It was nine (9) years ago to this date that Jake was spotted at the Getty Center with "his kid". February 14, 2010. Baby Tile No. One Son would have been a little over two years old.
Nowadays, there are no more Baby Tile sightings that make their way through the WME/Endeavor-required filters, but not everything is erased. We salute our real life couples and several of our "honorary honorees" on this Valentine's Day. Whether it's the 14th or even the 15th, let there be no doubt that behind the present day smoke and mirrors, these top three couples remain together as ever before.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols, together since 2002:
Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, together since 2010:
Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, together on their television show Supernatural since 2005 and living together by 2007):
The Big Three. Solid as Fort Knox.
And now, Narnia wants to wish a
Happy Valentine's to our other OTP's and "honorary honorees".
Adam Lambert and Kris Allen:
Liam Payne and Zayn Malik:
Kevin McHale and Austin P. McKenzie:
Moose and Hos:
Gus Kenworthy and Matt Wilkas:
Niall Horan:
Travis Kelce:
and wrapping up our Valentine's post, Patrick Mahomes II:
Wheweeee! Muy caliente!! Happy Valentine's Day, boys.
It has been quite a week for us (technologically speaking!) here at Narnia, but we didn't want to let the weekend pass without a few bullet point casual observations or thoughts that we wanted to share during this frigid winter thus far. Not throwing the gauntlet down on anything, keep in mind.
• Another single CW star has gotten himself "hitched". Is it real or is it Memorex?
Remember, it was October 2017 that he and Phoebe "Tonka Truck" Tonkin had "split up" for a second time, after which Paul was seen in NYC with a "mystery girl". [Btw, what is it about New York City and Mystery Girls???]
Paul and Tonkin had been "together" for four years. He has been flying free since that time, that is until this latest development. The first time Paul Wesley and his "bride" were even spotted together was in June of last year, 2018. Some key red flag words from rag US Weekly.com:
"Surprise! Paul Wesley is secretly married to Ines de Ramon"
"The Vampire Diaries alum, 36, and the health coach sparked marriage rumors"
"It is unclear when the notoriously private couple tied the knot."
"Neither of them have publicly commented on their relationship"
"they have yet to make their red carpet debut"
"but the actor has shared several sweet photos of his love on Instagram"
"Wesley previously dated his Vampire Diaries castmate Phoebe Tonkin on and off from September 2013 to October 2017"
The US Weekly article then proceeds to provide the dates of his alleged first marriage (which was to Torrey DeVitto) and timelines provided in addition to add "filler". Jaustin followers may also remember Paul and Tonkin from their speed-dial availability for Austin Nichols and his then-beard Chlo Bennet. What's that saying about birds of a feather...... Regardless, it is perplexing and sad to see this latest development. It isn't clear yet why Wesley and his team felt this was necessary, but to "date" someone for four years, break up, pick back up with someone new for a few months and get "hitched"? Hinky to say the least. One of those "wait and see" for further developments, no doubt. • Remember The Iron Orchard? The movie which Austin starred in and filmed last spring? He was announced as a cast member in June 2017 and in April 2018, was photo'd on set as character Dent Paxton. Chumley, aka Hassie "Hassle" Harrison was also conveniently a member of the cast. In fact, the faux couple was allegedly at the Dallas Film Festival for its premiere, even though they were MIA from the cast attendance photo. There was also the Salento Film Festival in Italy where Austin and the beard were supposed to appear at a Q & A for The Iron Orchard, but were no-shows. No explanation ever given by either party or by the festival itself. #FakeNews all-around, right?
Well, the movie finally has a release date - February 22. Perhaps our guy Austy might send out some kind of word about his flick? And since he's not working on any other filming that we know of, perhaps he might find time to squeeze in an appearance at the festival? We know it's not conveniently in Michigan, but you know...sometimes promo is necessary. *wink*
• Speaking of Michigan! Does anyone realize that this has been the second year anniversary of the whole Patriarch Nichols, bro-in-law Rowdy and big sis II Ashley Michigan Instagram debacle? Aaah yes, good times! Something about Michigan and February and Jake in New York City gave us here at Narnia cause to reminisce and wonder aloud.....you know how it is. *wink* We'd just like to remind Jakers if he has any sudden urges for tacos or coffee, that he might want to work a wee bit more efficiently at his undercover tactics and cover. Watch out, here he comes!
• lol. Hey, anything for the hubs!
And speaking of Jake....has anyone else noticed how Jake seems to have perhaps modeled two of his movie characters after playwright Nick Payne? Is this just our imagination?
And then there's that whole rumpled look as Adam Bell in Enemy.
Jake has worked (ie. "collaborated") with Nick Payne now three times since 2012, and in their current project which opens this coming Thursday, Feb 14 (i.e. Valentine's Day - yes, Jake did that), a duo-play set called The Sea Wall/A Life. Nick Payne's play is A Life, the play which stars Jake. It is the story of a man who has been and is in the midst of, experiencing two life-changing events - death and birth. Death in the loss of his father and birth as he prepares to be a father for the first time, the parent of a daughter.
In the below linked podcast, Payne describes how the play is about the loss of his father (in 2010) and the birth of his daughter (occurring late 2017?). Jake and Nick Payne share many parallels. While Jake's parents are both living, his real life partner Austin lost his mother in September 2015. Jake and Austin had a baby in later 2015 as well - Baby Tile Congras.
In the podcast at 16:40, Nick Payne makes an interesting comment, after being asked what did he think Jake brings to his role in A Life:
"He has this tremendous depth...like the emotional resource - the well of it, or whatever, is huge. And so I knew that I could write a sort of emotionally deep show that's structurally really complex to ask the almost athletic task of him and he would be able to do it with no problem."
The "well of it is huge". Oh??? Interesting, Mr. Payne. "Huge". So, Mr. Payne felt that he could write about the death of a parent and the birth of a daughter and Jake had a well of an emotional resource to pull from on those two topics. And could handle it with no problem.
Another aside, in reading several interviews with Nick Payne, it becomes quite apparent that he discusses the topic of death quite a bit. And....so have Jake's movies been quite obsessed with the topic. The more one reads about the playwright, it does become visibly apparent that both men have likely become a mutual and viable muse for the other. Hopefully, there will be more projects and podcasts so that we at Narnia and our readers, can perhaps see what else makes these two collaborators tick!
• Our favorite MLB third baseman Mike Moustakas is still unsigned after becoming a free agent (again). Former Royals pal Eric Hosmer has been campaigning for his team, the San Diego Padres to sign Moose, but as of this hour, there has been no official signing. In fact, now we read this:
Say it ain't so, Moose!! If the Royals can't have Hos and Moose at the corner spots, at least they could perhaps be together in San Diego, right? One thing is for sure, the two close friends have shared the same California and Florida vicinities this past off season. Here they are at a benefit softball game at Pepperdine University for #CaliforniaStrong from January 13 of this year.
and a sweet shot of Hos holding the latest little Moose:
Awwww, those two have never looked better, have they?
• Here's a fetching video that I saw on Twitter after the NFL Honors event. #15, newly crowned AP MVP Patrick Mahomes resting his bare feet, enjoying some cold shrimp. Enjoy!
AUTHOR'S NOTE, AUG 12, 2019: Well, it looks like not only is the above tweet taken down, but the entire account is gone as well. Isn't that interesting....
• Let's end this Sunday musings with a few notable tweets from around the horn.
For anyone who follows Jake or has Netflix, you know that his latest flick Velvet Buzzsaw was released on Friday, Feb. 1. Many of the reviews have not been raving endorsements, in fact VanityFair's was surprisingly harsh. The majority of twitter reviews from customers have been as bad as they were for Enemy.
When the promo began for Velvet Buzzsaw on Twitter, this was the focus:
Outlets like The Advocate, Queerty.com, and Out highly touted how Jake's character was going to "go gay" again.
Well, and he was in the beginning of the film. Long enough for Jake to be in all his naked glory with his boyfriend of color, but with the arm of a chair between them. ;-) The remainder of Jake's time in the movie was best summed up in this tweet:
Wow @netflix a total bust. Jake Gyllenhaal was clearly marketed as a cliche gay art critic &yet only had sex with Josephina, and NO idea what the Buzzsaw had to do with the rest of the movie. Total waste of @BillyMagnussen & not even Russo, Collette and Malkovich could save this.
Still, despite the negative reviews and comments about Velvet Buzzsaw as a whole, there were viewers who enjoyed Jake's individual performance and/or abundantly displayed "aesthetic assets". Will that be enough to salvage the success of the film? Unfortunately, our Jakers seems to be on an individualistic streamliner, a locomotive that knows only one track. This lone tweet sums it up in less than 140 characters.
Folks are getting on to you, buddy. And if this train doesn't slow down and make a stop to think about the track that it's on, well... At least there will be the saving grace, Spiderman, Far From Home.
