When Heath Ledger took on the role of the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, his preparation was famously grueling. During the pre-production phase, the actor isolated himself in a hotel ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The actor, now 92, reflected on filming the Christopher Nolan movie that centered on Christian Bale's Batman contending with ...

Heath Ledger will now forever be known as an Oscar winner. Ledger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in "The Dark Knight." It is the first Oscar for the late ...

Heath Ledger famously portrayed the Clown Prince of Crime in a posthumous Oscar-winning turn. By Christy Piña Associate Editor Phoenix sat down for Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast (below), for a ...

Heath Ledger died as his career was reaching a fever pitch. On Jan. 22nd, 2008 — roughly six months prior to The Dark Knight’s release — Ledger was pronounced dead after an accidental overdose from ...

"I think the Joker killed Heath Ledger." So writes attorney Jay Gaskill in his review of The Dark Knight, a film about the superhero Batman. On January 22, 2008, six months before the movie's opening, ...