Cutting The Celebrity Gossip Chord
Consider it the "where were you when JFK was shot" of a new generation. I know I can tell you exactly where I was when I found out Heath Ledger died. ...
Consider it the "where were you when JFK was shot" of a new generation. I know I can tell you exactly where I was when I found out Heath Ledger died. ...
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 02.07.2008 | Living
It's conceivable that Ledger had an incompetent doctor, but the more parsimonious explanation, given his history of recreational drug use, is that he was not following doctor's orders at all.
John Lundberg | Posted 02.02.2008 | Living
In the midst of the flurry of publicity--mostly distasteful--surrounding Heath Ledger's death, a humble but fitting poem reentered the national consci...
NY Post | JAMIE SCHRAM and DAN MANGAN | Posted 01.29.2008 | Entertainment
A twisted impostor pretending to be Heath Ledger's grieving dad cruelly duped superstar Tom Cruise into consoling him over the phone - and nearly got ...
People | Posted 01.28.2008 | Entertainment
Director Terry Gilliam is feverishly working to figure out how to keep Heath Ledger alive on film, according to one of the late actor's costars in The...
Naomi Wax | Posted 01.28.2008 | Living
Six different medications in one person's apartment!? It's hardly as scandalous as reporters implied when Heath Ledger's drug inventory was made public.
Newsweek | Christopher Nolan | Posted 01.28.2008 | Entertainment
Best known for his haunting, Oscar-nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar, one of the gay cowboys in 2005 ' s "Brokeback Mountain," Ledger was a mas...
YouTube | Posted 01.28.2008 | Entertainment
Days after breaking down on Oprah talking about the death of Heath Ledger, Daniel Day-Lewis dedicated his win for best actor at the SAG awards to Ledg...
Taylor Negron | Posted 01.27.2008 | Entertainment
Most of us never met Heath Ledger, but we feel his loss, partly because we bond to talents on the big screen in the same way that we connect to a stranger crying on a public bus or at Starbucks.
Chez Pazienza | Posted 01.27.2008 | Media
Unless you're actually planning to physically beat the living hell out of him, ignoring John Gibson seems to be the best way to deal with his kind.
Huffington Post | Posted 01.27.2008 | Entertainment
Heath Ledger was mourned in a private memorial Saturday in Los Angeles attended by family, friends and former girlfriends. He was found dead in New Yo...
AP | Tom Hays | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment
Update: Ledger's body has been moved from a New York funeral home to an airport and is enroute to Los Angeles, and then probably Perth, for private me...
Eric Deggans | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media
The hysteria over Ledger's death and the imbalance of coverage for women highlights an important need -- not for less journalism about troubled celebrities, but better journalism.
Oprah | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment
Oprah aired an Oscar nominee special Thursday, including an interview with Daniel Day-Lewis. It seemed the interview was taped late Tuesday, hours aft...
Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media
UPDATE: John Gibson has "apologized" for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger's death. Though he first defended his statements on his radio show ...
Huffington Post | Posted 01.24.2008 | Entertainment
There are more new details in the death of Heath Ledger Tuesday afternoon at age 28. Meanwhile, Ledger's parents and sister have revealed their immens...
Linda Keenan | Posted 01.24.2008 | Living
The tricky thing with anti-depressant meds is that the better you feel, the more you begin to think you don't need them.
Star Jones | Posted 01.24.2008 | Media
Until we know for sure how Heath Ledger died, I think the media should just shut their mouths and stop all the speculation that's been running rampant.
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 01.24.2008 | Media
When news broke Tuesday afternoon that Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger passed away, news outlets scrambled to cover his death. Meanwhile, tens of t...
Entertainment Weekly | Posted 01.24.2008 | Entertainment
Early on Sunday, Jan. 20, Plummer boarded a plane back to New York and went on to his Connecticut home. Ledger took a different London-to-New-York fli...
Tom Gregory | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment
Because the Academy likes an impersonation more than a performance -- and perhaps because Brokeback Mountain was troublingly "gay," Ledger never had the payoff of a coveted Oscar.
Chez Pazienza | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment
Fred Phelps isn't the only Fundamentalist Christian who called Heath Ledger a sodomite in the wake of Brokeback Mountain, he's just the only one willing to take his righteous indignation to the next level.
AP | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The death of Heath Ledger prompted the White House to postpone President Bush's event Wednesday promoting an ad campaign aimed at p...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.23.2008 | Media
As surmised in my earlier post, People magazine will be the only celebrity weekly to have a cover featuring actor Heath Ledger, whose death was disco...
AP | Tom Hays | Posted 01.23.2008 | Entertainment
The AP reports early Wednesday: An autopsy on Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and more tests are needed, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday,...
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Rachel Mosteller | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living