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Christian Bale Talks “Anarchist” Batman, Heath Ledger

Christian Bale isn't the most talkative actor out there so, when he agrees to sit down for an interview, his fans make sure they pay attention – especially when he's talking about such a hyped project as “The Dark Knight Rises,” the third and final Batman installment from Chris Nolan. In a...

1 February 2012
03:36 GMT

Michelle Williams Believed She'd Be with Heath Ledger Again

After Heath Ledger's shocking death, Michelle Williams, his former partner and the mother of his child, shut the world out and insisted on not talking to anyone about their romance. The Golden Globe-winning actress is now opening up to GQ. Williams is promoting her award-winning role in “My Week with Mar...

18 January 2012
09:41 GMT

Heath Ledger Was the Love of My Life, Says Lindsay Lohan

In November 2009, word first got out that Heath Ledger and Lindsay Lohan were dating at the time he died of an overdose of prescription pills. Now, a diary page obtained by Radar Online seems to confirm that said report was very accurate. In their constant war of words that they choose to have played out in the press...

8 December 2011
08:23 GMT

Michelle Williams in Marie Claire: It’s Hard to Fill the Emptiness After Heath Ledger

Actress Michelle Williams in now featured in the February 2011 issue of Marie Claire magazine and, in between promoting her latest film “Blue Valentine” and denying rumors about a romance with co-star Ryan Gosling, she also talks a bit about Heath Ledger. Though she later said she didn’t mean to, Mi...

14 January 2011
05:05 GMT

Michelle Williams Regrets Speaking of Heath Ledger in Nightline Interview

Before Christmas, while promoting her latest film, “Blue Valentine,” for which she’s already getting plenty of Oscar buzz, Michelle Williams sat down with Nightline and, for the first time since 2007, spoke of Heath Ledger’s death. The footage that aired on ABC’s Nightline made her se...

6 January 2011
07:13 GMT

First Interview with Michelle Williams Since Heath Ledger’s Death

One of the most anticipated interviews ever just took place the other day, when Michelle Williams opened up about her late partner and former co-star Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental overdose nearly 3 years ago. Since Heath’s death, Michelle, who also has a daughter with him, went out of her way to av...

23 December 2010
03:17 GMT

Heath Ledger Returns as The Joker in ‘Batman 3’

Director Chris Nolan is looking at previously unseen footage Heath Ledger shot for “The Dark Knight” in order to have The Joker make one last appearance on “The Dark Knight Rises,” the official name of the third Batman film. Though he previously said that, out of respect for the late actor, hi...

1 December 2010
06:54 GMT

Heath Ledger’s Joker Will Not Be Recast in ‘Batman 3’

Before he gets started on the third film in the new “Batman” franchise, Christopher Nolan has “Inception” to promote, a mind-twisting thriller that takes place in man’s dreams and that is even getting some pretty major Oscar buzz. However, for all those fans out there speculating on whet...

13 July 2010
10:23 GMT

Jake Gyllenhaal Talks Heath Ledger with GQ, May 2010

It’s been a little over two years since the body of Heath Ledger, aged just 28, was found lifeless in his apartment, after he’d overdosed on over the counter medication. Since then, his “Brokeback Mountain” co-star and friend Jake Gyllenhaal has kept very quiet about what it was like to work w...

15 April 2010
04:43 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Was Dating Heath Ledger When He Died

Lindsay Lohan admitted to being devastated by the death of her close friend Heath Ledger, who OD’ed in January 2008. As it turns out, Ledger’s passing had a bigger impact on her than she would ever reveal to the media, as Dina Lohan told estranged husband Michael Lohan in a recorded phone conversation dat...

11 November 2009
09:57 GMT

Heath Ledger’s Music Video Premieres: ‘King Rat’ for Modest Mouse

In 2007, Hollywood actor Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental overdose in January 2008, presented the Modest Mouse frontman with an idea for a video that would target whalers off the coast of Australia. He then agreed to direct the video and thus send a very strong message to the entire world. A few hours ago, the...

5 August 2009
08:52 GMT

Heath Ledger’s ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’ Screened, Looking for Buyers

Many fans and critics were shocked when young and talented actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment from what was later established as an “accidental overdose.” The same fans and critics also knew that, at the time of his passing, Ledger was working on Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginariu...

7 May 2009
10:18 GMT

Naomi Watts Tells Parade of Former Love Heath Ledger

Ever since Heath Ledger passed away a little over a year ago, Hollywood stars who had the pleasure of working with him have obstinately refused to speak about what it was like to work on the same movie set with him. Naomi Watts, former lover and co-star of Heath, tells Parade magazine that Heath was just as good as t...

30 January 2009
09:03 GMT

Jonathan Nolan Addresses ‘The Dark Knight’ Oscar Snub

Despite getting no less than eight nominalizations at this year’s edition of the Academy Awards, “The Dark Knight” was snubbed by the panel in the most important category of them all – the Best Motion Picture of the Year one. A campaign was launched on the Internet a while ago asking that Heat...

24 January 2009
08:21 GMT

Case Settled for Heath Ledger Unseen Drug Video

Last January, shortly after Heath Ledger’s sudden death, a video of him reportedly doing drugs, shot two years before his passing, emerged. “Entertainment Tonight” bought it, with plans to air it, but backed out following pressure from stars, fans and the media. The other day, a judge decided that t...

