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July 16, 2008

Aaron Eckhart: "Heath Ledger Will Live On Through His iPod"

Oh man, with total apologies, Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal were on The Today Show this morning, and this clip from the show has been titled "Aaron Eckhart Tells Moving Story About Heath Ledger's iPod", so, um, yeah. It is a moving story about Heath's friends passing along his favorite music to each other, but it would be so much less cringe-worthy if "record collection" were substituted for "iPod":

It's also creepy because they're all using their weird low-toned "someone died" voices to talk about "crazy whacked out music nobody's ever heard of" on an iPod. It is just impossible to say "iPod" in a serious context, even for Aaron Eckhart. He might want to take that story out of his Dark Knight publicity tour repertoire.

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Thanks, Aaron. All that talk about Heath Ledger's iPod, and you don't even tell us what he was listening to. Jerk.

Posted by: Tony at 07/16/08 1:56 PM | Reply
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aaron

i know,! that is so unfortunate. i would've liked to know what these weird bands no one has heard of were.

Posted by: aaron profile link in reply to Tony's comment at 07/16/08 2:45 PM | Reply
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Thanks, Aaron. Now the records companies will be lining up to sue Ledger's estate for music piracy. Jerk.

Posted by: Jennifer at 07/16/08 2:44 PM | Reply
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Uncle Grambo

I can't wait til "Heath Ledger's Crazy Whacked Out Music Nobody's Ever Heard Of" playlist hits the iTunes store!

Posted by: Uncle Grambo profile link at 07/16/08 4:24 PM | Reply
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You people are ridiculous. No one is going to sue him. Did you ever give thought to the fact he might have payed for the music? But you people automatically assume the worst, and come to conclusions that Aaron Eckhart has done some horrible thing for Heath. Mr. Eckhart is sharing information that no one asked for, that he felt compelled to share with the world that loved Mr. Ledger. I don't deny I'd like to know some of his favorite music as well, but it's his business and it's a joy that his friends are doing that to remember their friend. Mind your own business and show some respect.

Posted by: Taylor at 07/20/08 6:42 PM | Reply
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