[Updated] Jake Gyllenhaal hosts a screening of Michelle William's Blue Valentine in LA, chemistry, and Josh and Jake

Jake Gyllenhaal hosted a Los Angeles screening of Blue Valentine for Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling last night. This means a wonderful and very rare opportunity to see Jake and Michelle in a photograph together. It's great to know that Jake is contributing to the push for Blue Valentine and supporting Michelle.




It really is good to see Jake alongside Ryan Gosling, an actor for whom Jake has repeatedly stated his admiration. Source.


Another Brokeback co-star, Anne Hathaway, is on the cover of Gotham this month and she has some sensible words to say about Jake: '“If you don’t have chemistry with Jake Gyllenhaal, then there’s probably something wrong with you, because he is the most insanely charismatic man. All you have to do is listen to him and you’re instantly charmed.” As more evidence of this effortless chemistry, this post includes new stills from Love and Other Drugs.


We also have a scan (thanks BBMISwear!) from the new issue of EW which includes some feedback on the famous Jake and Anne cover. It makes for an excellent excuse to see them all again...


Comic Josh Gad has been talking about his Brokeback Mountain-ish relationship with Jake in this very funny interview. '"I think I was the obvious choice to play Jake Gyllenhaal's brother," jokes Gad. "When you look at the head shots side by side, it's not a very difficult decision for casting to make."'


'"The most important thing to me was getting that authenticity of that relationship with Jake," says Gad. "So, I would go over to his apartment, which made my hotel room seem like that rundown hotel that Josh Brolin is in in 'No Country for Old Men.' We would hang out almost too much, to the point where I was getting annoyed, where I was like, 'I really need a break from Jake Gyllenhaal.'"'


'But pray tell, what was it that ultimately peeved Gad, causing him to run back to his wife of two years for comfort? Was it the intensity of Gyllenhaal's impish grin? The thickness of his Muppet-quality eyebrows? Did he force his costar to sit through repeated viewings of "Prince of Persia"? Gad didn't say exactly. "It was becoming 'Brokeback Mountain'-ish," he laughs. "I love Jake to death, but too much Jake is not a good thing."'



It's now quite likely that as we speak, Jake and Anne are putting in some serious airmiles as they head down under for Monday's Sydney premiere. Maybe they can catch some cricket...


And finally - a WDW Interlude

I had a very busy day in London today (report to follow in a couple of weeks) but I managed to fit in a quick visit to the British Museum, one of my favourite places, and I thought I'd chuck in a few photos.





Includes pictures from links, Just Jared, IHJ, BBMISwear and WDW.