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Leave it to Jake Gyllenhaal to make a last-minute, surprise appearance at the GLAAD awards and yet manage to only be photographed alone or kissing Jennifer Aniston.
I couldn't stick around for the whole show but my spies inside say he took the stage to thunderous applause and a whole lot of hooting and hollering, which only barely quieted when he admonished the crowd, "Settle down, cowboys." That naturally did nothing to help people chill out, though they eventually hushed up long enough for him to award Jen the coolest straight chick prize.
I'll leave you to suss out just what exactly Jake was doing at the gayest game in town. Proving the Reese rumors wrong? Acting the totally cool straight man and proving them right? Graciously admitting no matter what he does -- short of actually stand up and say "I'm gay," if he is -- that people are going to be speculating about his sexuality until the day he dies?
In actually out-and-proud-people news (because there a few of those around, too!), watching Lance Bass, T.R. Knight and Neil Patrick Harris work the red carpet was a mini-series all on its own:
> Lance is charming and confident and absolutely displays the experience of a man who has given probably tens of thousands of interviews in his almost 28 years. He even managed with aplomb the fact that ex Reichen was only a few feet behind him at one point (not to mention him having at least one other ex in the audience). It's just a gay, small world, isn't it?
> T.R. Knight seemed a little spooked, seriously shy, but sweet and humble and apparently nearly cried when the crowd gave him a standing ovation just for showing up. But beneath that cute reserve is a determined boy, clearly: "I am angry at the inequality we face every day," he said. "I hope to turn my anger into action."
> Neil Patrick Harris seems like a guy who hasn't thought twice about being gay in 10 years, except for the brief flurry of attention it garnered for a few weeks last fall. He's just clearly confident and comfortable and happy, and now I desperately want his talk show hosting dreams to come true!
I managed to get most -- not quite all, sorry! -- of your red-carpet questions asked of those I was able to trap for a few minutes, and I'll be posting them over the next few weeks.
Previously > Bravo, Details ready to admit they're gay? > Jake: Deny, deny, deny
Hee! Glad to pass along the Jesse dish. I think T.R. did cry (it was a LONG standing o), and Jake added, "And cowgirls," when some of the louder hollers were clearly soprano.
Posted by: Alicia | April 16, 2007 at 03:30 AM