Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal might be taking their relationship to the next level, which I would base on the idea that they’ve been seeing each other for a while now, and they’re adults. Why not move in together, shop at IKEA on Saturdays, or get married?

OK! Magazine has their own reasoning that Jake and Reese are taking their relationship seriously, and it’s that Reese is ‘in’ with the Gyllenhaal clan.

You know there’s something really special about a relationship when you feel ready to draw your family together with you partner’s.

And it sounds like Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are starting to take that landmark step.

We’re told Reese’s son, Deacon, now has his own collection of The Dark Knight memorabilia, thanks to Maggie Gyllenhaal, the sister of his mom’s beau.

As one of the stars of the record-breaking movie, Maggie, brought Deacon, 4, a collection of action figures from the movie and a copy of the script.

“He’s quite the Batman fan,” a pal of the family tells OK!. “Deacon has been waiting for The Dark Knight to come out, although Reese was worried that it was too dark for him to watch at his age.”

OK! Magazine

My son is five and wants to go and see the Batman film, but there is absolutely no way that he’ll be seeing it – not for about ten years. That is not a children’s film, no matter how cute Maggie Gyllenhaal is in it, and I think Reese, Jake and Maggie all know that. So, if this story is true, I’d have to say that Maggie isn’t being nice to Reese, but trying to annoy her. I have a sister-in-law that does stuff like this to me all the time (‘Every child needs a machete for their birthday!’) and it drives me crazy. Then when I take the machete/violent video game/water pistol that makes crazy noises away from my son, I look like the bad guy.

The National Enquirer has their own sign that Reese and Jake are getting serious - she’s adopted his pet German Shepherd Atticus, and he’ll be serving as a ring bearer at their wedding. I know Reese has a son to serve as ringbearer, but I’m trying to decide who I’d trust more with my expensive, carefully picked out jewelery - the dog or the pre-schooler?

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are shown in Paris trying not to look like they’re together on 7/11/08. Credit: WENN

After over a year at this job, I really shouldn’t be surprised by much of anything I hear about the paparazzi. Yet they always manage to outdo themselves when it comes to skeezy behavior. Maggie Gyllenhaal told the L.A. Times about a terrible encounter she had with the paparazzi. They called in a fake fire to get her to run out of her building at five in the morning, just so they could get snaps of her five day old daughter. Hearing about the encounter made me absolutely livid.

Gyllenhaal still can’t believe the lengths some people will go to just to get a photograph, but the early morning fire alarm was the lowest blow for her.

She says, “The paparazzi were just really awful to us. I mean, they called the fire department and told them there was a fire in our little, tiny building in the West Village (New York) so that we would have to come outside with a five-day-old baby.”

The bogus fire alert almost led Gyllenhaal to turn down the role of Rachel Dawes in the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight.”

She tells the Los Angeles Times newspaper, “I was trying to navigate my way through that (media intrusion) when this offer came. I thought, `It’s going to push that stuff further probably.’ But what am I going to do? I’m going to hide and not do things that are appealing to me? I’m an actress.”

[From the San Francisco Gate]

That is just enraging. If I were Maggie I would have gone absolutely ballistic on those guys. That is just lower than low. I would have had my lawyers all over their photo agencies. If I were calm enough. I can think of few things that would cause me to want to physically attack someone, but that sure would. This story is a little old – Celebitchy heard it a while ago – but worth sharing now that Maggie’s mentioned it again. They could have endangered people rushing to get out of the building – and for something so small and stupid. I don’t blame Maggie for wanting to quit the business after that. But I also wouldn’t blame her for clubbing the paparazzi either.

Here’s Maggie Gyllenhaal outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre for the ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ on Wednesday. Images thanks to WENN.

Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal were on Good Morning America The Today Show this morning to promote their upcoming film The Dark Knight, which opens Friday and has morning shows starting at 12am selling out around the country. It’s getting widespread critical acclaim, particularly for late Heath Ledger’s harrowing performance as the joker.

