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SpacePope
04/18/09

In reply to The Week In Theater: I Love That Dirty Water
"One Night in Bangkok" is from "Chess"? Oh the things you learn.

Is Ben Brantley just high when he sees plays now?
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Smitros
04/18/09

@SpacePope:

We'd let you watch, we would invite you . . .
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unclevanya
04/18/09

@SpacePope: Oh God, Josh Groban's going to do that "no man, no man" song that I hear all those NYU underlings ruin at Marie's, isn't he?

That's the song I always think is from Les Miz and then a second later it kicks in, and interrupts my Stoli buzz.
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phlox✔
04/19/09

@SpacePope: I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.
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RonMwangaguhunga
04/18/09

In reply to The Week In Theater: I Love That Dirty Water
Rachel Weisz is incandescent.
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BookishLookish
04/18/09

@RonMwangaguhunga: She is also a sweetie. I sat next to her in a restaurant in L.A. and she just joined our conversation and we told her where some good vintage stores were. A total doll.
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Pope John Peeps II
04/18/09

@RonMwangaguhunga: is she in something, or is this just a general observation?
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BookishLookish
03/19/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
Goodbye, beauty.
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Miss Information
03/19/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
This is so sad.

I grew up adoring her mother - I wanted to be her when I grew up. Or maybe I wanted to be Isadora. Whatever. I followed Natasha's career after seeing her play Mary Shelly. She seemed to live her life with a lot of grace.

I wonder about this fall. It was a big enough fall that the instructor called the ski patrol. So that wouldn't be a run of the mill bunny slope fall, right?

Poor little boys. Poor Liam and Vanessa.
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Shelwood
03/19/09

@Miss Information: Any kind of fall where she wasn't able to get her arms out to brace herself could result in hard contact, even on a bunny slope.
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raincoaster
03/19/09

@Miss Information: It was NOT actually a skiing accident at all. She was standing at the bottom of the bunny slope, in a part called "the Flats" when she got too close to the edge and went headfirst down the side of the mountain. She didn't hit anything at all on the way down except, you know, the mountain.
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karion
03/19/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
Rest in peace, Natasha. This is a horrible ending to a tragic story, and yes, while the media loves a story about dead celebrities, most people liked her in spite of that status.

And a public apology to Richard. I was in a piss poor mood yesterday and posted something I wish I could erase. It reflects poorly on me, not him, and I sincerely apologize.

Also, for personal reasons, this is the oddest timed celebrity story I could have ever imagined.
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PandoraSpocks
03/19/09

@karion: virtual hug.
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DaeSu
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
When I used to ski I crashed into people, a small tree, even a tractor once, and I walked away with nothing more than a bruised ego. Not to mention the zillions of times I've cracked my skull on damn near everything you could name -- coffee tables, floating shelves, mantles, you name it. I can't imagine how on earth this happened to this woman. Scary as shit.
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Stabby McStabberson
03/18/09

@DaeSu: i think that's part of what is so shocking about this story. some of us survive and some are taken with seemingly minor differences of injury.

aside from the usual knocks to the head and body everybody experiences, when i was a teen i went on one of those rides at magic mountain that drops you, secured into a metal compartment, from a great height at great speed. it felt like my brain was trying to pop out of the top of my skull while my body was strapped into the seat and was forced to fall at a greater rate. i had a blinding headache for a week after, and why i wasn't taken to a doctor i will never know, but i suspect something was bleeding or swelling to some degree in there.

natasha's tragedy drives home how lucky i am to be alive today, and save for my head being held steady from whiplash, maybe would have ended up just as dead as she. luck, fate, whatever.
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DaeSu
03/18/09

@Stabby McStabberson is stabby: I hear ya. A long time ago, I took a knee to the side of the head in gym class. I was knocked out for several minutes (oh, and the school never informed my parents) had a headache for a few days, but eventually bounced back seemingly none the worse for wear. Given what's happened to Natasha Richardson, like you, I feel pretty damn lucky to be here.
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Shelwood
03/18/09

@DaeSu: In my case, I got conked on the head once by a flying wrench (long story), blacked out for a bit. Everyone insisted I go to the hospital immediately, and then after the exam and tests, they wouldn't release me until a friend signed a paper swearing he'd wake me and check me hourly for the next 12 hours. At the time, I couldn't understand why they were making such a honking big deal of it.

