LOL. Good Sunday Greetings from Narnia Dispatches! Several little tidbits to bring up and news nuggets that may have been missed over the past week or so.
• First of all, after the news yesterday of Tom Holland seeming to make a statement about the title of the next Spiderman movie which Jake Gyllenhaal has been widely rumored to be playing the villainous role of Mysterio, it would seem that Jake's social media search has since erupted with a fleet of carts heading off before the horses. It's like a backwards Ben Hur. Because why?
you’re right. i don’t think jake gyllenhaal was confirmed to be mysterio yet. https://t.co/2gdg4J7Y32— vices & virtues warrior (@romywedding) June 24, 2018
Thank you. According to the press, Jake is still "in talks". With filming of the Officially Untitled Spiderman Sequel™ set to begin in July, it looks like the announcement of Jake to be "confirmed" instead of "rumored" could go into the eleventh hour.
• At a fundraiser called Paws 4 AKF (Always Keep Fighting), the mayor of Austin, Steven Adler, proclaimed yesterday, June 23, 2018 as "Supernatural Day", honoring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as the longtime stars of the show and congratulating them on their 14th filming season.
Just as important however, was the emphasis on how Jared and Jensen "will always come home to Austin". As the Austin, TX "residency" was really the key to the mayoral acknowledgement, of course the beards were on full display and it was an opportune time to reinforce the 'marriages', and peddle the Austin businesses and the beards. Still, all of these before-mentioned exist because of these two men. Jared and Jensen, the original, longtime stars of the show, are the heartbeat and the pulse, no matter how many others try to horn in.
— CΞ±ΠΌΞΉ❣️ (@__padackles) June 24, 2018
I do think the guys had to cave this summer and commit time to the Austin, TX narrative. It's a pivotal time for them as it seems they are gradually transitioning and preparing for life after the show. Now is the time to sell the brewery, what must be a substantial financial investment and they cannot do that tucked somewhere far away for a month or so. Both men seem to be saddled with beards who are enjoying a bit too much of their time in the spotlight as "wives" to men such as Jared and Jensen. And their forgetfulness over why they are needed in the first place rears its head in voyeuristic moments like this one:
— Candi (@nothingb4u) June 24, 2018
Getting a little ATX claustrophobic there, Jensen? ;-)
• And a call-out moment to the paps hanging out at Bloomingdale stores, invading celebrities' privacy while they shop the racks. Now some of us know to be on our guard while at Bloomingdales.
;-) Here's Josh Duhamel with his post-Fergie accompaniment.
Note a couple of frequently used, key phrases found in the JJ post: "have been quietly dating" and "spotted a few times on date nights". I guess it can't get much quieter than a Bloomingdale's outing, except for those darn paps! Or was that security camera footage? ;-)
Nice to see Josh Duhamel adopting some of Jake's old homecoming escort elbow-offered courtesies.
• We had some Payno-Tommo twitter convo yesterday which was fun to see:
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) June 23, 2018
— Liam (@LiamPayne) June 23, 2018
— Liam (@LiamPayne) June 23, 2018
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) June 23, 2018
Lovely to see, wasn't it? And wonderful to see Louis on Twitter, having fun with the World Cup and replying to some fans as well. No doubt part of what holds all of One Direction's fans waiting patiently for their return is their interaction with the fandom.
• And then this set of pictures of Mr. Marcus Mumford couldn't help but catch Narnia's eye because of the presence of the boot (bringing back some still "traumatic" memories for this writer! lol). What in the heck happened to cause the boot?
And then the following day, the boot was gone as Marcus allegedly attended the wedding of Game of Throne co-stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie. Hopefully Marcus put the boot back on soon after the wedding - never good to ditch a healing aid for too long.
