The Dark Knight famed Heath Ledger played Joker with perfection; however, it was not easy for him at all. The 28-year-old ...

Heath Ledger wouldn’t have given a fancy Oscars speech At the time of Ledger’s death, he not only amassed a massive net worth, but he won an Oscar, too. And The Dark Knight wasn’t Ledger’s ...

Ledger's win at the Oscars marks the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch was awarded Best Actor in 1977 for "Network." Finch, 60, died a few weeks before the awards ceremony.

Although the Oscar will reside in trust for the next decade-plus, it will eventually go to Ledger's 3-year-old daughter, Matilda, when she turns 18. As Ledger's parents see it, that's only fitting.

The late Heath Ledger won the supporting actor award for his brilliant performance as the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” accepted graciously by his parents and sister.

[Heath’s father] Kim Ledger told reporters at LAX that he had no plan to give Matilda the Oscar statuette anytime soon. ‘We’ll keep it for her forever!’ he said.

The late Heath Ledger got a standing ovation from his Hollywood colleagues after winning the best supporting actor Oscar Sunday for his madly villainous Joker in “The Dark Knight.” Ledger died ...

One year to the day after his death, Heath Ledger is an Oscar nominee again. The late actor has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 81st Academy Awards for his role as the Joker in ...

Heath Ledger's family said Friday that they were "proud and excited" by his Academy Award nomination, but that it could not heal the pain caused by his untimely death.

It's been seven years since Heath Ledger won the best supporting actor Academy Award for his spellbinding performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight." But the Oscar win was bittersweet. The ...

There are always a lot of emotions on Oscar nomination day but there was an especially bittersweet surge in sentiment this morning when the late Heath Ledger’s name was called out in the ...

Heath Ledger nominated for an Oscar Exactly one year to the day since his death, Heath Ledger was remembered Thursday with an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor for "The Dark Knight." ...