Mr.Jingles 22.01.2008 17:03 |
link |
AspiringPhilosophe 22.01.2008 17:07 |
HOLY CRAP!!!! That's not fair...I really liked him! Unfortunatley, how much do you wanna bet it was a drug overdose? A 27 year old does NOT go into cardiac arrest on his own, unless he has a heart defect. Now I'm sad. :-( RIP Heath |
its_a_hard_life 26994 22.01.2008 17:16 |
OH MY GOD. :| Rest in peace, Heath...... |
rachael mae. 22.01.2008 17:23 |
This is actually making me cry. So young, so tragic. |
Ms. Rebel 22.01.2008 17:24 |
I still can't believe it...................... R.I.P. :'( |
Miss Multiples aka colfarrell1 22.01.2008 17:26 |
RIP...Poor guy..He was one of my favorite actors..prayers for his little daughter..I loved him in Brokeback Mountain & 10 Things I Hate About You.. |
Micrówave 22.01.2008 17:28 |
Maybe they should stop making Batman movies. |
magicalfreddiemercury 22.01.2008 17:29 |
Stunning news. Stunning and horrible. |
Micrówave 22.01.2008 17:33 |
Batman seems to kill a lot of careers. Where's Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer lately? |
***Marial-B*** 22.01.2008 17:33 |
Jeez :S This is too tragic :S R.I.P. link link |
miracle-man! 29382 22.01.2008 17:39 |
I was as shocked and suprised as anyone this happened. The scenes I saw of him as the Joker amazed me even,and my mother loved his performance in a Knight's tale. RIP.Heath. My prayers go out to his family. |
Freya is quietly judging you. 22.01.2008 17:41 |
Brokeback Mountain will feel weird now. |
***Marial-B*** 22.01.2008 17:43 |
Poor girl, I mean his daughter :( |
Micrówave 22.01.2008 17:52 |
And he was found in one of the Olsen Twin's apartments!!! Oh man, this is going to get good!!!! |
Mr.Jingles 22.01.2008 18:02 |
<b><font color=007788> ?Freya? wrote: Brokeback Mountain will feel weird now.The Dark Knight is going to feel even weirder. |
Micrówave 22.01.2008 18:12 |
Surrounded by pills and naked in Mary Kate Olsen's apartment getting ready for a massage. Sad? We could all only be so lucky! |
Ms. Rebel 22.01.2008 18:22 |
Micrówave wrote: Surrounded by pills and naked in Mary Kate Olsen's apartment getting ready for a massage. Sad? We could all only be so lucky!You are retard. Period. |
Music Man 22.01.2008 18:31 |
Hey, at least I've heard this guy's name before.
On a related note, there's going to be another Batman movie? I liked the last one - it was surprisingly fresh. I look forward to the next one featuring this late Ledger character.
<b><font color=007788> ?Freya? wrote: Brokeback Mountain will feel weird now.I've never seen it, but from what I know about it, I'm sure that movie felt weird long before now. |
Carol! the Musical 22.01.2008 19:28 |
God, that's sad. And scary, a bit. For all we know, tomorrow's news could say 'Britney Spears found dead'. And the poor guy was only 28. I'll never be able to watch Brokeback Mountain again. I was better off not knowing.. D: |
Treasure Moment 22.01.2008 19:32 |
dum dum dum another one bites the dust |
AspiringPhilosophe 22.01.2008 19:45 |
Micrówave wrote: And he was found in one of the Olsen Twin's apartments!!! Oh man, this is going to get good!!!!No he wasn't...that was a misstatement. Mary Kate does have an apartment in that building, but it wasn't hers that he was in. It was his. She wasn't even there anyway...she's at the Sundance Film Festival. "The Times initially reported that Ledger was found in an apartment owned by actress Mary-Kate Olsen, but a spokesperson for the actress, who is at the Sundance Film Festival, later told the Times the apartment was not Olsen's." link |
Music Man 22.01.2008 20:27 |
.....ASSDUDE...... wrote: deeeerrr theres another batman movie>>>??? what rock do you live under???I seldom know when new movies are coming out. I tend to just pass by theatres and say, "That looks interesting," or listen to what others are going to see. Yep. I live under a rock. So what? It's environmentally-friendly. Chicks dig that. |
Queen are the Champions 22.01.2008 20:44 |
I'm still shocked. I can't believe it. Watching the next Batman movie will be sad now ;__ ; R.I.P. Heath |
Freya is quietly judging you. 22.01.2008 20:50 |
Quote from journalist friend type person - "He was found naked at the foot of the bed by the housekeeper and masseuse, sleeping pills prescribed to Ledger were found in the apartment but not scattered about, rumours about the flat belonging to Mary Kate Olsen are not true, there are reports he had been feeling unwell but they are awaiting the medical report before they confirm or deny the possibility of a drugs overdose. So there you go." |
