Saturday 4 April 2009

Heath's Birthday


I remember a conversation with Robert Richardson, the Director of Photography on "Four Feathers": "Just make sure that the audience are able to look into Heath's eyes. They tell a story of ancient wisdom and all of humanity." Not an easy job for a DP when Heath would so easily break into an Australian crinkle and narrow his eyes, so that the point of light so carefully placed by the DP would search desperately for its subject! I used to tell Heath that he was an ancient soul in a youthful body and mind. That his struggle was between the ancient wisdom he carried in his soul and coming to terms with his youth.

That struggle showed and I - the 'brother from another mother' as he called me - embraced him at those moments.

I wish I was there to embrace him when he passed away. I was so close. But then, it was not meant to be.

Shekhar Kapur

Source: A friend remembers Heath Ledger on the one-year anniversary of his death, New York Daily News

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Anonymous said...

^^IA 11:16 # 2 it would have been inappropriate for Reese to go there. I don't think Liev Schreiber or Spike Jonze (I believe he and Michelle started dating way earlier than it became public, like winter 2007 already) accompanied Naomi and Michelle respectively.

Anonymous said...

Private memorial - family and invited individuals only. No wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends.

Anonymous said...

11:10 AM I doubt Jake was invited and even if he were, Reese wouldn't be. Liev S. wasn’t there even if Naomi was. Reese has nothing to do with Heath. The private memorial was for very close friends and family, around 15 people. Is that so hard to underatand or are you deliberately dense?

Anonymous said...

11:16, you, like so many others, are attempting to determine for Heath's family who they should have invited. That's a bit presumptous don't you think?

I have never said that Heath' family cared about Reese. Some of you are so blinded that you apparantly have lost the ability to read. All I have said is that I wouldn't be surprised if Jake and Reese or just Jake were invited to the private memorial.
Unless you received some kind of press release that the rest of us are not privy too, you are just speculating like all of us. It doesn't matter who we think should or should not be at a private function.

Anonymous said...

11:23 AM

Stop trying to find a way for that made up sighting to be possible. That's disgusting.

Anonymous said...

How do we know it was only fifteen people? Was there some kind of press release? I know Naomi was there, she was sighted. Actually that kind of surprised me as she was an ex-girlfriend so I don't know why the family would have invited her there, but that's their choice.

Anonymous said...

Babblers refuse to use common sense.

Anonymous said...

You can bet that if Reese attended anything, there would be some kind of record. She doesn't do squat without the paps or "sources" around. We've had two years to prove that.

Anonymous said...

I wish someone would explain to me, rationally, why my saying that Reese could have been there translates into my supporting Reeke. I don't know if she was or wasn't. I don't care if she was or wasn't. It's just a possibility that I offered.

I would love to know what the anger is really about.

Anonymous said...

Naomi was a close friend and someone who loved Heath dearly.

Anonymous said...

Actually that kind of surprised me as she was an ex-girlfriend so I don't know why the family would have invited her there, but that's their choice.

Michelle is also an ex girlfriend and they invited her too, although she's also the mom of Heath's only kid. Naomi is a close friend of Heath's family and stayed friends with them even after she and Heath broke up. According to Naomi she and Heath stayed friends after the break up. Did they part as friends or became friends again after some time passed, IDK.

Anonymous said...

So Naomi Watts, an ex-gf who stayed close to Heath's family shouldn't be invited but Reese Witherspoon who was a nobody to Heath should be? You babblers are unbelievable.

Anonymous said...

Babblers refuse to use common sense.

Yeah, there’s no reasoning with delusional people.

Anonymous said...

I would love to know what the anger is really about.

You keep insulting our intelligence and refuse to use your brain.

Anonymous said...

I wish someone would explain to me, rationally, why my saying that Reese could have been there translates into my supporting Reeke. I don't know if she was or wasn't. I don't care if she was or wasn't. It's just a possibility that I offered.

I would love to know what the anger is really about.


I personally don't think you promote Reeke and I get where you are coming from, but since this was a memorial for close friends and family, there was no place for significant others, otherwise we would have heard of Liev Schreiber being there with Naomi etc. So, if Jake attended, I doubt Reese went with him.

Anonymous said...

11:29, try reading. I would never say or try to imply that Reese should have been there and not Naomi. That's just stupid on your part. I was just surprised, but now people have explained that she and Heath still remained really close. So now, it makes more sense to me.

Anonymous said...

Thank you 11:33. You get what I was saying. You are probably right.

Anonymous said...

Jake would never insult Heath's family by bringing the chin with him.

Anonymous said...

Why not, 11:34. He insulted Heath's memory by that park photo-op within days of his death.

And his silence.

Anonymous said...

Also keep in mind that Abbie Cornish was with Heath's family at all the private and public memorial events in Los Angeles. She flew from Australia to L.A. with them. Maybe Reese refused to let Jake go by himself but would not attend because she didn't want to be near Abbie.

Anonymous said...

That's just stupid on your part.

Oh really? What would be more surprising in your opinion, having an ex gf at Heath's private memorial or someone who he probably didn't even know and surely didn't give a shit about?

Anonymous said...

^ by "he" I mean Heath.

Anonymous said...

Lola, go away!

Anonymous said...

11:38 AM

Doing photo op in some park is one thing. Facing grieving parents and family is something completely different.

