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Feds Investigating Heath's Doctors

HerBadMother — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:29:00 GMT

Federal authorities are investigatign the doctors who prescribed drugs to Heath Ledger. Ledger - who left behind a two-year old daughter, Matilda - died earlier this year as the result of a toxic combination of prescription narcotics.

According to People.com:

Doctors in California and Texas are under investigation by federal drug authorities in the matter of Heath Ledger's death...

“We are investigating doctors in Los Angeles and Texas with regard to Ledger’s prescriptions,” a source tells PEOPLE.

However, the source did not say whether any wrongdoing is involved, saying, “We don’t know yet. The agents were there this week, and we are waiting to hear from them.”

It's about time. I mean, it seems likely that somebody screwed up somewhere if Heath was taking toxic combinations of prescription drugs. And that's a screw-up that nobody wants to see repeated.

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Colin Farrell: Taking On Heath's Role A 'Painful Honor'

HerBadMother — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:15:00 GMT

Colin Farrell says that he's honored beyond measure to be taking on one of the three roles that will replace Heath Ledger in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," but painfully so.

He says he accepted the role as a tribute to Heath. "It's about getting Heath's work out there. He's too good for any of his work not to be seen," Colin told Sydney's Daily Telegraph. "It makes me feel uncomfortable to think about it too much but it's an incredibly painful honor to have, you know, and an honor I wish wasn't bestowed, but an honor nonetheless."

The other actors who are taking over Heath's role are Johnny Depp and Jude Law. (Note: all of the actors playing this role? ALL dads. Go dads!) They will each take over playing Tony, Heath's character, when he steps through a magic mirror into an alternate reality at several different points in the film.

I, for one, am thrilled that we'll get to see a Colin-Johnny-Jude sandwich - of a sort - but, yeah - the cost of it was far too high.

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Mattel To Release Heath Ledger Doll

HerBadMother — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:27:00 GMT

This, I think, is a tad disturbing: just a week after Heath Ledger's funeral, toy company Mattel has announced that it will release a Heath Ledger doll. You know, for the kiddies.

From Page Six:

Mattel has announced that the company will be releasing two dolls featuring Heath as the Joker. One version will come with a rocket launcher and the other will be armed with a little knife and both will be marketed to coincide with the release of The Dark Knight in July.

A spokesman for the Ledger family says that they gave the project their blessing: "Heath was very proud of his work in the film and his family is aware and supportive of the plans for the movie."

It's nice that his family is supportive, but isn't the only relevant party here his daughter? Who's going to explain to Matilda why it is that Daddy only comes in miniature - and creepy, lipsticked knife-wielding supervillian miniature, at that? I know that knife-wielding Joker dolls aren't marketed to pre-schoolers, but still. I find it creepy.

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Heath's Family - Matilda Will Grow Up Like Heath

Sassy Smith — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:06:00 GMT

With the tragic death of Heath Ledger, comes the sad reality that his baby daughter will grow up without him. However, Heath's family vows that Matilda will be raised as an Aussie, and have a carefree childhood just like her daddy did.

The Ledger family plan to stand by Michelle and hope that their grandchild will have that Aussie connection.

I'm sure between Ledger's parents and siblings and Michelle Williams, little Matilda will grow up with her father's spirit and the best memories of him.

Michelle is lucky to have such a wonderful, loving support system for herself and her little girl.

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Heath Ledger's Final Movie Has Been Saved

HerBadMother — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:02:00 GMT

After Heath's Ledger's sudden death, there were some doubts that Terry Gilliam was going to finish The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the movie that Heath was filming at the time of his death. At one point, shooting had been cancelled and all cast and crew sent home. But it looks like some of Hollywood's biggest male stars have stepped up to step into Heath's very big shoes and get the picture completed.

Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell will each take turns becoming multiple incarnations of Heath’s character transformed in the "magical" world of the film, according to AintItCoolNews.com.

Heath was playing Tony, a mysterious outsider, in the American fantasy adventure film about a traveling theater company giving their audience much more than they were expecting.

