Narnia Has Questions: Will Jake Gyllenhaal or Won't He for Ambulance, and Liam Payne for Taste The Future

 

We just had a few!  😉 

 

•  What gives Liam Payne the right???

 

Liam Payne and Paul Wesley at Taste the Future 2022

 

• Where did Eiza Gonzalez go after the London premiere of Ambulance??  She made the big splash story with the changing of her hair to platinum blonde and then Pffft!

 

Jake, Yahya, Eiza and Michael Bay at London premiere

She was gone.

I don't know, but the stylist who set that look up for the group...not sure what inspired... That's all I'm going to say about that.

So, Eiza disappeared after talking in interviews about her hair change and then she was gone.  But the men carried on like the troupers they are 😉, playing soccer with the Madrid team and more interviews, a cool television guest appearance, and...we begin to see signs of what may become more steroidal interactions now that the film's marketing team tries to appeal to the American male audience with tried and true bromantic content.

We have the classic intern social media account which provides us the heads up, as her account is fed narrative content, beginning by having an interviewer shoehorn speed-dial meard, Tom Holland,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even the strawberry blond director Bay is used (Narnia apologizes for this one!  LOL - hey, we're just here to provide his latest movie promo! We wipe our hands clean of this.):

What is interesting at first when you look at this particular co-star of Jake's, is that he has an incredibly catapulting, impressive resume.  Abdul-Mateen II outshines anyone Jake has previously co-starred with.  His story is outstanding and can be looked at here in Wikipedia, but here are a few very brief highlights: 

- youngest of six children.  

- plays chess  (here's a potential sparring partner for Jared Padalecki!)

- high school prom king

- attended Univ. of California, Berkeley and member of Alpha Phi Alpha and was a hurdler for the school

- overcame a stuttering challenge by taking theater

- obtained a bachelors degree in architecture and worked as a city planner in San Francisco

- when he was laid off, he attended drama school.  He was accepted by drama divisions of New York University, Harvard and Yale

- obtained his Masters of Fine Arts degree at Yale

- from this point on, his acting career just took off and in 2017, was in Hugh Jackman's "The Greatest Showman"

- Emmy winner for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special 2020

- Critics Choice Award winner for Best Acting Ensemble

- Satellite Award winner for Best Ensemble - Motion Picture

- SAG Award winner for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

 

And as you can see, there are other awards he has won, all by his age of 35 years. 

He is also in the DC Extended Universe of Aquaman.  And like Jake, has his own production company, called House Eleven10.

So, one might find interesting his appearance in Ambulance?  And why is he allowing his image to be used a la Tom Holland?

Because he's a WME/Endeavor client would be a better's best choice.

Abdul-Mateen II is sharp and likeable, and has a totally different air about him than those before him in Jake's land of filmville, so the American tour will be interesting how it pans out.  

Now, just to show another way that borrowing and repetition eventually reared its familiar head, we have a new one.  Here is some Supernatural Dean and Sam Winchester mirroring being used for Ambulance.   Again, thanks to the intern account for bringing this to our attention. 👍

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam and Dean Winchester - also brothers in the show, Supernatural.  From the famous first episode:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought I'd seen that before!

It would also appear that Jake's people are gradually warming things up for a likely nuptial pairing of Jake with beard Jeanne Cadieu.

Jake stepped out with one of his beards on the red carpet for the first time in Paris, France, the first premiere of Ambulance.

 And it would appear Management has given Cadieu an Update social media account, so the operator can tell us all of the official scoops!   They wiped Cadieu's Instagram account clean and started over; that was "Heads-Up 101".  Step Two, now she has an Update account.

Things are heating up and a table is being set.  Here they are warning everyone "No place for bullies!"  👀

 

 

Following next, is a fan who would like to follow the Update Instagram account but she's fearful of backlash!  Why would this be?  Because Jake's people have set Cadieu up to be a very unlikable racist person.  This appears to be Cadieu's narrative (I'm sorry, but there's no way to prove the timing of the "proof" videos and so this author is reserving commitment to the validity of this claim) and has provided plenty of material for intern accounts to trash her on Instagram.  This is a noticeable pattern with Jared and Jensen's people as well,  in their treatment of the beards , but that discussion can wait for another day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have several final questions, just tossing out in a pondering fashion...