Matt Lauer brought up the subject of Heath’s performance and said it’s too bad that he’s not here to accept all the kudos and accolades for one of the best performances of his career.

Maggie Gyllenhaal was understated and kind in her response. She said “He’s so incredible in the movie and it’s so terribly sad that he’s not here that it’s difficult to really feel how sad that is in the midst of all these TV shows and cameras. It’s like you have to protect yourself a little bit because it’s such a shame.”

Aaron Eckhart said that he met Heath’s mom at the after party and that “she was very upbeat, very proud.” Eckhart told her a story about how Heath Ledger’s friends now have his old iPod and are passing it around and sharing his music.

He said “Whenever we went into the trailer we would say ‘Whose iPod is this?’ because it would be some whacked out music that nobody had ever heard of before, and it was Heath’s and that iPod has since become a symbol of Heath and his friends pass it around to each other, download the music and then pass it on.”

Director Chris Nolan said that Heath did get to see some of his performance before he died. He said “He saw the IMAX prologue. We [screened] that for him in London.”

I wonder what kind of music Heath was into and if we’ll get any details about what he kept on his iPod. It’s kind of a nice memory to have someone’s music and that’s touching that his friends are sharing his iPod.

Header: An ad for The Dark Knight starring Heath is shown in New York City above a Keith Haring mural. It’s two blocks from the apartment where he died. Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal are shown at The Dark Knight premiere on Monday. Credit: PNP/WENN

New York magazine film critic David Edelstein is public enemy number one after publishing the first negative review of the much-anticipated and lauded The Dark Knight. Batman fans and fellow critics are firing back, saying he just didn’t “get” the film. Edelstein gave the film a negative review due to violence and “morbid” factors that seem related to Ledger’s untimely death:

The momentum doesn’t carry through, though. The Dark Knight is all fits and starts—fitfully suspenseful, fitfully scary, one jerky episode after another with jolts of brutality to keep you revved up. When Burton’s Batman came out, some prominent critics griped that the film was too violent for kids. Wait’ll they get a load of this.

[NY Magazine]

Many of the latest superhero movies are not for kids. The films are a darker take on the masked hero genre and are aimed at an adult audience.

It is unfair of me to judge the sole negative review of the film based on the trailers I’ve seen. Of course it seems “dark” and “morbid,” but I think that’s the point.

Those who have seen The Dark Knight and feel differently about their beloved Batman 2.0 have answered the call with their support. Even fellow critics have called the review “complete bulls##t.”

The so-called critic chimes on the morbid elements of the film, calling it “noisy, jumbled, and sadistic.” This isn’t just a matter of complaining about a critic who didn’t like a film that I loved, this guy really doesn’t get the movie. It seems like he’s just attacking its more brilliant aspects just to spite its otherwise perfect rating.

[First Showing]

Time and Rolling Stone are just a few of the major outlets that heap praises on the film. It had a 100% aggregate rating on Rotten Tomatoes until Edelstein’s negative review pushed it down to a 94%.

Edelstein seems to think that the role was a negative outlet for Heath Ledger as the Joker and lef to the unstable mental state which contributed to his death. As Slash Film points out, that may have been what ruined the movie for Edelstein and should not be something you’re thinking about while watching it:

David found Heath Ledger’s performance “painful to watch”, calling it “rave and rage and purge acting”.

“Scarier than what the Joker does to anyone onscreen is what Ledger must have been doing to himself”.

Oh C’mon… Yes, Heath Ledger’s death was tragic, but if you are thinking about his tragic personal life while watching this performance - Trust me, you aren’t watching the movie right.

[Slash Film]

The film is sure to be a huge hit at the box office. It opens in the US on Friday and advance ticket sales have been massive. Given all the other rave reviews there probably won’t be many more contrarians like Edelstein.

Photos are stills from The Dark Knight, thanks to AllMoviePhoto.