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Heath Ledger Mourned by Hundreds

Sassy Smith — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Hundreds of mourners joined Heath Ledger's family Saturday morning local time at a memorial in Australia. Michelle Williams and Cate Blanchett were also there.

Kim, Heath's dad said, "It's a pretty sad time. We're finding it difficult to cope." About the funeral: "The funeral will be very, very private. There will be only 10 people there, which is my immediate family and nobody else."

Michelle and Heath's family arrived in a fleet of black BMWs. Williams was wearing dark glasses and holding the hand of Kate, Heath's sister. His parents and other family members arrived shortly after. Matilda was not seen.

It's reported about 300 people attended the memorial - including model Gemma Ward, Bryan Brown and Australian Rules football players Ben Cousins and David Wirrpanda, who were all friends of Heath's.

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Heath's Death Accidental: But Who's Responsible For The Accident?

HerBadMother — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:07:00 GMT

Only hours after the results of Heath Ledger's autopsy showed his death to be accidental due to a toxic combination of prescription drugs, the Drug Enforcement Agency has gotten involved and will be investigating Ledger's death.

A statement issued this morning by the Office of the New York City Medical Examiner declared Ledger's death "the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine," and concluded the manner of death an "accident resulting from the abuse of prescription medications." The 'abuse' was reported to have taken the form of a toxic combination of the drugs, rather than an overdose, and the DEA wants to know who prescribed those drugs, and how Heath ended up with such a toxic combination. Did the prescriptions come from one doctor, or multiple doctors? TMZ reported that it spoke to three clinical psychiatrists, all of whom said it would be "highly unusual" and "reckless" for one physician to prescribe this combination of meds, and suggested that more than one doctor would have to have been involved.

According to officials, the DEA has requested copies of Ledger's autopsy as well as the original police report from the crime scene.

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Church Prophesies Heath Ledger's Death

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Heath's Family Releases A Statment To His Official Cause of Death

Sassy Smith — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:13:00 GMT

Heath's dad Kim, released a statement on behalf of the Ledger family concerning his official cause of death. It reads:

We remain humble as parents and a family, among millions of people worldwide who may have suffered the tragic loss of a child. Few can understand the hollow, wrenching, and enduring agony parents silently suffer when a child predeceases them. Today's results put an end to speculation, but our son's beautiful spirit and enduring memory will forever remain in our hearts.

While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy. Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage.

Our family enjoyed an extremely happy two week visit with Heath just prior to the New Year. Those recent precious days will stay with us forever. We as a family feel privileged to have some of his amazing magic moments captured in film. To most of the world Heath was an actor of immeasurable talent and promise. To those who knew him personally, Heath was a consummate artist whose passions also included photography, music, chess and directing. We knew Heath as a loving father, as our devoted son, and as a loyal and generous brother and friend.

We treasure our beautiful granddaughter Matilda (to our dear Michelle) as well as an unbelievably wonderful network of close friends, forever, around the world. Families rarely experience the uplifting, warm and massive outpouring of grief and support as have we, from every corner of the planet. This has deeply and profoundly touched our hearts and lives. We are eternally grateful.

At this moment we respectfully request the worldwide media allow us time to grieve privately, without the intrusions associated with press and photography.

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Church Prophesies Heath Ledger's Death

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BREAKING NEWS: Heath Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:02:00 GMT

Heath Ledger's death on January 22 was due to an accidental overdose of prescription drugs the New York City medical examiner's office reported Wednesday morning.

"Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine," spokesperson Ellen Borakove said.

"We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications," the two-paragraph statement said in its entirety.

Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment on January 22.

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Church Prophesies Heath Ledger's Death

HerBadMother — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Is this creepy, exploitative, spooky, or all of the above? Some crazy-assed church in Nigeria (no, NOT the Church of Scientology; they haven't infiltrated Nigeria because, um, Nigerians have no moneys) is claiming that their 'prophet' prophesied the death of Heath Ledger - now known to be from an accidental overdose - after seeing it in a vision.

