Happy Valentine's Wishes to Narnia's Faves 2026

 

 

Well, here we are in 2026 and it's Valentine's Day already!  We're not doing anything fancy here, no poems, no haiku's, no song-and-dance, no box of chocolates, just best wishes to some of our favorite fellas OR couples, along with wishes for a fun day.  As if we needed a reason to post pictures or gifs of all these beautiful men! 😁 💖

In no particular order, however they come to mind.  [and you know, a couple of fictional television partners need to be included as well!]  Everyone will be listed at the bottom of the post.  I had a huge issue with formatting and so I'm not touching it anymore! 😂😂 and we're just going with the flow.

  

Ziam - always & forever

 

 

                                                      

                                                            Jared and Jensen

 

 

 

 

                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

And how about a shoutout to an "old" vintage favorite of Narnia's from back in the day?  Kradam, aka Kris Allen and Adam Lambert.

  

 

Yep, that's Kris Allen and Adam Lambert!  🔥

 

And don't freak, but it's time to end this one with our two fictional fave pair of professional partners (one of them new!) 

Jim Reed and Pete Malloy from Adam-12! 

 

And yes, I can't go, I mean we can't go without these two!  Ol' Roy and Johnny from Emergency! 

 

 

Starring in order:  Zayn Malik and Liam Payne, Zayn Malik solo, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, Leo DiCaprio, Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes, Shawn Mendes and Niall Horan, Adam Lambert, Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols, vintage Kris Allen and Lambert, Jim Reed and Pete Malloy, and finally, Roy DeSoto and Johnny Gage.

 

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

 

our pic sources: Blue Mountain,  rebloggy, twitter, tenor, chiefswire via usa today, tv worth 

                          watching,  johnnysgreenpen, iheartjake

our playlist:   Dear Valentine - Guster

                      Love Festival - Kool & the Gang

                      Love is All Around - Wet Wet Wet

                      I Live for Your Love - Natalie Cole

                      Love the One You're With - Luther Vandross

                      Elephant Love Medley (from Moulin Rouge soundtrack - feat. Nicole Kidman,

                                    Ewan McGregor and Jamie Allen 

 

The Sweater Boys Save 2020 Christmas - Merry Christmas to Us

 

Narnia Dispatches brings some of our fave people of the mic, silver screen, flat screen and natural grass to get you in the mood for a holiday evening spent with a nice movie, maybe some hot chocolate, popcorn, seasonal music, or perhaps a phone call to someone far away and let them know you're thinking of them.  How about some cozy sweaters???

Like Mr. Harry Styles in a very festive red sweater,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And let's just get this one done and over with, our regular bump in the road aka Blake Shelton, who crop dusts noncompliance onto Narnia posts.  So, here is Blake; with no sweater to be found, but we have snow and a muffler.  So, there you go.  😐

 lol, no, Blake looks quite hot there, doesn't he?? We're sure that Adam appreciates it!  😉

Speaking of whom, here's his guy Adam Levine,

And we can't have a theme post without couple Kevin McHale and Austin P. McKenzie!  Kevin always knows how to strike a pose, here he is in a bright yellow sweater,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and bonus Kevin with Austin in his knit top,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And well, you know that Liam Payne is going to rock a sweater.  We just are not worthy of Mr. Payne!

and so if we've got Liam, then that means his man Zayn is following.  Here is Sweater Zayn!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jensen Ackles seems to learn towards the thick and chunky sweater; check this terra cotta number out.  Very sharp, Jensen!

And there's no question, that Jared is going to follow.  This is a screencap from the show, but it is such a nice sweater, Narnia can't resist.

 

 

 

 

 

Where does one begin with Jake?  Jake Gyllenhaal is the kingpin of Sweater-dom!  The question is which one...

Niiiiice!!  And is Austin going to pull a Blake on us?  He's juuuust about as bad as Blake.   Eureka!! Check this one out, who would've thought?  Here's Jake's better half, Austin, in an actual chunky sweater.  I think my eyes deceive me.  This is from Sundance in 2014, with a fan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Without meaning to separate Louis Tomlinson from Harry, in my haste to sit Blake Shelton in the corner for always being the non-conformist, I neglected to get Louis in next to his partner, Harry!  Here is Sweater Louis, matching his guy, red for red.  We would expect no less.  They are an ideal couple, after all.

