You know a few butts are hurt when you see this kind of freestyle typing going on, aimed at Narnia Dispatches:
Jake was photo shopped at the press conferences, his voice was CGI. He was never there. Jake was also not on the red carpet because those were old photos that management planted on every media outlet. And Lily Allen's dress was being lifted by the wind and not Jake's hand. - posted by an "anon" at the blog next door.
Not quite sure where all of that was headed. Of course Jake was going to appear at Cannes, smh.
It was about 3 1/2 weeks ago (May 18, 2017) that Jake Gyllenhaal "landed" in Nice, France for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, after several weeks of down time with the family.
There he is, the lil' denim & chinos scamp!
We were expecting to see the California dad at Cannes because the announcement had been made well in advance, at least by April 13 and we were not disappointed. Jake was there for the first event, which was the Okja photo call.
There he is, looking quite nice and stately...But, it didn't take long after the first couple of released photos for this Cannes Festival steam engine to veer off onto the Jake Track. 1001, 1002, 1003...
/-\ (@aprylhm)
5/19/17, 05:51
my kingdom for a photo of paul dano & jake gyllenhaal lovingly embracing one another on their cannes promotional tour this weekend.
jake gyllenhaal & paul dano spending their honeymoon in cannes while premiering their new movie okja how lovely 💐 pic.twitter.com/cLylY7ZwRQ— noemi (@oldmanriversoul) May 19, 2017
— /-\ (@aprylhm) May 19, 2017
And the hubs' Walking Dead co-star Steven Yeun was in attendance as well:
jake gyllenhaal and steven yeun together at Cannes yes please thank you god pic.twitter.com/QgS9TtM7S8— ㅤ (@aubrypIaza) May 19, 2017
Jake Gyllenhaal and Steven Yeun mingling in the South of France gives me the will to get out of my bed every morning. pic.twitter.com/VrlZgcpL80— Lisa (@neonangles) May 19, 2017
Jake Gyllenhaal and Steven Yeun next to each other!!! I'm cool !!! #Okja #JakeGyllenhaal #StevenYeun #Cannes2017 https://t.co/iNlkaD1nJh— Sandrine Khem (@SandrineKbis) May 21, 2017
Gotta love those photocall honeymoons! Don't worry, it only gets more entertaining. *smirk*
Then came the whole red carpet for the premiere of Okja and rather than see much on Twitter as far as reviews were concerned, the main focus of Jake's time at Cannes can best be reflected in these robot tweets which took over his social media search like a garden bed of Dead Nettle.
Every women deserve a Jake Gyllenhaal ! The way he took care of Lily Collins ' dress ! Awwww! #PrinceCharming pic.twitter.com/asISVr3cdd— Attention (@BadGal4Live) May 21, 2017
lily collins looking angelic in ralph & russo and jake gyllenhaal being a gentleman helping lily with her dress at the cannes film festival. pic.twitter.com/56wsv8QDk9— j (@gIumkid) May 19, 2017
— leah (@emmasduerres) May 19, 2017
I think by this time, Jake was beginning to feel a case of the #GirlCooties! coming on, lol:
But don't forget this "impromptu" shot which really made the rounds. How lucky we were that someone actually captured the moment! *grin*
— Perfect Shot (@bestofmoviesntv) May 22, 2017
And then a delayed release for this photo no doubt to eek out another couple of weeks' worth of bot-generated memes, infringing on this "stolen" moment:
— lilyjaneupdates (@lilyjaneupdate) May 28, 2017
By now, this Soul Train line of Jake's was running on a blend of Starbucks Double Shot, Monster Energy, Full Throttle and Red Bull.
via GIPHY
Look at him go, eh? Oh, it was something, alright, lol. ;-)
Then, came actual showtime. And apparently, a bump in the tracks.
