The Dark Knight

"The Dark Knight" Sets Single-Day Box Office Record

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 07.27.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath ...

Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death And What Can be Done To Prevent Others

Tony Newman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Entertainment


Tony Newman

There is nothing we can do to bring back the life of Heath Ledger. But we can learn from the tragedy and pass compassionate and sensible legislation to save thousands of others like him.

Dark Knight, Bright Extinguished Star

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.26.2008 | Entertainment


Charles Karel Bouley

No Batman film would tick without a villain, and in the best personification of any comic villain Heath Ledger takes the prize (and most likely an Oscar). Not because he's dead -- because he's that good.

Batmania: "The Dark Knight" Sells Out Hundreds Of Screenings Already

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — If you haven't already, you might want to pick up the Batphone and order your tickets for "The Dark Knight." Advance sales are throu...

Heath Ledger Cannot Hear You Clap

Daniel Holloway | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment


Daniel Holloway

So no, I don't like the fact that Heath Ledger is dead, but I'm not going to clap when I see his name on a movie screen. Why? Because neither Heath Ledger nor the people who actually cared about him can hear me.

The Joker Scores

Kim Morgan | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment


Kim Morgan

The heart of the, at times, sublime The Dark Knight is Ledger's Joker -- who shows us the world is a place of two faces, of darkness and light, of organization and chaos.

"The Dark Knight" Movie Reviews: Looks Great, No Joke!

Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment


**UPDATED 7/18** After an intensive marketing campaign that's been active for more than a year, The Dark Knight opens today to rave reviews, sold out...

Superheroes and Statesmanship

Dan Glickman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment


Dan Glickman

Battered and bruised as our national image may be at the moment, we remain a country of ideals and bold aspirations. With movies and with democracy, we choose our stories.

Heath Ledger Costars Reminisce At Premiere, Family Attends

People | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment


Heath Ledger's family attended Monday's The Dark Knight premiere in New York, where the late actor's father left the theater giving a thumbs-up sign. ...

The End of the Heath Ledger Story

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment


Richard Laermer

If in fact Dark Knight didn't want to make a show out of Heath Ledger's passing then it was probably not the canniest move to alert Oscar-watchers of his performance.

"The Dark Knight" Already Selling Out Theaters A Week Before Release Date

New York Times | Michael Cieply | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment


"The Dark Knight" just spilled over into early morning. In a frenzy, fans have bought so many late-night tickets for the July 18 opening of the next ...

Heath Ledger Honored In "Dark Knight" Credits, Sparks Oscar Talk

AP | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES -- Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on "The Dark Knight." The end credits of the "Batman Begins" sequel incl...

Christian Bale Opens Up About Heath Ledger As The Joker: "Intense" But "Mellow"

Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2008 | Entertainment


"Batman" himself Christian Bale graces the cover of Details and sat for a lengthy interview. Inside, he talks about his "The Dark Knight" costar Heath...

Batman's Other Villain: Talking To Aaron Eckhart

LA Times | Geoff Boucher | Posted 05.12.2008 | Entertainment


THE trailers for "The Dark Knight" have shown quite a bit of Heath Ledger's scabbier, surlier reinvention of the Joker (think of Malcolm McDowell's th...

Ledger's Joker Makes Dramatic Entrance As "Batman: The Dark Knight" Is Unveiled

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


LAS VEGAS — This time out, there's no vat of chemicals to explain how Batman's greatest enemy came to be the twisted sociopath known as the Joke...

Batman's Burden: A Director Confronts Darkness And Death

NY Times | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Christopher Nolan, the director of "The Dark Knight" -- the follow-up to his 2005 franchise reboot, "Batman Begins" -- is unperturbed by the rain, but...

'Batman' Director Remembers His Joker: 'Heath Was Bursting With Creativity'

Newsweek | Christopher Nolan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Best known for his haunting, Oscar-nominated performance as Ennis Del Mar, one of the gay cowboys in 2005 ' s "Brokeback Mountain," Ledger was a mas...

Heath Ledger Found Dead

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


There are more new details in the death of Heath Ledger Tuesday afternoon at age 28. Meanwhile, Ledger's parents and sister have revealed their immens...

Page Six Reports: Heath Ledger Dead...And Available!

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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Watch The Batman: The Dark Knight Trailer

YouTube | MovieVerse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Here is the new trailer for Batman: The Dark Knight, out next summer. It includes some of the first looks at Heath Ledger in his debut as the Joker an...

Indiana Jones Tops List Of Most Anticipated Films

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The latest Indiana Jones adventure is the most anticipated movie scheduled for release in the next year, according to a poll of U.S. moviegoers. "Ind...