Jigsaw's dead!

Well Jigsaw did die, but he lives on in his apprentice.

Other news: Heath Ledger is dead. No. I'm serious.

He was found naked in bed ... (I know - scandalous!) Since then, there were lots of speculation and gossip about him committing suicide.

So-much-so, it was even picked up by the Toronto Star, which is provided for free on campus, on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, and made it to front page (but it didn't headline).

Heath Ledger dies at 28
Actor best known for his sensitive role in Brokeback Mountain is found dead in his apartment of a suspected drug overdose. The Star's Richard Ouzounian reflects on a young man who seemed plagued with personal demons.
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Seriously?! Personal demons?

Those who know me, know how critical I am of Hollywood.
However, the article takes the cake. Such irresponsible mongering. Journalism reaches a new low.

I want to slap him with a fish. I suppose Richard is just bitter for studying journalism only to end up writing about Hollywood's crackwhores. You know, something along the lines of Kate Hudson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and James Marsden in 27 Dresses. It's all about the big break.

I mean ... what's the dealio with what I deem an unhealthy obsession with Hollywood, celebrities and the lives they live?! Britney Spears and Phil the Tool, who is Oprah's evil spawn; I still love you Oprah! It's sad when you can't let a dead man rest in peace. If Richard was such a great journalist, wouldn't he be writing about Heath Ledger's "personal demons" in advance ... before the death? Then again, if there were any "demons", won't tabloids be the first to break the news?

I would love to read Richard's response to the updated news on findings which claim/prove Heath Ledger's death was accidental.

I'm thankful my friends didn't make a big deal out of his death. Sadly, the people I live with did.

The day Heath Ledger died was the day I was aroused from my after-school nap by my brother in the evening. "OH MY GOD! Heath Ledger is dead." From my brother to my sister. I was not happy. I was a cranky little mean bitch when I walked out of the room.

I don't hate Heath ledger, nor do I love him. I didn't watch Brokeback Mountain either because people I know already did, or didn't want to. So I ended up not going and before I knew it, it stopped playing on the big screen.

I wasn't upset, but I would admit to being shocked. It's not something you expect to wake up to. It was more shocking than Benazir Bhutto's assasination, which I was shocked to find out when I woke up in the morning and doing my daily routine of surfing the news on the likes of CNN.com International.

The shock from her death was not about her being dead, but about the timing ... and not knowing when it would happen. Again with her death, there was many who expressed their condolences and an outpouring of condemnation and grief from the international arena.

I caution those who do so without giving it thought though. Remember, she is a woman who was prime minister not once, but twice. She was given two chances to do good. Both times on corruption charges, she was forced to abdicate/resign or removed from office/impeached, although 'impeach' is a word associated with Clinton (the one of Monica infamy), and regrettably, not Bush (a.k.a. Dubya).

At least if there's anything to be happy about, Bush is going to be out of the White House after his second term is up, unlike Putin, who is posed to become prime minister. ("¡Adios, mi amigo!" which I believe would be to his chagrin, given the immigration reform situation in the US.)

The Clinton-Obama race down to the Democratic presidential nomination is heating up and on fire! Well, no, not really. It is pretty tight though.

I don't know what to make of it yet. School's been too busy for me to follow the primaries closely. I like the idea of any one of them two candidates as president.

However, I think I swing towards Clinton though, by a fraction of an iota, because I believe she would work towards her campaign plaform of universal health care for all (compared and contrasted to Obama's stance on making health care affordable). If you saw SiCKO (did you know I met Michael Moore at TIFF '07?), you would know she tried as First Lady, but faced major setbacks, and if presidential powers were invested in her, she's got no reason to not succeed. Any form of failure then, would be of her own doing.

Besides, while I like and appreciate Obama's charisma and message of change and hope, and how he is able to capture the imagination and motivate your typical American, he is still young and there is always going to be time for him later down the road. Now Clinton on the other hand is close to reaching past her prime. It's now or never, do or die for her. Plus, why waste Obama's two terms at present when his talents can be better used at a later time? Of course, there would be those who argue the US is at a critical point in its history, especially when coming to terms and dealing with the aftermath of D'oh!-bya.