 

• Will Jake's childhood bud, Chris Fischer, accompany "wife" Amy Schumer on the Oscars red carpet tonight as she arrives for her co-hosting duties?  Judging by the Twitter search, it would seem her social media team is operating on the fumes of 2019 news for the couple.

• When will Austin appear on HBO Max's Minx, which he tweeted to fans that he was proud to be a part of the show?   Hopefully we'll see him on the show soon and for a longer period than Peter Sarsgaard was in The Lost Husband, I mean The Lost Daughter! Oops, sorry about that 😂 😂 😉

 

 

 • How many Tay' Swift jokes and skits will there be on April 9, when Jake hosts Saturday Night Live?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Has the time come for Chiefs' wide receiver Gehrig Dieter to finally graduate to the Big Squad???  How much longer will fans continue to be steered around by his "practice squad" story line??

 

Just a few questions, just a few...

 

Narnia is thankful to be able to see the photos and videos from many of our featured individuals.  

Remember, April Fool's Day is this Friday!

pic/information sources:  wikipedia, tenor

our playlist:  Instant Replay - Dan Hartman

                     Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

                     Again - Lenny Kravitz

Good News Friday: That's Captain Liam Payne to All of Us

 

Congratulations on making it to Friday!  Hopefully your work week ends right here and doesn't extend into Saturday.  Time for some relaxation or yard work, getting ready for spring growth.  And to go along with that #FridayFeeling, there are some good things happening with a few of Narnia's faves.  Let's enjoy sightings or news from them:

 

•  Liam is in Los Angeles, attending one of the events surrounding Oscar week as a co-host along with Paul Wesley, Uma Thurman, Sean O'Sullivan, Questlove, and Christian Angermayer for an event called Taste the Future.  The event will feature a menu by chef, author and restaurateur Matthew Kenney, who specializes in plant-based foods.  So Liam had an opportunity to schmooze, network and have some fun meeting new folks during Oscar week.  Good for Liam and he was looking great!  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Always the consummate pro and enthusiast!

 

 

Liam Payne 🛐

pic.twitter.com/ZbelpqPbAT

— :) (@tommoloueh1D) March 25, 2022

 

 

There can never be enough Liam love.  We see the micro-handling he's still under and being unable to release new music.  But Liam's not a public pouter and whatever he does, he is a professional and he gives a tremendous, enthusiastic effort.  It can't have been easy for him, but Narnia is just here to support and say that we think that he is an incredible person for the way he's been handling it.  

And a chance to hang at Oscars week?!  That is awesome.  Now, here is another honor for Liam.  

He is going to serve as captain for the England team in Soccer Aid 2022, which benefits a tremendous organization, UNICEF UK.  The charity celebrity match will take place on June 12 at London Stadium and there is some additional information here.  

Here's Liam:

He's here and he's perfect 💙 @LiamPayne, skipper. ©️

Will he lead England to victory? 🤔 #SoccerAid // @UNICEF_uk pic.twitter.com/etLRwwQYBz

— Soccer Aid (@socceraid) March 23, 2022

 

 And if THAT's not enough, here's Liam with a soccer uni preview!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's that Liam smile that will charm the socks off of the crustiest being:

 

 

The reaction is unanimous and automatic.

 

Take a bow, Captain Liam!  That's CAPTAIN Liam to all of us.  And good luck in the soccer match!

 

• And Jake Gyllenhaal is hard at work (as he always goes all out for his movie promos!) overseas, promoting his upcoming film Ambulance.  They have spent a lot of money advertising it for sure, particularly during the Super Bowl and Olympics.   It's an action flick so for all of you action lovers, there you go!  😀  Jake's been sporting all kinds of different looks and he and his castmates/director have been to Paris, France, Berlin, London and Madrid this week.  

The Gyllynichols wagon train may be on the barge by now headed over to the States as Jake is scheduled to be a presenter on Sunday at the Oscars and will then be promoting the film here in the States due to its release on April 8.  

We'll enjoy all of the promo and photos (and there has been a TON of content) from across the pond because once this weekend comes and they hit the American male demographic, things will likely change in some fashion and not for the better.

But this is Good News Friday! so let's start off the slide show with Jake in a bird shirt!  Nice to see Jake pick up this vintage shout out pattern he used to have, as a nod to Austin, who has loved birds and back in 2009, told Hilarie Burton that the (sea) gull was his "power animal".

