"And where am I going?" It seems like every time Jake is seen out with his girlfriend? fiancee? People's Choice winner? he looks to be asking himself this question. And he should. His future is ultimately in his hands, not anyone else's. And his knows this. But is he ready to answer? Has the time come? The future can always be changed, the past can't.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
"How did I get here?"
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Nah, not buying an engagement is going to happen. I'm going to stick my neck out and still say that a break-up will happen in the next couple of months. Anon "friend" and "pals" are no more reliable from a tabloidthan any gossip blog.
I'm still calibrating the significant days (Valentine's, Reese's birthday (March 22 if you're interested)) and how they'll feature in the timetable.
ag, great post on the previous thread.
There's love in the corners
and love down the straight highway
There's danger in the outskirts of town
and in what you don't say
You're either sinking or thinking
the dark's your romance
Or a special one's shining a light on a chance
That it's all very worthy to ache
In the middle of the night.
Sometimes I can't sleep
I can't keep all these feelings at bay
I am rage, I am sorrow and grief
all alone in my way
I know humor and heartbreak
and people are life
If I keep my eyes closed
I'll be open to strife
Because the powers that be send their love
In the middle of the night.
I'm gonna stand up
and let myself be counted for
Stand up now
I've got my one life
and what's it to amount to
If I don't learn how
To love you and love myself beside you
Mix the gentle and proud
I want to love life,
The vision in the window told me
Stand up.
To my mother my father
my witnesses live in my jagged heart
That for years has been running like fire
as though that was its part
From lover to cover and ocean to sky
From desert to mountain and promise to lie
I can say that I've prayed to forgiveness
In the middle of the night.
chorus
Now I can see love in the woman
and love in the man in myself
I see how most people just ache to be good
at expressing themselves
And I wish I could tell you just right what I mean
About the light shining down, if I'd only come clean
But for now I live with myself
In the middle of the night.
chorus
Just had to post the lyrics to this song, my favorite lines bolded. To me, Ferron is like the lesbian Bob Dylan.
Will the engagement story spread all over the internet?
PR Question- it has a bit. Started with that NZ site, HW.com picked it up, SF Chronicle, and a few other small blogs.
Yeah, you go ahead and marry her, Jake. Marry Reese and form an adorable nuclear family. Have the dog and the Dakota, the BBQ grill and vacations to the Grand Canyon. Go ahead and get married, but still you might need some help getting rid of all those nasty gay rumors.
Let me introduce you to friends of mine - Tom and John. I worked wonders for their straight reputations. Oh yes, and my new recuit - Will.
Are people taking this story seriously? The story that can't be true as Jake was not with Reese to propose on Christmas Eve!
Perhaps Jake texted his marriage proposal. We all know he just loves his Blackberry!
I tend to think the engagement rumour is a proper step towards the end of a showmance. After all, it's not a "proper serious" relationship if marriage is not on the table, right? especially for Reese, who, according to her PR team, seems like someone who only sleeps with man she's going to marry (Eliz Taylor wannabe?).
So the sooner they are engaged (or rumoured to be), the sooner the "oh, I am actually not ready to be remarry yet" break-up excuse will appear.
Good song choice, btw :)
You know, that Gooberballs comment on Letterman kind of bothered me. You know they always say there's pain with the laughter in comedy? When he said the drunken skunk of a woman called him that, his reply to her was "Lady, you have no idea". So I wonder if maybe he was referring to becoming involved with this business arrangement/showmance, didn't want to but felt he had no choice? Just a thought. Great song and great voice, Ferron. :)
I agree with AG too, how confusing is that to be talking stepdads and stepmoms so soon after a divorce? Keeping the relationship mum until after the divorce was final is protecting them? Who is protecting them from this tabloid and gossip rubbish? The children have a father already. This makes Reese seem needy to me - ink barely dry on the divorce and she needs a replacement man, and Jake gallantly there to save the day singing "I Can Help"? Can't she stand on her own two feet until she adjusts? Come on. I don't know why there's this need to stereotypically marry off single people - it's even boring to us Straighty McStraights! ;)
lol ron hubbard; and ag I liked your post too.
