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The Latest on Jake G.
delalluvia:
I have no problem with Anne Hathaway not appearing. She was in BBM, but she never shared any screentime with Heath and probably only met him after the movie when they were doing a publicity jaunt and by then he was involved with Michelle and likely not into socializing with a big group much.
Did she show up at the LA memorial service? I much rather have seen her than a one night stand like Lindsey Lohan.
Mikaela:
First of all a :-* to Kelda. No worries.
--- Quote from: ednbarby on February 10, 2008, 10:44:26 am ---I was going to make that same point, Natali - that the Perth funeral seemed to be for family and the family's friends. And that it's quite possible that the family expressed a wish that the other folks not attend to keep the media at bay.
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Well, Cate Blanchett and Bryan Brown attended. They are movie stars/actors and previous co-stars in Heath's films - perhaps they were also personal friends, I do not know. But it hardly was an affair limited to the closest family friends, seems to me. As for only Aussies attending I think that must have had to do with the travel distance from the US/UK and the fact of the LA memorial services as much as anything - the Hollywood set had already had the opportunity to say their goodbyes, - but it seems unlikely to me that foreign co-star actors would have been specifically asked to not attend the Perth service.
The thing is, Jake's absence and silence is starting to draw as much attention as his attendance/speaking out would. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation in that regard. Scandinavia's largest paper, VG, has a short article on Heath's funeral today. Despite the briefness of the piece they do specifically make a point of mentioning that "Jake Gyllenhaal however was not present". So it's not just the Brokeback fan crowd making a point of this.
I think things had been easier for Jake if he had made some sort of short statement, through his publicist even, like Michelle did. That would ease the pressure and curiosity.... Jake must know that, so I feel a bit worried that he remains quiet despite that. Though I hesitate to interpret the silence.
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Del, I wasn't comparing Heath and la Dunst, very far from it - but it's not too long ago that I stumbled across someone's collection of photos of Jake with Kirsten on the net, and there could be little doubt from those that they were very much in love once, and in Hollywood terms their relationship lasted long, too. So I would think Jake might also be upset about her being in a situation where she needs rehab, coming on top of what happened to Heath. But of course I am only speculating... :-\
louisev:
I think the only reason Jake was presumed to be there was that the media had access to the guest list for the Penrhos College memorial service, and he was on the guest list. The rest of his presumed attendance may have simply been guessed.
As far as who was taking care of Matilda, Michelle arrived in Perth with a female companion who was unnamed in the photos - that was probably an assistant/nanny to help care for Matilda while Michelle attended the services.
souxi:
Well I have to confess to being surprised that Jake didn,t go to Heaths, funeral. Maybe he attended the memorail service in LA, I don,t know. As to his silence, I can only assume, as we all can, that he is simply to distraught to say anything. But I,m only speculating. I expect we,ll all find out something sooner or later. Whatever the reason for his abscence/silence, I just hope he,s ok.
BelAir:
--- Quote from: souxi on February 10, 2008, 01:30:02 pm ---Well I have to confess to being surprised that Jake didn,t go to Heaths, funeral. Maybe he attended the memorail service in LA, I don,t know. As to his silence, I can only assume, as we all can, that he is simply to distraught to say anything. But I,m only speculating. I expect we,ll all find out something sooner or later. Whatever the reason for his abscence/silence, I just hope he,s ok.
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for me, I don't think silence necessarily equals 'distraught'... he may very well be distraught, but he also just may be choosing to be silent, for reasons that could perhaps number one million.
I can just as easily imagine that he would rather not say anything at all, for fear of having his words overly interpreted, etc., potentially adding fuel to the fire, spawning further gossip, blah blah blah.
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