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belbbmfan:
Goodmorning Chrissi!
Lovely picture. Thanks :-*
optom3:
Lovely picture as always,
and thanks Elle for posting that article.I was already crying having read the account of Lisa and Teds meeting with Jake and how he still refers to Heath in the present tense. Now I am off again,just reading what a down to earth guy he was.
Fran:
--- Quote from: Elle on July 20, 2008, 05:43:48 am ---Like a family: Heath Ledger's ex-fiancee, daughter and lifelong friend
By JAMES TAPPER
Last updated at 12:08 AM on 20th July 2008
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News of their friendship follows reports that Williams, 27, is planning a court action to win a slice of Ledger’s £7million estate for Matilda.
Ledger’s performance as The Joker in new Batman movie The Dark Knight has been tipped to earn him a posthumous Oscar nomination.
But sources at Warner Bros say they fear any legal battle over the will might affect his chances of winning.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1036520/Like-family-Heath-Ledgers-ex-fiancee-daughter-lifelong-friend.html
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I don't understand what one would have to do with the other, especially when it would be an Australian legal matter and, most likely, not getting a lot of coverage in the U.S. If anything, I think it would generate positive publicity, with most people supporting Matilda's right to benefit from her father's estate.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Fran on July 21, 2008, 02:43:30 pm ---I don't understand what one would have to do with the other, especially when it would be an Australian legal matter and, most likely, not getting a lot of coverage in the U.S. If anything, I think it would generate positive publicity, with most people supporting Matilda's right to benefit from her father's estate.
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I know! What's that all about. They expect people to fight over who gets the statuette?!! ???
Mikaela:
--- Quote from: Fran on July 21, 2008, 02:43:30 pm ---I don't understand what one would have to do with the other, especially when it would be an Australian legal matter and, most likely, not getting a lot of coverage in the U.S. If anything, I think it would generate positive publicity, with most people supporting Matilda's right to benefit from her father's estate.
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You know, one thing that the press coverage of the aftermath of Heath's passing has done, is crank my scepticism of anything I read in celebrity-focused media up several notches - in fact the level's at sky-high.
First there was all the nasty untrue speculation-presented-as-fact stories about what Heath alledgedly died of and his lifestyle before that, totally bogus and hurtful speculation, much of it. Then some unpleasant people earned their 15 minutes of fame telling invented and ugly stories about Heath, and finding eager mouthpieces in the "press". Then there were the incorrect stories about Jake and what he supposedly was doing in connection with the funeral and in relation to Matilda - going to Australia and what not, and later supposedly attending TDK premiere with Maggie.... And so on and on and on about Heath's alleged other secret daughter in Australia, the Ledger family in-feuding, the battles over the will, and what have you. Thinking back on the press coverage this half year, it's amazing how much stuff and nonsense has been printed - which the Ledgers and Michelle (and Jake) have had to live through. :-\
All this was merely my intro to saying that I read the article about Heath's friend being so close to Michelle, etc. etc. that you also commented on, Fran - and I found it to be as unreliable and speculative as all the above mentioned stuff. For one thing, the image accompagnying the article was not new, I'd seen it quite a while back I think - unless the guy goes about in that same shirt every day of his life. And for another I felt the piece was written in a very insinuating way as to what's "going on". And finally, lines such as the one about the unnamed Warner Brothers "sources" coming up with issues that probably aren't real concerns at all, - to me it just seems like the journalist is making it up to give the impression of trouble and conflict where none exists. I can think of many things that could impact Heath's posthumous Oscar chances, but a possible strife over his will isn't one of them tbh.....
I think the whole article here is just a mix of old news stories, outright speculation and innuendo and invented "news" to make it on-topic for TDK.
But yeah, I really am a sceptic these days....
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