 

And how about #87, Travis Kelce, this year's Kansas City Chiefs nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year for 2020!  This guy knows how to stop traffic.

And donde esta Nialler?  Niall Horan in a fine coffee, cashmere looking sweater.

And while we don't see Patrick Mahomes too often (like, hardly!) in sweaters, this quilted-type jacket just about qualified as one.  It remains one of his best looks.

And Adam Lambert is here with a vintage sweater look,

And so, we're just going to leave this here, following Adam.  A bit of Mr. Kristopher Allen - looks like a perfect shawl-collar match to me!

😉

Josh Duhamel is going to round up this year's holiday pictorial, and Narnia had to dig back through his archives to find this one.  Josh seems to favor T shirts an awful lot.  ;-)  But he's got the cozy  going on here,

 

And that will end our sweater tour of our OTP's and honorary members.  Gets one in the mood for a cup of hot tea and perhaps a cookie or biscuit, doesn't it?

Narnia wishes to extend to our readers a huge thank you for visiting us and happiest of holiday greetings.  

pic sources:  Just Jared, Parade, depositphotos, YouTube, whifflegif,

                    Pudforallseasons, stockx.com, traditionaljewishgifts,

                    Provenwinners, grandmagazine, twitter, Glamour,

                    esquire

our playlist:  What a Glorious Night - Sidewalk Prophets

                     The Light of the Stable - Selah

                     One Candle - Peter, Paul and Mary

                     Cherry, Cherry Christmas - Neil Diamond

                     Buon Natale - Nat King Cole

                     Away in a Manger - American Boys Choir

                     Stille Nacht - Manheim Steamroller

 

Sunday Musings: Third Wheelin' Dealin' and Mysterio Hits the Gym?

Little bit of this, little bit of that...

• Apparently, Justin Bieber's team feels there's nothing like reminiscing about a memory of attending Coachella with a rumored date to.....do what, exactly?  He's freshly "married", should still be in honeymoon mode, but hey, let's post a Throwback like this one on your Instagram:

..."better be this good"?  There's no mistaking the insinuation of that statement.  But his social media team threw in a fond comment by his beard, I mean wife Hailey to help smooth things out and convey to the public that this reminiscing is A-OK with her.  And E! Online reminds us in this remarkable article, that Hailey is "Kenny's" BFF!


Justin Bieber is taking a trip down memory lane right in time for Coachella 2019. 
 
One day before the highly-anticipated music and arts festival kicks off in the Southern California desert, the pop star took to Instagram with an epic throwback from his Coachella experience in 2015. That year the Biebs attended the event with none other than Kendall Jenner, who he at the time was rumored to be romancing!
"Coachella better be this good this year," he captioned the snapshot taken within the festival grounds.
 
Four years later, it's pretty ironic to note that Justin's wife and Kendall's BFF, Hailey Bieber (then a Baldwin), also partied at Coachella with the pair. 
 
She even commented on her beau's post, "this pic gets me every time."
 
As for Kenny, she's yet to miss a Coachella since 2014. - Justin Bieber Gears Up for Coachella 2019 with Must-See Kendall Jenner Throwback on eonline
 
You can't make this stuff up, folks.  While Biebs is supposed to be flying high on the "loved up" cloud of his recent nuptials, E! Online and the singer want the public to believe he's instead looking in his cloud's rear view mirror, if you know what we mean. And that Hailey Bieber is A-OK with this post after partying with "the pair" at the festival is even more amusing. "Kenny" gave a playful Instagram comment of "Haha i'm dead".

And then E! Online ends their write-up with "Here's hoping Kendall and Justin get an opportunity to recreate their Kodak moment sometime this weekend!"   

Huh?  lol.  But looks like there's no big deal with this and they're all one happy family.  Here's "Kenny" and Hailey together this weekend at Coachella while Biebs is enjoying his 'me' time.  Perhaps he's seeking some pastor support this weekend???

Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner at #Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Day 1 in Indio, CA. (April 12, 2019) pic.twitter.com/QaV4x8f0gP

— Hailey Baldwin Updates (@HailsBaldwinCR) April 13, 2019

 

Interesting, isn't it?  How many relationships and marriages in Hollywood remain on such amicable and friendly terms even after a legal ending?  

Demi Moore and Bruce Willis
Naomi Watts and Liev Schrieber
Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield
Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder
Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
Fergi and Josh Duhamel

Just to name a few.  Is there any kind of pattern there?? ;-)

And remember this very friendly looking, but "accidental" bumping-into that took place after their "break up"?   Austin Nichols and Sophia Bush.

Maybe Austin, Jake, and Sophia could do a Biebs-"Kenny"-Hailey Instagram "we-are-family" post too, with a throwback to when they were all at the beach together in 2006:

and then with Austin carrying Jake's shoes,

 Good times!

• And Narnia wishes we could play a wholehearted "Ding Dong the you-know-what is dead", but this fauxmance was so devoid of conclusiveness and execution, we can't even muster up one chorus, lol.  Nonetheless, we are glad to see the end of Naomi Campbell's Tick-like attachment to the thriving Liam Payne.  Here's a couple of recent pictures of one of Narnia's faves.  

Has a VW bus ever looked any better?

.@coachella here I come 🚌🌵🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/kpDDhS5vbi

— Liam (@LiamPayne) April 12, 2019

Which then reminded 1D fans of this time:

I'm not crying
You are... pic.twitter.com/UDkuvpqsoH

— Joł😎 (@mordeczka_jol) April 12, 2019

Leave it to Liam to tug at the heartstrings with that picture.

Thank you, Liam!!

Special bonus - here's Liam's reaction to the VW bus:

http://thedailypayne.tumblr.com/post/184134937421/via-liampayne-insta-story-124

 

• For some reason, every time I see Kris Allen performing in the southeast (which is pretty much a fixture now), it feels like Kristopher's reaction to crossing west of the Mississippi is like George Costanza's in this episode of Seinfeld:

What's next on Kris's schedule?  An "intimate" performance on May 5 in Blue Ridge, GA at a private cabin.  The performance is listed as a fundraiser for Big Change [social impact accelerator that finds inspired youth with potentially world-changing ideas and helps them bring those ideas to life] and tickets are $68.27 (w/ service fee) and there is a $140 VIP Private Meet and Greet event.  

Sounds quite lovely anyway, doesn't it?  Mountains and a private cabin.  If you live in Arkansas, Georgia, Nashville TN, or New York, you've got a reasonable chance at seeing Kris perform.  If you live west of the Mississippi?  Wellllllllllll.....different story.

We have those American Idol memories and You Tube as well.   Interesting, isn't it?  Because this guy is quite talented.  He's a great songwriter and really has evolved as a singer.  But his geographical boundaries are narrowing instead of enlarging, which isn't a bad thing as long as he is happy and loves what he is doing.  When this Blue Ridge private cabin performance in May is the only listed tour date on the internet though, it does leave one kind of scratching their head. With two children to see through school and possibly college, it's kind of an interesting, non-ambitious path....

• Look at this dandy photo Austin posted on his Instagram this past week.  Love that tie!!

• Meanwhile, Jake's people want us to believe that he is re-shooting scenes from the Far From Home tentpole movie.  When IHeartJake posted the paparazzi photos, they were posted as "At a gym in West Hollywood".  But according to two different Instagram accounts, "ffh cast" and "the_comicb00k_lover", the gym photos were actually reshoots for the movie.  You don't say?  So, sounds like another case of End of Watch and the Subway "filming"?? Here's Jake hidden by a large black bag, along with some of the film crew? Co-stars from Far from Home? Are they shooting a scene? One in sweat pants and hoodie, the other in denim pants.  Working out at the gym?  Re-shooting?  Both???

