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heath ledger

Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His work encompassed nineteen films When a young, hunky 20 year old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999,  it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of not much depth. Young Australian actor Ryan Corr has been awarded this year's Heath Ledger Scholarship by Australians in Film. Corr graduated from NIDA in 2009 after working for years on Australian TV Young Australian actor Ryan Corr has been awarded this year's Heath Ledger Scholarship by Australians in Film. Corr graduated from NIDA in 2009 after working for years on Australian TV

queen victoria

In 1837 Queen Victoria took the throne after the death of her uncle William IV. Due to her secluded childhood, she displayed a personality marked by strong prejudices and a willful stubbornness. This is the first nonfiction title I’ve read from Project Gutenberg, I have to say—the other one on my list is The Golden Bough, which I’m quite looking forward to. (Although Joseph Campbell just swiped at it in the portion of The Hero With a Thousand Faces I’m reading. But he’s really androcentric, so he can bite me. Barely eighteen, she refused any further influence from her domineering mother and ruled in her own stead. Popular respect for the Crown was at a low point at her coronation, but the modest and straightforward young Queen won the hearts of her subjects. Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister when Victoria became queen.  Melbourne was fifty-eight and a widower. Melbourne's only child had died and he treated Victoria like his daughter. Victoria grew very fo

world cup

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 90,185 fans roared in the Rose Bowl when Brandi Chastain made the game-winning penalty kick against China, The United States, for the most part,  has dealt with these changes admirably, as Coach Pia Sundhage has in the last few years led her players through something of a philosophical transformation. what they will miss most about home and who they would most (and least) like to share a room with. Part 2 - The girls discuss how they will relax during the tournament, they talk us through what music they will listen to and what books and magazines they will read.

Michael Jackson Death

Today marks two years since the shocking death of Michael Jackson,  and unsurprisingly,  controversy surrounding the singer has hardly died down. Ever since, there have been ongoing efforts -- from awards to statues to new songs -- to keep his memory, and music, alive. Take a tour through the video gallery below to see our top 10 Michael Jackson tributes, covers and dance routines from before and after his death, and a posthumous marketing campaign to rival Elvis. The memoir entitled, Starting Over, also reveals what his bedroom looked like at the time of his death describing in detail how it was 'torn to pieces' with furniture overturned.