Star Offenders

Fox News host John Gibson isn’t making any friends with his show yesterday. Apparently, he opened the show with funeral music and mocked the death of Heath Ledger, calling him a “weirdo” with a “serious drug problem.”
He played a Brokeback Mountain quote, “I wish I knew how to quit you” and quipped, “Well, he found how to quit you.” Laughing, he then played another quote from the movie where Heath said, “We’re dead.” He then said, “We’re dead” and played the clip again.
Throughout the course of the entire show, the host continued to bring up Heath’s death …read more

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First of all, I must say that the news of Heath Ledger’s passing is so tragic and sad. What a talented actor! He will be missed!!!
The New York Times first reported that Heath Ledger was found dead:
At 3:31 p.m., according to the police, a masseuse arrived at the fourth-floor apartment of the building, at 421 Broome Street, between Crosby and Lafayette Streets in SoHo, for an appointment with Mr. Ledger. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of the bedroom Mr. Ledger was in. When no one answered, …read more

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The San Diego County Coroner is calling Ike Turner’s death accidental due to a cocaine overdose. The Chief Investigator at the Medical Examiner’s Office, Paul Parker, said that they are listing that he abused cocaine and that’s what resulted in the cocaine toxicity.
Ike died at his San Marcos home on December 12th.
I’m going to tarnish this announcement by saying the only memory that I have of Ike Turner was Laurence Fishburne. Or even better, in the movie Liar Liar, where Jim Carey said, “Do you think Tina Turner turned around and said, ‘Hit me …read more

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25-year-old actor Brad Renfro was found dead yesterday morning in Los Angeles. According to the L.A. County Coroners Office, Renfro was likely to have been partying and drinking with friends the night before his death. The cause of death has not yet been determined, but an autopsy could be expected as early as today.
Renfro had a history of drug use, but was working on staying clean, following several drug convictions.
His attorney, Richard Kaplan said yesterday that Brad was working hard on his sobriety and he was doing well. He also said that Brad was a …read more

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