Michelle Williams to Fund Heath Ledger Scholarship
Aussies with Hollywood dreams will be given the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the late Heath Ledger.
At Thursday's Australians in Film 2008 Breakthrough Awards in Beverly Hills, director Gregor Jordan announced the formation of a Heath Ledger scholarship fund to help struggling Australian actors. The plan is to select one young actor from Down Under each year — beginning next year — and give him or her the chance to make it in Hollywood.
Gregor, who became friends with Heath after directing him in 1999's Two Hands, told the audience: "It's going to involve a number of benefactors and there's been a lot of interest already. I was talking to Michelle Williams, his partner and the mother of his child, today and Michelle has said she would be very proud and happy to be the first benefactor."
One of the night's honorees, Abbie Cornish, also paid tribute to Heath, whom she costarred with in the 2006 film Candy, calling him a "magical guy." But her tribute was overshadowed by the fact that she stepped out publicly for the first time with beau Ryan Phillippe.
The Stop-Loss costars were first linked to one another back when Ryan was still married to Reese Witherspoon.
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It's the very least she can do after screwing up his life the way she did.......sorry, Michelle, but your little donation will not help you sleep any better in Spike Jonze bed tonight........
-- Mary-Kate
in loving memory of
Mr.HEATH LEDGER I LOVED HIS MOVIES YOU ARE THE BEST BUT REMEMBER MICHELLE GOD ONLY TAKES THE BEST ... -- Andrina
That's great that there will be tributes with heaths name on it and the fact that its to help struggling actors is awesome!!!
-- Jordan
I am so happy that he will have been the person to have such this cause in his name, his most famous deed his is beautiful daughter and the love he had for Michelle
-- Carol
How wonderful!!!
-- Jamie
Awwwwwwww, how generous.
-- Anonymous
Abbie Cornish should know..seems she hits on married guys, too.. Should we nickname her "Angelina?"
-- ???
That's nice.
-- Bebe
The fund is a good idea.
Ryan Phillippe? Isn't he that gay actor who was on Jay Leno's show? -- ELI
It's a great thing to do....but no one wil ever be as good as Heath Ledger...
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