Matilda Rose Ledger is such a little character! You know she is going to be a class clown in school and hopefully at some point her mom, Michelle Williams will let her get into comedic acting because she looks like a natural!

Seriously how adorable is Matilda, her mom and Spike Jonze? I wish I was kid again just so I could fly like her! Wasn’t that like one of the funnest things to do when you were kid?

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• Matilda Ledger Goes For A Scooter Ride
• Michelle Williams Devastated by Heath Ledgers Death

The late Heath Ledger continued his awards sweep Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

He was named best supporting actor for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Costar Gary Oldman accepted the award.

“I am quite emotional,” Oldman said. “It is a great honor to be asked to accept this on behalf of Heath. He was an extraordinary young man with an extraordinary talent, and it is wonderful that you have acknowledged that and honored that talent tonight.

“On behalf of Heath, his family and his family on The Dark Knight, I thank you.”

On Jan. 22 - the first anniversary of his death - Ledger received an Academy Award nomination.

“Although we would love to have him here with us, we are so proud and so excited on his behalf,” his sister Ashleigh Bell said. “In Heath’s words, he had the time of his life portraying the Joker and said that it was the most fun he’d ever had working on a film.”

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• Actor Heath Ledger’s Brooklyn Bar Opens
• Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY!

The Golden Globes turned emotional Sunday night, with the naming of Heath Ledger as best supporting dramatic actor for his role as the Joker in the summer blockbuster The Dark Knight.

Presenter Demi Moore announced that a brief clip of Ledger’s work in the film had been prepared. Afterwards, Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan accepted Ledger’s posthumous award, and said he did so with “a mixture of sadness and incredible pride.”

Nolan said that rather than dwelling upon the gap left by Ledger’s death he preferred to concentrate on “the incredible place in the history of world cinema he built for himself.”

In another emotional moment, Sally Hawkins, acclaimed for her role as a North London schoolteacher in the comedy Happy-Go-Lucky, was named best actress in a comedy or musical – over as she called them, such “goddesses”] as Meryl Streep, Frances McDormand and Emma Thompson.

As a tearful Hawkins became choked up on the stage, Thompson flashed her hand signals to make sure she was okay.

Just before, British comedian Ricky Gervais cracked up the crowd when he reminded the evening’s supporting actress honoree Kate Winslet, for The Reader, that she’d win if she did a Holocaust movie. (That was the plotline of Winslet’s guest appearance on Gervais’s HBO series Extras).

The Jonas Brothers presented the best animated feature Globe to the makers of Disney-Pixar’s WALL-E.

Jennifer Lopez Starts the Show
Jennifer Lopez kicked off the show by presenting the night’s first award. “Hello! Mama talking! Mama talking!” she said as she tried to quiet the crowd to read the names of the nominees.

Within a minute, “Mama” announced the evening’s first winner, Kate Winslet, as the best supporting actress, for The Reader. In it, Winslet plays a German woman with a hidden past for her activities during World War II.

Clutching her trophy and unwrapping a sheet of paper, Winslet explained the length of her speech by saying, “I have a habit of not winning.”

To her husband – and Revolutionary Road director – Sam Mendes, she said, “I’m sorry I was so mental at the end.” Then, she waved to her two children, Mia and Joe, and said, “Look, I won!”

Bruce Springsteen, winning for his best song from The Wrestler, said laughing, “This is the only time I’ll be in competition with Clint Eastwood. It felt pretty good too.”

In the small screen division, Anna Paquin was honored for her leading role as a vampire lover on the HBO dramatic series True Blood, while Gabriel Byrne – who wasn’t at the ceremony – won as best actor for his starring role on the same network’s In Therapy.

Back to the Glitz
Billed as “the glamorous return of the Golden Globes,” Sunday night’s 66th awards ceremony, airing on NBC, brought an influx of stars to the Beverly Hilton Hotel’s grand ballroom for a champagne banquet – a stark contrast to last year’s scaled-down telecast owing to the Hollywood writers’ strike.

