Bunraku (2010) starring Josh Hartnett, Gackt - Full movie

August (2008) - directed by Austin Chick, starring Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott and David Bowie - final scenes.

Josh Hartnett plays The Drifter in "Bunraku" (2010) directed by Guy Moshe


Bunraku (2010) directed by Guy Moshe, starring Josh Hartnett, Gackt, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, etc.

Anniversary of Black Dahlia's murder - Pathology Museum event

Barts Pathology Museum at Queen Mary, University of London’s West Smithfield campus will hold a special evening seminar on Tuesday 15 January – the anniversary of the gruesome and much-publicised Black Dahlia Murder. The event will focus on cultural depictions of the case, followed by a wider look at forensic science and cases of dismemberment.

On January 15th, 1947, the dismembered body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was discovered on a vacant lot in Los Angeles, California. To this day, the murder is unsolved, but the brutality of the crime and Short’s ‘femme fatale’ persona have ensured The Black Dahlia Murder remains a part of crime folklore.

Crime fiction scholar and editor Steven Powell runs the blog The Venetian Vase and is author of the essay Betty Short and I Go Back: James Ellroy and the Metanarrative of the Black Dahlia Case. He has edited the books Conversations with James Ellroy and 100 American Crime Writers. His talk, I Never Knew Her in Life: Cultural Depictions of the Black Dahlia Case, focuses on the enduring popularity of Short’s life and death in newspapers, novels, and films.

Entry to the event is £6 and includes refreshments and a themed cocktail. There will also be a chance to win a copy of the film The Black Dahlia, directed by Brian De Palma. Source: presszoom.com

Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson and Brian De Palma on the set of "The Black Dahlia" (2006)

Ofcr. Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert: "The basic rule of homicide applied: nothing stays buried forever. Corpses. Ghosts. Nothing stays buried forever."

"I kept everything pertaining to them away from him out of a desire to keep Madeleine's lesbian bar doings under wraps. I continued skimming the file, sweating in the hot, airless room. No Webster prefixes appeared, and I started getting nightmare flashes: Betty sitting on the westbound Wilshire bus stop, 7:30 P.M., 1/12/47, waving bye-bye Bucky, about to jump into eternity. I thought about querying the bus company, a general rousting of drivers on that route--then realized it was too cold, that any driver who remembered picking up Betty would have come forward during all the '47 publicity. I thought of calling the other numbers I'd gotten from Pacific Coast Bell --then jacked that chronologically they were off-- they didn't jibe with my new knowledge of where Betty was at what time. I called Russ at the Bureau and learned that he was still in Tucson, while Harry was working crowd control up by the Hollywoodland sign. I finished my paper prowl, with a total of zero Webster prefixes. I thought of yanking Roach's P.C.B file, fixing the notion immediately. Downtown LA, Madison prefix to Webster, was not a toll call--there would be no record, ditto on the Biltmore listings. It came on then, big and ugly: bye-bye Bleichert at the bus stop, adios shitbird, has-been, never-was, stool pigeon niggertown harness bull. Bye-bye Betty, Beth, Betsy, Liz, we were a couple of tramps, too bad we didn't meet before 39th and Norton, it just might have worked, maybe us would've been the one thing we wouldn't have fucked up past redemption" -"The Black Dahlia" (1987) written by James Ellroy

Jake Gyllenhaal will star in "Prisoners" (2013) and in talks to star in 'Mississippi Grind'

Jake Gyllenhaal will produce 'Mississippi Grind': Indie darlings Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden are delving into the world of gambling for their next film. Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and is in talks to star.

The multihyphenate duo, who directed Ryan Gosling to a best actor Oscar nomination for Half Nelson, will helm Mississippi Grind from a screenplay they penned. The story centers on a down-on-his-luck gambler facing crushing debt who teams up with a younger gambling addict (Gyllenhaal) in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what has been lost. The lead character would be a plum role for Hollywood's fortysomething set. WME, which reps Fleck, Boden and Gyllenhaal, is packaging the project, which would fall in the less-than-$10 million budget range.

