For his role in that Batman movie that may or may not have been about George Bush, Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor last night at the 66th Annual Golden Globes (a.k.a. Oscar Tee-Ball) which has significantly increased his chances of a posthumous Academy Award. The AP reports:
The award was accepted by “Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan, who said he and his collaborators were buoyed by the enormous acclaim and acceptance the film and Ledger’s performance have gained worldwide.
“All of us who worked with Heath on `The Dark Knight’ accept with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride,” Nolan said. “After Heath passed, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema.”
Heath has been snagging awards and nominations for The Dark Knight left and right including “The Superficial Award for Schooling So Many Motherfuckers from the Grave People Forgot You Banged an Olsen Twin.” Yeah, we do that now.
Newdawn | January 12, 2009 at 10:24 am
First bitches!!!!
RichPort's Ghost | January 12, 2009 at 10:24 am
I seriously hoped then Oslen twins would accept on his behalf, both wearing the Joker’s ghastly make up and snickering maniacally.
Newdawn | January 12, 2009 at 10:25 am
First Bitches
Sportsdvl | January 12, 2009 at 10:26 am
Not to be a hater, but the Dark Knight wasn’t that great. If Ledger hadn’t passed away there wouldn’t be all this “award” talk.
Newdawn | January 12, 2009 at 10:29 am
YES I waited so long to be first. Wack my dick off 3 times waiting for the next post refreshing every 2 minutes. I feel proud!! fuck yea. All these while looking at the Olsen Twins up skirts
Nexera | January 12, 2009 at 10:57 am
Heath was so beautiful and so very talented. But I agree, the Dark Knight was the worst movie I have seen in years. (and waited 2 hrs on opening night to get into see the crappy show!)
Famous Plastic | January 12, 2009 at 11:07 am
How do we lose such a talent to an overdose, when Amy Winehouse still walks the earth. Maybe Amy should write a book about how to do copious amounts of drugs and still remain alive.
Bitch,I don't care. | January 12, 2009 at 11:08 am
Worst movie?
You probably don’t get out much…
#5…Yeah…uhm…
Ledger played the role Amazingly well. I liked him in other movies, but this role fit him so well. Everything he did made the Joker more creepy, more insane. I could watch the movie hundreds of times, easily.
Joey | January 12, 2009 at 11:14 am
You go Heath! I met him once and he could not have been a nicer guy. I still have the pic of us, and posted it up. See-
http://MeetThefFamous.com/photos-videos/details.php?story=2377
D-Rob | January 12, 2009 at 11:15 am
Seriously? You thought the Dark Knight was a terrible movie? What’s good, Gigli? Glitter? Baby Geniuses? Or are you a Stomp the Yard fan?
Go suck on one, the movie rocked.
doublebanker | January 12, 2009 at 11:16 am
Wasn’t that impressed with the Dark Knight either…needed the movie to end about 20 minutes earlier. It just drug on
will | January 12, 2009 at 11:17 am
Yeah, seriously, that is the best movie ever. Fucktards.
Erica | January 12, 2009 at 11:19 am
This was by far the best movie of 2008. I was so amazed by it. Even if Heath didn’t die, I still think he would of gotten all these awards. He deserves them.
Dunovan | January 12, 2009 at 11:23 am
I’m not a Batman fanboy. Dark Knight was just a fantastic crime movie, regardless of superheroes in it or not. Well paced, well acted, well shot. So there.
TJ | January 12, 2009 at 11:48 am
All these Hollywood award shows are dying, especially the Oscars. Most of the products are left-wing/Marxist/immoral, and the hosts are America-hating jerks. Meh.
UPolitical Hack | January 12, 2009 at 11:50 am
STFU with the political jabs! We come to this site to laugh, not hear politics you partisan fuck!
Brandon | January 12, 2009 at 11:51 am
The Dark Knight was easily the most overyhyped movie I have ever seen. Ledger was incredible, but it was only a decent movie
soahc | January 12, 2009 at 11:52 am
Dark Knight is so overrated. It was OK, but nothing spectacular. Nolan is quickly going the route of Ridley Scott. Fame and money kill artistic endeavor.
Sgt. C. Foxtrot | January 12, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I’m going to have to say I liked Wall-E better.
But Heath did a damn creepy-excellent Joker.
me | January 12, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Anyone posting after me sucks on Heath Ledger’s joker of a penis
Cockless Republicans | January 12, 2009 at 12:28 pm
#16
Explain to me how that shit was partisan? You pussy ass Republicans crack me up. The Dark Knight was thoroughly loaded with political overtones that people are still arguing over whether it was Pro-Bush or Anti-Bush. Maybe educate yourself a bit, you retarded small cock conservative. I know Daddy told you book learnin’ was for fags, but that’s cause Daddy was secretly one and cornholed your uncle in the gun shed out back.
Erin | January 12, 2009 at 12:31 pm
I have a hard time believing the genuinity of him winning some of these awards. However, throughout all of the picture perfect moments, it seems that no one really cares about that. WIll giving dead people awards be the new trend. I am sure Tom Cruise will find a way for that to happen to him… I hope.
Pfft | January 12, 2009 at 12:33 pm
“Explain to me how that shit was partisan? You pussy ass Republicans crack me up. The Dark Knight was thoroughly loaded with political overtones that people are still arguing over whether it was Pro-Bush or Anti-Bush. Maybe educate yourself a bit, you retarded small cock conservative. I know Daddy told you book learnin’ was for fags, but that’s cause Daddy was secretly one and cornholed your uncle in the gun shed out back.”
