Right? lol. Definitely has been me too many times to count! Look at that guy at the end after he closes the lid - no biggie! Never saw anything! Well, it's been an interesting week and just a few little observations and discoveries. Let's start off with this one.
• In this commercial from AT&T about boy bands, take a look:
Notice anything? First of all, it puts down boy bands who don't dance. Who was known for not dancing? One Direction, right?
Notice anything something else? There are five members of the band, yes.
And then, what?
Oh look, a fan in the commercial's audience just happens to have a, what is that? A stuffed bear?
Hmmmm...what is all that about, in addition to being a commercial about a Sp*tify package? Interesting, isn't it? Somehow, we don't think the stuffed bear is for promotion of vendor souvenir stands either...
We see you Rainbow Bondage and Sugar Baby Bears!
Then there was this crazy "coincidence" involving Siri Apple's virtual assistant that appeared on August 20th. 1D fans noticed when asking the virtual assistant to respond to a generic question about Harry Styles' debut album, the answer generated was quite intriguing.
Eponymous debut studio album by Harry Styles
Written for Louis Tomlinson.
That's right. Siri is a virtual assistant that is part of Apple Incorporated's operating systems and evidently is a Larrie. Essentially, the assistant uses voice queries and a natural-language user interface to respond to questions learned from the Internet. Long story short, Antis (those "fans" who despise Larries) were outraged and tried to change the response. When they found out they couldn't they wrote to Apple directly. It appears Antis have no sense of humor.
Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone, but we happen to know a Larry who might have some connection with Mr. Cook.
And another Larry who just might have had a hand in drafting Siri's response:
"What? I just wanted to make sure that Siri didn't give the wrong answer. Mr. Cook will thank me. Am I right?"
• On that smile-inducing note, we interrupt this Sunday Musings with a Classic Jakers "Mr. Grimace" moment. The whole irony of this policing-the-paps moment is that Jake has been photoed and videoed in New York City more than any celeb we have seen since, well - since he was allegedly "hounded" in 2012. But for some reason, he wasn't feeling too friendly on this day.
Well now, looks like Jake's people had that video taken down, isn't that just something? Well, here's another video of miffed Jake and we'll used this one instead.
[I think maybe Jake really thought he was Louis Bloom for a moment with the video cam on his shoulder. Wonder what he did with that picture of the pap's license plate? Framed it maybe? Or, did he text it to his publicist, Mara? Maybe publicist, Alla? After all, they are paid to take care of his annoyances and whisk them away. ;-) This video appears old and was kind of tickling so we thought we would share. 🠈 these comments were regarding the first video, which was taken down from You Tube] I know this author is never going to turn down the opportunity to see Jake's jaw clenched & lips pursed in irritation!
• Fast forward to August 15, and Austin posted this throwback pic. Buddy, you are not a d-bag. Just stop it. In fact, we here at Narnia thought it was River Phoenix for a moment. Check it out!
Jake even sported a similar kind of style back in the day. Must have been the cool coif!
Kind of a halo-kind of haircut, although without the angel's wings. LOL!
Now it's also amazing what can be discovered when perusing the internet with no particular objective in mind, and thanks to the brief return of our old Instagram friend, one starts noticing other curiosities as well. For instance, it was interesting to learn a few things that some Jake fans already knew, but Narnia never really paid close attention to before. Just a couple of six degree moments that were found to be interesting.
As can be seen below, Jake has a couple of publicists by the names of Mara Buxbaum and Alla Plotkin.
Wheweee, doesn't Jake look great there? If a viewer takes a look at the Instagram caption, jakebullshittingovereverybody provides a rare date stamp, indicating that the chummy photo was taken during SXSW 2016. Isn't that interesting, considering what happened during that momentous Film Festival and how we were able to see Jake and Austin in the same cell phone picture together. In other words, #allhandsondeck to pull that one off.
Anyhoo, these two ladies are in the public relations firm by the name of ID, lead by Kelly Bush Novak. Mara Buxbaum is president, having joined ID in 1999 from PMK Public Relations when the LA-based ID wanted to establish an office in NYC. She was Heath Ledger's U.S. publicist (since at least 2005), as well as Robin Williams', and therefore presumably involved with the press releases (and journalistic suppression?) surrounding Heath's death and memorial services. Many quotes from Buxbaum are available from that time. She also currently represents Michelle Williams' public image, and has done so since at least February 2007.
Alla Plotkin represents celebrities like Chris Colfer, Sarah Paulson, and...Margot Robbie.
Before publicists Mara and Alla, there was Carrie Byalick for Jake's PR. Carrie had joined ID-PR in 1999 as an account executive, having worked at E! and The Howie Mandel Show. In an impressive career move after establishing herself in her own right, Carrie left ID in 2016 and formed her own talent company called "B". Her first client was America Ferrera. She also represents, are you ready? Amy Schumer. Stephen Colbert, Vera Farmiga, and John Krasinki. These are all actors who have appeared in photo ops with Jake, filmed movies with Jake, or, in Krasinki's case, had their name meme robot'ed with Jake's name.
