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Remember Michelle's Pain
LauraGigs:
I just hope the paps/tabloids don't continue to hound Matilda. Heath and Jake are adults, and although you can't blame them for being bothered by it, they did have some idea of what they were getting into as far as intrusion on their fame. But Matilda is just a toddler. I get squicked out visiting any site with pap pictures of her. I know Heath would hate it.
MaineWriter:
From the Herald Sun, Australia:
Michelle Williams focuses on work after Heath Ledger
GRIEVING actress Michelle Williams is throwing herself into her work after the death of her former partner Heath Ledger.
Williams flew to Perth for Ledger's funeral last month, plunging into the ocean at one of his favourite beaches as family and friends joyfully celebrated his memory.
Afterwards, she returned with their two-year-old daughter Matilda to New York, where she is shooting the film Mammoth.
Her father, sharemarket guru Larry Williams, today said she was focusing on her work.
"She's wrapped herself up in that and is really focused on that," he said.
Williams spoke outside Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court today, where he is fighting extradition to the US for allegedly evading $A1.9 million in taxes between 1999 and 2001.
He at first refused to be drawn on his daughter's realtionship to Ledger, teling the assembled media: "This is a family thing. We all decided to tell everyone in the media 'no comment'."
However he told The Daily Telegraph exclusively that he heard from his daughter occasionally and revealed that she is "focused on work".
As he spoke in Sydney's summer warmth, Michelle and Matilda - her daughter by Ledger - have been spending time together in the snow in the US.
Sharemarket guru Williams was on bail in Australia when Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment last month.
The Brokeback Mountain star was once engaged to his daughter, actress Michelle Williams, and they had Matilda together.
Williams' long-running extradition case was mentioned briefly today, when Magistrate Pat O'Shane adjourned it to August 12.
She was told Williams should by then know the decision of judges in Australia's High Court on his constitutional challenge relating to extradition.
He and two other men - a Hungarian accused of Nazi war crimes and an alleged Irish fraudster - contend magistrates do not have the power to hear extradition applications unless state parliaments pass legislation giving them that authority.
Williams has been in Australia since his arrest in Sydney in May 2006.
He has been on bail and today told reporters he and his partner had been having "a great time" in Australia, travelling around and spending time with "wonderful friends".
While he wants to return to the US to "clear" the charges against him, he said the authorities there had "put a lot of strange demands" on him despite his efforts at going back voluntarily.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23278311-662,00.html
Fran:
Michelle Williams is said to be "not close" with her father. I tend to take everything about Michelle that comes out of Larry Williams' mouth with a grain of salt. To me, it seems that most of the time, he's just stating the obvious anyway.
I am impressed by the fact that Michelle's mother Carla, who apparently is close to Michelle, manages to keep her mouth shut. To me, she's a class act.
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: Fran on February 27, 2008, 10:44:00 am ---Michelle Williams is said to be "not close" with her father. I tend to take everything about Michelle that comes out of Larry Williams' mouth with a grain of salt. To me, it seems that most of the time, he's just stating the obvious anyway.
--- End quote ---
I was thinking the same thing.
And by the way, what a badly written article that is. Talk about somebody rambling on with no clear idea of what the article is about.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
From The New York Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/03/07/2008-03-07_struggles_for_michelle_williamsbefore__a.html
Struggles for Michelle Williams, before & after tragedy
Friday, March 7th 2008, 4:00 AM
A heartbroken Michelle Williams gave a wrenching interview about her breakup with Heath Ledger, less than two weeks before he was found dead in his SoHo apartment on Jan. 22.
"I didn't know where to go," she says in the April issue of Elle about the couple's 2007 split. "I couldn't imagine any place in the world that was gonna feel good to me."
Williams spoke to Elle in Sweden, where she was filming "Mammoth." Matilda, 2, was darting in and out of the interview, wanting Mom to chase her.
"She's bigger to me than any relationship, bigger than the awards," Williams says of her daughter. "She's what came out of it."
The actress admitted she buried herself in work to avoid thinking about the breakup. "When I have too much free time, that's when things start to get a little messy," she said.
Ang Lee, who directed "Brokeback Mountain," on which the couple met, told the magazine: "They were so sweet together. I ran into Heath at the Venice Film Festival, and he told me about the split. I just felt so sad. I didn't know what to say to him. They made a great effort."
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