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Dan's_Gurl

01-28-2008, 10:02 AM

Videos (i have links up in case the videos don't work on here):

In Memoriam-A dedication to all the actors who passed away this year. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=OBxnNrzHGqA)

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Daniel Day Lewis dedicating his award to Heath. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-r5DlfrtZRM)

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Handsome Rob

01-28-2008, 10:13 AM

Thanks DG!! Can't watch it here at work (damn firewall), but I'll watch it when I get home.

Ramplate

01-28-2008, 10:16 AM

Nice tributes

Dan's_Gurl

01-28-2008, 11:40 AM

Thanks DG!! Can't watch it here at work (damn firewall), but I'll watch it when I get home.
I'm DG? That's a new one. I like it better than Dan. (it reminds me of Dorthy Gail from Tin Man, which i loved) ;)

You're welcome. :)

Handsome Rob

01-28-2008, 11:45 AM

I'm DG? That's a new one. I like it better than Dan. (it reminds me of Dorthy Gail from Tin Man, which i loved) ;)

You're welcome. :)

Well its better then calling you Dan, because I know you are not Dan, but apparently a girl named Nikki, so I figured I would shorten it (hope you did not mind), and most of the time people shorten mine and just call me Rob, even though my name is not really Rob, but instead refers to Jason Statham's character in Gone In 60 seconds. A few times I have been referred to as HR, which is cool too I guess.

Dan's_Gurl

01-28-2008, 01:57 PM

it is much better than Dan. Like I said, it really reminds me of a character in Tin Man, and I loved her, so I really don't mind at all.

Really? Your name isn't Rob? I'll have to remember that. ;)

Handsome Rob

01-28-2008, 02:06 PM

^^^Nope, it's ..... actually

Knerys

01-28-2008, 02:45 PM

it is much better than Dan. Like I said, it really reminds me of a character in Tin Man, and I loved her, so I really don't mind at all.

Really? Your name isn't Rob? I'll have to remember that. ;)

Just please tell me you know of The Wizard of OZ...

IamMrDJ

01-28-2008, 03:51 PM

Just please tell me you know of The Wizard of OZ...

The show on HBO right? It was based in a prison.

***Duck's Knery's slap***

Dan's_Gurl

01-28-2008, 06:35 PM

Just please tell me you know of The Wizard of OZ...
Yes, I do. I grew up with it and have watched it about a hundred times (and saw it once on ice when i was little). I'm in the minority that really liked Tin Man too (though i really look at it as something completely separate from the Wizard of Oz).

JBond

01-28-2008, 06:44 PM

I think I once heard "Wizard of Oz" is the movie that has been seen by the most people.

Darth Maul

01-28-2008, 07:07 PM

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23124067-661,00.html

sshuttari

01-28-2008, 08:17 PM

^^ I can't believe people were protesting the memorial.

What is the world coming too

Doomsday

01-28-2008, 10:16 PM

capt jack sparrow

01-28-2008, 11:25 PM

looks like it dooms... if she woulda called 9-1-1 he might of lived
don't know some people need their heads checked

PsYkOoOoO

01-29-2008, 03:02 AM

^^ I can't believe people were protesting the memorial.

What is the world coming too

What the **** is wrong with those people? Heath's in Hell? I think if he really is in Hell, he should bring those bastards with him.

Knerys

01-29-2008, 03:35 AM

Yes, I do. I grew up with it and have watched it about a hundred times (and saw it once on ice when i was little). I'm in the minority that really liked Tin Man too (though i really look at it as something completely separate from the Wizard of Oz).I wanted to see Tin Man but we didn't have cable at the time heh.

The article says that 9 minutes were wasted when the masseuse called Mary Kate Olsen instead of 911. A friend of my moms had an ex husband who suffered a heart attack, the girlfriend found him, and ran across the street to see if a neighbor could help. Between the time she finally called 911 about 15 minutes later and the ambulance arriving, he died.

Christ.

