Making a date to party with Jake Gyllenhaal

While we sit and wait patiently/impatiently (delete as appropriate) for Jake to emerge in his familiar LA haunts - after he's got over the jetlag, caught up on household chores, watched those recorded TV shows and skimmed through several months of home improvement and cookery magazines, which he forgot to cancel during his absence - it appears Gyllenhaalism is not confined to the unfamous. The lovely and very young Ashley Tisdale told morning TV today that, if she could turn back the sands of time and have her prom all over again, she would go with Jake Gyllenhaal.



Clearly, this girl has taste and, although her movie is all about High School Musicals and although proms are not an overly familiar concept to Brits (I always thought a prom was something you walked along at the beach), nevertheless I am delighted to hear Jake's name spoken in such a context. I definitely agree that if you need a prom date then you need look no further than Jake. In fact, if you want to go to any kind of party, Jake is your ideal choice.


Part of the job of being an international movie star and heart throb is that, now and again, you have to go to a party. As Jake told TRL last year, celebrities cancel each other out at such events. Jake is fortunate because he can always take along his similarly famous sister and brother-in-law. As an example, here is a video of Jake, Maggie and Peter arriving at the Vanity Fair party back in 2005. Hair was optional in the dress code.



While at the Toronto Film Festival, back in the days of Moonlight Mile and Secretary ('aka the spanking movie'), Jake and Maggie decided not to participate in the party round: 'Maggie Gyllenhaal, the star of ''The Secretary,'' a story about a sadomasochistic relationship, had a series of PG-rated evenings watching television with her brother, Jake Gyllenhaal, himself an emerging star in several current films, at his hotel room. And James Spader, who plays Ms. Gyllenhaal's boss in ''The Secretary,'' a k a ''the spanking movie,'' spent similar low-key time buying groceries at Whole Foods.' I have to say that watching TV with Jake in his hotel room would definitely rank higher up my list of things to do than shopping at Whole Foods, despite the store's admirable displays of fresh, seasonal produce and local wines.


Of course, there is another type of party, and the Creative Coalition, an organisation in which Maggie has been involved during this electoral marathon, 'announced publicly this week that they are busily making arrangements for its fabulous nonpartisan presidential inaugural celebration - even though the race for the White House is still on.' This party will take place on 20 January in Washington and the names of Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard could appear on the dancing cards of the fortunate. The fabulous Susan Sarandon will also be attending.


Talking of parties, Maggie was the guest on West 14th Street, NYC, this week at the 'opening of the Hugo Boss Concept Store on Wednesday night marking the first time, and the only location, where you can find all four BOSS sub-lines under one roof (under one ultra-cool wooden caged roof we might add). Not only is the store a looker, but it’s also technically savy with lighting effects that adjust to the current weather and time of day… Seriously.' This sounds like quite an event and there were some great pictures taken of Maggie with Brooke Shields and Mena Suvari.




Includes pictures from IHJ and Maggie Gyllenhaal.net.