THE DARK KNIGHT'S HEATH LEDGER NOMINATED FOR THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD SAG AWARD

The Bat-Blog could not be more proud but Heath Ledger has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for playing The Joker in THE DARK KNIGHT 2008 Batman movie. Here's a list of who he is up against:

• JOSH BROLIN / Dan White - "MILK" (Focus Features)

• ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus - "TROPIC THUNDER" (Paramount Pictures)

• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn - "DOUBT" (Miramax Films)

• HEATH LEDGER / Joker - "THE DARK KNIGHT" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• DEV PATEL / Older Jamal - "SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)