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TOoP/Bruce:
The assets outlined in the will clearly predate his relationship with Michelle. It is possible that the house Heath and Michelle owned in Brooklyn was held in "joint tenancy with rights of survivorship" which would bypass the will entirely.
Nothing is indicated about the what trusts were established. There really isn't enough information here to be able to make any real determination of what was really left to whom. Additonally, no mention is made of whether he had any sort of life insurance, but life insurance beneficiaries are also a totally separate matter from a will.
If in fact Heath didn't provide for his daughter Matilda, then Michelle has every legal right to challenge the will on Matilda's behalf and most likely the courts will rule to some degree in her favor.
louisev:
New tribute interview with Michelle Williams and Naomi Watts coming up in April - People has previews:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20183961,00.html
Michelle Williams, Naomi Watts Pay Tribute to Heath Ledger
By Brian Orloff
Originally posted Thursday March 13, 2008 12:20 PM EDT
Heath Ledger
Photo by: John Stanton / Getty Images
Michelle Williams, Naomi Watts, Ellen DeGeneres and several of Heath Ledger's other close industry friends share fond memories of the late actor in the April issue of Interview magazine. Written as a conversation, the tribute remembers Ledger's work ethic, his off-screen persona and his love of chess. Below are some excerpts from the article:
• Naomi Watts: "He was a huge, obsessive, chess freak – and very, very good at it."
• Michelle Williams: "He had uncontrollable energy. He buzzed ... His mind was turning, turning, turning – always turning."
• Ellen DeGeneres: "He didn't try to be something that he wasn't. And I appreciated that."
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman: "Whenever Heath talked about something he liked, he did it in the way that any fan would. He wasn't somebody trying to cover up his excitement about something, or someone."
• Todd Haynes: "That performance in Brokeback Mountain was such a sensitive, understated, controlled interpretation of this character. The entire emotional power of that film, which is enormous, resides in that performance, and how much Heath holds in."
Kerry:
Headline from the (Sydney) Daily Telegraph webpage on Fri 14 March 2008:
And associated story:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23373238-5001021,00.html
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Kerry on March 13, 2008, 09:25:57 pm --- Headline from the (Sydney) Daily Telegraph webpage on Fri 14 March 2008:
And associated story:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23373238-5001021,00.html
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I guess it's time to check out Interview magazine, thanks!
So, has Jake said anything yet? :P I bring this up because I just saw his picture with Reese on ET tonight. They were all smiles...
yb:
--- Quote from: oilgun on March 13, 2008, 10:02:59 pm ---I guess it's time to check out Interview magazine, thanks!
So, has Jake said anything yet? :P I bring this up because I just saw his picture with Reese on ET tonight. They were all smiles...
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Nope! I don't think we will hear from him any time soon, but it's okay, not everybody Heath knew have spoken up.
On another note, there are more quotes from the Interview article:
Friends Cheer Hear! Hear! to Heath
The latest issue of Interview has a great tribute to Heath Ledger, a touching spread of quotes from folks he changed who will miss him.
A few highlights:
Amy Pascal: "He was always introducing you to 3,000 mates whose names you can’t remember."
Philip Seymour Hoffman: "Heath didn’t have the cynicism that this business can eventually put upon people, or the pretension that certain artists can carry with them sometimes. He had a really honest quality about him. He obviously had never lost his wide-eyed optimism."
Michelle Williams: "I think that the interesting thing about Heath, which maybe people have only really fully discovered in his death, is how vulnerable he was. You can pick up on it in his performances, but it’s easy to overlook because he was so physical and beautiful and strong and masculine. But there was always that underlying sensitivity. That’s who he was."
Sean Penn: "Heath was not simply a quiet and gifted actor who liked to go surfing, though that is how I primarily knew him in life. In the time we spent together, we spoke a bit about family, about travels, but most of all, about film.Yet, in his unassuming way, he never revealed to me the visual poet of the first order who I discovered watching the film clips he directed, music videos and such, after his death. His talent does speak volumes of the kind man, the loving father, and, in fact, the brilliant and gifted guy I really missed out on—that we all did, in the long run. Heath might have been a giant."[/i]
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