Unattached women are viewed as a negative by the HW pr machine, though of course not as big a negative as being gay. But what's so stupid about all of this is that more and more gossip only sells magazines, not movies. Winning a People's Choice award doesn't put butts in the seats.
it's now Top Entertainment News!"
If they get married Ted looks like the biggest fool.
There's love in the corners
and love down the straight highway
Hi all -
Great song and lyrics, Wicked. I hope this isn't what Ted meant by "out of the frying pan (and into the fire?)".
I liked AG's post on the previous thread too - the kids have a loving Dad it seems, it's very irresponsible to push this kind of gossip when children are involved I feel. :(
Hilarious that they link to a "Gay Spy Jake Gyllenhaal picture special" right under the story of Jake and Reese getting married.
That's not even a subtle hint anymore, that's like saying: "Yeah, I know we reported about it, but you don't really believe it, right?"
dlisted links to this report of the Jeese engagement story as part of his Morning Wood roundup
Then why report it? It will dissapear like the UK/NE marrying story that popped up. No major rag or blogs picked it up like this just obscure blogs on a slow gossip day like the one you dug up.
I could only catch the first few bars of Ferron's song this morning before rushing out to work. It has that kind of beat I love and the lyrics are beautiful!
I also agree with AG that Ryan seems to have "disappeared" as the father of Reese's kids. On the other hand, Jake has to be portrayed as the ideal replacement dad if Reese wants to preserve her best-mom-in-the-world status.
I would find all these engagement/marriage rumors (both for Reeke and Ryan-Abbie) totally hilarious if they did not reflect a mentality that seems to be stuck in the fifties. All these news read like excerpts of a Harlequin novel.
For a couple that just got "engaged", they both looked pretty miserable in the pics taken around year end. Jake acted like she had cooties. Noone was glowing. Shouldn't you be glowing if you just got engaged. I think PR may have stepped in it this time and floated a story so outrageous even the gyllenbabble girls cant buy it.
It reads like the rag concerned saw the SM pictures and a ring on Reese's finger, cooked up the story, threw in Christmas eve because it sounded plausible, and then added some "quotes" of their own.
What a guilt trip! I just googled Ferron to find out she's a Canadian musician. I never heard about her until today; what a testimony to Canada's two solitudes! And she has a great Web site too, so here's the address as a small way to make amends: http://www.ferrononline.com/
(sorry I'm at the office and can't remember how to link properly).
Agreed M. That is the unhappiest engaged couple I've ever seen.
I wonder if we'll get a 3:00 pm "zinger" today? Yesterday it was the engagement announcement, wonder what's in store today? ;)
... don't even think it
flynet is quiet. must mean they're taking the pr Reeke walkin talkin-about-engegment/breakup coffee pics right about now for the late afternoon release. reminder: buy large jug pepto bismol, brown paper bags, be near restroom.
Reese is on set working all this week, no time to respond to silly rumors. Jake: he is either in NM or L.A. filming as well, no time for photo ops. Besides, they never responded to the marriage rumors when they were swirling on the net not to long ago, the major rags are ignoring it just like before.
PS: If there are walking/talking coffee engagement pics it will be over the weekend, and no "break - up" news, she said yes remember, why would they "break up", if anything they should have after he turned him down in Rome and we all know what happened after that!
Thanks for the warning, Coop! ;)
I wonder if TC will volley something right back about it in his column, as per usual.
Funny that TC never mentioned the 1st round of marriage rumors or the air plane story, or the many stories about him buying all types of jewlery for her or even going way back to Aug. when she vacationed on MV with his family according to reports and you know he was e-mailed about it. It seems he and Gibson cherry pick things, like totally ignoring Abby Cornish for instance, they must have known about her when they implyed, twice that Ryan was still sniffing around her.
"I wonder if TC will volley something right back about it in his column, as per usual."
Ted and Jake are turning into the Iran/Iraq War, ie. an on-going, nasty spat between cultural cousins.
ONTD picked up the story and most commenters aren't buying it.
... or even going way back to Aug. when she vacationed on MV with his family according to reports and you know he was e-mailed about it.
Aug 28, 2007
Dear Ted:
It sure is beginning to look like Jake and Reese are really in love. Why would Reese go all the away across the country to be on the same island as Jakey? Is it time we admit these two are a couple?
