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Mary-Kate Olsen may be taking a deep breath after news the U.S. Attorney’s Office closed its investigations.

The investigation into Ledger’s accidental overdose death is over, a law-enforcement source told Peolple magazine.

No charges were filed against the actress and Olsen will not get a subpoena after all. The tiny twin was the first to be called after Ledger’s body was found in his Soho apartment.

The 22-year-old former Full House actress was subpoenaed by a grand jury on April 23, but her attorney had been in negotiations with federal authorities since then, the insider told the magazine.

Olsen requested immunity and earlier this week Olsen’s attorney released a statement saying the actress “had nothing to do” with Ledger’s drugs and had already provided “relevant information” to investigators.

Olsen was the only person who declined to be interviewed in the investigation, the source said. Model Helena Christiansen was interviewed as was Ledger’s ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams and Ledger’s family and friends.

The 28-year-old Joker star was found dead on Jan. 22, and the coroner determined the actor died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs for pain, anxiety and sleep.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” smashed yet another Hollywood record as it cleared the $400 million domestic box office mark in 18 days, less than half the time it took “Shrek 2″ to reach that milestone, Warner Bros. Pictures said on Tuesday.

After a third straight weekend at No. 1 in U.S. and Canadian theaters — grossing $42.7 million Friday through Sunday — “Dark Knight” amassed $6.3 million on Monday to bring its domestic tally to $400.03 million, the Time Warner Inc.-owned movie distributor reported.

The previous record holder, the computer-animated storybook spoof “Shrek 2,” crossed the $400 million mark in 43 days back in 2004, according to box office watcher Media By Numbers.

Warner Bros. has said it expects “Dark Knight” to add at least another $100 million to its North American ticket sales, surpassing the $461 million haul of 1977′s “Star Wars” and its two reissues. “Star Wars” ranks as the No. 2 movie of all time in the United States and Canada.

While “Dark Knight” appears destined to become only the second movie to gross $500 million domestically, the $601 million record held by 1997′s “Titanic” seems unlikely to sink, said Media By Numbers president Paul Dergarabedian.

“That $600 million is kind of one for the ages. It’s held for 10 years,” Dergarabedian told Reuters. “It’s very, very difficult to get from $500 million to $600 million. But the fact we’re even talking about it tells you something about the strength of ‘The Dark Knight’ and what a phenomenon it is.”

Adjusted for inflation, though, “Titanic” ranks at No. 6 in the record books, far behind “Gone with the Wind” at $1.4 billion, according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo.

“The Dark Knight,” the second of the newly revived Warner Bros. film franchise based on the adventures of D.C. Comics’ Batman character, is a follow-up to 2005′s “Batman Begins.”

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His blockbuster film The Dark Knight is obliterating box office records, but Christian Bale says the tally is secondary to the audience’s enthusiastic embrace of his late costar Heath Ledger.

“It’s satisfying to see people celebrating the incredible talent of Heath,” Bale said of Ledger’s performance as the villainous Joker. “I just want him to be recognized.”

While the film has earned $300 million in just 10 days, “I would have been happy with this movie even if it hadn’t broken so many box office records,” Bale told audience members at the film’s Tokyo premiere Monday. “I’m used to being in movies that five people go to!”

Adding that The Dark Knight “really raised the bar,” Bale was quick to point out that much of the success was due to Ledger.

Director Christopher Nolan added that Ledger was “what the Joker in our film would need to be.”

“[We were] looking for an actor with the fierceness, excitement and teeth to do our version of the Joker,” Nolan continued. “It’s very different.”

Bale deflected a question about how he’s been holding up since his London arrest, explaining “The fans are not here for me. They’re here for the movie. It speaks for itself.”

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HOLLYWOOD — A driving portion of the Bat Fever that has followed the release of The Dark Knight can be attributed to Heath Ledger’s fearless/terrifying portrayal of The Joker.

Even with the considerable buzz leading up to the release of the movie, few were prepared for the commanding disappearing act that was Ledger’s performance.

Understandably, Academy Awards talk has begun in earnest. While a nomination is an absolute shoo-in, there’s a growing consensus that a win is likely in the cards.

If so, it would be the first time an Oscar was awarded posthumously since 1977, when the late Peter Finch (playing a raging “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore” TV commentator in Network) won a Best Actor statuette.

He had died of a heart attack two months prior to the telecast.

Finch was the first and, to date, only person awarded an Oscar posthumously. Should Ledger’s performance go the distance, the actors have some other things in common:

In addition to both hailing from Australia, their only prior Oscar noms were for playing gay characters — Ledger in Brokeback Mountain and Finch in Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

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Batman star Christian Bale’s arrest over an alleged assault on his mother and sister may have been linked to a build-up of stress and grief over the loss of his friend Heath Ledger.

Sources told Britain’s Daily Mail that Bale had been deeply affected by the Australian actor’s death from an accidental overdose, and that Ledger’s loss had affected Bale’s ability to communicate with those around him.

Bale, who plays Batman in The Dark Knight, was arrested and bailed over the alleged assault yesterday, after he spent four hours at a London police station.

Bale lost his temper in a London hotel room after his mother allegedly insulted his wife, the Mail report said.

Bale and Ledger, who plays a maniacal Joker in the latest Batman flick, became mates when they both played Bob Dylan in the 2007 movie I’m Not There.

An unnamed friend told the Mail: “Christian pretends he’s calm and collected but you really started to see the cracks in his facade in January, right after Heath Ledger had died.

“Christian was in the middle of a very brief break from work when he heard the news, and it was massive blow to him.

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According to a Fandango.com poll conducted this weekend, 64 percent of people who saw The Dark Knight would see it again in the theater, making it even more impossible for the rest of us to see it just once. THANKS A LOT.

The movie I saw the most in a theater was American Beauty. I was a freshman in college and terrified that I wouldn’t make any friends, so I just kept saying yes to new people who wanted to go. (Um, there was a Ground Round right next to the theater and we inexplicably went there, too.) I think I saw it four times, maybe seven. Since 1999, I’ve spoken to those movie companions zero times, yet almost always watch part or all of American Beauty when it’s on HBO even though I’m sick of it by now. Priorities, I guess. You know what those dorm mates would say to me today? “It’s okay, Annie. I wouldn’t remember me either.” JK people!

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The Dark Knight, the new Batman film, has set a record at the US box office, smashing the opening-weekend high of last year’s Spiderman 3 to take more than $155 million in its first three days.

Described as the year’s most anticipated film, the superhero sequel from English filmmaker Christopher Nolan attracted sell-out audiences at a record number of cinemas across the US. Many hosted round-the-clock screenings from midnight on Thursday to accommodate crowds, some of whom showed up dressed as characters from the film.

Warner Bros said the $180 million production, which co-stars the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, was set to take $155.3 million in ticket sales, surpassing Sony’s Spiderman 3 which made $151.1 million in its debut weekend last May.

The film’s extraordinary debut suggests it could be on course to become the most lucrative comic book adaptation in history. It also demonstrates how central the once-niche genre now is to Hollywood, with major studios increasingly looking to the heroes and villains of hand-drawn strips to provide a stream of box office hits.

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