Then, it was Cartier to the rescue again, holding a launch in Paris, France for Jake to be placed at.  Here he is chatting up a long-haired member of the female population [yes, we know, this is supposed to be Cadieu, but speaking as "concerned", i.e. entertained fans, we feel it is fair to state that we are not persuaded by these hinky, i.e. half-assed photos]

Heyyyyyy, that's not the elusive Jeanne Cadieu, is it?  Where in the heck has she been, anyway?  Oh, that's right! Jake has been overseas since the closure of his play, thus here comes Caribou from out of the wine cellar to help give him his needed cover. Because otherwise, it feels like a year or so since we were told these two were canoodl-ers.

Exclusive: Jake Gyllenhaal has been dating 22-year-old model Jeanne Cadieu since June 2018. https://t.co/Eip432LwrB

— Us Weekly (@usweekly) December 21, 2018

 
And this is supposedly her and beau Jakers at the Paris airport on Apr 10.   Notice Jake is practicing for his lead role in Phantom of the Opera - half of his face is missing.

So, Jake goes from New York City cross country to Los Angeles to post-produce a re-shoot of a Far From Home gym scene allll the way over to Paris, France for a Cartier launch, then back to New York City to flip himself off.  Here's Jake pointing at his own nose, allegedly today:

Let's hope that Cadieu followed him back to the Big Apple and the couple could have a Met Gala coming out, how about it, kids?

• Looks like Jared and Jensen are playing their "New York City" narrative, except theirs is the "Austin TX" narrative.  Their social media is frequently sprinkled with pictures which lack solid date stamping.  In other words, they merely list a current ongoing event, but there is not veritable proof that the pictures are current.  And what are the chances of photo layering being used with an added background photo?  

Here was Jensen allegedly at the WGC Dell Match Play held in Austin, TX, and a stop on the PGA Tour. 

  
The match play ran from March 27 through the 31st.  Jensen's photo was posted on March 30, thus likely, I mean possibly allowing time to snap that background photo and layer his on top.  

And the "Ivan Shawski Shaw" for J2, aka Steve Carlson, providing the use of his Instagram to place Jensen as possibly working on some music at Arlyn Studios, which is in, of course - Austin, TX:

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Steve Carlson (@stevecarlson) on Apr 13, 2019 at 11:31pm PDT

and then Jensen added his own photo yesterday:

We are to presume the photo was taken recently, because 1) Steve Carlson placed himself in the Austin studio yesterday.  Not necessarily a deal sealer.  But then there's point 2) one might argue, which is because of the heavy scruff; the follicle growth which causes fans to conclude that beard = hiatus so it must be current.  Makes sense.   Could be.  Or could not necessarily be.  Interesting the photo is in black and white.  And believe it or not [this is now truly interesting to know], did you know that facial hair can be created in photos?  I don't expect anyone to watch this whole video, but as I told M&M - know that it exists.  This was fascinating.  And kind of scary.

There are other more current videos because believe it or not, this particular one is from 2014!  So, definitely enough to make me stroke my own chin in contemplation.  LOL!  

Seriously however, depending on the distance of the subject and the filter, one could see follicle alteration as being a distinct possibility. 

Guaranteed money shot of absolute placement?  A major, televised award show.  Or a live, televised sporting event.  Here was such an example - Patrick Mahomes with the alleged ruler of his television remote control on his right.

Yessir @PatrickMahomes pic.twitter.com/LZMCAjnkJa

— Ben Hanson (@keehawk12) April 7, 2019

•And if anyone was able to catch this historical moment in America, South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, with his husband at his side.  Truly, this was a genuine, historic moment.  Someone who is stepping up due to the dire situation in our country.

Such a touching moment between Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten. Seeing a gay couple have a legit shot at occupying the White House shows us there is hope for a more inclusive future. #PeteForAmerica pic.twitter.com/lJeB0sGwdL

— Adam Best (@adamcbest) April 14, 2019

I'm glad to be alive to see this day.

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So, a little bit of this, a little bit of that...and Monday's around the corner.  So let's go get 'em.

pic sources:  giphy, criminalelement, IHJ, Collinstark Photography,
                     pinterest, HuffPost Australia
our playlist: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - The Monkees
                    The Game of Love - Santana (featuring Michelle
                                                     Branch)
                    Stay (Just a Little Bit Longer) - Maurice Williams and
                                                     the Zodiacs