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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

New stills of Jake Gyllenhaal in David O. Russell's "Nailed" & "An Enemy"



Jake Gyllenhaal attending the 11th Annual Poetry & the Creative Mind Benefit on April 17, 2013 in New York City



New promotional still and poster featuring Jake Gyllenhaal in "An Enemy" (2013) directed by Denis Villeneuve







New stills of Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel in "Nailed" (2013) directed by David O. Russell

Monday, April 22, 2013

Floored by Flooring Designs and Film Decor


"I went to brush something off my cheek and it was the floor." -Philip Marlowe


Philip Marlowe first lived at the Hobart Arms, on Franklin Avenue near North Kenmore Avenue (in The Big Sleep), but then moved to the Bristol Hotel, where he stayed for about ten years. By 1950 (in The Long Goodbye) he has rented a house on Yucca Avenue and continued at the same place in early 1952 in Playback, the last full-length Chandler Marlowe novel.

“He turned and walked across the floor and out. I watched the door close. I listened to his steps going away down the imitation marble corridor. After a while they got faint, then they got silent. I kept on listening anyway.” ―Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

"On the dance floor half a dozen couples were throwing themselves around with the reckless abandon of a night watchman with arthritis." -Playback (Chapter 8)


"Bunker Hill is old town, lost town, shabby town, crook town. Once, very long ago, it was the choice residential district of the city, and there are still standing a few of the jigsaw Gothic mansions with wide porches and walls covered with round-end shingles and full corner bay windows with spindle turrets. They are all rooming houses now, their parquetry floors are scratched and worn through the once glossy finish and the wide sweeping staircases are dark with time and with cheap varnish laid on over generations of dirt. In the tall rooms haggard landladies bicker with shifty tenants. On the wide cool front porches, reaching their cracked shoes into the sun, and staring at nothing, sit the old men with faces like lost battles." -The High Window (Raymond Chandler)


Marlowe PI's office, originally on the 7th floor of an unnamed building in 1936, is at #615 on the sixth floor of the Cahuenga Building by March/April 1939 (the date of Farewell, My Lovely), which is on Hollywood Boulevard near Ivar. North Ivar Avenue is between North Cahuenga Boulevard to the west and Vine Street to the east. The office telephone number is GLenview 7537. Marlowe's office is modest and he doesn't have a secretary (unlike Sam Spade). He generally refuses to take divorce cases. A chess adept, he almost exclusively plays against himself, or plays games from books.


Rick's smoky cafe in Casablanca, Lincoln's office at the White House of the 1860s, or the Mos Eisley cantina on the desert planet of Tatooine: A production designer came up with the overall look of those movie sets. But the booze on Rick's bar or the pens on Lincoln's desk — it took a set decorator and a crew to make them look authentic and believable.


Set decorators have many ways to find the objects that make their movies feel real. In particular, they rely on rental facilities like the Warner Brothers Prop House in Burbank, Calif. It has four floors — each the size of a football field. It's like walking through the furniture department of the biggest department store you've ever seen. On the upper floors there's contemporary furniture, antiques, chandeliers, draperies, flags, artwork, statues, kitchen and bath stuff — you name it, they have it. "Everything you see on TV and film," says manager and former set decorator Robert Greenfield, "we have at least one of them."


Gaffin spies her favorite chair. "I've used this chair in every movie I've ever done," she says. She lists some of them — the first two Iron Man films, The Pursuit of Happyness. It's an easily recognizable Eames lounge chair with brown leather cushions and molded plywood. Source: www.npr.org


Do you want to renew your room's floor? Do you need help choosing the right flooring options for your home? If you are looking for a professional solution with a wide assortment of practical ideas or restoring your previous flooring, you will be able to transform any room of your home into a media room or home theater. In foulksflooring-america.com you will find materials that reflect light and sound and choose hardwood which combines with other furniture pieces for an affordable budget.


In the case of choosing carpeting for your floors, be sure to choose one that is also soft and comfortable to sit on, especially if you plan to play video games in the room or have children in the home. You can add a few beanbag chairs or floor pillows. There is carpeting that is specifically designed for media rooms and home theaters. Your choices of Color: Overall, the carpet color should be dark, which will absorb the light from the screen instead of reflecting it.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Josh Hartnett (Love Scenes) video




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Jake Gyllenhaal at the Edible Schoolyard NYC's Spring Benefit



Jake Gyllenhaal stepped out for the Edible Schoolyard's inaugural Spring benefit dinner, called "A Garden Grows in Harlem," in NYC last night. It may have been their first-ever benefit dinner, but Jake and the Edible Schoolyard have been working together for over three years. He was joined by other big names like J.Crew's Jenna Lyons, Martha Stewart, and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the event, which benefits the creation of a rooftop garden and kitchen classroom at Manhattan's P.S. 7 in East Harlem.


