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Michelle Williams: Heath Was "Vulnerable" | Today's News: Our Take | 3/13/2008
Michelle Williams and others are beginning to open up about how they remember Heath Ledger — as a friend, partner and colleague. In the April issue of Interview, Williams divulges how she views Ledger, and acknowledges that it's just now that some are seeing him the same way. "The interesting thing about Heath, which maybe people have only really fully discovered in his death, is how vulnerable he was," she says. "You can pick up on it in his performances, but it's easy to overlook because... read more
Heath Ledger's Will: Matilda and Michelle "Will Be Taken Care Of," Says Dad | Today's News: Our Take | 3/8/2008
The late Heath Ledger's will, as reported by the New York Daily News, leaves everything he owned to his parents and three sisters. Ledger, who died Jan. 22 from an accidental overdose, filed the three-page will in April 2003, two years before he met Brokeback Mountain costar Michelle Williams, with whom he would fall in love and have a daughter, Matilda. Other Ledger documents filed in Manhattan Surrogate's Court reveal that he had less than $145,000 in New York assets at the time of his death,... read more
Michelle Williams Breaks Silence About Heath Ledger: "My Heart Is Broken" | Today's News: Our Take | 2/1/2008
In her first public statement since his death, Heath Ledger's former partner, Michelle Williams, said her "heart is broken."In a statement released to the AP, Williams also asked for privacy during this time, saying, "Please respect our need to grieve privately. My heart is broken." She continued, "I am the mother of the most tenderhearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father. All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every... read more
Heath Ledger: ET Nixes Drug Video, as Williams Fights Tabloid "Lies" | Today's News: Our Take | 1/31/2008
Though they both promoted the airing of a video allegedly showing Heath Ledger using drugs, Entertainment Tonight and sister show The Insider have elected not to broadcast the incendiary clip. "Out of respect for Heath Ledger's family, [we] have decided not to run the... video which has been circulating in the world media," the infotainment mags said in a joint statement.Meanwhile, Michelle Williams — Ledger's ex-fiancée, and the mother of his 2-year-old daughter — is lashing out... read more
Jeers: A Heath Ledger Tribute Not Fit for a King | Cheers & Jeers | 1/23/2008
Jeers to Larry King for being hopelessly out of touch. Discussing the tragic death of Heath Ledger, the CNN host asked a panelist, "Is his fianceé an actress?" Yes, Larry, her name's Michelle Williams, and they both got Oscar nominations for Brokeback Mountain! (Oh, and by the way, they were no longer engaged.) This comes not long after King offended Jerry Seinfeld by asking if his sitcom had been canceled. "You're not aware of this?" Seinfeld responded incredulously. "Can we get a... read more
Heath Ledger Found Dead at Age 28; Family Calls It "Tragic, Untimely" | Today's News: Our Take | 1/22/2008
Heath Ledger, a 2006 Academy Award nominee for his role in Brokeback Mountain, on Tuesday afternoon was found dead at a New York apartment he was renting.The New York Times reports that a housekeeper found Ledger naked and unconscious on a bed. There were sleeping pills (prescription and nonprescription) near his body on a night table. Authorities were called immediately. "[We] saw it coming," a friend of Ledger's tells Us, citing the actor's fight to stay sober. "Things were very dark. His one... read more
Eliza Dushku's on the Case, More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 12/7/2007
Gabriel Mann (The Bourne Supremacy) and Eliza Dushku will star as an attorney and his assistant in The Thacker Case, an indie based on the 1983 real-life wrongful-death case of repeat drunk-driver Kevin Thacker.... Also per the Reporter, Michelle Williams is in final talks to play Leonardo DiCaprio's dead wife in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.... Comedian Katt Williams is a former CIA agent who starts a business that lends out "temps from hell" who get unwanted employees to quit in Mission:... read more
Curb Star Gets Serious, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 10/29/2007
Curb Your Enthusiasm's Cheryl Hines will make her feature-directing debut with the indie Serious Moonlight, from a screenplay by the late Adrienne Shelly.... Also per Variety, Michelle Williams and Gael Garcia Bernal are a New York City couple in crisis in Mammoth.... From the Reporter, Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke play Boston-bred thugs in the true-life crime drama Real Men Cry. Amanda Peet is Hawke's missus.... Cuba Gooding Jr. is a paramilitary operative who discovers a conspiracy in the... read more
A Brokeback Breakup, and More Love Notes | Today's News: Our Take | 9/3/2007
Aussie hunk Heath Ledger and Dawson's Creek alumna Michelle Williams, who met on the set of Brokeback Mountain in 2005, "quietly and amicably split a few weeks ago," a source tells Us. "The relationship had been rocky recently. They tried very hard to make it work but... they just grew apart." The couple have a 23-month-old daughter, Matilda.... Donald Trump's first Apprentice, Bill Rancic, exchanged vows with E! News anchor Giuliana DePandi on Saturday.... Usher and Tameka Foster followed up... read more
Also at the Movies: De Niro and Pacino Hunt a Killer | Today's News: Our Take | 5/17/2007
Per Variety, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, whose only previous cinematic scene-sharing was in 1995's Heat, are cops tracking a serial slayer in Righteous Kill.... Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman have come on board Phoebe in Wonderland, in which a drama teacher (Patricia Clarkson) tries to tame a rebellious girl (Elle Fanning).... Jason Bateman will produce and star in The Remarkable Fellows, a buddy comedy based on an outline from the Arrested alum, and concerning two brothers who exact... read more
At the Movies: Streep Goes from Prada to Mamma | Today's News: Our Take | 1/11/2007
