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Holden Caulfield, Donnie Darko, Juno
2008-02-15 11:40:00
"A boy can't deal with real people, so instead he befriends a giant, grotesque rabbit"."Donnie hardly recognizes himself: Plagued by fits of sleepwalking and vivid hallucinations of a six-foot metallic rabbit with monstrous teeth, he feels totally out of control, unable to decipher what is real. Panicked by the world around him and terrified of being alone, he finds himself unable to connect with other people. ... A contemporary Holden Caulfield, he alternates between kindness and cruelty, boldness and fear, hope and despair. The film never sugarcoats its protagonist's failings, and Gyllenhaal doesn't sweeten the portrait, revealing a rebellious teenager so rude to his mother, we cringe". Source: www.clevescene.com"Juno has become a bona fide phenomenon ? a rare cultural touchstone for millions of young female moviegoers". "Girls haven't had that sort of character before. We don't have our Catcher in the Rye" -Ellen Page. Source: www.ew.com"Jason Reitman's Juno is a gem. It ...
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Female Outcasts
2008-02-14 06:41:00
"I say we just grow up, be adults, and die" - Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder).Veronica Sawyer: You're a rebel? You think you're a rebel? You're not a rebel you're fucking psychotic! -"Heathers" (1989)."Lux Lisbon, one of the five self-doomed sisters whose lissome dance toward extinction is the subject of Sofia Coppola's first movie (and of Jeffrey Eugenides's first novel, on which it is based), is first glimpsed in the act of finishing a red Popsicle. As played -- incarnated might be a better word -- by Kirsten Dunst, Lux is at once a blond icon of girlish suburban innocence and an emblem of womanly eroticism. Like Sue Lyon in Stanley Kubrick's ''Lolita,'' with her lollipop and her heart-shaped sunglasses, Ms. Dunst turns Lux's every glance and gesture into an ambiguous provocation". Source: movies.nytimes.comLux Lisbon: I can't breath in here.Mrs Lisbon: Lu, you are safe, in here."The Virgin Suicides" (1999). "Maybe Enid Coleslaw - the cynical brat of the movement's lo...
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Michael Cera Video
2008-02-12 17:52:00
I really like Michael Cera. I'm revisiting some of his old episodes in the TV sitcom "Arrested Development" and I'm pleasantly surprised of his comedic talent and intuitiveness. He's my geek-crush, weirdos, his awkward smile makes him sweet, unassuming and even naïve, but however keeping at the same time a mysterious gaze beyond his years.
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BAFTA'S 2008
2008-02-11 16:14:00
Javier Bardem.Daniel Day-Lewis.Marion Cotillard.Keira Knightley.Julie Christie.James McAvoy.Tilda Swinton.Eva Green.Kate Hudson. 2008 's Orange British Academy Film Awards(List of winners):Best Film - AtonementBest British Film - This Is EnglandThe Carl Foreman Award - Matt Greenhalgh (Control)Director - Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)Best Original Screenplay - JunoBest Adapted Screenplay - The Diving Bell And The ButterflyFilm Not in the English Language - The Lives of OthersBest Animated Film - RatatouilleLeading Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)Leading Actress - Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)Music - La Vie En RoseCinematography - No Country For Old MenEditing - The Bourne UltimatumProduction Design - AtonementCostume Design - La Vie En RoseSound - The Bourne UltimatumSpecial Visual Effects - The Golden CompassMake Up & Hair - La Vie En Rose...

Aaaaawwww picture
2008-02-11 13:54:00
This should rehab Kirsten's mood "ipso facto". Picture courtesy by Iheartjake.com, by Mario Testino from 'Let Me In' Book.