According to the Synagogue, Church of all Nations website:

“I (Prophet TB Joshua) was shown in a vision in the morning concerning a personality that would go on a long journey – a journey of no return. So we lift up our voice and pray. If it is the will of God, let the will of God be done. A personality, a famous person, a well known person that would just leave this earth and go on a journey forever. It is a personality that is not old. People still want him. We have to pray that the will of God should be done.”

These were words of prophecy uttered by Prophet T.B. Joshua in The Synagogue Church Of All Nations, Lagos Nigeria during the Sunday Service on the 13th January 2008.

He later referred to this particular prophecy the following Sunday, 20th January 2008, saying:

“Remember the message I gave last Sunday. I don’t want to repeat it because it is not something to be excited about. It’s in the record. I will not stand here and begin to repeat that message again. If there is something to be excited about, I will repeat it. I just want to remind you. Let’s come together. On Tuesday, you have to fast and pray”.

On returning to their various homes, those that switched on their television sets were met with BREAKING NEWS. Heath Ledger, the renowned, popular, Academy Award-nominated Australian actor was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, New York City. As they watched, shocked by these events, they must have recalled the message of prophecy spoken by Prophet T.B. Joshua the previous Sunday.

This prophecy and its fulfilment show that God Almighty is indeed sovereign. He is omnipresent, omniscient and holds the world in His hands.

Wow. They kind of lost me with the Bible camp campfire song at the end there. This prophecy and its fulfillment - Heath's death - show that God's got the whole world in his hands? I'm enough of an agnostic to simply disregard any and all claims of prophecy, but I'd have to go a step further here and say WTF? If the tragic death of a young father shows anything, it's that God's got a bad case of the dropsies.

Still, it's not quite offensive as the claim made the other day that we, as society, are thinking celebrities to death, and need to turn to The Secret to save them. Close, but not quite.

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Michelle & Matilda Arrive In Perth

Michelle & Matilda Arrive In Perth

Sassy Smith — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Heath Ledger's ex, Michelle Williams and his baby girl Matilda, made their final, sad journey to say good bye and are now in Perth. Williams, dressed in all black, was seen holding Matilda, while the toddler carried a stuffed toy rabbit.

Reportedly security was tight as the pair arrived and Michelle did not make any comments concerning the funeral of her ex fiance. They landed around 3pm on a flight from Los Angeles via Melbourne.

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Heath Ledger Autopsy Results Delayed

HerBadMother — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:38:00 GMT

The results of Heath Ledger's autopsy and toxicology tests were due to be released today, but sources say that these have been delayed.

Scopical News reports that The New York Medical Examiner's office has said that it was set to provide the results from the tests today, however that this had been delayed by 24-hours. No reason for the delay has been reported, but a representative from the office said that the report would be released tomorrow.

An initial autopsy of the actor found the cause of his death to be inconclusive, with further tests of tissue and toxicology samples conducted in the last two weeks. There's been rampant speculation that the actor died of some sort of drug overdose, accidental or otherwise, but his family and friends have vehemently denied that this is possible.

Whatever the case, we should know tomorrow. For better or worse.

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Photos of Heath Ledger's Body May Be For Sale

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:05:00 GMT

Following on the heels of the Heath Ledger video controversy is this disturbing piece of news from New York Magazine: Photos of Ledger's body, taken when his body was found, are being shopped around for a six-figure sum. The article cites a quote from columnist Cindy Adams in which she cryptically writes, "Supposedly, his body was snapped," she writes, "and $300,000 is the price on that photo."

It's hard to imagine anyone thinking they could publish such photos without public outcry, but thank goodness there's always Entertainment Tonight and The Insider ready to sink to new lows in unethical behavior. Stay tuned to your TV sets.

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Heath Ledger's Autopsy Results Expected Today or Tomorrow

Sassy Smith — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:32:00 GMT

The passing of Heath Ledger has been a shock to his family, friends and fans. Everyone wants answers as to why he died, I'm sure no one more than his immediate family and loved ones. Ledger's autopsy report is expected today or tomorrow.

Ellen Borakove, public affairs spokesperson at the New York Chief Medical Examiner's office said: "We're expecting something in the next two days."

I hope it brings closure that I'm certain his family so desperately wants.

