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The Dark Knight stories: 58 news summaries

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(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

 Slumdog Wins Big  
 at Critics' Choice

Heath Ledger receives posthumous award

Jan 9, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at the Critics' Choice Awards last night, taking home five trophies, including best film and best director (Danny Boyle), MTV News reports. Heath Ledger, meanwhile, continued his posthumous honors, picking up best supporting actor (and a standing ovation) for his turn as the Joker... More »

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awards • celebrity • award show • The Dark Knight • Meryl Streep • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • foreign film • Anne Hathaway • Kate Winslet • The Reader • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Rachel Getting Married

 Dark Knight Sweeps 
 People's Choice Awards 

Caped crusader movie goes 5 for 5 as chosen by online voters

Jan 8, 09 12:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The Dark Knight swooped in to collect all five trophies it was nominated for at last night's People's Choice Awards, reports the AP. The flick's awards included favorite movie, best cast, and best on-screen match-up, for Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. "On behalf of all of the cast from... More »

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award show • Batman • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Christian Bale • Reese Witherspoon • Carrie Underwood • actor • People's Choice

(Newser) - The annual ranking of movie stars based on exhibitors' sentiment is out. Thing is, the Quigley Poll bases its list on what industry insiders think the stars brought in, not on hard numbers. Gina Serpe of E! takes a look at the discrepancies.
  • Will Smith: Theater owners had
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Shia LaBeouf • film • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • The Dark Knight • Christian Bale • Harrison Ford • Will Smith • movies • Iron Man • Hancock • 2008 • Quigley Poll

WB Won't Show
Dark Knight in China


Dec 24, 08 8:16 PM CST
(AP) - Just because Batman landed in Hong Kong doesn't mean The Dark Knight will. Warner Bros. has decided not to release the film in China in part because of "cultural sensitivities," the studio said. Warner Bros. did not elaborate, but company execs are apparently concerned that the film's scenes... More »

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China • award show • Batman • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Warner Brothers • movies

(Newser) - Warner Bros. is tiptoeing around the possible Oscar nomination for Heath Ledger, the late star of Dark Knight, writes Rachel Abramowitz in the Los Angeles Times. Hollywood insiders contend that a nod for Ledger is almost certain, but the studio must tread the line between boosting his chances... More »

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Academy Awards • film • award show • publicity • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Warner Brothers • movies • Oscars

OPINION

 Hopeless Is Hot in Hollywood 

Movies and viewers love to get miserable

Nov 30, 08 7:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Bleak is the new chic in Tinseltown, writes Dan Zak in the Washington Post. Cloverfield's crowd-trampling monster, the psycho serial killer of No Country for Old Men, and the twisted oil entrepreneur of There Will Be Blood (need we mention the Dark Knight?) highlight the "raw misery of the... More »

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Hollywood • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • No Country for Old Men • Javier Bardem • There Will Be Blood • Cloverfield • the Joker • movies • films

Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Pol wants share of Dark Knight revenues for citizens of oil town

Nov 12, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue Warner Brothers for a share of the nearly $1 billion The Dark Knight has generated. The unauthorized name use has wreaked psychological havoc in the Anatolian oil city by driving up unsolved murders and female suicides, Huseyin Kalkan tells Variety—though... More »

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Turkey • royalties • box office • Batman • The Dark Knight • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits

 Bangkok 
 Dangerous
 Hobbles to
 Top Spot

Hitman flick knocks Thunder from top spot in slow weekend

Sep 7, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Cage action flick Bangkok Dangerous stumbled to box office victory during an unusually slow Labor Day weekend, Variety reports. With sales down 17% over last year's holiday, Bangkok needed just $7.8 million to top Tropic Thunder's $7.5 million. Completing the top 5 were The House Bunny ($5.... More »

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film • box office • The Dark Knight • Nicolas Cage • Tropic Thunder

 Thunder Still Roars at Box Office

Stiller flick stays on top

Aug 31, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropic Thunder kept rumbling this weekend with an $11.5 million box office score and a hold on the top spot, Variety reports. The Vin Diesel vehicle Babylon AD debuted in second with $9.5 million, while third-place Dark Knight made history as the second flick ever to bank $500... More »

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film • box office • The Dark Knight • Tropic Thunder

 Summer Movies Smash Record

Blockbusters boost studios to record-breaking sales

Aug 28, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood studios are reeling in their highest-grossing summer ever, the Los Angeles Times reports. Domestic ticket sales stand at $3.9 billion, up from last year's record-breaking summer. A steady stream of smash hits—and higher ticket prices—accounted for the record take, more than making up for costly flops... More »

