Maggie Gyllenhaal!

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/gyllenhaal-expecting-second-baby-report-1655143.story

Wonderwall
Report:
Maggie Gyllenhaal expecting second baby
WENN, Monday, November 28, 2011, 8:51am (PST)


One of Brooklyn's most famous Hollywood broods is getting bigger.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and husband Peter Sarsgaard are expecting their second child, her rep confirms to Us Weekly.  According to one pal, the actress, 34, is about four months along. The "Crazy Heart" actress told another pal she'll "be laying low for a little bit now."

The Oscar-nominee is already mom to daughter Ramona, 5. Together since 2002, she and Sarsgaard, 40, tied the knot in Italy in 2009.

The older sister to Jake Gyllenhaal, the Oscar-nominated star lives in Brooklyn's Boerum Hill neighborhood with her hubby and daughter. She has admitted that balancing her professional and personal life isn't easy.

"I had been so focused on Ramona -- and she's been everything to me -- but I'm also an actress," the star told Us  in January 2010. "It's not possible to do it perfectly."

"Being a mom is so present in my mind and my work," she tells Us. "It's the most important thing about me, but next I'd like to play someone who's not a mother. Really!"




http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/11/maggie-gyllenhaal-expecting-pregnant-with-peter-sarsgaard-says-report

REPORT:
Maggie Gyllenhaal Expecting Second Child
By Amber Goodhand - Radar Reporter
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 @ 11:30AM




Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and her husband Peter Sarsgaard are expecting their second child, Life & Style  is reporting.

Maggie sported a suspicious baby bump underneath her Grecian gown last month at the Rome Film Festival premiere of her latest movie, Hysteria.

"Over Thanksgiving weekend, Maggie was telling friends that she's six months pregnant," a friend of the actress told the magazine. "Her bump is so big!

"She's thrilled to be pregnant! She and Peter have wanted another child for a while. They're very happy that they'll have another baby in the house soon."

Also excited about the pregnancy is Maggie’s brother — actor Jake Gyllenhaal — who according to the magazine is a fantastic uncle.

[serious crayons]

actor Jake Gyllenhaal — who according to the magazine is a fantastic uncle.

And who would know better than Life & Style magazine?

[Kelda]

And who would know better than Life & Style magazine?

 

He seems like he'd be a good Uncle to be fair!

Congrats to Maggie!

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

And who would know better than Life & Style magazine?

Indeed!

[Jeff Wrangler]

In some photos, like the one John posted, above, Maggie makes me think of Annette Benning.

I wonder what Ramona thinks about all this? 

The seminary intern at my church had her second child this month, a boy. Her daughter is said to be not too pleased with the situation. 

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/12/maggie-gyllenhaal-this-much-i-know





Maggie Gyllenhaal: ‘I’m claustrophobic,
it’s taken years to be OK on the subway’
The actor, 36, on hating elevators, finding out her real name,
her brother Jake, political activism and women in Hollywood

By Shahesta Shaitly
The Observer
Saturday 12 July 2014 10.00 EDT


Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'My brother and I are closer now than we've ever been.'


I didn’t know my real name until I was 35. I needed my birth certificate, and when my dad found it, it said that my name was Margolit. It was a bit of a shock. I’d always thought my full name was Margaret – never heard of Margolit. Neither of my parents can remember how it got on the birth certificate.

My brother [actor Jake Gyllenhaal] and I are closer now than we’ve ever been. We’re friends now, whereas growing up I always saw him as my little brother. My earliest memory is of him still in my mum’s huge belly. I was about three.

There’s something nice about being instantly recognised for what you do. But I don’t feel comfortable with paparazzi intrusion in my everyday life. There’s an antennae that goes up even if I can’t see them – I just know they’re there. My daughter finds it scary and upsetting.

Being politically active is incredibly important to me. My parents have been politicised and radical throughout my life – they taught me that I’m a part of a global community and that it’s partly my responsibility to fight for what’s right.

A real connection with another person scares me. Interacting with other people, letting them see who I am, is frightening. But I’ve learned that trying to be very “good” doesn’t create real connection. You have to be real. Let go.

Therapy was incredibly enlightening. I don’t think it’s only necessary if you’re unwell – it’s a useful tool for me to understand my own mind and how it works.

Motherhood brings you to your knees in a way that doesn’t leave room for you to judge others. It makes you see that there’s no ideal – a constant struggle, constantly compromising, but ultimate love.

Some of my characters are more alive than I am. I’m more daring in my work than I am in real life: doing a wild sex scene or a really emotional scene where you break down into tiny pieces in front of a camera changes you. It’s freeing. And sometimes it can be sad to let go of that freedom.

I have a raging temper. I’ll shout and scream, then it passes like a wicked storm.

Describing someone as quirky is a way of erasing them. What does it even mean? In so many interviews over the years that’s how I’m described. It doesn’t sit comfortably with me.

There’s been a shift in how women in Hollywood are viewed recently. In second-rate work and sitcoms, the need for a “hot girl” still exists, but in first-rate work, women of all ages, shapes, sizes are getting work. It’s sexier when a woman isn’t conventionally beautiful. How hot was Amy Adams in American Hustle?

I’m claustrophobic. It’s taken me years to be OK on the subway, but in taking my daughter to school I’ve conquered it. Don’t even talk to me about elevators.

I used to be so tough. I’ve become much more vulnerable as I’ve gotten older. We all soften with age. I feel a lot more sensitive and less strident in the world than when I was in my 20s. I had more fight then, but I prefer the way I am now.

[serious crayons]

It’s sexier when a woman isn’t conventionally beautiful. How hot was Amy Adams in American Hustle?

That's an odd sequitor. I thought she was talking about, like, the actresses on Orange Is the New Black, most of whom would not be described as "conventionally beautiful." But only by the most stratospheric Hollywood standards is Amy Adams anything short of conventionally beautiful.

[Sophia]

That's an odd sequitor. I thought she was talking about, like, the actresses on Orange Is the New Black, most of whom would not be described as "conventionally beautiful." But only by the most stratospheric Hollywood standards is Amy Adams anything short of conventionally beautiful.

I thought in my mind that she perhaps compared to Jennifer Lawrence who didn't play leading lady but that Amy Adams did.