Anonymous said...

11:39 AM what people need to keep in mind is that Abbie was a FRIEND of Heath's. Reese would never be invited at the private memorial, "girlfriend" or no "girlfriend" of Jake's. He most probably wasn't invited either.

Anonymous said...

Jake didn't attend any memorial services period.

Anonymous said...

Reader's comment:

In my infrequent dealings with the young Mr. Ledger, he was unfailingly considerate and polite. One night our paths crossed in Sydney and he recalled my taking his picture at a Spirits Award LA a year earlier. He sat down with our group at a harbor bistro and bought us a round. He signed autographs and posed for pictures (both from us and some nearby photo hounds). He entertained us with his personal insight on movies and movie people. After feilding a phone call, he excused himself and wished us all a good stay in Australia. He was most gracious. Pure class. A promising talent that will be missed.

— JohnB

link

Anonymous said...

One thing that's annoying, not angering, is Babbler insistence upon all Reese, all the time. Just because you may have a significant other in your life, it doesn't mean that the life you had before, and the people in it, is obliterated. A significant other should add to your life, not replace it, unless of course there's a reason why PR wants to replace it. Add that to the fact that it may not even be true, just a career arrangement.

Anonymous said...

^^^ From the same article:

Late in the evening — too late for the East coast paper — a grieving Catherine Hardwicke, who directed “Dogtown,” came to the phone. Ledger had played Skip in the film, the beach guru, the one all the kids looked up to. Even out of character, Ms. Hardwicke said, the cast and crew treated him in much the same way: “He would set up Camp Heath, with tiki lights and a guitar and all of us would go over to his trailer. This is what else she said:

"He played a very spontaneous character and every single day of making that movie, he would surprise us with something. There wasn’t much he couldn’t do as an actor, or as a person. He could ride surfboard or skateboards. Two weeks after we wrapped out shoot, he was making ‘Brokeback’ and when you see the movie, it looks like he has been on that horse for years.

All of us were looking forward to everything that he was going to do. He was somebody who had the kind of gift, a creative soul, for making a character work.

The last time I talked to him, he said that he was hoping to move someplace outside Amsterdam and just ride bikes and be himself. I’m sad he didn’t get there."

Anonymous said...

Jake didn't attend any memorial services period.

According to Jake he attended one. Some believe him, some don't. I guess we won't know for sure for a long time or ever.

Anonymous said...

What a nice comment about Heath! :)

Anonymous said...

^^comments

Anonymous said...

We know for sure that the laughing and cracking jokes with Reese sightings are bullshit.

WFT said...

Today is WFT2 first anniversary :)

Anonymous said...

Happy Anniversary, WFT2! :)

Anonymous said...

^^Happy Birthday WFT2.

Anonymous said...

My dearest and oldest friend does not live in the same state I do. She is going through a terrible time (months). We email each other ten maybe twenty times a day. You don't have to be in the same room to be close. Jake and Heath could have been in contact all the time. Jake's blackberry is always in his hand. We will never know.

Why are so many people assuming the worst about Jake. I think they were close friends and I think he was heartbroken. Fans who didn't know him were heartbroken I would think people who knew him would be worse off.

I think he went to LA and I'm sure he went to the private event. Jake always seemed to show his emotions and I bet he spent time in therapy. It would not surprise me if he was put on some kind of medications to keep calm.

I bet Reese (girlfriend, friend, beard, whatever) said let's get you outside for a walk. You need fresh air. Heartbroken Jake followed. I don't think he was thinking about photographs, the press was looking for HIM. Either he was followed and found or Reese had the press come. I doubt he had thoughts about anything other than his own grief.

Think about it. I worked with a man who changes jobs. The most I ever did was have lunch with him on a daily(work week) basis for two years. About five years later I found out he died. I mourned him and I was heartbroken for his ten year old son (I never met). We weren't close friends at any time. Jake and Heath were close at some point, even if you believe they stopped being friends, it would still hurt.

Jake may be a public figure but he doesn't have to make his feelings public. Silence is oksy. Dislike him because you don't like Reeke, but leave him alone about Heath.

I personally think he has been grieving for his grandmother and Heath and doesn't care about Reeke. Real or not real, he has said nothing about her.

I think he spent most of his life hiding his true feelings. We can now see what his home life was probably like and how he pretended it was much better than it really was. Bash away about Reeke, but let him be about Heath.

Anonymous said...

let him be about Heath

I wish I could.

Anonymous said...

It would not surprise me if he was put on some kind of medications to keep calm.

I don't know about that. In the pics with Reese following Heath's death he sure didn't look drugged.

I do believe he was upset about Heath. No doubt about that, even though I don't know him personally.

Anonymous said...

Valium doesn't make you look drugged.

Anonymous said...

It seems many fans (just look at comments on youtube or imdb) look at old footage of Jake and Heath from pics and vids and the conclusion is they were besties (I noticed it even on imdb Oscarbuzz board and I don't think people there are Jake/Heath shippers ;)). While I admit they seemed very fond of each other, even quite emotional... when you watch the Oprah special, fast forward to the part where Oprah asks Jake if he was jealous that Heath got most of the praise. Look how upset Heath looks and Jake is quick to assure him, not looking at Oprah, but looking at Heath, that that's not important to them and that he's proud of him. IMO, you don't look as upset as Heath did if you don't care for someone quite deeply.
The question is did they remain close, the answer is no fan knows.

