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Michelle Williams Alarmed By Daughter's Pet Name Choices
Michelle Williams' daughter wanted to call their new dog a "stripper name".The actress and six-year-old Matilda - her child with the late Heath Ledger - recently got a new puppy and Michelle was a little...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 October 2011
Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Secrecy
Christopher Nolan won't give out scripts for the final 'Dark Knight Rises' scenes.The filmmaker is determined to keep the ending of his third Batman movie - which stars Christian Bale as the caped crusader -...
By Bang Showbiz on 18 September 2011
Gary Oldman Stunned By Heath Ledger's Death
Actor Gary Oldman was so stunned when he learned of Heath Ledger's death, he thought he'd been shot with a bow and arrow.Oldman worked with the tragic actor on the set of The Dark Knight,...
By WENN on 05 September 2011
Abbie Cornish Opts For Sex Scenes
Abbie Cornish prefers sex scenes to action scenes.The 29-year-old actress explained she would always rather appear in a bedroom situation than be shooting a gun in a film because she is "totally unselfconscious" about her...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 August 2011
Brian Wilson Biopic Being Release
Brian Wilson will be immortalised on screen with a new film about his life. The rights to the former Beach Boys singer's life story have been secured by producers Bill Pohlad and John Wells who...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 June 2011
Lily Cole Signs Up For Snow White
Lily Cole is set to join the cast of 'Snow White and the Huntsman'.The British model - who previously appeared in 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' with Heath Ledger - is in negotiations to appear...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 June 2011
Gyllenhaal And Ledger Auditioned For Moulin Rouge!
Baz Luhrmann has opened up about his lengthy Moulin Rouge! casting search - the director auditioned Jake Gyllenhaal and late Australian actor Heath Ledger for the lead male role.The part of penniless poet Christian in...
By WENN on 03 May 2011
Michelle Williams To Get Back With Spike
Michelle Williams is set to rekindle her romance with Spike Jonze.The 'Meek's Cutoff' actress split from the film director 18 months ago, leaving her broken hearted, but he is now keen to give the relationship...
By Bang Showbiz on 10 April 2011
Sofia Vergara's Tattoo Inspired By Heath Ledger
Actress Sofia Vergara has credited her late pal Heath Ledger with inspiring her to get a tattoo in honour of her dead brother.The Modern Family star worked with the actor on 2005 movie Lords Of...
By WENN on 06 April 2011
Julia Stiles Celebrates 30th Birthday
Julia Stiles is celebrating her 30th birthday today (28th March 2011).Julia Stiles, the American actress and star of 'Mona Lisa Smile', turns 30-years-old today, reports the Los Angeles Times.The actress first rose to prominence after...
By WENN on 28 March 2011
Heath Ledger To Get His Own Exhibition
Heath Ledger is to be the focus of a new exhibition. Close family of the 'Brokeback Mountain' actor - who died in 2008 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in his New York apartment...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 January 2011
Kate Winslet Wants To Be Michelle Williams'friend
Kate Winslet fantasises about being friends with Michelle Williams. The Oscar-winning actress admires the 'Blue Valentine'star's acting abilities so much, she feels like she is already close to the 30-year-old blonde beauty. Kate, 35, said:...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 January 2011
Jake Gyllenhaal Comfortable With Nudity
Jake Gyllenhaal is an "old hand" at getting naked on-screen.The 'Love & Other Drugs' star - who strips off for his latest role alongside actress Anne Hathaway - explained while nudity can be "uncomfortable" at...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 December 2010
N'fa To Release Ledger Track
Rapper N'FA is preparing to officially release HEATH LEDGER's final work as a music video director - more than two years after the actor's death.The Brokeback Mountain star filmed the video for his rapper pal's...
By WENN on 10 July 2010
Ledger Scholarship Awarded To Up-and-comer Heathcote
A scholarship established in the name of late actor HEATH LEDGER has been awarded to up-and-coming actress BELLA HEATHCOTE.The $10,000 (£7,000) fund, set up by Ledger's ex-fiancee Michelle Williams and friends following his death in...
