Troyer ‘ledger’s Death Helped Dr. Parnassus Movie’

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - American actor Verne Troyer is convinced that the death of Aussie actor Heath Ledger helped the final cut of the movie 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus'. Troyer, 40, who said that Ledger's death was "almost meant to be", found actors Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell being drafted for the late actor's role very apt, as it fitted very well with the weird fantasy film.

September 21st, 2009 LONDON - Despite hating dance, Johnny Depp couldn't refuse director Terry Gilliam's request to shake his legs in new film The 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'. "I think Johnny has to do the dancing (in the film) and he hates dancing," the Mirror quoted him as saying on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.

September 4th, 2009 ADAM 'DJ AM' GOLDSTEIN's pal ASHLEY HAMILTON is still in shock about the club icon's death last Friday (28Aug09) - because the socialite can't believe reports his friend suffered a drug abuse relapse. Reports suggest Goldstein may have committed suicide after medics on the scene found a cocktail of undigested pills in the DJ's stomach and one in his mouth - but the tragedy was clearly drug-related.

September 3rd, 2009 Actress REBECCA HALL is convinced she would have found fame even without her father PETER HALL's help - because she is so talented. The Frost/Nixon star grew up watching her director father helm theatre productions, and always knew she was destined for a career in the spotlight.

September 3rd, 2009 JASON ISAACS was stunned to hear about the death of his THE PATRIOT co-star HEATH LEDGER - and immediately rang the movie's other stars to mourn the tragedy. The pair starred in the 2000 war movie, alongside Mel Gibson and Joely Richardson, and kept in contact after filming had wrapped, meeting up whenever their schedules allowed.

September 3rd, 2009 TOM CRUISE offered to help complete HEATH LEDGER's final film role - but was rejected by director TERRY GILLIAM because he did not know the late star. Ledger was filming scenes for The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus before his death from a prescription drug overdose in January 2008.

September 3rd, 2009 TERRY GILLIAM considered giving HEATH LEDGER a posthumous directing credit on THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS - because the late star influenced the movie from beyond the grave. Ledger was shooting scenes for the film before his untimely death from a prescription drug overdose in January 2008.

September 1st, 2009 LILY COLE owes her acting career to the late HEATH LEDGER - because he taught her the tricks of the trade while they were filming THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS The model landed a small role in 2007's St. Trinian's movie and couldn't believe it when she was hired for Terry Gilliam's fantasy epic, opposite Ledger and Christopher Plummer.

September 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - English actress Lily Cole insists that she owes her acting career to late actor Heath Ledger. Cole said he taught her the tricks of the trade while they were filming 'The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus'.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - Heath Ledger's final film 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus' could soon hit US theatres, as Hollywood bosses are said to be in advanced talks with a distributor to reel out the movie across America. Executives in charge of the picture have been searching for a backers in the US for almost a year, but were finding it difficult to convince a company to release the experimental movie.

August 13th, 2009 U.S. cinemagoers are one step closer to catching HEATH LEDGER's final film THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS on the big screen - Hollywood bosses are in advanced talks with a distributor to reel out the movie across America. Executives in charge of the picture have spent nearly a year searching for backers in the U.S.

August 9th, 2009 COLIN FARRELL has been tipped to take the lead role in a movie about Spanish literary hero DON QUIXOTE after JOHNNY DEPP pulled out due to scheduling conflicts. Director Terry Gilliam lined up Depp in 2000 to star as advertising executive Tony Grisoni in the movie, originally entitled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.

August 3rd, 2009 A MODEST MOUSE video directed by late movie star HEATH LEDGER is to premiere online on Tuesday (04Aug09). The animated promo for King Rat will debut on MySpace.com.

July 3rd, 2009 Calif. attorney general joins Jackson probeSACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office is helping Los Angeles police investigate the possible involvement of prescription drugs in Michael Jackson's death. The Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement is searching the state database that tracks doctors who prescribe controlled substances.

June 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has named a beach on his 45-acre private Bahamian island after late Heath Ledger. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star has shown off his island, Little Hall's Pond Cay, which he calls his "decompression", in July's Vanity Fair.