Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger died in January 2008. Heathcliff Andrew Ledger is an Academy Award -nominated Australian actor. In 1999, Ledger starred in the Hollywood teen comedy 10 Things I Hate about You and also had the lead role in the acclaimed... [more]

Heath Ledger died in January 2008.

Heathcliff Andrew Ledger is an Academy Award -nominated Australian actor. In 1999, Ledger starred in the Hollywood teen comedy 10 Things I Hate about You and also had the lead role in the acclaimed Australian movie Two Hands, directed by Gregor Jordan.

He went on to star in The Patriot as Mel Gibson's character's son, Monster's Ball as Billy Bob Thornton's character's son, A Knight's Tale, Ned Kelly as the title character, The Order, and The Brothers Grimm co-starring Matt Damon.

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Heath Ledger tapped into Joker role for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

HEATH LEDGER drew on his experiences playing the Joker in The Dark Knight for what was to be his final role in new film The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, says director Terry Gilliam. Gilliam said: "Heath was just so full of ideas and fresh dialogue and so unbelievably fast and inventive. "He was still, in some sense, speeding from playing The Joker, which had liberated him in a way that he had never experienced before." It was while Ledger was working on The Dark Knight in the UK... Read Full Story

HEATH - ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS

I think of Heath Ledger as an actor with integrity, with the ability to not wear his characters, but he showed the characters embodying him. He and the character are one and the same in his movies. I love everything about a movie that I read an unmerited review of - The Four Feathers . Roger Ebert hated it. I love it. I look forward to seeing The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus . But this morning on Regis and Kelly, the director, Terry Gilliam, gave no sign that I would get to see it. He... Read Full Story

Michelle Williams & Her Scootin' Sweetheart

Michelle Williams was photographed walking her 4-year-old daughter Matilda to school in Brooklyn, New York on Friday (October 30). Matilda scooted alongside mom and a friend. We've seen lots of great shots of this adorable mother-daughter duo now that they've returned to New York. Michelle recently reflected on making Brokeback Mountain with Matilda's late father, Heath Ledger: Brokeback Mountain was an unrepeatable moment in time, a very charmed time in my life. I was in love; I was in... Read Full Story

Music Video Directed by Heath Ledger Released

A music video has been released that was directed by Heath Ledger shortly before he died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 28 in Jan. 2008. Rapper N'fa Forster-Jones posted the video for his song "Cause An Effect" on his YouTube and MySpace pages on Thursday. "I, everyday, count my blessing every day for the fact that I got to have him direct this piece of art," Forster-Jones says in a YouTube video explaining the experience. The rapper and "The Dark Knight" star were... Read Full Story

Heath Ledger’s Final Film

From:  songnetworks.org
It’s here ! The official full-length trailer for Heath Ledger’s last film – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus . I wasn’t too sure about it before but after watching, I’m definitely going to see this one. I really think it was fantastic of Johnny Depp , Jude Law and Colin Farrell to step in and help director Terry Gilliam to get this movie completed! It will have a limited release on December 25th. What do you think? I’m guessing this will do very well at the box office. It feels... Read Full Story

Heath Ledger’s Final Film

From:  songnetworks.org
It’s here ! The official full-length trailer for Heath Ledger’s last film – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus . I wasn’t too sure about it before but after watching, I’m definitely going to see this one. I really think it was fantastic of Johnny Depp , Jude Law and Colin Farrell to step in and help director Terry Gilliam to get this movie completed! It will have a limited release on December 25th. What do you think? I’m guessing this will do very well at the box office. It feels... Read Full Story

Heath Ledger’s Final Film

From:  songnetworks.org
It’s here ! The official full-length trailer for Heath Ledger’s last film – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus . I wasn’t too sure about it before but after watching, I’m definitely going to see this one. I really think it was fantastic of Johnny Depp , Jude Law and Colin Farrell to step in and help director Terry Gilliam to get this movie completed! It will have a limited release on December 25th. What do you think? I’m guessing this will do very well at the box office. It feels... Read Full Story

Heath Ledger’s Final Film

From:  songnetworks.org
It’s here ! The official full-length trailer for Heath Ledger’s last film – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus . I wasn’t too sure about it before but after watching, I’m definitely going to see this one. I really think it was fantastic of Johnny Depp , Jude Law and Colin Farrell to step in and help director Terry Gilliam to get this movie completed! It will have a limited release on December 25th. What do you think? I’m guessing this will do very well at the box office. It feels... Read Full Story

Verne Troyer Chrisophe Lummer And Lilly Cole At Afi Fest

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus screened at Graumann's Theater on Monday. It stars the late Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield and Verne Troyer. Cameos by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell seamlessly fill in the incomplete voids left in the film due to [...] Read Full Story

Spike Jonze's Women; A Timeline

From:  stylecaster.com
The pop world has their Justin Timberlake, TV has McDreamy, and blockbusters have George Clooney. Though they may act too cool for it, the indie film scene has a pimp Casanova in their midst; Spike Jonze. The director of movies like Being John Malkovich, and the upcoming Where The Wild Things Are, Jonze has run the romance gamut when it comes to Hollywood dating, and he's done it with as little paparazzi coverage as possible. Reportedly fresh from breaking up with actress Michelle Williams... Read Full Story
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