Monday 1 September 2008

Jake Gyllenhaal in the picture - the Hollywood social swirl

I'm sure I'm not the only one to be suffering severe thirst as we go through this Jake Gyllenhaal drought. Even though we will reap in abundance the rewards for this time during the spring of 2010, you've just gotta miss him and matters aren't helped by knowing he's leaping around a Moroccan citadel wearing not all that much. So today's post is a nostalgic one and it looks at one of the perks of Jake's job - ie, he is let into awards ceremonies and glamorous event parties and moviestars want to have their photograph taken with him.


So here are just some of the lucky men and women of stage and screen who have been able to have a moment with Jake preserved on camera.



Leading ladies

While doing the rounds of Hollywood's social swirl, Jake has on occasion run into some of his past, future and present leading ladies. Jennifer Aniston and Jake have regularly shared a stage, exchanging awards and much affection. I find these two pictures below particularly special, as Jen appears to be shielding Jake's emotional eyes.







Potential leading ladies














Jake's co-stars

Some of the men Jake has acted with seem to keep popping up, namely Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. But I did enjoy seeing this photograph of Dennis Quaid with Jake - Sam has grown up...







The other guys

Once we've got the script and funding sorted, here are some of the men that could share a screen with Jake in the future. But, obviously, they will get far less airtime than Jake, fewer lines and less dosh.












Also worth noting...

In 2005, Jake and Ziyi Zhang presented an Academy Award for visual effects to the Spider-Man 2 team - this is the tallest collection of people ever to win an Oscar.



This is the worst dress ever to accompany Jake to an awards ceremony - I don't recommend you examine it too closely.


And these are outfits that Jake and Kirsten swore never to wear again - here seen for the first and last time at the 2003 MTV awards.


Includes pictures from IHJ.

34 comments:

Sara Andrea Vera said...

Hello!

Mmmm... it's interesting to see how many lucky people there are in this world. Why do they have the pleasure to enjoy Jake's proximity? Why don't I? I know envy is one of the deadly sins but...
(Kate is the only one that I'm glad had the luck to hug Jake. She can do it any time she wants)

I missed someone though. The first pic has too many people in it and I expected to see at least one of Jake with my favorite co-star of his :O(

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi Sara - maybe one of these days, eh :D Sorry you don't like the first pic, that's one of my faves from all the award season of 2006 - Jake up there with all of Hollywood's leading men. Heath's in there too.

Heath is otherwise missing here because, apart from that award season and the premiere and publicity rounds for BBM, Heath and Jake weren't photographed at the same parties etc and when they did appear together at awards it was because of BBM. All the other pics here aren't like that, as it's not a post about co-stars. RDJ and Mark Ruffalo always seem to have been at the same events!

Hope everyone's having a good Monday!

Sara Andrea Vera said...

Oh! OK.
I liked the first pic. It's just that there are too many "extra people". Well, I don't mind Joaquin being there. I like him a lot.

But I love Jake and Heath pics the most. They always make me smile. I remember when future looked so bright and full of possibilities.
:*O(

Have you noticed that it was always Jake, Heath and Michelle in the pics from the BBM time? . Even when Anne was there you could see the three of them together and her slighltly appart. And when Jake won the BAFTA he thanked Ang, Heath, Michelle, Diana, etc. but totally forgot Anne. I'm not the only one who have noticed that. A friend of mine was looking at some pics from that time and made the same comment. You could almost feel their bond. I'm sure they had a good relationship with Anne but it wasn't the same.

I'm sorry if it sounded like I didn't like the post. I liked it a lot! Even when my list of people to have killed increased considerably. ;O) LOL (O:

See you later :O)

PS: No Peter pics? No Maggie?

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi Sara :) I like Jake and Heath pics too, very much, and I often post them.

I suppose there will always have been more mention of Jake, Heath and Michelle because they were the three who were nominated for awards - Anne wasn't, although I think she deserved it.

