Good morning, everyone! September morn...as Neil Diamond would say, eh? lol. We just had a northerly front blow through and temps dropped about twenty degrees so this is a nice break. What else is breaking? Who said anything about breaking? Nah, we have just a couple of news items to go over. Let's get going.
Well, this interview appeared on Twitter via You Tube and so it's current and we're told took place during the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend. While there was the usual shoehorning of the sister and generic word "family", there were some interesting quotes and phrases which seemed to crop up several times. Again, The Sisters Brothers is based on an historical novel which takes place in Oregon and California, yet for some reason, filming took place in Spain, Romania and a country you don't see mentioned in the press nearly as often - France. Yes, France.
Jake says at different points in the interview:
"Oftentimes, people say things to me like 'you don't seem American' and I take that as a compliment"
"searching and searching and going out in the world"
"feeling like a foreigner"
"be a part of the world"
"I love the opportunity that making films in other parts of the world gives you."
Reminds this long time Jake follower of the time when Jake was a judge at Berlinale and was obsessed with the number 5. In particular, he was asking for giveaways/items in quantities of five. As in five Baby Tiles who would all want a souvenir from Papa? As some may be familiar with this trait of Jaker's, he can be a tad on the obsessive side and reckless. After all, how do you think we have been able to accumulate so many clues pointing towards the existence of the legendary Baby Tile(s)?? Here's the You Tube video where the interviewer asks him why he had been obsessed with the number 5:
And so now, if you've been paying attention, Jake seems to have been in a grand mood for several years, dropping plenty of bread crumbs along the way that he is not in the United States much anymore.
Notice too that this morning, now comes another French publication where Jake has granted an interview that will busy his timeline today because he mentions "Marvel" and "Tom Holland". Add this interview to the GQ France issue which gave more chatter and several new pictures of Jake in afghan sweaters which has occupied his social media search for weeks. The lucky French! One might think Jake has gotten more comfortable and familiar with this area of the world.
Uh yes, it is very much becoming so, for some of us, buddy. LOL!
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And who says couples can't groom together? With some additional testimony that PR teams borrow from the same book, we have Jared Padalecki and his beard enjoying mask-time together.
Hmmm, where have we seen this Maybelline Bonding before? Oh, yes...
Austin and his previous beard, Chlo Bennet. Aaah, the memories, the memories. More like, the emasculation of it all, huh?
Oh, and how about a two-fer? There has also recently been this Padackles/Jaustin beams crossing moment. Here's a flashback - Jake and his closet enabling make up man: Donald Mowat.
Mowat has been beneficial to Jake helping to place him in a "state of filming" or "filming completion". He also helps to geographically place him in Los Angeles, London, etc. in addition to (and this is the important one), owning an Instagram account where he can post all of this Jake whereabout information. The Padackles foursome seem to have found their own make-up artist enabler by the name of Billy Mercer. Mr. Mercer is the lead artist and co-owner of Austin, TX's "Lip Service Beauty Concierge". Seems he is supposed to have turned the big 4-0 recently and a big party ensued. Of course, everyone there was visible, except for Jared. That's right. Jared was supposed to be preoccupied attending a college football game. I think we all know how that one goes....
Of course, a popular narrative has been that Jared cannot tolerate his hired beard whatsoever, causing him to actually stay away from this big 4-0 wing ding. Fans should be careful where they are very obviously being led though, because when it comes to the tricky Hollywood closet, the divining rod rarely leads to the water hole so easily. All remains still to be seen, but with this crew, the words Proceed With CAUTION don't even seem strong enough, lol.
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For the Outlook Calendar or anyone in a traveling mode: Austin Nichols is scheduled to be at the Walker Stalker convention in Atlanta GA the weekend of October 26, 27 and 28th. Nice, accessibleeast coast location, isn't it? Jake's movie "The Sisters Brothers" has been added to the line-up at the London Film Festival which runs from October 10 through the 21st. And Big Sis Maggie has been added as a speaker to the same festival. Hey, look at that....October 10 through the 21st over in London; why, seems that means the festival window is going to overlap Baby Tile Number One Son's birthday. Should be an interesting time period with a lot of deflection and distraction, don't you think?