Last year’s situation also prevented Steven Spielberg from being presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement, an omission to be rectified this year.

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• Actor Heath Ledger’s Brooklyn Bar Opens
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Seriously how cute is Matilda Rose Ledger as she gets pushed around on her tricycle? I love her little hat and boots! Unlike Suri Cruise at least she is dressed for the weather!!!

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• Matilda Rose Ledger is up, up and away!
• Matilda Ledger Goes For A Scooter Ride

Looking at Matilda Rose in those pictures you can see she is going to be a star. Look at the show she is putting on her for mom, Michelle Williams!

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• Matilda Rose Ledger is up, up and away!
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS TAKES THE HEAT

Matilda Rose Ledger is so adorable in her purple Princess outfit. It is nice to see her and Michelle Williams and her so happy!!!

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• MICHELLE WILLIAMS TAKES THE HEAT
• Michelle Williams Is Devastated

(photo © Paul Karslake)

Paul Karslake has done it again. This time the man whose painting was Johnny Depp’s inspiration for Pirates of the Caribbean has captured Heath Ledger’s Joker. His painting is as haunting as Heath Ledger’s portrayal in The Dark Knight. 

Well done once again Paul!!!

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• Heath Ledger Wins SAG Award for Dark Knight
• HEATH LEDGER WAS WARNED ABOUT JOKER

Want to live in the apartment where Heath Ledger died? You can. If you have $26,000 a month you can rent the 3 bedroom 2.5 bathroom apartment where Heath Ledger died. For the privilege of living where he died, you will be paying $4000 a month more than he did. Hell, it does come with a wood burning fireplace so that extra $4000 is probably worth it.

Look, I know apartments are tight in New York and I’m sure someone will rent it really quickly, but it wouldn’t be me. If I had $26,000 a month, I think I would find a different place to rent. Sure, people would want to come over and have a morbid curiosity, but they are not the ones who have to spend the night there. I don’t know if Heath would haunt the place, but from what I understand, don’t people who have been murdered or killed themselves or died under unusual circumstances in their homes come back to those homes? I mean it isn’t like they would decide to hang out at a Motel 6 on the side of an interstate. I mean if ghosts could haunt wherever they wanted don’t you think the women would go to Daniel Craig’s house and the guys would go hang out with their favorite porn star.

And, just for the sake of argument, lets say the apartment wasn’t haunted, don’t you think that every night when you were trying to sleep, that you would be listening for that kind of thing. Every bump, or groan or strange sound is going to cause you to jump up and turn on the lights. You will talk yourself into it being haunted. Images of The Dark Knight will run through your head constantly because you know every friend who comes over is going to want to watch the film right there. They aren’t going to watch something light and fluffy like A Knight’s Tale. Nope, they are going to want full on intensity, while you just curl up in a corner in the fetal position and mumble “don’t kill me Mary-Kate.”

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• HEATH LEDGER DIED OF SEVERAL DRUGS
• Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY!

Mary-Kate Olsen is off the hook.

The feds have closed their probe into Heath Ledger’s death and won’t force the TV twin to tell them what she knows about his prescription drug stash, a source told the Daily News.

Prosecutors had kept an April 23 subpoena up their sleeves as they tried to convince Olsen to voluntarily speak with federal drug agents still probing Ledger’s January overdose, the source said.

Olsen had refused to talk without immunity to the Drug Enforcement Administration agents and federal prosecutors looking into the actor’s death in his SoHo flat.

By closing the case, Olsen won’t have to.

“A decision was made to close the case,” said a source familiar with the inquiry.

The U.S. Attorney of the Southern District decided not to serve Olsen with a subpoena, the source said.

Investigators had determined that Ledger, who stars as The Joker in “The Dark Knight,” had prescriptions for the Xanax, Valium and Restoril found in his system but none for the OxyContin or Vicodin.

Agents had wanted to ask Olsen if she knew how Ledger got these two potent drugs, sources said.

