* Thirst trap photos to follow later * 😄
Narnia will be the first to say that there was such an excess of hinky activity surrounding Jake Gyllenhaal's latest film, "In the Grey" (what with the release date delays, lack of a movie title nonsense, and general lack of information over the past several years), we called out the whole project for being basically a big nothing burger. In other words, non-existent.
But lo and behold, the film received a name - "In the Grey" 😱. And it turned out to actually be somewhat of a something burger, shown in theaters and everything! 😳
But boy, if all of that appetizer sideshow still wasn't a sign of something to come. Narnia should be used to this from Jake and his team by now. 😅 We're still trying to figure out what exactly the theatrics were trying to accomplish.
"In the Grey" debuted in theaters on May 15 and performed underwhelmingly. The film made $5.7 million domestically and $11.6 internationally for a total of $17.3 million per Box Office Mojo. There was practically no lead-up promotion. I don't even think Jake or Cavill appeared on any television talk show to let potential viewers know that it would be showing at their local theater. Actress co-star Eiza Gonzalez at least did a bit of promo. But Cavill was busy filming and Jake was and still is ... we don't know where in the heck Jake is. 😶
LOL! Not all that long ago, he was supposed to be in Brisbane, AU still filming with Mr. Costner. No doubt, filming is long completed. It's officially summer now and so when that 5 o'clock bell rings, he's going to be ready to enjoy another Summer of Jake & Austin + the Fam, that's where he will be. 😉
Oh wait, there's a LATE BREAKING sighting, apparently.
We know where his hubs is though. Or so the "old man" says. 😂 I mean, you just don't know if these guys just left where they say they are, orrrrrrrr ... were they there 3 months ago ..... orrrrrrr ... are they going to be there in another couple of weeks??? .... or what in the heck. It really doesn't matter.
Austin has been all over the place. Not all too long ago he was appearing on your local Instagram and was appearing on that forum posting thirst trap after thirst trap.
This particular Narnia author tried valiantly trying not to cave in to the onslaught. After all, we try to value ourselves as respectful and mature about all the beautiful men on our blog pages.
But enough is enough, Mr. Nichols! lol.
It's okay to be a little shallow, isn't it?
Yes, just a wee bit. Austin did a photo shoot for Greay Magazine in Los Angeles with assistance from fashion stylist and designer Irina Van Verseveld. The photos and videos were outstanding. Good to see the evident benefits of Austin frequent showcasing of his daily, varied athletic endeavors. 😉 💪
What a smile on that guy, huh? 😊😎
Let's see .... where were we, oh yeah.
And here Austin was, aiming to rival "Emergency!" 's Johnny Gage for the Most Lovely Male Back in Hollywood. If this were a painting, it could be called "Man Adorned in Seaweed"! 🖼️
Good heavens. Austin has done a number of photo shoots, but his last several have been incredible. Hard to believe this guy just turned 46. 😮 Let's just say that Mr. Henry "SpongeBob" Cavill 📦 has got nada on Austin.
In between all these photo shoots and feeding Otis, Austin kept busy promoting "The Long Shot", the indie film he directed and was actually released last year. 👀
And now? Well, it's time for Summer of Jake, Austin and the Fam! Huzzah!!
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And here was Austin's ATX-bud Jared Padalecki, along with his guy Jensen Ackles, and their former co-star Mark Shepard. (some long-time readers of Narnia might remember that name Mark Shepard as we wrote about a wedding of his in our post from November 27, 2016, called "It Was the Biggest, Secondest Wedding of the Year" and its probable, I mean possible! purpose of providing cover for Jared and Jensen. 😉
Anyway, Mark had quite the burn at the Purgatory 10 convention in Dusseldorf, Germany, at the end of May. And I do mean a burn. LOL!
He dished it to the "Supernatural" character "Castiel", which was played by Misha Collins. No filter on Mark!
