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Awards Daily —
... Ouch. Leonard Maltin and the Oscar smackdown. All of this Ledger talk for Oscar must be a figment of awards-hungry internet people. From a Reuters story: ...
Oscar watchers dampen award hype for Ledger's Joker
Oh No They Didn't! —
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Mollygood — ... LEDGER OSCAR A ‘WISH-FULFILLMENT RUMOR’ “When the new Batman movie ‘The Dark Night’ began screenings last month before its U.S. debut on Friday, some moviegoers saw Heath Ledger as an instant Oscar candidate as the deranged villain, The Joker. But Oscar watchers and veteran critics say the joke may be on fans creating mostly Internet-based buzz … ‘Dark Knight’ is the type of comic book, action adventure that Oscar voters generally do not favor and there are many movies to see later this year, the ...
Has SciFi Finally Worked Its Way To Hollywood's Big Kids Table? [Hollywood Slavebots]
io9 —
... Other observers claim Hollywood would find a Ledger Oscar creepy. Tom O'Neil, from The Envelope.com, explains, "That's how reluctant Oscar voters are to hug the dead," O'Neil said. "These awards are all about hugs and there's something creepy about embracing the dead." ...
Why So Low T-Cell Count?
Videogum —
... , the late Heath Ledger kept a journal on set in which he listed things that he thought would make the Joker laugh, and the first entry was "AIDS." If nothing else, Heath Ledger should win the Oscar for Edgiest Off-Screen AIDS Joke Kept In A Method Acting Notebook. Although, I guess that's not really a joke, right? It's just a FACT. The Joker thinks AIDS is hilarious. ...
