Jake's lunch with David O Russell - Nailed on the menu?

Thanks to some supersleuthing by some WDW readers, it seems there could be more to Jake's lunch with his friend yesterday at Brentwood's Early World Restaurant than first meets the eye. The friend was none other than David O Russell, director of Nailed and a man who can reduce actors to shivers of cold sweat with just the hint of a direction. But not Jake Gyllenhaal! Despite all the difficulties of filming, and the possible troubles that have since waylaid Nailed, both director and actor are still happy to share a hug.



David's bag, featuring the Red Wagon Entertainment logo, is another hint that perhaps Nailed is about to get off the ground because this is the company behind the its production(and that of Jarhead, for that matter). So, is something afoot? Cannes? One hopes - one also hopes the smiles are another good sign.


For a little more background on the history of Jake and David, you might be interested in this earlier post.


I have to post this picture of Jake again from yesterday. I can't help myself... Please forgive me.


Includes pictures from IHJ and New York Times.

(Updated) Gyllenhug alert... out for lunch, March 5

March 5 2009 is a date to remember - not only did we get to see Jake in Spandex again, with Austin Nichols, but, on the same day, Jake Gyllenhaal was out for lunch with a friend at Early World Restaurant in Brentwood and a Gyllenhug was on the menu. Looking great, Jake!





ETA: More pictures from Jake and Austin's cycling trip yesterday - thanks IHJ!




Many thanks to IHJ for even more pictures!

Jake Gyllenhaal in spandex - out with Austin Nichols, 5 March

It is a widely known fact that you cannot have enough of Jake Gyllenhaal in spandex - in that sense he's a bit like marmite on toast. Here, with many thanks to IHJ, we have pics of Jake out cycling today in Brentwood with old and hot pal Austin Nichols (5 March).






Yesterday, Jake was back at that favourite haunt of his - The Medical Centre - in order to look hot in a new jacket.



Many thanks to IHJ for the hot pics - and many thanks to Ruby for a wonderful evening!

Jake Gyllenhaal's innocent smile

For someone who once described himself as looking like a tube of toothpaste, it's no wonder that Jake Gyllenhaal is a pinup for dental surgeons. The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry has announced its annual list of perfect celebrity smiles and there at the top of the 'innocent smile' category is Jake. I must admit, I raised one eyebrow for an instant - I have clearly been looking at Jake's smile through blinkers because 'innocent' was not an adjective that had occured to me in connection with Jake's heart searing, gut clenching, eye piercing, leg wobbling smile. I have, therefore, set myself the task of finding an innocent smile, and so this smiley post is full of such pictures.



A smile expert wrote a guide to the perfect smile: "Raise cheeks upwards to squeeze the lower eyelids - Allow the lips to widen, giving a rounded smile - Look the person in the eye and raise your eyebrows slightly - Run a fun, happy memory through your mind to give your smile genuine warmth - Reveal both top and bottom sets of teeth to make the smile more genuine.' This post includes pictures of Jake running that fun, happy memory through his mind.


In People, a co-star of Jake whom, as far as I can tell, never co-starred with Jake, except on the cutting room floor, replied to the 'What makes him sexy' question: "Definitely his smile... He has that cute little-boy smile." That would be an innocent smile. I'm going to include the rest because it includes two of my all-time favourite Jake quotes: '"I like to cook," he says. "Wherever there's good food, there's good people. As my mom says, 'Good cooks never lack friends.'" (Especially if they're hungry). "I want a lot of kids. Two or four. Not six. It's torture after four." So what's up with three?



But back to the smiles of innocence - the tongue poking out obviously affects the innocence scale, so just ignore that.




More innocent smiles...






So now, turn up the volume and smile along with Jake...



Includes smiling pictures from IHJ.

'I like your shoes' - keeping pace with Jake

If it had not been for the hoodie hood being up (clearly a sartorial no-no on one so hot), it is possible that we may never have noticed that Jake Gyllenhaal was following in the footsteps of generations of British men who genuinely believe that socks and sandals go together like pie and chips. I am willing to give Jake the benefit of the doubt in that it may have been unintentional but, clearly, Jake's stay in England for much of last year may have had a detrimental impact on his clothing acumen. Fortunately, it only appears to have affected Jake from the ankles down.



With the guilt of the nation heavy in my heart for making Jake feel compelled to twin his flipflops/sandals/beachshoes with off-white ankle socks, I thought I would explore the lower reaches of Jake's wardrobe to uncover the footwear that lies within (carefully placed and paired or carelessly tossed and scattered?). You won't be surprised to hear that this meant throwing to one side almost every single pair of Nike known to man, certainly those with the most shox. I have considered Jake's Nike 'thing' before (sharing this addiction myself, albeit on a less than moviestar level) and so the lack of Nike in this post does not reflect its prominence in Jake's cupboards.


It is worth mentioning that Jake's Gyllenhaalics are not alone in having a healthy interest in how Jake keeps his feet dry. Robert Graysmith had a fascination - nay, an obsession - for Jake's shoes, as Jake warily reflected in an article about Zodiac: 'Occasionally, he would glance at things on me, and I'd think, what's he looking at? And he'd say things like, 'I like your shoes. Where did you get them? I had a pair of shoes like that once. What store did you get them from?' And then about an hour into it I realised if I didn't answer a question that he wanted an answer for, he would just throw it back in a different way. He was incessant, almost an obsessive journalist. He wouldn't let things lie.'


If Jake had been in the UK for a little longer, no doubt we would have had enjoyment from Jake in wellies (green, perhaps, if he spent too much time in the home counties). As it is, we must instead enjoy the sight of Jake modelling 2010's winter boots of choice - Persian style.



But when the situation calls for it, Jake knows how to wear the finest dress shoes, sacrificing his crocs and comfort for style and crutches. Jake does persist, on a regular basis, in taunting us with 'The Felt Clogs', presumably because their comfortability makes up for everything else...





...but other old familiars have become favourites - the scuffed boots, for example.



While the next couple of years holds the promise of Jake in dancing shoes and baseball boots, we have still the pleasure of cowboy leather and army beetlecrushers to enjoy.


As Jake clearly can't please us all, all of the time, maybe it's just best to go without.





Includes pictures from IHJ and foorwear from Jake.