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Vivian Oparah Thinks She'd 'Enjoy The Challenge' Of Portraying The Joker

Vivian Oparah wants to play The Joker.The 27-year-old star – who was nominated for the Leading Actress BAFTA for her work on ‘Rye Lane’ – has always been “obsessed” with the late Heath Ledger’s depiction...

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Praises Christoper Nolan And Baz Luhrmann For 'Personal' Calls After Losing Roles

Jake Gyllenhaal appreciated Christoper Nolan and Baz Luhrmann phoning him personally to say why he didn't land roles in their movies.The 'Road House' star was gutted to lose out on the titular role in 2005's...

David Dastmalchian Was Surprised To Be Offered Lead Role In Late Night With The Devil

David Dastmalchian thought it was a mistake when he was offered the chance to play the lead role in 'Late Night with the Devil'.The 48-year-old actor stars in the horror flick as the 1970s talk...

Stephen Gaghan

Stephen Gaghan Recalls Haunting Phone Call After Heath Ledger's Death

Stephen Gaghan received a haunting phone call from Heath Ledger's father after his number was found written on a script close to the star's lifeless body.The 'Brokeback Mountain' star was found dead at his apartment...

Bindi Irwin

Bindi Irwin Urges Mum To Let Robert 'Live His Life' After Breakup

Bindi Irwin has urged her mother to let her brother Robert "live his life" after his split from Rorie Buckey.The 20-year-old star - whose father was Crocodile Hunter legend Steve Irwin - recently split from...

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Thinks Cillian Murphy's Oppenheimer Transformation Had Echoes Of Heath Ledger

Christopher Nolan has compared Cillian Murphy's 'Oppenheimer' transformation to Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight'.The 53-ear-old filmmaker - whose film starring Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer has earned 13 nominations for this year's Academy Awards...

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Scoops Best Director Golden Globe For Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan insisted he could only accept the Best Director Golden Globe "on behalf" of everyone else who worked on 'Oppenheimer'.The 53-year-old filmmaker took the accolade for the first time and admitted he thought it...

Sean Combs

Diddy Claims Warner Bros. Warned Him Not To Re-wear His 2022 Halloween Joker Costume

Diddy has claimed Warner Bros. sent him a cease and desist because his Heath Ledger-era Joker Halloween costume was too similar to the original.The 'I'll Be Missing You' rapper, 53, was allegedly told off for...

Leonardo Dicaprio

Leonardo Dicaprio Was Being Eyed To Play Riddler In The Dark Knight Rises

Leonardo DiCaprio was being eyed to play Riddler in 'The Dark Knight Rises'.Studio executives were keen for Riddler to be the primary villain in the 2012 superhero movie, however, director Christopher Nolan decided on Bane...

Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton: Harvey Weinstein Warned He'd 'Destroy' My Career

Samantha Morton has claimed Harvey Weinstein tried to destroy her career.The 46-year-old actress accused the disgraced producer – who is currently in jail after being found guilty of sex crimes – of threatening to make...

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Struggles To Attain Work Life Balance

Michelle Williams struggles to attain a work life balance.The 42-year-old actress - who has Matilda, 17, with the late Heath Ledger, Hart, two, and another child who was born in October with husband Thomas Kail...

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger’S Ex-fiancéE Michelle Williams ‘Would Battle To Take Control Of His Biopic’

Heath Ledger’s former fiancée Michelle Williams would reportedly battle to take control of his biopic.Heath Ledger’s former fiancée Michelle Williams would reportedly battle to take control of his biopic.According to Woman’s Day, the 42-year-old actress...

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell Cast In The Uninvited

Rufus Sewell is to star in 'The Uninvited'.The 55-year-old actor has been cast with Eva De Dominic in the comedy drama from director Nadia Conners.The pair join an ensemble that includes Pedro Pascal, Elizabeth Reaser,...

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Still Takes Acting Lessons

Michelle Williams still takes acting lessons.The 42-year-old actress has been nominated for four Academy Awards since starting her career in Hollywood in the late 1990s but admitted that she finds the tuition process to be...