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I had to do a double-take on that tweet! 😲
The Purgatory convention had online fans either fist pumping in enjoyment or gnashing their teeth in fury over denials of Destiel made by Jensen as well as that above quip by Mark Sheppard. Let's face it - fans of J2 and/or Sam/Dean have dealt with years and years of "Destiel", "Cockles", "JenMish", whatever in the heck name-of-the-hour it is. Misha Collins has relished the role, abused his position in the role, and also been compensated for it. No shame has that guy.
And Jensen is not blameless in the selling of Cockles/JenMish. He has pandered and misled that ship at times, right along with Collins. For any J2'er to deny that, is to have had blinders on. But there have also been times (particularly in the earlier years) where you could see Jensen wasn't an enthusiastic participant.
We don't know the details of the mearding contract and all that has been entailed, but it is clear that Jared has been sidelined numerous times (i.e. "broken shoulder", "emotional breakdown") so that Collins could be promoted and shipped with Jensen not only at the conventions, but with various charitable promotions, "social" outings, and "Supernatural"- related promotions.
One of the purposes of Jared's sidelining "maladies" has been to weaken his image in proximity to Jensen as well as to demean him. Surely, followers of the entertainment industry closet have come to recognize that when it comes to an OTP, one partner (usually the most threatening of the two) is treated differently from the other - in a very negative, abusive way.
A running theme throughout these years as seen in the photo above with Mark Sheppard, is that beanie of Jared's, which is part of his working uniform. We've seen him take it off as he's exited the stage.
Ask yourself, why that is?
From NolaCon in 2017:
Narnia had posted about the role of the beanie with Jared in our post "Behold the Emasculation Proclamation! Part 4 - Revelations" from Oct. 29, 2017.
This was just a couple of weeks ago at Purgatory Con in Dusseldorf, Germany:
That's the beanie in hand, already off! 😉 And his guy reaching for his hand too, btw.
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And now an update on our documentary watch which basically started in earnest in March, in the post "Retreating From the Unknown: The Mystery Surrounding a Documentary".
Imagine Narnia's surprise when the middle of last month, there came an Instagram announcement from the "Into the Unknown" account. Knock. Us. Down.
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| Insta story from May 13, 2026 |
I mean, this person was flabberghasted when this showed up in her Stories' notifications.
A couple of days later, a post.
Our
Kickstarter campaign for Into the Unknown is open!
This documentary began with Randy and Kevin’s desire to tell the real story of
modern EMS beyond Emergency!, and after years of work, we’re ready to bring it
to audiences around the world.
We followed paramedics, dispatchers, and their families in Baton Rouge, Denver,
Santa Barbara, Sparks, southern Oregon, and rural Virginia to capture the job
as they actually live it, which is very different from what most people see in
movies and television.
After years of production, and decades of development by Randy and Kevin, the film is finally complete. Tnis Kickstarter will help us fund release and distribution so we can get the film out into the world and in front of audiences everywhere. - Into the Unknown instagram, May 13, 2026
Their journey through Instagram began:
• in June 2022, with the first filming stop set to be Baton Rouge, LA; by November, they were in Sparks, NV.
• February 2023, they had a trailer of the documentary
• May 10, 2023 - they announced on the account of the approaching drop of the first episode of their podcast, also called "Into the Unknown". Randy and Kevin would be the first guests.
• November 2023 - the second episode of the podcast was announced. Interviewed guests were Randy, producer Steve Martin, Asst Fire Chief LA County (retired) and producer Dr. Baxter Larmon, Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, all as listed in the Instagram post.
• April 23, 2024 - the third and final episode of the podcast is announced released. It is with Kevin and Randy talking about the 50th Anniversary of the show Emergency! which had been held in LA.
• October 19 & 20, 2024 - Allegedly, "Into the Unknown" documentary was to have premiered at the San Diego International Film Festival. Narnia talked about the lack of evidence for this taking place in our post "Retreating From the Unknown: The Mystery Surrounding a Documentary".
April 2024 was the last entry on the Into the Unknown doc instagram until May 13 of this year (over two years later) when it was announced that they were beginning a kick starter to fund distribution. Good for Kevin, Randy, Tonya, and crew for things getting moving on what no doubt is going to be a tremendous video of heart and labor.
