Random Acts of Crap

The Dark Knight opened on Friday and broke records. Duh. - IDLYITW

DMX gets arrested AGAIN. Is this dude ever not in jail? - The Superficial

Britney to family: I am not an ATM! Ooookay... - DListed

Top Gun 2? Please say no. - SeriouslyOMG

Patrick Swayze still doing well recovering from cancer. - DListed

Rolling Stone Loved 'The Dark Knight'

Yeah here is my shocked face.

The Dark Knight doesn't hit theaters until July 18th, but Rolling Stone got first crack at it and Peter Travers wrote up a glowing review.

Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies. The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan's absolute stunner of a follow-up to 2005's Batman Begins, is a potent provocation decked out as a comic-book movie. Feverish action? Check. Dazzling spectacle? Check. Devilish fun? Check.
I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker … If there's a movement to get him the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976's Network, sign me up. Ledger's Joker has no gray areas — he's all rampaging id.
Every actor brings his A game … Michael Caine purrs with sarcastic wit as Bruce's butler … Morgan Freeman radiates tough wisdom as Lucius Fox. Gary Oldman is so skilled that he makes virtue exciting as Jim Gordon … Eckhart earns major props for scarily and movingly portraying the DA's transformation into the dreaded Harvey Two-Face, an event sparked by the brutal murder of a major character.

(See the entire review at my source, but I believe there are a few spoilers at the Rolling Stone link. I didn't want to be spoiled, so I didn't check it out.)

I'm still psyched about this movie. I might actually drag my lazy ass to an actual theater to see it, instead of waiting 'til it comes out on DVD or getting it on Pay-Per-View. Bah! Imagine that! Me getting off my ass! The world might end!

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Michelle Williams is Not Happy

When Heath Ledger died, his family promised to help Michelle Williams care for the daughter that she and Heath had, little Matilda. Turns out they aren't doing any of that.

The family has been fighting like dogs over Heath's estate since his death in January of this year. His uncles wanted his father removed as executor of the estate because he screwed up being executor of his own father's (Heath's grandfather's) estate 15 years ago. The uncles claimed it isn't because they would gain anything finiancially, they just wanted to make sure Heath's daughter was well cared for.

Now Michelle is threatening not to show up for the premiere of The Dark Knight which unless you've been living in a cave for the past six months, you should know was Heath's final film.

According to Page Six: An insider said, "Michelle is furious with Heath's family and threatening to boycott the premiere. Matilda is supposed to be the beneficiary of the will, but Michelle has seen nothing from them. Heath didn't have much in cash, but there was a big house in LA and a back-end deal for 'Dark Knight' [that] could reap millions."

This would be all well and good, except that Heath's will was written in 2003 before he met Michelle Williams and thusly, before Matilda was even born.

I can understand her frusterations, but I'm trying to figure out why not showing up for a movie premiere is gonna get her anywhere. I do think his daughter is entitled to something, I just think there are more effective ways of getting it accomplished.

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