Celebritology Archive: Regrettable Publicity Stills

Jake Gyllenhaal, Ab-solutely Cheezy

Note: We've had to remove the publicity still posted here today (you can see it here, though) after discovering that it was not an offiicially-sanctioned image. Maybe because he was "Donnie Darko" I just always expected more from Jake Gyllenhaal. My faith was shaken, though, as he grew out of his gawky phase, buffed up and started palling around with Lance Armstrong. Sure, he's to be commended for his work in "Brokeback Mountain," but it's been four years -- four long years of pix like this and, worse yet, this one with third musketeer Matthew McConaughey. So it should come as no surprise that a recently released publicity still from Gyllenhaal's upcoming movie, the video game-inspired "Prince of Persia," has been added to the collection here at the Gallery of Regrettable Publicity Stills. While Jake is probably trying to capitalize on the ab-fab success of Gerard Butler's look in "300,"...

Gallery of Regrettable Publicity Stills: Russell Crowe

Sure, Russell Crowe's a serious actor with a reputation as, well, a humorless ogre, but once he was a young Aussie actor trying to claw his way into the showbiz game.