{"id":121559,"date":"2020-01-20T12:48:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=121559"},"modified":"2020-01-20T12:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:48:51","slug":"joaquin-phoenix-honors-heath-ledger-at-the-sag-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=121559","title":{"rendered":"Joaquin Phoenix honors Heath Ledger at the SAG Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>A tribute, from one Joker to another.<\/p>\n<p>The 26<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards brought with them a handful of moments that we will cherish for weeks to come, and no, I am not talking about the Pitt-Aniston reunion (although we truly are stoked about that!), but Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>As the actor took to stage to accept his \u2018Best Performance by a Male actor\u2019 award, he remembered to thank an integral person in his Joker journey, Heath Ledger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really, I&#8217;m standing here on the shoulders of my favorite actor, Heath Ledger,&#8221; he said. Ledger, who played the comic book villain in 2008\u2019s <i>The Dark Knight, <\/i>passed away in the same year due to an accidental overdose at the age of 28. Ledger was however honored with an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a SAG award that year for his performance.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowautoplay=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7YDpW-XSuoI\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Phoenix went on to appreciate Christian Bale&#8217;s work in <i>Ford vs. Ferrari, <\/i>and called Adam Driver&#8217;s performance in Netflix&#8217;s <i>Marriage Story &#8220;<\/i>devastating&#8221;, further going on to praise <i>Rocketman&#8217;s <\/i>Taron Egerton, telling him he can&#8217;t wait to see what else the actor does in the future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/8754\/joaquin-phoenix-honors-heath-ledger-at-the-sag-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A tribute, from one Joker to another. The 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards brought with them a handful of moments that we will cherish for weeks to come, and no, I am not talking about the Pitt-Aniston reunion (although we truly are stoked about that!), but Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s speech. 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