Kirsten in Rehab
2008-02-08 11:09:00
"Kirsten Dunst is snuggled in tight at the swank Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah for treatment for her addiction issues, but sources say that she is not doing well.?She?s not doing well. People were pushing her to go in there but there was no intervention? She has been partying hard for a while and I?m sure the Heath Ledger thing put people over the edge. She?s been crying a lot lately, a lot built up. ?Everybody hits that bottom where you feel [so] scared that that one heavy night of partying can really wake you up. It?s good she?s getting herself help.?Things came to a head for Kirsten when she failed to show up for her own Glamour magazine party after a night are hard partying at the Sundance Film Festival. Her reps said she ?wasn?t feeling well? but we all know that?s code for ?she?s coming down and took a handful of Xanax to sleep.? Source: www.Hollywoodbackwash.com
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Legally blonde, woman of will
2008-02-06 16:02:00
"Whether her character's husband is a terrorist or not isn't the crux of Rendition. More important is the question of the ethics and legality of the US government's policy in protecting people's safety. Gyllenhaal informs me in our interview, which follows Witherspoon's, that he received a letter from a lawyer whose client had his penis slashed with a razor blade during interrogation. He also directly quotes Streep's steely character in the film: "This is nasty business. There are upwards of 7000 people in central London alive tonight because of information that we elicited just this way from one person."Rendition director Gavin Hood (an Oscar winner with Tsotsi) is not averse to admitting to using his cast's star power to bring the debate to a wider audience. He calls Witherspoon his "all-American girl Trojan horse". But the actress, despite having the distinction of being a direct descendent of John Witherspoon, a signatory to the declaration of American independence, refus...
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Movie Review: "Juno" (2007)
2008-02-04 10:45:00
"Juno " (2007), directed by Jason Reitman ("In God We Trust", "Thank You for Smoking") and written by ex-stripper/blogger Diablo Cody, starts with Juno MacGuff, played by Ellen Page ("Hard Candy", "Mouth to Mouth", "An American Crime"), walking to a drugstore in a small suburb of Minnesota while drinking a gallon of Sunny Delight juice. She is a 16-year-old burn-out who was named Juno after Zeus’s wife: "She was supposed to be really beautiful but really mean. Like Diana Ross."Juno uses a particular slang with frequent private jokes, allusions to pop culture and to her preferred indie low-fi bands. After a first sexual encounter with her best friend, track runner Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera, "Arrested Development", "Superbad"), she thinks she might be pregnant, so she takes three pregnancy tests under the sarcastic eye of the clerk, Rollo (Rainn Wilson) who makes a series of inappropriate remarks like, "So what’s the prognosis, Fertile Myrtle?"When she discovers she's actually ...
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Tribute to Heath
2008-02-02 08:40:00
On January 22, 2008, Ledger was found dead in his fourth-floor apartment at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.[20][21] He was found at 3:26 p.m. EST by a housekeeper and a massage therapist, who entered the bedroom to find him face down and unconscious at the foot of his bed with sleeping pills on a nearby night table.[22][23] Police said that they also found prescription medication in the bathroom and that there were "no obvious signs" of suicide, nor did they suspect foul play.[24]An initial autopsy on January 23 proved inconclusive[25] at determining Ledger's cause of death. The medical examiner's office stated it will take about 10 days to complete the investigation.[26]In reaction to his death, former partner Michelle Williams was reported as saying that she was "devastated" at the loss and had boarded a plane to New York City.[28]A friend of Ledger's, Helena Christensen, who was on her way to Heath 's apartment when she learned of his death, paid a...
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Young actors
2008-01-31 14:26:00
"In the wake of Heath Ledger?s tragic death, I contend that he was the most promising young actor working today. While we are all eagerly awaiting his portrayal of The Joker in this summer's The Dark Knight, his performances in Brokeback Mountain, Candy, I'm Not There, and Monster's Ball spoke for themselves. Now that he has died, we will never see what he was capable of, but it makes us wonder where he would have fit in. Because of this, here are the most promising actors under the age of 30. You can decide where Heath would have fit into this list, but if he was still living, I would have put him right at the top. He will be missed, but these men will continue on in his absence.10) Seth Rogen (25)Both Segel and Rogen first made it big as stars of Judd Apatow?s Freaks and Geeks. I first became aware of Segel as Marshall on How I Met Your Mother, and he has gotten a lot of mainstream attention for his hilarious role as Rogen?s friend in Knocked Up. While Rogen has most of the buz...
