Announcements, Autograph Nothing Burgers and Other Narnia Musings

 

LOL!  Look at that cat!  That gif is a killer.  😂

Unfortunately, that was me too often in school & college days.  😭😅 

Anyway, it can't always be fun and games.  We must scoot the frivolities out of the way!

👋 Happy day to all!  Before we post again, there are a few items of business which we need to tend to.

1.  Somehow, we lost our Search box that used to be in the upper left corner of the web page. Not to fret, though, in case you want to search those tags!  We added a new Search box and it is located on the right column, right above our stupendous Bernard Baruch quote and Disclaimer.  

[I will add though, that on my IPad, I was able to see the Search box back in its original spot!  Go figure.  For a couple of Microsoft browsers, it is missing.]

At some point, I need to figure out how to get it added back where it used to be, but for now, this is a seamless fix!

Now, search away!  

2.  Contacting either myself (Prairie Girl/PG) or Methodical Muser

After Methodical Muser's May 25th post about Zayn Malik, we were visited by a relatively new commenter who was trying to pose as a former Oh My Godot blogspot poster from nine (9) years ago.  At the same time, the party was also trying to pose as a fan/follower of Louis Tomlinson, and soon their true intent became clear as they would slip in damaging/ false narratives about Louis, in a back-handed fashion.  

That kind of tactic is not going to fly here and so several of their comments were deleted.

We at Narnia would like to keep the blog open to comments or discussion, so we will continue to be vigilant about its moderation.  

If you have a question or comment, the best way to do it is here on the blog, in the comment section (and it doesn't matter which post you use).  I will receive a notification to an inbox that I check every day.  As M&M says, we'll be quicker at replying to comments than we are at actually posting.  LOL!  

I know, that's not really funny, is it?  😭

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And well, I thought this would just be a post with some announcements, but when you have this big piece of canvas just asking for something more interesting to add, the urge cannot be resisted.  So I'm going to flip this board because this author has some opinions and questions.

 

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*  Has Blake Lively (and Ryan Reynolds)'s team been working overtime or what?  This post from June just really said it all.  On the surface, the reason for the photo op supposedly was because she had on a summer-y looking outfit.  There she was, smiling for the paps.  In New York City. 👀

But then came the 10,000x update on the mass of scripted lawsuits she's involved in, along with Justin Baldoni.  Predictably, some have "fallen apart" already.

What a clown show they've all concocted. 

Fast forward two months later and they're still at it.  Both parties and their people are using the tabloids to promote this legal nonsense.  When I can count on Just Jared to post every headline fed to them by PR teams, including this one from two days ago, which uses the phrase, "Face-to-Face Showdown", then I know this isn't serious business.  This headline seems more fitted for that old show, MTV Celebrity Deathmatch.  😣

 

 

 * Meanwhile, Mr. Austin Nichols has been doing nothing but promoting the heck out of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" which is now at the streaming stage.  The movie had its trailer debut at a special screening in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 14.    Looks like Austin was not in attendance, even though he later appeared on KTLA in Los Angeles.  💭💭

 

Since this time, Austin has been giving his Insta Stories a real work-out, placing himself far, far away from Jake, who has been VERY visible in ... Rhode Island, filming "Remain", a shoot that has been going on apparently since the end of his play, "Othello".  There is not enough megabyte space to post Austin's content and with no guarantees on Jake's exact filming dates for "Remain", we at Narnia can only assume that there has been a Gyllynichols Annual Fam Vacation worked into this summer at some point.

Who can ever forget when the code was cracked for the Summer of Mammoth Springs?  #GoodTimes  

 

*  This is some kind of slick PR work.  Another garlic necklace in place because just like with last year's hospital visit to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, this one in Florida also emphatically tells us:  

"No crews allowed.   No media even notified."

This was a preemptive strike before anyone could accuse her people of using such a kind-hearted gesture as any kind of PR-related event.

And this post is not knocking the visit as far as doing a tremendous amount of good for the children patients and their families, even the staff as well. Bringing smiles and good will goes a long way.

