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Heath Ledger Scholarship Fund Established

The memory of Oscar-nominated Aussie actor Heath Ledger will continue to live on thanks to a scholarship fund that has been set up in his name. The fund has been established by Australians in Film, a Los Angeles-based company of which Ledger was an ambassador.

Each year, the scholarship will be presented to young Australian actors looking to make a go of it in the United States. The fund is supported by Ledger's family.

Ledger can be seen this summer in a hotly anticipated posthumous appearance as Batman's creepy nemesis The Joker in The Dark Knight. Judging from the scintillating trailers, Ledger's interpretation of the character was nothing short of superb.

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
05.29.08