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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Austin Nichols & Sophia Bush - Thanksgiving meet & greet

"One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols are spending their Thanksgiving holiday this year fulfilling exactly what the holiday is about; giving thanks to others. The young stars, along with Heroes's Milo Ventimiglia, are currently overseas generously giving their time and talent to the troops and their families stationed in Germany and Turkey.Nichols, Bush, and Ventimiglia held meet&greets the mornings of Nov. 20 and 21st in Ramstein, Germany, where they signed autographs and posed for pictures with the service members and their families. According to the official website for the USO, what the TV trio is doing leaves the troops and their family members with the most lasting emotional impressions. “USO entertainers are essential to fulfilling the USO's mission of boosting troop morale”.Bush and Nichols are no strangers to donating their time and efforts to help the morale of others in need. This past September they both helped to raise money at the 'Celebrity Autograph Fund-raiser' for a memorial wall honoring fallen police officers to be built in Wilmington, NC, where 'One Tree Hill is filmed.Bush said as a child she was always encouraged by her parents to do charity work. Now the 27-year-old actress says she wants to give that same motivation to others.
“I think people have lost sight of how important it is to give back”, Bush told Star News recently.
The next stop where Sophia Bush, Austin Nichols, and Milo Ventimiglia will place emphasis on the needs of others will be Turkey, at the Incirlik and Izmir Air Bases, where they will be until the completion of their USO tour on Nov. 25". Source: www.examiner.com

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Austin Nichols and Jake Gyllenhaal, bike buddys on March 2009 in Brentwood, California. Jake and Austin have been biking together now for over two years.

Tobey Maguire confirms Spiderman 4

Kirsten Dunst with TobeyMaguire in Spiderman Featurette "Tangled Web: The Love Triangles Of Spider-Man 3".
"Tobey Maguire revealed this weekend that "Spider-Man 4" will begin lensing in February or March next year, for its slated May 2011 release.
At a press conference for his newest movie "Brothers", Maguire responded a mere "yes" when asked if audiences will be seeing a new side to Peter Parker in the third sequel of the comic book flick.
The 34-year-old actor sat feet away from Jake Gyllenhaal, his "Brothers" co-star and the actor who was almost cast as the masked superhero in his place for the first two films.The resemblence of the two in the film as they star as siblings is apparent, on camera and in life, to which Gyllenhaal had comment. "People have very often said to me that I look like Tobey, so I thought it was a very perfect casting thing that ['Brothers' director Jim Sheridan] put us together... So we really just made the movie so that I could say that I look a little different than Tobey", Gyllenhaal laughs. "And to all those cab drivers in New York, I’m not Spider-Man."If Jake Gyllenhaal had played Spidey, how would he have dealt with his ex Kirsten Dunst, since they aren't on the best friendly terms? "Brothers" is out Dec. 4 and also features Natalie Portman". Source: www.hitfix.com

Monday, November 23, 2009

Jake Gyllenhaal's subtle and nuanced performance

"Producers Sigurjon Sighvatsson and Michael De Luca both saw a movie that would work in America, with a war still raging in Afghanistan. They thought the central brother drama would travel. But take a carefully wrought naturalistic drama shot with hand-held digital cameras and add an American writer, Irish director and Hollywood movie stars to the equation, and a delicately calibrated souffle can fall flat. Despite Frederick Elmes’ gorgeous photography and Sheridan’s sure touch with kids, somehow this film no longer rings true; the tough-as-nails military Dad (Sam Shepard), skinny, stressed-out veteran (Maguire) and bewildered wife (Portman) veer toward cliche. For his part, Gyllenhaal gives one of the most subtle and nuanced performances of his career". Source: blogs.indiewire.com

"Natalie Portman, who has just returned from Belfast where she spent the past three and a half months, was in great form and cannot wait to get back to Ireland.

"Jim is the greatest actor I've ever met. Seriously," she said. "He'll often step in during rehearsal and play a role, which totally changes how you're thinking about your character."

Interview with Sam Shepard, who plays Hank Cahill in Brothers.

Sam Shepard who turned out at the party with his wife Jessica Lange, said he was thrilled to be in a movie directed by Sheridan.

"The way Jim directs, it's like something is really at stake and it makes you take things as an actor to another level", he said. "It's not like working with other directors where you're just trying to get it over with."
Source: www.herald.ie

Oprah's project with "Secretary" screenwriter

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal at The Oprah Winfrey Show, on 27th January, 2006 in L.A.

"Oprah Winfrey has a surprising project in the works. Her Harpo Films has made a deal with HBO to team on a sexually charged hourlong series pilot about a woman who leaves her seemingly perfect marriage and children in Santa Monica for the underbelly of L.A., where she indulges her secret fantasies and desires".
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway in "Secretary" (2002).

Pilot is being written by Erin Cressida Wilson, best known for writing 2002 indie pic "Secretary", which starred James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal film in the story of a boss-secretary relationship that veers into S&M.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal at "Secretary" screening on 18th September, 2002, in New York City.

The pilot is a high priority at the pay web. The idea was hatched by Forte, who pitched it to HBO prexy Sue Naegle right after Harpo made a deal to generate series and miniseries.

"It is unsentimental and pretty shocking, and there is something complicated and destructive driving her," Forte said. "It is literally a day at the pool, where she gets up, in sarong and flip-flops, and walks out of her life, leaving everyone behind so abruptly that her husband and kids initially think she's been kidnapped or murdered".
Source: www.variety.com

"Brothers" Interview caps + tongue action

Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brothers" Interview, Trailer Addict screencaps courtesy by Iheartjakemedia.comJake shows us a bit of tongue in this session. Let's see more tongue action:
Emile Hirsch in "Lords of Dogtown" (2005).Isabel Lucas.Lindsay Lohan.Megan Fox.Robert Pattinson.Anne Hathaway.Nikki Reed.James McAvoy.Katy Perry.

Interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal - Brothers

Two Interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays Tommy Cahill in Brothers:


Natalie, Tobey Maguire & Jim Sheridan "Brothers" screening

"Natalie Portman poses with co-star Tobey Maguire at The Cinema Society, Details and DKNY screening of Brothers at the SVA Theater on Sunday (November 22) in New York City.

The 28-year-old actress plays the wife of Sam Cahill (Maguire). Cahill goes missing on his fourth tour of duty, forcing his younger brother (Jake Gyllenhaal) to take care of his wife.

Brothers is based on Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film Brødre, and is set to be released on December 4 in the US.
Natalie wore a gown by Jason Wu, carried a bag by Christian Louboutin and topped things off with Tiffany & Co. jewelry and Aldo shoes". Source: justjared.buzznet.com