i-Fred 22.01.2008 21:34 |
boo |
StoneColdClassicQueen 22.01.2008 21:47 |
ay, I couldn't believe it. My mum was telling my sister. My sister just turned our laptop on and we saw the story. This was an absolute shock. It's so hard to believe how many young people are dying nowadays, but it's not that hard to believe they died from drugs. No disrespect intended to the late Heath Ledger. May he rest in peace along with the rest of the young people whose lives have been cut short. |
Vincent. 22.01.2008 22:27 |
Awwwwwwwwlink made me so sad when I first heard it. :'( I loved him! D: |
john bodega 23.01.2008 00:13 |
Well it's sadder than when Steve Irwin died. |
Music Man 23.01.2008 01:27 |
Zebonka12 wrote: Well it's sadder than when Steve Irwin died.Blasphemer. |
Treasure Moment 23.01.2008 03:34 |
Zebonka12 wrote: Well it's sadder than when Steve Irwin died.no way in hell, i still remember steve but this guy ive already forgotten about |
john bodega 23.01.2008 06:10 |
I don't understand your logic. This guy could act and his performance wouldn't always suck total balls. Steve Irwin was a terrorist to the animal kingdom. Then again, I'm not surprised that he found such mass appeal with the lowest common denominator. |
***Marial-B*** 23.01.2008 06:24 |
Well... it's still terribly bad what happened to him. He already tried to commit suicide when Michelle Williams left him. |
john bodega 23.01.2008 08:05 |
<font color=#FF66FF><b>Marial-B wrote: Well... it's still terribly bad what happened to him.Extremely. I don't know what it was about the guy, I just liked his manner when he wasn't acting. Could've all been an act I guess, but I'll have to follow my gut. |
Holly2003 23.01.2008 08:17 |
Regarding The Patriot (starring heath ledger), this is a film which is notable mainly for pretending that slavery didn't happen. Where exactly are all the slaves? Maybe they're hiding from "ze Englanders"? Mel Gibson plays Francis Marion, who hires blacks rather than owns them. In real life, Marion was a slave-holder and alleged rapist. When he wasn't making money off the back of slave labour, he spent his free time commiting atrocities against Indians. Ledger's part in all of this? He stars as a brave and innocent young American who is murdered by the troops of perfidious Albion (who, by the way, are portrayed like Nazis, burning down churches filled with American civilians, killing POWs etc. And this from a german drector too. Hmmm....) |
***Marial-B*** 23.01.2008 10:18 |
Zebonka12 wrote:Well... that's what a lot of people thought. In fact, I always saw him down to earth, so different from other actors, but well... those things happen even on the best families like some people say...<font color=#FF66FF><b>Marial-B wrote: Well... it's still terribly bad what happened to him.Extremely. I don't know what it was about the guy, I just liked his manner when he wasn't acting. Could've all been an act I guess, but I'll have to follow my gut. |
JoxerTheDeityPirate 23.01.2008 10:27 |
so sleeping pills are the new "cuprinol" as they do "exactly what it says on the tin".who would think that?.. the more you take.the more you sleep... seems logical that if you take enough you will sleep forever oh well,shit happens.. just have to trim down jack nicholson's girth now so he can reprise his role as the joker. come on Amy Winehouse your turn for a dead thread must be soon.. |
FriedChicken 23.01.2008 11:38 |
Another Brian's Curse related death :( |
Music Man 23.01.2008 13:53 |
Zebonka12 wrote: I don't understand your logic. This guy could act and his performance wouldn't always suck total balls. Steve Irwin was a terrorist to the animal kingdom. Then again, I'm not surprised that he found such mass appeal with the lowest common denominator.Steve Irwin was a noted environmentalist and conservationalist. While his hands on approach may seem rather coarse, he was hardly a terrorist, and had always put the interests of the animals to the forefront. He did the best job of anybody to expose a broad range of people to wildlife (many for the first time), as well as many conservationalist causes. All Heath Ledger did was act in movies. If you take away the pretty face, I could find you a million actors that could do just as well. Oh, how society finds the strangest people to idolize...it is beyond me. Steve Irwin died in a routine swim with a stingray, under the direction of professionals, doing what he loved and did best. Heath Ledger died nude on the floor - possibly...most likely due to his own stupidity and selfishness. |