Are people THIS RETARDED? Don't people know by the year 2007 Anno Domini that if you suspect something may be wrong with someone YOU CALL 911 FIRST! NOT SECOND, NOT LATER, FIRST! THAT IS WHY 911 EXISTS, TO HELP PEOPLE! Are people scared to call 911? Did she have an outstanding warrant? Who the hell knows, all I know is that ignorance can be a factor in someone living or dying. I also know that there are waaaay too many stupid people living in America nowadays, and I mean stupid, like borderline mentally handicapped stupid, and it really frightens me.***EDIT***

So all the freaking articles i have have conflicting infomation so I say nothing.....

But yeah you call 911 first.

Handsome Rob

01-29-2008, 06:36 AM

The article says that 9 minutes were wasted when the masseuse called Mary Kate Olsen instead of 911. A friend of my moms had an ex husband who suffered a heart attack, the girlfriend found him, and ran across the street to see if a neighbor could help. Between the time she finally called 911 about 15 minutes later and the ambulance arriving, he died.

Christ.

Are people THIS RETARDED? Don't people know by the year 2007 Anno Domini that if you suspect something may be wrong with someone YOU CALL 911 FIRST! NOT SECOND, NOT LATER, FIRST! THAT IS WHY 911 EXISTS, TO HELP PEOPLE! Are people scared to call 911? Did she have an outstanding warrant? Who the hell knows, all I know is that ignorance can be a factor in someone living or dying. I also know that there are waaaay too many stupid people living in America nowadays, and I mean stupid, like borderline mentally handicapped stupid, and it really frightens me.

I have a feeling that this masseuse was a mutual acquaintance between Ledger and Olsen and upon finding a dead naked celebrity in his bedroom she panicked and called Olsen to find out if there was something different she needed to do. The coroner already reported that Heath was dead when they entered the room and had been for over an hour, so I don't believe there was anything either her or the housekeeper could have done, especially seeing it was a lethal drug interaction that was involved.

Sock-Man

01-29-2008, 08:34 AM

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5974/fantauzzoledgersk6.jpg

Thought this was interesting. A portrait done of him late last year. It certainly portrays him as a troubled man..

http://www.towleroad.com/2008/01/heath-ledgers-l.html

sshuttari

01-30-2008, 01:54 AM

I like the portrait, It's haunting

PsYkOoOoO

01-30-2008, 02:28 AM

Handsome Rob

01-30-2008, 07:38 AM

cablelan37

01-30-2008, 10:16 AM

You can almost see what he was going through before he passed away. That is a keeper in my books.

JBond

01-30-2008, 01:51 PM

Has anyone seen the cover of Newsweek, I think it was (maybe not). It shows him as this very solemn man, as if to sell this idea of him being so troubled to the point of suicide. Why the hell couldn't they just put a good picture of him? It's not a tabloid.

Ewok Droppings

01-30-2008, 02:14 PM

Sells better that way unfortunately. :(

Handsome Rob

01-30-2008, 02:17 PM

Yeah, I have a feeling you are correct. They know that even a slight air of controversy will sell magazines, even though the hard evidence points to none.

Knerys

01-30-2008, 02:20 PM

This reminds me of the whole Sean Taylor affair. Trying to paint a picture of someone the may or may not be correct. Journalism should know better. What has become of countability?

Handsome Rob

01-30-2008, 02:21 PM

It is a culture of tabloid journalism, even someone like Dan Rather fell into it.

Darth Maul

01-30-2008, 11:45 PM

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=713b59e1-7887-4831-8dff-b1414a955fe3

ET is now not going to show the video out of respect of the ledger family.

sshuttari

01-31-2008, 01:07 AM

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=713b59e1-7887-4831-8dff-b1414a955fe3

ET is now not going to show the video out of respect of the ledger family.

what video?

the webpage won't allow me to look at it unless im registered

Darth Maul

01-31-2008, 01:12 AM

what video?

the webpage won't allow me to look at it unless im registered

a video of him doing drugs at the same hotel that john belushi did, and he was doing it 2 months before he got his nomination for broke back.

try this link

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23137114-5001021,00.html?from=mostpop

sshuttari

01-31-2008, 01:28 AM

that makes me mad

Darth Maul

01-31-2008, 01:29 AM

that makes me mad

they said they arent going to air it though but still stupid of them.

