Showing posts with label summer hiatus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer hiatus. Show all posts

Friday, July 22, 2022

From Our Bleacher Seats Part 2: It's Another Summer of Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols - circa 2022

 Coming through!!

 

 

 

Hahaha, that's Jake taking the wheel of the family RV as the Gyllynichols started off on their annual summer vacay, whatever country(ies) that may be in this 2022. 😄 😉 ⛺

It's that time of year again.  It's possible the Gyllynichols take a couple of vacays now in the summer season, who knows?  But you can bet there's some ocean, lake or mountain action and with all of their kiddos at that backseat-squabbling age, a lot of chaotic bickering is going on,

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gotta love it.  😉   While they're jet skiing or walking a boardwalk somewhere, we at Narnia thought we'd get out the throwback machine and catch up on what those two fellas have been doing since last we left.  Lots to catch up on, actually.

As mentioned in a previous post, Jake has invested in Just Egg (a product of the company Eat Just), a plant-based egg product.  It comes in a carton, in liquid form and you can bake with it.   3 tablespoons is the equivalent to one large egg. I found an interesting article on Just Egg, which discusses the ingredients, the pros and cons versus a real egg.   I don't have any issues at all with plant-based eggs; they look like scrambled eggs!  lol.  One word of caution that I have seen is the carton has a shelf life of four days, so either go on a baking spree or have a breakfast party so you can use the bottle up before the contents expire.  In the case of the Gyllynichols, Jake won't have any problem using up a carton in one meal.  😉  (Maybe Austin might want to pass along a complimentary carton to the Padackles Crew because they have just about as big of a crowd around their dinner table. 😏 ) Anyway, here he is scrambling and eating his eggs and we wish him lots of success with the investment.

 


 

With Jake's new sponsorship with Prada, that means another interview and in this one, we get more Big Sis chatter and Gyllenholland mentions.  Another day, another dollar.  So we are to believe that Magster is the inspiration for his latest trend of pink, pajama lounge pants, and bold colors.  










Really, the pointed finger can be directly aimed at his stylist Michael Fisher, who appears to have horrendous taste, but what do I know?  I'm from the Kansas 'burbs!  😳  There's no problem at all with evolving with current trends, but I don't know.  The pink suit was nice, just haven't been a real fan of much since.  Jake just looks so great in classic cuts.

But here he was at a recent Prada show at Milan Fashion Week - the jacket, T shirt and shades look great.  Classic Jake!

 


 

Things then kind of fell apart ...

 


 

Again, like the jacket!  The shades.  Loose and flowing seem to be key words for 2023 fashion, maybe.  And easy for a father of many, right?  Nothing binding, pull over the head, no tucking in, pull-on pants over socks, comfortable sneakers, throw-on jacket.  Quick and easy.  Jake doesn't have time for too much complexity.   I am out the door, gotta go to work, kids! Austin, don't burn down the house while I'm gone!  And who doesn't like comfort?  😊 ✅ 


Meanwhile, Austin was allegedly wandering around (the States, we are to assume?) with his own paper dog Otis, playing the guitar and splitting wood, while looking like Eddie Vedder.  



















Hmmmmm, did Jared Padalecki inspire Austin to learn the guitar?  Or did he know how to perform already?  We know that Jared can play the guitar and piano, just like Austy!  Maybe they held a few jam sessions, wouldn't that have been something?  Too bad their people were so scared of them interacting, tsk, tsk, tsk...

I mean, it was Jared's show. And Austin a guest star for several episodes.  Then, his chosen director.  Both Texas bred and alleged residents.  Both big family men!  Both big book readers.  Both happy boaters on the Austin, TX waters.  Both CW alumni. Apparently both are dog lovers!  They share past co-stars/work acquaintances in common, like Jim Beaver, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Wesley, Sophia Bush, Danneel Ackles, Chad Michael Murray, and Milo Ventimiglia.  Goodness! But apparently, they do not want to be seen interacting at all.  😉

Here's Austin's latest activities,















Austin would make a paper bag look good
















Here was Austin "celebrating Dads" back on June 1.  😉
















memories of the John From Cincinnati wetsuit!


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austy likes those hammocks, doesn't he?  ha

 

 

And while Jake was in Milan, Italy on July 19th for the Milan fashion week and Prada show, Austin was allegedly making a travelin' man stop in Nashville to pay a visit to Jana Kramer's podcast.  Allegedly in real time, although there wasn't any topic mentioned which dated the telecast.

On ITunes:  Full Frontal w Austin Nichols - WhineDown with Jana Kramer

 


 


 

 

The podcast episode is also still available on iHeartRadio at this link.

There is plenty of interesting chatter from our guy in the interview.  Of course, the "Full Frontal" is a nod to Austin's scenes in HBO Max's "Minx", which is discussed at length, along with other topics like Austin's current activities (alleged traveling with Colorforms® dog Otis), directing on Walker (although host Jana Kramer really fast forwarded through this topic because she was in such a hurry to get to One Tree Hill chatter), and the main focus, which was reminiscing about their days on the CW soap opera series.  