• And finally, a pictorial treat for those interested in what Austin Nichols is up to these days. While perusing the internet yesterday, I came upon this little gem. It was a throwback photo Instagram'ed by an Austin bud, @vinnawinna aka Vincent Perini. Vincent Perini is a band member of a group called Cologne, with Dan Keyes, also a friend of our own Austy. Imagine that! What a small, small, small, small, tight world it is when it comes to our boys Austin and Jake, imagine. that. ;-)
Check it out!! First the Instagram version so you can see some of the comments, amongst them one by none other than Austin himself and also Dan Keyes. Surprisingly missing was a comment by a member of this posse, Mr. Matt Frost. Hmmmm...
And now tiara'd Austin and vinnawinna in amplified wonder. Wasn't Austin just a cutie back in the day? No wonder Jake fell hook, line and sinker. Thank you, Mr. Vincent, for sharing this photo. Let's blow it up a bit.
Awwww, baby-faced Austin. Doesn't get any better than this! It looks like Austin and Vincent go pretty far back, doesn't it? And this was from 2001, so it was B.J. - before Jake.
• And speaking of going pretty far back, supposedly Jake was at the NYC premiere of a shortie called Boomerang, by an old familiar name, Matthew Frost. Remember him?
Jake looking a bit more youthful here, no doubt because he is clean shaven and a very nice picture of Matt. These two go very far back as Matt was Jake's personal assistant through four movies: Bubble Boy, Donnie Darko, The Day After Tomorrow and Moonlight Mile. So, you know and I know that Matt must know quite a bit about Jake. [If you know what I mean]. And Austin as well, because there has been a history of social media interaction and photos of Matt with Austin too.
There were a few more photos from this screening event which can be found on various Instagram sites, here is one more which includes a woman called Anna Gray, who is supposed to be Matt's "girlfriend". For any long timers, do you feel like you're in a twilight zone anymore with Jake's old posse? First Chris Fischer, now Matt Frost, I'm just sayin'.....lol. It's a new, new world, in other words.
;-)
Miraculously, youthful looking Jake, isn't he? And there were plenty of "spontaneous, out of the blue" similar fan observations on how youthful Jake looked, on both Instagram and Twitter, I'd like to point out. Preemptively stricken is a phrase that comes to mind, I would say. Regardless, nice to see Jake with Matt, fountain of youth and all.
lol.
• And finally, I conclude with a statement of sorts. The recently released pictures of Jake and Matt have opened up a sort of Pandora's box of revelations for M&M and myself. Enlightenment and realization on how intertwined and involved this network of friends is, consisting of several previously mentioned
Indeed, it is apparent that Jake and Austin's secrets are such that their trusted network is shrinking. It's so small now, that they have increasingly relied on close family and old friends to help out to cover for a few whereabouts and behind the scenes reality. I think Jensen and Jared are finding that when you have a family of children involved, it's not so simple any more.
Well, that's all for now! Let's end with a few new pictures of Mr. Liam Payne, shall we? ;-) [M&M's voice in the distance, "What about Harry?!"] Liam seems to have been out and about, busy busy busy.
This was Liam's final reply to Louis yesterday after their twitter exchange:
— Liam (@LiamPayne) June 23, 2018
***** BREAKING NEWS*****
Well, well, well, look what was just tweeted.
— Marvel vs. DC (@TheMarvelvsDC) June 24, 2018
And although Jake's IMDb still is not updated, it would appear that miraculously at this very minute, Marvel has JUST NOW announced that Jake is confirmed for the Spiderman movie. So it becomes clear that Jake was never going to do Rio and the gushing comment from Tom Holland talking about Jake being someone he wanted to stretch himself after (er - or something to that effect) was a set up.
So this London filming of Spiderman "Far From Home" will enable Jake and Austin to remain across the pond and no one else will have known any different.
Except us here at Narnia. Thanks for the confirmation, Jakers! Gotta love it when a story begins to come together.
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6 comments:
Awww, I'm so happy that Liam is growing out his hair. And I loved seeing him and Louis tweeting at each other. Liam loves his emojis.
And what a great picture of Austin, I love it. WHAT a cutie. I bet his mom spoiled him rotten.