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More Details Confirmed For Heath Ledger's Funeral

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More Details Confirmed For Heath Ledger's Funeral

HerBadMother — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:23:00 GMT

Heath Ledger will be buried next to his grandparents following a private funeral in his hometown of Perth, Western Australia.

His parents, Kim and Sally Ledger, have been keeping details quiet so as to ward off excessive media attention, and have opted out of a public funeral, preferring to invite only close family and friends to the Karakatta Cemetery in Perth.

According to The Daily Sydney Telegraph, Heath's family allegedly turned down an offer from his former school Guildford Grammar to use their chapel for the funeral (reported here.) However, the Ledgers have agreed to use the chapel if they choose to hold an Australian memorial service. They attended a private ceremony for the star in Hollywood on Saturday.

Michelle Williams flew to Perth last week with their daughter Matilda, presumably to attend the funeral and to be with Heath's family.

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Hollywood Memorial For Heath Ledger

HerBadMother — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:05:00 GMT

Members of Heath Ledger's family gathered with Hollywood's brightest stars - including Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Naomi Watts - on Saturday to remember Heath Ledger.

From People.com:

Friends and celebrity colleagues – including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Sienna Miller, Ellen DeGeneres and director Todd Haynes – gathered on the Sony lot in Los Angeles to remember Heath Ledger on Saturday, PEOPLE has confirmed.

The gathering also included Ledger's father Kim, industry luminaries and those connected to CAA (the agency that represented Ledger), including Cruise and Holmes, who costarred with Michelle Williams on Dawson's Creek. It comes a week after relatives and close friends – including ex-girlfriend Naomi Watts – paid tribute to the 28-year-old actor at a smaller service at an L.A. cemetery.

Details about Heath's actual funeral, which is to take place in Perth, Australia, have been kept under close wraps, but the tributes and memorials continue wherever Heath had friends or family or fans. Which is, it seems, everywhere.

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Heath Ledger's Family to Hold a Private Funeral in Perth

Karen — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:04:00 GMT

Heath Ledger's family has decided to hold a private funeral for him in his hometown of Perth, Australia, as planned. The actor's family has declined an offer to hold a memorial at his former private school, but may allow a public memorial in the school's chapel at a later date. That information leaked last week and I'm sure they decided to be even more private about the matter.

Guildford Grammar's director of community relations, Graeme Plumber, said that the school understood why the actor’s family took the decision of holding a private funeral.

The school thought that his family probably wanted ‘the dignity of a very private funeral after all the publicity’ surrounding his death.

Michelle Williams and daughter Matilda Rose will attend the funeral in Perth.

Little Matilda: I Miss Daddy

Sassy Smith — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:02:00 GMT

What could be more heartbreaking than a sweet little girl crying out for her daddy? Heath Ledger's two-year-old daughter Matilda has been asking for daddy and her mom Michelle Williams is doing her best to shelter her.

Star magazine reported that Michelle was woken at 1a.m. by a knock at her hotel room door and given the tragic news about Ledger's death. A hotel source said, "Michelle was stunned at first; she didn't seem to take it in. Then she began weeping and gasped, 'No, no! Please tell me this is a bad dream.'

"She had stopped crying, but her eyes were red and puffy."

You know, it's such a double edged sword - Matilda is only 2, so on one hand, she's too young to even realize what's going on, although she misses her daddy. And yet, the fact that she IS only two, means she won't remember her dad, only what she hears from her mom and family members. While I'm quite certain they will keep his memory alive in her, and part of Heath is ingrained in his little girl - but it's not the same thing as actually having her daddy in her life.

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Heath Ledger's Last Movie

Sassy Smith — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:04:00 GMT

There's been some speculation as to how Heath Ledger's last movie will be finished. Some reports indicated that Johnny Depp would finish the movie, but there have been no official announcements concerning that. Director Terry Gilliam is doing his best to complete the film - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.... in which Ledger was working on at the time of his death. Gilliam is also designing a way to keep Heath "alive on film."

