Historicist: "The city that nobody loves"
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse
Unless you're just coming off a three-day bender, you already know that Australian actor Heath Ledger died in New York yesterday, an event covered by the media with the familiar dead celebrity combination of prurience and gravitas. Still, he was good at what he did and he had a little girl and it's sad.
Good news, everybody! Dalton McGuinty has announced that there will be no recession, in spite of deepening pessimism on the part of economists and the imminent bankruptcy of the world's largest economy. He also suggested we help the economy by shopping. Go buy yourself something pretty, baby, we're celebrating.
McGuinty's unwarranted optimism may have stemmed from a 509-point jump in the TSX stock index yesterday after the Bank of Canada cut interest rates by 25 basis points. On the other hand, a spectacular 75 basis point "Hail Mary" cut by the U.S. Fed only succeeded in holding the Dow Jones Index to a 100-point loss, and today promises more volatility.
An "alarming number" of kids in the GTA are getting sick from folk medicines that contain toxins like lead and mercury, says a poison expert at Sick Kids Hospital. If by "alarming number," he means "more than none," that sounds about right.
The National Post reports that Toronto could soon be a truly world-class city, at least in the board game world, by becoming one of the "Great Cities" that will replace street names in the upcoming Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition. The winners are being selected by online vote, and you get to vote for ten cities, so you might also want to throw in a ballot for some lesser-known contenders like Cardiff or Bratislava.
Illustration by Marc Lostracco.
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Patrick, I'll raise you a Britney for your Amy Winehouse.
Nice illustration!
Put me down for Katie Holmes.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Amy, Britney and Katie will all go on forever,("Dang, that is like, so sad, Yo!".)
I was looking forward to Ledger's "Joker" in the upcoming "Batman", which more than likely would have catapulted him even higher, career-wise.
I don't get it, apparently fame, fortune, beautiful wife and a daughter aren't enough anymore. For all of those who think money solves problems...
"And you may ask yourself, well, how do I work this?"
Nice illustration, Marc.
I believe he and Michelle Williams divorced last September.
Never were married, so technically not a divorce.
I too was hedging bets on Winehouse yesterday; these things do come in threes. (Brad Renfro being the first...)
WBT - Did they conclude it was a suicide? I heard something about it being an accidental overdose, as he had pneumonia and serious sleep disorders.
still inconclusive...but if you wanna check out some really insensitive comments...check out that pig Jack Nicholson who said, "I told him so"
or John Gibson of FOX News who played the "I can't quit you" quote from "Brokeback Mt." and then said, "I guess he found a way to quit us"...or "he must've watched the Obama/Hilary debate".
Some amazingly stupid comments....but oh, say anything bad about their idiot-hero Ronald Reagan or Bush and they get all bent.
I think Jack Nicholson said "I warned him," referring to how the Joker role was emotionally all-consuming, which Ledger had referred to recently.
Yeah, it's weird how they are reporting this....
"And Nicholson, who famously portrayed the menacing Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 movie Batman, implied to the waiting crowd outside plush London restaurant The Wolesley on Tuesday night that he spoke to Ledger about his role in The Dark Knight--and warned him about the pitfalls of taking on such a demanding challenge.
When asked by the London crowds for his reaction to Ledger's untimely demise, a defeated Nicholson simply replied, "I told him so."
the day Ledger died, it was made to sound like someone asked Nicholson what he thought about Ledger's death to which he said "I told him so" making it sound like Nicholson knew and warned him about the drug use.
But really, are we now asked to believe that a movie role (a very lucrative one), in which someone plays a comic book character is so consuming that it kills you?
UM. watch the video.
Nicholson is ambushed by the papparazzi who BREAK the news of Ledger's death to him by shouting "Jack, JACK! What do you think of Heath Ledger's death!!??" and he quickly replied "I warned him."
And then seems truly emotionally overwhelmed but the paps keeps clicking pictures... if you had just been told a colleague had died while surrounded by dozens of photogs and flashing lights, how would you react?
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/23/jack-on-heath-i-warned-him/
I was just going by how it was being reported after he died.
"I think Jack Nicholson said "I warned him," referring to how the Joker role was emotionally all-consuming, which Ledger had referred to recently."
Oh please!
Mark Hammil has been the Joker for many years now (starting with Batman: The Animated Series, Superman, The Animated Series, Justice Leauge, Justice Leauge: Unlimited) and he never wanted to kill himself, nor did Cesear Romero, Ted Knight, or Jack Nicholson. Ledger died of something related to his illness, that's all.