Well, this film seems to be coming together quickly and promisingly. The big-screen take on Broadway's Mamma Mia! that I told you about just yesterday? Variety reports that Meryl Streep is already set to star as the mother of an altar-bound young girl determined to meet her biological dad. Yes, Streep sings, though Mamma Mia! will be her first full-blown musical.... Acclaimed crime novelist Michael Connelly (Love. Him.) and his longtime collaborator Terrill Lee Lankford (I'm sure he's nice,... read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/12/2006
Numbers' David Krumholtz is joining Michelle Williams in Woody Allen read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/2/2006
Michelle Williams' Oscar-nominated turn in Brokeback Mountain has earned her a failing gr read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/31/2006
Nominations for the 78th annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, and leading the herd was ? yep ? Brok read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/10/2006
The big winners at the 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards, broadcast Monday night on WB, were Brokeback Mountain read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/5/2006
Nominations for the Jan. 29 Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today, and Brokeback Mountain led the pac read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/13/2005
Eva Longoria probably isn't feeling too Desperate this morning. The perpetual award show bride read more
Ledger Takes a Leap with Mountain | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/9/2005
Based on a short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx, director read more
Televisionary | 6/9/2005
Question: I'm an Italian fan of Dawson's Creek. I was in the U.S. but I came back to Italy before I could see the last e read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/24/2005
Aussie actor Heath Ledger and former Dawson's Creek babe Michelle Williams — who I wasn't even aware were dating read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/23/2005
Aussie actor Heath Ledger and former Dawson's Creek babe Michelle Williams — who I wasn't even aware were dating read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/22/2005
Aussie actor Heath Ledger and former Dawson's Creek babe Michelle Williams — who I wasn't even aware were dating read more
Smallville Seeks Super Star | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 7/9/2004
Next season on Smallville, the Boy of Steel will encounter a force more powerful than even the Kryptonite that brings him to his knees: true love. Producers have begun scouring Superman's adopted planet for an actress to play his eventual sweetheart, Lois Lane. And, while we may lack Clark Kent's X-ray vision, even we can see that any of these rising starlets could turn Lana Lang green with envy. Michelle Williams: The thinking fan's Katie Holmes has proven in one independent movie after ... read more
Smallville Seeks Super Star | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 7/8/2004
Next season on Smallville, the Boy of Steel will encounter a force more powerful than even the Kryptonite that brings him to his knees: true love. Producers have begun scouring Superman's adopted planet for an actress to play his eventual sweetheart, Lois Lane. And, while we may lack Clark Kent's X-ray vision, even we can see that any of these rising starlets could turn Lana Lang green with envy. Michelle Williams: The thinking fan's Katie Holmes has proven in one independent movie after ... read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/25/2004
Beyonce will get back to her roots this fall when Destiny's Child reunites for their first performance in nearly two yea read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/25/2004
Beyonce will get back to her roots this fall when Destiny's Child reunites for their first performance in nearly two yea read more
Televisionary | 11/25/2003
Question: I'm an Italian fan of Dawson's Creek. I was in the U.S. last May but I came back to Italy before I could see t read more
Today's News: My Take | 9/16/2003
Charlie Sheen and wife Denise Richards expect their first baby this spring, according to Entertainment Tonight... Stephe read more
Today's News: My Take | 2/3/2003
The WB has finally put Dawson's Creek out of its misery. On Sunday, the network announced that the dried-up teen drama w read more
Ask Matt | 1/20/2003
Question: I admit, with much shame, that Dawson's Creek has been a guilty pleasure of mine for a while now. And this is read more
Today's News: My Take | 10/11/2002
Naturi Naughton — the ex-3LW member who's suing the R&B trio — now alleges that she was pressured to use sex read more
Today's News: My Take | 10/9/2002
Naturi Naughton, former member of the R&B trio 3LW, has filed a lawsuit claiming she was forced out of the group bec read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/9/2002
When Dawson's Creek kicks off its sixth — and likely final — season, viewers will see a new face gracing the ope read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/14/2002
We're always thanking God for small favors, so how about we give him props for a really big one: Chances are, this will read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/22/2002
Now that Keri Russell and the gang from Felicity are packing it in at the end of the season, critics are hoping those an read more
FlickChick | 8/30/2001
Question: I've learned that Prozac Nation is going to be a movie with Christina Ricci. I originally heard that it was co read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 7/20/2001
Say a little prayer for Michael Pitt. The baby-faced 20-year-old gives a killer performance in Kids director Larry Clark read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/29/2001
Like any performer making the leap from music to movies, Beyoncé Knowles will likely face an uphill battle convincin read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 10/4/2000
The grim reaper may pay a visit to one of the residents of Dawson's Creek during the show's fourth season, kicking off t read more
Today's News: My Take | 5/31/2000
Former Party of Five hunk Michael Goorjian is in final talks to star opposite Dawson's Creek cutie Michelle Williams in read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/24/2000
Millions of fans look forward to watching Michelle Williams wend her way through the angst-ridden Dawson's Creek each we read more