Gyllenhaal brought the screenplay to Electric City partners Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell, who are also producing alongside former WME agent and Paramount president John Lesher. Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

Aussie actor Ben Mendelsohn is a "that guy" on the rise. You might not know his name, but the Animal Kingdom star has been steadily making his way into American titles like Killing Them Softly, The Dark Knight Rises and Derek Cianfrance's eagerly awaited follow-up to Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines. Now the eye-catching supporting player is on the verge of becoming a Stateside leading man in the indie drama Mississippi Grind.

Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and is in talks to star as the younger lead, and Variety reports Mendelsohn is currently in negotiations for the other lead. There's no doubt the project seems promising for Mendelsohn. For one, it would step him into the leading man niche here in the U.S.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick in "End of Watch" (2012) directed by David Ayer

Secondly, Gyllenhaal is a hot commodity again thanks to his stirring performance in the critically celebrated cop drama End of Watch. Source: www.cinemablend.com

Josh Hartnett: "Teddy Bear" video

Josh Hartnett at 'The New York Times Style's 5th anniversary

Josh Hartnett has been actually a latent crush of mine for a long time, alongside other of my intermittent passions towards Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emile Hirsch or Ryan Gosling. I had kind of overlooked him in his Pearl Harbor 'hottie' era but he has changed lately his career's outlook and has chosen pretty interesting projects, most of them low-budget and indie films. Being an avid fan of the noir genre, I also enjoyed Hartnett playing a disoriented 1940s detective in "The Black Dahlia", despite of its confusing script and a stilted performance by Scarlett Johansson (Hilary Swank went slightly over the top with her femme-fatale interpretation). Also his performance as The Man in "Sin City" is a little treasure to cherish. Even "Lucky Number Slevin" had a strange dose of twisted humor and neo-noir elements enhancing its intrincate revenge plot. And I found one of his quotes very inspiring: "Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else."

Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton co-star in "Singularity" (2013) directed by Roland Joffé, a riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.

Josh Hartnett and Jake Gyllenhaal have in common a liking to blonde actresses (Josh was spotted “making out like crazy” with Kirsten Dunst at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008) and a recent taste for occasional growing of facial hair which isn't always the most flattering to their gorgeousness -it gives them a more mature aura, though. It also makes them appear as cuddly teddy bears.

That's one of the references in this video-archive (it lasts over 40 minutes) I've compiled of Josh Hartnett (I've made some of the screencaps included too): "Teddy Bear" - which features photos and stills of his films "The Faculty" (with Laura Harris), "The Virgin Suicides" (with Kirsten Dunst), "Here On Earth" (with Leelee Sobieski), "Pearl Harbor" (with Kate Beckinsale), "O" (with Julia Stiles), "Black Hawk Down" (with Ewan McGregor), "40 Days and 40 Nights" (with Shannyn Sossamon), "Hollywood Homicide" (with Harrison Ford), "Wicker Park" (with Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne and Jessica Paré), "Sin City" (with Marley Shelton), "Mozart and the Whale" (with Radha Mitchell), "Lucky Number Slevin" (with Lucy Liu), "The Black Dahlia" (with Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart and Rose McGowan), "Resurrecting the Champ", "30 Days of Night" (with Melissa George), "August" (with Naomie Harris), "Rain Man" theatrical play (with Naomi Watts), "I Come with the Rain", "Bunraku", "Girl Walks Into a Bar" (with Carla Gugino), "Stuck Between Stations", and "Singularity" (with Tamsin Egerton and Bipasha Basu). Also photos with fellow actors Emile Hirsch, Jake Gyllenhaal, Winona Ryder, Natalie Portman, Kate Hudson, Amanda Seyfried, Amber Sainsbury, model Helena Christensen, model Gemma Ward, ex-girlfriend Ellen Fenster, ex-girlfriend model Sophia Lie, etc.


