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The Dark Knight stories: 57 news summaries

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(Newser) - Posters of President Obama in Heath Ledger-like Joker makeup from The Dark Knight with a caption reading “Socialism” have sprung up in Los Angeles and Atlanta, the Daily Contributor reports. Similar posters online have the caption “why so socialist?” The guerilla art attacks, not yet claimed by any... More »

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Atlanta • Los Angeles • socialism • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • health care reform • the Joker • posters • makeup • Obama administration • guerilla art • street art • President Obama

OPINION

 Box Office Records Are Bunk 

Measuring a film's success in dollars is misleading

Jul 6, 09 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not a year seems to go by without a film breaking a box-office records: Dark Knight a contender for biggest all-time earner! Bourne Ultimatum the top August opener! But that’s not because the films actually draw more viewers than the previous record-holders; it's because the figures are in... More »

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film • Spider-Man • box office • The Bourne Ultimatum • Titanic • The Dark Knight • Star Wars • broken records • movies • The Sound of Music • Shrek • Gone With the Wind • E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

GLOSSIES

 Heath Almost Gave Up Pills 

Friends, colleagues remember tragic actor

Jun 29, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heath Ledger was a complicated actor who quit using marijuana and alcohol and came close to giving up the sleeping pills that may have killed him, friends and colleagues tell Vanity Fair in a profile. Though he was leery of summer blockbusters—“He was afraid it would define him... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • celebrity • death • marijuana • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • sleeping pills

box office roundup


 Transformers 
 Sequel Stuns 
 Box Office 

Michael Bay robot-romp could be biggest movie of 2009

Jun 28, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen nearly toppled the 5-day opening record by earning $201.2 million since Wednesday, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Dark Knight remains unbeaten at $203.8 million, but Transformers still crushed the weekend competition with a $112 million gross. Filling out the... More »

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Michael Bay • film • Transformers • box office • The Dark Knight • Star Trek • movies

(Newser) - The new Transformers flick had a stellar start, raking in $60.6 million on opening day to make it the biggest Wednesday debut ever, Variety reports. For all-around opening days, the Michael Bay shoot-em-up lags just behind record-holder Dark Knight, which took in $67.2 million on... More »

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entertainment • film • Transformers • box office • The Dark Knight • movies • sequel • debut • Spiderman • opening day

OPINION

 Doubling Best-Pic 
 Nominations 
 a Winning Move 

Dark Knight, Wall-E would have been in running

Jun 25, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - We should all thank the Academy for its decision to double the number of Best Picture nominees next year, writes Lane Brown in New York. A few reasons why:
  • More “crowd-pleasing hits” will be in the running, meaning a ratings jump—which in turn means more exposure for
... More »

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Academy Awards • film • The Dark Knight • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Weinstein Company • Vicky Cristina Barcelona • Wall-E • Oscars • The Wrestler • Doubt • Best Picture

 Twilight Sweeps MTV Awards 

Eminen and "Bruno" tangle at pop culture fete

Jun 1, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teen fave Twilight swept the MTV Movie Awards last night with five wins—including Best Fight, Best Kiss, and Best Movie—reports Entertainment Weekly. Heath Ledger scored a posthumous Best Villain for Dark Knight, and former Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler nabbed the inaugural Best WTF Moment for Baby ... More »

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MTV • MTV Movie Awards • Eminem • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Amy Poehler • Bruno • Twilight

Yeah, Baby, Yeah: The Top 15 Movie Catchphrases

Film.com goes ahead and makes your day

Apr 4, 09 2:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - As time goes by, movie catchphrases become a dime a dozen. Luckily, Film.com lists the top 15 one-liners, and as lists go, you must remember this:
  • “Here's looking at you, kid.” (Casablanca, 1942)
  • “Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me aren't you?” (The Graduate, 1967)
... More »

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film • Casablanca • The Dark Knight • Star Wars • The Graduate • Taxi Driver • Juno • Annie Hall • A Few Good Men • movies • Jerry Maguire

ANALYSIS

Warner Bros. Watches Watchmen to Gauge Health


Mar 6, 09 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Warner Brothers restructured last year to focus on producing blockbusters like The Dark Knight, and now the studio is waiting to see if the move pays off with Watchmen, the Financial Times reports. Warner can finance a slew of films with profits from one “tent pole” movie. “The... More »

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Hollywood • Time Warner • The Dark Knight • Jeff Bewkes • movies • blockbusters • Alan Horn • Watchmen • Warner Bros • tent pole movie