Yes, clearly this is not a partisan attack… :-)~~~
Cockless Republicans | January 12, 2009 at 12:40 pm
#23
You got me there. I’m just trying to figure out what was partisan about Fish’s post to get up #16′s Bible-thumpin’ butthole. Maybe it was his use of words in general. All that fancy readin’….
Sport | January 12, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Very good movie and GREAT performance by Heath – not a big fanboy but loved the Joker he did – very creepy and he just nailed it (like an Olson twin.)
KKK Cool Jay | January 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm
You Communist Manifesto thumpin dickeaters STFU and take it to your mother’s bedroom
bluecanary | January 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm
The guy did one groundbreaking movie, Brokeback Mountain. The rest of the time he did formulaic, studio films. The Dark Knight was no different, just another big studio blockbuster. The only reason he won last night is because he croaked and Hollywood is filled with necrophiliacs. Nothing they love better than getting together and faux-boo hooing over some dead guy, makes them look so “sensitive.”
Vince Lombardi | January 12, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Addict. Dead. Good.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | January 12, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Couple of things…
The Dark Knight is a decent but not great film. It’s very overhyped.
Ledger is very good as the Joker, very creepy and unsettling.
The Olsen Twins are a pox on society and more than likely contributed to the death of Mr. Ledger. They must have bribed every D.A. in NYC to keep their mouths shut.
Does he deserve an Oscar? He does give a very good performance, so he should be at least considered.
cant be about bush because... | January 12, 2009 at 2:33 pm
batman goes after the right guys, bush doesnt. no one bitched about pursuing al qaeda, it was the other dudes that didnt do anything to us that people complain about. the only cross bush has to bear is his stupidity.
Matilda | January 12, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Well that’s just fucking great. Now when I need my dad I can just look at a fucking statue. Thanks, fag.
sapphire eyes | January 12, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I’m glad Heath Ledger won. I thought he did a great job on “The Dark Knight” and deserved the award.
I still miss Heath’s acting, and I hope he is resting peacefully. I hope his little girl grows up knowing that her father loved her.
authorego | January 12, 2009 at 3:44 pm
@4 naw, you’re not a h8tr. Just obviously engaged in negative attention seeking. My adolescent does that sometimes.
Heath, miss you much.
authorego | January 12, 2009 at 3:46 pm
8 & 10 – #6 probably still clutches her copy of “The Princess Diaries” to her OMG neck before going to sleep.
authorego | January 12, 2009 at 3:48 pm
And the WINNER IS #15!! He beat out #4′s negative attention seeking with a front-and-center Pseudo Intellectual remark! Well done, 15.
authorego | January 12, 2009 at 3:59 pm
@27. OMFG. Necrophiliacs? That explains a lot. Tell me, who had sex with Tsarina Alexandra because she looked really pregnant when they dug her up, you know, all bloated and shit…
authorego | January 12, 2009 at 4:01 pm
#28, see #4.
Matilda | January 12, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Wait a moment! Instead of a statue, I’ll just get that Austrian guy to be my dad! Thanks fag!
LMAO | January 12, 2009 at 5:45 pm
All you comic book nerds and fags go fuck yourselves to death
M. | January 12, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I didn’t particularly enjoy The Dark Knight, but Heath Ledger’s was really really good.
There’s no doubt about that. :)
the big kahuna | January 12, 2009 at 10:00 pm
heath ledger MADE that movie.
it would have been mediocre without him.
Follow the Money Morons | January 12, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Hey who was it that funded both the commies and the nazis and why did they do this? (Hint: keep fighting between yourselves, the evil fuckers are looting us blind while we pay no attention to them)
solstice | January 12, 2009 at 11:21 pm
The way people respond to this film reminds me of a comic book plot: an evil fiend releases an airborne toxin thereby making practically everyone who has seen The Dark Knight believe it is a masterpiece.
All Nolan did was remove Tim Burton’s and Joel Schumacher’s art deco set pieces, as well as CGI. In its place, he made Gotham a real city, and wrangled up a critically acclaimed cast to provide a semblance of the realism people seem to think he achieved, as well as to try to camouflage a ridiculous plot. He has not done anything radically different from Burton and Schumacher. He did not re-imagine anything. He patterned his Joker after the Joker in THE KILLING JOKE (Burton based his Batman movie on THE KILLING JOKE).
If people feel bad about Ledger dying, fine. It was a tragic thing to happen; but people really need to stop confusing a strong performance with strong storytelling. This is not a good film.
Aussie | January 12, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Hey guy if you like Heath Ledger you HAVE to see some of the Australian films he did before he went to Hollywood…. “Two Hands” is one of the greatest movies i’ve ever seen!
timmy the dying boy | January 12, 2009 at 11:32 pm
This shows that in the biz, death is often a shrewd career move. Tried and true.
timmy the dying boy | January 12, 2009 at 11:33 pm
This shows that in the biz, death is often a shrewd career move. Tried and true.
gerard Vandenberg | January 12, 2009 at 11:45 pm
DEAD PEOPLE MUST SHUT UP, folks!!
Crakka | January 13, 2009 at 12:09 am
Regardless if you liked the movie or not.
Heaths did an awesome job with the roll.
And that is what the awards are in recognition of.
Best Supporting Actor of 2008?
You bet your ass he was.
lmao | January 13, 2009 at 12:52 am
#4 & #6 congrats on being the 6% minority that didn’t like the movie. you’re both alone and fucking retarded!
Spagett! | January 13, 2009 at 1:27 am
anyone that wasnt completely blown away by this movie (regardless of your opinion of heath or his amazing performance) have serious problems and are probably all aging, hippie, liberal douches who got sucked into all this “change” bullshit (AKA a change from capitalism to socialism) and i hope they all smoke themselves to death when hussein osama gets assassinated next tuesday
hope, my friends