But with all the emphasis on how paps nor news outlets were called, and yet the photos and videos are everywhere on social media and notable web sites like Just Jared and People.com., it tells you the visit counted on cell phones to convey "privacy" and "spontaneity". 

Last year on December 12, Shifty, aka Taylor Swift, visited Children's Mercy and everyone was clearly told the same reminder about how "television stations were not called, these are from people who were present at the hospital."  

Both visits to Children's Mercy and this year's to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, included mentions of her "boyfriend", Travis Kelce, for the recording cameras, as well. Isn't that something.

A gargantuan amount of photos and videos covering a wonderfully diverse hospital community of patients, and yet that evening, her team wanted to place known Trump "ally" (as called by the Daily Fail), Wayne Gretzky at the same suite, and sitting with her and Travis for awhile.

But like one reply I saw on X, the limited photos all look hinky.  Travis is in different lighting and you can see the skin tone separation line on Gretzky's profile.  But maybe that's a foundation line?

 

There was this video, even though it wasn't from a network:

 

And oh wait, while you're at it, you may need this for assistance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I mean ... the guy has on a dark suit ... he's sitting where the (limited) photos show he was sitting ... so I RECKON that was likely him? 

But I was not solidly sold, sorry!

Meanwhile, the high visibility for a Stanley Cup playoff game was to place Travis in Florida (where he allegedly has a mansion so he can train there for about two weeks) on June 12, while Patrick was a can't-miss in Kansas City, spending Tuesday, June 10 right behind home plate with Brittany Matthews, drawing all kinds of attention away from rookie Jac Caglianone's debut at Kauffman Stadium, and all the while wearing a Royals jersey with his own name/number on it! 👀   (Ah well, he is one of the owners, after all and we are thankful for that.)

Now, not only was Matthews there, but his generously compensated meard Gehrig Dieter was sitting a few seats down the row in his Yankee gear.  

Remember last season when Patrick had to make another big scene at the playoffs vs the New York Yankees with the meard?

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hash tagging of Dieter's name in that tweet was a clown touch, I have to say. That guy has never gone away, has kept bouncing back like a boomerang - does some coaching (as an intern) for the Chiefs, serves as an ambassador for a couple of local Chicken and Pickle's, and appears weekly on local sports talk radio station 810AM - WHB where it can always be reminded that he was a "bff" of Patrick's.

It really is amazing the career/life of a meard.  You have Gehrig Dieter who made a career out of it while mostly being a part of the practice squad.  You have Ross Travis (for Travis) who has been very well compensated for his time by getting to travel worldwide and hang with the famous of Hollywood.  There has been one of the biggest spongers ever in actor Misha Collins, who has been an incredibly compensated meard for Jensen Ackles all these years.  Oh, and Blake Shelton serving as Adam Levine's meard for the duration of "The Voice". 

And then there's Jakers, who creates a new Hello-My-Meard Name-Is tag for every director or co-star of whatever latest film he's working on, possibly the long-time kingpin of meard usage.  Hard to keep up with that guy!  😬  

Sheesh!  

 

* And what was this ?????  Tell us it ain't so, former Prime Minister Trudeau! 😧

Come on, you don't need to do this. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 * Looking forward to the opening of Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes' restaurant, 1587 Prime.   They're at the kitchen creation stage, so must be getting close!

It's a tough time right now to be opening an upper-end restaurant, so let's just hope they can have success with it.  I think this author will just be able to maybe walk by outside and look in if they post a copy of the menu in the window.  😂 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 * When you spot something odd on social media, it's usually not a nothing burger.  Take for instance this random tweet that showed up in a Royals' player's twitter search.

 

For one thing, it was unfounded.  "Came out" when? Before the game?  They're practicing and getting ready for the game.  After the game?  

