Heath Ledger’s final memorial service breaks out into a swimming party (you should read the passage Michelle Williams read for him, touching actually–read it after the break) -Daily Telegraph Australia
Lindsay Lohan changes hair color, gets drunk with Paris Hilton at Avalon; Status quo achieved- That Other Bog
Eva Mendes goes back to rehab after brief vacation from rehab; way to commit, Eva- Pop Sugar
Britney Spears’ manager and attorney both dump her ass; things still going great for Britney Spears- People Magazine Online
Hayden Panettiere: Enough with the fucking whales already. OK? -US Magazine
Kate von D has a message for her former boss Ami James according to TMZ and she put it in autographed picture form. Awww…thoughtful!:
So this toxicology report on Heath Ledger will come as little/no surprise to anyone with half a brain who’s been reading up on the whole tragic event: accidental overdose. The AP reports:
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 medical examiner’s office only provided generic names, so it is unknown whether he took generic or brand-name drugs. Police had said they found six types of prescription drugs, including sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication, in Ledger’s apartment.
Oxycodone is a painkiller marketed as OxyContin and used in other painkillers such as Percodan and Percocet; hydrocodone is used in a number of painkillers, including Vicodin.
Diazepam and alprazolam are the generic names for the anti-anxiety drugs Valium and Xanax, and the other two drugs are sleep aids commonly sold under the brands Restoril and Unisom.
Sorry. As sad as it is to lose such a talented actor at this young of an age, it’s hard to feel THAT bad for someone who clearly ignored the orders of his doctor in my opinion. I can’t think of a doctor alive who would suggest a patient take that cocktail of drugs.
Let’s keep this in mind folks: when the doctor tells you not to mix shit or asks you if you are taking anything else it’s for a reason. You don’t know better than them. If you are going to multiple doctors like Ledger was, you MUST tell them what you are taking. They have no other way of knowing. You could literally be killing yourself and leaving a young child behind, like Heath, if you aren’t careful.
I won’t post the actual picture and copy here since I don’t want the same shit storm of comments going on here that is going on elsewhere causing me hours of pain as I delete user accounts of people who signed up just to say ‘fuck you’, but if your fragile heart can handle a joke, check out Heath Ledger’s ‘new ad’ at Pleasegodno.com
Don’t blame me if it offends you, I warned you.
I think the Best Buy in San Diego having a ‘tribute sale’ is far more offensive but tomaytoe, tahmahtoh.
Update: here’s another one from Pleasegodno.com again, if you are offended, it’s your own fault. (oh and lighten the fuck up)
This item was sent in to the good folks at bestweekever.tv and it’s pretty bad.
A Best Buy manager thought it would be a good idea to run with the whole ‘he dead’ thing perhaps a bit too soon. If this works out well for them; I have a new script idea…:
I kinda debated posting this, but I think the huge crowd by his building and all the flash bulbs kinda give a sobering and in a strange way uplifting view of how many people he truly touched with his work.
The silence is eerie and the image of a burgeoning screen icon being wheeled off to his final resting place are a reminder of the fragility and value of life.
Here is some video of Heath Ledger’s family speaking about their son’s tragic passing in Australia.
Sorry for so many Heath related posts, I tend to avoid 90 posts of all the minutiae, but he was a rather big star so I’m making a semi-exception in this case.
Rev. Fred Phelps, who came to infamy by starting the ‘wonderful’ godhatesfags.com and poisoning his mindless flock with his homophobic bullshit, plans on protesting Heath Ledger’s funeral because he had the ‘audacity’ to play a ‘faggot’ in Brokeback Mountain.
Notes for Fred:
1-100) kill yourself & all of your followers NOW.
101) if you had actually watched the film, his character was highly conflicted and in many ways disgusted by his homosexual escapades. So in many ways, his character was probably more in line with you than you think. (well, aside from the fact that you are both closeted homosexuals)
102) it’s a fucking character in a film. Just because someone plays Hitler doesn’t mean they are a Nazi.
103) Who gives a shit if he did support homosexuals in anyway? You are a reverend. Desecrating a burial is a grievous sin, though perhaps Baptists take those rules a little lighter. I know the Protestants haven’t ever been keen on keeping the hard rules and yet like to pipe up the loudest about the shit that is convenient for you to trumpet up.
104) I hope you have a prefered sunblock for the eternity you are going to spend with the hell fires lapping at your anus for eternity.
105) you are no better than Al Qaeda or any other religious extremist group. Does that make you happy?
106-50000) Kill yourself and all of your followers NOW. Stop wasting so much time.
This is presumably the final photo of Heath Ledger alive on the set of Terry Gilliam’s next film The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus in London Saturday night; smile on his face.
Rising star actor, Heath Ledger was found dead of an apparent overdose of prescription medication in his NYC apartment. AOL News reports:
Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let him know the masseuse had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m.
The star will appear in next summer’s Dark Knight sequel to Batman Begins where his turn as the joker has been earning rave early reviews.
Saddest news in all of this is that he leaves a 2 year old girl, Matilda, behind from his previous marriage to Brokeback Mountain co-star Michelle Williams.
One can only hope it was truly accidental and not a suicide or misuse of drugs for the sake of his child. One can only imagine what it must be like to lose a parent to suicide at any age, much less 2 years old.
He was 28 years old. Let’s enjoy one final look at his work on screen in, arguably, his most critically acclaimed role in Brokeback Mountain.
Luciano Pavarotti, after being hospitalized earlier this month with pneumonia, has succumb to pancreatic cancer.