And to wrap this short post up, let's send everyone off with one of the brightest smiles which exists - that which belongs to King Louis Tomlinson! Here he is from an X Factor moment. What a smile!
pic sources: Daily Express, Keysmash, Steven Universe wiki, The Weather Continues, The Hollywood Reporter our playlist: The Creationist - Kerli I Love Your Smile - Shanice
Let's now take a look at the irrepressibly roguish, Louis Tomlinson. The
youngest of our emasculated OTPs and a classic example of how a management team
tries to control the one they fear the most, relentlessly taking steps to portray that individual
as a reckless, irresponsible lout and a problematic outlier. The primary goal, in Louis’
case, is not only to factionalize a powerful fandom, but to weaken the
perceived leader of that support group. In Louis’ case, the fear is so profound and
palpable that Sony/Syco decided to add the persona of a homophobic a-hole into
the mix with two high profile tweets that have since become fandom lore.
The initial, offensive message was sent from the @Louis_Tomlinson account just six months after One Direction had reached unprecedented success in the
American market as the first UK group to reach #1 with their debut album,
"Up All Night" on March 31, 2012. Amid this music industry achievement, however, the personal rumors about Larry (Louis and Harry being in
a romantic relationship), were continuing to spread out of
control and began to bubble over into popular culture, even seeping into some mainstream publications. With their second album, "Take Me Home" about to be released in less than two months a strong-armed missive from 1DHQ dropped like a sledgehammer and
reverberated throughout the fandom. A shot across the bow of what was to come.
@skyleridk Hows this , Larry is the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard. I'm happy why can't you accept that.
That's
right, the most unapologetically flamboyant and articulate of the group was
being muted through the deafening sounds coming from his officially sanctioned
social media account. Not only did Sony/Syco want Louis to be seen as STRAIGHT
™, but he was to be perceived as someone who would not tolerate anyone implying
otherwise. At worst, Louis Tomlinson was a homophobe. At best, he was
self-closeting. Either way, Louis was being muzzled by a narrative that
contradicted his actions as well as his own words.
But,
don't take my word for it. Just watch this video and see if the man of the hour
looks like someone who is self-hating or uncomfortable with who he is. In other
words, don't allow yourself to be manipulated into seeing something that is not
there.
Two
years later, in November 2014, after Louis was seen wearing a rainbow striped
Apple logo T-shirt outside the X-Factor Studios, a journalist by the name of
Jenn Selby wrote a brief article for the The Independent.
Basically,
the 166-worded item briefly praised Louis for his support of the gay community while specifically mentioning Apple CEO, Tim Cook, who had recently come out. The overall laudatory piece was not only supportive, but actually focused on the recent gender positive comments Harry Styles had made in a videotaped interview, openly implying
that someone being female was not that important in a partner. In fact, other media outlets, besides The Independent, had been covering Harry's remark for days, resulting in a compilation of headlines that hinted at Harry Styles being bisexual. What a perfect opportunity for Sony/Syco to strike once again, using another @Louis_Tomlinson
response to set the "record" straight. The scripted outburst not just defensive, but downright pugnacious in its slash and burn
subtext. Another statement quickly following, designed to anger followers and further undermine
Louis’ support within the 1D fandom:
@JennSelby The fact that you work for such a 'credible' paper and you would talk such rubbish is laughable. I am in fact straight.
At
this point, let’s take a sharp turn at Reality Road and remember that just as
recent as this year, Niall Horan reminded everyone that if it wasn’t for Louis
Tomlinson the boys of One Direction would have lost the plot along the way.
Adding, that "he is an unbelievably, important member of One Direction, and we
would have lost it a long time ago if not for him. He held us together.”
And, don’t think for a single moment that Sony/Syco did not also recognize
Louis’ power from the beginning. He is talented, smart, strategic and a natural
subversive force. A respected Influencer in every possible way. Add in his
obvious love for his bandmate, Harry Styles, and one can begin to understand
why, of all the One Direction members, he was the person with the target on his
back. The one who, in fact, continues to be steeped the deepest in the most
outrageous stunts, closeted beyond all reason with a fake baby, and at one time
shackled with not one, not two, but three women: Freddie Reign’s supposed
“mother”; the daddy cool hiatus “girlfriend”; and the out of the blue return of
the original chain around his neck, Eleanor Calder.
The image of the devoted boyfriend, in fact, had been intentional and forged
early on as evidenced by the leaked emails from the 2015 Sony hack. Apparently,
Louis was such an obvious threat, that even at 19, his marketing strategy,
unlike the other four members, included a girlfriend on steroids, even though
she was unexceptional in every way.
And,
without a break, the “devoted boyfriend” meme continued throughout most of the
group’s touring years. That is until the emasculating image was instantly
replaced in 2015 with a hard drinking party animal, a reckless and obnoxious
nightlife carouser, just in time to convince everyone that Louis had actual sex
with some random girl from a one night stand to produce a child. What a man.
