The Gyllenhaal clan: Maggie, Naomi Foner, Stephen Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal.
"There's nothing that I do that doesn't relate to my family," he says, somewhat less abrasively. "I think this is why with Jim ultimately, although I may have been a complicated person to work with at times, I think we share a lot in common in that way. My father and I definitely have an interesting and complex relationship."While happy to make fun of Sheridan's modus operandi, Gyllenhaal is reluctant to talk about the almost incestuous fishbowl syndrome of Hollywood, in which he and Tobey Maguire grew up, going to the same schools and parties, even dating the same actresses and models.Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, on-screen couple in "Spiderman" movies.
Most of his girlfriends have been well-known actresses, including Kirsten Dunst in 2002, with whom he had an on-off relationship, Natalie Portman, with whom he co-stars in Brothers, and his relationship, with Reese Witherspoon, who he had been dating since 2007 when they met on the set of Rendition.[After this interview was conducted, the pair were reported to have split up.]"There are all these interesting rumours that fly around about Tobey Maguire and myself and it was so long ago at this point. Our relationship on Brothers definitely was awkward, but respectful as a result," he eventually admits."Things unsaid went into the process of making this movie. I admire Tobey's career, I always have. But there was undoubtedly competition and people have mistaken me for him throughout the years. But I'm always game for complications, and this was one that Jim helped engineer."Given how critical he is of Sheridan's working style, would he work with him again? "Oh yes, definitely," he says emphatically. And given how difficult Sheridan admits to having found Gyllenhaal to work with, does he think he would get asked back onto one of Sheridan's sets. The question really bothers him."What do you mean by that? I have great respect for Jim and it's important that you respect someone's work. The work is not always the same as who they are as a person and navigating that is always difficult and there are lots of different egos and personalities in this business," he says, seeming both hurt and defensive. "I don't mean to wear the fact that I like to challenge people as a badge of honour. I think that's something I've moved beyond."I was born into the film industry and all of us grow up thinking we have a perspective on film-making that's different from the job. But only very recently I realised that film-making is a collaborative process. When I was younger I had an idea that I was the actor there to do the job."For somebody who's gotten to the place where they are directing or writing a movie, they have to have a pretty interesting personality to be doing that. So I realise now that I am in service of somebody else's vision and I think it's changed the whole situation." Is he competitive with his sibling, Maggie? "I don't read her scripts or give her ideas and she doesn't to me either. Occasionally, we did in the past, but our interest is more in having a relationship as a family. She has a daughter now and that's more important to me than our performances." Interview conducted by Patricia Danaher. Source: www.herald.ie
Kristen Stewart plays 70's rock icon Joan Jett in "The Runaways". "A lot of people are excited to see Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in The Runaways. I am -- I think she's the real deal. But I'm even more interested in seeing the film because it's Floria Sigismondi's directing debut. Sigismondi is an artist, photographer and music video director whose well-known clips include videos for the White Stripes, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie and many others. I think Jett, Cherie Curie et al are a great match for Floria's sharp eye and smart sensibility". Source: www.filmmakermagazine.com
"Before the screening, the 38-year old Duncan Jones (christened Zowie Bowie) was probably best known, if known at all, for being the son of the rock legend David Bowie and for directing a brilliantly bizarre UK television commercial for oven chips.Sam Rockwell plays Sam Bell in "Moon" (2009), directed by Duncan Jones.
Today, he is preparing for a round of meetings in LA as he crews up in preparation for his next project, a Jake Gyllenhaal (“a very lovely guy”) film called Source Code that was offered to him complete with Hollywood star power, facilities and budget. It’s a giant step for the director, who is cheerfully embracing the Hollywood machine with the good-natured air of confidence he has been nurturing over the past year.
“It’s interesting,” he says, of his first megabucks, all-singing, all-dancing project. “It’s a much bigger budget, it’s a Hollywood film, there are a lot more people involved in the decision-making process. I think my background in advertising is a benefit – I’m somewhere between trying to please everyone else and trying to maintain the integrity of what it is I would like to do as a director. So it’s not too different to doing a commercial, to be honest, but it’s definitely a different beast to Moon.” Source: www.thenational.ae
Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Eye of the Storm' segment from "The day after Tomorrow" (which was filmed between November 2002 and March of 2003 in Montreal, Canada).