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Universal Studios • Disney • box office • The Dark Knight • Warner Brothers • Paramount • movie industry • movies • Hollywood studios • Iron Man • 20th Century Fox

 Thunder Holds Onto Top Spot 

The House Bunny hops to second place

Aug 24, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropic Thunder banked $16.1 million to become the third flick this summer to win two straight weekend box office crowns, Variety reports. Sorority laffer The House Bunny earned $15.1 million to debut in second, followed by Universal’s remake of Death Race ($12.3 million), The Dark ... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • The Dark Knight • Ben Stiller • Star Wars • Jack Black • movies

'Joker Teens' Nabbed in 'Terror Plot'

Pair could be dealt 20-year sentence for playing card prank

Aug 19, 08 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia police didn't see the humor of a Joker-inspired prank that terrified dozens of residents, ABC News reports. Two 18-year-olds have been charged with conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism after leaving playing cards with threatening messages on them scattered around their town. Cops say the felony charge—which... More »

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terrorism • Virginia • prank • Batman • The Dark Knight • the Joker

Thunder Rolls at Box Office


Aug 17, 08 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder bombarded the box office this weekend by banking $26 million in top spot, Variety reports. Batman flick The Dark Knight fell to second but raked in $16.8 million and became the second-highest grossing domestic pic ever. Filling out the top five were Star Wars: The ... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • The Dark Knight • Ben Stiller • Star Wars • Jack Black • movies • Tropic Thunder

 No Charges for Bale
 in Mom/Sis Assault

Brit prosecutors says they have 'insufficient evidence' to press the case

Aug 14, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christian Bale will not be charged in the alleged assault of his mother and sister, the BBC reports. A spokesman for the British prosecutor’s office said there was “insufficient evidence to afford a realistic prospect of conviction.” Bale and his family have been incommunicative with the press... More »

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London • prosecutor • domestic violence • celebrity • Batman • The Dark Knight • Christian Bale • criminal charges

OPINION

 'Blockbuster Fatigue' Hits Hard 


Aug 12, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - This summer has seen several enormous hits, but moviegoers are nevertheless suffering from “blockbuster fatigue,” Stephanie Zacharek writes in Salon. "The whole point of going to the movies in the first place is to be overwhelmed," the critic acknowledges, pondering what draws us to a blockbuster... More »

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The Dark Knight • blockbusters • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Batman Slices Pineapple to Rule a 4th Weekend

Pineapple Express beat Batman on Friday, slid into No. 2 overall

Aug 10, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Dark Knight is still lording it over the box office, grossing $26 million over the weekend for a fourth consecutive win—and overtaking Shrek 2 to become the third biggest Hollywood blockbuster ever with a cumulative $441.5 million. Judd Apatow's new comedy Pineapple Express beat The Dark Knight... More »

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box office • Batman • The Dark Knight • Pineapple Express • Shrek

 Dark Knight
 Curse Claims
 More Victims

Be afraid, be very afraid, Radar warns

Aug 10, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - First a technician died on the set of the Dark Knight, then Heath Ledger overdosed. Christian Bale allegedly assaulted his mother recently, and now Morgan Freeman is recovering from a nasty car accident and undergoing a divorce. Folks have started muttering about a Dark Knight curse, and Radar insists the... More »

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Morgan Freeman • curse • Batman • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Christian Bale • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Michael Caine

Mummy Sequel Misses Top Spot at Box Office

Dark Knight still rules, banking $43M in third weekend win

Aug 3, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even the undead can't stop Batman: The Dark Knight defeated The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in its third weekend win, grossing an unexpected $43.8 million and hitting nearly $400 million. The Mummy sequel took second with $42.4 million, while Kevin Costner's Swing Vote, the only other... More »

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Universal Studios • Universal Pictures • Batman • The Dark Knight • Warner Brothers • Kevin Costner • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor • Swing Vote

Opinion

Oscar for Ledger? You Must Be High

'Pretty good actor who did away with himself' doesn't deserve award

Aug 1, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s time to put an end to the inane campaign to give Heath Ledger an Oscar for The Dark Knight, writes Eric Lucas in the LA Times. Ledger’s much-fawned-over performance “ultimately devolves into a can-can dance of snuffling pseudo-psychopathia,” Lucas writes. “It... More »

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Academy Awards • Jimi Hendrix • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • James Dean • the Joker

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