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14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
2008-01-28 11:00:00
Ryan Gosling.Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.Kate Hudson.Ellen Page.Ellen Pompeo.Jena Malone.Marion Cotillard.
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Kirsten and Ryan Gosling
2008-01-26 13:15:00
Kirsten Dunst is in negotiations and Ryan Gosling has signed on for All Good Things, a period love story/murder mystery Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans) is directing for Groundswell Prods. Marcus Hinchey, Marc Smerling, and Jarecki wrote the screenplay, which tells the story of a 1980s New York real estate suit (Gosling) who falls for a girl from the wrong side of the tracks (Dunst) who goes missing. When a detective uncovers info on her whereabouts, the political stakes begin to rise and people close to the situation wind up dead. Shooting is set to start in April. Dunst is at Sundance promoting her directorial debut, the short Welcome. She most recently starred in Spider-Man 3 and next appears in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.Gosling is receiving awards-season recognition for his starring role in Lars and the Real Girl. He recently dropped out of Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones. (Variety) Source: www.ew.com
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Goodbye to Heath Ledger and Brad Renfro
2008-01-23 08:02:00
It's terrible for me making this post, this is an increasingly sadder and weirder world which we live in, First the inspiring young actor Brad Renfro died on 15th January, at age 25 -he had starred in "Bully" with Bijou Phillips, now Heath Ledger has been found dead at age 28, due to a overdose of pills, when our memories of him as Ennis del Mar are still so intensely attached to our hearts. He starred with Jake in a classic film, with a memorable last scene we won't ever been able to forget. R.I.P.With ex-fiancée Michelle Williams.Starring in "Candy" with Abbie Cornish.BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN VIDEO - THIS LOVEANOTHER BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN VIDEO
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Sunny January
2008-01-22 08:50:00
On 20th January 20 smiling Jake and Reese out For Breakfast in L.A. courtesy of Iheartjake.com
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One pause in Jake Weird
2008-01-11 01:53:00
By now I feel a bit tired and also I am very busy these days, so Jake Weird is going to the "Pause " button, I cannot say how long this pause will take, but I hope the trip has been funny and intense for you so far. Enjoy your movies, embrace your weird inner voice.

Movie Review: "Wristcutters: A Love Story"
2008-01-09 00:14:00
"Zia (Patrick Fugit) is a lonely young man who, saddened by his recent breakup with his blonde girlfriend Desiree (Leslie Bibb), decides in a fit of depression after listening to a depressing song, to cut his wrists in the bathroom. As the tile becomes covered with blood, he falls unconscious to the floor, his last moment a flash of a dust bunny in a corner he had missed while cleaning."Wristcutters: A Love Story " is the directorial debut of Croatian Goran Dukic, who developed the script at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab in 2004, based on a short story by Israeli writer/actor Etgar Keret titled "Kneller?s Happy Campers". Dukic studied cinema in Zagreb and later at the American Film Institute, specializing in shorts. One of them, "Mirta uci statistiku" (1991), was critically well received, heralded as one of the best Croatian films. Dealing with the controversial subject of suicide, Wristcutters, after being a nominee at Sundance 2006 for the Grand Jury Award, won the best feature aw...
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Maggie in good company
2008-01-08 01:33:00
Maggie with Julianne Moore and Kate Winslet.Posing with a puppy for the "Agent Provocateur" campaign.With her fianceé Peter Sarsgaard.With the young actress (the promising star of "Juno") Ellen Page.