Jake Gyllenhaal attending the Edible Schoolyard NYC's Spring Benefit on April 15, 2013 in New York City


Jake, who was the honoree of the charitable evening out, also scored a recent accolade in the Big Apple. Jake made his New York stage debut last Fall in the play If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, and he is nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award, which honors the best in Off-Broadway theater performances. Source: www.popsugar.com

Monday, April 08, 2013

Bogosse Fashion, Clothes for Hotties





Jake Gyllenhaal in GQ Style (last additions in the IHJ gallery)


Josh Hartnett in GQ Style magazine


Jake Gyllenhaal in Details magazine, 2012


Josh Hartnett in Details magazine, 2003


Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway on the cover of Io Donna Magazine, 2010


Gemma Ward & Josh Hartnett in Vogue magazine, D&G campaign


Bogosse is a word used in the fashion world whose meaning comes from 'beau gosse' (handsome boy)


Frank Michel "Sheraton" Pink men's shirt with floral design contrast
inside the collar, placket and cuffs


Beatles Collection: Tee shirt inspired by The Beatles. Full lyrics from the song "Hard Days Night" printed on the back. Lightweight and comfortable. By English Laundry 100% Cotton

If you are looking for a reliable retailer of fine apparel online, check out TrendRepublic.com. You will be able to find in their site all of the best men's fashion brands including Bogosse, Jared Lang, Ted Baker, and English Laundry. They offer free shipping on their men's clothes fashion and a great selection, along with exceptional custome service.

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Jake Gyllenhaal narrates 'The Great Gatsby' audiobook version


Jake Gyllenhaal in Backstage Magazine photoshoot

Amidst all the hoopla surrounding the forthcoming Leonard DiCaprio version of "The Great Gatsby," don't overlook this news: Audible.com is releasing next Tuesday an audio version of the book read by Jake Gyllenhaall.


You can pre-order the book here. Listen, below, to the famous opening to F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel:

The Great Gatsby UNABRIDGED Listen to The Great Gatsby, then pick up right where you left off with the Kindle book Source: www.nydailynews.com


The Great Gatsby Trailer
In theaters May 10th.


Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" follows would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

Friday, April 05, 2013

The Place Beyond The Pines - Opening Scene


The Place Beyond The Pines - Opening Scene starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes, directed by Derek Cianfrance.

Tamsin Egerton ("Leggy Blonde") video


Tamsin Egerton ("Leggy Blonde") video: A video dedicated to the beautiful and talented actress Tamsin Egerton.


Songs "Leggy Blonde" by Flight of the Conchords and "Mambo Sun" by Marc Bolan

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Happy Anniversary, Heath Ledger!


Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) directed by Ang Lee


Heath Ledger, Happy Birthday! Tribute


"It goes without saying that had Heath Ledger not tragically died of a drug overdose, he almost certainly would have played a big part in The Dark Knight Rises, and the film would have been an entirely different beast as a result. The Joker would likely have been the main villain once again, being freed from Arkham Asylum, or would have been a co-baddie with someone like Bane. The final film even alludes to various points at which The Joker could have appeared; when Blackgate Prison is liberated, Arkham could also have been sprung, and the kangaroo court judge played by Cillian Murphy’s Scarecrow felt like it would have been perfect for The Joker. As already mentioned, The Joker is just a flat-out better villain Bane, and so putting the two together or simply featuring The Joker at all would have made the film even better than it was." Source: whatculture.com

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Romantic Comedies & Eligible Actors


"(500) Days of Summer" is an anomaly in the modern romantic comedy world. The film is completely through the perspective of a male going through a break up and accurately portrays it too. The main criticism of this film, and this film has received quite a backlash since its debut, is the fact that Zooey Deschanel’s character seems to follow the trope of the manic pixie dream girl in which the romantic interest is cute, quirky and changes the male’s previously brooding and depressed male protagonist. But, that is ignoring the complexity of this film. Like I said, this is through the male perspective after a break up.