21 January 2009
10:08 GMT

The Joker, Two-Face to Return in ‘Dark Knight’ Sequel

With Health Ledger’s win at the 2009 Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actor just announced a few hours ago, it seems that the blogosphere is again being gradually taken over by talk of a suitable replacement for the late Aussie in a sequel to the second new Batman movie. Moreover, Two-Face could also make a su...

12 January 2009
10:47 GMT

Heath Ledger Wins Posthumous Golden Globe for The Joker

Among the celebrated actors of last night’s Golden Globes, the 2009 edition, was also late actor Heath Ledger, who won an award for his outstanding performance in “The Dark Knight” in the Best Supporting Actor category. A year after his sudden and tragic passing, fellow actors and movie professional...

12 January 2009
06:19 GMT

‘The Dark Knight’ Wins Big at People’s Choice Awards

Last night, People’s Choice Awards reached its 35th edition. A ceremony held as a clear indicator of what the upcoming award season has in store for fans, as well as of the popular appeal various entertainers and projects have, for 2008, People’s Choice Awards crowned “The Dark Knight” as the ...

8 January 2009
10:36 GMT

‘Dark Knight’ Lands in Hong Kong, Will Not Play in China

Batman might have rocked US and European theaters this year but there is one place where he will not get the chance to do so and, not surprisingly, that place is China. Not only will blockbuster “The Dark Knight” not play in Chinese theaters, but it has not even been submitted for censors’ approval ...

28 December 2008
06:49 GMT

A Dark Knight for Videogame Lovers

One of biggest blockbuster successes of the summer seems to be The Dark Knight, the new Batman movie directed by Chris Nolan and featuring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, in one of the most memorable performances of an on screen villain. As we have grown accustomed, Hollywood is eager to exhibit cross platform ap...

28 July 2008
03:43 GMT

Heath Ledger Framed by Paparazzi over "Drug Tape"

As if Heath Ledger's untimely death at the beginning of the year was not enough of a tragedy, the actor's memory was soon to be tarnished by a series if accusations and sensationalist reports, culminating with the infamous broadcast of a tape showing the young artist snorting cocaine during a party at the C...

14 April 2008
05:45 GMT

Heath Ledger "Controversial" Batman Scene to Be Cut

The upcoming movie in the Batman series - "The Dark Knight" - is set to turn into one of the biggest Warner Bros releases of all times. The cult developed by the Batman franchise and the very positive critical acclaim gained by "Batman Begins", together with Heath Ledger's remarkable performance as the "psychopa...

11 April 2008
05:37 GMT

Patrick Swayze May Be Dying

I have a feeling that if this is not true, there will be hell to pay for the people at the National Enquirer. The fact is, ever since I read this particular piece of news, I've been telling myself that it's probably not true, that it's all a horrible lie and that the line of decency has definitely been...

5 March 2008
10:17 GMT

Breaking: Heath Ledger Cause of Death Announced

The New York City medical examiner's office has just released a statement with regard to Heath Ledger's death. They have deemed the actor's death an accidental overdose - which should put an end to all the rumors saying he might have committed suicide. I was about to say this is good news - but under t...

6 February 2008
11:07 GMT

Heath Ledger Drug Tape to Be Released?

It's barely been a week since the talented Australian actor Heath Ledger passed away, and already ugly stories are emerging about the actor, hundreds and hundreds of possible scenarios and speculations that claim Heath was everything from a drug addict to a hopelessly depressed, pill-popping drunk who refused to...

31 January 2008
05:16 GMT

Heath Ledger Update: Autopsy, Cause of Death and Funeral

It's only been a day since the talented Australian actor Heath Ledger passed away in his New York City apartment, and already there is a huge amount of information related to the circumstances of his tragic passing swirling around, a mixture of fact, speculation and rumors that makes me think the worse is yet to...

24 January 2008
06:55 GMT

Heath Ledger's Tragic Death - Already Pretext for Controversy and Pointless Cruelty

It hasn't even been one day since Heath Ledger died and already we seem to be spiraling into a media frenzy fueled by the wildest rumors and speculations regarding his death and the last months of his life. It's been incredibly hard for everyone (whether in the entertainment business or not) to handle the n...

23 January 2008
09:59 GMT

Another Tragedy Strikes Hollywood: Heath Ledger Is Dead

It would seem that January and February are cursed months for the Hollywood industry, whether we're talking movies or otherwise, and if you thought tragedy doesn't strike the talented, promising generation of young actors, you were woefully wrong. Sadly, the latest proof of this is an even that's not o...

23 January 2008
02:42 GMT

Is Lindsay Lohan Dating Heath Ledger?

To answer my own question in the title - God, I hope not. I mean, as much as I love reading hot gossip about how LiLo is doing drugs and how she's broke, I was under the impression that in the "guys" department she would always stick to the kind of men she is used to (that is, recovering drug addicts and married...

4 December 2007
06:20 GMT

Batman: The Dark Knight Left Jack Nicholson Out

I'm sure every Batman-lover out there will rejoice at the news that Batman is coming back. In fact, he's technically already back, seeing that the next movie in the franchise - The Dark Knight - is already shooting on location in Hong Kong. The film comes as a sequel to the 2005 Batman Begins, which brought...

8 November 2007
06:02 GMT


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