Anonymous said...

Valium doesn't make you look drugged.

I doubt that after what happened to Heath (he died because he mixed pills), Jake relied on pills to overcome grieve.

Anonymous said...

"If they invited Jake, then they probably would have expected him to come with Reese since she is considered his girlfriend."

Memorials are for honoring the deceased. It's not a date.

Anonymous said...

"Valium doesn't make you look drugged."

"I doubt that after what happened to Heath (he died because he mixed pills), Jake relied on pills to overcome grieve."

Right. And MK and LL stopped doing drugs, in fact all of Hollywood. This is the true reason the economy fell apart. Everyone stopped using drugs because of Heath's death.

If you take one medicine and use it carefully you should be okay.

Anonymous said...

You don't need medicine for grief.

Anonymous said...

Does lola go around from blog to blog making ignorant statements?

Anonymous said...

Who's lola?

Anonymous said...

Babbler from DC forum?

Anonymous said...

More proof that all the posters here post on DCF, what a small circle of loons. How many times can you post comments before blogger throws you out, LOL!!!

Anne said...

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Anonymous said...

Struck a nerve I see. ;)

Anonymous said...

Personally, I have never posted at DC Forum in my life, only know of the more infamous posters from what people have said. They are the ones who come here, not vice versa.

Anonymous said...

I stopped posting on DCF more than a year ago.

Anonymous said...

I'm confused. Which recent posts are from babblers?

Anonymous said...

The ones we trashed :)

Anonymous said...

All posts are being trashed!

Anonymous said...

No, you need to read more carefully.

Anonymous said...

There seems to be a lot of talk here abot DCF and the posters so I assume that a majority of the posters cross post.

Also there was a time when a lot of racist posts (directed at Obama) and anti-semitic comments, and sexist comments were left up until someone pointed them out to "Jackie" then they stopped. Since everyone here posts anon. here, how did "Jackie" contact them to stop?

"Jackie" is a brokie and probably is a mod on DCF, she must have contacted her brokie pals and told them to cool it. BTW, I know the racist, anti-semitic came from DCF, recognized some of the freeper log cabin scum from DCF, that's why I stopped posting there.

You screech at homophobia on DCF, bu nobody said a word when the nasty anti-semetic rants were posted on DCF about Naomi for instance.

Who the hell calls Jewish women a Jewess? A 60+, racist, sexist, white log cabin pig that's who.

"Jackie" will delete this i'm sure.

Anonymous said...

Just Jared has a Birthday post for RDJ (btw Happy Birthday RDJ!!) and it says Reeke was at a Beverly Hills Hotel party for RDJ on Friday night. (No pics, just said).

Anonymous said...

""Jackie" is a brokie and probably is a mod on DCF, she must have contacted her brokie pals and told them to cool it."

Yeah riiiiiiiiiight.

""Jackie" will delete this i'm sure."

I hope so.

Anonymous said...

2:40, we've put a stop to it when it's been brought here, and complained loudly about any form or racism, sexism, anti-Semitism or homophobia. I've never seen a thing since. Jackie can't be responsible for how other blogs are run.

Happy Birthday RDJ!

Anonymous said...

I have a question. Someone said that during the 3 amigos time (I think) that in Texas Jake picked up a woman and took her to his hotel room and had sex? Where is the story/link/rumor/blind item? Thanks in advance if anyone can post the info.

Anonymous said...

Never heard that silly story.

Anonymous said...

There was a BI from 2006 about someone having performance problems with a woman.
BI was posted on WFT2 when we discussed Ted's performance problems BV.

Anonymous said...

"There seems to be a lot of talk here abot DCF and the posters so I assume that a majority of the posters cross post."

You seem unfamiliar with these sites. I figure ex-DCFers post here, but I doubt that many cross-post since babblers took over DCF. Most of the criticism is directed at DCFs policies that drove away posters in disgust some time ago.

Anonymous said...

Someone posted it in the comment section on the Perez blog when people in Texas saw all 3 of them during that week in Sept. '06. Someone said that Jake hooked up with some girl, a friend of her's and said that Jake was so hairy down there that she had a time finding his dick, LOL!!!

Jared said that Paltrow and her husband was at the birthday for RDJ too, no pictures.

Don't you find it odd that the nasty racist comments seem to stop all at once? Most likely it was one person doing it, and they sounded like the scum from DCF.

Anonymous said...

Jake and Reese, Gwyneth and Chris celebrated RDJ's 44th birthday with him.

Happy b-day RDJ

Anonymous said...

Don't you find it odd that the nasty racist comments seem to stop all at once?

Yes, and they were nasty. I'm glad Jackie got rid of them.

Anonymous said...

I'm talking abou the whole DCF, not just that lame-as Jake eyelash thread. The site is a BBM site and they have a lot of other threads. Most may no longer post on eyelashes, but they sure the hell post on other threads.

Freeper, white, racist, sexist, anti-semetic log cabin trash.

Anonymous said...

Someone posted it in the comment section on the Perez blog when people in Texas saw all 3 of them during that week in Sept. '06. Someone said that Jake hooked up with some girl, a friend of her's...

