Ledger’s Golden Globe to go to daughter

Sally Bell, mother of late Australian actor Heath Ledger, has promised that his posthumous Golden Globe award would go to his daughter, Matilda. “It will belong to her because she is part of him,” Bell told Who magazine in an interview published on Wednesday.

“It is such a fantastic and wonderful legacy for his daughter. Matilda will have so many people who will be able to speak to her about her father’s abilities and the respect he had in the industry,” she said in the west coast Australian city of Perth.

Ledger, who was 28 when he died of an accidental prescription drug overdose a year ago in New York, won the award for his role as the Joker in the Batman sequel The Dark Knight.

The win firms Ledger’s chances of also picking up an Oscar for best supporting actor.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Ledger’s family would make no claim on his million-dollar estate. “There is no claim,” father Kim Ledger was reported as saying in September. “Our family has gifted everything to Matilda.”

The Brokeback Mountain star fathered Matilda, 4, with Michelle Williams, whom Ledger met on the set of the hit gay-cowboy film. Williams separated from Ledger before his death.

Hilton to play fairy in Disney’s Peter Pan

Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has been reportedly lined up to play the fairy Tinkerbell in a movie based on J.M. Barrie’s novel Peter Pan.

According to media reports, the star has impressed bosses at Disney with her movie roles and her online comedy sketches.

The producers are now said to be keen on Hilton to bring the fairy Tinkerbell to life in a ‘live-action’ version of the story.

“Paris has worked on her acting lately and showed some comedy prowess in her YouTube spoof of running for president. Disney saw it and think she may be developing some comedic-actress potential,” said an insider closed to the actress.