Josh Hartnett ("Teddy Bear") video from Kendra on Vimeo.
Soundtrack: "You're a Heartbreaker", "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" & "Teddy Bear" by Elvis Presley (Happy Anniversary, Elvis!), "Flowers of Memory" by Lambchop, "Won't Let You Down", "Hell Is Chrome" & "Someday Soon" by Wilco, "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" by The Rolling Stones, "Goodbye, West Coast" by Matt Sharp, "Baby, Baby" by The Vibrators and "Ooh Wee Baby" by Jeff Barry.

Jake Gyllenhaal is not dating Katie Holmes

Scan of Jake Gyllenhaal in OK (Australia) magazine

Jake Gyllenhaal at at Jay Z & Coldplay Concert in NYC, on December 31st, 2012

Jake Gyllenhaal leaving SoulCycle in New York City, on January 4, 2013

“Katie says that they have tons in common and Jake has already been to see her in Dead Accounts, plus she has been over to his apartment in the West Village for dinner.” Wow, so are Holmes and Gyllenhaal set to be the first hot new couple of the New Year? NOPE!

Katie Holmes in Harper's Bazaar (Russia) magazine, 2012

A rep for Holmes tells Gossip Cop that it’s “not at all true” that the pair are “secretly dating.” And a source close to Gyllenhaal also tells us the claim is a complete fabrication. Source: www.gossipcop.com

Happy New Year's Day, Happy New Year 2013!

Video! Jake Gyllenhaal Talks 'End of Watch,' New Eyes Charity

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is committed to the craft. The star voluntarily allowed the police academy to Taser him while preparing to play a cop in “End of Watch.” Jake told “Extra’s” A.J. Calloway, “The police academy offered us the chance to be Tasered or pepper sprayed and the whole cast decided to be Tasered… It was exactly what you would think it would be like.” Jake Gyllenhaal in InStyle Germany magazine The star also talked about his dedication to the charity New Eyes, which provides glasses and eye care to those in need. Find out how you can donate at NewEyesForTheNeedy.org. Source: www.extratv.com Jake Gyllenhaal talks about his beard - The Graham Norton Show

Merry Christmas 2012!!

Maureen O'Hara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn in "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) directed by George Seaton

Happy 32nd birthday, Jake Gyllenhaal!

Happy 32nd birthday, Jake, we wish you a very happy day from Jake Weird! and Happy Holidays, you look like a super-attractive Santa Claus with that massive beard and your generous smile!

Scarlett Johansson & Geek Looks: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Josh Hartnett

Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - First Still from Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Don Jon's Addiction' (2013)

"Don Jon’s Addiction", Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, will have its international premiere at this year's Berlin International Film Festival in the main Panorama sidebar. The Dark Knight Rises star plays the lead in the drama as a contemporary, porn-addicted Don Juan-type trying to become less selfish. Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore also star. The film will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Other highlights of Berlin's Panorama program include: Lovelace from directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman featuring Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard and Sharon Stone; Frances Ha from Noah Baumbach and My Sisters from German filmmaker Lars Kraume featuring Beatrice Dalle, Angela Winkler and Jordis Triebel. The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival runs February 7-17, 2013. Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon Levitt were rumored to be dating in October 2011 after being seen out together in NYC.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt sporting a geek look at the TIFF, 2012

Josh Hartnett sporting a geek look at Giorgio Armani/Vanity Fair Dinner, 2011

After the breakup, Josh Hartnett revealed that it was hard coping with the loss of Scarlett & said the split was “really painful”.

Harnett & Johansson dated for over a year after originally meeting on the set of the movie "The Black Dahlia", but the couple went their separate ways back in November due to busy & demanding schedules. Hartnett reveals, “It was difficult spending so much time apart with all our different commitments and both of us flying all over the world." Source: www.filmsy.com


Joseph Gordon-Levitt (HitRecord) at Cornell University - Full Performance


Joseph Gordon Levitt discusses Slavery and "Lincoln" (2012)

Josh Hartnett ("Breathless") video from Kendra on Vimeo.

Josh Hartnett ("Breathless") video


Josh Hartnett (The Wanderer) video

Josh Hartnett ("One of these days") video

Josh Hartnett ("One of these days") video from Kendra on Vimeo.