Yeah, right.

Anonymous said...

I remember - I don't know how true it was, there was a photo of a blonde who worked in a bike shop, Jake had his arm around her. She may have been a fan. Was that what you meant?

Anonymous said...

3:15, take your meds, honey.

Anonymous said...

" I don't know how true it was, there was a photo of a blonde who worked in a bike shop, Jake had his arm around her. She may have been a fan. Was that what you meant?"

That was the daugther of a DCF poster, nice girl, nice mama -

Anonymous said...

No it wasn't her, it was an anon. comment on a post on Perez.

Were any of you DCF posters upset a few years ago When Dave gave access to a fund, money donated by Brokies to a mod? He stole the $$$ and the FBI couldn't do anything about it because dumb Dave let have access? Found out the mod had a history of stealing. Dave try to cover it up, but word got out. Soemposters got pissed because Dave refused to do anything about it so they posted it on a few non-brokie sites and posters got pissed off, came to Dave's defense.

Dave also has made some nasty comments about BBM "fans" and only kept the site open so you fools can buy his crappy book.

Whatever happened to that case anyway? Was the $$$ ever returned?

Anonymous said...

3:21: Hit a nerve?

Anonymous said...

Finally the secret was out: WFT2 and GB are run by the same circle of friends.

Anonymous said...

LOL!

Anonymous said...

Dave also has made some nasty comments about BBM "fans"...

Great! lol

Anonymous said...

3:35, what if it's true?

Anonymous said...

Seems they've become good friends ever since "Zodiac":

Jake & RDJ

Anonymous said...

The girl in the bike shop was a daughter of DCF poster Texasmama. The story is hilarious if you can find it in DCF. The whole time the daughter was helping Jake in the store she was running back and forth to her phone texting/calling her mom telling her what Jake was doing and what he was saying and her mama was posting it on DCF Eyelashes at the same time. Jake had no idea he was being sighted and blogged in real time, LOL!

Anonymous said...

mad dog alert!

Anonymous said...

She was a very pretty girl, I recall. Must have been fun for her to meet him. :)

Anonymous said...

3:35, what if it's true?

Oh yes, "WFT2 and GB are run by the same circle of friends" really makes sense! lol

Anonymous said...

Very pretty and tall! Everything is big in Texas.

Anonymous said...

Yes, I remember she was tall. :)

Austin said...

Everything is big in Texas.

You can say that again!

Anonymous said...

"Jackie", are you a DCF moderator as somebody said above? (That is, you could know easily who (here) is who (on DCF) after their IP adresses.)

Anonymous said...

I use ADSL Internet connection and get new IP address every time I connect to my Internet provider.

Jackie said...

"Jackie", are you a DCF moderator as somebody said above?

No.

rags said...

Posted on OMG

Tabloid Headline said...
TR, why has US Weekly become a shameless clearing house for Reeke "exclusives?"

TR said...
No coincidences in Hollywood. They have a deal.

Remember when the divorce happened there was a kerfuffle because Ryan's quotes were given to In Touch when an exclusive deal for all divorce quotes had been struck by BWR with People? At the time Reese and Ryan were repped by BWR but Nanci didn't want to deal directly with Ryan so she outsourced him and that person screwed up and put his quotes in the wrong publication. There is a specific process involved in handling the tabloids and using them to get your message out. I've said it before NOTHING appears there by accident. Let's see if I can recall the steps:

1. Upset/Pissed Off Star
2. Manager gets blasted
3. PR Gets involved
4. Manager and PR create a set of themes that will turn the tide in the desired direction
5. PR Calls friends in publishing and agree on strategy in return publisher gets $$ or special access
6. Story gets "written"
7. PR approves story
8. Story appears
9. People believe story
10. Star is put at ease and assured by manager that they are loved and admired.

Anonymous said...

Nailed on set pics, taken by an extra:

on set pics

Anonymous said...

^ ^ ^
Posted on WDW

Anonymous said...

Nailed - cow lick hairdo :)

Anonymous said...

That thing is not
"US Magazine" as in USA but
"Us Magazine" as in "We"

cough said...

Fake and very naked photoshoped pictures

photoshoped NSFW Jake

Anonymous said...

^^^ Very interesting blog! LOL

Anonymous said...

^^^ Jake & Jesse Spencer

OMG and LMAO!

Anonymous said...

In somebody's dream . . . not mine, though.

Anonymous said...

Gay men's dream.

Anonymous said...

If Jake saw these or similar pictures - was he pissed off or flattered?
Maybe he doesn't care how people use him in fan art and "fan art".

Anonymous said...

"Gay men's dream."

Apparently. My GBF sends me for my birthday cowboy doll with enormous dick, WTF? My teddy bear was shocked I tell you shocked.

Anonymous said...

LOL!

Anonymous said...

If Jake saw these or similar pictures - was he pissed off or flattered?

Jake & Jesse Spencer manip - Duh! EVERY man would be flattered by the size of that thing!

Anonymous said...

I dont know why any guy would want to lug around something that big.

Anonymous said...

I dont see why Jake would be flattered: he's got a beautiful body and a gorgeous dick.

6:29 PM said...

I meant flattered by attention, being someone's wet dream.

Anonymous said...

I dont know why any guy would want to lug around something that big.

