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i love abbie....another awesome actor to represent the aussies lol
I saw Candy and it was fantastic! Very unexpectedly good.
She looks so much more gorgeous on screen than in photographs imo.
I agree with you completely - she and Heath were so good in Candy, I just rewatched it recently. It is a painful film to watch I think because it's so intense and sad, it's heartbreakingAgree with everything. Heath was brilliant as well. Just watched it right now... It was really painful somehow.
the australianLedger scholarship for Aussie actors
By Peter Mitchell | May 28, 2008
HEATH Ledger was known for helping out young Australian actors hoping to make it big in Hollywood.
He'd offer them a couch to sleep on in his Hollywood Hills home or advice over a beer.
Ledger's helping hand will continue, despite the 28-year-old's shock death in January in Manhattan from an accidental prescription drug overdose.
Hollywood-based organisation, Australians in Film (AIF), along with Ledger's family, have created a scholarship.
The Heath Ledger Scholarship Fund will be presented annually to a young Australian-based actor to help them pursue their dream in Hollywood.
"Los Angeles is a tough place to break through and can be daunting for young Aussies," AIF president Susie Dobson said today.
"Heath was always ready to help out young Aussies and his family is extremely happy that this scholarship will continue do so in his name."
AIF, a seven-year-old organisation for expatriate Australians in the US entertainment industry, boasts Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and Mel Gibson among its 30 ambassadors.
The first scholarship recipient will be announced in 2009.
Its financial worth is still to be finalised, but Dobson said it could help the actor pay for acting classes, rent or other significant costs.
AIF also honours young Australian actors each year at its annual Breakthrough Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills.
Australian actresses Abbie Cornish, 25, and Mia Wasikowska, 17, will be honoured at this year's ceremony on June 5.
Cornish was first recognised in the US for her award-winning role in the 2004 independent Australian film, Somersault, and has gone on to star in Elizabeth: the Golden Age, with Blanchett; the Iraq war drama Stop Loss, opposite Ryan Philippe; and will soon be seen in Jane Campion's new film, Bright Star.
Wasikowska, from Canberra, first appeared in the Australian hit television series All Saints.
Her Hollywood breakthrough role came in the HBO psychotherapist TV drama In Treatment and her upcoming movies include, Defiance, alongside Daniel Craig and the biopic, Amelia, about legendary pilot Amelia Earhart and co-starring Hilary Swank and Richard Gere.