In A Pinch, Any Funny Clown Will Do

By popular demand, here is the photo in yesterday’s Daily News of Conrad Veidt, a film star from the first half of the 20th century. To be fair, that could totally be the Joker. But it looks more like Cesar Romero than Heath Ledger.

But, hey! It’s not all that off. Veidt was in Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others), which Wikipedia says is “one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuals in cinema.” Neat!

Your Required Heath Ledger Update

A correction in today’s Daily News:

A photo on Page 3 yesterday showed Conrad Veidt in “The Man Who Laughs,” a 1928 silent film, not Heath Ledger as the Joker.

They also confused Entertainment Tonight with a show called Entertainment Weekly, whatever that is. On the plus side for the Daily News, ol’ Conrad and Heath had a bunch in common; they both were staunchly opposed to the Nazis and they’re both dead.

Correction 01.24 [DN]

Heath Ledger Healed Sick Children

Hey, did you hear Heath Ledger died yesterday? Yeah, you might’ve heard something about it. Anyway, CNN has been doing 24/7 non-stop coverage of the actor of 10 Things I Hate About You and a few other movies. And, apparently, Heath Ledger was just a great man who could even walk on water. He personally changed the tires of thousands of Americans.

I-Reporters recall meeting kind, handsome Heath Ledger [CNN.com]