TINSELTOWN: REPORT ON THE CONTINUING CRISIS

As we each deal with the exquisite individualized torment of comtemplating the very notion that the Oscars may be cancelled, this corner would be abdicating its responsibility if it did join all of Hollywood in mourning the loss of one of its brightest young stars, Mr. Heath Ledgers. Beginning and continuing in his breakout performance in the landmark "Brokeback Mountain", Mr. Ledgers left an acting legacy for which we will all be the poorer in not having seen fulfilled.