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Submitted by K.R. Gomez on August 11, 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Fans can now catch a glimpse of Heath Ledger's final work as the trailer for "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" was released Monday.
Ledger had only completed half of his work on the movie when he died of an accidental drug overdose on Jan. 22, 2008. However, the project was kept afloat when director Terry Gilliam decided to cast three actors — Johnny Deep, Colin Farrell and Jude Law — to complete the Australian actor's work on the film.
Submitted by Rich King on February 22, 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Behind his stunning portrayal of the Joker in the Batman movie "The Dark Knight," Heath Ledger won best supporting actor honors at Sunday's Academy Awards, becoming just the second actor to win an Oscar posthumously.
Submitted by Alexis Sezar on January 23, 2009
PERTH, Australia — Heath Ledger's family came together on Friday, exactly one year after the actor died from an accidental prescription drug overdose.
The actor's older sister, Kate, along with his two half-sisters, Ashleigh and Olivia, spoke to the media while standing at Cottesloe Beach, one of Ledger's favorite hangouts and the site of his wake in his native Australia. They admitted that they are still in the midst of grieving.
Submitted by Chloe Bunker on January 13, 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The Golden Globe award won by the late Heath Ledger Sunday night is headed for his 3-year-old daughter, Matilda.
"I should imagine that eventually it will be going to Matilda," the actor's mother, Sally Bell, told People magazine on Monday. "At this stage she is only so young, but down the track she will have all these things. It will belong to her because she is part of him."
Ledger, who died from an accidental prescription drug overdose last January, won best supporting actor for his turn as the Joker in "The Dark Knight."
Submitted by Chloe Bunker on September 28, 2008
PERTH, Australia — Heath Ledger's daughter Matilda Rose will inherit her late father's entire estate, according to Perth, Australia's Sunday Times.
Ledger, who died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January, signed a will in 2003, two years prior to his daughter's birth, in which he left his estate to his parents and three sisters.
Submitted by Chloe Bunker on August 2, 2008
NEW YORK — Mary-Kate Olsen's attorney released a statement Monday saying the actress had "nothing" to do with the drugs that killed Heath Ledger in January.
Submitted by Chloe Bunker on August 2, 2008
NEW YORK — Mary-Kate Olsen is reportedly exercising her rights when it comes to federal investigators probing the death of Heath Ledger.
According to the New York Post, the 22-year-old actress is refusing to speak with investigators until she receives immunity from prosecution.
Submitted by Chloe Bunker on March 30, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Heath Ledger's estranged uncle has claimed that the late actor may have fathered a love child, according to a report in Australia's Daily Telegraph.
Ledger, who died of a prescription drug overdose in January at the age of 28, reportedly had a fling with a 25-year-old woman when he was just 17. After their relationship ended, the woman discovered she was pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl.
Submitted by Chloe Bunker on March 12, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Michelle Williams and several other stars are sharing their favorite memories of late actor Heath Ledger in the April issue of Interview magazine.
"I think the interesting thing about Heath, which maybe people have only really fully discovered in his death, is how vulnerable he was," the 27-year-old Williams says of Ledger, who died from an accidental overdose on Jan. 22 in New York City.
Submitted by Chloe Bunker on February 27, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Federal drug authorities have begun an investigation involving two doctors as a result of Heath Ledger's death, the New York Daily News reports.
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