A video featuring pictures of Josh Hartnett and co-stars: Kirsten Dunst in "The Virgin Suicides", Kate Beckinsale in "Pearl Harbor", Julia Stiles in "O", Shannyn Sossamon in "40 Days and 40 Nights", Diane Kruger in "Wicker Park", Marley Shelton in "Sin City", Lucy Liu in "Lucky Number Slevin", Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank in "The Black Dahlia", Melissa George in "30 Days of Night", Naomi Watts in "Rain Man", plus stills from "The Faculty", "Black Hawk Down", "Hollywood Homicide", "Mozart and the Whale", "Resurrecting the Champ", "August", "Bunraku", "Singularity", etc.

Thoughts about the massacre in Connecticut

"The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure." -Lyndon B. Johnson

"Man and civilization brought forth more innovative ways of taking human life than any other function needed for survival. There are more ways of killing a man than there are ways of making bread or making love. While the latter two are quite limited in scale, man has gone beyond imagination with his capacity to destroy life with one push of a button. Between uncontrolled crime in the streets and escalating war on the borders, it was all just a matter of time. From the ashes, a new world was born. The surviving nations finally realized that man's unstoppable appetite for destruction must be contained. A ban on all firearms was strictly enforced. And just as the sword gave way to the gun, the gun gave way to the sword; leaving the authorities the to carry the hope of their nations on the tip of a spear. Little did they know that the self-destructive nature of man could never be stopped. There's not enough love in this world, not enough money to prevent this ancient circle from coming around again. When the time is ripe, evil will rise; And as many ways as there are of killing a man, there are equally as many ways of telling this old tale of strife." -Bunraku (2010)

Bob Dylan: "Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid."

Jake Gyllenhaal attending the Concert for Sandy

Susan Sarandon and Jake Gyllenhaal attending the Concert For Sandy Relief, on December 12, 2012

Jake Gyllenhaal - LA Times portrait (Carolyn Cole/ Los Angeles Times / November 14, 2012): With 20 years of screen credits behind him, Jake Gyllenhaal is a 31-year-old actor with a résumé that defies expectations. Source: www.latimes.com

Amanda Seyfried: "I'm just more attracted to actors", InStyle cover

Amanda Seyfried on the cover of InStyle magazine, January 2013

On her Dear John co-star Channing Tatum: “Channing was amazing. He’s a superstar. Everybody wants to have sex with him. And the only person he wants to have sex with is his wife, Jenna [Dewan]. He’s the most loyal husband.”

Amanda Seyfried dating Ryan Phillipe

Amanda Seyfried dating Josh Hartnett

On dating actors: “The thing is, I can’t date anybody without it being portrayed as a serious relationship in the tabloids. It sucks! Like Josh Hartnett and I were friends; we hung out, we dated. I don’t actually have sex with every male I come into contact with… I’m just more attracted to actors. I like their choice to be artists—that’s ballsy. And a guy who has such access to his emotional life is sexy. Or maybe because lots of the actors I know are so broken. I don’t think I’m compatible with anybody I’ve dated. Maybe I’m so attracted to actors because I’m not ready for the “settled down” thing yet.”

Josh Hartnett (Baby Be Mine) video from Kendra on Vimeo.

Josh Hartnett ("Baby Be Mine") video featuring scenes from "The Faculty", "O", "40 days and 40 nights", "Pearl Harbor", "Sin City", "The Black Dahlia", "Mozart & The Whale", "Wicker Park", "Lucky Number Slevin", "30 days of night", "Bunraku", and "August". Soundtrack: Baby Be Mine by The Jelly Beans, It's Only Rock'n'Roll, Time is on my side & The Last Time by The Rolling Stones, Fool For Love by Elliott Murphy, Ooh Wee Baby by Jeff Barry and Crazy 'bout my baby by Randy Newman

On having obsessive compulsive disorder: “I’m too measured and controlling—about everything. That’s why I take Lexapro. It’s for OCD. I don’t feel like I’m struggling with it. I think OCD is a part of me that protects me. it’s also the part of me that I use in my job, in a positive way.” Source: www.justjared.com