Tom
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Dear Hook, Line and Sinker:
Uh, did you forget the movie they worked on together is being released in early October? On-set couplings are prolly just what the publicists ordered for some buzz and box-office mojo.
Dear Ted:
Are Reese and Jake playing you? You report a close Reese source tells you she and Ryan may be getting back together, and the next day there is a report she is in Martha's Vineyard with Jake! What's the real deal?
Lynn
Morgantown, West Virginia
Dear Reese's Pieces:
"Deal" being the key word.
on dlisted on my homepage there's a headline that says CROC OF SHIT. i punched into it as fast as i could. i forget waht is was about but it wasnt reeke. i have to laugh that i thoght for sure it was about reeke. now, what does that tell ya?
btw marthas vineyard is a BIG island, lotsa residents, visitors, guests. rw may have gone there but she was never seen or pictured with jake, she was only alone with kids. maybe i could go to mv this summer and say i vacationed with jake. same thing, ya know?
Just alerting people that 2:59 is the Jack-troll.
wts: That is a very vanilla answer to Tom's question (BTW, Ted seems to print a lot of you folks letters, hmmm)I mean if he has such insider info, that is a non-answer. The real question was: If this is a "deal" and for PR for a film opening in October, why the hell is she dragging her kids to MV in Aug? Why bring them at all??? Couldn't she find a sitter and go by herself? But of course those questions are too hard for him and his intern to answer. If those pictures showed up before he wrote that crap about Ryan and Reese, he would have never posted it.
Cooper: a someone who has vacationed on MV for several years i can assure that Reese has NEVER vacationed there, ever. This August was the 1st time she was there. She was never pictured with Jim Belushi and his wife where she was suppposed to be staying with but she must have been staying with someone since she doesn't have a summer home there.
Actually TC/BB is Jeff aka Kathy Bates.
Let's please not feed his disturbing obsession with Ted even more by responding to him.
LOL Defamer
http://defamer.com/343461/reese-witherspoon-dumped-quickly-scooped-up-on-the-rebound
Read the comment.
Having a better today, Special?
*hugs*
Yes, each day is a little better.
Thanks so much guys, it really means a lot.
Another story on the engagement
these one's don't sound overly impressed.
http://laragmag.com/2008/01/10/rumor-mill-jake-gyllenhaal-and-reese-not-engaged/
You know, after this story, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Ryan and Abby either are engaged or actually married, Reese jumping in first so as not to look like the last one to move on, 'cause we all know that's is all about her.
Or...
There's something else to cover up, something REALLY big that needs this engagement bullshit smoke screen to keep it from the public's eyes.
I really thought the story couldn't get any funnier, but then we get stuff like this:
“I’m in love with Jake, and I’m going to marry him,” the Oscar-winner’s been dishing to her girls.
Obviously Reese is now roughly 16 years old.
I wonder if she wrote the very same thing in her diary and then drew little hearts all around it, when she came home from that dinner.
Wow, I couldn't agree more.
^ with 5:23.
The report in Variety, re: A-type productions being dropped by Universal, and the imminent release of Penelope makes the recent Reeke extravaganza much more understandable. It seems that this all has much more to do with Reese that Jake, he's just the poor patsy being used, I wouldn't even be surprised if he was part of the deal when Reese joined CAA / 360, a 'safe' date to she her through the aftermath of her divorce. Hopefully his reputation will recover from this (although has Ben Affleck ever really got over Bennifer), the person you have to feel for most though is Austin, maybe he's well out of it, if not, this must be sheer hell.
I have said from the beginning of the the Roman holiday as it were, if you have to cover something big you have to go big. Hmmmm.... Hmmmmm... Hmmm....
You're right, poor Austin! Had to smile at the Defamer blurb. :)
I'm convinced the only "engagement" that has occurred is the engagement letter they both signed with CAA/360 before this unholy alliance, er, business deal, um, fauxmance was embarked on. ;)
"I'm going to marry him" doesn't sound very romantic, more like a goal to be crossed off one's to-do list. :(
"I'm going to marry him" doesn't sound very romantic, more like a goal to be crossed off one's to-do list. :(
Now that sounds like Reese!
Frenchy, I've seen Ferron live a few times. She sounds great in concert and is really funny and engaging. Worth seeing.
Well, we all know this is PR overkill in full effect. Anybody who knows a little about public relations know this.