No doubt, the main objective of Austin appearing on the podcast was made clear when Austin tells us that he is "in town", visiting Nashville on his nomadic trip with just doggo Otis at his side.  How do we know they were even in Nashville?  

Let's also not forget this "drop" by Jana, how she and Austin were initially "roomies" for a period during One Tree Hill filming.




















And again with the "roomie!" drop:











LOL!!!

Anyone else remember Austin having Jana Kramer as his "roommate" in his early days of filming on the show?

No?  Yeah, we didn't either.  😲

Maybe they both can expand on this new bit of tea when they're both appearing at the One Tree Hill "A Celebration of Giving" in Wilmington, NC, on November 12, 2022.  [you know, November 12, otherwise known as the day after the 11th birthday of Austin and Jake's 11-11-11 Baby Tile??] 

That's a fortuitous coincidence, isn't it?  

smh, "roomie".  lol.  What will these kids come up with next?  A new fauxmance?


So, there we have it!  Another Summer of Jake and Austin!  🌞 ⛺  👬 💦🍉🍧 🎡 🏊

Pretty low-key this year:  the two dads are just too busy enjoying their fam before the Fall Season Back-to-Reality, Back-to-Work for a month or so, before disappearing again during the November - January Gyllynichols 4th Quarter Holiday hiatus.  LOL!

Imagine when they eventually retire from the biz to become full-time grand-dads, it might not be a whole lot of different. 😏


 

pic sources:  tenor, giphy, IHeartJake, reactiongifs

our playlist:   Holiday - The Other Ones

                      Summer Lovin' - cast of Grease

                      Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham

                      Through the Hourglass - Gizmo Varillas

                      Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone

                      Kokkino Garyfalo - Nikos Ignatiadis

                      Come Monday (Live) - Jimmy Buffet


Friday, July 21, 2017

The Reports of This Break Up May Be....Subject to Change?


The last time Narnia left our "Rained Upon" man Austin Nichols, he was lying low as the dump-ee, contract ink faded and dried, and his ex-beard cavorting around with a "Logan Paul".   It happened that fast.

Given the complexity of Austin's personal situation, setting up contracts with new beards is not that easy, hence the dizzying coupling and re-coupling of Austin with Sophia Bush. Although they had never "dated" before the tabloid headlines that placed them together in August/September 2009, a story was distributed in May 2010 that explained for all us clueless dunderheads that even though no one knew about it, Sophia and Austin had apparently been dating on and off since 2006. Abracadabra! Just like that,  a nine-month fauxmance was magically transformed into a four-year relationship right before our very eyes. The irrefutable proof provided was a classic photo from February 2006 of the happy couple strolling on the beach in Malibu. Not a care in the world.




Oops! The only problem was someone else was cropped out that day - a certain 'someone' walking to the right of Austin [see red arrow pointing to a second pair of shoes]. Gee, I wonder who was wearing those exact same shoes that day. Hmmmm.




Recycling requires much less time and effort, and we all know that management teams are not only lazy, but lack imagination when it comes to the closeting of their clients. Hence the introduction of what is known in the trade as the the on-again/off again, rinse/ repeat cycle of fauxmances.  Jake himself has used this modus operandi with two of his beards thus far: Kirsten Dunst and Alyssa Miller. He, of course, never physically got "back together" publicly with either one of them, (that would require to much effort) but that's how the written media was scripted to portray the relationships. The primary goal being to prolong the het cred for as long as possible and with minimal of effort needed.

From Social Diary, July 22, 2005. 


We reported a few columns ago that jake gyllenhaal and Kirsten Dunst have rekindled their romance. We had occasion to see just how much their relationship is heating up when we ran into them shopping at Yves Saint Laurent’s boutique in Beverly Hills. Jake looked every inch the doting boyfriend as he waited patiently outside the changing room while Kirsten tried on several outfits, one of which was a white YSL suit that was very much like the one that Bianca Jagger wore a few decades ago at her wedding to Mick Jagger in Saint Tropez.
Someone snitched to one of the tabloid papers that Jake and Kirsten are week-ending in Martha’s Vineyard, quoting Kirsten as saying that she and Jake “are thrilled that they have holes in their schedules that will let them get away from it all.” Kirsten always talked about a romantic ceremony at the beach, so we wouldn’t be surprised if they planned a secret summer ceremony.
 
Recently, we have seen this pattern repeated with Louis Tomlinson who is so gay for Harry Styles, that his team had to strap him him down with a baby stunt, an ex-baby momma, and a 0-100 American girlfriend. But, once the latter's contract ended in mid-January of this year, the boomerang, bad penny appendage of Eleanor Calder was speenway resurrected, nearly two years after the "breakup" of their previous four-year pairing.  Whew, it's truly hard to keep up with these stunts sometimes.

 Insert gratuitous pic of Louis Tomlinson

With that backdrop, let's get back to the topic at hand, Austin Nichols and the recent breakup of his "nearly four-year" fauxmance with FauxChlo Bennet. Lightning bolt and all.



Let's face it, the breakup must be real if a yellow lightning bolt graphic is being publicly rolled out. Or, is it?

