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Heath Ledger - News Accounts
Verona:
I can't help but to keep going back to one undeniable truth...
These magazines/websites exist for no other reason than to satisfy Joe Public's insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip that makes them feel superior about their own humdrum lives. These outlets dig mercilessly into people's private lives, snoop with no regard for privacy or decency, and follow them around with cameras in the most inappropriate circumstances. It's what they do.
Now, I ask you... taking all of this into account... how is it possible that none of these "facts" about Heath's personal life ever came out while he was alive? How would he--unlike every other celebrity--have been able to so masterfully avoid it? Especially as he wasn't exactly hard to spot on a daily basis? If you wanted to hear one of Heath Ledger's conversations or witness his personal life, you didn't need to follow or spy on him. You didn't need to get past any velvet rope. You could have just had a cup of coffee or done your grocery shopping in Brooklyn.
So again, I ask you... how is it possible?
Just my two cents.
louisev:
The only people who know for sure what any of these facts are, probably won't be coming out with them, because they are not enticed by the media, who have only money to offer in exchange for information. Michelle doesn't need their money, neither does Jake or Naomi or any other of his close friends.
So if he struggled with addiction, he did so quietly and relatively privately, and went on with his career. The rest of what is speculated about or offered by "insiders" may be half-truth, may be one quarter truth, but without putting their names to it, we cannot evaluate the accuracy of what is said. It isn't news - it's "playing telephone." I had seen the "driving to rehab" story before and there is one huge flaw in it: they say in Us that she drove him to Promises only weeks after the Oscars. that would be 2006. And then ordered him out of the house six months later. This can't be. They broke up in September 2007. There is a year's discrepancy there. This is a good example of playing telephone- gross confusion of facts adds up to no news at all, simply storytelling.
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on January 30, 2008, 12:32:51 pm ---About US and the other tabloids:
Those bottom-feeders didn't get enough scandal from Heath in his life, so now they're feeding off our grief.
May the tabloid writers be rewarded by spending eternity with Fred Phelps.
--- End quote ---
I love that, Mel. A much-needed laugh this morning. :laugh:
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Another thing to remember is that people who will get their information about Heath solely through the tabs are just getting their daily dose of mindfiller. In other words, they'll move on and forget as the next issues drop (and drop, like poop from pidgeons). If they take what they read on Heath there seriously at all, they would also seek out the more solid news sources on him.
Verona:
I have a friend who's an actor and I read stuff about him all the time that just plain old isn't true, and I can't imagine where such odd stories came from. A lot of times they come from someone speculating, someone else reading that speculation and passing it on, people posting misheard/misread versions of the speculation online, and before you know it, this crap is "fact." And people who are actually in a position to know if it's true are going "WTF?!"
MaineWriter:
Of course, now this stupid Us story is being reported everywhere as if it was fact, not crap.
Sigh...
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