Emily Hill: Heather Ledger for an Oscar? You must be joking

Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight is good, but it's a mishmash of a film that doesn't merit an Oscar nomination, let alone an award Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight: too bizarre to do a herogram on? Photo: Reuters Public hanging may now be illegal but there's nothing you can count on to whip up a good crowd like a high-profile public death. In 2008 the biggest demise so far has been that of tragic film star, Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental overdose just a few months before the release of his biggest budget role yet and at a time when his acting talent looked to be burgeoning into something very special. So perhaps it wasn't a surprise when the audience at The Dark Night premiere on Monday night started breaking out into bouts of applause whenever Ledger delivered a trademark line, primped a half-beat after... [read full story]