The 81st Annual Oscar nominations were released today and Benjamin Button picked up twelve nominations.   Slumdog Millionaire and The Dark Knight were also represented well.  Heath Ledger did get a nod in the Best Supporting category which he should be favored to win after taking home the Globe.  The full list is on the [...]

A new trailer for the Batman sequel The Dark Knight has been released and it is incredible.  The trailer focuses more on Heath Ledger’s Joker character and his growing battle with Batman.  Ledger looks like his role might compete with Jack Nicholson’s Joker from the original Batman series.

The untimely passing of Heath Ledger had led to speculation that his last completed role as the Joker in The Dark Knight might be changed in some way.  That rumor has been denied by the director of the film, Christopher Nolan.

“I think he’d be very pleased to see we’re just moving ahead as is,” [...]

Heath Ledger’s will has been obtained by The Insider and the star never modified his will to include his daughter Matilda or Michelle Williams.
 He leaves 50-percent of his estate to his parents and the other half to his three sisters, KATHERINE ANN, ASHLEIGH, and OLIVIA.
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Now Heath’s father has publicly stated that the pair would be [...]

The medical examiner has determined the cause of Heath Ledger’s death was an accidental overdose of prescription medicine.
Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of prescription medications including painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills, the New York City medical examiner’s office said Tuesday.
“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined [...]

John Gibson decided to use the tragic and untimely passing Heath Ledger to crack some jokes on his radio show. After he realized he might have offended a lot of people he tried to back track from his comments on television offering what can only be described as a forced and unfeeling apology. [...]