pittrek 23.01.2008 14:01 |
My father died today :-( I know that he wasn't famous, but I'm personally more depressed from this then from Heath Ledger's death :-( |
Janet 23.01.2008 14:17 |
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, pittrek. :-( Its so hard. I lost my brother two weeks ago today, and I'm finding it very difficult to get over the loss. |
john bodega 23.01.2008 15:03 |
"He did the best job of anybody to expose a broad range of people to wildlife (many for the first time)"
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Butler on line 2...
Steve Irwin exposed people to what wildlife looks like when it's confronted by Steve Irwin. It's like 'Jackass', only legitimised by the notion that it's somehow educational.
I never said his death wasn't sad, but let's not go making him out to be something he wasn't. He was more than generous when it came to funding and publicising conservation, passionate and idealistic.
He was *really* shit with animals on a one-to-one basis, and exploitative of them, and to be honest I'm more concerned with their welfare than with his.
"Oh, how society finds the strangest people to idolize...it is beyond me."
Fuck idols. I don't even idolise Queen.
It's just that good actors are rare. It's best explained in a line from Naked Gun. The mayor proclaims "You shot six actors - GOOD ONES".
I'm nothing if not a realist here, I know what Steve Irwin did and didn't do... at the very least, I know it as well as anyone who can be bothered to do a bit of research??
And it's always people from overseas telling me how great he was. Where is the logic in that??
Steve Irwin died most likely due to his own stupidity and selfishness. But since the video was erased, we'll never know for sure.
pittrek wrote: My father died today :-(I'm very sorry to hear that. Be strong. |
Ms. Rebel 23.01.2008 15:06 |
Janet wrote: I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, pittrek. :-( Its so hard. I lost my brother two weeks ago today, and I'm finding it very difficult to get over the loss. pittrek wrote: My father died today :-( I know that he wasn't famous, but I'm personally more depressed from this then from Heath Ledger's death :-(I'm so sorry to hear that... :( |
Music Man 23.01.2008 15:20 |
I think you'd have a little more credibility, Zebonka, if Steve Irwin ever did anything that was injurious to the welfare of any wildlife he encountered. Good actors are not as difficult to come by as one would think. It is society's obsession with looks that keeps most of them from the top. |
***Marial-B*** 23.01.2008 15:30 |
I'm sorry for Janet and pittek. My prayers are with you both :( |
pittrek 23.01.2008 15:31 |
Thank you friends. And I hope Janet is feeling less bad after 2 weeks |
Janet 23.01.2008 15:48 |
Thanks, you guys... :) |
Mr.Jingles 23.01.2008 15:51 |
Geez, who gives a fuck who was more important between Heath Ledger and Steve Irwin. Both were very important personalities in their own field. Makes me fuckin' wish it was Lindsay Lohan who kicked the bucket from an overdose. She's the one who's been playing with fire for a long time, and she's a horrendously bad actress. It wouldn't be such a big loss except to anyone except to the tabloid press. |
Mr.Jingles 23.01.2008 15:55 |
pittrek wrote: My father died today :-( I know that he wasn't famous, but I'm personally more depressed from this then from Heath Ledger's death :-(Sorry to hear that. Hope he's resting in peace. |
***Marial-B*** 23.01.2008 16:11 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: Geez, who gives a fuck who was more important between Heath Ledger and Steve Irwin. Both were very important personalities in their own field. Makes me fuckin' wish it was Lindsay Lohan who kicked the bucket from an overdose. She's the one who's been playing with fire for a long time, and she's a horrendously bad actress. It wouldn't be such a big loss except to anyone except to the tabloid press.I don't wish the death to anyone, but there are people who has been playing with fire for a long while like Lindsay, Amy and Britney... they should see these things and realize that's how they will end. |
***Marial-B*** 23.01.2008 16:11 |
Double post |
Mr Mercury 23.01.2008 17:07 |
