We are proud here in Weirdland of having a new affiliate so special for me as this site devouted to Maggie Gyllenhaal, the lovely sister of our Jake: Maggie-Gyllenhaal.net. Thank you a lot, Connie, it means so much for me!
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Yelena and Peter Sarsgaard as Astrov in "Uncle Vanya" (2008). Jake with Maggie at the Uncle Vanya Off-Broadway Opening Night, on 12th February 2009, NYC.
-What is the most important thing you learned from Milk? -Emile Hirsch: "The film, for me, is about understanding other people, having empathy and enabling yourself to walk in another person’s shoes. To understand, as Harvey Milk said, that you have to protect the “us” out there. It’s not just the gay community. It’s the Hispanic community, the black community, the disabled community, seniors. Part of being an American is being all-inclusive. That’s the American spirit. We live in the greatest country in the world and we’re proud of it. This is just an extension of that. Being inclusive. We should not continue the exclusion of people. We’re embracing people because we’re Americans".Source: www.filter-mag.com
"Is Brokeback Mountain a gay film? An interesting question, and for all its political necessity, a somewhat irksome one--it smacks of an essentialism ill-suited to the gender-bending that queerness can inspire. But every minority group is concerned with questions of identity, and the ways in which ever-evolving answers fuel both political solidarity and individual understanding. Ennis embodies that sort of iconic, manful reticence--he's a Marlboro man whose volatile feelings are scarcely contained by his stoicism. When he does speak, his words reveal a tormented tenderness, in sharp contrast to the garrulous, breezy charm of Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist. Jack is the more psychologically accessible of the two, and he's more comfortable with the possibilities of their love. But Ennis is the scarred heart of the film--his fear turns him into a character for whom fighting and fucking often become intertwined, and whose depth of feeling can be measured in his inability to express it.
The is-this-film-gay question, then, arises out of the film's structure itself--Brokeback is preoccupied with Life, in the yawping Whitman-esque dimensions, and life, in its complexities and human attachments. It is utterly unconcerned with lifestyle, which is where Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Will & Grace, Queer As Folk, for better and worse, seem to situate gayness for mass consumption.
The film is gay and not “gay”--it is existentially gay, in its depiction of love between men, if not resonant with how gayness is usually depicted or with queerness as an evolving cultural identity". Source: www.prospect.org
A video featuring images of Emile Hirsch at Film Independent Spirit Awards 2009, and Emile with his girlfriend Brianna Domont arriving at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Song "Hit the city" by Mark Lanegan & Polly Jean Harvey.
"The Oscars are still fresh in our memories, but no matter how you cut it they are over and it it is time to move forward as we have a whole new year of films to embark on.
Of course, we are heading into the summer months very soon and they aren’t exactly prime for Oscar pickin’s so we will have to wait a while for a few of these to come out, but I have put together a list of ten films I am going to be keeping my eye on for Oscar’s big prize in 2010. Have any you care to add to the list?
Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu with Javier Bardem) The Lovely Bones (I heard a small bit of good buzz on Peter Jackson’s next recently) Broken Embraces (Penelope Cruz won last night and now she’s back with Pedro Almodvar) Nine (Rob Marshall’s new musical with a fleet of talent along for the ride) Adam (Max Mayer’s dramedy is already stirring some buzz) The Ghost (Roman Polanski won’t enter the U.S. but his films will) A Serious Man (The Coen brothers directing a bunch of unknowns. Perfect!) Up In the Air (Jason Reitman has George Clooney along for his next) Whatever Works (Woody Allen and Larry David together just sounds sooooooo right) The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick with Sean Penn and Brad Pitt) It’s not a scientific list by any means, just a little bit of fun speculation and below are ten more films that could potentially make some waves.
