Jake Gyllenhaal

Natalie Portman's indie western faces series of troubles

2013-03-21 12:50:00

It's going to be difficult for the plot of Natalie Portman's new indie western to be as compelling as the backstory that's been unfolding in recent days on the film's movie set. First Michael Fassbender dropped out of the Western “Jane Got a Gun"...

With 'Side Effects,' more evidence of a bad movie prescription

2013-02-11 07:00:00

The current state of our healthcare system, and especially the pervasiveness of prescription pills,�have been the subject of great and compelling interest to news outlets over the last few years. But it's not exactly been the stuff of great multiplex...

Critics' Choice Movie Awards: The complete nominations list

2012-12-11 08:33:00

"Lincoln" earned a record-breaking 13 nominations for Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s Critics' Choice Movie Awards. It received nominations for best film, director for Steven Spielberg, actor for�Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actress for Sally Field,...

'Skyfall' reclaims No. 1 as Gerard Butler suffers another flop

2012-12-09 09:12:00

Hollywood may be giving Gerard Butler a red card after his soccer film's dismal performance at the box office this weekend. The actor suffered yet another flop with "Playing for Keeps," his romantic comedy that debuted with only $6 million, according to...

Gerard Butler won't score at box office with 'Playing for Keeps'

2012-12-06 13:08:00

After Gerard Butler's latest film flops at the box office this weekend, the actor could be benched from Hollywood's A team. Butler's cold streak at the multiplex is set to continue with "Playing for Keeps," a soccer-themed romantic comedy that may debut...

Kate Upton's sexy car commercial ruffles some feathers [Video]

2013-01-23 15:13:00

It's been a while since we had any clearly gratuitous beefcake or cheesecake here at the Ministry of Gossip, but thanks to Kate Upton and Mercedes-Benz, it's time for a little taste. The lovely and talented Ms. Upton stars in a new commercial for the...

New Releases: 'Searching for Sugar Man' and more

2013-01-20 09:00:00

Searching for Sugar Man Sony, $30.99; Blu-ray, $35.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Detroit-based singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodr�guez couldn't get any airplay in the U.S. in the '70s with his soulful, political folk-rock, but his 1970 album,...

Leading men, show runners and a few women toast Details Mavericks

2012-11-30 14:19:00

Mavericks are unbranded cattle, by definition, but each year Details magazine puts its stamp of approval on Hollywood's innovative set.� Editor Dan Peres welcomed the 2012 crop of Hollywood Mavericks — a combination of actors, execs, writers and...

Katie Holmes and Jake Gyllenhaal? Really? OK, not really.

2013-01-02 18:10:00

If Tom Cruise had a rumored new girlfriend in recent weeks, now it must be ex-wife Katie Holmes' turn — and talk had it that she was turning up the heat with one Jake Gyllenhaal. But talk is all it was, and one-international-tabloid talk at that....

Lance Armstrong movie to be made by Paramount and J.J. Abrams

2013-01-18 12:40:00

Well that didn't take long. Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams are making a movie about disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. The studio and Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, have secured the rights to author Juliet Macur's book proposal "Cycle of...

Michael Chabon looks back on 2012

2012-12-16 00:00:00

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon ("The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay") reflected on 2012's cultural highlights and currents in a conversation from his home in Berkeley. What were your favorite books this year? I really loved my...

'End of Watch' beats 'House at the End of the Street' for No. 1

2012-09-24 12:52:00

In the weekend's box-office face-off between two young Hollywood stars, Jake Gyllenhaal reigned victorious. On Sunday, studio estimates indicated that the 31-year-old's police drama "End of Watch" tied Jennifer Lawrence's "House at the End of the Street"...

Who doesn't need a good cry? 'Brokeback Mountain' showed a love that wasn't defined by the lovers in question, played so well by heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. It just was love, and that was cool. Too sad it had to end the way it did. -- Curt Wagner

2013-02-04 11:40:00

Taylor Swift and actor Jake Gyllenhaal got together after an "SNL" appearance in October 2010, when he was 29 and she was 21. News surfaced shortly after the new year that the couple had called it quits. Too much attention from cameras and, well, the age difference.

2013-01-28 18:02:00

If Tom Cruise had a rumored new girlfriend in recent weeks, now it must be ex-wife Katie Holmes' turn -- and talk had it that she was turning up the heat with one Jake Gyllenhaal. But talk is all it was, and one-international-tabloid talk at that.

2013-01-04 16:13:00