Disaster at OKJA. Movie starts with top of image cut off. Audience who already booed Netflix card clap, yell, scream. (1) #Cannes2017— Gregory Ellwood (@TheGregoryE) May 19, 2017
How on earth could @Festival_Cannes not see this mistake in pre-screening test? #okja #Cannes2017 (2)— Gregory Ellwood (@TheGregoryE) May 19, 2017
— Gregory Ellwood (@TheGregoryE) May 19, 2017
Mr. Ellwood, a co-founder of HitFix as his twitter profile states, did go on to give Okja a glowing review. But as his initial tweets stated, the technical glitch was befuddling. And when one searched on Twitter for reactions, what was the headline in several tweets?
#Netflix booed at Okja’s #Cannes premiere https://t.co/WICTsESvEx pic.twitter.com/8kLgWCpybY— Movielizer (@Movielizer) May 22, 2017
— Bingham Lofts (@BinghamLofts) May 20, 2017
Later on, this tweet would change to a more favorable one, but why wasn't the standing ovation mentioned earlier? And more importantly, why did the "gets booed" headline prevail on Jake's twitter search when another Netflix film, Meyerowitz Stories, received an instantaneous, High Five:
The Hollywood Reporter: Cannes: Netflix's 'Meyerowitz Stories' Gets Four-Minute Standing Ovation at World Premiere. https://t.co/L3rOVdHhnL— yvonne barry (@deenay1o) May 22, 2017
Of course, later we heard about a "four minute standing ovation" for Okja, but that was not what you saw on Jake's twitter search in real time. Instead, the buzz about the film was all about how the showing was "interrupted by boos". This, despite hearing about the technical glitches which caused the delay of the film and affected viewing clarity. Indeed, perplexing.
And just when you thought you had successfully maneuvered around the Paul Dano honeymoon and bridesmaid train-carrying sideshow here came a new one, the Thinker twitter meme from the Okja press conference:
— rach (@nigtcrawler) May 21, 2017
😍 "@aliciamalone: Went to small press conf for Okja at #Cannes2017 & every photo I took #JakeGyllenhaal was deep in thought." pic.twitter.com/081zIRxDMm— JakeGyllenhaal FF (@GyllenhaalicsFF) May 21, 2017
That picture and subsequent ponderings on why Jake looked so pre-occupied, solemn, and in his own lonely world during the cast photo shoot did indeed take on a short life of their own. But, alas! Jake's chewing of the cud will have to become but a distant mystery - too deep for this author!
It really is unfortunate that from a Jake perspective, Cannes 2017 will be remembered as 48 hours of dress holding. Okja sounded quite fascinating with an animal rights' angle and the cast really did look quite resplendent on the carpet; I bet there wasn't a more picturesque group. Looks like Paul and Jake forgot they were supposed to be tending the dress here...
And this was a nice one of Jake:
— Perfect Shot (@bestofmoviesntv) May 19, 2017
So, another whirlwind film festival come and gone. In retrospect, one can make the observation that the SXSW and Cannes film festivals that Jake attended this year have been primarily used as a backdrop to
promote his public image (SXSW - bromance with Ryan Reynolds) (Cannes, shipping
Jake with Okja co-star Lily Collins) rather than about his movies. This is yet another clue that he is in
the closet with a growing family. Not living a life in the open; rarely seen. On the rare occasions he does appear in front of the cameras due to his
profession, his management team grabs the opportunity to try to humanize him.
The consequence is that his films are not the focus of his public
appearances - his stunts are. Seeee, he has friends (remember that
whole nonsense about Jake living next door to Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively and coming over to
cook all the time?). Oh, and don't forget that he also loves young attractive
females. Hence the bridesmaid photo ops with Jake and Lily and the other numerous photos of them together. Kind of the 2017 version of Pippa Middleton. ;-) Truly,
Jake's team has gotten their money's worth out of the last two film
festivals. Too bad his films are taking second billing.
Now before the Cannes Train was ready to steam on home, let's not forget that whole.......pretend excursion on a boat with strangers (who were those people anyway? Anyone??? Names???) and alleged staying over for a screening of The Killing of a Sacred Deer on May 22. A lot of blue screen pictures (with strangers) and smoke blowing to "extend" Jake's stay at Cannes. A little bit of the usual Kool-Aid to keep it "Jake" real; kind of to be expected, really.
