SxSW is a hot poppin tech gumbo -- signed up for Twitter @hitrecordjoe -- saw "We Live In Public" 500 Days of Summer is playing here in Austin at the end of the week, but South By Southwest is not just a film festival. It's most known for its music, and then there's what they call "Interactive." The tech, the net, the new media. I decided to come down to Texas early, and try to humbly soak it up. Glad I did, I've met so many cool people here, kicking so many asses. It's good to know that awesome people are building the future.
@ronen and I ceremoniously signed me up for Twitter in front of the state's capital.
Jake shopping in Beverly Hills, on 26th March. Pictures courtesy of Iheartjakemedia.com
Jake sported a red and white buttoned plaid shirt, jeans and a black derby hat.
Jake has joined forces with Global Green USA, attending the the launch of National Green Schools Initiative last month, building a garden during Green Service Day at Manual Arts High School.
Talking about Global Green, Jake tells: “What I learned is that something like this is possible. There are so many things that I’ve thought of [including making] gardens like this. I had always thought this is possible on a mass scale. This is possible within a massive city like Los Angeles!”
Green Schools Initiative: Day of Service with Jake Gyllenhaal (Short)
"Our lead is James Brennan played perfectly by Jesse Eisenberg. This is a less overtly awkward Michael Cera type, but older. He is a college graduate, in transition between college and seeking a Graduate degree in Journalism - after majoring in Renaissance studies. He also happens to be a Virgin. Not an inept one, but one of choice. He's had opportunities, but his love of Renaissance literature has given him a lovesick fascination with true love. Although peer pressure and his own natural attraction and desire for intercourse... well, it is on his mind.
This isn't another of those comedic romps about getting laid, though that is the overall arc of this story. It's more about real human types that take a summer job at a theme park like ADVENTURELAND and what that summer could very well have been like.
I found the story to be very honest feeling. You don't have ridiculous over the top disgusting gags for laughs' sake. The drugs and drinking isn't about stereotypes with half-closed eyes acting like burn-outs... But about sharing a single joint after work to take the edge off - and the kinds of conversations that these types of people would have. People get hurt in this film and some triumph. This is a film that has a shared soul with movies like AMERICAN GRAFFITI and DAZED & CONFUSED, though not nearly as GREAT as those films - at least not upon a single reflection.
The cast is wonderful. I dare you to not lust after Margarita Levieva's Lisa P or not fall a little in love with Kirsten Stewart's Em. These are not perfect types, but characters that surprise you with their flaws and their merits. Martin Starr is again masterful as a wonderful Nikolai Gogol and other Soviet literature. He smokes a pipe and is acutely self-aware that his major prepared him for isolation and self-loathing, which in turn leaves him frustrated.I know I'm describing a film that feels like a downer, but it isn't. I LOVED spending the summer with these characters. I loved how there are no overt VILLAINS, only mistakes that flawed humans make and then chose to forgive or be condemned by.
I honestly feel we need more movies like this that help with the balance. I enjoy the silly goofy crap, but it doesn't inspire a generation to anything but losing itself in mediocrity and the science of distraction. This film feels honest, sweet and funny. That may not be as marketably cool as "from the creator of SUPERBAD," but it is a very very worthwhile film experience". Source: www.aintitcool.com
Jake having Lunch With Maggie & Ramona At Ammo In LA, on 25th March, 2009.Jake Gyllenhaal, sister Maggie and Peter Sarsgaard take Ramona Sarsgaard to Central Park in NYC. last month, on 2nd october 2008. Pictures courtesy of Iheartjakemedia.com
Jake leaving a medical center in Beverly Hills, on 25th March, 2009. Pictures courtesy of Iheartjakemedia.com Beautiful spiky blondish hair, and that hand inside your pocket gives us a "spur of the moment" beat.
A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969. From 'Important Things with Demetri that aired on 3/25/09.
Anna Faris posing for a photoshoot of Arena Magazine (April 2009): Anna Faris and Jake Gyllenhaal dancing in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005). "When it's the wedding of Observe and Report star Anna Faris, it's the Margaritas.
"We're thinking something really sort of low key for sure," Faris, 32, tells PEOPLE about her wedding plans, joking that it might be Mexican-themed. "Something that involves a lot of Margaritas, maybe!"
The bride-to-be, who in January confirmed her engagement to Bride Wars star Chris Pratt, 29, says the planning's "going slowly" but that she doesn't want a lot of hubbub, anyway.
"A lot of alcohol and no drama! No fuss, that's the most important thing. Warm would be great," she says. "I just get to play and get my hair and make-up done in my professional life, so I don't really know if I want that fuss for my wedding. I want simple."
And she says she's already enjoying one of the best parts of a marriage – the benefits of living together". Source: www.people.com Close-up of Anna Faris' engagement ring.
"Recently engaged actress Christina Ricci shows off her her new sparkler while stopping at a mini-mart to buy an energy drink in Los Angeles on Wednesday (March 18).
Yesterday (March 17), the 29-year-old actress was seen wearing her engagement ring while out with her fiance, actor Owen Benjamin. The couple walked hand-in-hand as they grabbed lunch at the Gaucho Grill in Studio City, Calif.
Later this year, Christina and Owen will appear in the comedy, All’s Faire in Love". Source: Justjared.buzznet.com Close-up of Christina Ricci's engagement ring.
Zooey Deschanel and Jake Gyllenhaal, 2004 Sundance Film Festival - Award Ceremony. "Zooey Deschanel is ready to walk down the aisle, PEOPLE has learned.
The actress and singer, 28, and Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard, 32, who is also in the indie band the Postal Service, got engaged before the holidays, a source confirms.
Deschanel, currently starring in Yes Man opposite Jim Carrey, also released her first album, Volume One, in March with her band She & Him". Source: www.people.com Close-up of Zooey Deschanel's engagement ring, from star jeweler Neil Lane.
SxSW is a hot poppin tech gumbo -- signed up for Twitter @hitrecordjoe -- saw "We Live In Public"
500 Days of Summer is playing here in Austin at the end of the week, but South By Southwest is not just a film festival. It's most known for its music, and then there's what they call "Interactive." The tech, the net, the new media. I decided to come down to Texas early, and try to humbly soak it up. Glad I did, I've met so many cool people here, kicking so many asses. It's good to know that awesome people are building the future.
