Sting goes classical in Singapore Nov 26, 2008
Think Jim Carrey in The Truman Show or Robin Williams in Insomnia. But it is not an ego trip. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Immigrant Widows Left In Limbo Nov 25, 2008
Derek had insomnia, so he'd watch TV on their couch during the night. But he also had breathing problems and an irregular heartbeat, which proved fatal. (CBS News -- 60 minutes)
A killer turn for comic actors Nov 20, 2008
Martin Short in 2005 played a serial rapist-murderer in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Robin Williams was a killer on the same series and in films such as "Insomnia.". Edward Allen Bernero, a "Criminal Minds" executive producer, said casting established actors against type makes the show's premise more effective. (Boston Globe)
Ledger's last days: 'Euphoric highs, crashing lows' Nov 1, 2008
" Fife-Yeomans points to the weeks leading up to Ledger's death as proof he was ill, saying the actor's emotions were fluctuating wildly. "He'd been to Perth, he'd had a great couple of weeks in Perth, and you do wonder if it would have been better if he'd just taken a few more months out right then and there and gone off travelling in the old Kombi van he'd done up," the author said. "But he went back to London where it was cold and wet and he's filming all hours of the night, which made his... (ABC Online)
Inexpensive, fun date ideas? Oct 30, 2008
Tatas Seriously, this insomnia has me on sommmmme edge keeps me up late night, but I m sure it will be over soon. By Some1Special. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bay Area Vista Oct 3, 2008
The organization is one of the first free-standing fully accredited sleep disorders centers to be established in the Bay Area and offers services for Sleep Apnea, Insomnia, Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep, Restless Legs Syndrome, Narcolepsy, and Parasomnias. California Center for Sleep Disorders. (NBC 11, CA)
Alaska is ready-made setting for some of Hollywood's best films Sep 18, 2008
INSOMNIA (2002): Insomnia, set during an Alaska midnight sun summer, stars Al Pacino as a Los Angeles police detective dispatched to a small town to capture a killer. Though the police procedural drives the plot, what moves the movie are the ideas of displacement -- physically, emotionally and mentally. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Big Oil's lobby machine Aug 26, 2008
Here's how 8 entrepreneurs beat insomnia. A portable motel and light-up slippers: Innovative sleep gear from indie companies. (Yahoo News -- Oil and Gas)
From Action Man to Batman Jul 13, 2008
Insomnia, his film after Memento starred Al Pacino, Hilary Swank and Robin Williams and had George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh on hand as producers ... Robin Williams's creepy turn as a killer in Insomnia is one of the best things he has ever done ... Though Insomnia had done perfectly respectable, but not outstanding, business, the gods were still smiling on Nolan. (guardian.co.uk)
Chipper tearin' it up May 31, 2008
Did you try my shore-far remedy for insomnia. Did you get likkered-up last night before bed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Alone again, naturally Apr 22, 2008
Williams paid tribute to the star after his death, saying: "He had an uncontrollable energy. He buzzed. He would jump out of bed. For as long as I'd known him, he had bouts with insomnia. He just had too much energy. His mind was turning, turning, turning - always turning. He had a talent for everything that he put his mind to. He didn't know limits.". Just days after the star's death, an interview pre-dating the tragedy was published about her split with Ledger but which contained an ominous... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Robin Williams on the Down-L&O Mar 19, 2008
And despite his nonpareil comedic credentials, Williams has proven that he can do creepy in films like One Hour Photo and Insomnia. Additionally, it was his serious, albeit warm and fuzzy, turn in Good Will Hunting that won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1998. (E! Online)
Ledger was 'vulnerable' Mar 17, 2008
" Willams, 27, also spoke about Ledger's battle with insomnia - a condition he was being treated for with prescription drugs, some of which were the cause of his eventual death. Willams told Interview magazine, "For as long as I'd known him, he had bouts with insomnia. He had too much energy. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Billy Crystal Fulfills Lifelong Major-League Fantasy Mar 16, 2008
Find out how to beat your insomnia. It is essential for you to check your credit each year as credit report errors do happen. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
New DVDs: 'No Country,' 'Dan In Real Life' Mar 16, 2008
Find out how to beat your insomnia. Like online video. (NBC 11, CA)
Ledger played Russian roulette with drugs: experts Feb 7, 2008
" Insomnia battle Ledger went public with his battle with insomnia during an interview last year, revealing he was taking the sleeping pill Ambien. "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told The New York Times. "I couldn't stop thinking. "My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Accidental overdose killed Heath Ledger Feb 7, 2008
Actor died from combined effect of prescribed drugs Medication included pills for anxiety and insomnia ... Traces of six drugs for conditions including anxiety and insomnia were found in the 28-year-old's body, the New York City medical examiner said. (Guardian Unlimited)
Michelle's sorrow for Heath Jan 29, 2008
Ledger's most challenging and rewarding role was that of family man and there are fears that the loss of his greatest love may have prompted the anxiety and insomnia that could well have cost his life. The split in September with his then-fiancee and mother of his beloved daughter, Matilda, came as a shock to many. (NEWS.com.au)
Heath's final journey Jan 26, 2008