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Jake and Tobey on the set of "Brothers"
2008-01-08 01:27:00
"Check out friends Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal chatting it up outside of Votre Sante, a restaurant in Brentwood today. Jake spotted Tobey and his wife Jennifer Meyer with their beautiful daughter, Ruby, while they were waiting for a table and stopped to say hello. Jennifer's dad, Ron Meyer, who is the head of Universal Studios, also came over to say hello to Jake. Wait, the head of Universal has to wait for table? Crazy.Jake and Tobey are starring in an upcoming flick entitled Brothers which they are shooting New Mexico. Remember when Jake almost became Spiderman after Tobey hurt his back? They do share some similar facial characteristics so a movie where they play brothers makes sense. I guess we'll have to wait until it's release in 2009 to see if it works! Source: Flynetonline.comSee more pictures in: Socialitelife.buzznet.com

Jake, Reese and Kirsten
2008-01-05 18:10:00
From past flame Kirsten to today's new companion Reese :"Check out Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon enjoying a nice stroll through the Los Angeles Park yesterday with Reese's two children, Deacon and Ava. Say what you will about their relationship, but it looks to me like Jake is stepping in fairly well as the guy who carries the kids on his shoulders. I also like Daddy Darko's combination of beard and flannel! Lumber-Jake!" Source: www.Flynetonline.comENJOY THIS VIDEO FOR MY ROYAL GIRL-CRUSH, KIRSTEN DUNST:

Sweet Happy New Year 2008!!
2008-01-03 18:50:00
It's been a while since Jake and Reese made their big "breakthrough" in Rome. Now they seem having created a sort of family with Reese's kids. Jake has a daddy face these days, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 to all my readers!"It?s all in the family for Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal!The on-again pair, who met while filming their CIA thriller Rendition, spent an afternoon hiking around a Malibu, California, park December 30.Witherspoon, 31, took turns holding hands with her children, Ava, 8, and Deacon, 3, and Gyllenhaal, 27.And her kids are bonding well with mommy?s new man: At one point, Gyllenhaal even carried Deacon on his shoulders as they tackled the trails!It?s not the first time the Brokeback Mountain star has spent time with Witherspoon?s kids. They all went trick-or-treating on Halloween.Deacon and Ava have also recently spent time with dad Ryan Phillippe?s girlfriend, actress Abbie Cornish, whom he?s been seeing off and on since his October 2006 split from Witherspoon". Sou...
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My Christmas gift
2007-12-23 21:21:00
This is an interview of Jake talking about his performance in "Zodiac":
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Zodiac Videos
2007-12-22 14:46:00
Cannes : Zodiac - Conference de presse Video:ZODIAC MUSICAL VIDEO:
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Avoidance and politeness
2007-12-20 11:50:00
"So I chowed down on free sandwiches, chicken wings, and, wonderfully enough, quiche; drank free soda and vitamin C-boosting grape juice; palled around with some of the members of the production crew, who love bitching about movies just as much as I do; and spotted not just Reese Witherspoon, who was busy talking to her handlers, but also Jake "Donnie Darko" Gyllenhaal... who kissed his girlfriend when she had a free moment, and then noticed that the movie theater would have been playing Blade Runner: The Final Cut, had the theater not been shut down for the day. I recall he said he thought that was "awesome."Or someone muttered it. I think it was him.Anyway, once filming had finished for the day, and I waited out in the lobby so the production crew could clear away the heavy floodlights, Mr. Gyllenhaal and Ms. Witherspoon were being escorted out by their driver. Mr. Gyllenhaal, perhaps sensing the spirit of vengeance I'm capable of embodying, sidled behind me, and avoided me on ge...

White t-shirt photoshoot
2007-12-19 15:50:00
Photosession for GQ magazine.Jake with Reese at the press conference of "Rendition" in Rome.