I missed have missed a memo stating that Maggie Gyllenhaal is now the go-to girl for sex appeal. First, she’s the spokesmodel for Agent Provocateur Lingerie, and now the “Stranger Than Fiction” star is appearing in a short film urging Hollywood producers to start negotiating an end to the WGA Strike that has Hollywood in a strangle hold. While many other celebs, including Felicity Huffman, Conan O’Brien and Jenna Fischer, have been making videos to support the Writer’s Guild Association, Maggie is taking it a step further with a black-and-white, porn-inspired video that hints at some girl-on-girl-on-girl action:

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL has taken part in a spoof lesbian orgy, as part of a video campaign supporting the Writer’s Guild Association’s strike.

In the clip, the Secretary star turns up to a hotel room to meet a man only to find two other beauties waiting to see the SAME fella. The man, called AMPiTePa - short for Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers - has stood them all up.

After a period of frustration, Maggie takes a swig from her glass of wine and says: “We don’t need him. We’ve got everything we need right here. Girls - you want to make an interim agreement?”

The other ladies join her on the bed, but, as things start to get interesting, the lights fade and the film ends with a sexy pizza delivery girl entering the bedroom.

[From The Daily Sun]

The clip is actually well written and pretty clever. “Is it too much to ask to be treated fairly? It’s not like we’re asking for anything crazy,” Maggie says to the other girls in the clip. “The last time I went on a date with AMPiTePa, he said he didn’t want to waste his money tipping a waiter 20 percent because he didn’t think the restaurant business was going to pan out.” This, of course, is a shot at the producers’ cutting WGA members out of residuals for Internet viewings.

I doubt the film will do much to kick start negotiations between the two sides at this point. Especially since it refers to the fictional AMPiTePa as “arrogant,” and likens him to a bad tipper. And seriously—who decided Maggie Gyllenhaal was sexy?

Note by Celebitchy: Here’s the video. The drunken “interim agreement” starts at 3:09. I think Maggie Gyllenhaal is definitely hot. The other chicks in the video, not so much.

Header image is from 11/12/07 at the Chopard Boutique opening, thanks to PRPhotos.

Lois Maxwell, best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny, has died aged 80 from cancer.

Maxwell starred alongside Sir Sean Connery in Bond’s first movie outing, Dr No, in 1962.

She played the role until 1985’s A View To A Kill with Sir Roger Moore, who told the BBC she had been a “great asset” to the early Bond movies.

A spokesperson for Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia, said she died there on Saturday evening.

Maxwell starred in 14 Bond films as the secretary to M, the secret agent’s boss and head of the secret service.

BBC News

Lois Maxwell was the ultimate sexy secretary, until Maggie Gyllenhaal came along. She resisted Bond’s flirting and had a cheeky sexiness that Ian Fleming never quite gave his novel characters.

In 1948 Lois Maxwell won a golden globe for her role in That Hagen Girl for most promising newcomer. She played M’s secretary beside Bond’s Sean Connery and Roger Moore. Only Desmond Llewelyn who played gadget man Q has appeared in more Bond films than Miss Moneypenny.

She moved to Western Australia after being diagnosed with cancer to be closer to her son. Our sympathy to all her family, friends and fans.

Move over Kate Moss.

The once famous face of sexy lingerie line “Agent Provocateur,” has been replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who I think looks absolutely phenomenal in these photos for the ad campaign.

Some seem to be questioning Provocateur’s choice to use Gyllenhaal, but if you’ve ever seen her in the film, “Secretary,” where her character is that of a mousy, plain girl who tranforms into a sex kitten, then these ads should come has no surprise.

Serena Rees, co-founder of Agent Provocateur, said:

“Maggie is not an obvious sex symbol. She is interesting looking, confident and beautiful in a way that is non-threatening, which makes her appealing to men and women alike.”

The images are part of ‘Lessons in Lingerie, the first in a collection of books entitled The Adventures of Miss A.P. The next episode in the series, ‘Lady of the Manor, will be released in November.

