Wednesday, January 23, 2008

obiturary

I don't normally like to comment on the shit that is reported in MX nor the lives of celebrity A lists, how they live or die, but leaving work today on my way to this internet cafe I stubbled across a copy: Heath Dead, it reads. My stomach dropped. I will admit that while I never felt he was a particularly strong actor, even his oscar nominated role as Ennis in Brokeback Mountain I wouldn't describe as unforgettable, however I liked his films good enough. Reading through the front page article I found myself absolutely disgusted, an emotion I commonly associate with this compost bin liner admittedly.

I will now quote the last few paragraphs from the article:

Reports Ledger was in an appartment owned by Mary-Kate Olsen were denied by her publicist Annette Wolf"
"She and her sister have an appartment in New York City [approximately 8.2 million people live in New York City] but they were not in this building."Wolf said.
The apartment is a six-room, three bedroom Soho loft with a monthly rent of $26,000. [Whose apartment, Ledger's or the twin Olsen's? Besides more importantly, is that in American or Australian dollars? I am looking for somewhere to live]

The article then briefly describes as a sidenote Ledger's film career.

Seriously some forms of journalism should be declared a crime against humanity.

1 comment:

richardwatts said...

It's a media feeding frenzy of sickening proportions.

Nice to have you back by the way - I look forward to catching up soon.