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Heath Ledger Does Vanity Fair August 2009

MakeUsHot.Com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:54:59 +0000

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Heath Ledger, photographed exclusively for Vanity Fair by Bruce Weber in 2000, on the Prague set of A Knight’s Tale. “The day I stop having fun,” he told Kevin Sessums for the August 2000 cover story, “I’ll just walk away. There’s so much more I want to discover.”

Heath Ledger’s final days are chronicled in Peter Biskind’s cover story, “The Last of Heath,” in the August 2009 issue of Vanity Fair, on NY/LA stands July 1 and nationally July 7.

“[Heath] was ready to bust out of the gate, but he didn’t want to step on the gas and become something that he didn’t want to become: a matinee idol,” Heath’s friend and agent, Steven Alexander, told Vanity Fair. “He was a private person, and he didn’t want to share his personal history with the press. It just wasn’t up for sale. That’s part of the reason he initially tore down his career. He wasn’t motivated by money or stardom, but by the respect of his peers, and for people to walk out of a movie theater after they’d seen something that he’d worked on and say, ‘Wow, he really disappeared into that character.’ He was striving to become an ‘illusionist,’ as he called it, able to create characters that weren’t there.”

Check out the full article at VanityFair.com.

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Dark Knight: Best Weekend Box Office Opening Ever

MakeUsHot.Com — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:13 +0000

The Dark Knight has delivered the best weekend box office opening ever.

The record was previously set by 2007′s Spider-Man 3, with $151.1 million ( Dark Knight: $155.34 million)

The Dark Knight – starring the late Heath Ledger as the Joker – earned an estimated $66.4 million on its opening day. It took in $18.5 million in Friday midnight shows alone.

The last Batman installment, 2006′s Batman Begins, grossed $15 million on its opening day and $48.7 million for the weekend.

Heath Ledger’s Parents Give Thumbs Up To Dark Knight

MakeUsHot.Com — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:13:16 +0000

“The Dark Knight” premiered Monday night in New York, and Heath Ledgerâ€™s parents and family were there to see the results.

Heath Ledger’s father put his thumb up when asked what he thought of his son’s final film, The Dark Knight.

“It’s very good,” said Kim Ledger, accompanied by wife Ines. Ledger’s mother, Sally Bell, and older sister Kate Ledger also attended.

Heath Ledger’s sinister interpretation of the Joker in The Dark Knight — the follow-up to the hugely popular Batman Begins — is winning rave reviews, and has put him in the running for a posthumous Academy Award.

Oscar for Heath Ledger’s role as Joker? Watch this video below!