[Daily Mail]

What do you think - Hot or Not?

[Thanks to Celebutopia for the pics]

Maggie Gyllenhaal is playing Katie Holmes’ old character on the latest Batman sequel, The Dark Knight, which is filming now. Hair-challenged Heath Ledger (not that there’s anything wrong with that, shave it off though and work The Bruce instead of The Donald) is playing villian Joker, but he was a hero on set when he saved Maggie when her clothes accidentally caught fire.

There were pyrotechnics as part of a scene they were filming, and the machine creating the fire fell over and Maggie’s skirt caught on fire. Heath jumped on top of her to put out the fire. This story sounds somewhat plausible except for the ending, which is cheesy to say the least:

Heath Ledger… jumped in to save the day when co-star Maggie Gyllenhaal’s clothes caught fire on the set of the Batman sequel, “The Dark Knight!” The scary accident occurred during a scene where The Joker confronts Maggie’s dishy district attorney character - and a pyrotechnics display suddenly explodes behind him, sending fireworks rocketing high into the air. Instead, the special effects generator toppled over - and balls of flame jetted at Maggie, who screamed as sparks set her skirt ablaze!

Quicker than you can say: “Holy fireworks, Batmant,” Heath threw himself on top of Maggie and pushed her down, smothering the flames with his body. Crewmembers raced to the rescue, but Heath was already helping shaken Maggie up, checking her charred skirt for stray sparks. “I’m fine,” she reassured everyone - then thanked Heath with a peck on the cheek. Snarked the macho star: “I got a better kiss from your brother!”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, Mike Walker’s column, August 27, 2007]

There seems to be a hero story every week in that guy Mike Walker’s column in The Enquirer, so I’m not entirely convinced this is true. There are two famous people involved and it happened on a crowded set, so it seems more likely in that it’s a verifiable incident.

If so, it’s a damn good story, especially with the bit about Heath telling Maggie that her brother was a better kisser! That’s priceless.

Maggie Gyllenhaal has said that she’s going to play Holmes’ former character as herself and that ““I’m not walking into Katie Holmes’ performance. I’m thinking of it as an opportunity to play somebody who’s alive and smart. Chris (Nolan the director) asked me to do this because he wanted me, not because he wants some generic lady in a dress.” It sounds like a dig at Katie Holmes to me. I wonder what would have happened if her skirt caught on fire. One of her Scientology minders would have probably been there with a hose and then given her some vitamins to cure the burn.

Maggie Gyllenhaal is going to be a spokesmodel for Agent Provocateur, replacing Kate Moss. Kate did a campaign last year as a favour to company owners Serena Rees and her husband Joseph Corre.

She [Katie Moss] was furious after Ms Rees had an affair with Paul Simonon, former bassist of the Clash, who was married to one of Moss’s best friends.

Ms Rees left Mr Corre, the son of Dame Vivienne Westwood and Sex Pistols founder Malcolm McLaren, for Simonon.

New Zealand Herald

MG has been called too ‘girl next door’ for the job. This probably isn’t fair, since she was raunchy in secretary, and is threatening to be great in Katie Holmes’ Batman role.

About the Batman role she says,

I’m not thinking of it as a role that anyone’s played before. I’m not walking into Katie Holmes’ performance. I’m thinking of it as an opportunity to play somebody who’s alive and smart. Chris asked me to do this because he wanted me, not because he wants some generic lady in a dress.

Contact Music

I love the idea of this woman as the face (body?) of a lingerie company. Lingerie is for everyone, and there is just something about kicking ass with frilly knickers on!

Maggie Gyllenhall gave birth to her first child yesterday in a NY-area hospital at about 8PM. Maggie and fiance Peter Sarsgaard welcomed a baby girl named “Ramona.”

That’s excellent and we look forward to a spread in People with little Ramona! Her pictures should be worth more than SPF2 if you ask me.

Pictures and story from Just Jared.