"Duncan Jones’ sci-fi thriller “Source Code” begins pre-production early next month in Montreal and is due to begin filming early March.
Juan Solanas’ sci-fi romance “Upside Down” is scheduled to start a 4 month shoot beginning early March". Source: www.beforethetrailer.com
Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart, rocker chicks in the all-girl band "The Runaways".
"If the five seconds of Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart on screen together in "New Moon" weren't enough to tide you over, we at Hollywood Crush are happy to announce we will exclusively be debuting the very first "The Runaways" teaser trailer tomorrow at 9 a.m. EST! We know we're excited to have a first look at Kristen's acting, especially since it already got Joan Jett's approval". Source: hollywoodcrush.mtv.com
Prince Dastan killing a Sand Monster in the videogame.
"During a recent Ubisoft preview event, Michael McIntyre, director of level design for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, talked to Joystiq about the new sequel to the old trilogy, establishing its connection to the Sands of Time game series and the Bruckheimer film. Jake Gyllenhaal in Yahoo! - Prince of Persia: Behind The Scenes With Dastan
The Forgotten Sands is a side story, based in the Sands of Time universe, bridging the seven-year gap between the original Sands of Time game and its sequel, Warrior Within. How long how has The Forgotten Sands been in development, and when was it decided it would be a continuation of The Sands of Time series?
The game's been in development for a year and a half now, and it was decided that it would be part of The Sands of Time franchise fairly early in development -- that it would be the same Prince, same universe.
ow exactly, then, will The Forgotten Sands connect with next year's film, if at all?
Basically, the film is telling the story of The Sands of Time trilogy, which Ubisoft made, and this game is a story that happens on the side of that. So, it's the same character.
Will Jake Gyllenhaal voice the Prince in the game?
Jack Black and Michael Cera discuss their new comedy “Year One.” Did the two of them crack up on the set all the time? Plus, when did Jack Black think he went too far with the gross-out comedy? -What's your last meal? -I don't know. Something with salsa on top.
-While you were a live, what did you spend the most money on? -Drugs and coffins.
-What book do you most regret not finishing? -Normally, I regret not starting books. But I do regret not finishing Elvis' biography -- I liked where it was going.
-What's the wildest thing you ever did? -I can't remember. That was a long time ago.
-If you could come back and spy on someone who's still alive, who would it be and why? -Probably Elvis. He's still around, right?
-Name one thing you're glad you'll never have to do again on Earth. -Brush my teeth. If somebody had told me they were just going to rot away eventually anyway, I could have saved so much time.
-What is your proudest accomplishment? -Finishing Charles Grodin's autobiography.
-What is your biggest regret? -Remarrying my wife.
-When were you happiest? -During the eight months when our divorce was active.
-What are people saying over your coffin? -"It's too bad we never got a chance to ask him what Jack Black was like to work with."
-Are there any last words you'd like to share with the world? -It's too hard to live on a planet where you're a monster for not being moved by Susan Boyle's performance". "The first official picture from SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, directed by Edgar Wright, is out. The film stars Michael Cera, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kieran Culkin. The movie is based on the graphic novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley, where Cera’s character has to defeat the seven ex-boyfriends of the girl of his dreams to win her heart. The film is scheduled for release in 2010". Source: www.flix66.com
Once upon a time there was a world full of meaning, focused by exemplary figures in the form of gods and heroes, saints and sinners. How did we lose them, or, might they still be around, in the form of modern day masters, in fields like sports, music, craft and cooking. Are these masters able to inspire us and bring back a sense of wonder, possibly even of the sacred?
Join world renowned philosopher Hubert Dreyfus as he takes us on a riveting journey of ideas, tackling some of the deepest philosophical issues of our time. In this enlightening trip, Dreyfus explains what is unique about human beings that allows us to take the risks necessary to learn skills, and how an appreciation of mastery can help us recover a meaningful world.
"Soon we’ll have our new slick built-from-scratch website up and hitRECord will graduate from a home-spun hobby to a full fledged collaborative production company. And in January we’re setting up shop at the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier 2010.
We’ve come a long way since my brother and I first threw my little one-page website online. And even though our current incarnation is a bit rough around the edges, and even as slick as our new website will be come Sundance, I’m quite proud of a great many things we’ve made here so far..." Source: www.hitrecord.org
James Franco at the screening of "Erased James Franco" at the NY Museum of Modern Art on April 6, 2009.