Real quick, let's look at a few vintage bird looks from Fetus Jake:

And now here's Jake in 2022 in Prada bird mode:

Jake in Paris for Ambulance 2022

 

It counts!  Add that one to the exhibition. 💯

Jake has sported a variety of looks for the promo tour.  This pose below is one of my favorites, I think, I've seen from him.  He's got that scolding finger down, doesn't he?   LOL!

Ambulance stop in Paris, France

Jake, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez in Berlin

 

I still don't think you can beat Jake in the classic suit.

Jake and Yahya on El Homiguero in Spain

Best wishes to Jake for box office success with his new film!!

• And we're going to end on an even more happier, positive note.  We have new music from Austin P. McKenzie!!  This is an easy, melodic tune, although the lyrics are of wanting to whisk someone away to happiness, so a bit sad in lyrics.  But again, it is directed by Kevin McHale and I love the filming at the ocean, the slow-mo, the playfulness and most of all, a glimpse of that gorgeous smile he has.  That was so wonderful to see.  Lilting melody and imagery.  You can see Austin's appreciation and love of theater.

Well done!!  "Sending My Love Through the Ether" by Austin P. McKenzie, everyone!!

Have a great weekend, everyone!  We're out.

pic sources:  IHeart Jake

our playlist:  Sending My Love Through the Ether - Austin P. McKenzie

                     For You - Captain Liam Payne and Rita Ora

                     Summer of Love - Austin P. McKenzie

                     Midnight - Alesso featuring (Captain) Liam Payne

Six Degrees of Jake Gyllenhaal and Remembering Jaustin at SXSW 2016

 

 

This was a recent post and photo from a movie premiere last week on the site Just Jared with a mind-boggling amount of Six Degrees of Jake Gyllenhaal and Narnia thought it was interesting because it really does show what a small world it can be in Tinsel Town, particularly for the closeted crowd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's start with the photo.

 

• Jason Segel - on the left is actor Jason Segel.  Jason is a childhood school friend of Jake's.  Both attended Harvard-Westlake High School, with Jake graduating in 1998 and Segel in 1997.   Also, Jason "dated" actress Michelle Williams, who we know has close ties to Jake. And even though Jake is not credited in the tabloids as being responsible for Segel/Williams' contract, I mean relationship, the person who is, also has ties to Jake - Busy Phillips.  And we know all of the history between Jake and Busy.  

 

• Jesse Plemons - Standing next to Jason is Jesse Plemons, who is now "married" to Jake's former beard, Kirsten Dunst. LOL!  In a familiar scenario which is used to tell the public how a Hollywood couple found true love, Dunst and Plemons are supposed to have fallen in love on the set of season two of a Fox show called Fargo.   👀

 

• Lily Collins - Besides being a co-star of Jake's in the movie, Okja, Lily is no doubt more well known for providing Jake some wardrobe het cred.  Who hasn't seen the photos?  This one directly below is a double bonus because it also includes 2017 meard and co-star, Paul Dano, who is seen also marveling at the dress train.   👗

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•  Charlie McDowell - On the far right is Charlie McDowell, who is "married" to Lily Collins.  Charlie McDowell is an "ex" of actress Rooney Mara's.  And in 2016, Jake was seen walking around NYC with Rooney and Charlie, only Charlie was left out of nearly all of the photos, thus intentionally swirling around "dating rumors" for Rooney and Jake, which were immediately squashed!  One of the lamest ideas from Jake's team.

 

Yup! There he is on the left - Charlie McDowell

 

And if that's not enough for you, it was announced in 2019 that Jake and his production company Nine Stories (along with partner Riva Marker), were going to produce a movie called Gilded Rage and Charlie McDowell was slated to write and direct.  And then, Lily Collins was added to the cast! Boy, the coincidences.  Supposedly, Gilded Rage is in that big Gyllenhaal black hole otherwise known as pre-production, even though in this particular article, filming was hoped to start in the fall of 2019.  👀

 

• In the Just Jared article, it is mentioned that Charlie McDowell's mother is, guess who?  This is some additional #sixdegrees of good trivia.  McDowell's mother is Mary Steenbergen, who is married to Ted Danson.   Some of us are quite familiar with Austin appearing at various Oceana galas and summer party events, but the affiliation really started with his spouse, Jake, who attended the 2nd annual Oceana Partners Gala waaaaay back in 2004.

 

Fetus Jake with Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen for Oceana, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austin w beard Chlo Bennett, Ted Danson, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austin w another beard, Chumley, and Ted Danson, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And supposedly last fall, 2021, this (below) was supposed to be Austin with Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and Laura Dern.  We all know that Laura Dern was in October Sky with Jake.   The Six Degrees of Jake is jumping off the charts by this point.  But this photo is a bit hinky - Austin looks like he has a sumo wrestler costume on under the suit, I don't knowwwww 😉 ... another reason why we think it's hinky is because this Oceana event was October 26 last year, soon after Baby Tile's birthday.  Not a huge deal, but 👀 you could see where Danson and Steenbergen (and Laura Dern would be understanding for that matter) would be willing to provide GPS cover for Austin.

Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Laura Dern and Austin Nichols, 2021

• Ashley Park - also name-dropped in the article, look who was in attendance at this particular screening.  Ashley Park, whose television workload has really taken off since around 2017, same year she appeared in Sunday in the Park With George as part of Jake and Annaleigh Ashford's theater cast (a reward perhaps).  Isn't that something.  It was Ashley Park and Claybourne Elder's Instagram and twitter accounts in particular which were used during the SITPWG run to help peddle Leo the paper dog and GPS placement during Austin's birthday.  Good times and memories!

And there we have it!  Six Degrees of Jake in one little photo and Just Jared post.  Amazing, isn't it?  In one single photo.  Gotta love it!

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Late Anniversary observance:

It was six (6) years ago this past Saturday, March 12, 2016, that Austin and Jake were spotted hanging out together at SXSW 2016 in Austin, TX.   At 1:01 PM  in the afternoon, I sent a big heads up email to Oh My Godot blogspot's Grand Poobah, Special K, and our own Methodical Muser of an Austin sighting at the film festival.  It seemed too good to be true for we just didn't get these kinds of sightings anymore and hadn't seen the guys together since 2012.   Jakers and Austie ridin' in the Big Black Tahoe. 

And from there, my twitter account @goosestile proceeded to get into a Twitter meleé with another account by the name of Meganharris as she gaslit and flipped photos and turned them black and white, etc. etc.  but the bottom line was, the two men managed to "leak" two photos of themselves within the same frame.  Austin was turned around in one of them and a profile shot in the other, plus there needed to be a third party shoehorned in for Jake to be involved with, but as we look back now five years later, this was as far as they could take it, right?  

It was not an official photo op, no coffee cups in hand, no walking the sidewalks of NYC in front of brick walls even with a former nanny as a chaperone, but they had just had Baby Tile Congras very late in 2015, so this very well was their Baby Tile shoutout as we have pointed out their tradition for every child that they've had in our Day 30 of 30 Days of Toothy Tile, Grey Goose and the Baby Tiles Masterpost .  This is one of the clues that it was a purposely planned "accident":  the compromised twitter account captioning this as "precious".

Jake hugging a friend at SXSW, 2016

That photo (directly above) with the faceless friend was the "Personal Protective Equipment" (aka PPE) which was required for these very public and choreographed photos to be allowed:

Austin with Jake at SXSW Mar 12 2016

 

 

Austin's reflection, with Jake Mar 12 2016 SXSW

Six years ago.

 

Jake and Austin were not allowed (or perhaps intentionally a "no-go"), for an official photo op.  Couldn't even be seen both facing the camera together.  Couldn't be photo'd together in the Tahoe, you know, like we got to see Jake with the Tony's Hottie Guy in the back of the limo "jetting away together" back in 2013 {as discussed in our post "Getting Sunday Sentimental: Jake and the Tony's Hottie, Circa June 9, 2013"].  

But still, this was incredibly impactful because as stated before, they had not been seen together since 2012 and what had online commenters been saying, including Ted Casablanca?  

That they had both moved on (even from a platonic friendship, if one believed that was all that ever existed).  "Done-zo".

And since we're here, let's look at another similar OTP couple that Narnia has kept tabs on, which is Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.  You know, the ones who have polarized many of their fans into battle sides through public separation, separate career projects and the hugely splashed "prequel-gate", which was designed to drive the biggest wedge through their J2 fandom.  And though meard Misha Collins continues to receive bonus pay after bonus pay, once in awhile, Jared and Jensen will still occasionally slip out one of their own shout-outs.  The argument can be made that those shout-outs are also pandered, which some are because after all, they're still appearing at conventions and they want those fans to continue spending the exorbitant prices, but at least they are still the true OTP.

And similar to Jake and Austin prior to their sighting together at SXSW 2016, Jared and Jensen (in Tumblr-ville anyway), have been often hash-tagged and speculated to be "done-zo".  There's even a term batted around for it - J2divorce or J2fallout.  

So anyway, back to SXSW 2022.  Jensen wore a suede jacket in a spectacular, exquisite shade of sea glass in a big photo shoot for his new show, Amazon's The Boys, at this year's SXSW in Austin, TX.  I thought it was one of the most beautiful colored jackets I've ever seen.

 

Jensen for The Boys photoshoot 2022

 

[There are so many photos from the photoshoot, though with all of the filters used, it's hard to see which is the true color. The one above isn't the best photo, but many of the pics have Getty's watermark on them. ]  

But meard Misha Collins showed once again he can't be left out of anything. He has to either shoehorn himself in or be shoehorned in by TPTB to remind everyone that he's still under meard contract.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And so that was a breadcrumb to heller fans because you know, "blue and green" (which they stole from the larries) and all that.   Embarrassing, really.  But again, it shows that so much is coordinated when it comes to this trio of men.

J2 did allow for Jared to be seen at the after-party of The Boys at SXSW.  And I don't care how you try to spin it or downplay it.  It's comparable to beard Reese Witherspoon never being photo'd inside of the wall at Maggie Gyllenhaal's wedding with Peter Sarsgaard in Italy.

Stephen, Jake at Maggie Peter wedding Italy 05 02 09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That was at the height of the "Reeke relationship" between Jake and Witherspoon. If you recall, the twosome participated in a bike-riding photo op leading up to the wedding day and a PDA-sprinkled outing later with the matriarch. But Witherspoon did not get behind the wall. 

Well, as someone else phrased it on Tumblr, Jared was Jensen's plus-one at The Boys' after party.  You can see Jared in two separate videos and Jensen as well, but in neither vid, are both men facing the camera together.  And that is an important detail; may seem insignificant, but it's really not because it's a sign of things to come somewhere down the line for Jared and Jensen.  You're shown just enough, but not the whole enchilada. 

The video is shot so that it looks voyeuristic and "natural", but it's not natural. It was planned and it's allowed.  But like Jake and Austin's SXSW photo together, you'll gladly and thankfully take it.  LOL!

 

 

And at Prime's party concert with Jensen and members of The Boys cast:

And intern, I mean chronic Jared-basher tumblr account grumpygills can try to downplay and hyper-focus on his attendance that night (this is some real barrel-scraping reaching), 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smh.  Sorry to spoil that party, but this was a big night for Jensen because it was a professional appearance for him and the cast at a prominent film festival.   Jared wasn't in any of the promo photos.  But, he was where?  At the social events.  S-O-C-I-A-L.  Like a company holiday party.  Jared was the Plus-1, seen briefly but just enough to let it be known he was there, and that is hardly spotlight shoehorning, as that tumblr account would like folks to think.

End of.  Smh.

 

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In  celebration of St. Patrick's Day, here's a few of our faves wearing their green!

 

Liam in Brazil, June 2019

 

a young Louis Tomlinson

 

 

Jake at the Masters?  😊

Zayn Malik in ribbed green!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Niall Horan in green denim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Hosmer WOW!

 

Harry in Dublin 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

🍀🍀🍀🍀 Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀🍀🍀🍀

 

 

pic sources:  pinterest, Daily Fail, browntown substack, Just Jared Jr, wallpapers.com,

                     favim, walkingtalkinggone, gifs.com, Facebook, IMDb, Just Jared

our playlist:  Unicorn Song - The Irish Rovers

                     Come By the Hills - Celtic Thunder

                     Blarney Pilgrim/Kesh - Emmett Cooke

                     The Isle of Innisfree - Bing Crosby

                     Brown-Eyed Girl - Ryan Kelly and Neil Byrne

                     Don't Go - Ryan Kelly and Neil Byrne