No Maggie pics and no Peter pics intentionally as I regularly post pics with them and this is a post about moviestars Jake meets at parties etc and I don't count Peter and Maggie in this. There are also no pics here of Jake with his parents.

Ruby said...

oh, Jake and Gillian, I like that pic. And with Chris Rock.

Is he getting a bit emotional with Jen there? Or maybe a bit of dust in his eye ;-)

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hey Rubes! Good to see you. I thought of you when I posted the Gillian pic. I almost forgot it and then went and found it just for you :D

If you click on the first Jake and Jen pic here and make it bigger, Jake really looks like he has tears in his eyes. Definitely getting emotional :D

Hope you're having a good evening!

Ruby said...

I just did that: awww!!

Wet Dark and Wild said...

It's such a beautiful picture - and then in the next picture Jen is shielding Jake's eyes from the camera - awwwww indeed :)

Sara Andrea Vera said...

That Aniston girl is a very, very lucky lady ,OP

Wet Dark and Wild said...

She most certainly is, Sara, and she's lovely with it :D Ooh you got yourself a pic :)

Anonymous said...

If only he could have chosen Jen to be his older woman and Baby-momma :-(

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi Anon, I do like Jen and I wish her every happiness :D

Anonymous said...

You know, you can put Jake in a picture beside the Queen, the Dali Lama,the King of the World...but the picture(s) of Drunk!Jake win out every time. I love them! I want them to be Christmas Cards! I would totally send them out! lol!

Great post as always!

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hey Amy! I know you love those pics :D I like to think of Uma chuckling when she saw that one - I wonder what Jake thinks! Oh well, we've all been there... Very funny and adorable :)

Sara Andrea Vera said...

Hello!
Yes, I felt I needed a pic. Do you like it? Those shirts represents so much to me :*O(

I like Jen a lot too! I'm a "Friends" fan after all. I wish her a lot of happiness too. The fact that Jake loves her so much is only an additional reason to like her. Don't you think? I mean, if Jake likes her she can't be bad. Can she?

Later!

PS: Do you have any pic of Jake and Ramona? She is so big and beautiful!

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Yes, I like it, Sara :D I love it when posters here get pics. I think Jen is a marvellous woman and I bet she has so many friends. The only pics of Jake and Ramona together are those of him pushing her chair in NYC last April (2007) - they're lovely pics and on the site. Here are the two posts:

post one

post two

Sara Andrea Vera said...

Thanks WDW!

I had seen those but I was wondering if there were any new ones I had missed.

There are some lovely pics of Ramona out there and I'm sure there must be hundred of photos of proud uncle Jake and Ramona in their family album.

I think she looks a lot like Maggie. What do you think?

http://popsugar.com/1611536

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/06/gyllenhaal-sars.html

Anyway she will be a beauty. There isn't a single ugly gene in her body. ,OP

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Those pictures are also on the site, Sara.

Sara Andrea Vera said...

I'm sure they are! It's just that it's easier to google them!
:O) LOL (O:

I totally love seeing pics of her but isn't weird being a "celebrity" before being able to pronounce the word?

Anonymous said...

I'd prefer no links to celebrity children. Maggie has said she doesnt want this.

Thank you.

paulh said...

If Jake has tears in his eyes nowadays, let it be for the plague epidemic in South Dakota, which is killing prairie dogs and blackfoot ferrets. Federal officals have even been catching ferrets in order to vaccinate them against the plague. The plague spreads via fleas, so the feds are sprinkling flea powder across the whole prairie dog colony.

Anonymous said...

Oh I loved this post! So nice to see pics of Jake with so many Hollywood stars, he's the brightest tho! Loved to see him with his arm around Patrick Swayze, and talkin with Shirley MacLaine. :)

Have to tell ya that the PoP sets are just gorgeous.

Sorry to hear that Paul, I hate when these things happen to animals. :(

Thanks WDW!

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Good morning everyone! Back at work - sigh - and it's extremely Autumnal out there...

Hi there Pia! Hope you had a good weekend.

