theodore said:

Well, A Knight's Tale hasn't been shown here for a while, but I actually checked the cable guide right after I made my post and it was scheduled.

http://consumerist.com/34...gers-death





A reader over at Best Week Ever spotted this little makeshift "tribute" to recently deceased actor Heath Ledger in a San Diego Best Buy.

Mr. Ledger passed away yesterday at his home in New York. He was 28.

Too soon, Best Buy?

lazycrockett said:

For real.....

noimageatall said:

my question was wont his daughter at least make money from the sales?
Im not familiar with how those things work.
[Edited 1/24/08 20:08pm]

Fauxie said:

Still.

shanti0608 said:

I feel the same way

Nothinbutjoy said:

I feel this way too, like I've lost someone I knew.

VoicesCarry said:

Well I never said it was the reason. Just observing that I find it effin creepy that his final completed role was The Joker. Pay attention when you read.

NEW YORK CITY - Actor Heath Ledger may have died after mistakenly taking too much prescription medication -- that you might hardly think would do such harm, the magazine Newsweek reported Wednesday.


http://www.kutv.com/conte...8b8a21de53

full article in the link.

horatio said:

Yes, she'll get his residuals (in trust I suppose).

Anti-gay religious leader Fred Phelps has launched a scathing attack on Heath Ledger, saying his death was "the best thing that ever happened" to his family.

Phelps, the 78-year-old pastor of the homosexual hate group from the US known as the Westboro Baptist Church also hit out against Australia, calling it "the land of sodom".

Phelps was referring to Ledger's Oscar-nominated role as a gay cowboy in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain when he made his extraordinary comments in an interview with A Current Affair.

"Dying time is truth time," he said. "This is the best thing that ever happened to that family.

"The bottom line is that guy went out of his way to spend his time and make a little money, and glamorise and glorify that filthy, deadly sin of sodomy.

"And you're (the public) making the hero out of him!"

The right-wing pastor also had a verbal spray against Australia.

"We've been preaching to Australia for years now, and we've got a map of Australia and we've got (written) across the front of it, all the way from one end to the other: S-O-D-O-M'."

"Australia, the land of the sodomite-damned. Australia, which passes draconian laws to put Bible preachers in jail if they peach the proof about fags."

Phelps and his 70-odd followers are well known across the US for picketing the funerals of fallen American soldiers, gay rights parades and other public events.

The radical Kansas-based church plans to picket Ledger's memorial service which will be held in Los Angeles.



I really hope this man and all the picketers are shot at the funeral, or at least smashed to a bloody pulp. I cant even imagine how I would react if someone said and did this to my brother or relative

hellomoto said:

Please don't misunderstand me, i DO NOT agree with what these people are doing or their warped way of doing things and the hatred they preach but please tell me how the above highlighted words are any better than the hatred that Wetboro preach?
They are someones son/daughter too and if you preach their death/destruction for their belief how is that different to them doing the same.

As i said dont get me wrong These people are way out of line with this crap and the hatred they spew but perpetuation hatred on any level does not contribute to a solution

mdiver said:

Well I'm sorry but I honestly believe they deserve it. I wouldn't be able to be the one to do it, but I sure as hell wouldn't mind if it happened. If it was my relative though that would be another story. Can you imagine hearing that your son deserved to die for making a frigging movie? And then showing up at his funeral and rubbing it it? I wouldnt be able to take it. It's fine if they want to believe homosexuality is wrong, but actually going out of your way to do this makes my blood boil. We dont need filth like that on this planet.

What's up with this? Maybe he could have been saved?????

http://www.people.com/peo...%2C00.html

hellomoto said:

Well that is exactly what they feel, they feel that people like that deserve it.

I dont agree with anyone that thinks that another human deserves to die for thinking something different.
I understand your anger,trust me, i understand the feelings and i can not imagine how his family must feel, but to eradicate people based on their belief structure is wrong.

hellomoto said:

This is why I have a fondness for Australia. These zealots would never be able to preach in Australia because they would be arrested. They call it the land of sodom as they too scared to get on a plane. They say that they are committed to their cause but not enough to risk arrest - bastards.

In a way burying Ledger in Australia would ensure that his funeral and any burial site or memorial would not be touched by these hateful people.

mdiver said:

That is exactly what they think of Heath, that he deserved to die for thinking something different. And like I said thinking it is FINE. Going out and doing this, NOT fine. They're putting themselves out there to spread hate, say it behind closed doors whatever, but going to his funeral it is fair to retaliate. Ok I shouldn't of said I 'hope' that happens, but I do think something needs to happen to stop these people from doing this.

hellomoto said:

Agreed...see...we were singing the same song just in different octaves

hellomoto said:

Stop giving what these people are craving - publicity.

JustErin said:

you´re right but on the other hand I don´t think they´re
gonna check prince.org anytime soon, are they?

meow85 said:

I was quoting Calhoun, not you. Pay attention when you read.

There have already been quotes from Heath himself popping up talking about how the role of the Joker affected him. That is what I was discussing.

noimageatall said:

well shes in for a shit storm

noimageatall said:

Actually, I remember when I worked in a music store and Barry White had died. It saved a lot of time to create a makeshift tribute where customers who were already looking for his stuff to have it right there ready for them without asking the staff. And that example was as simple as looking under "W" "White, Barry" under R&B/Soul. I can imagine that DVDs sorted by title, not actor, would take a lot more time to search for and gather.

It's nice. It's genuine. I wish my rental store had done this, because I honestly would rather walk in and see a table as a recent tribute than search imdb.com then track them all down myself.

garganta said:

That's not the point.

People read it here, talk to others about it...word gets out, they get publicity.

JustErin said:

george stroumboulopoulos put up the address of the group on his show last night and encouraged his viewers to take a photo of themselves in drag and send it to the dear preacher.

emm said:

you saw that too huh?
good man he is, that george

So sad! I love him and many of him movies

That's very sad.

horatio said:

It's a common practice for people who work for celebrities or other people with money to have to sign confidentiality contracts. She was probably upset and her contract probably called for her to notify Ms Olsen before contacting anyone outside. She likely was just following protocol.

the police are not pursuing the calls...it appears he had already expired prior to any of the calls.