The tweet appeared right after a Sunday road game when the Royals team routinely has to leave immediately following in order to get on the bus and catch their flight, either for Kansas City or the next city.  Interviews with players for a post game show are rarely/never received because of this reason. Fans are fortunate to get a few words from the manager Matt Quatraro following the game.  But again, from players?  Hardly ever, ever.  So for that reason alone, this person's tweet stood out to me as not believable.  

When a closer look at "Marcy's" account shows that it joined the forum in March 2022 but at the time of this tweet, had only eight (8) posts? In three (3) years, eight total tweets/posts. Most of which were about the gymnastics performances of an alleged family member?  And here were the dates of the tweets/posts from this "Marcy" account:

06-09-22

02-09-25

03-06-25

05-16-25

06-25-25

06-27-25

 

That was it.  And then on the 20th of July , she is compelled to tweet about attending a Royals game, rips rookie Jac Caglianone, but praises a veteran player over alleged autograph signing/non-signing, but yet hash tags #GoGators (of which the Florida Gators is Jac's old school)?   

The Royals didn't visit Miami in 2024 (Miami came to KC).  But they did play in Miami in 2023. 

I'm not buying this.  Had she tweeted this same tweet after the Saturday or Friday game, I would've believed it was possible.  But not after a Sunday game on the road.  

The question is, why is someone using a suspect looking account to diss Jac, a player who has been often mentioned and photographed on Instagram and Twitter as one who spends a lot of time posing for photos with fans or signing autographs.  Why him specifically?  Why make a point to elevate the other teammate?  And what about the other players?

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* Seeing and hearing this more and more in sports interviews/podium speeches regarding playing, wanting to win, how one practices, etc.

Doing it "the right way".

"We're going to celebrate "the right way."  "motivated the right way" 

What does that mean?   As opposed to wanting it or doing it the wrong way?  And if there are those doing these things the "wrong" way, why is it being outed without actually being outed?  😉 

 

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And because we're also in the business of enjoying our fave guys PLUS + (since it's my post and I love sports! 😄) some other random engaging individuals, let's end with some awesome pics and wish everyone a great week!   This will be just a random photo dump with no rhyme or reason, just because we've gotta have fun!

This guy is Nico Hischier and he is the center and team captain of the NHL's New Jersey Devils.   

 

Look at this guy - here's Austin recently in a live chat.  Looking good as ever in his scholarly specs:
  

 

Credit to the owner of this photo, I didn't ever properly label/credit it.  But here are Liam and Zayn in black and white:

 

from Up All Night Tour, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have to take advantage of whatever chance I get to wish congratulations to this fantastically smart and professional MLB pitcher Seth Lugo, on his contract extension with the KC Royals.  This fan is thrilled and the pitching department will greatly benefit from this re-signing.  He spent seven years with the NY Mets, then signed with the San Diego Padres for one year so he could pitch as a starter.  After one season with the Padres, he signed with the Royals last year and I don't know how we became so fortunate to get him here, but he's here. 🎉🎉

 

 

Seth on the left, Bobby Witt Jr in middle, TV announcer Joel Goldberg on right

Seth is awesome - love that he is a Royal!

 

Look at this old photo of former One Tree Hill actor Roberto (and now a favorite in Hallmark movies!), aka Robert Buckley, I came across in my photos: 

 

 

Allegedly this was Jake in New York City sometime recently, I mean, on July 20.  I just want to let him know that Methodical Muser is questioning that the photos were from this year of 2025.  LOL!

 

 

Ol' Jakers.  Miss that guy and his newspaper.  😔

 

 

And this was a great photo of Louis at the Lodz Festival in Poland, last month, 

credit:  LouisUpdatesPoland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This shirt on Harry (old pic!),

 

Bode Calorie print louie shirt, Nov 21, 2019 Zane Lowe interview

 

Shoutout to another Kansas City Royal (because it's not only baseball season, but it's playoff-hunt time!) who made the All*Star team for the first time, had a base on balls, and scored in this year's game.  All*Star Third Baseman Maikel Garcia is having a really terrific year and deserves more claps.   Plus, he has some of the best bat flips.