Alot of updating going on with them. 😉
• April 29, 2026 - Fully funded with that kick starter!
Isn't that something. Things quickly moving right along, bang, bang, bang.
Now, maybe moving along too fast. For instance, a few days ago on the 10th, this post was published, allegedly taken at the "beginning" of the project.
"2020. The first *Into the Unknown* producers meeting."
There they are! Someone forgot to fill in Kevin's left shoe.
And the left hand. Steve Martin (behind Kevin) his legs (well, the left one anyway) are interesting looking.
See how long the middle finger is? The coloring of the left hand doesn't even come close to the right - they're totally different.
As M&M sometimes has told this author: Sometimes, the cover up is worse than the lie.
So, the whole kick starter production and then posting photos from when the documentary project "first began", but the photo is manipulated? That would seem to indicate, what? A recreation of the beginning?
"Now the film is finished, the Kickstarter is more than
150% funded, and hundreds of people have joined us along the way to help push
it forward." - source
Oh, there's a documentary - always has been. Remember, it was allegedly premiered at the SD Intntl Film Festival two years ago. It had a trailer.
The documentary and the EMS system as a whole has been dear to Randy's heart, especially.
So we will look forward to seeing the finished product. In a reply on the 06 10 26 Insta. post, "Into the Unknown documentary" says:
Randy is an excellent public speaker. Here he was speaking in Washington D.C. towards the end of his and Kevin's participation in Project 51 which can be written about at another time because it was quite an incredible event and deserves more space. But in this brief clip, Randy talks about the importance of our emergency medical personnel, how far the program has come, and why we should not take them for granted. The date was May 16, 2000.
Starting at 2:42 timestamp:
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Complete change of subject and total lack of segue. But currently, a number of readers have been reading "Behold the Emasculation Proclamation! The Outer Layer Stripping of the OTP Leader (Part 3 of 3)" and while glancing over it, this author noticed something interesting and wanted to mention what we believe to be a valid update to the whole concept.
The post talked about the events leading up to Jared Padalecki's "absence" at Jus in Bello 2015 due to an alleged mental/emotional breakdown. The convention occurred May 15-17, 2015. Prior to the convention, an article was published by Variety on March 12, just two months earlier, titled " 'Supernatural' star Jared Padalecki Talks Depression and Why You Should 'Always Keep Fighting' " which was quite the coincidence. The article helped to set up the launch of Jared's 'Always Keep Fighting' campaign, but more importantly, helped to lay down the background for what would allegedly occur: a "mental breakdown", thus prompting Jared's "needed" absence at JibCon. His absence conveniently cancelled Jared totally from the weekend's events so that "Cockles/JenMish" could have center stage, ie Jensen and the Meard show.
Fast forward to 2026 and how this mind-clicked of a similar incident with Royals' rookie catcher Carter Jensen and was written about in "What is Going on With Kansas City Sports Teams and These Scandals Anyway?". The alleged incident concerned Carter Jensen allegedly oversleeping on the morning of the ballgame vs. the Minnesota Twins on April 2.
Prior to the incident, on February 14 during spring training, the Royals had posted their own set up video which was called, "How Many Alarms Do You Set to Wake Up" and Carter said "I need at least 6 to 8 alarms." Again, what a coincidence.
I'm just sayin'. Patterns. Patterns that trigger our memory and brain.
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Soooo... Narnia needs to make an argument on this theory. Unless Shifty has been living her life according to Jakers' filmography, which of course, is not the case.
In June 2022, it was realized that this music video of Shifty's was based on Jake's films + a couple of real life events/clothing in his life, dating as far back as 2006 and the Jake/Austin Lakers game date night photos.
There was nothing organic in that music video. It is important to realize this. And Dylan O'Brien and Sadie Sink have been rewarded for their participation and Shifty's fans continue to be deluded by the idea that 1) it's a film and 2) it's telling a story relating to her life with her merkin, Jake.
Oh, it's telling a story alright - on how to believe one is so clever that you could get away with this kind of swiping.
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On the subject of Shifty, Narnia is sitting back and watching the whole "wedding" pre-show.
