The Dark Knight News

Actor Heath Ledger, posthumous winner of Best Supporting Actor as the Joker in "The Dark Knight," died on January 22, 2008 in his SoHo apartment from an accidental overdose of several prescription medications.

1. Select a co-star that won't steal the movie. Johnny Depp in Public Enemies? Bad move.

An overnight stop on a technicolored school bus was all it took to get noticed in Live Oak for one group of modern day hippies camping out in the local Wal-Mart parking lot Monday.

Here is an excerpt from the article, titled "The Last of Heath." "Ledger's friend and agent, Steven Alexander, tells [Vanity Fair] that Heath 'was always hesitant to be in a summer blockbuster, with the dolls and action figures and everything else that comes with one of those movies.

Heath Ledger's attitude to the Brokeback Mountain Oscar campaign came between him and his then girlfriend Michelle Williams, according to Terry Gilliam.

Michael Bay's highly anticipated sequel bowed on Wednesday, and with a $60.6 million take in its first day, it broke the Wednesday record previously held by "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" back in 2007.

The professionals closest to Heath Ledger have revealed how the Hollywood star battled with fame, a failed relationship and incurable insomnia in the lead-up to his untimely death.

Though it broke many new records, it failed to live up to studio expectations, becoming only the seventh highest grossing opener in cinematic history.

Heath Ledger notched a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal as The Joker in "The Dark Knight." But the movie didn't get a Best Picture nomination.

Actor Johnny Depp attends a special screening for DreamWorks Pictures' "Sweeney Todd" at the Paramount Theater on December 5, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA - Getty Images Sacha Howells , Jun 26, 2009 "No Batman 3 "? Let's See What Warner Brothers Has to Say About That Christopher Nolan has been hinting that he doesn't want to go back to Gotham, and ...

Why does Hollywood never tire of gangster movies? Because we never tire of watching them, says Joe Queenan - not even the bad ones The Hollywood mob: Public Enemies .

The complete list of winners from the 35th Annual Saturn Awards has been revealed.

So the best-picture race will be twice as crowded at next year's Academy Awards, with the ceremony's organizers announcing Wednesday that they're expanding the field of nominees from five to 10.

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight . June 25, 2009 - 11:40AM A young American college student has become the target of venomous attacks for planning to stage a play titled The Last Days of Heath Ledger .

Reporting from Milan, Italy -- By the time the spring-summer 2010 men's Fashion Week in Milan wrapped up Tuesday, the runway had showcased enough old-school macho archetypes to form its own version of the Village People.

The Oscars have been awarded and DVD sales have already gone through the roof. But, in the alternate reality known as Hollywood, it's never too late to bestow yet more hardware on the best films.

Last summer, Christopher Nolan wowed IMAX audiences by shooting the establishing shots and several action sequences of The Dark Knight in IMAX.

The Dark Knight prompted the most complaints to the film ratings body of any movie last year.

Christian Bale Tim Burton directed two. So did Joel Schumacher. Might Christopher Nolan also stop at two "Batman" flicks? Could the seventh big-screen caped crusader adventure since 1989 require the services of a fourth director? Rumors that Nolan might not return for another go at Gotham City have been rampant and according to Bruce Wayne himself ...

Shia LaBeouf appears with Starscream in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Observers expect the movie, combined with "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," to top the box-office record of "The Dark Knight". - LOS ANGELES - If Hollywood were a poker game, this summer's question would be: Can a pair beat one of a kind? The pair are this year's ...