DaRkKnIgHtDeTeCtIvE

01-31-2008, 01:51 AM

Sadly all media here in the US has become tabloid. The legal notice that those ****s at the Insider and ET sent to perezhilton is just another example of how these scum bags exploit and live off the tragedies and screw ups of celebrities. Sometimes its harmless, but in a case like this it's just disgusting and shameless.
The comment in that article from the ass from USAToday is a perfect example of some jackass pontificating and trying to make him self sound like an expert when really all he did was write a book about a guy who died young 52 years ago... heres his comment...
"Heath Ledger is one of the first (James) Dean-esqe people to die in the Internet age, so his death will be the testing ground to see how long the Net will fan the flame," Chris Epting, author of James Dean Died Here, told usatoday.com.

"It will be interesting to see: Will he be immortalised or will the next big thing totally supplant him in a couple of weeks?"

It's like the guy is cheerleading for another star to die in a couple of weeks, what does he have Britney in the office Death Pool or something? Scum bags and leeches all of them :mad: :mad: :mad:

Dan's_Gurl

01-31-2008, 05:30 PM

i googled it and it led me to PerezHilton.com (i think that guy is a douche, but decided to click anyway), and I found this:

The Hollywood community is still very upset at Entertainment Tonight and The Insider.

A behind-the-scenes campaign happened aggressively on Wednesday to pressure the shows not to broadcast that Heath Ledger video everyone was talking about.

Several top publicity companies threatened to never give the shows access to their star clients again. They caved.

However, we're told that many are still upset because ET and The Insider made it seem like Heath was doing drugs in the video.

He was not, a person who has seen the full clip tells us.

Additionally, when the shows aired a preview of the video, they showed a clip of Ledger saying, "I used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years."

However, what they didn't show you was that afterwards, he said , "and that's why I got this tattoo [an M, for daughter Matilda] to remind me never to smoke weed again."

SOURCE (http://perezhilton.com/2008-01-31-what-you-didnt-see)

Knerys

01-31-2008, 09:39 PM

**** journalism. If they are going to tailor stories to boost ratings or sell papers **** them all.

what "next big will surplant him"?????

And where is this comparing him to James Dean coming from? That's not an insult, but Dean was deeply troubled and that fact was very public. Ledger was always reserved. He was never tabloid fodder and now they want to take the moment when we should be honoring his life and reflecting on his work to rip into every detail of his personal life just to see what skeletons he might have been hiding.

cg124

01-31-2008, 09:48 PM

I hate this ****. Instead of letting the man rest in peace, they just try to keep bringing up more bad **** in his life.

JBond

01-31-2008, 09:57 PM

Maybe Heath will get cut a break and someone who plays video games will shoot someone.

sshuttari

01-31-2008, 10:03 PM

I'm glad to hear Heath wasn't doing drugs in the video.

:)

Handsome Rob

02-01-2008, 07:44 AM

Well they say that they are not showing the clips now out of respect for him. But they spent $2 mil on obtaining this video. IMO, they know there was nothing there and that they would have to tailor it to appear that he was in the midst of it, but for fear of legal implications from his family, they decided it was not worth it.

Ramplate

02-05-2008, 06:33 AM

Autopsy results could be in as soon as tomorrow

Deexan

02-06-2008, 10:16 AM

The Dark Knight star Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday.

The cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine," spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said in a statement.

The drugs are the generic names for the painkiller OxyContin, the anti-anxiety drugs Valium and Xanax, and the sleep aids Restoril and Unisom. Hydrocodone is a widely used prescription painkiller.

Borakove wouldn't say what concentrations of each drug were found in Ledger's blood, or whether one drug played a greater part than another in causing his death.

"What you're looking at here is the cumulative effects of these medications together," she said.

The ruling comes two weeks after the 28-year-old Australian-born actor was found dead in the bed of his rented SoHo apartment. Police found bottles of six types of prescription drugs, including sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication, in his bedroom and bathroom.

Ledger was discovered by his masseuse on Jan. 22 after she arrived for an appointment that afternoon. She entered his bedroom to set up for the massage and found him unresponsive, and proceeded to call Mary-Kate Olsen three times over the next 9 minutes before dialing 911. Ledger had been dead for some time, and police say no foul play occurred.

In a statement released through Ledger's publicist, Ledger's father, Kim, said Wednesday: "While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy. Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage."

