Found out yesterday while reading EW, of all things, that Kevin Smith (the hunky New Zealand actor, not the American director) recently died from complications due to accidental head injuries sustained in Beijing. First Angela D'Audney, now this. Good grief. How depressing. Will we have any local celebrities *left* by the time I get home? Although get *this*:

"Prast says the opening performance of the Vagina Monologues in Auckland on Saturday, which stars
Smith's Xena colleague Lucy Lawless, is dedicated to the actor."

Ugghhh! Is nothing safe from that perniciously egomaniacal play? Must I go *home* and hear about it too???