"Whatever decision they take Australia stands ready to help them,'' Mr Smith added. Ledger's body is expected to be laid to rest at a funeral for family in Perth next week. While in Manhattan the actor's parents will also meet with New York's chief medical examiner, who conducted the autopsy, in the hope of finding answers to why their 28-year-old son died. New York police sources say investigators are leaning toward an accidental drug overdose with prescription pills as the cause of death,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ledger's body swarmed by paparazzi Jan 26, 2008
New York police found six different types of prescription drugs in Ledger's apartment, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety. Ledger died on Tuesday in a $US23,000 ($A26,000) a month SoHo loft apartment he was renting from friend and actress, Mary-Kate Olsen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Perth burial for Ledger Jan 26, 2008
Test results due back early next month are expected to show if Ledger died from an accidental drug overdose, after six types of prescription drugs, including pills for anxiety and insomnia, were found in his home. Ledger's Perth-based uncle, Mike Ledger, today said he did not expect the actor's parents to stay long in the US, saying they'd be back in Perth "shortly''. Mike Ledger and another uncle Haydn Ledger who also lives in Perth again dismissed any suggestion their famous nephew may have... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ledger funeral plans advance Jan 26, 2008
Ledger told The New York Times in November that playing the Joker in the upcoming Batman film ''The Dark Knight'' and an incarnation of Bob Dylan in ''I'm Not There'' had been stressful, and that he had been using the sleeping pill Ambien to deal with insomnia. Before moving to Manhattan, Ledger lived with then-girlfriend Michelle Williams - who played his wife in ''Brokeback'' - in Brooklyn, and the couple had a daughter, the now 2-year-old Matilda. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Prescription drugs found at Ledger's home Jan 25, 2008
The actor had spoken about suffering from severe insomnia, however. He told the New York Times late last year: "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night."I couldn't stop thinking. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
4 calls to Olsen Jan 25, 2008
Ledger told The New York Times in November that playing the Joker in the upcoming Batman film The Dark Knight and an incarnation of Bob Dylan in Im Not There had been stressful, and that he had been using the sleeping pill Ambien to deal with insomnia. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- News)
Funeral arrangements complete for Ledger Jan 25, 2008
There were six different types of prescription drugs in the apartment, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, and an antihistamine, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing ... Ledger told The New York Times in November that working on the films The Dark Knight his last finished performance and Im Not There had been stressful, and that he had taken the insomnia medication Ambien to help with... (MSNBC -- News)
Many Heath Ledger tributes but no answers Jan 25, 2008
There were six different types of prescription drugs in the room, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, and an antihistamine, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. A rolled-up $20 bill was found on the floor near the bed, but New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said lab tests found nothing to indicate the bill had been used to snort drugs. (Toronto Star)
Grieving Williams returns home Jan 25, 2008
All Men Are Liars Insomnia is as close as you can get to a living hell. Johnny Depp sings for his gruesome supper in Tim Burton's latest Gothic masterpiece. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Heath Ledger's Last Hours: New Details Emerge Jan 25, 2008
According to the wire service, two anonymous law enforcement officials claim they had found six different prescription drugs in the apartment including ones to treat insomnia and anxiety, along with an antihistamine. On Wednesday, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly declined to provide a list of the medications police had seized as evidence, saying, "Some of them were sleeping pills, in essence, and some other drugs were there as well. ... We are going to wait for the toxicology report,"... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Ledger's Funeral to Happen in NY? Jan 25, 2008
There were six different types of prescription drugs in the room, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, and an antihistamine, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Photos. (ABC News)
Ledger autopsy inconclusive, more tests needed Jan 24, 2008
O'Neil -- who interviewed Ledger last month -- said that the actor had spoken publicly about his problems with insomnia and there were reports that he may have had pneumonia after a recent trip. "He was physically just wiped out and it sounds as if he took too many sleeping pills. Period -- by mistake," he said. (CTV.ca)
'Heath is unconscious, I don't know what to do!' Jan 24, 2008
New York police have also revealed they found six different types of prescription drugs in the Australian actor's Manhattan loft apartment, including pills to treat anxiety and insomnia ... The celebrity gossip website TMZ.com reported that nearly full pill bottles containing the anti-anxiety medications Xanax, Valium, and Ativan were found in the apartment, as were the sleeping medication Lunesta and the sedative Restoril - which is used by people with "debilitating insomnia". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mysterious death of troubled star in his New York apartment Jan 24, 2008
LESS than three months ago, Heath Ledger spoke candidly of his struggle with insomnia and stress over two demanding film roles ... Insomnia was limiting him to an average two hours' sleep a night. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Ledger autopsy inconclusive Jan 24, 2008
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Police: Ledger had no illegal drugs Jan 24, 2008
