Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28 in New York
Australian actor Heath Ledger, seen here in this February, 2006 file photo attending the Orange British academy film awards in London, England, died at the age of 28 on January 22, 2008. Ledger was found dead at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad/Files)
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SYDNEY, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- "Cause An Effect," the music video Australian actor Heath Ledger directed for his friend, rapper No Fixed Abode, is on the Internet.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Michelle Williams, who is the mother of the late Heath Ledger's 3-year-old daughter, says she and filmmaker Spike Jonze are no longer dating.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Actor Heath Ledger's final film, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," may have found a buyer in the United States, people involved in the negotiations said.
LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A Modest Mouse music video Australian actor Heath Ledger directed before he died is to be released on the Internet.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Posters portraying U.S. President Barack Obama as The Joker from the Batman movie "The Dark Knight" have been spotted throughout Los Angeles.
SAN DIEGO, July 24 (UPI) -- British actor Gary Oldman, who co-starred in "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," says the next film about the Caped Crusader will hit theaters in 2011.
NEW YORK, July 23 (UPI) -- The New York apartment building where Australian actor Heath Ledger died last year has been sold for $15 million at a foreclosure auction.
NEW YORK, June 21 (UPI) -- The New York building where actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose is facing foreclosure, an attorney says.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 1 (UPI) -- The vampire movie "Twilight" earned five golden popcorn prizes at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards ceremony in Universal City, Calif., Sunday night.
CANNES, France, May 22 (UPI) -- A fantasy film Australian actor Heath Ledger was working on before he died has screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France.