“We don’t know where he got the other narcotics. No one interviewed suggested (Olsen) gave him the drugs,” another source said. “But (Olsen) may have known where the drugs came from.”

Olsen, through her Manhattan lawyer Michael Miller, stated she “had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger’s home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them.”

Miller, as well as spokespersons for the DEA and federal prosecutors, declined to comment on the status of the probe. Ledger’s two doctors - one in Texas and another in Los Angeles - cooperated with the inquiry.

So did ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams, sources said. Ledger’s masseuse had called Olsen when she found Ledger’s lifeless body in his Manhattan flat.

Instead of immediately dialing 911, the masseuse called Olsen, who called her bodyguards in Manhattan and told them to get to Ledger’s Broome St. apartment. The guards arrived as paramedics rolled up.

“There was no impropriety on the part of the doctors, they had actually examined (Ledger) and legitimately written the prescriptions,” another source said.

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• Actor Heath Ledger’s Brooklyn Bar Opens
• MARY KATE OLSEN ON HEATH LEDGER

This weekend I must have spent, oh, maybe five or ten whole minutes wondering why Mary Kate Olsen refuses to talk to the feds without immunity from prosecution. I mean everyone else has talked to the feds and to the NYPD, but Mary Kate has kept completely quiet about the whole thing.

I want to make it clear from the outset that I have no information that suggests anything other than what has been revealed so far. Heath’s masseuse called Mary-Kate instead of 911 and she called her security team who then called 911 after they had reached the scene.

Odd? Hell yes it’s odd, but then again, look at the fashion choices of Mary Kate and then you realize that perhaps she isn’t playing on the same field as the rest of us. What could she possibly know that could get her thrown into jail? I thought the whole Oxy-Contin thing had been settled so it seems she would be in the clear on that. I mean unless she has her own little stash of them or something and gave some of them to Heath or has her own little prescription writing thing that she does as some kind of hobby in between Starbucks visits, I just don’t see why she needs immunity.

As far as I know, the NYPD never interviewed her as a part of their investigation. They did interview the members of her security team who responded to the place Heath was staying and they obviously did not provide any information that shined any negative light in Mary Kate. If they had, then you had better believe the NYPD would have hauled her ass in, or at least sent someone to question her. They didn’t. Actually now that I think about it. She is only like 4′11″ and 90 pounds, so really she doesn’t have much of an ass so that cliche probably doesn’t work as well as it would if they were hauling in someone like Kim Kardashian. I mean they might need an entire squad there if they were going to haul her ass in.

So, why all the fuss? I don’t think she contributed to Heath’s death so I say give her the immunity just so there are no conspiracy issues clouding this thing for the next fifty years. Immunity would not cover her if she lied to the feds, so let her spill, and spill truthfully and get it all out. If she tries to lie about something, believe me they will nail her and the next thing you know she will be doing some Martha Stewart time. Remember, Martha didn’t actually do anything illegal except lie to the feds.

It would be kind of interesting though if Mary Kate turned out to be some jet set drug dealer to the stars and her talking to the feds resulted in this amazing web of deals and intrigue that made Mary Kate actually seem interesting. They could make a book and a film and people would actually go see it. Would make a nice change.

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• Heath Ledger might of been in Mary-Kate Olsens apartment
• Mary-Kate Olsen Won’t Give a Word About Heath

Heath Ledger

Dead Hollywood star Heath Ledgers dad is vowing to honor his son’s commitment to invest in a trendy New York bar.Ledger was found dead in his New York City apartment following an accidental overdose of prescription drugs last January. Before he died, the star reportedly signed up as a silent investor in a Brooklyn drinking establishment called Five Leaves, but his untimely death “put the project in jeopardy”. But Ledger’s father Kim, who is executor of the late actor’s estate, has reportedly decided to honor his son’s wishes and continue backing the bar. A source tells New York Post Gossip column PageSix, “(Kim) knew how much the project meant to Heath. (He) released the funds to finish construction.”

