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December
11th 2008
Its No Joke: Heath Ledger Gets the Oscar Nod!

Posted under Free for All UK & Heath Ledger & Ralph Fiennes & Michelle Williams & philip seymour & doubt

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It comes as no surprise that the sadly missed, Heath Ledger, in his role as The Joker in the this year’s Batman movie, A Dark Knight, has earned himself a posthumous Golden Globe nomination.

After completing the movie, Heath accidentally took a cocktail of prescription drugs and died in January 2008, in his apartment in Manhattan. Heath left behind his ex- girlfriend and mother of his baby daughter Matilda, Michelle Williams.

His death stunned not only movie goers but Hollywood stars and his Australian family.

Today, Kim Ledger, heath’s father released a statement thanking the press for honoring his read more ....

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March
18th 2008
Death of a Master: Anthony Minghella Dies at 54

Posted under Free for All UK & Anthony Minghella & Jude Law & Tony Blair & Gordon Brown & Colin Firth & Matt Damon & Nicole Kidman & Willem Dafoe & Alan Rickman & Robin Wright Penn & Ralph Fiennes & Gwyneth Paltrow

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The world of movie and television was stunned today with the sad news that Isle of Wight born, Anthony Minghella had passed away after an operation at Charing Cross Hospital, London.

The Oscar winning film maker died of a hemorrhage at 5 a.m. Tuesday just a week after an operation to remove a growth from his neck.

Tributes poured in from people as diverse as movie star Jude Law, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the president of Botswana.

Among Anthony’s movie projects were The English Patient, Breaking and Entering and Cold Mountain.

Jude Law who had appeared read more ....

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