Julie & Julia (Meryl Streep is in it, can’t ignore it) Agora (Alejandro Amenabar with Rachel Weisz) Brothers (Jim Sheridan directs Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal)
I worry Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will have the sentiment but still be a bit too “out there” for the Academy". Source: www.ropeofsilicon.com
Photoshoot of Kristen Stewart for Nylon, from the March issue.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- At Sunday night's 81st Annual Academy Awards, "Twilight's" vampire teen heartthrob Robert Pattinson was a presenter alongside "Mamma Mia" star Amanda Seyfried .
It left many wondering: where was his "Twilight" co-star, Kristen Stewart ?
Access' Billy Bush got the answer on the red carpet, when he asked Kristen's father, John Stewart, why she wasn't presenting with Robert Pattinson .
John responded that Kristen would present at the Oscars, "When it's a great movie, not just one that makes a lot of money."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Oscars 2009: Fashion On The Red Carpet
Sean Penn with Jake Gyllenhaal.Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon at 81st Annual Academy Awards, Hollywood.Jessica Biel at 1st Annual Night To Make A Difference at Mr. Chow, Beverly Hills, 22nd February.Anna Paquin arriving at the Vanity Fair Oscar party.Hugh Jackman holding Anne Hathaway.Emile Hirsch and his girlfriend Brianna Domont at Vanity Fair Oscar Party.Marion Cotillard and Penélope Cruz at the 81st Annual Academy Awards.Evan Rachel Wood and her Edgar Allan Poe's tattoo.Jake being coquetish with Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek at Vanity Oscar party.WATCH THIS VIDEO FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST MOMENT AT OSCAR NIGHT, INCLUDING POSTHUMOUS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WIN.
"Kate Winslet — still teary-eyed and emotional — told friends and well-wishers, "All I need right now is one good nap." She frequently took mini kitten naps as she held court on a couch in a back area — periodically resting her head on her dad's and husband Sam Mendes' shoulders.
Most awkward moment? Ryan Phillippe and girlfriend Abbe Cornish walking — or shall we say sprinting — right past Ryan's ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon, and her current love, Jake Gyllenhaal. No, neither couple stopped to exchange pleasantries. Ouch. This must make child visitation really fun.
Writer Fran Lebowitz, a VF party regular — her feet sprawled on the ottoman — sat on a sofa with her pal Mick Jagger and his posse. Nearby were Dylan McDermott and Tilda Swinton — doing their own thing on the same long couch.
Funniest moment? Mick struggling to carry four champagne glasses while walking back to the couch, then handing him to his longtime gal pal L’Wren Scott and their friends. Then he belted out "Happy Birthday" to a pal while Fran, Dylan and Tilda completely ignored a rock legend singing the Happy Birthday song.
Only in super-jaded Hollywood. Or maybe he sings it every year. Maybe it's like Mick's annual "lampshade on the head" VF party moment.
Oscar winner Sean Penn was being unusually gracious. But he seemed more proud of his son — and introducing him to his pals — than his gold Oscar statue. When Penn was asked what was in his future, he replied, "Speaking out — never stopping."
Did we mention that Penn's pal Mickey Rourke was there to congratulate him on his Oscar win? And Rourke was wearing a cowboy hat. As if he didn't already stand out like a sore thumb.Romantic moments: Jennifer Aniston was glued to boyfriend John Mayer all night". Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
"Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu, and the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, commanding one Ranger unit named Chalk Four, leading Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and whom was captured, to Col". "Day After Tomorrow, The" [2004, USA ]
"This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age. At the center of the story is a paleoclimatologist (a scientist who studies the ways weather patterns changed in the past), Professor Jack Hall (Quaid), who tries to save the world from the effects of global warming while also trying to get to his son, Sam (Gyllenhaal), who was in New York City as part of a scholastic competition, when the city was overwhelmed by the chilling beginnings of the new Ice Age. In addition to all of the other challenges Dr. Hall faces, he's also going against the flow as humanity races south to warmer climes, and he's nearly the only one going north" Lonely Are the Brave [1962, USA ]
"In order to free his best friend Bondi, Jack Burns lets himself be imprisoned only to find out that Bondi does not want to escape. Thus Burns breaks out on his own and is afterwards being chased by sheriff Johnson with helicopters and jeeps".