Except for about a scene or two, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character is always in the scene. He is seeing Summer through his eyes thus the disjointed chronology. During a breakup, you reflect upon your relationship and it starts in cycles. You see all the things that were perfect about this woman. Then all the things that went wrong and so on and so forth. This is the first film that shows that in my memory and the fact that they do not get together at the end is invariably satisfying as, like most relationships with a little distance to them, they did not belong together. It does not succumb to a deus ex machina ending and shoehorns in a happy ending, just that he moves on. Source: whatculture.com


Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel: If you watched (500) Days of Summer, you are acutely aware of how cute co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt would be as a couple. Just because they couldn't make it onscreen doesn't mean they wouldn't be completely compatible in real life, especially since the two have been buds for a decade. I mean, c'mon, look at their over-the-top adorable homeade video cover of Nancy Wilson's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" — they may swear they are just friends, but that's how many of the best marriages start out.


Emmy Rossum and Jake Gyllenhaal in "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004) directed by Roland Emmerich

Jake Gyllenhaal is handsome, smart and— by all accounts — a total catch, yet the 32-year-old actor can't seem to find a partner with staying power. What's up with that? We thought we heard wedding bells in the air during his and Reese Witherspoon's long courtship, but alas, she broke things off and moved on with her now husband, Jim Toth. Similarly, 26-year-old Emmy Rossum is known as one of Tinseltown's most charming talents, but she has been unlucky in love since her marriage to music executive Justin Siegel ended in 2010. Are we hopeless romantics to believe two total sweethearts such as these could finally give each other the happily-ever-after they so deserve? Source: www.sheknows.com


5. '40 Days, 40 Nights' (2002)
Remember when Josh Hartnett was, like, the next big thing? Sure you don't, but this comedic vehicle had the "Pearl Harbor" hunk gallantly giving up sex (including self abuse) for the entirety of lent, leaving him frustrated and frenzied when he falls in love with the dizzyingly attractive Shannyn Sossamon. They manage to get around his purity pledge through clever use of flower petals, which takes them to new romantic heights.


1. 'When Harry Met Sally' (1989)
Perhaps the most famous of all sexless sex scenes involves Meg Ryan teaching Billy Crystal a thing or two about the theatricality of the fairer sex in the sack. Proving a point of how easy it is to fake a BIG O, Ryan sets down her pastrami sandwich and builds to a thunderous, earth-shaking climax… then, without batting an eye, has a dainty bite of potato salad. For those of you wanting to know, yes, the pastrami at Katz's Delicatessen is that good. Source: www.nextmovie.com

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Smoking Soldiers in Film


1. Jake Gyllenhaal (Jarhead; LCpl/PFC Anthony Swofford)

This 2005 movie chronicles Anthony's journey from boot camp to being a sniper on the Saudi-Kuwaiti border, then retreating back to civilian life. As good as Jake looks in that uniform, there's an entirely other suit he looks even better in... a cross between a Santa suit and a birthday suit, with Jake dancing around wearing only a Santa hat. Moviegoers agreed as well; the film received generally positive reviews and earned nearly $100 million at the box office.


3. Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down; SSG Matt Eversmann)

This 2001 flick's adaptation of the book of the same name did plenty to piss off Somalians, but was the first major box office smash of Josh's career (and likely his best role). Chronicling the events of the Battle of Mogadishu and the U.S. efforts to capture a Somalian warlord is all fine and dandy, but we couldn't stop staring at Josh long enough to really pay attention to the plot.


5. Matt Damon (Saving Private Ryan; Private First Class James Francis Ryan)

Even as a hardened soldier, Matt still has a babyface going. This epic film set during World War II had a huge ensemble cast, but also delivered the goods in terms of quality. It raked in an astounding $481 million at the box office during its 1998 release and went on to be nominated for 11 Academy Awards.


14. James McAvoy (Atonement; Robbie Turner)

Based on the novel of the same name, James beat out a slew of A-list actors for the role, including Jake Gyllenhall. He described as Robbie as one of the most difficult characters he's ever played, but the hard work paid off. The film was a commercial success and ended up being nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. James has been riding the wave ever since and has four movies scheduled for release in 2013.

Source: www.hollywire.com

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Jake Gyllenhaal considered to replace Jude Law in "Jane Got A Gun"


Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the actors in the frame to replace Jude Law in Jane Got A Gun. The LA Times reports that a replacement for Jude is now being sought, with the End Of Watch star, Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges among the names being considered for the role.


Natalie Portman has already been cast as a woman who runs away from her villainous outlaw husband (previously played by Jude) and is forced to team up with an ex-boyfriend - played by Joel Edgerton - to protect her family. Source: www.independent.ie


Jake Gyllenhaal in 'End of Watch' Portraits - Toronto Film Festival, on September 10, 2012


Jake Gyllenhaal, Empire magazine photoshoot, November 2012


Jake Gyllenhaal in Entertainment Weekly photoshoot