The death of actor Heath Ledger, who was on the cusp of breaking into mega celebrity thanks to his performance in 'The Dark Knight,' was voted as the biggest movie news story in 2008. Over 3.5 million votes were cast in the December poll at AOL's Moviefone.com deciding on the best and worst movie events for the year.
Ledger, whose death at age 28 in January 2008 of an accidental prescription drugs overdose shocked the world, received a whooping 83 percent of votes as the biggest movie news of the year.
Ledger has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for his supporting actor role as The Joker in the Batman movie "The Dark Knight", which was released six months after his death.
"The Dark Knight", the biggest-grossing box office movie worldwide of 2008, easily won the best action movie and "movie most worth your cash" in the Moviefone poll.
In another category, the teen vampire flick "Twilight" beat "Sex and the City" as the best chick flick of 2008. Robert Pattinson was voted breakout star of the year and Pattinson and his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart won the best on-screen couple with 41 percent of votes.
Sexiest babe of 2008 and best nude scene went to Angelina Jolie for the action movie "Wanted" and Jolie also topped the poll as the actress with the best multiple performances of 2008 for "Wanted", "The Changeling", and "Kung Fu Panda."
For 2009, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was the most anticipated movie followed by the latest "X-Men" installment "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
In the worst category, Mike Myers' dud "The Love Guru" was voted the worst movie of 2008 by 40 percent of voters, with Paris Hilton's performance in "Repo! The Genetic Opera" heading the list of stars with the worst performances.
See moviefone.com for it's year-end poll results.