The people Jake is seen with, makes more sense now, doesn't it? And so back in October of last year, because of all the Amy Schumer/Chris Fischer nonsense, this little "gold nugget" popped up and was covered in our post, "Six Degrees, Two + Two, They All Connect to Jake and Maggie G". Jake's former publicist, Carrie Byalick is supposed to have "dated" his Martha's Vineyard/cooking friend Chris. Good times.
Isn't it interesting that around the time in 2012 when Jake's career path took its big turn, this commenter had come on Oh My Godot.com (when others were commenting about Byalick) and said:
orly
said...
Agencies,
websites, celebrity blogs are for the most part PR approved. Just Jared,
People, Zap2it, DailyMail, Us Weekly, etc. You ignorance is either faked or you
really are stupid
Have you
read Carrie's twitter lately? Don't think Jake is high on her list of clients
at the moment. Matter of fact I don't think Carrie is even doing publicity for
him anymore. Perhaps someone else at the company is, but it's not Carrie.
So all those
websites you listed...what do they have to do with the average New Yorker who
is spotting, tweeting and taking pics of Jake on the sly?
March 16, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Somewhere during Jake's transition from CAA to WME/IMG/Endeavor in 2012, it looks like this was also when he changed publicists to become
Just a little 101 today on Jake's "Beware of" protectors and who knows, could be a few of the "Anon's" some of us have tangled words with in the past on OMG. ;-)
• Let's transition to Jared Padalecki on stage with his signature beanie, which basically means it must be Supernatural convention time. Here he is at Van Con today.
In case you've been living on a deserted island with Gilligan, Skipper and the Gang, this is the final season for the show that's really been running on fumes for the past several years.
• A few random parting bits worth mentioning just for fun:
We wonder if Liam is still doing his own ironing? Particularly, given all those clothes left on "his bedroom floor" these days.
;D
"One Direction have to do their own ironing and you don't see Take That doing their own ironing!" - Liam Payne
Although we've heard in One Direction interviews that Louis used to bring his own washing machine on tour. We'll let you guess who that might have been, but his name begins with an "H".
• By the way, has anyone ever heard actor/director Austin Nichols speaking fluent Spanish? Seen him rollerblading? We at Narnia are on the lookout for proof of these two wild claims discovered via an undisclosed source. ;-)
• Jake will be appearing at the ACE Comic Con in Rosemont IL on October 12, 2019 (yes, 5 days before BT #1 Son's birthday):
No more mystery here! Our next guest for #ACEcomiccon Midwest is none other than Mysterio, Jake Gyllenhaal! Sign up now for Jake's autograph lottery here: https://t.co/AFnlrvF3ne. VIP Pre-Sale opens Thursday, General On Sale is Friday at 10am CT! Check your email for details. pic.twitter.com/WoUQFP8iJN— ACEcomiccon (@ACEcomiccon) August 13, 2019
The autographs and photo op cash will bring a nice, tidy bit of Friday Night Ice Cream money for Jake and the fam. While we're accustomed already to seeing photo ops from the likes of Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, and Austin Nichols, this will be a whole other kettle of fish with Jakers, who will find he'll need to get all kinds of close and snuggly, hold signs, and be posed like a Gumby doll with lots of strange fans. LOL! His sidecar Tom Holland has been at the D23 Expo this past weekend promoting his movie Onward with Chris Pratt and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, shoehorning Jake into comments like:
Oh, and this will be a sample of what's to come when Jake appears at the ACE Comic Con, don't say we didn't warn you. This is what they do:
Noticing how many times this particular photo has been "circulated" already tells us this was specifically "strategized". Not to mention the fact this account only had 64 posts prior to this one and in none of them did she ever show an interest in Marvel, Tom Holland or "Jakey". Not to mention the account name and we're going to leave that one at that and give Management a wave. ;-)
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Just a brief bit of this 'n that while a prior post is completed. Hope everyone had a lovely weekend as we all look forward to a wondrous return to our places of work,
and prepare for a goodbye to summer (and hello to Labor Day weekend).
collaboration: Prairie Girl, Methodical Muser
pic sources: cheezburger, Page Six, giphy
our playlist: Shine - Take That
Patience - Take That
Rule the World - Take That
1 comment:
LOL, Jake, never change. That video just cracks me up. He gets that tightened lip and jaw thing going when he's mad. LOL! And makes the point of walking all the way across the street, pointing his cell phone video camera like he's Lou Bloom.
When all he's going to do is then make a call to his pr and tell her to "Fix it!" *wink*
What are those paps watching for, is what I am wondering. Are the paps hoping to get one of those "medical building-type" glimpses so they can weasel money out of him? I find it hard to believe though that the kids are ever in the city, could be wrong though. They could be, I reckon, as long as they are not near Jake, but with a nanny. Impossible to say.
I think the kids are out of the city limits and Jake goes to them, not the other way around.
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