These are photos of Jake Gyllenhaal from two nights ago, at a benefit for the late Paul Newman’s A Hole In The Wall Camps. Jake is really letting his beard grow out, isn’t he? I mean, it looks trimmed and everything, but this boy can really grow some burly facial hair. And the big beard makes his blue eyes stand out even more, which is nice. Jake has pretty eyes. Anyway, I read this funny little item about Jake this morning, and I just had to share it:

Jake Gyllenhaal has been turning heads — or “spinning” them — by popping up on the “instructor’s bike” at SoulCycle in Union Square. The “Source Code” star cycled on a stage next to an instructor Monday in full view of an afternoon spin class.

He even mouthed the words to a Jay-Z song playing on the soundtrack while wearing “a black tank top, shorts and full beard dripping in sweat,” a spy said, adding Jake even lip-synced, “I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one.”

[From Page Six]

Does that make you like Jake more? I like him more, knowing that he loves a good spin class and he knows the words to Jay-Z songs. I’ve been listening to Jay-Z and Kanye’s “N—gas in Paris” while I work out, but I make a concerted effort to not mouth the words. Because… well, people might get offended. But this bitch isn’t offended that Jake has 99 problems and a bitch ain’t one. What would you do if Jake showed up in your spin class?

One more Jake story – Ellen Pompeo recently told a story about Jake hitting on her before they were famous. The problem is that she’s told this story several times, because I distinctly remember the line Ellen claims Jake used on her: “He told me I was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.” Um… I’m not putting that on Ellen. That’s Jake’s line. And it’s cheesy as hell.

Photos courtesy of WENN.