Q: Can you talk about working with Chris Nolan? Maggie: "I wanted to be able to make sure she was going to be a real thinking woman and she was going to be able to be fierce and feisty and care as much about honor and justice and the community she was in as much as any of these guys did. And Chris seemed to so completely agree with me about that. It felt to me as though the thing that was most important to me was just as important to him. Even so, I even thought, ‘OK, great, good. At least I know he agrees with me". Source: www.collider.com
The Day After Tomorrow helicopters clip:
Trivia for "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004):
"The US Army loaned several UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for the rescue scene at the end, prompting the Canadian authorities to reassure the people of Montreal that they weren't being invaded by the USA".
"In the scene of the British helicopters crashing, producer Mark Gordon plays the pilot being instantly frozen".
"During filming of the scene at the US Consulate in Mexico (actually filmed on the US/Mexico border in El Paso, Texas) local residents were concerned about the military-appearing helicopters landing and flying low over residential neighborhoods, and the streets closed by the police for the filming, and some actually called the local authorities fearing that something was happening in the area".Source: www.imdb.com
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Yelena and Peter Sarsgaard as Astrov in "Uncle Vanya" (2008).
Jake with Maggie at the Uncle Vanya Off-Broadway Opening Night, on 12th February 2009, NYC.
-What is the most important thing you learned from Milk?
Ennis embodies that sort of iconic, manful reticence--he's a Marlboro man whose volatile feelings are scarcely contained by his stoicism. 
When he does speak, his words reveal a tormented tenderness, in sharp contrast to the garrulous, breezy charm of Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist. 
Jack is the more psychologically accessible of the two, and he's more comfortable with the possibilities of their love. But Ennis is the scarred heart of the film--his fear turns him into a character for whom fighting and fucking often become intertwined, and whose depth of feeling can be measured in his inability to express it.
"The Oscars are still fresh in our memories, but no matter how you cut it they are over and it it is time to move forward as we have a whole new year of films to embark on.
I worry Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will have the sentiment but still be a bit too “out there” for the Academy". Source: www.ropeofsilicon.com
Photoshoot of Kristen Stewart for Nylon, from the March issue.
Sean Penn with Jake Gyllenhaal.
Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon at 81st Annual Academy Awards, Hollywood.
Jessica Biel at 1st Annual Night To Make A Difference at Mr. Chow, Beverly Hills, 22nd February.
Anna Paquin arriving at the Vanity Fair Oscar party.
Hugh Jackman holding Anne Hathaway.
Emile Hirsch and his girlfriend Brianna Domont at Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Marion Cotillard and Penélope Cruz at the 81st Annual Academy Awards.
Evan Rachel Wood and her Edgar Allan Poe's tattoo.
Jake being coquetish with Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek at Vanity Oscar party.
WATCH THIS VIDEO FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST MOMENT AT OSCAR NIGHT, INCLUDING POSTHUMOUS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WIN.
"Kate Winslet — still teary-eyed and emotional — told friends and well-wishers, "All I need right now is one good nap." She frequently took mini kitten naps as she held court on a couch in a back area — periodically resting her head on her dad's and husband Sam Mendes' shoulders.
And Rourke was wearing a cowboy hat. As if he didn't already stand out like a sore thumb.
Romantic moments: Jennifer Aniston was glued to boyfriend John Mayer all night". 
Jake and Reese attending and leaving the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, LA, on 22nd February, 2009.
"Black Hawk Down"
"Day After Tomorrow, The" [2004, USA ]
Lonely Are the Brave [1962, USA ]
Maggie: "I wanted to be able to make sure she was going to be a real thinking woman and she was going to be able to be fierce and feisty and care as much about honor and justice and the community she was in as much as any of these guys did. And Chris seemed to so completely agree with me about that. It felt to me as though the thing that was most important to me was just as important to him. Even so, I even thought, ‘OK, great, good. At least I know he agrees with me".