 

 

If you have a cat family member or have pet sat one, this might be something you can identify with.   

We'll end with this funny moment. Rise and shine.

 

Watch this space for another post soon because there are a few things to say about what is going on with Louis Tomlinson and the sabotage job going on there with him.

 

pic/video sources:  Shouldhaveacat Twitter,  KC Royals Instagram, loveisntoverrated,

                              tumblr, Just Jared,  Tik Tok, tenor, hsschier twitter, IHeartJake, 

                              Click2Houston, LouisUpdatesPoland twitter

our playlist:  Convince Me Otherwise - Maroon 5 (feat. H.E.R.)

                     Mapenzi - Bahati 

                     Stronger Now - Macedo 

                     Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind

 

Louis Tomlinson's Doncaster Duperies: Ringing in the New Year

 

Given last week's holiday shenanigans, a few friendly reminders need to be refreshed to provide a much-needed context to explain out-of-the blue photoshopped images, video footage that cannot be time-verified, and a tiresome het-driven narrative rekindled.

OTP Public Separation Rule #1 which apparently needs to be reviewed once more:

Rule #1:  Birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Anniversaries, Easter, 4th of July, Memorial Day weekend (yes, even Memorial Day weekend because in America, it's also known as a big "vacation" weekend).  These occasions are known as times for families, friends, significant others, and partners to want to be together.

So, like Groundhog Day, TPTB are going to do all they can to convince the public that an OTP is most definitely not together during holidays and special occasions.  Not surprisingly, the most cost effective and efficient way to convey this physical separation is to post manips and/or other visual images on social media to place the couple far apart from one another. If family can be used to amp up the authenticity, even better. 

Case in point.  Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols.

The holiday months of November and December are known as birthday months for their closeted children, as well as for Jake himself on December 19. Not surprisingly, under the radar Jake Gyllenhaal suddenly begins to be shown in NYC with the pretext that he is preparing for his big Broadway show Othello, co-starring Denzel Washington.  Here's Jake, for instance, with one of his many meards, director Denis Villeneuve, allegedly backstage at the Gotham Awards, held December 2, 2024.

That's some pretty creepy shadowing for an awards show don't you think?

So, where's Austin?  Who is usually placed in Austin, Texas. Oh, well, he's been conveniently cast in a sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer, and guess what? It's filming in .... Australia!  LOL - could you get these two guys any further apart in the month of December? Two different hemispheres of separation. 

Here's Austin using his Instagram, to let everyone know he's in Australia, in the event anyone missed it.

And then predictably back in Austin, TX for a family Christmas. The pic was posted to social media on December 25 in case anyone wondered where he is spending the holiday. Remember, everything's planned. Then executed for public consumption:

This same separation tactic has been carried out by Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles' team for well over a decade.  

And Narnia isn't just talking about the times when work is involved (touring, TV or movie filming, fan conventions, etc.), but specifically SAG holidays or some other special day, people and couples tend to share during down times.  If possible, Management is going to try to prove that an OTP is not even in the same state.  Bank on it.

When this happens, take pause and ask why would circumstances be any different when the special occasion is not only the Christmas holiday, but Louis Tomlinson's birthday, which just so happens to fall on Christmas Eve?  For TPTB, this is a double whammy!

True to form, Sony did not disappoint to exploit the opportunity to rile up the Larrie fandom while unleashing the trolls and other nonbelievers.  First came the photoshopped drop, with Louis exhibiting an impressive wingspan. Oh, and notice how the color black is "worn" so often?  Everyone's in black, all the time. Even during Christmastime when people tend to opt for more festive colors.

Now, why might that be?  Well, because this way, areas where people are merged together can be blended more easily and pant lines don't have to be visible. No way of identifying where one person's leg ends, and another person's body begins.  In other words, the color black hides the photoshop merging.  It's like one big mass of well, the color black.

 

The hand:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surely someone is looking at these images on a device other than their phone. This manip, for instance, is one of the least believable.  A photoshop so terrible that management gaslighting of the Larrie fandom comes to mind.

