It looks like our fave pair Jake and Austin are both quite noisily in Europe "now". Quite a bit of bell clanging and whistle blowing going on:
Giving George Costanza's wallet a run for its money, from the ever-stretching I Heart Jake "Fan Photos" album:
And now from yesterday, Oct. 27, Austin is in his first day's appearance at the Paris Comic Con - a Festival of Pop Culture. Pretty odd, don't you think to fly 5,092 miles to attend a fan convention in Paris for the TWD? Especially, since the big Walkers Stalkers Convention - 2017, is actually taking place right now in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend. You know, the high profile fan gathering with all the big stars from the show. Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, et al., By the way, the Atlanta convention is only 921 miles from Austin, TX. Seems like Mr. Nichols may need an abacus before he uses up all of his frequent flyer miles.
And what's even more hilarious, is that Austin is the lone representative of TWD in Paris. A person who was killed off in December of last year. Of course, anemic attempts are being made to provide cover. His CW enabler Paul Wesley is being placed in Europe too, and one of his apparently macaroon loving female costars (at least per her Instagram account) from his recent cinematic effort, "The Iron Orchard". But those lame attempts to cover his European whereabouts is so flimsy one could drive a Mack truck through them.
— AUSTIN NICHOLS (@AustinNichols) October 26, 2017
.@AustinNichols a un message pour vous ! Rencontrez le au #comicconparis pic.twitter.com/JvdhZCNqfb— Comic Con Paris (@ComicCon_Paris) October 27, 2017
Venez rencontrer @AustinNichols ! Il est en séance photo en ce moment ! #TheWalkingDead #ComicConParis pic.twitter.com/Yd00OpsOFE— Comic Con Paris (@ComicCon_Paris) October 27, 2017
Hitting the souvenir stand...
Aaaah, but then we knew already that Austin loves France. And this isn't his first Paris Comic Con. Remember that time in 2012 when Austin attended the Paris Comic Con around the 4th of July holiday (5-8)? He attended as a cast member of One Tree Hill back then. A little *sniff* memory of Buckin here:
— kianna 🍂 (@ohmydonoghue) July 5, 2012
And who got spotted over in Paris as well during that same time? From a twitter account now deleted, thanks to M&M and one of her "notorious" Timeline Word Documents, we still have this old tweet on file. The Tour de France was taking place at the end of June, early July 2012. Remember those were the days when Jake was deep into the cycling world. Now, he doesn't know a Lance Armstrong. I wonder why? *smirk*:
Aaah yes, good times! Now in 2017 in opportunistic timing, we have Jake in Italy because he's participating in an interview as well as a screening for Stronger at the Rome Film Festival. Here's Jake today in Rome (you can see a glimpse of Jeff Bauman):
So, Austin in Paris....and Maggie was in Paris for the "Miu Miu" Paris Fashion Show in earlier October.
Maggie Gyllenhaal channels Dame Edna Everage in quirky cat-eye glasses as she steps out in Paris with her trainers… https://t.co/NAY6QVXi5b pic.twitter.com/gyoX4unGvb— Global Fashion News (@entrepreneur16z) October 4, 2017
While around the same time if you remember, Jake was in Germany for the Zurich Film Festival.
Kind of beginning to take the form of a Gyllynicholsgaard European Mapquest, isn't it? Throw in unconvincing stories about an Edible Schoolyard event in NYC, hammock swingin' and Austin City Limits in Big Texas, and Narnia is thinking the traveling commune has been skipping a good part of Autumn in New York this year. ;-)
Oh, and then there was this little interesting post/deletion. A week ago, I happened to check out Austin's Instagram and noticed a pretty cool pic he had put up. I backed out of the screen for some now regrettable reason, went back to it almost immediately and the Instagram post was gone. Deleted. Which was why I tweeted this:
oh come on, why did mr. @AustinNichols take down his cool Insta pic?— ToothyTile&GGoose (@GoosesTile) October 21, 2017
Looking at the calendar, I noticed how early it may have been to post that particular picture about Paris because Austin wasn't really due to appear at the convention until the 27th. Folks might wonder why he was talking about Paris already, hmm?
— ToothyTile&GGoose (@GoosesTile) October 23, 2017
When Austin finally did Instagram about being in Paris, he posted the T shirt picture instead of the picture I had seen. What a shame! The picture had kind of made me think of Jim Carrey in Mask; it was a shame to not see it again. But wait. Someone did have the picture and they tweeted it to Huzzah! the upcoming arrival of Austin at the convention - the "source" just wasn't Austin this time.
@AustinNichols will be in Paris this weekend for #ComicconParis. Who's ready to meet him?! pic.twitter.com/raBP40qkYs— Austin Nichols daily (@AustinNsource) October 25, 2017
Kind of a nifty thing, isn't it, how that deleted picture from Austin's Instagram managed to maneuver over to a "civilian fan" social media account?
Yeah, I thought so, too.
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But let's not get too distracted by distractions. After all, just think of what all of the sideshow was really covering up. Sisters and a nanny or two can also indeed come in handy when a couple might want to take in the lights of France on a date night, particularly when you've all been domesticating across the pond for weeks on end.
pic sources: David Edward Byrd, Penelope Pussycat deviantart
our playlist: Give Paris One More Chance - Jonathan Richman &
The Modern Lovers
French Instrumental - Henry Mancini
Sous le Ciel De Paris - Yves Montand
4 comments:
Austin cracked me up when he tweeted the picture of the Eiffel Tower as though he had just arrived. LOL!!
Just stahp it, Austin.
Then he takes a picture with a fan in France with the Austin City Limits ballcap on, as if trying to prove he had been in attendance at the ACL. I think he was in attendance as much as Jensen and Jared were. And that means....not at all.
It's called Fedex Priority. That's how you get a hold of one of those ballcaps.
I'm sorry, but they were all hiding out since early October. They gave Maggie an excuse to be over in Paris (the fashion show) and Austin was radio silent until he pretended to be at Austin City Limits on Oct 9th: There's a reason why you often see our Jaustin and J2 men in the corners and sides of photos
Sorry, that doesn't cut it. I don't think that Edible Schoolyard "soiree' nor the Ryan Reynolds "Friendship Goals" outing were real time either. Serious doubts about the CK "private" celebration party as well. Even if the CK "private" party was real time, it's not that huge of a deal for Jake to fly to NYC and return.
It's easier for Jake & Austin to hide out out of the country, particularly in Europe where you have tighter paparazzi law and may not be as easily recognized, particularly Austin. Austin rarely gets recognized in the U.S., let alone overseas anyway.
It's interesting that they didn't do the usual charade of trying to pretend they're in completely different parts of the world.
It's interesting that they didn't do the usual charade of trying to pretend they're in completely different parts of the world.
That wasn't working, this new tactic didn't work either. Austin was so radio silent, it wasn't funny. Then he tried to place himself at Austin City Limits but the picture was lame. While over in Paris France, Austin took a photo with a fan and just happened to have on a ballcap with an Austin City Limits logo on it, as if to prove he had been in attendance.
It's really been pretty half-hearted stuff. Will be interesting to continue watching.
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