Jake Gyllenhaal

30 (or so) out of 35 people said that they enjoyed Prince of Persia's preview

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Maggie Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, continues to fend off the same old questions about her brother: 'Q: Jake Gyllenhaal is your younger brother – do you have any sibling rivalry with him? M: I’m so bored with that question. I don’t feel competitive with him any more. Q You and Jake did Donnie Darko...

Published Thu, Sep 24

Opinion: Love and Other Drugs gets a cast injection, Brokeback Mountain remains AfterElton's Best Gay Movie

source: Wet Dark and Wild

AfterElton today announced its new 50 Best Gay Movies and yet again Brokeback Mountain tops the list and yet again it is by a landslide. What particularly struck me about AfterElton's piece on the film is its assertion that Brokeback is as real a place as any and I don't just mean a cinematic l...

Published Mon, Sep 14

Peter Sarsgaard at TIFF, Maggie Gyllenhaal in You magazine, and Jake and Maggie catch up in NYC?

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Rather coincidentally, Tweeters are suggesting that Maggie and Jake are indeed in New York together at the moment. One tweet has Jake, Maggie and Reese dining at Frannys in Brooklyn and another has Jake at Gorilla Coffee. Big thanks to a tweeter for actually getting a picture of Jake and Ree...

Published Sun, Sep 13

Jake Gyllenhaal: Movies and stories 'can move people and change lives. They've changed my life'

source: Wet Dark and Wild

But Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays Jack opposite Heath Ledger's Ennis, doesn't see the gay angle getting in the way of audiences appreciating "Brokeback Mountain." "Maybe I'm naive or something. I grew up in Los Angeles and that might make me naive," he says. "My two unofficial godparents are a...

Published Tue, Sep 8

Conflict, instinct, no regrets - Jake Gyllenhaal and Jack Twist

source: Wet Dark and Wild

All three of the principals -- Lee, Gyllenhaal and Ledger -- sought redemption in Brokeback. Lee's attempt to imbue 2002's The Hulk with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon artistry failed critically and financially. Ledger (A Knight's Tale) has said he deliberately tried to tank his career...

Published Thu, Aug 6

The light and the dark - Big Bird and Zombies

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Big Bird is forty and he's having a big birthday party - Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal will be among those playing pass the parcel with the Cookie Monster and eating trifle. The fortieth season, this coming winter, is set to include some treats that will do good to those of us who grew up with Sesa...

Published Mon, Aug 3

Iconic shirts, Jake's green fingers, Nailed for 2010?

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Two cowboy shirts worn by actors Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie Brokeback Mountain are heading to The Autry National Center in Los Angeles. The two shirts have been intertwinded to represent "the struggle between heritage and acceptance in gay cowboy culture."'

Published Wed, Jul 29

Life in and behind the lens

source: Wet Dark and Wild

Brokeback Mountain had a stills photographer, Kimberley French, who has the gift of melting into the background and being tolerated and liked and admired by actors. Her photography on the set - especially her images of Heath with whom she had a special connection - led to the instantly rec...

Published Sun, Jul 12