Friday was the anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 (which, by the way, I spent in Toronto, unable to return to the U.S. until the borders opened); but Saturday was my day for honoring some (admittedly lesser) heroes.

On…

“The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,” the film that Heath Ledger was shooting at the time of his death, may have finally found a U.S. distributor. Sony is expected to finalize a deal this week and release it stateside in the…

Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills on January 22 of this year, a few hours after the Academy Award nominations were announced. It’s not just empty sentiment to predict that when the nominations are announced in…

Now that the toxicology reports are official, I suppose it’s a small consolation to the Ledgers that Heath didn’t die from illegal drugs or an intentional overdose. Notwithstanding the trigger-happy tabloid press, he didn’t have a heroin habit or a…

On a day when I thought I’d be blogging about the Oscar nominations, what I really want to say is this: Heath Ledger was a hell of an actor, and it pisses me off that he’s dead. The cops report…