Ledger's father says win 'bittersweet'
PERTH, Australia, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The father of Australian actor Heath Ledger says he received the news of his son's posthumous Golden Globe acting award with both elation and sadness.
"Bittersweet" was how Kim Ledger of Perth, Australia, described his family's feelings at the seeing Heath Ledger being awarded the Best Supporting Actor prize at Sunday's 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., for his role as The Joker in "The Dark Knight."
Heath Ledger died Jan. 22, 2008, in New York from what was determined to be an accidental overdose of prescription medications.
Speaking to Australia's Channel 9, Kim Ledger said, "(I feel) elated, fantastic. Bittersweet, but feeling great."
Referring to the standing ovation Heath Ledger's award got from the Golden Globe audience, the actor's father said, "The standing ovation really breaks you up. Just being recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press by his peers, standing like that, it really goes to he heart, doesn't it?"
Of his role as The Joker, Kim Ledger said of Heath, "He just loved it. People have said that it's a dark piece and that brought him down but that just didn't occur ... It was amazing."
People: Bundchen, Brady get engaged
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady have made it official by getting engaged, sources told People Monday.
Quoting an unnamed source close to the couple, People.com reported Brady, 31, has proposed to Bundchen, 28, and she has accepted. Bundchen reportedly is making wedding plans that will be announced officially this week.
The long-rumored engagement may be celebrated in "a huge fashionista event in the spring or a more intimate and quicker ceremony in Costa Rica, where Gisele has a home," the source told People.
Bundchen-Brady engagement rumors abounded before Christmas but were denied. It would be the first marriage for both. She was previously involved in a longtime relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, while Brady broke off a relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan, with whom he had a son, People said.
Winehouse's jailed hubby files for divorce
LONDON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The jailed husband of British singer Amy Winehouse has begun divorce proceedings after seeing pictures of her with another man, an attorney says.
Blake Fielder-Civil, who has been imprisoned since failing a court-ordered drug test last month, has instructed celebrity lawyer Henri Brandman to initiate divorce proceedings against Winehouse, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.
Brandman told the British tabloid Fielder-Civil had instructed him to launch the action on the grounds of Winehouse's alleged adultery. Sources said Blake will would attempt to collect half the singer's $15 million fortune.
The moves comes after Winehouse told another British tabloid, The News (NYSE:WS-A) of the World, she has kicked her drug habit for good and admitted she had "forgotten I'm even married" to Fielder-Civil, claiming, "our whole marriage was based on doing drugs."
Winehouse, 25, was recently photographed kissing and cuddling 21-year-old Josh Bowman while on an extended break on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, the Daily Mail said.
Actress: Hudgens auditions for 'New Moon'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- "High School Musical" starlet Vanessa Hudgens has auditioned for a key role in the upcoming sequel to the hit U.S. movie "Twilight," a cast member says.
"Twilight" actress Ashley Greene, who will co-star in the horror-romance film's sequel, "New Moon," said Hudgens, 20, has tried out for the role of werewolf Leah Clearwater, MTV reported Monday.
Speaking to the cable television music network after Sunday's 66th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Greene said the Disney "tween" idol has auditioned for "New Moon," adding, "I think she'd be great."
"New Moon" producer Summit Entertainment says the movie is scheduled for a November release, and, like "Twilight," is based on a novel by Stephanie Meyer.
