heath ledgerEspecially with the huge, huge, HUGE release of The Dark Knight in the US this weekend, Fametastic readers are in no doubt that Heath Ledger’s untimely death is the biggest story of 2008 so far.

The actor died suddenly in his New York home in January after an accidental overdose, leaving behind two year old daughter Matilda.

The phenomenon around the big screen version of Sex and the City and Britney Spears‘ custody dispute freak-out followed by various hospitalisations and her conservatorship were pretty much tied for second place in the poll - the latter probably would have placed higher if it hadn’t been so successful and it’s great to see her getting better. Hopefully she’ll continue on that path over the rest of the year.

At the other end of the scale, it might have earned the happy couple millions but Fametastic’s voters weren’t so interested in Coleen McLoughlin and Wayne Rooney’s wedding last month - possibly because they’re barely known of outside the UK. People also didn’t think the video of Amy Winehouse smoking crack was that big of a deal - possibly because a lot of people assumed it was going on anyway, so a video didn’t really add that much.

Thanks to all who voted!