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Greatness, blondes, smiles
2007-12-17 13:13:00
"If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?" -Lee Strasberg."Cult films, which I'm hoping DONNIE DARKO eventually achieves in status, don't become notorious by recycling material already familiar. It's that one scene in a film you've never experienced, and you'll never see it done again. DONNIE DARKO has these peculiar gems of greatness scattered throughout that makes one forget about the fact that the film they are watching is kind of silly when it comes down to it". Source: www.Davegunn.com"When Frank makes Donnie flood the school, he allows Donnie to make his major connection with Gretchen, by saving her from getting tormented from the other people from the school. When Frank shows Donnie the nature of time, and the portals and such, he shows Donnie the ultimate nature of the sacrifice he has to make will be, and prepares him for it. ... He manipulates Donnie to ensure that their world will end, and Donnie can do nothing to manipulate him. When Don...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAKE!
2007-12-17 09:19:00
HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY, JAKE!
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What's with the geeks?
2007-12-14 16:53:00
"Into this void of potential mates comes a man you may not have considered before, a man of substance, quietude and stability, a cerebral creature with a culture all his own. In short, a geek.Why Geek Dudes Rule:They are generally available.Other women will tend not to steal them.They can fix things.Your parents will love them.Because they have been so abused and ignored by society, many geeks have gone underground. You may actually know some and just haven't noticed them. They often feel resentful, and misunderstood, and it is important to realize this as you grow closer to them. Don't ever try to force the issue, or make crazy demands that he choose between his computer and you. Remember, his computer has been there for him his whole life; you are a new interloper he hasn't quite grasped yet.Geek dudes thrive on mystery and love challenges and intellectual puzzles. Don't you consider yourself one? Wouldn't you like a little intellectual stimulation or your own? We thought so"...
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Flirting and eating
2007-12-13 16:56:00
-Scott Lunke, a visitor from Gettysburg, S.D., saw Stanley Tucci in the Nordstrom shoe department last week. Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal were at A16 on Thursday, where a spy says they were "kissing and eating." Source: Sfgate.com"Guess who is back in town to tempt us with their cuteness? Yes, Jake and Reese are continuing their SF gourmet tours! They had lunch at Zuni last Thursday, where they sat at my favorite table (on the bridge overlooking the oven below), and ordered the house-cured anchovies and a salad, plus a chicken sandwich and grouper. To drink, they walked on the wild side with some lemongrass tea and apple juice. From my source: ?Reese seemed a little aloof, but Jake (still looking nice and buff) was trying to warm her up by playing Mr. Flirty-flirt with her?even smooched with her. So effing cute!?Source: www.Tablehopper.com
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Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas (movie review)
2007-12-12 07:10:00
"In his debut directorial effort, (although he had already co-written a previous horror movie, "Aberration", in 1997) Scott Lew directs "Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas " (2006), defined by himself as "a labor of love" that took almost a decade to bring to the screen. Presented at the SXSW Film Festival, the film's message is "about rediscovering what's most important in life, expressing yourself and having fun". In 2003, Scott Lew was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), which motivated him even more to direct his story, "dedicated to anyone who has ever had a dark night of the soul and figured out a way to come out smiling".The nerdy protagonist is Bickford Schmeckler (Patrick Fugit, "Almost Famous", "White Oleander", "Wristcutters: A Love Story") and he suffers from paranoia in addition to being a science fiend hidden by a typical college freshman façade. He's written down all the theories that have turned up in his intellectually suffocated mind in a notebook with a s...
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Jake and Reese spotted
2007-12-10 18:50:00
"Last night in the end of a dark dead end street in San Francisco?s Twin Peaks, Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon were snuggling together in a garage. A very cold garage.Reese is shooting her movie "Four Christmases" in The City. Jake came to visit. Her two kids were hanging as well".Source: Theradreport.com"The reportedly very prickly Reese Witherspoon and rubenesque Vince Vaughn -- whatever, we'd hit it. Hit it hard -- are in town filming their new divorce-themed romcom, "Four Christmases". (According to IMBD, it's about a "couple struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day." If you're not in tears already, then clearly you have no soul.) And here they are at a....downtown locale of some sort? We can't wait for the film to open next year at this time. Or not. Anyway: laughter, tears". Source: Sfist.comView all the pictures in Popsugar.com