Heath Ledger

Golden Globes Inexplicably Sort Of Overlook 'Batman' and 'Milk' - Posted December 11, 2008
The Golden Globes, which are decided by about 92 Hollywood Foreign Press Association members came out with a comprehensive list of their nominations for 2008, but a couple of relatively major films were downright overlooked. Gus Van Sant's "Milk," starring Sean Penn in a tour de force performance, is a critical darling... [FishBowlLA]

Separated At Birth: David Shuster - Posted November 19, 2008
For this week's Separated at Birth, we have MSNBC's David Shuster. Does David look like... Heath Ledger? Pierce Brosnan? Hugh Grant? (Celebrity photos courtest of myheritage.com) ... [FishBowlDC]

Film Threat Unveils 50 Most Frigid In Hollywood - Posted November 19, 2008
Film Threat, the snarky, biting answer to the film industry's constant inhouse sniping, opens its 50 Most Frigid in Hollywood with Heath Ledger and the politically incorrect, bad taste query: "Why so deceased?" Heath Ledger was an actor on the climb, albeit a rather subtle one, to the upper ranks of his... [FishBowlLA]

Jack A. Weil: Where All The Cowboys Have Gone - Posted August 15, 2008
The oldest CEO in the world Jack A. Weil, inventor of the snap button cowboy shirt has died at age 107. AP reports: Weil's shirts have been worn in movies by Elvis Presley, Clark Gable (in his last film, "The Misfits") and Heath Ledger ("Brokeback Mountain.") Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and Eric... [FishBowlLA]

How Will Batman's Assault Hurt the Brand? - Posted July 22, 2008
Within seconds... seconds...of receiving the Batman news, we were flooded by e-mails from PR folks, therapists and life coaches about the implications of Christian Bale's assault arrest on the Bat brand. Surprisingly, nobody has written to speculate how the arrest will affect, say, Bale's mom and sis. Here's one interesting missive:... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 9, 2008
Choice Words: In an Op-Ed piece about the medical privacy scandal at UCLA, Farrah Fawcett's friend Craig J. Nevius takes some shots at tabloid reporters, particularly one from the Enquirer: Three tabloid photographers who ambushed Farrah at LAX last Thanksgiving as she departed for Germany to receive alternative cancer treatments didn't seem... [FishBowlLA]

Kay Hanley--Life After Letters to Cleo - Posted April 8, 2008
Remember 10 Things I Hate About You? Our fave guilty pleasure teen movie. Not only did the movie have Heath Ledger, Larry Miller, and Julia Stiles, it had Letters to Cleo covering Nick Lowe's Cruel to Be Kind. And Letters to Cleo was fronted by cute blond chirp, Kay Hanley. Who... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 8, 2008
Remember Brad Refro? In all the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth over Heath Ledger, Brad Renfro's death has been almost an afterthought (E! couldn't even get his name right). But in this astute culture/profile piece, Rachel Abramowitz makes you remember that another actor suffered a tragic death recently --... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 6, 2008
Heath Ledger O.D. By Mistake: With an Anna Nicole-esque cocktail in his six-pack abs, Heath Ledger likely killed himself by accident, according to the coroner. Vanity Fair Cancels Its Oscar Bash: It's pretty much the most coveted party of the season, but this year -- in support of the striking writers... [FishBowlLA]

See the Heath Ledger Video That ET Bought, Promoted and Didn't Use - Posted February 1, 2008
Here's that Heath Ledger video, which turns out to be not very much, despite Entertainment Tonight's relentless promotion and self-righteous reversal. Tabloid Baby has the Australian television backstory. Jossip has the memo from Ledger's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, sent to other flackeries, reminding everyone about dignity, good taste, and that this could happen... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 31, 2008
Brit's Back In A Mental Health Observation Hold: Because that's exactly what Britney Spears has been lacking all this time -- close, unyielding scrutiny by a phalanx of people standing just outside her fishbowl. iSpank: Free porn predicted to be offered on cell phones. Our prayers have been answered! Finally this country... [FishBowlLA]

Was Heath Ledger Courted By Scientology? - Posted January 25, 2008
Tess Lynch, who just happens to be the child of Jane Curtin, asks the Heath Ledger question we all knew was coming: I'm preoccupied with whether he was being courted by The Cult We Dare Not Name (Theresa Duncan, anyone?) Seems highly unlikely. Although the woman who found him made 4 calls to... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch At Michael's: Paging George Clooney! Fern Mallis is Saving You a Seat at Fashion Week! - Posted January 23, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE What recession? The dining room at 55th & Fifth was buzzing with the usual assemblage of bold face names, social swans and television types that tucked into their Cobb salads with gusto while digesting some of the week's harrowing headlines. Hollywood figured heavily into many of today's conversation with... [FishBowlNY]

Heath Ledger Remembered/ Family, Friends, Fans and Total Strangers - Posted January 23, 2008
Salon's Table Talk hostess, Mary Beth Williams, wins the Shameless Search-Pandering Post (the SSPP) award for a witless remembrance of the late Heath Ledger. She saw his movies; he lived in her Brooklyn neighborhood. She asks an unanswerable question: Had the pain that suffused so many of his performances become too... [FishBowlLA]

Separated At Birth: Rajiv Chandrasekaran - Posted June 27, 2007
This week's Separated At Birth is Washington Post's new National Editor, Rajiv Chandrasekaran. According to My Heritage's nifty Face Recognition: Chandrasekaran... (Photo Credit) ...looks like Owen Wilson? Heath Ledger? And, Matt Lauer? Did you miss our earlier Separateds? Or just want to see them again? Check out Wes Pruden, Chris Cillizza, Dana Perino, Dan Steinberg, David Martin, David... [FishBowlDC]