However, as a very big Jake fan I am sad to say that this just may happen (marriage to Reese). And I have nothing against Reese. My reason is that Jake in my opinion is the quintessential (downlow / in the closet) male. He just happens to be a Celebrity, and now in the limelight. And, most get married. Anyone, including myself can put any label (gay / bi / downlow / in the closet) on him that they wish. With the current situations happening now and not so long ago past, I think there is a 60 40 chance it will happen. No matter how long it last. Whatever makes my boy HAPPY though, although I would love to see he and Austin together, and hey even Chris for that matter. lol
So, when they spilt, Reese will be a two time loser? That would be great for her image.
i can see them getting engaged, thats when the 'terrible' breakup will be, after the oscars. but not hitched. just close enough.... but not all the way.
^ ice skating, I don't know that. And I can truly say that I don't know what's going on with Jakey boy lately. I know that I will just continue to watch and support his movies, that's all.
That's what I thought too, Coop! ;)
I wonder why we haven't heard a direct quote from one or both of them about something so big as their engagement, instead of bs in obscure blogs? Because it's fake. If the quality of his movies takes a dive, I won't be watching them.
^^oops, that was me at 6:42! ;)
If the quality of his movies takes a dive, I won't be watching them.
LOL, Well, That makes two of us.. I say more disturbed charactors Jake. You play them sooo well.. Still love ya!
^^Well, anything would be better than one of those nauseating by-the-numbers romcoms that HW regularly churns out with their follow-the-herd mentality. What on earth would make them crank out, what is it, ten movies now? all in succession about the Middle East conflicts when not one of them did well at the box office? How do you explain that? Why couldn't they have waited to release perfectly wonderful stories when they would have a better chance of doing well? It boggles the mind.
I hope Jake will still continue to take on interesting roles, not ones for guaranteed box office.
Apparently
the woman from Joan's is a friend of Adam Levine's too.
If the quality of his movies takes a dive, I won't be watching them.
Generalissima, you're echoing my most recent thoughts exactly. :) If Jake had been a mediocre actor I would have stopped watching both his movies and the TT saga long ago. I know I'm repeating myself but I remember clearly when Nic Cage started to make one dumb action flick after the other. My admiration and interest in him died instantly and has never quite been back, even though he still gives a decent performance once in a while. As for Austin, even though I haven't seen him often in movies, I think he shows all the promises of a great character actor.
Well, anything would be better than one of those nauseating by-the-numbers romcoms that HW regularly churns out with their follow-the-herd mentality.
The worst by-product of Reeke IMO would be for HW producers to start considering Jake potential romcom material. But since he's always shown a definite taste for interesting subjects, characters and directors in the past, my hope is that we're presently witnessing the full and final extent of his professional sellout.
Each time I read something on or about Levine he either looks or comes across as a prick. :(
I think Ted should expose the subject of his latest BI. Horrible!
I agree Wicked. I ready his BI and thought names need to be named. Now!
I agree Wicked. Everyone at FCC seems to think it's Paris. And I finally got to listen to the song, not just read the beautiful lyrics, and I really like her voice. I confess I've never heard of her before now, so I'll have to check out more of her music.
paris hilton sings and has a good voice?
For those of you who keep bringing up the issue of the kids having Ryan as a father that Jake can't replace. How come you make no mention of Abbie? She clearly has hung out with the kids. How come no one has said she is replacing Reese? Point is I really doubt Jake would think he was their father. I would think he would know that they have a father of their own and not want to replace anyone.
Isn't cruelty against animals punishable by law in that state?
Here's an excerpt from that BI:
Slurpa Pop-Off, the bitch who serviced that dude in the bathroom of that Sunset Strip eatery, if you remember,...
Anybody remembers that?
For those of you who keep bringing up the issue of the kids having Ryan as a father that Jake can't replace. How come you make no mention of Abbie? She clearly has hung out with the kids. How come no one has said she is replacing Reese? Point is I really doubt Jake would think he was their father. I would think he would know that they have a father of their own and not want to replace anyone.
I don't think anybody said that Jake wanted to replace Ryan, just that a lot of articles talk about Reeke as if Ryan had stopped being the kids's father. As for Abbie, I don't remember reading constantly about her being great, and fantastic and wonderful with the kids; that the kids love her; that she's crazy about them, etc., etc. etc.
