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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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- "The Descendants" and "The Artist" won the top-film prizes at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Michelle Williams says she found comfort in Joan Didion's book "The Year of Magical Thinking" after the death of her former beau, Heath Ledger.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Director Christopher Nolan says footage of the late Australian actor Heath Ledger will not appear in "The Dark Knight Rises."
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Oscar winners Sean Penn, Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz are set to be presenters at the upcoming 82nd Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, producers said.
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.
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.
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