Rourke Finds Comeback Light at End of Dark Tunnel

Funny, profane acceptance speech made the evening

(NEWSER) - Mickey Rourke brought the house down with his acceptance speech last night at the Independent Spirit Awards, a 5-minute ramble that ran the gamut from thanking the Santa Monica Police ("for giving me a bed 10 years ago") to praising co-star Marisa Tomei's pole-dancing skills. Rourke praised Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky, and called for someone to give Eric Roberts a comeback role as well, BBC reports. More»

Wrestler director Aronofsky's on-air gesture may be worst violation

(NEWSER) - The decency police are on NBC’s tail for Sunday’s obscenity-speckled Golden Globes. The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the program after receiving 18 complaints, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most flagrant violation was probably when The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky jokingly flipped off actor Mickey Rourke as he delivered a colorful acceptance speech. The gesture was censored only in the delayed West Coast feed. More»

Food, drink, and fashion flubs start awards season off right

(NEWSER) - Awards season unofficially begins with tonight's Golden Globes ceremony, an alcohol-addled free-for-all that makes the Oscar telecast feel like a prayer meeting. Breeanna Hare of CNN runs down 10 reasons the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's shindig beats the Academy Awards:

• Booze: "The Globes would not be the Globes if the nominees weren't loose enough to potentially shirk their handler's instructions and drop an F-bomb or two during an acceptance speech."

Past winners haven't had big hits in years

(NEWSER) - That gold-plated statuette actors take home Oscar night may as well be a parting gift from Hollywood. Past winners—like Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, and Adrien Brody—have had little luck at the box office in subsequent years, Reuters reports. The problem, says one film critic, is that the winners usually get flooded with lucrative project offers—and end up taking on ill-suited roles. More»

Big winners include 30 Rock , Kate Winslet

(NEWSER) - Hollywood blockbusters bowed to award-grabbing underdogs like critics' darling Slumdog Millionaire at the Golden Globes last night, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Mumbai thriller once considered straight-to-DVD material swiped honors for Best Dramatic Film, and top awards for screenplay, director and original score. The quirky indie comedy In Bruges put Colin Farrell in the winners' circle with Mickey Rourke, both winning Best Actor honors, and Kate Winslet, who won Best Actress for Revolutionary Road and Best Supporting Actress for The Reader. More»