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• HOLY Crap HEATH LEDGER IS DEAD
• Heath Ledger found dead update

Heath Ledger’s uncle Haydn has been charged with stealing and receiving.

According to the local reports, Haydn, 52, and another man allegedly stole three bobcats from local businesses in the late actor’s hometown during June and July.

Police spotted a man, believed to be Haydn’s accomplice, asleep in the driver’s seat of a truck outside a machinery sales office in the early morning hours Wednesday.

After executing a search warrant at the business, they discovered three missing Bobcat tractors (worth $137,000) and a tomahawk.

Drugs were allegedly also found on the driver, according to the paper.

The news comes days after Ledger’s family flew to NYC to attend The Dark Knight premiere.

As he left the screening, Ledger’s father Kim (Haydn’s brother) gave reporters a thumbs-up.

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• Actor Heath Ledger’s Brooklyn Bar Opens
• HEATH LEDGER’S 10 YEAR OLD LOVECHILD

Heath Ledger

Dead Heath Ledger will be honored with a posthumous Oscar nomination for his role as the Joker in the new Batman movie The Dark Night, his famous co-star Michael Caine says.Ledger’s performance has been cheered by castmates and preview audiences, and his name is already being mentioned as a contender for next year’s Academy Awards, which will take place shortly after the first anniversary of his death. And Caine is sure he’ll get a mention. Speaking today, as he unveiled his hand and footprints outside the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the 75-year-old says, “I think he’ll get a posthumous Oscar nomination at least.”I just watched him and talked to him for three days and I thought he was extraordinary.” Ledger was found dead from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs at his New York City apartment in January. He was just 28 years old.The Dark Knight hits movie theatres in the U.S. on July 18th.

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• HOLY Crap HEATH LEDGER IS DEAD
• Heath Ledger found dead update

Poor Heath Ledger never saw his final movie before he died last January.The Dark Knight director Chris Nolan has now screened the first trailer for the tragic actor, but he was still editing the upcoming blockbuster when Ledger lost his life in his New York City Apartment. Nolan says, “He was already on another film. It was months and months since we’d wrapped. We had really cut a lot of the film together and watched the film a couple of times and were about halfway through the edit process.” Unfortunately he’d only seen the prologue, the introduction to his character shot with these IMAX cameras and put out as a short film in IMAX for Christmas.”We screened it for him and he enjoyed it very much. It gave him a taste of how it was going to come across but I was never able to show him his finished performance and that’s very sad.” Ledger is already receiving rave reviews for his portrayal of The Joker, with many critics suggesting the Aussie is a clear front runner for an Oscar.

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• HOLLYWOOD SAVES HEATH LEDGER FILM
• ****Batman Spoiler Alert**** Heath Ledger

Dead actor Heath Ledger’s former girlfriend Michelle Williams is skipping the premiere of his final film, after reportedly falling out with the Hollywood actor’s family over her daughter’s inheritance.The stars family is scheduled to make the trip from Australia back to New York City, where the star died from an accidental overdose last January, for the screening of the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight on July 14th. But Williams, the mother of his two year old daughter Matilda, won’t be with them, according to the New York Post.The newspaper claims Williams has fallen out with Ledger’s father Kim, who is the executor of the late actor’s estate. A source tells the newspaper, “Michelle is furious with Heath’s family and threatening to boycott the premiere. Matilda is supposed to be the beneficiary of the will, but Michelle has seen nothing from them. Heath didn’t have much in cash, but there was a big house in Los Angeles California and a back-end deal for ‘Dark Knight’ that could reap millions more.” Ledger left just $145,000 when he died, but recent reports claimed he created a trust for his daughter that includes a $3.1 million home in Los Angeles California and a $2 million property nearby as well as a duplex in Brooklyn, New York, which is currently valued at $4.5 million.

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• Michelle Williams calls shenannigans on Ledger family.
• Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY!