Wild Thing

Looks like we won't have to wait too much longer to see Jake Gyllenhaal and Bear Grylls taking on Mother Nature. The Discovery Channel has scheduled Jake's episode to kick off the new season of Man V. Wild on July 11.

MAN VS WILD will test how Gyllenhaal measures up to unpredictable and unforgiving Mother Nature. For two days, Bear and Jake embark on a survival experience neither will forget, to an Icelandic landscape dominated by mountains, huge glaciers and some of Europe's most active volcanoes. Jake will have to go where Bear goes, eat whatever Bear eats, and on occasion even take the lead, if he's going to cope with some of the worst conditions known to man. "For me, it's all about discovery," said Gyllenhaal.



Said Bear about the experience, "The wild is always very revealing -- not only physically but mentally. You've got to smile when it's driving horizontal hail and be able to face your fears and just get on and do it -- and on both of those accounts, Jake came up strong."

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In what one hopes was a less intimidating excursion, Jake attended a U2 concert in Anaheim on Saturday:




He does look like he just saw a bear in the second one!

(Photos courtesy of IHJ and JustJared.)

The train is still running

Found a few more photos of Jake Gyllenhaal from the Railroad Revival Tour. Jake is shown with Ephraim Owens, an Austin jazz musician and bandleader, who played with Mumford and Sons on the tour. The photos were posted on his Facebook page.




This photo of Jake playing trumpet also came from his FB page:

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Monica posted a link to this 2004 photo of Jake in the comments of a previous post, but in case people didn't see it:



Monica also found this link to the deleted scenes in Love & Other Drugs. I'd never seen the car scene before or the full hotel room seen. So thanks for the find, Monica!




Here's the link, if the embed doesn't work.

Bro time

Jake Gyllenhaal spent some time with brother-in-law Peter Sarsgaard in Los Angeles on Sunday, noshing and jogging. The usual family activities.





The jogging pictures were sort of uninspiring, but I do like these two optically illusional shots:



Jake looks half cyborgian there.

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An old Jake interview from the Source Code junket, with some new questions. Interesting perspective on whether Jake feels proud of his work:

Back - sort of

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. Bear with me - hope to be rolling again soon. Thanks to everyone who's been posting sightings, articles and other fun tidbits. Keep them coming!

In the meantime, finally: a photo of Jake at the LAPD Medal of Valor ceremony:

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You might have seen this - an interview Jake did when he was in Berlin:

I thought this was a nice quote from Vera Farmiga about Jake. She was a little standoffish about him in some interviews, but this made me smile:

Her limited time working with Jake Gyllenhaal created a bond that remained even after he left the set. "Working with Jake Gyllenhaal was effortless," she says. "He's easygoing, he has an incredible sense of humor, and he's a good sport. He has a warmth and a humor and a relaxation about the process, and a confidence that you just draw upon. It's just a pleasure to be around him and to invent with him."

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Found these two old photos of Jake on tumblr. Not sure where or when either was taken, but I thought they were cute:




(LAPD ceremony photo courtesy of LA Police Foundation>)