Jake Gyllenhaal

The James Beard Scene at Carbone

Over the weekend, all-star chefs from all over the country descended on our fair city for the restaurant portion of the James Beard Awards (the journalism awards were handed out on Friday, and our very own Tejal Rao took one home for criticism). And they're not just here for the awards, but to hit t ... More >>

The 50 Hottest Jewish Men On Earth

Circumcision has never been so sexy. This rundown chooses the 50 hottest, but I'll focus on the top eight, since--in the immortal words of Betty Buckley--eight is enough. They are: (8) Adam Garfield. The super-hot Spider-Man casts a wide web. I can only imaginarium what his Parnassus looks like.

Candles As Band Merch: An In-depth Look

Perhaps you have seen that in addition to the T-shirts, hoodies, posters, and brass boat necklaces (?) found in their online merch section, Sigur Ros has introduced their "Vardeldur candle" for the princely sum of $23.50. The site describes its scent thusly: The smoky, slightly briny smell of a fl ... More >>

Jake Gyllenhaal Live Onstage! He's Good!

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet is a not nearly enthralling enough head scratcher by acclaimed British playwright Nick Payne, but it has some intriguing relationships, all stammering at cross purposes. Brian F. O'Byrne is an academic who concerns himself with global warming, but not with the app ... More >>

End of Watch

Growing Pains

Uncle Jake Gyllenhaal 
to the rescue

The Gay Man In Marigold Hotel! Discuss

I had avoided seeing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel because the trailer looked so awful, but it's a hit, so I checked it out and found it pretty charming (except for the young couple's love story and all the platitudes). It's basically Enchanted April, Cocoon, and Love Actually meet Slumdog Million ... More >>

Summer Theater Guide: Alan Cumming Prepares a Lincoln Center Macbeth

Enough With The Sad-Gay Movies, Says Critic

"I think I'm done with the sad-gay man drama," writes film critic John DiLeo in his new book of essays. Mind you, DiLeo raved about Brokeback Mountain, loved Sean Penn's performance in Milk, and admired a lot about A Single Man. But he's right in pointing out that it would be nice to also have mor ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: March 30 through April 5, 2011

Going in Search of Tossed Time in Source Code

Top 10 Super Bowl 2012 Halftime-Show Possibilities

Let's all do our best to keep this from happening​So another enjoyable terrible Super Bowl Halftime Show is in the books, and as we wash "I Gotta Feeling" out of our eyes and ears for the thousandth time, the question becomes: Who will grace the stage in 2012? How old will their most famous al ... More >>

Ryan Reynolds Is The Top Gay Male Fantasy Hookup!

​If not Scarlett Johansson's anymore. This revelation has emerged from Out's sex survey, which found that Ryan's abs are what gays most want to caress during their fantasy leisure time. The runners-up are the following hotties:

2011 In Review!

​Why wait all the way till the end of the year for all those inevitable-2011-in-review stories? As always, I'm wildly ahead of the curve and on top of the trend. So how has the year been so far? Well, as pop culture's most avid observer, I'm totally your man for the wrapup:

How To Write a "How To Date An Other" List

​Perhaps recalling the strange success (?) of their not-so-vaguely-racist "How to Date an Indian (Advice for the Non-Indian)" column by Andrea Miller, which beget a mini-online uproar, including the oddly aggressive, nearly misogynistic but well-received parody "How To Date A White Bitch (Advi ... More >>

SUCK IT

An award show that honors 2010’s shitty moments

Which "Disease Movie" Makes You Cry The Hardest?

​ Love & Other Drugs has Jake Gyllenhaal falling for Parkinson's sufferer Anne Hathaway, his once-callow personality tested by the possible commitment to a challenging situation. But this being Hollywood, Hathaway's character is only in Phase One of the illness. In other words, her hands sha ... More >>

Love & Other Drugs Desperate for Your Attention

GAME OVER

Le Fooding Draws Le Criticism

Le bam. Le pow.​It has now been more than 48 hours since the second coming of Le Fooding, which took over the grounds of P.S.1 on Friday and Saturday nights. Although this year's theme was a staged battle between New York and San Francisco chefs supposedly driven to blind, combative rage by a ... More >>

Paycheck Prince Jake Gyllenhaal Cannot Beef Up The Sands of Time

It's a Small, Small World

Disney and Bruckheimer, blockbuster bros, rewrite history

Here Is a Photo of Vampire Weekend Hanging Out With the RZA on a Tennis Court

​This picture currently serves as the entryway to the Vampire Weekend website. Augur of things to come? Rebuke to the haters? Larfs for the sake of larfs? No doubt we will find out soon enough. ...And, here we go: "What do Lil Jon, Joe Jonas, Jake Gyllenhaal, and RZA have in common" asks Anthe ... More >>

Jim Sheridan Reveals His Only Setback

​Jim Sheridan is no slouch, having directed the powerful new film Brothers, in which Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal vie for honor and for Natalie Portman while dad Sam Shepard plays them like a deck of cards.

Jim Sheridan's Brothers Aims For Tragedy, Hits PTSD Melodrama

Toby Maguire produces slobber as effortlessly as Natalie Portman summons tears

Michael Douglas Does It With Matt Damon in Liberace Pic

​If I wanted to see an Oscar winner make out with a nominee, it would probably be Kathy Bates and Jake Gyllenhaal, but I'll settle for Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, who will be locking lips in Steven Soderbergh's upcoming biopic about flaming pianist Liberace and his boyfriend the sewer (I m ... More >>

Rendition

Going for the Gold

The MTV Movie Awards: A Running Diary

The Oscars: A Return to Boring

Glamour, heartbreak, and some interpretive dance

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Blazing Saddles

Stable relationship: Gay frontier weepie is Hollywood's straightest love story in years

Weathering the Storm

The waiting is the hardest part in Mendes and company's Gulf War frustration meditation

La Dolce Musto

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The Lusty Men

Gay cowboys and masturbatory pet projects steam up fest

Fringe Elements

Huge ensembles and one-person shows, history and the future, dada and packing tape

Trash and Vaudeville

A Guide to the New York International Fringe Festival's Recycling Program

Send Mascara

Deliciously debauched Duran fans not glam enough live

Film

Cold Comfort

Rain of terror: Post–9-11 eco-disaster special indicts Dick Cheney, promotes Fox News

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Extreme Makeovers

The Fine Art of Picking a Shtick

Under the Scars

Maggie May . . .

The Many Sides of Indie Film's Newest Siren

Hungry Hearts

Meet the Depressed

Soggy Bag

Out To Launch