Among the prescription medications found were pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, and an antihistamine, according to two law-enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Three of the drugs were prescribed in Europe, the sources said. (AZCentral -- News)
"I Think He May Be Dead" Jan 24, 2008
There were six different types of prescription drugs in the room, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety, and an antihistamine, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Medical examiner Dr. Michael Wellner told CBS' The Early Show that it isn't easy to overdose on a drug like Ambien, a drug prescribed to treat insomnia. (CBS News -- World)
Moscow, Australia| Jan 16, 2008
Unless youre in the grip of chronic insomnia (in which case Id recommend jumping onto Amazon and ordering a rugby league DVD will cure you in minutes), youll have missed what will almost certainly prove to be the highlight of the Australian Open, and quite possibly the tennis year. At about 4:40am South African time, after ruthlessly dispatching Germanys Benjamin Becker (Germans named B. Becker arent all equally adept on the court) in the first round, Serbias Novak Djokovic, after a... (iAfrica.com)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 9 Sep 9, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 9-15. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
* FILM REVIEW: What Ken Kwapis has joined together, let everyone put asunder Aug 3, 2007
But it is sometimes hard to tell whether Reverend Frank is meant to be one of his creepy, villainous performances (as in One Hour Photo or Insomnia) or to belong in his much larger gallery of twinkly, warmhearted menschen. Here is a clergyman (Frank's high-churchy denomination is not specified, maybe for fear of protests) whose only companion, day and night, seems to be a prepubescent boy. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
License to Wed * Jul 6, 2007
Williams likes to vary his roles between wise-cracking mensches ( Patch Adams) and homicidal stalkers ( One Hour Photo, Insomnia). Here, he has found a character somewhere in the middle: a wisecracking psycho. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Robin Williams' premarital survival course in 'License to Wed' Jul 4, 2007
Much of the creepiness that Williams perfected in dramatic turns in films such as "Insomnia" and "One Hour Photo" unfortunately persists here, sending Rev. Frank's icky factor off the charts. He doesn't so much look at Sadie as leer at her and, intentional or not, Frank suggests some of the less-flattering clerical stereotypes. (Los Angeles Times)
No bells for this wedding Jul 3, 2007
Maybe he should stick to the creepy dramatic roles he does so well, such as in "Insomnia" and "One Hour Photo"). A few supporting players register in small roles: Bob Balaban as an officious jewelry salesman, Wanda Sykes as a hilariously sadistic nurse, Grace Zabriskie as Sadie's dour grandma (who spends the film looking huffily disapproving, as well she might). (Seattle Times)
Pacino pals pay tribute to their 'little friend' Jun 9, 2007
And Robin Williams, Pacino's Insomnia co-star, recited the line to open the show at the Kodak Theatre. It is a line, joked Williams, that is "said in bedrooms around the world.". (USA Today -- Life)
Get Inside—It's Summertime! Jun 6, 2007
CASHBACKCast: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun EvansDirector: Sean EllisFilmmaker Ellis expands his Oscar-nominated short about a young art student (Biggerstaff) who, suffering from insomnia, goes to work at an all-night market. There he discovers that he can stop time, a trick that allows him to find unexpected beauties (female and otherwise) within the store. (City Pages)
Why 'Daredevil,' 'Cable Guy,' More Underrated Flicks Deserve A Second Chance Jun 6, 2007
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San Francisco festival honors Williams May 7, 2007
Fest executive director Graham Leggat's brief intro praised Williams' "prismatic intelligence and whipcrack wit," and both were on manic display after a clipshow that emphasized his more serious roles ("Dead Poets Society," "Awakenings," "Good Will Hunting," "Insomnia"). During the course of an electric 80 minutes or so, Williams channeled Hanoi Hannah, Henry Kissinger, a Marin high school teacher on acid, Truman Capote, Stephen Hawking in space, Koko the gorilla, Strom Thurmond, Idi Amin,... (Variety)
Hollywoods Hottest Accessory: The Big Coffee Cup Apr 2, 2007
But these benefits may far be outweighed by side effects such as depression, anxiety, insomnia and headaches," he added. So while drinking copious amounts of coffee might not be the healthiest habit, it's still hip to sip in the Hollywood Hills. But it's not only the famous and fortunate who are fond of the fat cup. A coffee cup is certainly a fashion must-have, Yanoshik said. And the bigger the better. It adds a bit of bling to the outfit. Everybody s doing it, Yanoshik added. Most people I... (Fox News -- Views)
Williams Xanax addiction Feb 15, 2007
The troubled star - who quit alcohol and cocaine six years ago - is also reportedly battling insomnia and has been taking strong sleeping pills. Robbie recently told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "I can't honestly say that I don't take too many prescription drugs. How many is too many? If you drink as much coffee as I do, you easily get into the too-many-sleeping tablets thing. advertisement "I hate drugs, I love drugs. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Robbie Williams in AZ rehab Feb 15, 2007
The troubled star - who quit alcohol and cocaine six years ago - is also reportedly battling insomnia and has been taking strong sleeping pills. advertisement. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Robbie's dangerous diet Feb 14, 2007
The singer finds it impossible to get to sleep until 4 or 5am due to insomnia and is on sleeping pills. He is hooked on the powerful and controversial anti-depressant Seroxat, which has been linked to suicidal tendencies in teenagers. (Daily Telegraph)