This "break up" was truly one for the books, if not at least entertaining like an over-acted soap opera.   This was the pic that blow horned the end of Wangchols:






In case one can't tell what exactly is going on there, the huge red circles might be of some assistance.  You could hear the gasps 'round the globe.


via GIPHY 


Fast forward now to rumblings of new "bf" Logan Paul already "cheating" and the dancing around of are-they-even-an-official-couple or aren't-they, and within this short span of time, one can already see that "Chlogan" is a paper tugboat in the kiddie pool, capable of floating for a wee while or.....sinking.

Is it possible that "Chlogan" is providing Austin the needed time for him to jam "solo" in July?  Only to eventually and no doubt "dramatically" disintegrate and send Chlo back to a conveniently awaiting Austin, oh say right around the start of the new school year or thereabouts?  LOL!!

We won't be surprised if a contract renewal is in the works....

IN the meantime, Jake and Austin will continue their July hiatus sprinkled with a dose of mild bromance distraction.  A live look at the Family Tile somewhere far, far away.....






 *wink*


collaborated:  M&M and Prairie Girl
pic sources:  pinterest, Twitter, giphy, oh my godot, tumblr
our playlist:  What Time Is It - cast of High School Musical 2
                     School's Out - Alice Cooper
                     Vacation - the Go-Go's


Sunday, July 9, 2017

Sunday Afternoon Randoms


Happy Month of July!!  Here we go with a few thoughts, observations, opinions.....first off, let's give a summer salute to a couple of our OTP couples who are finding out what teachers deal with during the school year:





•  I was looking at a picture of Jake as Dr. Johnny Wilcox in his latest movie Okja and it inspired me to take a look back at another much older picture of him.


                                                    as Dr. Johnny Wilcox


                                            
                    that "clickbait" photo, with legs wrapped around Austy

Aaah yes, the 'controversial' photo that used to get the mgmnt troll all up in arms back in the day.  And Jake's legs were a bit thinner years ago, as one could see here:




Awwwww, that picture is pretty cute, I have to say.  Look at that little retro nugget - Jake and his lunch.  And love going back and looking once again at the "gasp!" photo.  The boys being spicy back in the day!  ;-)

• Here's another photo that caught my eye.  This one appeared yesterday, GPS'ing Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles at an Austin, TX children's event.   [Special Author's Note:  HUGE THANK YOU!!! to tweeter teddymac for her find of this now-deleted twit pic.  She gets a big gold star on this day, 7/18/17 !!!]



Aaaah yes, "Discover the Dinosaurs Unleashed!" which was taking place yesterday, July 8, 2017.  J2 pic to satisfy the drought of Jared and Jensen pictures this hiatus - check.  Signs of strollers, which would mean presence of the children - check.  Yea! Right?



A believable event, one that was specifically taking place in Austin yesterday, so it all works.  Oh, but then we have a mention of possibly the "spouse", but this is accompanied by "I believe", "I didn't see Jared's spouse", and "I'm sure".  So, what we're left with is this side by side of Jared and Jensen, which unfortunately, is not exactly a ringing endorsement of authenticity in "Dino"-land.

There's the slight matter of familiar graininess (darn that sand everywhere!) and the fact that Jensen's legs kind of blur into....nothingness....and Jared's legs are fortunately behind a strategically placed stroller and line barrier. 

Nah, we at Narnia aren't buying it, fellas!  Try again.   By the way, we hear that filming is going to be starting back up again soon.  Could it be that the Padackles (including the kiddo train) have indeed been somewhere along the west coast all this time???  It takes awhile to get everyone settled, doesn't it? 

I'm afraid this entire summer "hiatus" has been one crazy, wild ride this year.  A lot of rabbit holes, a lot of reactions, too much excess and too much time online for the PR teams trying to sell an Austin story that is beginning to look more and more like a narrative.

via GIPHY

Maybe things can kind of get back to "normal" with a return to filming.  We'll see.  ;-)    Looking forward to seeing more of Jared and Jensen, minus the extracurricular.

• This was nice to see on Just Jared yesterday from the Pride in London parade at Trafalgar Square.


I hope they share many more years of happiness together.  It's great now to see a visible increase in the different "shades" of love in our pictorial and printed media.  Tom Daley looks so happy here.

• And from a different entertaining point of view, mark your calendars for July 21, 2017.  Methodical Muser has already purchased her Dunkirk tickets and is very much looking forward to Harry Styles' film debut. Keep those pocketbooks open though because Louis Tomlinson also has a new record out on the same date that is receiving a lot of buzz in the industry called, "Back to You," with Bebe Rexha.  Buy lots of copies for your friends. Christmas is just around the corner after all!




Everyone's Buzzin'













Collaborated by: Prairie Girl and Methodical Muser
pic sources:  Just Jared, giphy, Spooky's Journal, Oh My Godot, I Heart Jake
our playlist:  Senorita - Juan Luis Guerra
                     Guavaberry - Juan Luis Gerra
                     Just Like Heaven - Katie Mulea
                     Angel Baby - Jeanette Jurado