Christopher Plummer, one of the co-stars of the film said, "Terry's throwing himself into the job of trying to salvage the picture. Terry was a very good friend [of Heath's]. He very much wants to go on with the movie, and I can very much understand why. Because he wants to dedicate it to Heath, of course."

There were earlier reports that Gilliam, who was deeply saddening by Heath's passing, was going to scrap the production, but he now wants to continue. Since the movie deals with magic, there may be a way of turning Ledger into other people and using stills and the wonders of computers.

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Heath Ledger's Death Taking A Toll On Jake Gyllenhaal

Sassy Smith — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:03:00 GMT

The death of Heath Ledger shocked many people all over the world, obviously his family and certainly his close friends. His dear friend and godfather to his daughter Matilda - Jake Gyllenhaal is taking the news especially hard. Many are speculating on why Jake hasn't released a statement thus far. However, others are saying that Jake is taking the news of Heath's death "harder than most" and just cannot face the public during this most difficult time.

A source close to Jake and who works on the set of his new movie Brothers, told PEOPLE that he's taking the news extremely hard.

"This has had a strong personal affect on [Jake]." Jake apparently returned to the movie set on Thursday (he had left when given the news of Ledger's passing) but was seen as "unfocused and distraught" the whole time.

"He was there, but he wasn't with us. It was obviously a major trauma. These guys were very close. [Jake] was sitting in the director's chair staring off into space."

Jake has now taken time off from work to grieve the loss of his close friend.

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Michelle Williams - "My Heart is Broken"

Sassy Smith — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:31:00 GMT

Grieving Michelle Williams has made her first public statement following the death of her ex, Heath Ledger. It literally made tears come to my eyes. Heath's publicist released her statement this morning:

"Please respect our need to grieve privately. My heart is broken.

"I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father. All I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day. His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes two steps at a time and we know that he is with us still. She will be brought up with the best memories of him."

Truly heartbreaking.

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Heath Ledger Video Controversy Continues: Don't Believe What You See!

Sassy Smith — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:05:00 GMT

I find it funny - not funny 'haha'- but funny 'bullsh*t that ET and The Insider decided not to air the "explosive" video of Heath Ledger allegedly doing drugs because they wanted to show his family "respect." Which loosely translates to: Certain publicity companies would not give them [ET/Insider] access to their celebrity clients again. Thus, they opted to not show the video - although they did show clips, which were edited to seem like Ledger had a problem. Like I said, they just couldn't resist showing at least a portion of it. Gotta get their money's worth right?

Someone who has seen the full clip told Perez, that Heath, was NOT doing drugs. In the "edited" teaser version, Ledger says, "I used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years." That in and of itself, to any sane person, wouldn't be taken literally. He was 26 in the video, so that would make him 6-years-old when he started smoking pot? I hardly think so. What you don't see (what's been conveniently cut out) is Heath then saying, "and that's why I got this tattoo [an M, for daughter Matilda] to remind me never to smoke weed again."

The fact that Ledger may have smoked pot years ago, is honestly, water under the bridge. The video was TWO YEARS AGO and he certainly didn't die from smoking a joint. Video editing is a wonderful thing isn't it? You can make someone seem like something that they are not, nor have proven to be.

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Heath Ledger DIDN'T Have A Drug Problem. So Suck It, ET.

HerBadMother — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:31:00 GMT

It's fitting that, in the middle of the Entertainment-Tonight-Scuzzbags-Trying-To-Profit-Off-Of-Heath-Ledger-Drug-Rumors-Scandal, evidence has been emerging to suggest that he emphatically did not have a drug problem, and that he had turned his back on even casual drug use.

Michelle Williams, Heath's former partner and mother of his two-year old daughter Matilda, is fighting Us Weekly on their current cover stor, which alleges that Michelle had battled Heath on the issue of a drug problem, and that she had demanded he go to rehab or lose access to his daughter. Michelle says no way, totally untrue.

Mara Buxbaum, who was also Ledger's rep, just issued the following statement on Michelle's behalf:

"Much of the tabloid reporting is inaccurate. This fabricated story of Michelle Williams attempting to bring Heath Ledger to rehab is just one lie among many. The speculation is heinous. Let this family grieve privately."