<font color=666600><b>Music Man wrote:The autopsy report has came back as "inconclusive" as to the cause of his death.Zebonka12 wrote: I don't understand your logic. This guy could act and his performance wouldn't always suck total balls. Steve Irwin was a terrorist to the animal kingdom. Then again, I'm not surprised that he found such mass appeal with the lowest common denominator.Steve Irwin was a noted environmentalist and conservationalist. While his hands on approach may seem rather coarse, he was hardly a terrorist, and had always put the interests of the animals to the forefront. He did the best job of anybody to expose a broad range of people to wildlife (many for the first time), as well as many conservationalist causes. All Heath Ledger did was act in movies. If you take away the pretty face, I could find you a million actors that could do just as well. Oh, how society finds the strangest people to idolize...it is beyond me. Steve Irwin died in a routine swim with a stingray, under the direction of professionals, doing what he loved and did best. Heath Ledger died nude on the floor - possibly...most likely due to his own stupidity and selfishness. link |
Holly2003 23.01.2008 17:29 |
On the subject of the late Steve irwin, my guess is that any crocodile's life would be improved by a thumb up their bum. |
QueenMercury46 23.01.2008 20:25 |
I almost cried when I heard about this. Very tragic and depressing. |
StoneColdClassicQueen 23.01.2008 20:44 |
Prayers to pittrek and janet.. may your loved ones rest in peace. I remember when my favorite beloved aunt's life was cut short by cancer. I was so shocked and there were a mixture of feelings and confusion. I can only tell you that it's a horrible experience when someone dies. No one ever told me it was ok to be sad, but it is. I learned that you can mourn, but not forever. It's going to take time, but you have people to help you cope. Including me :) |
iron eagle 23.01.2008 20:59 |
janet i am sorry to hear about your loss let me know if there is anything i can do for you i am also sorry to hear of your loss pittrek |
Adolfo and the spiders from Mercury 23.01.2008 21:21 |
do u think the selling of his movies his going to increase? |
Janet 23.01.2008 21:37 |
Thank you for your kind and thoughtful words, StoneColdClassicQueen. Thank you Paul, you're very sweet. Got through the "hard stuff" alright (funeral and such), now its just the living of everyday life without him, you know? One day at a time, I guess... :) |
john bodega 23.01.2008 22:01 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: Makes me fuckin' wish it was Lindsay Lohan who kicked the bucket from an overdose. She's the one who's been playing with fire for a long time, and she's a horrendously bad actress. It wouldn't be such a big loss except to anyone except to the tabloid press.Not to be callous, but I actually had money on Amy Winehouse. She can't last more than a year the way she's going. <font color=666600><b>Music Man wrote: I think you'd have a little more credibility, Zebonka, if Steve Irwin ever did anything that was injurious to the welfare of any wildlife he encountered.Animals aren't like us, man... they have completely different standards of body language and personal space. He pestered the things for a living, and of course he made millions out of it... it's lightweight, amusing television to watch what is essentially a big kid play with animals. But I refuse to accept the idea that he was a pioneer in animal-related television, because he wasn't. I don't even have to bring up David Attenborough because we already had better viewing in Australia with Harry Butler. <font color=666600><b>Music Man wrote: Good actors are not as difficult to come by as one would think. It is society's obsession with looks that keeps most of them from the top.There are plenty of dodgy actors with busted faces. But on the whole you're right about the obsession with looks thing. Anyway. Enough derailing from me. |
sparrow 21754 23.01.2008 23:04 |
i was truly shocked when i heard this. i loved him, he was awesome in 'a knights tale'. so young, so beautiful, so talented, so undeserved. i really hoped it was a sick joke. my best wishes to his family, and especially that little girl of his. as for janet and pittrek, my sincere best wishes to you. |
The Mir@cle 24.01.2008 02:50 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: Geez, who gives a fuck who was more important between Heath Ledger and Steve Irwin. Both were very important personalities in their own field. My opinion... To Janet and pittek... I feel really sorry for you two. I hope you two are doing fine and going strong soon. Give them a nice place in your hearts! |
