• Heath Ledger refused to present at Oscars over ‘Brokeback Mountain’ jokes

    Heath Ledger refused to present at Oscars over ‘Brokeback Mountain’ jokes

    Late actor Heath Ledger was so adamant that 2005’s “Brokeback Mountain” be taken seriously, he refused to entertain those who made jest of the homosexual relationship central to the story, according to co-star Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal recently revealed that the Oscar-winner refused to present at the 2007 Academy Awards due to a joke written into …