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Maggie Gyllenhaal is backing the campaign to have her late The Dark Knight co-star Heath Ledger posthumously honored with an Oscar.

Christian Bale and Michael Caine have both supported calls for Ledger to receive a gong at next year’s Academy Awards for his portrayal of The Joker.

And the actress believes Ledger deserves an award because his role was inspiring to other actors.

She tells WENN, “In order to be a good actor you have to find a place where you are free, but it’s very unusual to be absolutely free in the way that he was in this movie. It was inspiring working with him. It was such a pleasure. In a way I feel funny about thinking about Oscars when he isn’t alive, but at the same time I’m a member of the Academy and I would vote for him.”

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I’m going to see Batman tonight!! I wouldn’t dare brave the lines over the weekend, so I went and saw “Mama Mia” on Friday instead.  I loved EVERY MINUTE OF IT!  It was such a FUN movie!  I can’t wait to see it again!

Anyway, I’m going to see Batman tonight at 6:30.  What did you guys think? I can’t wait!

Pictured: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Kelly Osbourne and the beautiful Christian Bale.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal has banned her daughter from becoming an actress - because she’s convinced Hollywood isn’t healthy for children.

The Secretary star gave birth to daughter Ramona with her boyfriend, actor Peter Sarsgaard in 2006.

And the Brooklyn-based mom admits she’s already apprehensive about her daughter’s career path as she approaches her second birthday.

Gyllenhaal says, “I kind of try to keep her out of this kind of (showbusiness) stuff. It’s not really good for kids. I know it’s like such a cliche… I really hope she does something else. I love what I do but I don’t want to bring her around all of this stuff.”

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Love them, but wow - they kinda look like they went dumpster diving for those clothes!

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Maggie Gyllenhaal had an early taste of what it’s like to be a celebrity new mom when members of the paparazzi reported a fake fire at the actress’ apartment block - just so she’d come out into the street with her baby.

The Secretary star still can’t believe the lengths some people will go to just to get a photograph, but the early morning fire alarm was the lowest blow for her.

She says, “The paparazzi were just really awful to us. I mean, they called the fire department and told them there was a fire in our little, tiny building in the West Village (New York) so that we would have to come outside with a five-day-old baby.”

The bogus fire alert almost led Gyllenhaal to turn down the role of Rachel Dawes in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight.

She tells the Los Angeles Times newspaper, “I was trying to navigate my way through that (media intrusion) when this offer came. I thought, `It’s going to push that stuff further probably.’ But what am I going to do? I’m going to hide and not do things that are appealing to me? I’m an actress.”

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