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41679

Handsome Rob

02-06-2008, 10:38 AM

^^^Well that is a bittersweet relief to know it is what I thought it was, and nothing malicious.

JBond

02-06-2008, 11:22 AM

Now all that has to happen is every grocery store news stand has to retract their goddamn magazines that have a suicidal puicture of Heath Ledger and promises of reading about his troubled life and marrage.

Diablo

02-06-2008, 11:23 AM

Another case of humility for the media. I guess they didn't learn from Sean Taylor's death and how the media handled that.. Even if this is a different group of media.

JBond

02-06-2008, 11:24 AM

Humility? I'm sure they don't care with all the money they made off it.

Diablo

02-06-2008, 11:28 AM

True.. those bastards..

I hope they just move on from this and let him rest in peace finally.

Handsome Rob

02-06-2008, 11:38 AM

^^^Nah, they will be doing year anniversary pieces next January. A follow up with Michelle Williams and their daughter Matilda. It is inevitable. I saw a commercial they are doing on one for Anna Nicole yesterday. It is a crying shame.

Necross

02-06-2008, 11:55 AM

True.. those bastards..

I hope they just move on from this and let him rest in peace finally.

I hope they all die and we can post about how troubled their homes lives were. Which they probably are, why else write for tabloids? Gotta make everyone else seem more pathetic than they are.

claymore18

02-06-2008, 02:22 PM

I was hoping it was an alergic reaction to medication. But he had oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine in his system....good lord!

Handsome Rob

02-06-2008, 02:39 PM

^^^Yeah, but it does not necessarily mean he took it all at once. The man was having a bout of insomnia and a horrific pneumonia like cold. If he had any tolerance build up to them he could have been taking them over a course of a day or two to try and reap the needed affects.

FranklinTard

02-06-2008, 03:03 PM

i cant believe that. how dumb do you have to be?

what a stupid ****ing shame...

Ramplate

02-06-2008, 03:11 PM

he probably took them in a relatively short succession for an interaction to have occured - not necessarily in too large amounts for any one of them - but certainly too many types at once.

He definitly visited too many doctors and got too many prescriptions without checks as to what else he was taking
I believe an inquiry is appropriate to see if all the doctors I's and T's were dotted and crossed or if he had done it to himself entirely.

capt jack sparrow

02-06-2008, 03:57 PM

hear it on msnbc this morning

Handsome Rob

02-07-2008, 06:55 AM

^^^Yeah I heard it this morning that there will be an inquiry into it. Apparently he was prescribed the pills by as many as 2-3 doctors, one of which was in the UK. There were no checks and balances to prevent such an interaction.

FranklinTard

02-07-2008, 11:07 AM

he still should have known not to mix THAT many pills. it should have been common sense, sure it was crap work from the doctors, but they shouldn't be blamed. he threw them down his throat.

Handsome Rob

02-07-2008, 11:36 AM

^^^This is very true.

SouthsideX300

02-07-2008, 06:22 PM

he still should have known not to mix THAT many pills. it should have been common sense, sure it was crap work from the doctors, but they shouldn't be blamed. he threw them down his throat.

Its still sad nonetheless. :(

FranklinTard

02-07-2008, 09:24 PM

Its still sad nonetheless. :(

sad for all the wrong reasons.

and the newspaper article was priceless "safe medicines: deadly mixture" like it wasn't glaringly obvious you mix uppers and downers it might be a bad thing.

and he was ****ing 28 in hollywood, wasn't some new kid on the block, im sure he had his fair share of experience with drugs.

MasterChief117

02-10-2008, 06:49 PM

R.I.P Heath Ledger(My bad for posting late, grounded,ROFL)

You are and always be a good actor with heavy potential that got killed to early. Your role as The Joker will probably be the best acting role for Joker ever portrayed and well you past away. I hope your life ended atleast in a good peaceful way and i'm glad you died painless. I pay my respects to your little daughter and your ex wife. Not many people can say there dad played The Joker.

Boiiinng

07-01-2008, 04:19 PM

New theater named after Ledger in his hometown.

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20080701/121492476000.html

Fanible

07-01-2008, 05:18 PM

Very cool. It would be cool to see what it looks like.

Speaking of the "final full role" in the Dark Knight. Critics seem to really like his performance so far. As such it would probably be a great movie for him to have gone out on. A high note.

