Some of the brightest talents from the outback hit the red carpet for Australians in Film's 2010 Breakthrough Awards at the Thompson Hotel in Beverly Hills Thursday night, and RadarOnline.com was there to catch all the happenings on a night the late, great Heath Ledger was honored with a scholarship in his name.

"It's a great honor that they're bestowing on Heath, having a scholarship in his name," the late actor's mother, Sally Bell, told RadarOnline.com's Viviana Vigil. "I think it's just amazing, the sponsorship that's gone into it, the generosity of people.”

We also asked Bell about Matilda Rose Ledger, Ledger's 4-year-old daughter with his Brokeback Mountain co-star Michelle Williams.

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