Yes, of course Jake needed to attend Cannes. He's always promoted his movies and Cannes has become a frequent name on his promo dance card. And no, Austin nor the family needed to be in France while Papa worked, for they had all been together in the weeks prior to. :-) Isn't that how family business trips work, after all? Whadya say, Don?
Now before the Cannes Train was ready to steam on home, let's not forget that whole.......pretend excursion on a boat with strangers (who were those people anyway? Anyone??? Names???) and alleged staying over for a screening of The Killing of a Sacred Deer on May 22. A lot of blue screen pictures (with strangers) and smoke blowing to "extend" Jake's stay at Cannes. A little bit of the usual Kool-Aid to keep it "Jake" real; kind of to be expected, really.
Yes, of course Jake needed to attend Cannes. He's always promoted his movies and Cannes has become a frequent name on his promo dance card. And no, Austin nor the family needed to be in France while Papa worked, for they had all been together in the weeks prior to. :-) Isn't that how family business trips work, after all? Whadya say, Don?
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You know, the fact that the post is dominated with pictures and tweets really is kind of indicative of how Cannes went for Jake. It was all about the photos - the glossy black & white, Lily Collins and the dress stunt, throw in some mearding with Paul Dano, and that thinker nonsense. I don't even know what that was about. But if you put "Jake Gyllenhaal Cannes 2017" into a Twitter search and see what you don't get.
It really was more about all of the sideshow than the movie itself. Much like SXSW was all about Jake and Reynolds and the bromance. I'm sure if he wasn't with Austin and had a family, the whole promo wouldn't be as much of a slanted teeter totter.
Well....maybe. LOL! Geez louise, who knows with Jake's team.
But I will say that the pictures were indeed gorgeous. The cast looked stunning on the carpet and Jake & Lily made a striking looking couple.
The fact that once Cannes had finished the carpet & the last party favors handed out, and there were no more Jake & Lilly appearances together was surprising. I really thought of all times, Jake's team should have taken advantage of the popularity of their pictures. But they didn't. Oh, the pictures lived on via Twitter for about a week, but then that fire petered out. Truly puzzling. They should have taken advantage of all the Hollywood glamour.
But it kind of goes to show how much Jake detests bearding and he just really doesn't want to go that route. He'll hold a dress train, but that's about it. LOL!!!
I'm sure the troll next door may very well have a meltdown. Of course, that is the Mgmnt troll next door who posted that comment which starts off the post. "He's" on a real tear over there, not that the blog hasn't been before, but they are all kinds of desperate over there.
Outright lying about me, accusing me of commenting over there under "Anon", which I don't do. When I comment over there, I sign my name and they know it. And when I did comment the other day to call him out on his lying, they deleted my comment.
Truth hurts, I reckon. I don't mind being called delusional and crazy and "lying" because that's just always been status quo. Doesn't bother me, in fact, it's amusing.
But don't quote me on things I have never said. That's outright lying. And it's a real sign of desperation.
I don't mind being called delusional and crazy and "lying" because that's just always been status quo.
LOL!!! I don't mean it's status quo that I'm delusional, crazy and a liar.
*titter* I'm leaving that comment up because it came out kind of funny.
Aaaah, what will be next? I have an idea and will be running it by ol' M&M tonight on the usual phone gab fest.
Unless something happens to change the course. Still several things that need to be posted about, including another Baby Tile sighting that did not make the #30Days of Toothy Tile and Grey Goose.
Yes, yes believe it or not there was one that we left out or forgot about or I don't know why it didn't make it. We ran out of days - April was only a 30 day month. lol.
So we've got to put that one up sometime. We'll save it for a special day perhaps. And then there's that whole Jared and Jensen babies...stunts...birth date playing around stuff........