The sweater:

Here's a closer look.

 

Hmmm

 One more time. 

 

 

 

 

It's easy to see what can be missed when just a cell phone is relied upon to look at these photos.

Louis' face is a mess.  The fan's fingers are a merger of two hands - and the change in skin tones at the knuckles can be easily seen (is her gigantic hand even resting on Louis' shoulder?). Look at the difference in Louis' bangs and the merging of the tops of two different heads of hair.

Now some fans have already approximated the original age of Louis in the sweater clad photo that was used given that the pic is obviously of a much, much younger Louis Tomlinson.  Other fans also recognized that he had worn that sweater back in November 2022 for Faith in the Future Album Promo Day. Therefore, we are to believe that a teenage Louis is wearing a sweater that he wasn't even seen in until he was nearly 31. In other words, that's some pretty serious time traveling going on here.

But even if fans were unable to pre-date the photo (like Narnia), one could just look at this mess of a composite and be able to see that it's fake.

Remember:  all that's required is for one photo to be manipulated to discredit the remainder of the other released batch of visual cues.  And then when the same cardigan is strategically "draped" over a piece of furniture in the background of a Snapchat video conveniently posted on Louis' Birthday by one of his sisters, well hey - Louis must have been in Doncaster!  Right? That's the "same" cardigan!  And hey, when that "spot the cardigan evidence" is posted by Phoebe Tomlinson, well fans want to believe that she would not post something that wasn't true.  Confirmation bias takes care of the rest - those who never wanted to believe that Louis and Harry were together in the first place. Mission accomplished. 

Just remember that Phoebe may not have been proactively involved. A Sony intern could easily access her account to post the video. 

Come on, Sony.  This is so lame, it's not funny.

 

TPTB should be embarrassed.  This isn't Amateur Hour.  

Or (as Harry would say), is it?  😜

Okay, let's move on to another classic example of visual manipulation. The technique of "sliding" Louis in from the side, a common trademark of photoshopping placement.  This way, digital artists don't even have to try and re-size, align, merge, etc.  They just have to "slide" the celebrity in halfway.

Notice, here's more of the color black.  Let's face it, if someone is a fan and that person gets to meet Louis and have him pose for a photo but cuts off half of his face, why wouldn't s/he take another one?  Why are you cutting off half of Louis?  

Of course, there's something strange about that photo from the beginning, barring a "halved" Louis. There's the person in the middle who is obviously there but positioned too far back to be believable, while the shorter "fan" is then pasted in front of her. Are these two people even in the same place? This is what is called a composite photo. A pic where two images are layered together to create a new, unified photograph. Slide a photo of Louis in from the side and there it is. Wow! A photo of Louis partying with some random girls in Doncaster on his birthday!!!

Here is another photo, where it's pretty clear that a little too much has been cut off from Louis' leg, legs which should not look that "far away".   It's also amusing how that bust line was pasted (smashed) up against what looks like Louis' stomach.  But, hey - in addition to the separation, it's important to sell that het too. 

And to make Louis' out and about'ing in Doncaster that day look more legit, there was even a video.  But was there anything about the video which time-stamped it?  Could have been recorded at any time.

Are we picking on Louis?  Absolutely, not.  But this is his image being used by Sony to continue to sell their tiresome narratives. 

Most likely, Louis simply wasn't in Doncaster over the holiday and to celebrate his 33rd birthday.  He was with his SO, Harry Styles.

Namely, somewhere else.

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And speaking of PR laziness, Jake Gyllenhaal's team, who have needed to place him in New York City over the SAG holidays of Christmas and Hanukkah to New Year's, have his Instagram account simply post a video story about a NYC bakery called, "From Lucie".  Oh, he's not in it. Just the power of suggestion that he must be in NY. Because, no surprise, the bakery is located in the East Village. In fact, the establishment is coincidentally only a few miles from the Ethel Barrymore Theater where Jake's performance in Othello will be running in the spring and where he has likely been rehearsing on and off, but not necessarily during Thanksgiving. Or his Birthday. Or Christmas. Or New Year's. In fact, after posting this speculation, Narnia can't wait to see what new proof his team will be releasing in the near future to assure us all he is in fact in NYC. Remember teams have patterns and are oh-so-predictable in their closeting habits.  

