Heath Ledger is dead. The Guardian:
On the very day of the Oscar nominations being announced for 2007, the Australian actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment. Born in Perth, in western Australia, Heathcliff Andrew Ledger would have been 29 this April 4th. First reports of his death mentioned drugs in evidence, but no one really knows enough yet to say anything except how great the loss is. Ever since he played Mel Gibson's son in The Patriot (2000), it was apparent that his striking handsomeness went hand-in-hand with high ambitions as an actor, courage in the roles he took and a fierce intelligence.
------------------------------------------------------ ThaDude: It's Western Australia, not western Australia. It's the name of the state, which makes it a proper noun. Please fix.
Crosby99: For crying out loud, a young man is dead and you are arguing over a point of pedancy.
Vealmince: That's 'pedantry'.
I am genuinely saddened and shocked by the news;
and irritated that the meeja is screaming
"dwugs dwugs dwugs!" the way they like to.
More accurately they might scream "trashy Williams family!"
Posted by: Ann O'Dyne | 23 January 2008 at 14:40
Vealmince: That's 'pedantry'.
TeddyPowell: THIS IS NOT A DISCOURSE!
rip6: Ummm... yes it is. See, I just replied to your post.
Posted by: RT | 23 January 2008 at 15:04
No drugs as far as I can see. Insomniac, maybe a bit manic. Groping for sleeping pills, taking too many...
Sad that he was alone.
Posted by: david tiley | 24 January 2008 at 00:30
Actually both are right. Perth is located in the western part of Australia so saying "Perth, in western Australia" is equally accurate, just not as precise.
You'd think a teach would know that...
Posted by: Yobbo | 24 January 2008 at 03:56
I don't care whether it's Western, western or weston. I'm only interested in pedancy being picked up by pedantry.
Posted by: Tony T | 24 January 2008 at 10:30