Morning Paul - that's terrible! I hope they find a solution.

Hi BK - Good to see you :D You are so right, put Jake next to any star and he shines the brightest. I love the Shirley pic too. And the PoP set looks like it's gonna be great - straight out of Arabian Nights.

Have a great day everybody :D

Monica said...

Good morning, Wet Dark!
All photos are breathtaking. Especially the first!
I always had hopes to see Jake again working with Heath.
The chemistry between the two was not only on the screen, but in real life too. A good example are the pictures of Venice and the Oprah interview.
Thank you for the picture, Wet Dark!

I really enjoyed the photo of Jake with Ewan. A film with the two would be wonderful!

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi there Monica :D So glad you like the pics. I know you like Ewan so it was good to have one of Ewan and Jake together. I'd love to see them in a film together too. It would have been wonderful to see Jake and Heath together on screen again.

paulh said...

Jake and Ewan? Okay, how about a film in which the two of them ride motorcycles across the country? Any country, for that matter....

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi Paul! What a great idea (especially if it's across Britain ;D) - As a biking chick myself I love this idea :D

Anonymous said...

I love all these pics of Jake and other actors, most of whom I admire and think are extremely talented. So to see him with them always makes me smile. Jake and Ewan...omg...YES!! Adore Ewan and how great would it be to see them do a comedy together. They both have the adoreable, yet oh so sexy, factor. Paul, I love Ewan's biking show Long Way Round. Jake should totally join Ewan and Charlie on their adventures.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Labor Day is over in the US and now the city is buzzing with all the Fall/Autumn activity.

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi there Get Real :D Hope you had an enjoyable holiday weekend. That would be just fab to see Jake with Ewan and Charlie. I loved Long Way Round and Long Way Down. Mr WDW and I don't seem to get much further than the country pub on our bike. Great seeing pics of Jake with people I admire. Have a good day :)

Sara Andrea Vera said...

BTW, I have some scans from old mags. You probably have them, but just in case, you can see them at:
(warning, the files are heavy):

* At Sundance (2004) with Zooey Deschanel
http://us.share.geocities.com/todosarahmclachlan/varios/02_06_2004-EW-0001.JPG

* 3 versions of the same image (it's a Kate pic with Jake and Maggie in the back):

- Original:
http://www.geocities.com/todosarahmclachlan/varios/05_18_2006-VanityFairItaly-0001.JPG

- Jake highlighted:
http://us.share.geocities.com/todosarahmclachlan/varios/05_18_2006-vanityfairitaly-0001b.jpg

- Cropped:
http://www.geocities.com/todosarahmclachlan/varios/05_18_2006-vanityfairitaly-0001detail.jpg

* Oscar party (Jake at the bottom of the page)
http://us.share.geocities.com/todosarahmclachlan/varios/05_2006-VanityFair-0001.JPG

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi Sara :D Thanks very much for those, I'd not seen that pic with Kate before - good stuff!

Sara Andrea Vera said...

You are welcome :O)

Zodiac said...

Hi WDW! I love many of these actors, but I'd love to see George and Jake in a movie together. Jake is so gonna look like him when he's 45-50. Mmm...

What am I gonna look like when I'm 50 since we're the same age?)*starts panicking*

I just imagined telling my children(if I ever have any:)when I'm 50:"I used to have a huge crash on this guy when I was your age." And the children will be, like,"Mum...this is embarrassing. Well, he's still cute though." And I'll be, like, "Look at me! Can you believe I'm three days younger than him?!"

Wet Dark and Wild said...

Hi Zodiac :D I would love to see Jake and George in a movie too. I'm not a big George fan but he's growing on me and he was so gorgeous in Toronto last year. One thing's for sure - Jake's going to look fantastic when he's in his 40s and 50s - he's a stayer :D I wouldn't be surprised if comparisons are made between Jake and George in the future even though they're so different. So no need to feel embarrassed in the years to come :D (and what's with the 'used to have'? ;D)