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Celebrity Gossip - Feb 2008

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What better to do on a warm weekend afternoon then to get your celeb on. Here's a round up of some bits and sordid pieces of celebrity gossip. ~ Britney is undergoing forced psychiatric evaluation and a judge has put her father in charge of her welfare. Does that mean she won't be posing for paps anymore? ~ Alfie Allen , 21 year old brother of Lily Allen (you remember the song) has taken over Daniel Radcliffe's role in Equus , and is baring all to London audiences like his predecessor. ~ Justin Timberlake and Timbaland are going to appear in the up coming film clip for Madonna's new single that they co-wrote, called 4 Minutes to Save the World . So which one gets the nick-name 'Timbo" then? ~ Rumour is that the following blind item is referring to Michael C Hall from Six Feet Under and the new HBO show Dexter . "This cable B list actor who is now getting a shot at the big time wanted everyone to believe that his separation from his wife was al...

The Shock of Heath Ledger's Departure

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What a sad way to wake up this morning, particularly for little Matilda. Heath Ledger has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment, apparently from a drug overdose. Friends have said that he had a drug problem, but that he's been clean for a year. His family are adamant it wasn't suicide, and apparently he was ill with pneumonia, so it seems likely he misjudged his self-medication. His death is one of those celebrity events I find quite sad, much more so then I would have predicted. Thinking about it, I guess my esteem for him has gradually grown since the initial pretty boy phase of his career. I admired the risk he took with starring in Brokeback Mountain, and he always came across as a pretty genuine, down-to-earth sort of guy, who loved his daughter deeply. I always imagined him ageing well as an actor, given the success he had already with stepping outside of expectations in the roles he chose. Poor Terry Gilliam, in the middle of shooting a film with Heath, will have yet...