and taking it in, and on.
Im thrilled whenever I hear Jake's name mentioned, as one thrills to the name of someone you love. A number of birthday cards this year mention Jake. Such as:
"Now that you are getting older, it's time to start answering the big questions in life.
The answers are: yes, no, probably, no, no, yes, brocolli and Jake."
etcetcetc.
Happy Birthday Pia! We all have equal billing - I agree with that 100% and I think Jake's happy with that :) I love Jake in Cannes more than words can say.
I love that birthday card message - yep, the answer is Jake :D
brocolli?
definitely celebrating in spirit, Pia. :D
Thanks for the happy birthday wishes everyone.:)
This one will be the birthday I celebrate the most, I think. It started last Thursday and I think the last bash I have planned is on 11th April. :D Well I am just beginning life, apparently.
I'm off to bed soon, so good night all *-)
Broccoli has a lot to answer for in my opinion...
That is some birthday celebration - have a good one and remember you're meeting up with me when you get back, eh? Night *))
First things first : Happy Birthday Ruby and Pia!! And Happy Easter! Hope evryone's well and you haven't indulged in too much chocolate;)
Thanks for the Easter treats in the post, WDW:) can't get enough Cannes Jake*swoon* You did however include what is quite possibly my least favourite Jake pic ever: the hideous red and black cycling kit,topped off with my pet hate,the beard. But all the other pics are gorgeous, so I'll let it go this time;)
Hey Nadine! I meant to ask you what the question was in Eggheads after you mentioned it in your email, but I forgot! So thanks for that, but now I need to know, did the contestant get it right? And I totally understand your excitement - I remember rushing to tell a friend on EJ when Jake's name was mentioned on EastEnders once!
Good to see Rendition getting good reviews here - what do you bet it's going to be the new Zodiac, with everyone raving about it long after its release and the Awards season is over;)
Hey Ruby I love birthdays that are beginnigs - ! kudos, kiddo!
I think the question to which the answer was brocolli is "what is the vegetable with which you've most had it?" the question to which Jake is the answer is of course obvious.
Hey TL - you know, I've not had any chocolate at all today. I'll make up for it...
That pic of Jake in the cycling gear is... unique... but I remember when I first saw that and it was the start of the cycling crazy of 06! Jake got some better outfits shortly afterwards. And the beard just doesn't go with the helmet. Jake was so hairy then!
Hey Pia - I'd have answered broccoli to that one - there are a few questions for which Jake is the perfect answer :D
I don't understand the references to hamsters :-(. Ham I can relate to: it's what I had for Easter dinner. Oh, and this is the Chinese Year of the Pig. I remember reading an interview in which Jake talked about going to a farm and watching a pig being slaughtered. :-( I feel badly that animals have to suffer, and yet I'm not ready to become a vegetarian again....
As for Easter chocolate (or any other chocolate for that matter), I would like to see the scientists rearrange the genes of the cacao bean so that it has more protein and vitamins, so when I eat chocolate, it can be almost a balanced meal in itself.
Hi Paul :D The Hamster refers to a UK TV guy who's one of the hosts of a funny show about motoring (my favourite TV show) - Richard Hammond. He's short and fluffy so people call him The Hamster. I like him but that's ONLY because he has the same birthday as Jake... Anouska and Ruby tease me about him :(
As I get older, I've come to accept that chocolate is a nutritional necessity, as is a glass of red wine at night :D
I miss Jake cycling. He used to cycle like crazy.Last time I saw him on a bike was in Dec 2006.*sigh*... I remember the summer 2006, all this spandex, Lance Armstrong, the Jake bike, perfect legs, rippled back,unzipped shirts, bottles of water-it was like heaven:)His body was the definition of perfection back then. His body is lovely, don't get me wrong, but he is not as fit now as he used to be.I blame you Reese. Put him on a bike again, you would be the first person to benefit from his excellent physical condition;)Just think about these hipbones, sharply pronounced...*slaps herself*
Ah, need to buy "Rendition".
Thank you for the Cannes video, WDW.It was a treat.To the birthday people-happy birthday everyone!22nd March is my mum's birthday, so it's been a special day to me for my whole life, which has been only three days shorter than Jake's:)
friend visitng me tomorrow is bringing me from Whole Foods in Amherst croissant with dark chocolate tucked inside. one a my favorite things!
watching Love In Time of Cholera. very good! going to bed. g'nite all and thanks everysweeetpeeps for b'day wishes!
Hi there Zodiac :D I used to love the pics of Jake cycling too - that was some summer. But as Jake said once in an interview, he had to go back to work - sigh. But I think he's still pretty delicious :D
I'm so glad you liked the Cannes video - such a special time. And that's amazing, 3 days younger than Jake!
G'night Pia. Chocolate croisssant - yum :P I do like Love in the Time of Cholera myself. Have a fabulous birthday tomorrow :D
^^^ Did I say Jake is 'pretty delicious'? Well, that's the understatement of the year! :P
G'night all - it's been fun!
Happy Birthday to Ruby and Pia!
I bet Jake is 100 times more active than I have been this easter holidays. As I have been munching oatmeal cookies, chocolate in bed watching DVDs...
those old pics with him holding the easter egg is so lovely.
richard hamster has the same birthday as Jake??? really? mmmm.... I don't know... i tend to always rooting for James when I watch Top Gear, when they have those silly competition. cos you know... i love a man who can "cook".
Hey there Winterbird - glad I caught you :D That sounds like a wonderful way to spend a holiday.
Yep the birthdays are the same, weird that. James really makes me laugh though. I love to see Jake driving those cars of his just as I enjoyed watching him drive that orange monstrosity in Zodiac :D
G'night :)
Yep, I was born on 22 Dec 1980:) Good night everyone!
Night Zodiac :D
my birthday is this week too..when i read this post i was like wow i must be one of jake's ladies too.. haha :)
Happy Easter everyone!!!
Hey, another of Jake's ladies celebrating! Good to see you Nicole, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! :DD
Morning everyone! I hope those who get a holiday today are enjoying themselves :D
I just updated this post because this morning I could hardly believe my eyes/ears when I read that Catherine Keener is in final negotiations to star in Nailed! Check the link out in the post. Flippin heck! Almost spooky...
Good morning and happy easter to all and happy birthday to all Jake's ladies. I'm having Jake for breakfast!! Let me explain...I've already started on the humongous dairy milk easter egg my son gave me. It's an egg, you have eggs for breakfast right? And chocolate gives you endorphines, endorphines make you happy (thanks Reece) and Jake makes me happy. Therefore, I've had Jake for breafast.
Great news about Catherine Keener, she's a talent, very understated, I like her style of acting. Such a shame about her and Dermot. The more established talents come onto this project, the more credibility it will receive. Is the premise of Nailed a dark comedy like TGG? It's hard to judge.
Hamster - isn't he the one that was in that bad car accident? Well, I shall start routing for him now seeing as he shares a birthday with Jake. I love me some saggitarians (I have 2 - same day). Snap, would love to see Jake on an episode of Top Gear.
Morning Sheba! Wouldn't mind some Jake for breakfast - I had a cup of tea and a bowl of porridge - not quite the same thing at all. But I like your reasoning. I reckon that the easter eggs are going to be on sale in the shops today so I'm going on their trail as I ate no chocolate yesterday (admittedly I did eat a ton of flapjack...).
It's so hard to get a handle on Nailed. Originally it sounded just dire to me but it now sounds like it could be intriguing and rather good. I'm a big fan of political satire so fingers crossed that's the road it goes down. We certainly haven't seen Jake in a role like that before. I'm ready for it. I want to see Jake in a movie delivering witty dialogue, for instance.
Yeah, Hammond had that terrible accident. Incredible he survived it. My mum's a saggi as well as Jake so I'm rather partial to that sign too :D
Cute post, hope everyone had a nice holiday, and Happy Birthday to all of Jake's leading ladies, in HW or around the globe, and good wishes to those approaching milestones, and we don't mean Big Ben (loved that, WDW!) :)
Interesting news about Nailed too - it is sounding intriguing. I have yet to see Lovely and Amazing. :)
Hey WDW,hi everyone and a Happy Easter Monday to all!
I'm really pleased that Katherine Keener looks likely to sign up for "Nailed" - she's a class act,elegant,intelligent and talented. Must admit though that some time ago I recorded "Lovely and Amazing" off the TV,thinking KK,Brenda Blethyn and Jake would be certain to be a fab combination and it just didn't grab me early on. Have to own up to giving up on the film as a whole and just fast-forwarding to Jake's far too short but extremely sweet contribution (several times over,I have to say).
I know several of you absolutely love the film as a whole,so perhaps I ought to go back and give it another chance.
Hi ((TL))! It was one of the "Eggheads" team rather than the challengers who was asked the Jake question (CJ to be exact) and although he said he hadn't yet seen "Rendition" (mad fool!) he did know that Jake was the star in question. Operation "Spread the Jake-Love" is obviously working,slowly but surely ;-)
And talking of "Rendition",the reason I come billed today as "Excited Nadine" is because,as I type this,my lovely husband is out at the nearest "Morrisons" supermarket purchasing a few essentials,one of them being the newly released here in the UK "Rendition" DVD and chances are he's actually willing to watch it with me later! (I'll have to wait until he's gone back to work on Wednesday to wear out the pause and slow-motion buttons on certain scenes;-) .
Hope everyone is having a great day :-) xxx
Morning! I slept til 1pm again today.... wonder if I could ever get used to waking up at half seven again... :P
Good casting news about "Nailed", Catherine Keener is a bona fide great indie actress. And I love Tracy Morgan! he rocks in "30 Rock".... actually I am seeing lots of SNL connection in this film now... Gore's daughter is writing the script who also writes for SNL, Tracy Morgan was on SNL for a long time.... I do think Jake's appearance in SNL has gained him some connection and got him noticed as comedy (satire) material. Sounding good. I just hope all the good actors here rub off some to J. Biel!