Right now serenades like these are sung to us by the pro-Reeke teams, tabs, blogs and sites.
WEll, maybe because we haven't been bombarded with Abby wants a family, Abby is soooo good with the kids, Abby and the kids out walking, Abby and the kids vacationing, Abby and Ryan and the kids, Abby's need for kids, Abby and how she's fitting in with the kids, Abby and...get the point?
What we have is one set of pics - Abby and a genuinely smiling and happy Ava shopping, Ryan making sure that the paps don't photograph her with the family in the airport, Abby and Ryan alone.
Even you can see the difference between building a relationship privately, slowly and trapsing your kids cross country for a photo-op.
are you really that dense?
The kids are allowed to go on vacation. One picture doesn't mean they were taken across country for a photo op. MV is a vacation spot. I don't see Reese parading the kids around in pictures any more than Ryan. I don't think Jake would want innocent kids hurt....get the point?
Isn't cruelty against animals punishable by law in that state?
Ted did say she had been reported to animal services. I bet that would be felony animal cruelty too.
Based on the reaction to Ferron, I think we might have to put the Out Spotlight on her pretty soon. So stay tuned!
frenchy and (AYRTD 9:40), Well Said. I could not have said it better!
How many pics do we have of Ryan, Abby and the kids? How many stories do we have of Abby with the kids? How many times have we heard/read how much Abby wants to be a mom?
Reese could have taken her children anywhere in the world for vacation, but she chose to take them to MV, chose to take the out in public, out where she knew they would be photographed. Reese could have taken her children out in their own neighborhood, a gated community, to trick-or-treating, but she chose to take them to another neighborhood that wasn't a pap free zone. She could have chosen to take a walk with the kids in that community again, or another less conspicious place, but she chose instead a very public park.
Speaking as a divorced mother of two, Reese has done everything the experts say NOT to do to help children through a divorce. And that everything is only to help her image. Reese is NOT the mother of the year.
The worst by-product of Reeke IMO would be for HW producers to start considering Jake potential romcom material. But since he's always shown a definite taste for interesting subjects, characters and directors in the past, my hope is that we're presently witnessing the full and final extent of his professional sellout.
Very well said, Frenchy, and I'm hoping as well. If Jeese were a firework, it's currently a popping, fizzing, loud mess with a good portion of it failing to launch. I'm ready to skip to the end for the chapter on Why It Simply Couldn't Last.
Jake's continued, invested passion for films that inspire and move him and working with truly gifted directors that want him in their movies and add to that open mind of his is something I have faith will never die. It's the facet of Jake I can't bear to see change - for anything or anyone.
I bet that would be felony animal cruelty too.
Whether it's Parisite or not, I hope we'll see news of that person's conviction (hopefully) splashed all over the net.
Based on the reaction to Ferron, I think we might have to put the Out Spotlight on her pretty soon. So stay tuned!
Fantastique!
Have to go now. 'night everybody!
yatd
Yeah Ryan is dad and husband of the year cheating on his wife. Cheating with the woman who he is seeing now. Yeah that is what experts say is the best thing to do during a divorce. Please you act as if you are an insider. You can make any of this look bad but we don't know what the kids, Reese, Ryan, Jake or Abbie feel or don't.
This is why I love Ted - Ted, I agree, that "w"itch should be prosecuted, whoever she is, (and I think I know), and not ever allowed to own another living thing to be used as an accessory to go with one of her outfits. I think she needs to go on PETA's shit list immediately, and exposed, if she is capable of feeling any shame, that is. Absolutely awful.
And about the Abby question, she and Ryan seem to keep a low profile, their doings not splashed all over the place, and Abby is not being promoted as the kids' new mom, that's the difference. I don't follow them though. There's nothing wrong with being an important, loving addition to a child's life, but they already have parents.
G'night, Frenchy! :)
I'm obnoxious, now? I'm obnoxious 'cause I don't fall in line with the Reese love? I'm obnoxious 'cause I refuse to believe the bullshit that's spewed out by the tabloids and her PR? I'm obnoxious 'cause of presenting the truth? I'm obnoxious 'cause I called you on your myopic view of things? I'm obnoxious 'cause I dared to answer you after you posted on a blog that is obviously not to your liking?