Let's hope that his performance in the Terry Gilliam flick is good too, since that technically will be his actual last film.

MasterChief117

07-01-2008, 08:35 PM

Yeah it looks like expectations have been met so far.

Handsome Rob

07-02-2008, 08:05 PM

New theater named after Ledger in his hometown.

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20080701/121492476000.html

Cool story. I had heard that the credits will have a dedication to him and the stuntman that died as well.

Two-Face

07-18-2008, 07:20 PM

That's good story, R.I.P Heath Ledger

casablanca3

07-21-2008, 07:32 PM

forever the man.......everyone together now......Heathhhhhhhhh

FilmJerk

07-21-2008, 11:05 PM

anyone watch the e true hollywood story. very emotional

Ramplate

08-06-2008, 10:34 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_en_ce/heath_ledger

Officials stop probe into the drug investigation - they're no longer looking for where they came from

Fanible

08-20-2008, 06:01 PM

Written by brenda - Tue, Aug 19, 2008, 6:01 pm PDT

The late Heath Ledger's daughter Matilda was spotted skipping along the streets of NYC yesterday with her mom Michelle Williams in the cutest pink sundress. Every time I see a photo of the 2-year-old I can't believe how much she looks like her dad. He definitely lives on through her.

As most of you probably know, Heath was filming Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" at the time of his death. Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell stepped in to complete Heath's role, playing different versions of his character "Tim."

When the three actors learned that Ledger's will had not been updated to include his daughter, the generous trio decided to donate all the money they earned from the film to little Matilda!

It's good to know that there are a few nice guys in Hollywood.

‘’

Doomsday

08-20-2008, 06:33 PM

That clears things up for me, I didn't know she wasn't included in the will. Before I knew that I was thinking "uhh why give her money? Her parents were/are movie stars, she's the last kid to need money."

Fanible

08-20-2008, 07:44 PM

JBond

08-20-2008, 08:22 PM

As most of you probably know, Heath was filming Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" at the time of his death.

That's pretty weird considering Terry Gilliam's infamous curses on every movie he does.

Fanible

08-20-2008, 08:33 PM

That's pretty weird considering Terry Gilliam's infamous curses on every movie he does.

Yup. Mentioned it at the time. ;)
Poor Gilliam. Jacked up really. It's really cool how those three are doing the favor.

Dan's_Gurl

08-21-2008, 01:28 AM

I wonder who did get his money though. You'd think they would give some to her.

They supposedly didn't get paid too much for the movie either, so it wouldn't be a massive amount. Although, true, whatever amount it was, I'm sure it'd be far more than enough for any of us. *shrugs*

apparently he'd made his will around 2002 and hadn't updated it. i think it all went to family members. i don't think it really matters, seeing as Michelle Williams isn't out of work or anything (if it did i think she'd take legal action to get Matilda a cut of his money). i don't think she'll have a problem providing for her daughter.

Ramplate

08-21-2008, 08:02 AM

you don't expect to die at that age - I've almost kicked the bucket 3 times and I don't have a will together yet - but I have thought of it. I do have enough assets to matter where it goes.

Jokerzilla

09-09-2008, 01:37 AM

Fanible

09-09-2008, 01:21 PM

He probably knew it was coming hence why he made a will. Still, it's a shame that he died so young, I'd love to have met him. But even more important than that, Matilda won't get to know him that well. It really sucks.

He made a will, because he was just being smart. It's good to make/update a will every now and again - not because you "know your death is coming." Anyway, what's being discussed is that he hadn't updated his will in over 5 years, so his daughter wasn't included in it. That's why Depp/Law/Farrell are donating their pay to her.

SouthsideX300

09-09-2008, 04:27 PM

Its very smart to make a will. No matter your age with making that kind of money.

Jokerzilla

09-14-2008, 03:08 AM

Yep, it is indeed a good idea.

http://www.bubbahunks.com/wp-content/heath-ledger-1.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/emigrestudio/Emigrestudio%202008/Jan%2008/heath_ledger2.jpg

http://www.usmagazine.com/files/heath-ledger-b_1.jpg

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/06/16/heath-ledger_xe9W8_2263.jpg

Some pics to liven up the thread a bit.