It's hard to imagine after all of the cooperation & enabling from their celebrity peers, family members, so much of the media, and NFL players (George Kittle, Narnia is looking at him, for one), that she and Travis aren't going to follow through with the fake nuptials. But, it's always possible they will implode the whole thing in the eleventh hour for drama effect.
And while there is no denying who holds the most power (Shifty), what some are ignoring (purposely or not) is that yes, this whole contract has been about her music, her tour, her high profile, and yes, he has made a wheelbarrow full of money in sponsorships and a podcast ...
This fauxmance is about two gargantuan closets. It isn't just a "PR stunt". Yes, money is huge. Yes, there are projects and rewards.
But for those who only look at it from Shifty's angle, you are missing the other very important purpose for the whole show. He has a RL partner and no, I'm sorry, it is not Ross Travis. The fact that there are accounts being allowed to bellow on social media about a former Chiefs teammate who was only on the team for two seasons (and the first season 2015 was spent on the practice squad) being Travis' boyfriend without interference, should be telling.
That this RL pairing in the highest profile sport needs two active meards right now to distract from them tells experienced observers of the closet what we know to be basic 101. While everyone is looking at the Madison Square Garden chatter, the award shows, the attendance at TEU, the guest list and 1000 other topics; while all of this is going on, there has been a major separation going on of the parties of the real relationship. And no, it's not hers.
There is a lot at stake. There are huge corporations and big names involved. So it will not be surprising if these two 35+ year olds who have never been married that we know of, follow through with the faux nuptials, which would buy them the het cred stamp on their passport for "belonging" in one of Hollywood's elite clubs.
When you see this endorsement?
Yes, Spielberg was already arranged to speak at her Songwriters Hall of Fame induction. But as shown above, this tweet reflects two important points: 1) it's shared by TMZ and 2) the three faces in that photo includes one of the powerful in the elite of the entertainment industry. Spielberg is a biggie.
When you're receiving favors/enabling from someone like Spielberg? You are very likely not planning on venturing off anywhere on your own, apart from the mother ship.
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Speaking of Spielberg. Narnia has always wondered about the alleged "Leo DiCaprio" visit at Arrowhead.
The above is a screen shot of a video, but the hinky technical behavior of what should be a simple video, plus the head scratching of why Leo D (in a coat inside of the "Travis Kelce" suite 😏, no less) would have been at Arrowhead just didn't make sense.
Leo was also a guest on Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast prior to this alleged Arrowhead appearance, in September of '25. But he and "One Battle After Another" co-star Benico del Toro guested via zoom. They weren't in studio. The TPTB could certainly have done better with convincing us that Leo attended at Travis' invitation.
However, while looking at some past history of guests on Spielberg's yacht, who did we find but Blake Lively and Leo DiCaprio! Well, well, well.
There's the connection. Blake Lively. And here we were led to understand there was a rift between Shifty and Lively that was happening before that game ever occurred, hmmm. Makes one wonder. The six degrees connections never stop.
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And before we end this little potpourri of views from the rafters, Narnia has a few more questions and ponderings:
• This kind of live network telecast proof is what it takes. Not hinky, potato cam "fan" videos, boomerang'ing Instagram videos (Patrick & Matthews, looking at you), or AI altered photos. No side shots with ball caps hiding the face. No back of the heads. No sweeping, out-of-control video fixating on the sidewalk, someone's hand or pant leg, and skyscrapers. No bulky coats, face masks, big sunglasses, headphones, plexiglass, glass coffee tables, and tall, obstructing drinking glasses or flower vases on tables . Nope. Those just don't work.
These will work, though. From Fox Sports network during the World Cup game between the U.S. and Turkey:
• You've gotta love how someone must have felt that Tight End University (Travis, George Kittle and Greg Olsen's conference and fun fest for NFL tight ends) was becoming too much of a Bro Con and so in came the beards, wives and girlfriends, with Shifty leading the way. The first couple of years of TEU were the best and it was a terrific idea. R.I.P. TEU, we hardly knew ye!
• One thing that we at Narnia are fully confident in our belief: "Bear Payne" is not Liam's offspring. The "relaysh" with Cheryl wasn't even a real one, so how could the offspring be real? And if Liam knew what was to happen down the road, then this line in the fictional Just Jared write up on June 22 is doubtful. Just Jared gave themselves an out by making sure to include "apparently".
'He apparently did not have a will.' - Just Jared, June 22, 2026
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| Disclaimer: This is Narnia's edit from the Just Jared post |
And look who "obtained" the "new legal documents":
"New legal documents, obtained by TMZ, reveal that the nine-year-old, who the late One Direction star shared with ex Cheryl Cole, will be awarded almost $28 million." - Just Jared, June 22, 2026
Of course. TMZ.
They're trying to tell us that Liam Payne would not have already taken steps to take care of his family in the event of an untimely passing? Did Liam really strike us as someone who wouldn't have thought about this? Sure, it's possible, but how likely?
On second thought - it's quite difficult to believe when you realize that a near $28 million dollars estate worth was at stake.
Just one of many clues that fans need to be looking at and wondering what bigger story, what garlic-necklace-for-the-ages is being hidden here, and no, it's not "murder".
• Have Michelle and Busy been quietly trying to play keep-up-with the Gyllynichols??? 😉
• Was that Tom Brady opening up a card shop in Kansas City and posing Royals players with jerseys bearing his name and #12? We believe it was. With his chief rival, QB1 Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs being a part-owner of the Royals ball club. If it's not an intimidation move, then it sure looks like a tremendous imitation of one.
Get a load of this stunt by Brady:
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Unbelievable.
Although, it's rather fascinating and obvious to see that Patrick must still be making Brady a bit nervous about his records, huh? For him to be pulling that move on Patrick's turf? Wow. 👀 💅 Hard to imagine #15 being phased, though.
Big thanks to an unnamed twitter account for noticing what we love about #9, Vinnie Pasquantino. That guy wears his heart on his sleeve most of the time and manages to be a genuine deal in an entertainment and sports industry which can be brutal. Narnia made our own edit of the known New York Jets fan, Vinnie.
And knowing how Mr. Brady works, Narnia won't be surprised if at some point in the future, Vinnie will have to make it clear in an interview that he was honored to participate in this photo. You know ... like Patrick had to make it clear that Brady "stopped by" his locker room back in 2019, after the Patriots won over the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. After he ignored Patrick on the field, not shaking his hand. That was followed by Patrick going on a mini world tour, making sure everyone "knew" that Brady visited him in the locker room.
Aaah, good times, good memories! 😉
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Okay, enough already! lol
Apologies for the length of this post - hoping it doesn't take too long to upload. 😄 This author has her own punishment - to watch her poor baseball team try to climb up the hill that is getting-to-.500.
No one in this metro saw this disheartening season coming. The talent and the outlook all seemed to be there, but something went horribly wrong - even before the injuries began piling up.
As the nicknames "Big Snooze" and "Big Sleep" continue to pop up now and then on social media by well-meaning, affectionate fans of catcher Carter Jensen, it's difficult not to wonder how things might have started for him and a couple of teammates had it not been for the "sleeping in" stunt imposed on Carter during the opening season home stand. All done so that a veteran catcher could be elevated. Did the organization even anticipate the extent of the damage that likely could be made? Call it mere karma or subconscious psychological damage, Narnia continues to ask, what was the front office thinking?
What a price to pay.
Regardless, time to wrap up this post and as always, thank you for stopping by and reading Narnia Dispatches.
Remember: Resist the TPTB spoon feeding! 😉
pic and reference sources: Just Jared, fraserhealth, Matt Foster and KCTV5, tenor,
Dribbble, Giphy, Greay Magazine, Into the Unknown documentary, imgur,
You Tube, Fox Sports,
our playlist: Midnight - Alesso feat. Liam Payne
Waiting to See You - Dan Hartman
Photograph - Ringo Starr
Never Ending Story - Limahl
Take It Easy On Me - Little River Band
You Know the Rest - Til Tuesday
