Ledger wins posthumous Globe for ..The Dark Knight',

I believe all I simply have to state is - The award was well deserved. It is ashame that Ledger could not accept it in person.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Heath Ledger won the supporting-actor Golden Globe on Sunday nearly a year after his death, earning the prize for his diabolical turn as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight."The award was accepted by the film's director/co-screenwriter, Christopher Nolan, who said he and his collaborators were buoyed by the enormous acclaim and acceptance the film and Ledger's performance have gained worldwide."All of us who worked with Heath on ..The Dark Knight' accept with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride," Nolan said. "After Heath passed, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema."The Globe win boosts Ledger's prospects for the supporting-actor honor at the Academy Awards, whose nominations come out Jan. 22, the one-year anniversary of the actor's death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.Only one actor has ever won a posthumous Oscar, best-actor recipient Peter Finch for 1976's "Network."