Holly2003 24.01.2008 05:47 |
Well done to Best Buy for this remarkably tasteful tribute link |
Dan C. 24.01.2008 07:01 |
Wow. That's... |
JoxerTheDeityPirate 24.01.2008 09:55 |
i see on the news that those religous fuckwits that protest against anything gay are gonna do a demo at his funeral because he played a gay cowboy in a movie. i swear this world has lost the plot.. |
Micrówave 24.01.2008 13:17 |
JoxerTheFrugelPirate wrote: i see on the news that those religous fuckwits that protest against anything gay are gonna do a demo at his funeral because he played a gay cowboy in a movie. i swear this world has lost the plot..We should all go to their church and start making out during communion. |
Music Man 24.01.2008 15:18 |
Holly2003 wrote: Well done to Best Buy for this remarkably tasteful tribute linkIt's a good idea. After hearing of a famous person's passing, customers generally want to be aware of his works and such. If it wasn't a Franchised event, the regional Best Buy likely didn't have the resources to make a big display of it by themselves. Too soon? Oh, please. |
Haystacks Calhoun II 24.01.2008 15:26 |
Micrówave wrote:You know, I wonder what, and I hate this term, but...I wonder what "those people" would do if, say, a few hundred of our gay and lesbian couples showed up en masse at their services and a Sunday morning under cover of "proper dress", ie, men with women, dressed in church gear, etc, and, in the middle of the service, all strip down and just go to town....JoxerTheFrugelPirate wrote: i see on the news that those religous fuckwits that protest against anything gay are gonna do a demo at his funeral because he played a gay cowboy in a movie. i swear this world has lost the plot..We should all go to their church and start making out during communion. |
Mr.Jingles 24.01.2008 17:20 |
Haystacks Calhounski wrote:That already happened, and you can thank Michael Moore for that.Micrówave wrote:You know, I wonder what, and I hate this term, but...I wonder what "those people" would do if, say, a few hundred of our gay and lesbian couples showed up en masse at their services and a Sunday morning under cover of "proper dress", ie, men with women, dressed in church gear, etc, and, in the middle of the service, all strip down and just go to town....JoxerTheFrugelPirate wrote: i see on the news that those religous fuckwits that protest against anything gay are gonna do a demo at his funeral because he played a gay cowboy in a movie. i swear this world has lost the plot..We should all go to their church and start making out during communion. link I don't agree with everything Michael Moore says, but this is just fuckin' brilliant. |
magicalfreddiemercury 24.01.2008 18:39 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: link I don't agree with everything Michael Moore says, but this is just fuckin' brilliant.Awesome! I wish the clip was longer, I would've liked to see the rest of that. Very cool. My only frustration is that the loudest mouth of the Phelps family wasn't there - Shirley Phelps Roper. I would have loved to see her try to go up against him. |
AspiringPhilosophe 24.01.2008 19:37 |
I actually wrote a blog about that this morning when I heard about it. I loved the clip!! Thanks for that Dan...indeed it was brilliant! Here is my blog if anyone is interested in reading the stuff that I tend to rant about at 9 am: link |
Music Man 24.01.2008 21:59 |
As much as Michael Moore is an ass, he's rather creative and entertaining. Incidentally, I clicked on a related video featuring Moore being interviewed by Bill O'Reilly. As much as I think Moore is an ass, you can't really get any worse then O'Reilly, can you? That's what I thought, anyway. Lo and behold, this was the only time I've EVER thought O'Reilly was the logical, civil one! Admittedly, I don't watch the show, but I'm sure this will surely never happen again. |
breakthru1989 25.01.2008 05:55 |
hello i think itis really pitty that HEATH LEDGER is dead now. he was a great actor. i have A KNIGHT’S TALE and he did a good job. i’d also seen the patriot with heath ledger and mel gibson. this year i wanna see the new batman movie the joker with heath ledger. last year i’d heard of a new batman movie. i diddnt now that heath ledger was the joker. this morning on the internet i i’ve been reading that for the first time. i’ve seen all the batman movies from 1989 until now. the first was with prince and jack nicholson as the joker. i am not depressed about heath ledger but it is a lost as an actor. greetings |