You need to check the word's definition there, Sparky.
And since you don't know what really happened in their marriage, don't start throwing Ryan as a Cheater out there. That shows desperation of the lowest kind.
Excuse me, Sparky. I can throw Ryan the Cheater as much as you are desperate to throw Reese the famewhore out there. There is two sides to every story.
How does Ryan alledged cheating have any bearing whatsoever on Reese pimping her kids for publicity?
Has Jake been photographed at that doctor's office since the day he exited with the white piece of paper?
Oh so now Ryan's cheating is alleged when he clearly with Abbie the girl he cheated with. That is laughable. It has everything to do with Reese when you clearly won't give her the benefit of the doubt but you will him.
Please tell me where I can find the proof of Ryan's extramarital affairs. The pictures, his confession, Abby's statement.
See, I know where to look for Reese's PR campaign. It's all over the internet.
If Reese is willing to move on so quickly, the marriage was a sham for quite some time.(not that I believe it's true re the engagement). Had to laugh at one blog that says her ring from Ryan was 4 carats, exactly the same as the one Jake supposedly gave her. Maybe she just had it reset and that has caused the confusion.
My question - if they marry will she change her name. Not to Reese Gyllenhall, but to Alma Witherspoon, cause you know Jake will be taking some fishing trips with his good buddy .
What is left of Jake is about to be devoured. I sure hope Austin gets fed up and says stop this now. I am sick of it.
"I'm going to marry him" doesn't sound very romantic, more like a goal to be crossed off one's to-do list. :("
Didn't Kirsten say the same thing, and the whole thing mysteriously fell apart? "he's the love of my life, maybe we will in the future", yada-yada? Geesh, this is turning into a bad episode of the Twilight Zone. All that's old is new again.
Do you all judge the people in your own lives the way you judge Jake? Seriously, you go on and on with agenda's and conspiracies. Well, I guess I can look and judge you all by the same standards.
Yes, I do judge everyone. But I keep my opinions to myself. Except when it comes to Jake. That's why I visit OMG, to share my opinions re Jake with like minded folks.
Checked oh no they didnt. Of 65 commenters re the engagement story, only 1 believed it. All others of the he's gay group.
Jake's continued, invested passion for films that inspire and move him and working with truly gifted directors that want him in their movies and add to that open mind of his is something I have faith will never die. It's the facet of Jake I can't bear to see change - for anything or anyone.
From your lips, BLTB - that's really what it's all about.
I don't hide behind fake relationships, don't use PR to further my image. I don't lie or disemble, don't rely on others to speak for me. I'm open, honest, truthful and unashamed of who and what I am.
Worthy standards, wouldn't you say?
And, hell, YES! I judge others, including, Jake by those standards.
Don't make Special come in here and do cleanup. She's already had a tough week and she's not going to be too happy if it gets messy in here.
Excuse me for butting into this argument, but for a witch hunt wouldn't we here at OMG have to actively go out and search for those to persecute?
Since we stay here, with like minded folks as M said, I don't see how we can be accused of hunting anyting.
Of course, those that come here to stir things up seem to be doing some hunting.
"My question - if they marry will she change her name. Not to Reese Gyllenhall, but to Alma Witherspoon, cause you know Jake will be taking some fishing trips with his good buddy . "
I guess that it's' more exciting than talking about his next movie. Oh wait, has he finalized one yet? ;)
pride ... except you are not an actor and there is noone dedicating a blog to continuously judge your every single move as if they knew anything more than nada about you. And sure I do judge you based on the same standards you use for others.
pride ... except you are not an actor and there is noone dedicating a blog to continuously judge your every single move as if they knew anything more than nada about you. And sure I do judge you based on the same standards you use for others.
can we go back to the regular scheduled programming? thank you.
Maybe they otta leave out the part about speakin now or forever holdin their peace. Maybe we'll get to see Austin after all.
Run, Jake, Run for your life.
why are we discussing Ryan and Abby? I don't care!
and yes, back to scheduled programming please
Wow, what an interesting night you've had here ... I'm just posting to get it to a nice round 100 (I know, Perez mentality, sorry) before Spesh and Wicked shut down the comments.
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