By WENN on 14 May 2010
Michael Lohan Wants Lindsay Ordered To Rehab
Lindsay Lohan's father has begged a judge to order her to rehab.Michael Lohan - who has repeatedly claimed the actress is addicted to prescription drugs - had his lawyer Lisa Bloom write a letter to...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 May 2010
Madonna's Winning Kiss
Madonna and Britney Spears' kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards has been voted Top Kiss in a new poll. The on stage smooch during a performance of Madonna's track 'Like A Virgin' in 2003...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 January 2010
Depp 'Honoured' To Fill Ledger's Shoes
JOHNNY DEPP felt "privileged" to replace HEATH LEDGER in new movie THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS, describing the late star as a "thundering and ungovernable talent".Ledger was midway through making the movie when he died...
By WENN on 17 December 2009
Lindsay Lohan Dated Heath?
Lindsay Lohan was dating Heath Ledger when he died, her mother has claimed.Dina Lohan alleges the 'Mean Girls' actress was romantically involved with the 'Dark Knight' star when he died of an accidental drug overdose...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 November 2009
Ledger's Last Directorial Work Appears Online
Late actor HEATH LEDGER's final work as a music video director has hit the web.The Dark Knight star shot a promo for rapper pal No Fixed Abode shortly before his death from an accidental prescription...
By WENN on 30 October 2009
Lindsay Lohan 'Followed By Dealer'
Lindsay Lohan's father claims he knows who her drug dealer is. Michael Lohan - who has alleged his actress daughter is addicted to prescription drugs - believes the 'Mean Girls' star is being targeted by...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 October 2009
Williams: 'New Love Doesn't Mask The Pain Of Ledger Tragedy'
Actress MICHELLE WILLIAMS is struggling to find true love following the death of her ex-boyfriend HEATH LEDGER.The Brokeback Mountain star had split from the Aussie actor months before he died from an accidental drug overdose...
By WENN on 16 September 2009
Isaacs' Shock At Ledger's Death
JASON ISAACS was stunned to hear about the death of his THE PATRIOT co-star HEATH LEDGER - and immediately rang the movie's other stars to mourn the tragedy.The pair starred in the 2000 war movie,...
By WENN on 02 September 2009
Cruise's Bid To Complete Ledger's Final Film
TOM CRUISE offered to help complete HEATH LEDGER's final film role - but was rejected by director TERRY GILLIAM because he did not know the late star.Ledger was filming scenes for The Imaginarium of Dr...
By WENN on 02 September 2009
Jackson's Death Upsets Ledger Family
HEATH LEDGER's family was heartbroken by the recent loss of MICHAEL JACKSON - because it reminded them of the late actor's death from an accidental overdose.The Brokeback Mountain star's father Kim was devastated upon learning...
By WENN on 08 July 2009
Ned Kelly Star Lands Point Break Sequel Role
HEATH LEDGER's NED KELLY co-star DAMIAN WALSHE-HOWLING has landed a villainous role in the much-anticipated sequel to surf movie POINT BREAK. The Aussie actor will play a pirate called Dali in director Jan de Bonts Point...
By WENN on 04 March 2009
Ledger Was Miserable On Brokeback Mountain Set
HEATH LEDGER had a miserable time on the BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN set - because director ANG LEE treated the late star like an "alienated prop", according to the film's producer JAMES SCHAMUS. In an Entertainment Weekly...
By WENN on 17 January 2009
Ledger Turned Down Spider-man
Late actor HEATH LEDGER was film bosses' first choice to play SPIDER-MAN, according to the dead star's longtime agent. In a U.S. magazine tribute to mark the first anniversary of Ledger's death (22Jan08), CAA agent...
By WENN on 17 January 2009
Dicaprio 'Horrified' By Ledger And Phoenix Deaths
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO has never been tempted to dabble in drugs after growing up on a heroin-riddled neighbourhood - and was left horrified when fellow actors HEATH LEDGER and RIVER PHOENIX died from overdoses. The Titanic...
By WENN on 12 January 2009
Caine: 'Heath Terrified Me'
SIR MICHAEL CAINE was so terrified by the late HEATH LEDGER'S chilling depiction of the JOKER in new Batman film THE DARK KNIGHT he forgot his lines. The 75-year-old actor plays a butler in the...
By WENN on 31 March 2008
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