john bodega 25.01.2008 11:38 |
What would Heath Ledger say if I were found dead? Honestly. Fuck it. |
Mr.Jingles 25.01.2008 11:55 |
Zebonka12 wrote: What would Heath Ledger say if I were found dead? Honestly. Fuck it.That's the exactly same thing he said when he read the 'Brokeback Mountain' script, and came across the part of the scene in the tent with Jake Gyllenhall. |
magicalfreddiemercury 25.01.2008 13:29 |
This man's death is really bothering me. For someone seemingly so healthy to suddenly die... it's just an in-your-face reminder of how fast life can change. |
Music Man 25.01.2008 13:57 |
Dying young from drugs or an accident or what have you is one thing, but the most unsettling thing is otherwise perfectly healthy people suddenly dying of aneurysms and the like. |
magicalfreddiemercury 25.01.2008 14:17 |
<font color=666600><b>Music Man wrote: Dying young from drugs or an accident or what have you is one thing, but the most unsettling thing is otherwise perfectly healthy people suddenly dying of aneurysms and the like.This is true. A friend of mine died due to an aneurysm on Christmas day, about 5 years ago. She had her entire family over for dinner and while her adult daughter made coffee, she went to lie down because of a terrible headache. She died alone while everyone else celebrated the holiday unaware. It was shocking and disturbing, of course, but something about this incident has really gotten to me. I'm not sure why. I guess it's because he was trying to do something to make himself feel better (or at least, that's how it appears), and wound up somehow mixing medications and killing himself instead. It could happen to anyone. |
Janet 25.01.2008 14:40 |
magicalfreddiemercury wrote:Thats how it was with my brother! Two weeks ago Harry was on a construction job site. He was the field operation's superintendent, and he was working along side my other brother Tom. They had lunch together, and then before getting back to work they were horsing around, spraying each other with water, laughing, having a great time. Tom went around the side of the building. Not even 5 minutes later, another worker yelled "Hey Tom, your brother is in trouble!" Tom ran around the side of the building and saw our brother Harry, laying at the bottom of the ladder he had begun to climb, a co worker had caught him and brought him down the ladder, he literally had just collapsed and fallen, and began CPR on him. The paramedics were there within 5 minutes, but my brother had died instantly. He was not at all overweight, didn't smoke, and ate very well. Its a total mystery to me that all of a sudden a strong, vital healthy man just ceased to exist. I think thats the most difficult thing about it all...the WHY?<font color=666600><b>Music Man wrote: Dying young from drugs or an accident or what have you is one thing, but the most unsettling thing is otherwise perfectly healthy people suddenly dying of aneurysms and the like.This is true. A friend of mine died due to an aneurysm on Christmas day, about 5 years ago. She had her entire family over for dinner and while her adult daughter made coffee, she went to lie down because of a terrible headache. She died alone while everyone else celebrated the holiday unaware. |
magicalfreddiemercury 25.01.2008 14:48 |
Janet wrote: I think thats the most difficult thing about it all...the WHY?OMG, Janet. How awful. I'm so sorry to hear all this and maybe this is the wrong thing to say at this time, but at least you can be comforted in the fact that he was happy before this happened. And the 'why' of it all is something we just can't answer. All we can do, I suppose, is keep ourselves as fit as possible and enjoy ourselves and those we love while we can. |
Janet 25.01.2008 14:51 |
magicalfreddiemercury wrote:You are so right. And yes, I am greatly comforted by the fact that he was not alone, was happy and relaxed, and didn't suffer.Janet wrote: I think thats the most difficult thing about it all...the WHY?OMG, Janet. How awful. I'm so sorry to hear all this and maybe this is the wrong thing to say at this time, but at least you can be comforted in the fact that he was happy before this happened. And the 'why' of it all is something we just can't answer. All we can do, I suppose, is keep ourselves as fit as possible and enjoy ourselves and those we love while we can. |
