I'm not sure that anyone carried themselves with more dignity in the past, I think they had the studios and the press backing up the facade that was created. At that time it was in everyone's interest to keep the game going. Now, we lovely plebs want to see and hear aevery nasty little tidbit. And I don't know that Keath Ledger carried himself with dignity...I just don't think he was of enough interest to the paps to be bothered with following him.
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