Yup, still got that one on the back burner. #norush
Glad tomorrow is Friday. I copped out on public speaking in front of two different work shifts this week. I feel really bad turning it over to one of our leadership team members. I HATE public speaking and man, it's still bugging me that I copped out. #epicfail personal moment.
TGIF anyway!!!! Don't you love Don Cornelius? He was awesome, God rest his soul.
What is in Genevieve's bearding contract that allows her to continue using the children the way she gets to? The benefits her job role reaps her remind me of what Misha Collins has had for several years. It's pretty head scratching.
Once again though, there's nothing about this picture rinse and repeat that says Genevieve is with Shep. Photo shop can place her hand on top of his.
I think a lot of these photos are like this for a reason - the beards are not part of the family picture much as all the "drops" try to make it sound like they are. And this whole Padackles PR team is working overtime, HAS been working overtime since around November'ish when the Ackles twins were on the cusp of being born.
Fans are scratching their heads trying to figure out why so much OTT, but I really believe a lot of it is because that entire team (Padackles) did such a terrible job of pulling off convincing pregnancies. There was so much chatter about surrogacy, so many watching every move they all made, that there was a need for a lot of distraction and sideshow. The whole Lolliegate nonsense being a big part of this.
Genevieve has got to be one of the unlikeable, most self-serving beards I've seen. And after watching Reese, Sophia Bush, and Bennet, that's pretty bad. Reese might be close, but at least she had some decorum to her, lol.
But it's very obvious that this is all about Father's Day. They can keep on spinning their tops, it's entertaining if anything. Alot of desperation going on right now.
One thing to remember tho, the pictures being floated for the fandom were taken who knows when. And tweets are just words probably typed by interns. They're all cover for what's really going on behind the scenes.
Wheweeee what do you think of the background? Blogger had some patriotic type patterns but none of them looked too swift behind my closet. So this is what I'm going with for now. Probably change it up before July 4.
The brown needed to go, tho. This is summer, time for color!!!
We'll see if we can't get a new post up tomorrow. Crossing fingers!
Love the new background, PG. Snazzy.
What is in Genevieve's bearding contract that allows her to continue using the children the way she gets to?
You know more than I do about this J2 mess, but when bearding contracts are involved, it's not the beard that has the power, but the language of the contract. Whatever is happening right now, TPTB are panicking. I suspect some of the talk about the possibility of Jared and Jensen raising these kids as a family is prompting a shake up. There are suddenly bizarre rumors about a friend of Jared's being the surrogate of the new baby. And, Jared is being portrayed as a weakling who obsessively only cares about sex with Jensen. He has mental issues and now doesn't care about any of his kids. All of this is just head shaking, eyebrow raising, headache producing. But, we've seen management go to bizarre extremes in other situations before. Like with 1D. Filing a fake birth certificate to "prove" Louis Tomlinson is a father. Choreographing an airport brawl to make it seem like Louis has anger management issues and is out of control. Using actual dolls for months to fool the public that Louis has a baby. Which in retrospect, was probably an idea created by Cowell to make the Larrie fandom look like lunatics when they would inevitably notice that the baby in the stroller was not real. All of this insanity happening while Louis' mother was dying of leukemia. The bottom line is that Management doesn't care. Selling the heterosexuality of their clients is far more important than truth. Than decency. Than common sense. It's all about money. And power. Lies breeding more lies. It's...well I've said it before. It's Trumpesque. And, more people need to speak out and call these despicable individuals out on their manipulations and complete lack of any moral compass.
And, Jared is being portrayed as a weakling who obsessively only cares about sex with Jensen.
lol. Welllll, I will say that the caring about relations with Jensen isn't a bad thing, LOL!! But I think I know what you're saying. That it's a 24/7 obsession and it's an attempt to objectify the guys and bury the idea that they're also fathers with responsibilities to their children.
I think it's possible to embrace both sides of Jared and Jensen. The hot men and the fathers and family men that they now are. With one, the other doesn't stop. Doesn't have to. :-)
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