Spoken by a woman who doesn't know men.

x17online.com said...

has pics from RDJ's birthday party... mostly just pictures of Reese and Jon Favreau leaving the party...you can see Jake in one of the pics in the back of the crowd

Anonymous said...

"I dont know why any guy would want to lug around something that big.

Spoken by a woman who doesn't know men."

Well maybe I dont know what's in guys' heads but I know alot who seem pretty happy with what they've got.

Anonymous said...

Notice that on the X17 pics, on the side they have Gallery of More Reese Pics and Gallery of more RDJ pics, but no gallery of more Jake pics. Boy, that showmance just keeps doing wonders for him.

Anonymous said...

7:10, doesn't it though? [sad but LOL]

Anonymous said...

Bending over for the Saudi King
Lol at the American Press not reporting.

Anonymous said...

Thank God, it's only a bow! I expected some kind of gay porn.

GBF said...

My GBF sends me for my birthday cowboy doll with enormous dick, WTF?

Next time I'm sending XXL dildo!

aka IHR said...

So who wants to bet that IHJ will have the RDJ party pics, all focused on full-length Chinormica front and center and with Jake in the far left corner of the frame showing a quarter section of his earlobe, a bit of neck and four inches of the shoulder back of his jacket?

Anonymous said...

IHJ gallery posts pictures only if Jake is in the frame.

IHR (formally known as IHJ) said...

Jake out of focus = in the frame

1 inch of Jake body = in the frame

Jake far away = in the frame

It's all about Reese!

Anonymous said...

LOL if even only a JG earlobe is showing, it'll end up on IHR. ;)

Jake said...

Jake far away = in the frame

Those are my favorites! Further from the chin - the better!

Anonymous said...

Next time I'm sending XXL dildo!

Whatever you do with it, do not use it on your birthday!

Anonymous said...

8:01, 8:19, why does it bother you so much? Who cares. There are plenty of just Jake pics on IHJ to look at. I think you secretly look forward to all the Reeke pics. Some people protest too much.

Anonymous said...

Reeke pictures are good only for bulimia nervosa.

Anonymous said...

If that's what floats your boat, but you should see someone about that disorder.

Anonymous said...

Nah, that was just a bad joke.

Anonymous said...

This is a question for the people who follow Austin who may know about this. There used to be a writer of Brokeback slash who also claimed to work in pr in Hollywood and as a journalist and knew about Jake, Austin and Heath. I didn't knew whether to believe any of pr/journalist stuff or not. Took it with a grain of salt. Anyway, when Heath died she revealed her name and how she knew Heath. Seemed pretty credible.

Anyway, in a response to a comment on one of her stories, she once mentioned that Heath was an "issue" for Austin in real life. She never explained what she meant by that. Has anyone ever heard anything regarding some kind of friction with Heath and Austin? The only thing I could think she might mean is that Jake's crush on Heath was a problem for Austin. But maybe she meant something else.

I just thought about that today and was wondering if anyone ever heard anything regarding this tension.

Anonymous said...

9:41, I know who you were talking about. She was a complete liar--she fabricated A LOT (incorporated some of her slash plots into her gossip about Jake, Austin and Heath. To give you an idea of how full of shit she was, she claimed she knew Jake and Austin's favorite sexual positions and when she was recounting certain "incidents" that had happened between them, she would recreate dialogue as if she was there. There were TOO many things she said that were ridiculous concoctions (and she wasn't a journalist--I'm a journalist so I knew she was lying). She never was consistent in her claims--a lot of what she said was taken from Ted, Lainey, gossip from the net and general industry gossip but she would embellish it with her lies (which she culled from her own slash).

She also hated Heath. He was a druggie, he was sullen, he wasn't as charming or as good looking as Jake who was perfect and wonderful and EVERYONE wanted to not only be him but seduce him because he was the greatest person who ever lived. I know a lot about her because I was in e-mail correspondence with her because I was curious (I'm a journalist--curiosity is my stock in trade) and NOTHING she claimed held up. She ended up deleting her LJ journal because she was full of shit and probably got too tired perpetuating the charade. But I will tell you whatever she said after Heath died was a total crock. She disliked him and said that he used to call Jake but Jake used to avoid Heath because he was a druggie--(yeah, Jake never had druggie friends or gfs--Kiki?).

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Anonymous said...

Here is what she told me about Jake/Heath and Austin:

She said Jake and Heath has a little fling in Calgary in the early part of the BBM shoot--they would sneak off on weekends to town and stay in motels under strange names. When Ang found out about it, he put a stop to it. Also, the second to last year of Heath's life ,he used to call Jake alot but Jake would avoid his calls because of Heath's sullen druggie ways. Austin didn't like Jake spending time with Heath. Also, Heath would call Jake and ask him if he wanted to come over and smoke pot and be in a threesome with either a boy hooker or a girl hooker but Jake said no. And Heath blamed Austin for Jake avoiding him, calling him a "fucking extra." (This is coming from somebody who was friends with many actors who were far less known than Austin). She claimed that Heath liked Jake a lot but was jealous of Jake because Jake had the better career (LOL). Jake had the better offers, better scripts, better family whereas Heath nearly wrecked his career due to his moody, druggie ways. (I kid you not). She did claim summer of 2007 that Jake was in bad shape--being self-destructive, sleeping with women to prove he was straight and worse (she thought I would actually think this was bad), he was (gasp) hooking up with Heath. I was excited to read the latter (I'm a Jake/Heath slash fan) and asked her for details about the latter but I never heard back--probably because I didn't register the right amount of disgust.

A liar and a fake. And do you guys honestly think Jake would avoid threesomes or sex with Heath?

Anonymous said...

BTW, I speak to a lot of PR people everyday--I know a few very well known celebrity PR people and she was NO PR person. I grilled her a bit about her background and she essentially told me that her job is to basically de-gay gay actors in America (she's based in Europe) otherwise they won't work. Sigh. A liar.

Anonymous said...

10:06 PM, I would be curious to know what other PR people think about Reeke. Do they feel it's a success, failure or heading to failure. Also, would they admit that Reeke is a bearding arrangement?

Anonymous said...

I think I know which slash writer you're talking about, and you're all full of shit. She never said those things, and closed her blog because she lost her inspiration due to all the Reeking.

Anonymous said...

That fake naked Jake is all wrong; they should have used a body that had hair.

Anonymous said...

10:20, I guess you were a fan of hers. But YES she did tell me all of this in her private e-mail correspondence (which I still have). But clearly, I've wounded one of her fans but trust me she said ALL Of taht to me in e-mails. ALL OF THAT.

Anonymous said...

I still have her e-mails and if you like, I will send them to Jackie of WFT so 10:20 can see for yourself. What do you say, Jackie? Trust me. I'll send them to you happily and you can reprint what she said in her e-mails.

Anonymous said...

I have no idea who that slasher might be. Could you name the country she resides in?
(I've read only slash from somebody from California, Belgium and Australia.)

Anonymous said...

I am 9:41, and i read her all of her slash stories and the comments on them. She wasn't a Heath fan, but she never accused him of being a druggie or any of the other negative behavior that's just been mentioned here.

Her post after Heath's death was rather positive. She made reference to a note he sent her. She conveyed how sad and hurt she was.

She liked Heath enough; she just liked the pairing of Jake and Austin more. She was very upset about Reeke. It made her lose interest in writing about Jake and Austin. Maybe we are talking about different people. Like I said, at least in her comments on her LJ, she never said what the nature of the tension was between Heath and Austin was.

I want to be sure I understand, are you saying you sent her a private e-mail and that's where she told you all of this stuff about Jake and Heath hooking up? And if Austin didn't know about any of this, why would Heath be an issue?

Anonymous said...

10:49, back again. I just read your post 10:36/10:37. I would be interested in reading the e-mails if Jackie is willing to post them.

Anonymous said...

"they would sneak off on weekends to town and stay in motels under strange names. When Ang found out about it, he put a stop to it."

Whut, was Ang their mother? LOL! And if J&H were getting it on, if anything it would help the film not hinder it. That's hialarious.

Anonymous said...

I thought that Heath got together with Michelle right from the very beginning of filming BBM (the snow scene where she had an accident).

So where was she when Heath & Jake took off on weekends?!?

I Know! I Know! said...

Jake and Austin went to Japan for the Kanamara Matsuri festival!

Anonymous said...

Wow! LOL

Anonymous said...

That fake naked Jake is all wrong; they should have used a body that had hair.

I think there is a message for Jake :)

Anonymous said...

And do you guys honestly think Jake would avoid threesomes or sex with Heath?

ITA, she's full of crap. He would've been on Heath in a flash had he had the chance. Jake avoiding sex with Heath? LOL!

Jake said...

Threesomes? Yes, please!

Anonymous said...

Jake had the better offers, better scripts, better family whereas Heath nearly wrecked his career due to his moody, druggie ways. (I kid you not)

That's weird. Heath got a part in INT, TDK and turned down (!!!) the part in Tree of Life with Sean Penn in order to do his own chess movie. I thought Heath got the better offers or just as good offers as Jake did after BBM. Why did Jake have the better family? Heath was close to his fam. and he sure shouldn't have been ashamed of them, mom Sally is French teacher and dad is engineer. Also from all accounts Heath wasn't a jealous type of man. I somehow doubt this insider info.

Anonymous said...

^^There were even reports that Jake was jealous Heath got most of the attention and praise. He also didn't go to the Globes to support the film. But when the film got 4 Globes, Jake suddenly turned up to a after show party.

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Anonymous said...

I somehow doubt this insider info.

Somehow? That stuff is called BS not inside info. It’s laughable.

Of course Heath got better offers, like INT, TDK, Tree of Life, a film with Spielberg. What did Jake get - Rendition (flop), Brothers, Nailed (likely straight to DVD) and PoP (lol)? Heath's career was doing much, much better that Jake’s. No way Jake’s dysfunctional family is better than Heath’s either.

I don’t get why people always have to compare them. I love Jake dearly but let's face it, if we measured these two, Jake would come out lacking I’m afraid.

And who here really believes Jake and Heath were getting it on? Come on.

Anonymous said...

I don't know if Jake and Heath got it on or not. I had heard the bi rumours about Heath. As far as Jake is concerned, if Heath was bi (and Jake could have figured a way), Jake would have been under him in a minute.

Anonymous said...

Like a previous poster said: the Jake and Heath sex tape, can you just imagine? Neither one of them would ever have had to work, for love or money, ever again.

Sigh.

Anonymous said...

And who here really believes Jake and Heath were getting it on?

Seriously, I thought they had amazing chemistry and I would have loved for them to hook up in real life, but I don't think they ever did.

Anonymous said...

I thought the story that writer/pr person was pushing was that Austin thought Heath interferred too much/got in the way and that Heath though Austin was too clingy and demanding.

Anonymous said...

Heath had a house out in LA and spent alot of time there. I remember reading about a sighting of Heath, Jake and Michelle at a Farmer's market out there. I think it was even confirmed by that Theresa woman who used to run Heath's fan site. Since Heath did spend time in LA, does anyone know if he ever met Austin? He had to know who Jake's boyfriend is.

Anonymous said...

Heath/drugs - Even if he had a problem with drugs (no one knows if he was "just" an occasional user or had a problem with it). But on set he always was prepared and a true professional. Granted his first few movies weren't the best movies ever, but he improved and got better and better offers.
I don't know how many of you watched Lords of Dogtown. I listened to an interview with the guy Heath played in the movie, Skip, and Heath imitated his voice perfectly. He was really a talent, it just took a while until he started choosing better stuff than TTIHAY or AKT.

Anonymous said...

"...does anyone know if he ever met Austin? He had to know who Jake's boyfriend is."

Jake went to the Casanova premiere with Austin, so they knew each other.

Anonymous said...

8:15 AM I don’t think Heath met Austin. Even if he did why would he have a problem with him? The other way around would make more sense because of Jake’s big ass crush on Heath but I doubt Heath had anything against Austin.

Anonymous said...

8:22 AM #1 that wasn't the premiere of Casanova, it was the AFI festival in LA which Heath didn't attend because it was right after Matilda was born so he spent time with her.

Anonymous said...

I do remember the picture of Jake emerging from a movie with Austin. I thought it was the premiere of Casanova, at least that's how it's always tagged. But 8:26, are you saying that pic was actually from the AFI festival?

Anonymous said...

There was a pic posted on WFT long ago of Heath going out of a club with a guy who looked like Austin and there was speculation it was him. Do any of you remember the pic or has it?

Anonymous said...

But 8:26, are you saying that pic was actually from the AFI festival?

Yes, it's from the Casanova screening at the AFI festival.

Anonymous said...

^^That was probably Heath's cute friend Kane Manera (the soap opra actor)

Here's a pic:

Heath & Kane

Anonymous said...

Another one with Kane (the guy's seriously cute and maybe looks a bit like Austin ;)):

sexy&sexy

Anonymous said...

^ wasn't that guy (Kane Manera) in some pics with Matilda and Michelle recently?

Anonymous said...

^^Yes, he was.

Anonymous said...

"sexy&sexy"

hot

8:33 said...

Thanks 8:38! I think it was that pic. Kane really looks like Austin in that pic!

Anonymous said...

Kane really looks like Austin in that pic!

Yeah, both are very tall, dark haird, good looking fellows.

Anonymous said...

8:41, thanks. That is probably one of the hottest pics I've ever seen of Heath. Does anyone know where that was taken or how old Heath was?

But I have to disagree with some. I don't think Kane and Austin look that much alike. They're just both tall and dark haired. I know some will want to kill me, but I do think Kane is better looking.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know where that was taken or how old Heath was?

It was taken in 2002 in L.A. Heath was 23.

Anonymous said...

ONTD:

Jake walking post

Anonymous said...

Dead or Alive, Heath's alot more interesting than current Vanilla Jake or Pretentious Austin.

Anonymous said...

I bet Jake'll become much more interesting when he finally dumps Chinny.

Jackie said...

I still have her e-mails and if you like, I will send them to Jackie of WFT so 10:20 can see for yourself. What do you say, Jackie? Trust me. I'll send them to you happily and you can reprint what she said in her e-mails.

I’m curious :)

wftpart2@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

As far as Jake is concerned, if Heath was bi (and Jake could have figured a way), Jake would have been under him in a minute.

Sorry, but LMAO!

love hurts said...

Over the weekend, news broke that Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson had a huge fight and that Sam changed the locks at her house. Ouch! [TMZ]

Anonymous said...

^^

Who cares?

Anonymous said...

As far as Jake is concerned, if Heath was bi (and Jake could have figured a way), Jake would have been under him in a minute.

No way, absolutely not. I totally disagree.





30 seconds.

Jake said...

Fuck!

BI said...

"Which C-list Hollywood stud was so drunk and desperate that he showed up at the home of an L.A. gossip reporter and demanded a booty call? Guess what, folks? She accepted!" [Gatecrasher]

Anonymous said...

10:51, LMAO. Too true.

Ian said...

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Anonymous said...

Those walking pics on ONTD are over a week old. Odd that they got posted this weekend. Obviously the paps had no interest in him at RDJ's party. Someone must have felt sorry for him and posted the older pics.

Anonymous said...

x17 has new Matilda pics>

Anonymous said...

Looking happy :)

Anonymous said...

Someone must have felt sorry for him and posted the older pics.

LMAO.

Tom Cruise's Butch plan said...

Tom Cruise is to remake 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

The 'Valkyrie' actor started plans to produce the 60s western - which is about two lovable bank robbers - last year and hopes to star in the with his close friend John Travolta.

The 46-year-old star even got the blessing of Paul Newman - who originally played the role of Cassidy - before he died from lung cancer last September and is currently in talks with scriptwriters.

A source said: "It has been a pet project of his that has been on the back-burner for years. But now he's ready to go, and will most likely happily eschew the enormous salary that he normally commands." When the movie goes ahead Tom will revive the role of Sundance - previously played by Robert Redford - and John Travolta, 55, is expected to play Cassidy.

Close friends of the Hollywood star say he is thrilled to finally make a start on the project. A friend told Britain's Daily Mirror: "Butch and Sundance is a labour of love for Tom. He was eight years old when he saw the original and it made an impression that has stayed with him all his life. He can't wait to get to work."

Tom plans to produce the remake through United Artists, a studio he co-owns.

Anonymous said...

WTF?!

Anonymous said...

Someone must have felt sorry for him and posted the older pics.

Aww, that was sweet :)

Anonymous said...

wasn't that guy (Kane Manera) in some pics with Matilda and Michelle recently?

Matilda, Michelle and Kane

Anonymous said...

I still have her e-mails and if you like, I will send them to Jackie of WFT so 10:20 can see for yourself. What do you say, Jackie? Trust me. I'll send them to you happily and you can reprint what she said in her e-mails.

I’m curious :)

wftpart2@gmail.com


You're really going to publish someone's private e-mails?

Anonymous said...

Matilda, Michelle and Kane

Hottie.

Jackie said...

You're really going to publish someone's private e-mails?

No, at least not for now :)

Anonymous said...

Tom Cruise is to remake 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

DL comment:

Cum drops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my wife and I don't share a bed
Nothin' seems to fit-- but!
I'm never gonna stop the gay by complainin'

So I just did me some talkin' to the Ron
And he said he didn't like the way I got things done
Sleepin' with the men-- so!
I'm gonna do another sit-down with Oprah
Because I'm straight... Nothin' wrong with my mate...

What if? said...

10 career-changing roles that almost weren't

What if?

That was my reaction when I went over an article titled Star Misses: 10 Career-Changing Roles That Weren’t from a recent issue of Forbes magazine, a clipping of which was sent to Funfare by somebody who requested to be identified only as “A Hopelessly-Addicted Reader.”

It’s so interesting that I can’t resist the temptation to share it with Funfare readers, “hopelessly-addicted” and otherwise.

Excerpts:

Imagine Nicole Kidman accepting the Academy Award for the role of Hanna Schmitz in The Reader. Or Gwyneth Paltrow boarding the Titanic. Or how about The Graduate with Robert Redford playing Benjamin Braddock — instead of Dustin Hoffman.

Those were studios’ early choices to fill these legendary film roles. Hard to believe? Little wonder: “The essence of a good casting decision is that you simply take it for granted,” says Janet Hirshenson, a casting agent behind some of Hollywood’s biggest films, including A Beautiful Mind, When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men.

“I think that when it all comes together and it works (you couldn’t) imagine anybody else,” adds Jane Jenkins, Hirshenson’s casting partner and co-author of A Star Is Found: Our Adventures of Casting Some of Hollywood’s Biggest Movies. “It only sticks out like a sore thumb when it doesn’t work, but usually those movies don’t do well enough for anybody to even notice...”

Here’s a look at 10 iconic movie roles that almost went to others.

1) Titanic starring...Gwyneth Paltrow
2) Knocked Up starring...Anne Hathaway
3) The Godfather starring...Ernest Borgnine
4) Forrest Gump starring...John Travolta
5) Pretty Woman starring...Molly Ringwald
6) The Reader starring...Nicole Kidman
7) The Graduate starring...Robert Redford

8) Brokeback Mountain starring...Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix

Before Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger scored the now legendary roles in the acclaimed “gay cowboy” flick, Mark Wahlberg tells the press he and actor Joaquin Phoenix were considered for the roles. They reportedly passed because they were “a little creeped out” by the sex scenes. In the end, the critically-acclaimed film scored Heath Ledger an Oscar nod.

9) Casablanca starring...George Raft
10) Raiders of the Lost Ark starring...Tom Selleck

link

Anonymous said...

“I think that when it all comes together and it works (you couldn’t) imagine anybody else,” adds Jane Jenkins, Hirshenson’s casting partner and co-author of A Star Is Found: Our Adventures of Casting Some of Hollywood’s Biggest Movies.

That's for sure!

"A little creeped out" by one of the greatest love stories ever told? I hate that line - I'm so glad the roles went to our wonderul Jake and Heath. :)

Anonymous said...

^^Me too. ;)

Anonymous said...

Although to give them the benefit of the doubt, was Ang the director at the time Mark and Phoenix were being considered? Wasn't Van Sant being considered for director before Ang? Maybe someone like Van Sant would have had different (violent or sexually graphic) sex scenes, not only between J&E but with others like in the Mexican alley. Just sayin.

Anonymous said...

I just know that Van Sant was attached to it at one point.

Anonymous said...

No, Ang and the current script was attached at the time, because I remember that Mark W. directed his comments to Ang. Ang, you're at great director, or something along those lines. :( He got to page 15and he felt it just wasn't for him.

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