December Drifts II: Piled Higher and Deeper

 

 

 • The 2022 Award for Color-Me-Not-Surprised goes to Sophia Bush, who cancelled in the eleventh hour for the Friends With Benefits Charity Event the weekend of November 11-13.  She was scheduled to take "Brulian" photo ops with Austin, along with other photo ops and activities with Hilarie Burton and Bethany Joy Lenz.  Allegedly, she had been feeling poorly and her doctor advised her to "refrain from travel" because of "the surge in COVID-positive rates and RSV cases".  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her reason might have been believable had she not been angry tweeting about politics leading up to the weekend, during the weekend with convention-goers, and following the weekend. Late into the evenings.  I mean...

Anyway, Austin was able to meet fans and no doubt, he enjoyed visiting Wilmington again.  What a lovely city that is - I'd love to go back!

Hilarie Burton, Austin and Jana Kramer

James Lafferty on the left

Austin with Bethany Joy Lenz

• Let's just drop this one here.  Patrick and Travis.   I have dubbed them - Trahomes. For fun! 😉

If you haven't caught it and are interested in getting a better glimpse of a more relaxed, less-robotic Patrick Mahomes, his appearance on Travis and his brother Jason's podcast called New Heights can be watched on You Tube and other platforms.  It was very enjoyable and I know that I learned a lot.  I thought I saw more of the earlier Patrick Mahomes from 2018-19, as opposed to the more guarded #15 that we see the majority of time now, in interviews.  These guys are funny and it's also fascinating to see the brother dynamic between Travis and Jason, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles.

 

•  This past Thanksgiving holiday meant that we had polarizing GPS practices to expect from two of our fave couples and they reset and synchronized our watches predictably. 

Here was Jared's beard, Genevieve Cortese-Padalecki with her story about Jared's daughter marking herself up just before an alleged plane trip.  The story made People.com so that they could use "Jared Padalecki's Wife" in the headline.

 

Later on the beard's Instagram, we see a photo of brothers Tom and Shep, reportedly placing them at a Warriors/Jazz game in San Francisco.   Here are some photos allegedly of everyone (excluding Genevieve, of course) on holiday.

And no, we're not playing along and asking about the stroller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Jensen was placed in New Orleans with his beard and the cast of The Winchesters.  Here they were visiting the set, in a screenshot from the video,

 

 

 

and with the cast members,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smh.  lol.   Synchronize your watches, J2 followers.  Jared on the west coast, Jensen down in the southern part of the United States...😏

 

 

 lol.  *facepalm*

Then, we had Jake placed in New York City with the beard (as he told Stephen Colbert on his talk show that he was spending the holiday at Big Sis's, so either Brooklyn or Vermont, take your pick.  Just for formality purposes.) on the Wednesday before the big day.

And Austin phoned it in with a photo allegedly of him at a Univ. of Texas Longhorn game which took place in Austin, TX on Friday, Nov 25.  LOL.  Hook 'em Horns, Austy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice, fellas!   

 

• It's interesting that Jake's film promo and release for Disney's Strange World wrapped up just before Thanksgiving.  That worked out well for him and the fam.   Jake made trips to Los Angeles, New York and London for premieres and so we were able to see new photos of the guy!  He looked great, smiling and all. 

 

at the Los Angeles premiere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jake at the London screening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jake at London screening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jake at London premiere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were interviews, although really not as many as one would expect or is accustomed to with Jake.   Still, there were some fun ones and opportunities to learn a little bit more about Jake.  👍👍  

This interview clip was interesting as Jake's co-star Jaboukie discusses how the animators study the actors in order to get a grasp of their character and mannerisms.  So it will definitely be a must to watch Strange World on Disney, once it starts streaming.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Jaboukie Young-White on how much of them is present in their animated counterparts in #StrangeWorld 🚀 pic.twitter.com/T8aIfe7g6a

— Digital Spy (@digitalspy) November 24, 2022

 

And in this one, Jake loves it all about the Thanksgiving meal.  Marshmallows on his sweet potatoes, the dressing, cranberry sauce...

  

Time for some #Thanksgiving rapid fire questions with @itsgabrielleu and #JakeGyllenhaal! pic.twitter.com/riEN1kPG6S

— Good Morning America (@GMA) November 21, 2022

 

😃😃  If only the opening could have gone better.  Unfortunately, the flick cost from $135-180 million to make and thus far, the total box office has grossed $43 million so far.  What was surprising was the lack of fanfare for the film, the kind that one is used to seeing with a Disney film.  There were numerous, numerous tweets from Disney film aficionados on Twitter who were surprised at how little they had seen or heard about the upcoming movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And on.  And on.  And on.   That is but just a small sampling. 

When it is realized that Strange World has a gay, black character in one of the prominent roles (the son of Jake's character), the head scratching and befuddlement begin to take place.  Then when you see an article like this by the Daily Fail,

 

 

an article which was used for robot tweets by close-minded individuals like this one:

And under a Twitter environment that Musty Elon "Musk" has muddied, many robots came out of the woodwork to tweet identical looking tweets about Strange World.   

It became instantly clear that it could be worth it for Disney Company to purposely not promote Strange World very well and watch it not do well, just so their TPTB could say, "See?  There is not a market for movies with LGBTQ+ representation."

That's a lot of money to put up though, isn't it?  Is it possible all of the money wasn't Disney's?  Just like I don't think Musty used all of his money to buy Twitter, but instead had financial assistance from one or more other countries or parties who were invested in wanting to see Twitter become a playground for radical accounts and turn off liberal-minded and democracy supporting accounts.  Just thinking out loud here.

We have watched how big a deal keeping the gate locked on the Hollywood Closet corral is.  It's very important to companies like Sony, WME/Endeavor, the NFL, Irving Azoff, et al.  And Disney is one of the worst about maintaining a roster of bearding actors.  

Because there just does not seem to be any reasonable explanation for the inferior promotion.  There's too much patterned history beforehand.

Here's hoping that Strange World will find a widening audience when it comes to Disney+ streaming and receive great word of mouth.

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We shall end this here, else we keep going and going like the Energizer bunny.  Lord willing, there will live to be another day for more chatting and whatnot.  😉😊

Knock out those Christmas cookies or shopping lists so there's time for some R and R.  December can be a very busy, distracting month and it's important to take some deep breaths, put the feet up and have some quiet, do-nothing time.  It's cleansing and decompressing.  

Thank you for reading and enjoy the rest of the week! Here's a sacrificial marshmallow for those of you with a holiday sweet tooth. *wink

pic sources:  giphy, tenor, I Heart Jake, Behance

our playlist:  Go Tell It On the Mountain - Seabird

                     December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush

                     Christmas Time is Here - MercyMe

                     Christmas Bride - The Ray Conniff Singers

                     Christmas is Coming - R5 and Ross Lynch

                     Somerset Wassail - Albion Christmas Band

December Drifts: Signals From All Directions

 

Well, let's see, this year's tree has another section of pre-lit lights blown out on it.  Isn't it all kinds of annoying when you have to buy lights to add to a pre-lit tree?  But at least it's not fallen over like those guys' tree up there, lol.  😂

We have a potpourri of items today, little bit of this, little bit of that.  So let's get right to it!

• This is cool stuff.  Did you catch the letter H's in the trim of the overhang of the building behind Louis Tomlinson while he sang Silver Tongues?

gif credit to cuddlerlouis,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This guy is always at the drafting board, isn't he?  👍👍👍💓   One needs to always keep a watchful eye and maintain a magnifying glass with these 1D men!

 

• And while this isn't really "cool" as Louis's subtlety up above, this tweet was very revealing and is not a coincidence.  

Much as many fans would like to think otherwise, Zayn Malik is not totally free yet either. Just note who RT'd about his new collaboration. That's right. Jimi Hendrix's music is on the Sony label.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All five members of One Direction are still tethered to some degree to Sony Music, although gradually there have been a number of signs of leash loosening, with some showing more encouraging progress than others.  The hot air balloon is still tied though, so it's not fully up in the air just yet. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Well, in the eleventh hour, minor adjustments were made on our Liam Payne update, with lots of striking out and deletions, until finally I said oh chuck it, and threw the couple of paragraphs out the window!

 

 

 

 

It had been awhile since we've seen Liam and the mini-hiatus makes sense when you look at how he has become the subject of tabloid taunting, falsehoods and misrepresentations (particularly during this last year) whenever he tries to step out into the public eye.   Today, we were greeted with several Instagram stories and photos from the man himself at the British Fashion Awards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was lots of fanfare and the trending of #LiamIsBack was understandable as well. It is easy to be excited over his re-appearance.  After all, Liam looked great.

Liam Payne at British Fashion Awards - Classic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Without question, Liam has taken the Classic Suit of Resplendency baton from Jakers and run with it!  😉 👔   However, before we at Narnia could get too cautiously excited, the ever-reliable Daily Fail let us know that Liam's hot air balloon is still anchored to the ground.

No, we're not going to show the hanger-on for she's not even worth the effort of a Narnia search hash-tag. 

It is lovely to see Liam, but it is apparent to see in the photos with the beard, he was not 100% in the moment. Understandable, given the pretense on display.

Another recent case of beard shoehorning was this staged photo op (if it wasn't a composite, that is) publicized the day of the theater opening of the film, Stranger World, which involved Jake Gyllenhaal needing to be seen with his beard, allegedly on the deserted sidewalks of New York City.  From November 23:

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's see, when were they last seen photo-oping?  This past August?   Supposedly also in the Big Apple, prior to Baby Tile Hugo's birthday?  In other words, Narnia serves up these photos with an a la carte helping of side-eye!  😉

 

•  Speaking of Jake, isn't it interesting that after his RL spouse Austin posted this video on November 8, the one where it appeared doggo Otis was put in harm's way,

that the non-profit animal rights organization PETA tweeted at him, two days later on the 10th?  Not about the video, but about goats.  Out of the blue, they tweet at Austin about goats.  Made no sense whatsoever...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm.....perhaps PETA's tweet was one of these...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orrrrrr, OR....was PETA brought in to hint that Austin was not endangering his doggo?  That the video was a manipulation and thus, friendly fire?  I suppose the from-out-of-left-field tweet could have been intended to convey that message, which Methodical Muser speculated might be the case.  My interpretation was the former.  So she and I are still tugging on that piece of rope for this discussion.  😉😁  I'm willing to listen, M&M... 

but, the Robert DeNiro gif is the only one at my disposal right now.   LOL!

 

•  The Will Smith "slap-gate" story continues to merit following for at least two reasons. First, because it was used as a key point of reference for Liam Payne's "interview accent" set-up and trending meme the night of the Oscars.  Narnia wrote about the origin of Liam's now infamous Good Morning Britain interview in this post called, "Liam Payne's Own 'Beautiful War' Against the Music Industry" , pointing out how the Chris Rock/Will Smith incident was used as a springboard for further tarnishing Liam's image, with barnacle/gatekeeper Steve Finan O'Connor by his side; that alone makes Narnia look twice at the infamous "slap" heard 'round the internet.

 

 

The incident also merits continued watching because it is shaping up to be a classic example of an OTT stunt, followed by the increasingly familiar components of a self-imposed hiatus and compensation through industry rewards. 

So, it looks like Chris Rock will get to host a live comedy special on Netflix, the first of its kind and, if successful, could become the first of many future live streaming programs for the subscription service.  This is an important gig for Chris Rock.

Meanwhile, Will Smith has begun his re-emergence after the "hiatus of shame".  He has a new film coming out in theaters at the end of December, before streaming on Apple+.  It is called Emancipation, and the movie is directed by a familiar face, Antoine Fuqua, who has worked with Jake several times.  Will has begun his tentative walk back into the public's forgiving graces by stating the following,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guy Ritchie has given his endorsement that he would gladly work with Will again!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And an endorsement from Rihanna:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, Will Smith disappeared from sight after the high-profile, trending catastrophe that some wondered if his career would recover from, but now suddenly here comes a new film!  Chris Rock has already received a perk and gradually, the general public will forget what happened.  That's what time does.  The goal of the stunt, which was for these words to play on repeat on video after video:

"Get my wife's name..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THAT right there?  That was the purpose of that stunt - the two words "my wife's".  

You know, the utterance reminds us of that press conference for the film Brothers, on December 3, 2009, when Jake said two words which were big enough to grab People.com headlines:

 

 

That was a big deal back then because it was supposed to be a solid "confirmation" of the relationship.  People gives readers the full quote, which begins with,

 

"Obviously, I exist in my girlfriend's world..."

 

And how about the Louis Tomlinson airport incident in March 2017?  The purpose of that stunt outing was for Louis to have his words, "my girlfriend", recorded on video for all to hear and appear on TMZ. An event, Narnia covered in near real time. The kind of stunt that has Simon Cowell and PR boil on the face of humanity, Simon Jones written all over it. After all, what better way to reintroduce Eleanor Calder to the fandom than through Louis' "own" words.

Just Another Saturday Morning in the Larrie Fandom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And as seen with the positive words from Antoine Fuqua and Rihanna for Will Smith, we see another tactic that agencies and PR teams use by selecting a respected name to publicly praise and/or confirm another peer or relationship. Thereby, providing an official stamp of approval and endorsement of credibility. 

For example, in July 2012, here was Rihanna being used to lend a stamp of "credibility" to Eleanor as Louis' "girlfriend".  

 

"Happy Birthday to Eleanor, girlfriend of Louis from One Direction...".   

 

Okaaaaaayyy...

"My girlfriend"

"My wife"

Oh, and another biggie:   "My fiance".    

The words are worth a million bucks to publicist teams. And they're used often.  Ever seen the Seinfeld episode where Elaine Benes is at a party and becomes annoyed with another woman who keeps saying "my fiance"?   This is classic.

LOL!  

In all seriousness though, the eventual use of these terms by a closeted celebrity stands out to us because usually, the celeb is reluctant to use the identifying noun.  That's why it becomes such a monumentally tabloid-ish event when the term "my girlfriend" or "my fiance" is spoken aloud.  Thus, the People.com headlining with the "G-word", in Jake's case.  *eyeroll*

Also on this list, we should include, "My son" in the cases of Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson.  

The possessive nouns become valuable stamps in the passbook of het credibility.  In the case of stunt babies and the repetition of the words "my son", it is full of mental imagery that the couple did the deed, thus producing the child.

• While on the subject of alleged offspring, let's look at something of particular interest to the Larrie and Ziam fandoms.  Guess what happens now when you Google the names of Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik.

First, we have Louis:

This is simply inputting the name.  Note to the far right, Google is giving the public the category of "Children" and adds "Freddie Reign Tomlinson" under the heading.

Then, there's Liam:

 

 

Oh look.  Now, Liam also has a "Children" category, along with "Bear Grey Payne".  

 

And Zayn?  Well, that should mean that he too has mention of a child...right?

 

Huh.  Look at that.  The "Children" category is missing.  All three of these screenshots were taken on December 4, 2022.   What could that mean?  Well, here's something rather interesting.  Back in July 2018, this arrangement was posted on Instagram by Harry Styles' tour mascot, Stage Left Doris, the stuffed llama.

 

 

Besides nodding an approving, "Hello," to the pink boa-adorned llama, we note the two dolls.  Most importantly, the timing of the post follows the birth years of Freddie Reign (2016) and Bear Payne (2017).  The clothing on one doll would seem to point towards Louis, because the model figurine is obviously wearing Louis Blue, a color also equated with his mic match and his signature eye pigmentation.  And the orange clothing?  Could that be a mix of red/yellow (mic colors of both Liam and Zayn)?  There wouldn't be three dolls in 2018, since Zayn's stunt baby would not be "born" until 2021.

But notice something else.  The doll in orange is without feet.  What could that mean?  Well, Methodical Muser did some checking around and look what she discovered.

From April 2018, just three months before this photo was posted, this headline and story appeared from the Associated Press:

 

 

 

A nonsense story about Liam "still trying to find his feet" on stage (supposedly his own quote), despite his success from releases of Strip That Down, Get Low and Bedroom Floor in 2017.  

It's impossible to make this stuff up, lol. But given Harry's quirky humor and him being aware that this headline was known to the 1D fandom at the time, what better way to get a point across about who that other doll was referencing. After all,  if a story needs to be circulated throughout American media, the Associated Press is the go-to news agency. Liam "Trying to find his feet" Payne is really just too perfect not to use.

Soooo, given that Google does not list Zayn as a father, could it be that his stunt baby was not originally planned as part of 1D's hiatus narrative (maybe because Sony did not want Zayn to have a father image being that it might hurt his sales and artist appeal), but instead was a later a la carte, strong arm add-on? If that's the case, then for what purpose?  Was it some negotiated agreement to help free Zayn earlier than planned from the nightmare that was Zigi, while also establishing his het cred. Or, was it punishment because Liam was not cooperating with the daddy image Sony wanted to continue to create for him? 

There's no doubt, that Louis and Liam were the two singled out in 1D for the most retaliatory actions on the part of Sony and Syco.  Simon Cowell, in particular, seemed especially intent on destroying both of their music careers, while getting rid of those pesky gay rumors with their band mates, Harry and Zayn. The two band mates Sony wanted to be successful and make money for them throughout the "hiatus". 

Either way, the blue and orange clad dolls that Doris, the Llama posted on her Instagram (July 13, 2018) just one day before People announced the beginning of Louis' Babygate (July 14, 2015) were undeniably hinting at Liam and Louis. Just like Harry's "Kiwi" song lyrics about "I'm having your baby. It's none of your business," specifically points to Louis' Babygate. 

In short, the photo points to two Babygates, confirmed by Doris the Llama one day before Harry ended his Live On Tour in Los Angeles. The home city of Babygate.  A petty Harry is the best Harry.  LOL!

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Part 2 of 2 continues here.

Pic Sources:  pinterest, cuddlerlouis, tenor, People, Google, You Tube, Mirror, Just Jared

our playlist:  Go Tell It On the Mountain - Seabird

                     December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush

                     Christmas Time is Here - MercyMe

                     Christmas Bride - The Ray Conniff Singers

                     Christmas is Coming - R5 and Ross Lynch

                     Somerset Wassail - Albion Christmas Band