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves ‘Feels Matthew Perry’S Jibes At Him Came Out Of Left Field’

Keanu Reeves is said to feel Matthew Perry’s jibes at him “came out of left field”.The ‘Point Break’ actor, 58, reportedly responded to the ‘Friends’ actor’s jokes about him in his new autobiography ‘Friends, Lovers...

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Has Given Birth

Michelle Williams has given birth to her third child.The 42-year-old actress has been married to theatre director Thomas Kail since 2020 and already has son Hart, two, with him - as well as 16-year-old Matilda...

Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett Hielt Hollywood Seiner Mentalen Gesundheit Zuliebe "In Schach"

Josh Hartnett verriet, dass er Hollywood für seine psychische Gesundheit "in Schach" hielt.Der 'Pearl Harbour'-Schauspieler, der ein Angebot ablehnte, Superman zu spielen, hat sich in einem seltenen Interview über seine Entscheidung geäußert, aus dem Rampenlicht...

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell Regrets A Knight's Tale Hangovers

Rufus Sewell regretted his hangovers when filming 'A Knight's Tale'.The 53-year-old actor starred alongside the late Heath Ledger in the 2001 medieval flick and confessed that being worse for wear while dressed in armour was...

Ang Lee

Ang Lee: Good Actors Can Play Any Role

Ang Lee believes that "good actors" should be prioritised for film roles.The 66-year-old director helmed the 2005 romantic drama 'Brokeback Mountain', which explored the relationship between male cowboys Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist (Heath...

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Was 'In Awe' Of Heath Ledger

Jake Gyllenhaal was "in awe" of Heath Ledger's when he watched him perform.The 40-year-old actor - who appeared opposite the late star in 2005's romantic drama 'Brokeback Mountain' - discussed Ledger's creative process, which also...

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart: The Dark Knight Is A 'Reflection Of Our Times'

Aaron Eckhart feels 'The Dark Knight' is a "reflection of our times".The 52-year-old actor played District Attorney Harvey Dent who becomes the villain Two-Face in Christopher Nolan's 2008 Batman movie and he has compared the...

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Is To Star In Snow Blind

Jake Gyllenhaal is to star in 'Snow Blind'.Deadline is reporting that the 39-year-old actor is to star in the new thriller which is being directed by Gustav Moller from a script by Patrick Ness, who...

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal: Heath Ledger Snubbed Oscars

Jake Gyllenhaal has claimed the late Heath Ledger snubbed an offer to present at the Oscars.The pair were asked to be involved in an opening for the 2007 Academy Awards that made fun of their...

Michelle Williams

Actress Michelle Williams Has Got Married In A Secret Ceremony

Notoriously private actress Michelle Williams has revealed she has married indie musican Phil Elverum in a secret ceremony. While the wedding was seen by just a handful of family and friends, the former partner of...

Heath Ledger

Friends And Family Remember Heath Ledger 10 Years Later

This week marked the 10th anniversary of the untimely death of Academy Award winning actor Heath Ledger but, as tragic as it is, it's also rather a special time with many of his friends and...

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger's Family Campaigns For Tighter Regulation On Prescription Drugs

The family of the late movie star Heath Ledger has called for tighter regulations surrounding the availability and distribution of prescription drugs.Kim Ledger, the star’s father, argued that the United States should play a leading...

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger's Sister Denies Claims Her Brother Was Depressed Playing The Joker

Heath Ledger’s sister has come out to deny claims her brother was depressed while playing the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s Batman: The Dark Knight - a role he had finished working on only a few...

Richard O'Brien

From Rocky Horror To Brokeback Mountain: 10 Lgbt Movies To See Before You Die

Hollywood is an important factor in helping the world to understand and accept the varied identities and relationships within the LGBT community. Whether they do it with comedy or shocking drama, it makes an impact...

Heath Ledger

'I Am Heath Ledger' Celebrates The Late Star's Love Of Cinema [Trailer]

A brand new documentary exploring the life and career of the late Academy Award winning movie star Heath Ledger is set to arrive this Spring. Entitled 'I Am Heath Ledger', it's expected to make its...

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Opens Up About Dating, And Raising Her Daughter Without Heath Ledger

Hollywood actress Michelle Williams has opened up about her personal life, including the struggles of raising her 11 year old daughter, Matilda Rose, without Heath Ledger, and about stepping back into the world of dating.The...

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