 

Jake's Insta story from this past Thanksgiving on goodies from the same bakery, From Lucie. 😉

Just another example of how these kinds of mutual business arrangements work out for both parties.  It's too bad that geographic placement in order to separate an OTP, is sometimes one of the goals behind them.

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Who's going to be the latest friend, colleague, past co-star, actors' union, fellow closeted peer to help "speak up" for victimized Blake Lively?  How many Just Jared posts have there been on this story?

 

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Narnia expects and has already seen numerous photo manipulations involving Chiefs' players Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes.  We've noticed them with some KC Royals players.  Let's hope this is not becoming an all-too-often unnecessary trend.  

The majority of fans in Kansas City are not watching these athletes this closely.  They want to cheer the teams on, attend games, tailgate, buy merchandise.  They're not invested in their personal lives unless something news-worthy happens.  So why are these two local organizations going overboard with their photoshopping - it's becoming too commonplace.  

This "sighting" is allegedly from New Year's Eve last night, involving Chiefs' defensive linebacker Nick Bolton.

This is how it'll look on your phone.

Looks okay at first glance, right?  And hey! How spontaneous, credible and organic does this look because they're in the pasta/rice aisle! Athletes after all are all about the carbs.  😉 

Well, something looks kind of off though... let's blow this up.

The bottom half of her face is larger than the top.  It's not aligned right at all.  Those are two faces merged together to form one.

The shelving in the top several rows also don't quite look aligned (?), but I think the point has been made.

 

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* LATE BREAKING *  01-01-25

Oh hey, guess what?  Another round of Louis Tomlinson out-and-about celebrating the New Year with fans.  Lots and lots and lots of fans!  No family to be seen.  Any recognizable lads??  No?   

Nope, just lots of strangers, I mean fans.  Narnia doesn't have the blogger space to keep posting all these photos and videos, Louis?!   😂  We don't know who all these people are.  

We at Narnia are just wondering why are there so many Louis Tomlinson "fans" gathering around wherever he goes?  And no sign of streamers, "Happy 2025!" signage, balloons, party favors and hats, confetti, horns, where is all of that? Even more curious is that Laddy Lad Louis doesn't even have a drink in his hand in any of these establishments. Not even a beer. What in the heck kind of party or street celebrating goes on in Doncaster during New Year's celebrations?

Because, once again, there was nothing in the latest batch of photos and videos released that time stamps when they were conducted/taken.   

Demand more from these lying social media teams. Don't reward them with anger or frustration. That implies they are doing a good job.

This fan gets it, folks:

 

 

 

Please don't blame Louis.  This is what Sony wants.  It's no different from any other holiday/anniversary/birthday prior to this.  Despite some loosening of the reins in other areas, there are two words which we must remind everyone of:

Simon. Jones.

Simon Jones is still at the helm of Louis' image.  

Just like the real death of Heath Ledger torpedoed what remained of the Brokeback Mountain fandom and Jack Twist/Ennis DelMar fan fiction on Live Journal. No doubt one of the intentions from the alleged death of Liam Payne was to extinguish the Ziam fandom once and for all.  

Those are two different situations, but this author feels that Sony may have learned what happened when Heath passed away and how it really decimated the Brokeback fans and any further inspiration for fanfic.

Ziam was real.  Ziam is real.  But this alleged "death" of Liam will quiet those fans and the continuation of accompanying fan fiction.  

Larrie is still very much active online and Sony's not going to relent in their intent to destroy the majority of Larrie believers and fandom.  

Don't let TPTB run roughshod over you. 

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* Later BREAKING * 1-05-25

Another classic example of how closeting and media manipulation works. Fans question the veracity of Louis' placement in Doncaster during the New Year's 2025 celebration and TPTB swoop in and use mass media to "document" and market their "official" narrative. What a surprise that the Daily Fail tabloid (one of Cowell's go-to enablers) is more than happy to comply with supplying the "authoritative" evidence. 

Narnia especially loved the use of Facebook as the community gathering hole for local responses and what a nice touch to "explain" why the hometown lass, Lottie Tomlinson, wasn't there for some family time. Thus, another thread added to an already-tall tale being spun. 

Once again, thanks to TPTB for telling the public what they somehow desperately "needed" to know (even though no one was asking) about Louis's holiday whereabouts. 

Oh, and Louis. Please say hello to Harry for us. Wherever you two are.  Happy New Year!

Louis is just a hometown lad

Collaboration:  Prairie Girl and Methodical Muser

pic sources:  giphy, Google Maps

our playlist:  Happy New Year - ABBA

                     What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

                     Auld Lang Syne - James Taylor

                     Same Auld Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg

Happy Birthday, Jake Gyllenhaal - number 44!

Well, look who's 44 now.  Mr. Jakers - where do the years go?  Goodness gracious.  

We at Narnia don't want to make a big fanfare about it, but we did want to salute Jake and wish him a safe and healthy path to 45. We are assuming he, Austin and the fam are in the state of New York or New Jersey somewhere celebrating.   Hope their California digs made it through the recent fires alright.

Celebrating Jake with a few personal favorite photos!

That photo of Jake in the red polo reminds me of the Oh My Godot poster "Jason", who gave such great comments on the blog and used that photo as his blogger avatar.  Hope Jason is doing well!

Haughty Jake - a favorite!

in SNL

in SNL

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As GoosesTile, I must take advantage of Narnia's space to say this about Jussie Smollett's overturned "conviction" - I'm not surprised and was always wondering if he was going to have to go back to prison after being released the first time (he didn't).  I always felt that he had been set up and used my twitter to express that opinion and belief.  

As an open member of the LGBTQ community, as a man of color, and as a human rights activist, Jussie stood for everything that TPTB aim to corral and control. Again - Jussie was out.  He was proud.  He was successful.  

And so that made him a target.  And so like other false, alleged criminal accusations, the case "fell apart" by having loopholes.  Will Jussie's career be allowed to continue?  That remains to be seen.  But thankfully, he has been set free.  

Narnia could do a post looking at many of these alleged cases which mysteriously fall apart like a house of cards, resulting in dropped charges or in Jared Padalecki's case, non-existent hearings and any updates or resolutions pretty much disappearing from sight.

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Oh look, an alleged eyewitness who just now comes out of the woodwork with his account of the alleged incident involving Liam Payne.  He certainly sounds "traumatized", doesn't he?  smh.

We're not dignifying this phony "storytelling" by showing the entire post.  As always, TPTB cannot resist embellishing.  In their eyes, the more "details", the more convincing they think it sounds.  In reality, the gang-piling of witnesses or "inside sources", especially when they occur on a greatly delayed basis like this one, is a huge red flag that we're being spoon-fed.  

Just stop.

Narnia continues to monitor this incident and will post when we feel it's the best time to do so.  In the meantime, we might give the movie Pinocchio another watch.

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Well, someone submitted this story to Just Jared about the uber "secret" visit to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

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Alas, we have more, but looking at the hour on the clock, this post had better hit Publish! while it's still Jake's birthday.  LOL!

Happy Friday Eve, everyone!

pic sources:  tenor, funimada, IHeartJake, mayacmp-bell, Gyllenbabble, Gyllenhaalstories, Just Jared

our playlist:  I Believe in Christmas - Yvonne Lyon

                     This Christmas - Christina Martin

                     Time to Deck the Halls - Jeannie Tanner Quartet

                     Bring On the Holidays - Tobymac

                     It's Time to Celebrate - Craig McConnell and Robyn Newman

                     Do You Hear What I Hear - King and Country