Additionally, stories are emerging to suggest that unseen clips from that evil video purporting to show Heath in the middle of a drug orgy actually showed him explaining why he no longer touches drugs. Which makes that whole story even more heinous, if that's possible. More on this story here...

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Heath's Shocking Drug Video - And The Shocking Vultures Who Want To Milk Every Cent Out Of It (With UPDATE)

HerBadMother — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:19:00 GMT

THIS story - even though it's undoubtably super-gossip-worthy - makes me sick: an "explosive" video has emerged, and is about to be released, that purports to show Heath Ledger at a wild, drug-fueled party - tables stacked high with drugs, that kind of wild and drug-fueled - talking about his drug use. And the bigger media outlets are already squabbling over who has the right to show the video.

UPDATE BELOW: THE EVIL WEENIES BACKED OFF.

Perez, for one, is a little bitched out about being told to back off:

We told you earlier today about Heath Ledger's shocking drug-fueled video, and now….

We've gotten a very stern letter from the lawyers for Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, who will be broadcasting the vid.

It reads:

"NOTICE OF ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT AND THE INSIDER’S EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS REGARDING PROPRIETARY MATERIALS OF HEATH LEDGER AT THE CHATEAU MARMONT ON APPROXIMATELY JANUARY 29, 2006

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THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT ET AND THE INSIDER HAVE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN AND TO PROPRIETARY MATERIALS OF HEATH LEDGER AT THE CHATEAU MARMONT ON APPROXIMATELY JANUARY 29, 2006

ANY BROADCAST OR USAGE OF THIS MATERIAL IN ANY MANNER NOT AUTHORIZED SHALL CONSTITUTE AN INFRINGEMENT AND VIOLATION OF ET AND THE INSIDER’S VALUABLE EXCLUSIVE AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND WILL CONSTITUTE INFRINGEMENT AND TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE BY THE INFRINGER, EXPOSING THE INFRINGER TO SUBSTANTIAL MONETARY DAMAGES.

THIS RESTRICTION APPLIES TO ANY AND/OR ALL UNAUTHORIZED USES OF THE EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL.

PLEASE IMMEDIATELY ADVISE YOUR AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SUBSCRIBERS OF OUR EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS AND THESE RESTRICTIONS."

Um, vultures much? I know that we're all of us - all of the gossip-slash-pop-culture-slash-entertainment-news sites - profiting from his death by reporting the news surrounding that death, but it seems to me to be crossing a line of sorts to start snarling and hissing and insisting explicitly that one has 'exclusive rights' to 'proprietary materials' of a dead man. (Full disclosure: Famecrawler writers did discuss the issue, but agreed that we wouldn't post this video, even if it were possible, just as we wouldn't post the Britney-in-ambulance video, among other things. We're grubby gossip-mongers, but we have limits). If I read them correctly, they're saying that they want to make sure that they make as much money as possible off of this video - a video which doesn't exactly do justice to Heath's memory - and that everybody else better back off so that they don't lose a cent.

Yuck.

UPDATE: The evil weenies decided to not air the video. Which, ha - and good. They're still evil for having purchased the video - for a couple of hundred thousand dollars in blood money - and for having aired teasers, but at least they've backed off before losing their souls entirely.

We at Famecrawler take some of the credit. Yay for public shaming of evildoers!

Read more about it HERE.

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"Explosive" Heath Ledger Drug Video Will NOT Air

Sassy Smith — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:05:00 GMT

The pressure was too much perhaps? It seems Entertainment Tonight and The Insider have decided NOT to air the "shocking drug video" of Heath Ledger, which they reportedly paid over $200,000 for. Perez Hilton reports:

"Out of respect for HEATH LEDGER's family, "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" have decided not to run the Heath Ledger video which has been circulating in the world media," they said in a statement.

We, here at Famecrawler, personally thought it was horrible that they even considered airing it - to us it was beyond disrespectful to Heath's memory and obviously to his family. However, those "celebrity news" programs, DID air a teaster of the video on their Wednesday evening show . They [ET & The Insider] just couldn't resist crossing that line could they?

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