I get it now.
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karion
03/19/09

@DaeSu: I hit my head a few years ago in a very drunken episode involving a wedding, tequila and Mexico. I was out for a few minutes, and really didn't even sober up once I woke up. I actually don't remember the fall (pushed a barstool back too hard and went flying backwards).

The very nice guy I was talking to spent the night next to me, terrified I would die in the middle of the night. I woke up with the biggest goose egg on my head and a host of missing links from the night before.

When I got home, still having headaches, I went to the ER and they didn't even recommend a cat scan (I should add here that it was a really fucking big goose egg). I had headaches, off and on, for the next year, including migraines, which were entirely new.

Two years later, I was hospitalized for complications related to it. I have heard just how hard I hit my head on that marble floor and it astounds me that Natasha fell on snow. I dodged a bullet.
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Scout 3.0
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
Could we also take a few moments to think about the unnamed and unknown young families who lost their mother this week?

I bet there are many of them, and their pain can be no less than what the Neesons/Redgraves are feeling tonight.

My prayers are with them, too.
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Stabby McStabberson
03/18/09

@Scout 3.0: it wasn't this week, but my 44 year old sister left behind a husband, a beloved mother, and two adolescent daughters the same age as the neeson boys, and i thank you for your retroactive words and thoughts on their behalf.
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Scout 3.0
03/18/09

@Stabby McStabberson is stabby: It just breaks my heart. We're so blessed to have each and every day with our family members. And we usually take it for granted.

I hope the girls are pulling through this...it must be devastating.
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Stabby McStabberson
03/18/09

@Scout 3.0 thank you, and yes it has been very hard for all concerned.life changes forever but especially for young children and adolescents who lose a parent, and the spouse who has to raise them alone. and the effect on our mom was devastating.

i'm so glad that you are aware of the blessings that you have despite the inevitable problems life presents. never forget your love ones and remind them frequently how much you love them.
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mllej
03/18/09

@Stabby McStabberson is stabby: I'm sorry for your family's loss.
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PrincessKashmir
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
All I knew of her is what I saw in the movies and read in the papers, but from that she seemed to be a beautiful, wonderful person. I find myself yet again wishing that there is an afterlife and a loving god who can take care of her. My thoughts, though unimportant in the scheme of things, are with Liam, her sons and everyone who knew and loved her.
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Helman
03/18/09

@PrincessKashmir: You made me cry all over again.
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Stabby McStabberson
03/18/09

@PrincessKashmir: if near death experiences are to be believed -- and my mom had one she absolutely believed until her very final breath -- then i expect her father tony richardson greeted her and took her to join grandpa michael and grandma rachel kempson in a joyous, beautiful place where she is starring in all the great acting roles with her family and departed colleagues.
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Sanson
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
Awwwww fuck.

And Dick Cheney continues to ski among us?
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pufflehuff
03/18/09

@C.H. Sanson: 'xactly.
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katekate is squared
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
How incredibly sad for her friends and family. Much love to all of them.
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MrInBetween
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
This is profoundly heartbreaking. Love and prayers to her family.
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Stabby McStabberson
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
my heart goes out to her family -- most especially liam, her sons, and mother vanessa --, and many, many friends and colleagues. i hope they dim the lights on broadway tonight, because a light has indeed gone out (sorry to be so cheesily flowery).

rest in peace, dear.
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DeadliestSin
03/18/09

@Stabby McStabberson is stabby: It's never cheesy when it's heartfelt and sincere.
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Stabby McStabberson
03/18/09

@DeadliestSin: thank you, dear. :)
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DennyCrane
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
I only really ever saw her in the Parent Trap remake. Even in such a forgettable movie, she stood out. RIP.

On a personal note, having been an avid skier (and faller), this whole thing scares the shit outta me.
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Trixie from Toronto
03/18/09

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I had foolishly hoped against hope that maybe they had it wrong, buoyed by Perez Hilton's involvement (remember Fidel Castro.) This is just unspeakably sad. Those poor kids. Such a terrible age to lose their mother.
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BowlingForDollars
03/18/09

In reply to Natasha Richardson Dead From Ski Injuries
I am just so profoundly sad over this.

I hope the family will have some privacy to grieve and they realize how loved she was.
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