Congressman Jake and 21st-Century Leading Ladies

If I had my way, this is what all congressmen, immoral or otherwise, will be wearing for the 2008/2009 season. Here is Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of Nailed on Thursday April 17, demonstrating what we're in for when the movie hits the theatres, hopefully sooner rather than later. Jake is also modelling his two accessories of choice - coffee and phone.



Local TV station WJBF has remarked on the irony that, while the Nailed production takes over the grounds of the Columbia Statehouse, inside that building debate rages on about how to attract film companies back to the state now that rebates have shifted in favour of productions employing South Carolinians. While this may seem like a good idea in theory, it has not, in practice, led to companies employing more locals, but instead they have moved their business to more generous states.



Maggie, Gwyneth and Liv - Rachel, Pepper and Betty

USA Weekend gathered together three leading ladies - Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gwyneth Paltrow and Liv Tyler - for a chat about their roles playing opposite Batman, the Ironman and The Incredible Hulk in three of the biggest movies of the summer. Both Maggie and Gwyneth are slightly more unusual choices to play heroines in need of rescue, but, as Gwyneth says (quoting WDW favourite RDJ): 'Well, Robert Downey Jr. (who plays the starring role in "Iron Man") called me and said, "You have to do it," and I said, "Yes, it sounds like great fun." And then he said, "And, by the way, don't you want to be in a movie that people actually see?" I wondered, "Hmm, what would that be like?"' Not many films require an actress to get into the mindset of a character called Pepper Potts.



Maggie herself says: 'My friends and my family know I don't ever want to do stupid and meaningless things, so they trusted me not to do that with Batman', while also mentioning that she never read comics herself but that brother Jake was (is?) a fan of Mad Magazine.


Talking of Maggie, she is very possibly in London right now to be with Peter Sarsgaard, whose production, An Education, continues to make its way across the streets and boroughs of the big city. It was last seen by an IMDb poster and extra - at the end of last week: 'filming near Old Deer Park in Richmond - right beside the Thames.' Very nice.


And finally...

The bad news is that the Guardian last week reported that 'For men, 2008 is the year of plaid. It had a ubiquitous presence on the autumn/winter catwalks, so if you want to beat the crowds, get yourself into a shirt this spring.' Even worse, Jake is named as a known afficianado of this fashion trend. Hopefully, the Congressman look will soon take over the catwalks.

Includes pictures from IHJ, USA Weekend and Mad.