Enjoy the final day of the easter holidays everyone.
Afternoon/morning everybody :D Can someone please tell the British weather it's Spring which means I don't expect to be walking around in a snow blizzard with my ears falling off while shopping for shoelaces :(
Hi there netb and welcome! Glad you liked the post :D You have to see Lovely & Amazing, I enjoyed it thinking I would only like the Jake bits - well, obviously I did love Jake's bits but the rest wasn't bad either. Thanks for commenting :)
Hey Excited Nadine - I'm so glad hubby's getting you the DVD. Enjoy! I've managed to persuade Mr WDW to watch the making of documentary and a couple of deleted scenes but he wone't watch the movie. Every time I suggest it he says no but tries to make it up to me by suggesting we watch Zodiac instead :D He can quote from the commentary now...
I've never heard of the Egghead programme. Is it on the Dave channel?
At least you like the best bits of Lovely & Amazing :D
Hey there sleepyhead Winterbird :D I'd sleep while you can, it'll be tough tomorrow. And I have my first day at work in my new job :(
That is so interesting about the SNL connection - I didn't know that Gore's daughter wrote for that too. That's intriguing, that Jake's SNL may have helped him. It wouldn't surprise me - took guts, charisma and great comic timing. I'm trying to ignore my doubts about Jessica... Enjoy the rest of the holiday :D
And Happy Birthday Pia today!
nice photos of Jake and Easter.
Thanks for info about Nailed too. I hope this movie turns out better than I think. His character sounds so unsavory I hope it doesn't turn me off entirely
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Hi there Trekfan :D I'm glad you liked the pictures. I've got my fingers crossed for Nailed - it sounds like Jake's character could be interesting and it sounds like he's supposed to be a goodie by the end. I quite like the idea of Jake being a rogue for at least part of a movie :D I hope you're having a good day :)
Thanks for the Nailed update- small world indeed! Not sure I like the sound of "romantic comedy" though - political satire sounded better, as did "immoral" rather than "clueless" politician,but it could just be semantics at this point. It sounds intriguing anyway, and Jake has never let us down before when it comes to choosing scripts, so bring it on!
Won't get my copy of Rendition until tomorrow now, the weathers been so awful, and I didn't bring the car home with me over Easter we just never got out today, every time we tried it just started snowing again - it's bascially not stopped snowing here since TDAT was on tv the other night - spooky!
I didn't realise that about the Hamster and Jake sharing a birthday - could they somehow use it as leverage to get him on Top Gear :D
Hi TL :D Romcom is worrying (although I do like a romcom) because I want Nailed to be more than that. I'm hopeful it will be.
Hey Agent K: Jake set somethig off with TDAT on TV the other night that's for sure. If I had a library nearby, I'd be taking refuge...
That's a good idea about Top Gear - our people need to contact their people to contact Jake's people so we can get this moving :D
Afternoon WDW:)
Happy belated birthday, Aries girls Pia and Ruby.
My grandmother was born March 23, and was a force of nature, as was my mom born April 16th. Yet my house was pretty OK, because of my dad, who was born a few days before Jake, and who loved her so much. He was the only human being she ever listened to,or asked for advice. I do love a Sagittarius man and I miss my dad when it's birthday time for my mom and grandma.
I am not acquainted with Top Gear so I Wiki-ed it and I will have to check it out on BBC America
ASAP.
I'm still waddling about from ham, ham, and more ham, potatoes and peas. I may buy a bottle of wine later for balance, especially since I have some chocolate egg nutrients to consume. :lol:lol
I must read this post and yesterday's post again; it's so much fun taking in gorgeous Jake on video in Cannes.
It had to be fun for him to hear his name called.
Whole Foods in Amherst croissant with dark chocolate tucked inside. one a my favorite things!
Pia, I will have to blame you for my unscheduled stop this evening, at Whole Foods for one my favorite croissants, which happens to be one of your favorites. I can't wait...see ya soon
xoxoxo
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Hi there Sass! Ooh another lover of chocolate croissants. I have only a small slab of flapjack left and Mr WDW has just got back home and he's spotted it :( The wine is mine though :D
Oh do check out Top Gear if you can - and I do thank everyone for their humouring me on this (it's about the only thing I watch, honest, along with Jake stuff :D). It won an Emmy not that long ago I think, as the funniest non-funny programme.
I'm so glad you liked the Cannes video - how amazing was that time - I'm never going to forget it and I tend to think Jake won't forget it either. And that beautiful hotel Jake stayed in - sigh - what a gorgeous part of the world.
It is funny how certain dates or times of year we get these clusters of special birthdays. This seems like one of them. As a Christmas baby, I quite like the idea of being a Spring or Summer baby.
Hope you have a lovely evening :D
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