Heath Ledger Found Dead

[Joe Blow]

I didn't find those photos amusing either and have removed them.

Whether you liked Heath Ledger as an actor or not, whether you care about his demise or not, I don't think we should be making fun of or mocking him in death. I know it was probably meant light heartedly but I still don't think it's appropriate.

 

[2020hindsight]

As they say, he took on some tough / demanding roles.
And it could be they indirectly took the ultimate toll on him

http://boards.ign.com/dc_universe_board/b8262/123561129/r147547536/

Joker is the next villian in the batman movie sequel
......"A Grim Jester" is what Nolan Definitly looking for, because he doesn't want this joker to look or act similar as Jack Nicholsn portrayed him in the first batman movie. I look forward to see Ledger playing this role. And Nolan will look for a darker and more sinister joker than ever

 

[Prospector]

I didn't find those photos amusing either and have removed them.

Whether you liked Heath Ledger as an actor or not, whether you care about his demise or not, I don't think we should be making fun of or mocking him in death. I know it was probably meant light heartedly but I still don't think it's appropriate.

Thanks Joe, thought they were pretty crappy really. Not even sure if they could be deemed light hearted, but rather totally inappropriate!

 

[natashia]

TV airs Ledger drug video
PETA HELLARD

January 31, 2008 12:00am
US CELEBRITY gossip show Entertainment Tonight have aired a video allegedly showing Australian actor Heath Ledger snorting drugs at a Hollywood party.

Entertainment Tonight, which reportedly paid $US200,000 ($224,767) for the clip, aired the footage of Ledger allegedly on a drug binge at a Hollywood hotel.
US program Entertainment Tonight said the Australian network Channel Nine also planned to air the scandalous footage - allegedly taken at Los Angeles celebrity hangout Chateau Marmont in January last year - in its news bulletin tonight.

Entertainment Tonight showed clips of the footage - where Ledger is seen and heard talking about his drug habits - during the east coast version of its bulletin.

The footage was not shown in the west coast edition of the program - with legal pressure believed to have been applied to the American program.

Entertainment Tonight reportedly paid almost $A225,000 for the tape but Nine Los Angeles bureau chief Rob Penfold told News Limited that the video was not bought.

"Definitely not," he said this afternoon.

"There was absolutely no money involved at all."

Penfold said the network planned to air footage from the tape in tonight's bulletin.

"This tape has been in circulation and a lot of people have been trying to get hold of it," he said.

"It was always going to surface.

"It would appear that what the magazines have been writing about (Ledger's alleged drug addiction) has been true."

The west coast edition of Entertainment Tonight said the program would air the footage in tomorrow night's episode

 

[vida]

What's the big deal - hasn't anyone ever seen a person do drugs before ? People should get out more and leave poor Heath alone. The media is getting grosser and grosser by the minute, selling mags with such tripe! Gutter press

TV airs Ledger drug video
PETA HELLARD

January 31, 2008 12:00am
US CELEBRITY gossip show Entertainment Tonight have aired a video allegedly showing Australian actor Heath Ledger snorting drugs at a Hollywood party.

Entertainment Tonight, which reportedly paid $US200,000 ($224,767) for the clip, aired the footage of Ledger allegedly on a drug binge at a Hollywood hotel.
US program Entertainment Tonight said the Australian network Channel Nine also planned to air the scandalous footage - allegedly taken at Los Angeles celebrity hangout Chateau Marmont in January last year - in its news bulletin tonight.

Entertainment Tonight showed clips of the footage - where Ledger is seen and heard talking about his drug habits - during the east coast version of its bulletin.

The footage was not shown in the west coast edition of the program - with legal pressure believed to have been applied to the American program.

Entertainment Tonight reportedly paid almost $A225,000 for the tape but Nine Los Angeles bureau chief Rob Penfold told News Limited that the video was not bought.

"Definitely not," he said this afternoon.

"There was absolutely no money involved at all."

Penfold said the network planned to air footage from the tape in tonight's bulletin.

"This tape has been in circulation and a lot of people have been trying to get hold of it," he said.

"It was always going to surface.

"It would appear that what the magazines have been writing about (Ledger's alleged drug addiction) has been true."

The west coast edition of Entertainment Tonight said the program would air the footage in tomorrow night's episode

 

[cordelia]

no kidding Julia !!
hot diggity dog - I never thought of that .

oh dear........hot diggity dog..where is that from

 

[2020hindsight]

oh dear........hot diggity dog..where is that from

cordelia
where is it from?
you might be too young -
it was a song in 1956

Perry Como ~ Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) (1956)

 

[2020hindsight]

What's the big deal - hasn't anyone ever seen a person do drugs before ? People should get out more and leave poor Heath alone. The media is getting grosser and grosser by the minute, selling mags with such tripe! Gutter press

:iagree:

(PS although to be honest I've never seen anyone do cocaine lol - obviously I don;t get around as much as you do vida)

 

[natashia]

:iagree:

(PS although to be honest I've never seen anyone do cocaine lol - obviously I don;t get around as much as you do vida)

Umm!! the great media in first hand destruction!!! So what the donkeys are saying is that Heath was 26 when this video was shot and if it is something he USED to do for 20 years then he would have had to be 2-3 years old when he started .

"TOO FUNNY" - My wager is the media are on some hard stuff to be having such a sensational imagination!!!:mexico:

 

[2020hindsight]

he USED to do for 20 years then he would have had to be 2-3 years old when he started .

is the media are on some hard stuff to be having such a sensational imagination

lol spot on natashia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/01/2152200.htm?section=justin

Hollywood anger over Ledger 'drug' video
Posted 4 hours 13 minutes ago
Updated 3 hours 30 minutes ago

In a rare display of unity, the Hollywood community has joined in protest against the airing of a two-year-old video showing Australian actor Heath Ledger allegedly at a drug-fuelled hotel party.

