The public concern over celebrity deaths is sickening. I mean, if this had been Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, or someone who had a meaningful contribution to the world of Hollywood filmmaking who died, I can understand the outcry. Heath Ledger on the other hand was in the movie A Knight's Tale, you know the one where the medieval crowd performed a prerennaisance version of Queen's "We Will Rock You." Granted the editors at Tiger Beat are probably pretty torn up about having to rework next years cover shots, and a few fifteen year olds are probably heartsick over the matter, BUT WHY THE FUCK IS THIS HEADLINE NEWS.

Everyone is gonig to dredge up the "Brokeback" role, where he was nominated for an Oscar. You know if Ang Lee really wanted to make a movie about "gay rights" MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE CAST AN ACTUAL GAY MAN. Then of course the world might have been up in arms, instead you had a pair of A list actors, who are guaranteed to bring out a large number of wet panties, going through the motions. The best line comes from the extras on the "Knocked Up" Dvd, "if Ang Lee really wanted to impress me, he would have shown Jake Gyllenhall on all fours taking a mouth full of Ledger." Truer words have never been spoken.

Over the last 2 days this has been on of the most talked about news stories, airing before stories about: Stephan Dione making statements expressing a desire to lead a NATO force in an invasion of Pakistan. A CANADIAN POLITICIAN WANTS TO INVADE SOMEWHERE..SOMEWHERE WITH A NUKE. The closest anyone in Canada has ever come to this is probably buried in some old Reform party agenda to invade Quebec. There was a massacre in Kenya during a protest, violence after the recent election is still continuing, one fucking celebrity trumps that?

Lets try not to forget that this asshole died from a drug overdose, can we please pull our head's out of our asses.