"Did you know that James Franco is currently attending Columbia University, where he's getting a Masters in creative writing? To paraphrase a classic Mr. Show sketch: "Well, it should be a very good episode of Saturday Night Live, then." Source: videogum.com
"After nearly three years together, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal called it quits in early December. "It broke his heart", an insider reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon out for a stroll in Rome, on 13th March 2009. A source close to Gyllenhaal, 29, explains that the once-golden couple "fought constantly in the past few months," and that the relationship concluded over a series of phone calls.
Adds another source, "No one cheated. There was no drama." Jake Gyllenhaal, director Gavin Hood and Reese Witherspoonat "Rendition" LA premiere, on 10th October, 2007, Beverly Hills.
After the pair met on the set of the film Rendition, their romance began in March 2007 -- when Witherspoon, now 33, was still smarting from her 2006 divorce from husband of seven years Ryan Phillippe, 35, with whom she has two children (Ava, 10, and Deacon, 6). Indeed, sources say that her divorce and her kids were the two driving factors in the split."She felt pressured to wed again but she wasn't ready," an insider says. "She couldn't give Jake enough and she got cold feet. Jake wanted all of her."
Some shared moments between Jake and Reese throughout their relationship: Although Gyllenhaal moved into her $5 million home in June 2008, Witherspoon struggled to quell her doubts about his suitability as a stepfather and long-term partner. "She really worried that they didn't have enough in common," the pal says.
As a hands-on Mom, the "super-type A" actress also fretted over losing time with her kids to her boyfriend. "When she was giving all of her energy to Jake, she felt like she wasn't giving her kids enough," the source says.Jake Gyllenhaal with Reese's son Deacon, October 2008.
Not that Gyllenhaal didn't try with Ava and Deacon, the insider points out: "He was great with the kids, but she felt like he didn't get the whole scope of what that entailed."
The Gyllenhaal clan: Maggie, Naomi Foner, Stephen Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal..jpg)
While happy to make fun of Sheridan's modus operandi, Gyllenhaal is reluctant to talk about the almost incestuous fishbowl syndrome of Hollywood, in which he and Tobey Maguire grew up, going to the same schools and parties, even dating the same actresses and models.
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, on-screen couple in "Spiderman" movies.
Most of his girlfriends have been well-known actresses, including Kirsten Dunst in 2002, with whom he had an on-off relationship, 
Natalie Portman, with whom he co-stars in Brothers, and his relationship, with Reese Witherspoon, who he had been dating since 2007 when they met on the set of Rendition.
[After this interview was conducted, the pair were reported to have split up.]
"There are all these interesting rumours that fly around about Tobey Maguire and myself and it was so long ago at this point. Our relationship on Brothers definitely was awkward, but respectful as a result," he eventually admits..jpg)
"Things unsaid went into the process of making this movie. I admire Tobey's career, I always have. But there was undoubtedly competition and people have mistaken me for him throughout the years. But I'm always game for complications, and this was one that Jim helped engineer.".jpg)
Given how critical he is of Sheridan's working style, would he work with him again? "Oh yes, definitely," he says emphatically. And given how difficult Sheridan admits to having found Gyllenhaal to work with, does he think he would get asked back onto one of Sheridan's sets. The question really bothers him.
"What do you mean by that? I have great respect for Jim and it's important that you respect someone's work. The work is not always the same as who they are as a person and navigating that is always difficult and there are lots of different egos and personalities in this business," he says, seeming both hurt and defensive. "I don't mean to wear the fact that I like to challenge people as a badge of honour. I think that's something I've moved beyond.
"I was born into the film industry and all of us grow up thinking we have a perspective on film-making that's different from the job. But only very recently I realised that film-making is a collaborative process. When I was younger I had an idea that I was the actor there to do the job..jpg)
"For somebody who's gotten to the place where they are directing or writing a movie, they have to have a pretty interesting personality to be doing that. So I realise now that I am in service of somebody else's vision and I think it's changed the whole situation."
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"I don't read her scripts or give her ideas and she doesn't to me either. Occasionally, we did in the past, but our interest is more in having a relationship as a family. She has a daughter now and that's more important to me than our performances."
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