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Topic: Heath Ledger

Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist and Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain" (Kimberly French/Focus Features)

"Brokeback" hurts more on the big screen

Coleman Spilde
Julia Stiles In '10 Things I Hate About You,' with Heath Ledger, Larisa Oleynik and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the background. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Kat Stratford inspired angry girls

Nardos Haile
Stills from "Black Panther" and "The Dark Knight" (Photo split by Salon/Marvel/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Oscars, Black Panther & The Dark Knight

Matthew Rozsa

What was Heath Ledger like?

Alli Joseph
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Heath Ledger's diary

Anna Silman
Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)

Brokeback Mountain reflections

Anna Silman
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Prachi Gupta
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Damon and Douglas on Liberace

Daniel D'Addario
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Michelle Williams (Reuters/Gus Ruelas)

Williams: I'm still "a mess"

Andrew O'Hehir
Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams' gorgeous, ominous fable

Andrew O'Hehir

Drew Grant
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine."

An extraordinary and sexually frank romance

Andrew O'Hehir
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Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams

Gosling and Williams: Cannes' hottest couple

Andrew O'Hehir
Terry Gilliam, left. Right: Lily Cole from "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"

Andrew O'Hehir
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