magicalfreddiemercury 26.01.2008 10:36 |
I guess this should come as no surprise - link In case the link doesn't work, here's the article - 'Hate Group' Church to Picket Ledger Memorial Posted Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:25am AEDT Updated Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:29am AEDT An evangelical anti-gay US church plans to picket any memorials to Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died this week, because of his portrayal of a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain. It is understood a service will be held in LA this coming weekend, before the Perth-born actor is laid to rest in Australia. Ledger, 28, was found dead in his New York apartment on Wednesday morning. Prescription medications were found in the residence, but an initial autopsy proved inconclusive. The actor's family insist his death was "accidental." Shirley Phelps, of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, has told Sydney radio station 2Day FM that they will also picket any attempt to honour Ledger, 28, at next month's Academy Awards ceremony. "I'm going to stand outside of any public memorial service that he has here," Ms Phelps said. "And then the other place I'm going to picket him is when they prop him up to worship his dead, rotting carcass further at the Oscars. I'll be right outside by the red carpet." Ledger won widespread acclaim for his sensitive portrayal of a repressed homosexual cowboy role in the Oscar-winning film Brokeback Mountain. He had also starred in The Patriot, A Knight's Tale, Two Hands and Ned Kelly. The Westboro Baptist Church is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre in the United States. It regularly pickets the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq, claiming the war is God's punishment for tolerating gays. - AFP |
its_a_hard_life 26994 26.01.2008 10:46 |
^ That's disgusting and totally unfair. |
-fatty- 2850 26.01.2008 12:01 |
I wonder if Pastor Phelps has realised yet that when he dies his funeral is likely to attract the largest gathering of homosexuals the world has ever seen. fatty. |
Queen are the Champions 26.01.2008 12:01 |
yeah I saw that here... link people make me sick. |
Raf 26.01.2008 12:05 |
fatty wrote: I wonder if Pastor Phelps has realised yet that when he dies his funeral is likely to attract the largest gathering of homosexuals the world has ever seen. fatty.LMAO. xD |
Lady Nyx 26.01.2008 20:38 |
magicalfreddiemercury wrote: I guess this should come as no surprise - link In case the link doesn't work, here's the article - 'Hate Group' Church to Picket Ledger Memorial Posted Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:25am AEDT Updated Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:29am AEDT An evangelical anti-gay US church plans to picket any memorials to Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died this week, because of his portrayal of a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain. It is understood a service will be held in LA this coming weekend, before the Perth-born actor is laid to rest in Australia. Ledger, 28, was found dead in his New York apartment on Wednesday morning. Prescription medications were found in the residence, but an initial autopsy proved inconclusive. The actor's family insist his death was "accidental." Shirley Phelps, of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, has told Sydney radio station 2Day FM that they will also picket any attempt to honour Ledger, 28, at next month's Academy Awards ceremony. "I'm going to stand outside of any public memorial service that he has here," Ms Phelps said. "And then the other place I'm going to picket him is when they prop him up to worship his dead, rotting carcass further at the Oscars. I'll be right outside by the red carpet." Ledger won widespread acclaim for his sensitive portrayal of a repressed homosexual cowboy role in the Oscar-winning film Brokeback Mountain. He had also starred in The Patriot, A Knight's Tale, Two Hands and Ned Kelly. The Westboro Baptist Church is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre in the United States. It regularly pickets the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq, claiming the war is God's punishment for tolerating gays. - AFPis that even allowed in australia? |