 'Geeks Have Won': 
 Hollywood Gaga Over Comics 

Big screen adaptations bring fame to writers

Mar 2, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Comic books—trendy? All of a sudden they are, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The geeks have won,” says Ed Brubaker, one of the many comic-book creators who now finds himself a celebrity. Brubaker’s Angel of Death premieres online today as a live-action series, but he’s... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • The Dark Knight • comics • movies • Iron Man • films • comic books • Watchmen

 Ledger Award 
 Triggers the Tears 

Kline: He left 'original and enduring legacy'

Feb 23, 09 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The most emotional moments at last night's Oscars occurred when Heath Ledger's parents and sister accepted his posthumous award for best supporting actor. Ledger's family said the honor for the actor's portrayal of the Joker—which Kevin Kline hailed as "menacing, mercurial, droll and diabolical"—will be held... More »

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Academy Awards • death • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • actor • Oscars

SLIDESHOW

 Oscar 
 Nominees 
 in Photos 

Slumdog, Benjamin Button, Milk join Reader and Frost/Nixon in best-picture fight

Feb 21, 09 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The countdown begins to Hollywood's night of nights, with big guns that "are easier to admire and respect than to love" competing for top honors, writes David Gritten in the Daily Mail. No doubt the tabloids are hoping for a Brangelina sweep of the Best Actor and Best... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Anne Hathaway • The Reader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Oscars

(AP) - If Heath Ledger is named best supporting actor at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, his 3-year-old daughter will become the owner of the statuette. But it won't really belong to Matilda Rose Ledger until her 18th birthday, in 2023—and even then, only if she signs a contract. Ledger's nomination, and... More »

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Academy Awards • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Michelle Williams • the Joker • Matilda Rose Ledger • Oscars

 Ledger Fans Demand 
 Joker's 'Retirement' 

Fans want studio to hang up clown suit as tribute to killer performance

Feb 13, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A group of Heath Ledger fans are calling for the Batman movies to hang up the Joker's purple suit for good as a tribute to the late actor's last role, CNN reports. Supporters at website "The Ultimate Joker" say no actor could ever nail the killer clown as well... More »

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Sis: 'Angry Christian
Needs Help'

'He's incredibly stressed'

Feb 8, 09 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Christian Bale's sister found his profanity-riddled tantrum on a movie set disturbing, and believes the actor "needs help," reports the Telegraph. "It's terribly sad," said Bale's sister, Sharon. "He seems to be incredibly stressed and angry at the moment." Bale was arrested last year... More »

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stress • profanity • The Dark Knight • Christian Bale • actor • meltdown • temper tantrums

Sans Blockbusters, Oscar Scrambles to Build Buzz

Broadcast's ratings decline isn't helped by snub to Dark Knight

Feb 2, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Producers of the Academy Awards are scrambling to add twists to a broadcast whose ratings decline won’t be helped by the lack of a blockbuster among the best-picture nominees, the New York Times reports. With the five nominees totaling less than half the box office of snubbed Dark Knight,... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • The Dark Knight • Kodak Theatre • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

(Newser) - Police in Belgium have linked Kim De Gelder, the man charged with killing two children and a woman at a daycare last week, with an earlier murder, Reuters reports. DNA evidence suggests that De Gelder stabbed an elderly woman to death in a nearby town a week before he turned... More »

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Belgium • murder • children • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • daycare • the Joker • infanticide • Kim De Gelder

 Family Thrilled by 
 Heath Oscar Nod 

Still-grieving kin celebrate Joker nomination

Jan 23, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger's three sisters are still struggling with the loss of their brother, but they are grateful for the legacy he left behind, they tell the Sydney Morning Herald. His death a year ago "seems like nearly yesterday, and we are all nursing broken hearts," said sis Kate,... More »

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Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Oscars

 Ledger Awards 
 Are Legacy 
 for Matilda 

Actor's late accolades will be given to daughter

Jan 13, 09 7:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger’s posthumous Golden Globe and other awards for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight will be given to his daughter Matilda, People reports. His family is “bursting with pride” over all the praise, but it has been “a bit of an emotional rollercoaster,... More »

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film • awards • celebrity • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Golden Globes • Matilda Rose Ledger

(AP) - Heath Ledger has won the supporting-actor Golden Globe nearly a year after his death, earning the prize for his diabolical turn as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight, the AP reports. The robot romance WALL-E won for best animated film today, while Kate Winslet won the... More »

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awards • award show • Bruce Springsteen • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Golden Globes • Kate Winslet

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