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According to a report, Lohan's "downward spiral" was sparked by the overdose death of Ledger last year. Lohan also reportedly attended Ledger's memorial in the US.
"She was dating Heath when he died," Mrs Lohan tells Lindsay's father Michael Lohan in the recording posted on gossip site RadarOnline.com that leaked the news.
"I don't know if you know that, but I know, cause I would drop her off and they were friends. Very, very close, okay?"
Mrs Lohan also claims in the 2008 audio tape that Lohan's relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson came out of Ledger's death. "That f----d her up," Mrs Lohan says. "And right after that is when Samantha was around."
The actresses mother also implied that she feared Lohan would follow in Ledger's footsteps and suffer some sort of accidental death caused by an overdose. "When she's drunk or takes an Adderall with it, she will do something like Heath Ledger did in a second without thinking," she says on the tape.
Source: Straits Times
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Heath Ledger’s final days are chronicled in Peter Biskind’s cover story, “The Last of Heath,” in the August 2009 issue of Vanity Fair, on NY/LA stands July 1 and nationally July 7.
“[Heath] was ready to bust out of the gate, but he didn’t want to step on the gas and become something that he didn’t want to become: a matinee idol,” Heath’s friend and agent, Steven Alexander, told Vanity Fair. “He was a private person, and he didn’t want to share his personal history with the press. It just wasn’t up for sale. That’s part of the reason he initially tore down his career. He wasn’t motivated by money or stardom, but by the respect of his peers, and for people to walk out of a movie theater after they’d seen something that he’d worked on and say, ‘Wow, he really disappeared into that character.’ He was striving to become an ‘illusionist,’ as he called it, able to create characters that weren’t there.”
Check out the full article at VanityFair.com.
Source: Jared
"Tonight we are choosing to celebrate and be happy for what he has achieved," said his mother Sally Bell, who stood alongside Heath's father, Kim Ledger, and sister, Kate, on the stage of Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
Added Kate, in reference to Heath's 3-year-old daughter, who will inherit his Oscar when she turns 18, "We proudly accept this award on behalf of your beautiful Matilda."
Asked backstage whether Heath's daughter knows about all the Oscar hoopla, Kim told reporters that Matilda's mom, actress Michelle Williams, "keeps Matilda closeted, in a nice way, and [Matilda] won't know very much about the fuss that's going on."
Ledger's mother said that Matilda's resemblance to her late father is striking. "You just have to look at her to know that she is totally like her daddy," said Bell. "She has the same mannerisms. I really feel he's in her."
Ledger was the favorite for the Oscar after having won multiple awards earlier in the season, including the Critics Choice, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild award.
Source: People
And if the late actor wins the Oscar for best supporting actor this Sunday, his daughter Matilda, 3, has been named the eventual owner, according to the Associated Press. Matilda is the only child of the star, who died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs last year. He was 28.
"In the event that Heath Ledger should be selected as the supporting actor recipient, the statuette will be held in trust for his daughter by her mother, Michelle Williams, until Matilda reaches the age of 18," Bruce Davis, executive director of the academy, told the AP.
"At that point, she may execute what we call an heir's agreement and keep the statuette forever – or, if she chooses not to do that, it will return to us."
If and when Matilda signs the contract, she would be entitled to receive the statuette on her 18th birthday, Oct. 28, 2023.
In January, Legder won a Golden Globe award, which his mother told PEOPLE would go to Matilda.
Source: People
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"It was a very difficult decision to make, when I first heard about it I totally freaked at the idea," Farrell told Tarts. "But it was important to get Heath’s work out and doing what I think Heath would have wanted, which was finishing the movie to its entirety."
Just as the decision wasn’t easy for the Irish actor, it wasn't easy for the film's existing stars.
"I don’t know how I feel about it, Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer hesitantly told Tarts earlier this year. "Part of me thinks maybe it would be better to leave it be (and not replace Ledger)."
Source: Fox News
It's been more than 6 months since Heath Ledger's death but the issues surrounding his demise is still very much alive, and Mary-Kate Olsen's involvement remains a conundrum to all.
The 22-year-old showbiz veteran had surprised the public when her name popped up during Ledger's initial death investigation. The masseuse who found the actor unconscious in his New York apartment had phoned Olsen first before calling 911 for help.
It was then learned that Ledger died of overdose from the combined effects of prescription drugs and painkillers. Now, the investigators are probing where he got Oxycodone and Vicodin, two very powerful painkillers that were not prescribed to him.
Just when we all thought we had really buried the actor, we find ourselves curious about the mystery once again. It seems like Olsen knows something but refuses to share her knowledge until her legal safety is assured, at least that's what reputable news agencies are saying.
Speaking on behalf of the petite industry mogul, her lawyer has denied neither knowing the source of the infamous drugs nor refusing to cooperate with the investigation.
While the public feels the right to squeeze the truth out from Olsen's diminutive body, the question is, would the truth be satisfactory?
Does it really matter if she knew or not the drugs' source? Would it make any difference? It was Ledger who had swallowed the drugs into his system, unless, of course if he was duped into taking it. He was a grown, robust man; he surely knew the consequence of taking pills that strong. What could Olsen have done to push or prevent him to do so?
If it's indeed true that she's asking for immunity from prosecution in exchange for what she knows, it might just be a fair thing if the investigators are really after the main supplier of the drugs. The case might not be about Ledger's death anymore, but about future prevention of incidents like this.
For some, her silence might seem as an admission of guilt. Her refusal even opens more unanswered questions. But for someone grieving her friend's death, does she really owe the public an explanation? Would she want to draw more attention to herself by talking to us and disclosing her real relationship with him?
Source: All Headline News
I can tell you that the Ledgers wholeheartedly approved of the film, although it was incredibly difficult for them to watch their late son on the screen.
After the screening at the IMAX theater in Lincoln Square, the Ledgers gave me this statement: "'The Dark Knight' is everything we hoped it would be and more. Heath loved the experience of creating this character and working on the film. We are so proud of our boy."
Source: Fox News
The $9.99 action figure has been ending up on eBay at a substantial markup, including at least one seat of the Joker and Batman going for $55. "There are none left in the warehouse, either," a Toys R Us employee told the paper. "You will be waiting a while if you want one."
Of course, it’s entirely possible they’re just selling out like toys from all summer blockbusters sell out, but either way, we can’t help but think it’s a pretty macabre tribute to Ledger.
Source: Tampabay
The late Australian actor - who tragically died from an accidental prescription drugs overdose in January - was reportedly warned he had become too obsessed with his portrayal of iconic Batman villain The Joker in the upcoming blockbuster.
A source told FOX News: "Heath refused to talk to anyone out of character. If you tried to communicate with him normally instead of The Joker, he would just ignore you.
"He would often come to the set to hang out even on his days off, freaking everyone out. Towards the end of filming, he was warned by people that he had gone too far, but it was almost like he couldn't connect with those who cared for him anymore."
Ledger reportedly locked himself in an apartment for an entire month before playing The Joker, who he described as a "psychotic, mass-murdering clown".
Ledger also admitted he had such trouble sleeping while shooting the film he resorted to taking the prescription drug Ambien.
Sources on the set of 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' - the movie Ledger was filming when he died - also claimed the actor could not "snap out" of character and seemed to have "lost sense" of who he was.
Source: Monsters And Critics
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