Woah. Check out the new Batman movie poster for The Dark Knight. Dark, indeed.

The Dark Knight opens July 18.

The Sun printed these pictures of Heath Ledger as The Joker in the newest Batman film, The Dark Knight.

The Dark Knight opens July 25.

One more Heath Ledger picture as The Joker after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Does Heath Ledger really have a love child? That’s what Australia’s Daily Telegraph is reporting.

And what’s the source for this latest Heath Ledger rumor? One of Ledger’s estranged uncles apparently claims that Heath fathered a love child when he was 17. He had a relationship with a 25-year-old woman who discovered she was pregnant after their relationship was over. Read the rest of this entry »

Looks like there’s a family dispute going on in the case of Heath Ledger’s estate.

Heath Ledger’s father, Kim Ledger, has been managing his late son’s estate, but Heath’s uncles aren’t so sure Kim should be left in charge of the millions. Read the rest of this entry »

Heath Ledger passed away before finishing the movie, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” but the movie resumed filming yesterday and will be finished with the help of Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell.

“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” director Terry Gilliam said that he hopes it will “touch people’s hearts and souls as Heath was able to do.” Read the rest of this entry »

Perth, Australia, the hometown of Heath Ledger, was the location of first his service (attended by as many as 400 mourners) and then a private funeral. The service was accompanied by an Aboriginal mourning song  An eulogy was given by Cate Blanchett and a speech by his sister Kate Ledger. After the private funeral, Heath’s body was cremated. Later, several service attendees including his sister Kate and Michelle Williams (his ex-fiance and mother of his daughter) swam in the ocean in honor.

Ledger died Jan 22nd in New York City of what is now being called an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

Heath Ledger’s apartment, which rents for $25,000/month, is reportedly already back on the market. It’s understandable that the owner has a mortgage to pay, but hopefully they don’t advertise it as his apartment, to profit. Though I can’t imagine too many fans can afford that price. (My guess: some crazy rockstar with a death fetish is going to take it.)

Ledger died in his apartment on Jan 22nd of an accidental overdose due to prescription drug abuse. The U.S. federal government’s DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) will be launching a probe into how he managed to get so many prescription drugs. The common opinion is that more than one doctor (or friend?) would be involved.

Heath Ledger’s funeral has not even taken place but word is that someone is selling photos of his dead body. A single photo is selling for $300,000. That’s truly sickening. It reminds me of the photos of Kurt Cobain’s body. Believe me, if you’ve never seen them, you don’t want to. It’s not the way I want to remember anyone, and I really hope no media organization buys these pics of Ledger.

Heath Ledger’s death has been ruled by the NYC an accidental overdose caused by acute intoxication. There were a combination of as much as six prescription drugs in Ledger’s system – some for anxiety, others for sleeping problems, and one an antihistamine.

Ledger’s family issued a statement about the toxicology report. His ex-fiance Michelle Williams and their daughter Matilda Rose arrived in Perth, Australia for his funeral.

It’s sad enough that we lost such a talent so soon, even sadder that his insomnia/ sleep disorder drove him to this.

Heath Ledger wasn’t doing drugs at the SAG party of 2006. Or so the video that Entertainment Tonight supposedly paid US$200,000 for proves. There’s some speculation that the allegations of him being videotaped doing drugs were rumors started to help ratings in TV Sweeps week, which is coming up. What’s really weird, though, is what Ledger says (or so it seems) in the video: “I used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years.” It makes no sense. I doubt he started when he was barely in grade school.