STILL :( Michelle Williams is still bummed about the death of her ex-lover/father of her child. Whatever, that was like two news cycles ago. We kid. The death of Heath Ledger continues to be very sad. [People]
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:( For those who don't like to assume, Michelle Williams is officially very sad over the death of her daughter's father, Heath Ledger. [Mollygood]
Thank god you can't, legally, libel the dead, or the Post might have had to run their items by counsel before running them.
The Post says it was cocaine and heroin that Heath was on, forcing Michelle Williams to kick him out after multi-day binges. But the real hook here, as the Daily News is on, is the video tape of Heath rambling on, after the 2006 SAG Awards, at the Chateau Marmont, about his drug use; in the background, someone is snorting "powder" off a table.
CBS's Entertainment Tonight paid $200,000 for the video, thinking they had an instant ratings-win on their hands. At 3:30am EST, the network's VP for business and legal affairs, Joseph Jerome, even sent out a notice to bloggers, always keen to beat the mainstream media with their own scoops, that they had "EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS REGARDING PROPRIETARY MATERIALS OF HEATH LEDGER AT THE CHATEAU MARMONT ON APPROXIMATELY JANUARY 29, 2006," and, "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."
But then they backed down, bowing to … public pressure? Gross out factor? The understanding that they'd never get access to any other client that Ledger and Michelle Williams' I/D PR represents?
By 6:46pm EST, ET publicist Kristin Miller, also a fan of caps-lock, was issuing a release announcing the recanting of their decision to air the video: "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."
No worries, however: Australia's Channel 9 also has the video, and insists on airing it. See you on YouTube.
• According to a celebrity assistant, Michelle Williams wanted full custody of li'l Matilda.
• Paris Hilton's travel clothes are worse than ours.
• Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo are still candooling. It's easy to be in love without a career to worry about.
• Thoughts on the nominees for best animated short film, the Achilles' Heel of any Oscar pool entry.
• Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are back. Or back getting photographed together. You know, six of one, half dozen of the other.
• Jenna Jameson is still around, though we can't remember if she's back doing porn or back boycotting it.
Production of Blue Valentine, Michelle Williams's next movie, has been put on hold indefinitely.
Williams was rumored to be dating Ryan Gosling, her co-star on the film. Things must be crazy awkward there; People magazine should really assign a reporter to that set.
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Page Six throws out this blind item today:
Which recently separated star had his sidekick secure two young ladies to join him for a wild night back at his new bachelor pad?
Let's go to the way back machine. Page Six also reported three weeks ago:
Our spies…spotted [Heath Ledger] leaving the Beatrice Inn in the West Village early Sunday morning, looking for a fresh catch. “He wasn’t drinking, but he was there with his friend,” we’re told. “The friend chased two girls as they were leaving and gave them Heath’s address. He told them to meet at Heath’s new apartment in SoHo.”
Heath, forget about what all this gallivanting is doing to Michelle. Think about what picking up two women in SoHo is doing to Brooklyn's self-esteem.
Like their relationship, Heath and Michelle’s effort to assimilate in Brooklyn is over. One or both of them is leaving their Boerum Hill town house; the picture above was taken in front of their house and sent to Gothamist.
They may have enjoyed the reasonable rents and casualness of Brooklyn, but they’re still not U-Hauling anything.
• Miss USA came, she fell, and she lost. Badly.
• Reactions to Lindsay's second stint in rehab: "Lindsay Lohan has finally seen the light—and all it took was video footage of her doing cocaine, a DUI arrest, and photos of her puking on the sidewalk."
• Michelle Williams totally has that "Brooklyn Hipster Who Sleeps With Heath Ledger" look down-pat!
• Meanwhile, Rose McGowan perfects the "Walking Against The Wind In A Low-Grade Hurricane" pose.
• Amy Winehouse's mom is concerned, because (a) she's negligibly thin (b) her hair is an ode to Bride of Frankenstein or (c) she's clearly on crack cocaine. [Ed: The answer, surprisingly is (a)].
• Kiera Knightley sues tabs for alleging she has an eating disorder; Rachel Zoe tells her "get over yourself, fatty!"
• Aww, Nick Lachey had a nerdy high-school crush on Carmen Electra.
• Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams might be secretly married! This would all be so scandalous and tawdry if they didn't already live together in BK with their lovechild.
• Creepy, 60-year-old Sylvester Stallone deprived the female population of his man-juice while filming the Rocky sequel nobody wanted.
• Denis Leary credits Cosmopolitan for his sexual prowess; we credit Denis Leary for the mental picture that made us lose our breakfast.
• Sienna Miller keeps party-hopping with her new BFF, P. Diddy Combs. Diddy, a daddy, says he's been doing an excellent job of keeping his eye on "the twins."
Gwyneth Paltrow declaring her African heritage was not enough for One, the celeb-heavy org devoted to ending poverty, hunger, and AIDS in the great "nation" of Africa. They now want celebs to pose in their t-shirts, looking like they're smack in the middle of a mad acid trip.
We agree with our snotty little sister — Lindsay Lohan looks like she's hella' cracked out … and what the fuck are Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger doing sharing a t-shirt?
If they were to get two celebs to share a t-shirt you think they would pick Mary-Kate Olsen and Nicole Richie. At least that way it would emphasize the need to help fight starvation on a global level.
One…shirt for the both of us [Mollygood]
• Matt Lauer and his wife are going to have cute babies! And Ann Curry will never, ever get to hold them. [Us]
• Conde Nast editors don't just get free brownstones. They get free cars … and most likely free everything else too. That's how journalism works, ok? [Gawker]
• Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams have been taking tips from Scarlett Johansson. [TMZ]
• Marcia Cross still hates Barbra Walters for calling her a lezzy in fronts of the pops. Though, we really think this story deserved the typical "not that there's anything wrong with that." [Scoop]
• Johnny Knoxville has more covers this month than Lindsay Lohan has photos of her boob. [FBNY]
• Hallelujah, there is power in Queens! Of course, people are still really pissed. New Yorkers aren't New Yorkers without their grudges. [NYT]
• In other exciting news, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams aren’t moving after all. They’re staying for the Prince concerts. Obviously. [OTBKB]
• Meet Melissa Berkelhammer. She hate, hate, hated law school. We, on the other hand, are still trying to figure out how she got it … considering she has trouble dressing herself. [NYO]
• Rudolf Guiliani "exchanging pleasantries" with Lindsay Lohan? Um, did she think he was her driver? [Page Six]
• Another fun outdoor art project, yay! And this time, they will be much more interesting to watch than a bunch of flapping orange flags. [WABC]
• Anyone who thinks Conde Nast will tolerate fat people in their building obviously has no idea how this world actually works. [FBNY]
• Christie Brinkley’s husband says he’s sorry for being a dumbass … but somehow it all gets lost amongst the la, la, la going on in Cindy Adams' head. [Cindy Adams]
• Kids are not afforded the right of freedom of expression in NYC. As proven by the "no blogging" rules for students, which, more or less, protects teachers. [NYP]
• The depressing rumors are true: Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams are escaping back to Hollywood, where their sexy friends can come over and smoke weed out of apples. Sniff, sniff. [NYO]
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