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FOR Heath Ledger's family, life after the Oscars has been spent bonding with the late actor's three-year-old daughter Matilda and celebrating their late son's win with Hollywood friends at Johnny Depp's mansion.
Ledger's father Kim, mother Sally and sister Kate, who travelled from Perth for the ceremony, joined Matilda and the actor's former partner Michelle Williams at an afternoon party at Depp's Hollywood Hills home last week, along with industry friends.
The private event, which was guarded by security staff, was also attended by...
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NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan had been overseeing a Drug Enforcement Administration probe into whether the painkillers found in Ledger's system were obtained illegally. But the prosecutors have bowed out "because they don't believe there's a viable target," said the official, who spoke on...
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Despite her claim that she has no information that would help clear up the mystery of Heath Ledger's overdose death, Mary-Kate Olsen has been issued a subpoena by the Drug Enforcement Administration office in New York, requiring her to testify in front of a grand jury.
In a statement issued on Monday, Olsen's lawyer said that the actress had nothing to do with the drugs that killed Ledger and that she has already cooperated with police in the investigation. Several media outlets also reported that Olsen had refused to speak to...
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The Dark Knight is a bleak and jittery bad dream of a summer blockbuster – but the movie has nothing on real life.
Morgan Freeman’s car accident, which left the Oscar-winning actor with serious injuries, was only the latest stroke of bad luck to make audiences wonder if there was a curse of The Dark Knight similar to the tragic aura surrounding the films Poltergeist and Rosemary’s Baby.
Talk of a curse started with the deaths of Heath Ledger and Conway Wickliffe, a special effects technician who was killed while performing a...
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HOLLYWOOD actress Mary-Kate Olsen has refused to be interviewed by US investigators over the accidental drug death of her close friend Heath Ledger unless she receives immunity from prosecution.
The New York Post is reporting the actress' lawyer has repeatedly rebuffed attempts by the federal authorieties to question Olsen, who was the first person called after her masseuse discovered Ledger's body in his SoHo apartment in January.
Frustrated federal officials could obtain a grand-jury subpoena to compel the funky "Full House" actress...
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Michelle Williams has found love again with director Spike Jonze seven months after the tragic death of her former fiancé Heath Ledger.
The pair boarded a private jet bound for Oregon yesterday along with the Brokeback Mountain actress's two-year-old daughter Matilda.
The trio were seen strolling together outside the airport, Williams at one point breaking into a broad smile.
New love: Michelle Williams with director Spike Jonze and her daughter Matilda headed off to Oregon yesterday
Williams and Jonze, who previously dated Drew...
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The NYC medical examiner has finished the toxicology report following the death of Heath Ledger, and has just ruled that the actor's death was caused by acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine
The NYPD found five different medications in Ledger's apartment after his death, including anti-anxiety medications Alprazolam (Xanax), Diazepam (Valium) and Lorazepam (Ativan). The sleeping medication Zopiclone (Lunesta) and the sedative Temazepam (Restoril) -- which is...
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Out of respect for HEATH LEDGER's family, "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" have decided not to run the Heath Ledger video which has been circulating in the world media.
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The ink was barely dry on this painting when Heath Ledger was found dead.
Melbourne artist Vincent Fantauzzo had been putting the finishing touches on his painting of the star at his Docklands studio on Tuesday. Wednesday he found out Heath had died.
Fantauzzo painted Ledger with the intention of entering the portrait in the prestigious Archibald Prize later this year. But the newly finished work got an early showing yesterday, when, with the approval of the Ledger family, Fantauzzo released the image to the media.
Ledger sat for...
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A former friend of Heath Ledger has claimed his use of prescription and non-prescription drugs spun out of control because he worried he’d lose access to his daughter Matilda.
Rebecca White got to know the actor when she worked as Naomi Campbell’s assistant several years ago and earlier in the week discussed how the Brokeback Mountain star frequently took cocaine with the supermodel. Now Rebecca has claimed that Heath’s drug use prompted his split from Michelle Williams last year and he worried Michelle would use it against him in a...
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