His dad, mom, and sister made a statement to the press in Australia earlier so yes, they are in Australia. He, his daughter, and his ex-girlfriend live in the U.S. but I would not be surprised if he's buried in Australia. He was a very private person so it seems to me that Australia offers a much more private scenario for his family to grieve than the U.S. The press coverage over here is intrusive and pretty offensive in my opinion.

Hopefully his funeral is in Australia so that the idiots from that church can't afford to even show up.

Agreed there James.

Now here comes something sickening. You know that dickwad church that pickets dead soldiers' funerals? Well they are promising to picket Ledger's funeral because of Brokeback Mountain.

Well, the thing about sleeping pills is, you can easily imagine someone ODing on them. I mean, he was only getting an hour of sleep with 2 Ambiens? Holy shit, that's 16 per day just for 8 hours of sleep. I can imagine someone who is really tired (though their mind is still going) wanting to go to sleep and needing the pills, but the pills won't work so they keep taking them. And before they know it, they OD and possibly die. It's just so tragic, especially for his little daughter (just 2 years old) and his ex-girlfriend. His publicist said that their break-up was far from angry like the typical Hollywood break-up. He said that they genuinely loved each other and still did up until his death, just that for whatever reason they needed to break-up and that it was a difficult process for both of them. There were reports that she was given a sedative (understandable) and that she was on her way from L.A. to New York.

I really do think this will be the James Dean case of our time rather than another River Phoenix. The Heath Joker is going to blow people away. Even Chris Nolan himself called it an extraordinary performance and he's not the type to exaggerate shit like that. This whole thing will be very weird. The premiere night. Imagine Nolan trying to introduce the film on the red carpet, etc. in front of all the media people and trying to hold back the emotion that will surely hit him. I know for myself it will be brutal trying to watch this film.

It wasn't hard drugs. It was sleeping pills. And you know WHY he was taking sleeping pills? Two words: THE JOKER. Ledger's commitment to the role led to him having sleep troubles. In November, The New York Times had an interview with him where he admitted that he was only getting 2 hours of sleep each night, that his mind was racing with ideas for the Joker character, and that he would take 2 Ambiens but STILL wake up just 1 hour later. His family also reported to the police that he had pneumonia at the time of his death, so sleeping pills + pneumonia looks to have been the biggest cause of his death. The police believe it's an accidental overdose and have said that NO HARD DRUGS were found in the apartment. Here's the interview I'm talking about:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/movie … ref=slogin

He tends to do that. He is here in London filming the latest episode of the 'Batman' franchise, 'The Dark Knight.' (Mr. Bale, as it happens, plays Batman; Mr. Ledger plays the Joker.) It is a physically and mentally draining role '” his Joker is a 'psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy' he said cheerfully '” and, as often happens when he throws himself into a part, he is not sleeping much.

'Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night,' he said. 'I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.' One night he took an Ambien, which failed to work. He took a second one and fell into a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing.