Gyllenhaal’s Sexual Tension
Jake Gyllenhaal knows how to make an entrance. The studly star stunned us and other reporters at his “Love & Other Drugs” premiere at the Directors Guild Theater on Tuesday when he vaulted over the velvet rope that separates celebrities from the press to give us a one-on-one interview.
But after we and a few other journalists reacted to his spontaneity by scampering back like terrified squirrels, he raised his hands in a conciliatory gesture and returned to the red carpet. “Whoa, whoa, okay. I don’t want to break the rules,” Gyllenhaal said before reciting Billy Crudup‘s line from “Almost Famous” about the press being “the enemy.”
Once Gyllenhaal retreated and the world returned to normal, we asked him how he broke the tension before sex scenes, given that there are a lot of them in this movie (with a very naked Anne Hathaway). “I feel like sex is all about — at least at first — all about releasing tension, so there is no way to ease tension beforehand,” the actor told us at the Valentino-hosted screening.
Did you hear that, Taylor Swift?
Tarantino’s Roasters Revealed
…So the dais has been set for the rescheduled Friars Roast of Quentin Tarantino on Dec. 1, and it includes Kathy Griffin, Richard Belzer, Johnny Knoxville, Jeffrey Ross, Sarah Silverman and two of New York‘s biggest comedians, Harvey and Bob Weinstein. According to Tarantino, “I am not coming to get my ass kicked, I am coming to kick some ass!” But after years of watching these things, Quentin, we’ve got to tell you: You’re going to get your ass kicked.
Something’s Cooking with Gavin Rossdale
…No wonder Gwen Stefani keeps hubby Gavin Rossdale around: A source tells us Rossdale is in talks with the Food Network about hosting his very own cooking show, and that it’s no surprise, considering the Bush front man knows his way around a kitchen.
Lee Radziwill‘s Night of Magical Thinking
…Select members of the classy crowd at the Tuesday-night opening of Joan Collins‘ one-woman memoir got more than the “Dynasty” diva’s tales of movies, massive shoulder pads and many ex-husbands. Magician Michael Chaut, who performs in the same ballroom at Feinstein’s on Sunday nights, roamed from table to table, demonstrating tricks of the trade. Among the famous folks he charmed with sleight of hand were fashion designer Michael Kors and the ever-chic Lee Radziwill. Asked by Daily News critic Joe Dziemianowicz what she thought of the pre-Joan prestidigitation, she said, “I loved it.”