Those pictures of Marcus were kind of weird. You know, his "wife" Carey Mulligan is over in NYC in a play right now, called Girls and Boys. I don't recall seeing Marcus in the opening night pics.
Girls and Boys with Carey Mulligan
But guess who was there?
Paul Dano! That's right, Paul Dano. This was on Wednesday, June 20, one night after the Boomerang screening in the same city of NYC. So Paul Dano attended her opening night off Broadway, but guess who wasn't there? Jake!
Wasn't Jake in NYC, right? He "lives" there with his pooch Leo, I thought. In that pap friendly condo of his with close friend Ryan Reynolds. Hmmmm...so Jake was at Boomerang on the 19th, but on the 20th....where was he?
LOL! I love it. Sorry, couldn't help it. I mean, this makes two times Jake ditched Carey and Paul. What an opportune time to give their movie Wildlife an added plug? It is a marketer's dream hanging fruit! No kind of innuendos intended in this paragraph, lol.
The other time Jake ditched them was at Cannes. Where was Jake during Cannes???? We don't know, do we? Hanging at dog parks and writing on napkins, I reckon. tsk, tsk, tsk. Gotcha, buddy.
;D
I'm still worried about that melting ice cream on his table, PG. LOLLLL! This obsession with PR putting Jake in NY everywhere has backfired on them BIG TIME. We are led to believe that he was at the Matt Frost NY screening for his short, when Jake hasn't been seen with ol' Matt in forever. One huge problem with that story is that Jake didn't show up with Paul Dano for Carey's opening night and apparently neither did her hubs. That's why PR awkwardly photographed him in a boot. This stunt was to imply Mumford was injured so of course he couldn't show up for her play. Although apparently, he was mobile enough to fly into Scotland for a friend's wedding. I guess the ball and chain just wasn't worth it. Jake, on the other hand, had a great opportunity to promote "Wildlife," but he's nowhere to be seen for that event. Why, you might ask? Because Jake is not in NY. Most of the stupid photos that have been circulating on either photoshopped or were taken at another time and presented as being real time occurrences. Pathetic. Wherever Jake is, it ain't NY. And, by the way where's Leo? #ClosetedWays
This is too too funny. Are we going to get a "Jake Leaving LaGuadia" or maybe JFK headline soon? And, we will get hardcore crap of Austin with Hassie in LA to prove he's nowhere near his hubs? In all likelihood, Jake and Austin have been over in England this whole time. And, just within the past half-hour, here comes the announcement that he will be filming in London. Smoke and mirrors. Smoke and mirrors. What a coinky-dink. Looks like somebody reads Narnia. LOLLLL!
Well, time to call it a day, a night.
The timing of that Marvel DC announcement was just uncanny. I had no sooner posted and not but one minute later, here came their tweet. And last night, The Hollywood Reporter released the confirmation even before Marvel did. In this article here for the first time, they made an absolute statement about Jake being confirmed instead of being "in talks" and "looks like" chatter. The article shows being released at 7:28 pm last night, yet there was nothing on twitter about the confirmation. Just amazing.
Just amazing.
Too bad Mgmnt wasn't as prepared to counteract that Girls and Boys opening night absence. Talk about a surefire way to show he really has been in NYC.
I'm sure Jake will enjoy doing the Spidey flick and unlike when he filmed PoP, this time he's going to have a whole brood to be excited about their papa playing a Marvel villain instead of just one child. Hard to believe, isn't it? That much time has passed.
You know what's nice? It's nice to see Jake posing with a friend for a picture and he's giving a pleasant smile. There's no "pointing", he's not making a silly face, not peering over Matt's shoulder. Matt has a really sweet smile on his face. It's a very, very nice picture.
It reminds me how little we see these kinds of pictures of Jake anymore. These are two long time friends and no doubt, much mutual respect and a lot of history. I love it.
I don't believe for a minute that Jake was really there, but Matt was helping his friend out.
Aw heck. Look at my avatar, what in the heck happened? I had such a hot merman, too. Now I have to change it. Darn blogger anyway.
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