Got it with one shot. He ain't gay so he must be straight, people. *smirk*
Still,
given this outrageous and oppressively indenturing storyline
of an unplanned son, (and by the way, to this day, Louis has still not taken a
paternity test) the hiatus "girlfriend" vanishes after a one year tour of duty. From out of nowhere, she was immediately replaced with the original 1D beard (can't have Louis single for a minute), just when Louis was
about to promote a new song. That’s right, instead of the focus being on Mr. Tomlinson's
music, here came the even more of a nameless, no career boomerang female who
time and time again inexplicably grabbed the headlines from 2012-2014, instead
of her world famous, hard-working, and talented multi-millionaire "boyfriend".
Some
classic headlines illustrate Louis’ image subordination throughout the years:
·Meet One Direction Girlfriend Eleanor Calder, the Style
Icon You Didn't Know Existed
·Louis Tomlinson Is Afraid Eleanor Will Find Another
Boyfriend
·Eleanor Calder's One Direction boyfriend Louis Tomlinson
celebrates mom Johannah Poulston giving birth to twins 12 Feb 2014
·Eleanor Calder's boyfriend Louis Tomlinson addressed One
Direction break up and fighting rumors
·It's Love: Louis Tomlinson Basically Admits His New Song
"Back To You" Is About Eleanor Calder
Ah, yes.
Poor Louis Tomlinson. He’s insecure and unstable. Can’t live without a
girlfriend. One-hundred percent STRAIGHT. Doesn’t have time for you, because
well you know, ELEANOR. Doesn’t have time for Harry because well you know he’s
a homophobic jerk.
The
need to silence Louis is evidently so necessary that even after he just lost
his beloved mother due to an early death from cancer last December,
Sony/Syco ramped up the emasculation and trashing of his image with an
infamous incident, conveniently circulated by way of a viral video. The one where Louis is shown to be involved in an awkward "fight"
with a paparazzo and another woman…wait for it...chivalrously defending his
lady in distress, Eleanor Calder.
Truly
this stuff would be hysterically funny, if it weren’t so tragic and utterly
transparent. And, just in case no one heard it, there was Louis’ scripted
outburst of “my girlfriend,” a nice touch at the end, just in case anyone might
have missed who this random woman was that Louis was “defending”. The
matching tracksuits also added a certain absurd “authenticity” to the drama as well
since everyone knows that this is how loving couples publicly dress, right?
Let’s face it, if there was any doubt that Sony/Syco wasn’t behind the farce,
the identical attire sealed the deal for Narnia, along with the go-to enabler of
the stars, Just Jared’s involvement in the dissemination of the event.
-- Just Jared, March 4, 2017.
“The video can be seen on Radar Online and it shows a
photographer getting right up in Louis‘ girlfriend Eleanor Calder‘s
face. The paparazzo clearly was not being respectful of her space…. When Louis
gets up, he rushes to Eleanor‘s side as he sees that she has been pushed
into a corner by several women who appear to be ganging up on her. While it’s
not clear what happened in the moments before the camera pans to her, it looks
like Eleanor is being attacked and Louis pulls a woman off his
girlfriend. Airport security then intervenes and pulls everyone apart. Louis was arrested and booked at a nearby LAPD jail for
simple battery."
It
was hardly a surprise when the world was informed the following month that Louis
would not be charged with any crime. Evidently, even Sony/Syco, were unable to pull
actual incarceration off. Perhaps, because their ultimate goal is to continue to torture
Louis for his unwillingness to buckle under their rule, and for who knows what
infractions he has incurred along the way. Obviously, Sony/Syco has a narrative
to sell and that narrative requires Louis to be available and mobile.
Emasculation of one-half of an OTP requires a victim after all and due to
contractual clauses, Louis Tomlinson is most definitely not yet free. The deeper the hole that
is dug, the harder it will be for him to crawl out. No doubt Sony/Syco has spent so much
time trying to destroy the idea of Louis and Harry as a couple that I guess they don’t know the real Louis
Tomlinson. One day, however, the world will find out. There are many ways to disclose that which even Non-Disclosure Agreements cannot silence. And Louis and Harry are master communicators.
collaborated: Methodical Muser and Prairie Girl pic sources: bluffton, businessinsider our playlist: Blind My Mind - Flunk Strong Enough - Sheryl Crowe You Make Me Strong - 1D That's How Strong My Love Is - Bryan Ferry My Weakness - Kris Allen
