Candy News
Home > Movies > C > Candy > News
| 1 - 10 of 12 | [Next Page] | 12 Articles |
For her first film since 1999's ''Boys Don't Cry,'' the raw drama that earned Hilary Swank the first of her two best-actress Academy Awards, Kimberly Peirce initially wanted to make a documentary about soldiers who had fought in the Iraq war. Inspired by her younger brother, she wanted to let them tell their stories of discontentment, of questioning the war, of going AWOL.
Read Article...
25 commentsFamily, Friends Bid Farewell To Heath Ledger
PERTH, Australia (AP) - Heath Ledger's family joined celebrities and hundreds of other mourners Saturday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown that began with a haunting Aboriginal dirge.
Read Article...
Ledger Claimed To Have Never Been Addicted To Drugs
Heath Ledger found it hard to play a junkie in 2005 Candy, because he had never been addicted to anything stronger than tobacco.
Read Article...
5 commentsOfficials Say Heath Ledger Had Six Prescription Drugs Nearby
NEW YORK (AP) - To many who saw Heath Ledger in the last months of his life, the actor appeared to be happy, healthy and excited - ''in a great place,'' in the words of one friend. Which only made his sudden end feel more tragic. Haydn Ledger, one of the 28-year-old actor's uncles, said his nephew wouldn't have done anything rash.
Read Article...
1 commentHeath Ledger's Family Says Death Was Accidental
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Heath Ledger's family rejected any suggestion Wednesday that the actor killed himself and joined fellow Australians in mourning one of their rising stars after he was found dead in a New York apartment.
Read Article...
2 commentsHeath Ledger: Career Full Of Artistic Risks Cut Short By Early Death; Autopsy Due
NEW YORK (AP) - Heath Ledger turned down more teen movies after starring in the romantic comedy ''10 Things I Hate About You,'' waiting for the kinds of grueling, intense roles that would become his trademark.
Read Article...
Jake Gyllenhaal Was Too Scared For 'Brokeback' Cliff Scene
Jake Gyllenhaal was too scared to take part in the naked cliff jump scene in Brokeback Mountain, leaving his co-star Heath Ledger to do the honors. Ledger, who also acted nude in his latest movie Candy, says he had no fears over the scene, but Gyllenhaal quickly opted out.
Read Article...
Opening November 17: Candy
A free-spirited art student and a roguish poet find their addiction to each other taking a back seat to their taste for heroin in director Neil Armfield's intensely personal tale of recreational drug use gone bad. When Candy (Abbie Cornish) and Dan (Heath Ledger) first fell in love, they both thought they had found all they ever needed in life. Continue Summary...
Photo gallery / More
Read Article...
Heath Ledger Learned To Shoot Up for 'Candy'
Heath Ledger checked himself into an Australian rehab facility and learned how to shoot up heroin from a junkie to perfect his latest movie role. The Aussie actor plays a drug addict in new movie Candy, but he had no idea how to portray his sick character on the big screen because he has never stuck a needle in his arm.
Read Article...
| 1 - 10 of 12 | [Next Page] | 12 Articles |
Browse More Movies:
Make it count, Login or Register to comment