The video was pulled from the US airwaves, with entertainment shows Entertainment Tonight and The Insider both backing down on plans to broadcast it.

After they had aired portions of the video on the US east coast, a spokeswoman for the TV shows said in a statement released on Wednesday evening (US time) that they decided against playing the video again "out of respect for Heath Ledger's family."

But the decision followed a campaign by Ledger's publicity firm, Los Angeles-based ID-PR, to rally Hollywood's creative community against the shows.

ID-PR sent an email to public relations companies, talent agencies, management firms and studio executives, calling into question the "common decency" of the programs' producers.

"This is not journalism, it is sensationalism. It is a shameful exploitation of the lowest kind, to a talented and gentle soul, undeserving of such treatment," said the email.

"We are asking the Hollywood community to pressure Entertainment Tonight to pull the segment."

Mara Buxbaum, chief operating officer of ID-PR, said, "there were a lot of people who were so appalled ... they stood up for what was right."

A spokeswoman for Entertainment Tonight and The Insider was not immediately available to comment on the ID-PR e-mail.

Both shows feature interviews with Hollywood stars about their new TV shows and movies.

Ledger, 28, an Oscar nominee for his role in Brokeback Mountain, was found dead in his bed at his New York apartment last week with sleeping pills and other prescription drugs nearby, police said. An official cause of death has yet to be determined.

The grainy video, portions of which can be seen on websites, does not show Ledger using drugs, but he can be heard admitting to smoking marijuana in the past.

The video was said to be taken in January 2006 at the Chateau Marmont hotel on Hollywood's Sunset Strip.

"but he can be heard admitting to smoking marijuana in the past"

how low can they go

meanwhile ninemsn - has " someone voted the worst James Bond girl ever" etc

I once heard Channel 9 admit that they don't intend their "News" to educate or inform - that it is primarily to "entertain" -

Question - Why would anyone watch 9 etc in preference to ABC? who are the last vestige of decency in the media if you ask me.
best 8 cents I've spent today! ( although it's gone up to 14cents or some such)

he USED to do for 20 years then he would have had to be 2-3 years old when he started

PS Hell, when I was a lad way back we used to smoke gerbera stems with dried cowdung lol. Good way to ensure you didn't take up serious smoking

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=88173&highlight=gossip#post88173

 

[natashia]

You know what my thoughts/take are? Is that one day there will be such a backfire/boomerang when one individual whether involved or not pulls a knife or gun :badass: to one of the papparraZiT’S and all hell breaks loose. Just a matter of time!!

The extent these pap’s are going to just to get there sausage filled is freaking preposterous.

 

[dalek]

The extent these pap’s are going to just to get there sausage filled is freaking preposterous.

Gee, I hope the sausage filling goes down the line when I buy my next newspaper !!
Woo Hoo !! Mrs Dalek

 

[2020hindsight]

The extent these pap’s are going to just to get there sausage filled is freaking preposterous.

I can imagine when the Chasers get back ....
maybe something like...
"read all about it ! paps involved in another smear campaign"

 

[Happy]

And what lessons from this tragedy to us, boys and girls?

Stay clear of drugs, to live healthy and happy life.

 

[2020hindsight]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/02/2152744.htm?section=justin

Williams has 'broken heart' over Ledger's death
Posted 3 hours 44 minutes ago
Updated 3 hours 29 minutes ago
In her first statement since the death of her former companion Heath Ledger, actress Michelle Williams said she is suffering from a broken heart and asked for privacy for her and daughter Matilda.

"Please respect our need to grieve privately," Williams said in a statement released on Friday by Ledger's spokeswoman. "My heart is broken."

Williams, 27, met Ledger on the set of the 2005 movie Brokeback Mountain, fell in love and had Matilda, who is now two years old. They split up in September.

"I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father," Williams said in her statement.

"All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day. His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time and we know that he is with us still. She will be brought up with the best memories of him."

And what lessons from this tragedy to us, boys and girls? Stay clear of drugs, to live healthy and happy life.

PS Happy, not sure anyone is saying that recreational drugs were to blame? Are they? - not that I disgaree with your comment in general. (moderation in the case of booze )

 

[natashia]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/02/2152744.htm?section=justin



PS Happy, not sure anyone is saying that recreational drugs were to blame? Are they? - not that I disgaree with your comment in general. (moderation in the case of booze )

Ahuh thats right 2020 and it's no ones business if one chooses to be happy whilst getting a kick on high...not one can do diddly squat unless they choose to get their sheet together!!!!

And what lessons from this tragedy to us, boys and girls?
Stay clear of drugs, to live healthy and happy life

Yup thats right live healthy and happy so we can be fit to knock the sausage of the paps from here to timbucktoo

 

[vida]

Staying clear of drugs involves abstaining from every drug? like caffeine, gambling, money, s/trading, tobacco, sugar, alcohol and even love is a drug according to some old crooner brian ferry i think twas - anything in moderation is probably ok but smoking is never ok not even one I am told by my health adviser ...

Ahuh thats right 2020 and it's no ones business if one chooses to be happy whilst getting a kick on high...not one can do diddly squat unless they choose to get their sheet together!!!!

And what lessons from this tragedy to us, boys and girls?
Stay clear of drugs, to live healthy and happy life

Yup thats right live healthy and happy so we can be fit to knock the sausage of the paps from here to timbucktoo