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Michelle Williams is in the newest issue of Vogue speaking out for the first time on life without Heath.

Michelle on getting through the past year after Heath Ledger passed away:

Often, what she did was "cry, nap, sit and stare, try to figure out what to make her for dinner, talk to friends on the phone." She says, "I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the fall and winter. I didn't know if I could keep it all together."

Falling in love again after Heath:

The timing was impossible. I thought falling in love again was the only thing that was going to save me from the pain. This erroneous idea: It just makes things more complicated."

Explaining to Matilda why they get so much attention:

"It's because people really loved your daddy that they want to take your picture, to know you're all right" is what she tells Matilda. "My reaction to it is going to be her reaction to it."

I dig Michelle because she isn't a drunk, whore, or drug addict like most Hollywood actors. She's truly grounded and tries to keep Matilda's life as normal as possible too. What is there not to like about Michelle Williams?

This is one adorable, happy little girl. Michelle Williams is doing a great job! Matilda's making her daddy proud.

I like to act. It's saved my life over and over again. It's given me a sense of self-esteem, self-worth.

On how she's dealing with Heath's death

"It's so sad. I guess it's always changing. What else can I say? I just wake up each day in a slightly different place �" grief is like a moving river."

"I'm at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse," she said of her grief. "It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone. In some ways it gets worse. That's what I would say."

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After months of keeping they nasty on the down low, Michelle Williams and Spike Jonze are finally giving each other the public rub down and suck down.

After attending a Cinema Society screening of Synecdoche Wednesday night, the couple walked out with Jonze caressing Williams' back and wrapping his arm around her waist.

The pair held hands as they walked through the lobby. Jonze snaked his arm around Williams' waist again. "He couldn't seem to keep his hands off her," said an onlooker. "It was very cute."

While the two talked with friends, they stood so close they were "practically spooning," said one fellow guest.

And later, when they decided to leave the bash at around 1 a.m., Williams and Jonze shared a mini makeout session â€" on their way to the elevator.

Don't they look like such an adorable couple! Michelle met him in '06 when she auditioned for his film, Where the Wild Things Are. Then the two reconnected, literally, last year when she signed on to star in Synecdoche, which he produced.

A life insurance company is balking at making a $10 million payout to Heath Ledger's nearly 3-year-old daughter Matilda, lawyers for the child claim.

ReliaStar Life Insurance Co. first wants to investigate whether Ledger died by suicide, which would allow the insurer not to pay.

According to the coroner, the actor died at age 28 from an accidental overdose.

"There's no evidence out there we know of to remotely suggest the death was a suicide. We think it's more of stalling tactic than anything else." says lawyer William Shernoff.

Ledger, who had taken out the policy in June 2007, willed his estate to his parents and sisters, but family members decided that Matilda â€" Ledger's daughter with Michelle Williams â€" would get all the money.

How slimy are these insurance companies? I can't believe they want to know for sure that Heath didn't commit suicide so that if he did, they don't have to pay Matilda. Completely ridiculous!!!! There should be no such rule to begin with.

R.I.P. Heath

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For some reason I have a difficult time believing this.

Heath Ledger's 2-year-old daughter Matilda Rose will inherit the late actor's entire $16.6 million estate, according to Perth, Australia's Sunday Times.

The Dark Knight star -- who died last January of a prescription drug overdose at the age of 28 -- had named his parents and sisters as the beneficiaries in his will.

But the will was made before the birth of his daughter. Some reports speculated that Ledger's ex Michelle Williams would lodge a claim.

But Ledger's father Kim tells Perth's Sunday Times, "There is no claim. Our family has gifted everything to Matilda."

In March, Kim issued a statement: "Matilda is an absolute priority and Michelle is an integral part of our family. They will be taken care of and that's how Heath would want it to be."

If Matilda truly is getting all of Heath's money, did his fam have to tell the media about it? Does "gifted" mean "is getting $16 million"? We'll see. As long as Heath's family is taken care of, I guess that's all that matters, not sure Matilda needs all his fortune, though. Lucky kid. :)

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Michelle Williams enjoys her morning coffee â€" and some affection from daughter Matilda, 2 â€" Tuesday during a favorite pastime: strolling together through their Brooklyn neighborhood.

Isn't this sweet? What a thoughtful way to honor the late actor. I don't know about you, but I still miss Heath. May he rest in peace, and smile from ear to ear when he learns of Australia's touching tribute.

Perth, Australia, is getting a new landmark: a $87 million, 575-seat auditorium named for a native son, the Heath Ledger Theatre.

"Heath Ledger was totally dedicated to the craft of being an actor and that's what made him successful," Carpenter said. "I think what we're doing is continuing that support for young people who want to make a career in the arts and acting, stage and in film, whatever it happens to be."

Also in attendance: Heath's father, Kim Ledger, who considered the honor to his son a pleasant surprise.

"He was such a giver to the arts right across the board. I really feel that there's not a lot of things he'd put his name to, but he'd put his name to that," said the elder Ledger.

Kim Ledger also said that the praise being heaped upon Heath's performance is making his family's private grieving all the more difficult.

"It's been a little bit hard, but we've always been extremely proud of his work and that hasn't changed."

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Michelle Williams is not feuding with Heath Ledger's family over the late actor's will.According to the New York Post, Williams plans to skip the upcoming Dark Knight premiere because Ledger's family will be there. A source says she is still "furious" with them because she "has seen nothing" from Ledger's will.

But her rep tells Us:

"The presumption that Michelle ever intended to attend The Dark Knight premiere is unfounded, but to say she is 'boycotting' due to a rift with Heath's family is absurd.

"It is time to allow this family to go about their lives without this continued scrutiny and speculation."

In her first public interview since Heath Ledger's death, Michelle Williams said it was "cool" to be at Cannes.The actress, 27, arrived in the south of France Thursday in time to dazzle at the red carpet premiere of her film Wendy and Lucy.

"She was very, very excited â€" it's her first trip to Cannes," the film's director, Kelly Reichardt, told PEOPLE, adding that they celebrated Williams's festival debut with some "celebratory cocktails."

On Friday, the actress began promoting Synecdoche, New York, a Charlie Kaufman film costarring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener.

"It actually does feel kind of special to have two films at the same time," Williams said. "The film [Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, which she's currently filming in Boston] was sweet enough to let me come here and enjoy it."

The actress (who is in town for just 48 hours, traveling without daughter Matilda, 2) added: "[It's] something you can look back on at the end of your life and think, 'That was a cool thing I did when I was 27.' "

Williams walked into the Palais du Festivals laughing and chatting with Keener, their arms linked around each other's waists.