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NEWS ABOUT: Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke stories: 17 news summaries
OPINION

 Greatest 
 White Trash 
 Movie Heroes 


Sep 15, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hicks and hillbillies can be heroes, too, SpikeTV points out in a look at the greatest characters to go from the trailer park to the big screen.
  • HI McDunnough, Raising Arizona: Nicolas Cage's performance remains his finest to this day. His likable baby-snatcher makes some lousy decisions, but
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list • Luke Skywalker • movies • Mickey Rourke • Nicholas Cage

 Sly, Arnie, Willis 
 to Unite Onscreen 

The Expendables also stars Rourke, Li

Sep 13, 09 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Musclemen Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis are uniting for one last action flick, the Guardian reports. The Expendables, slated for release next year, tells the story of a band of mercenaries in Latin America, and will show the three grizzled stars together for the first time since the... More »

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entertainment • film • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Sylvester Stallone • Randy Couture • Jet Li • action movie • Bruce Willis • movies • Mickey Rourke

 Top Sexiest Ugly People 


Jun 2, 09 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's pretty, and there's ugly, but there's also sexy ugly. Nerve runs down the "sexiest ugly people alive." The top 5, in reverse order:
  • Paul Giamatti: "Somebody's got to say no to firm jaw lines and six-pack abs, and no one does it with Giamatti's panache.
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Courtney Love • Keith Richards • Paul Giamatti • Mickey Rourke • Sandra Bernhard • sexiness • sexy • looks • pretty • beautiful • ugly

slideshow

 Oscar Rolls Out Red Carpet 


Feb 22, 09 6:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus was one of the first to arrive with her mom, in a flower-petaled Zuhair Murad gown. Mickey Rourke showed in a Jean Paul Gautier tux, accessorized with a photo of Loki, the love-of-his-life dog who died last week. For other highlights from the Oscar red carpet click "... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • Meryl Streep • Miley Cyrus • Amy Adams • Brangelina • Mickey Rourke • Oscars • Melissa Leo • Marisa Tomei • Taraji Henson • Viola Davis

 Rourke Steals 
 Show at Spirit Awards 

Funny, profane acceptance speech made the evening

Feb 22, 09 10:31 AM CST
(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... More »

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Hollywood • award show • Independent Spirit Awards • acceptance speech • Mickey Rourke • The Wrestler

(Newser) - Loki, the Chihuahua who figured prominently in Mickey Rourke’s Golden Globe acceptance speech, died Monday, E! Online reports. The 18-year-old dog accompanied Rourke on the red carpet at the awards. The Oscar-nominated actor is very attached to his canine friends. “Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all... More »

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death • award show • actor • dog • chihuahua • canines • Mickey Rourke • Loki

OPINION

 Nate Silver Turns 
 Crystal Ball 
 on Oscars 

After number-crunching, Slumdog is tops

Feb 16, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - FiveThirtyEight.com stats-cruncher extraordinaire Nate Silver shifts his sights from politics to the Oscars in New York magazine. He compiled data from 30 years of Academy Awards to discover the best predictors of success, and found that other awards (SAGs, Golden Globes) carry the most weight. Genre is also key;... More »

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Academy Awards • film • award show • Heath Ledger • predictions • Mickey Rourke • Kate Winslet • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire

Randy Rourke Loves Courtney on DL, but Eyes, Hands Wander

She seethes as he flirts with girls at Elle party

Feb 11, 09 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mickey Rourke has been secretly romancing Courtney Love since the Golden Globes, though it didn't keep him from flirting with Daily Mirror bloggers, they reveal, at the Elle Style Awards afterparty. Love angrily texted Rourke from across the table as the randy Wrestler star slipped his arms around the pair.... More »

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Courtney Love • celebrity • dating • Mickey Rourke • The Wrestler

Slumdog, Winslet Scoop
BAFTA Honors

Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon lag
as Oscars near

Feb 9, 09 2:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet and Slumdog Millionaire won big at last night's BAFTA ceremony—one more sign that the actress and film are steaming toward Oscar wins, reports the Independent. Here's the line up for the British awards:
  • Winslet won Best Actress for The Reader, competing against her own second nomination
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Hollywood • film • Heath Ledger • BAFTA • Mickey Rourke • Kate Winslet • Slumdog Millionaire • Frost/Nixon

 Rourke Will Wrestle Off-Screen 

Actor will take his Wrestler character to WrestleMania 25

Jan 26, 09 2:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Mickey Rourke will take his character from The Wrestler to the off-screen world of pro wrestling, Wrestling Online reports. Rourke will appear at WrestleMania 25 in Houston on April 5, challenging star Chris Jericho. “The boys from the WWE called me and asked me to do it,” Rourke... More »

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film • professional wrestling • WWE • actor • Mickey Rourke • The Wrestler

Rourke Finds Comeback Light at End of Dark Tunnel

Wrestler actor self-destructed on the way to role of a lifetime, Golden Globe honors

Jan 18, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - After the collapse of his career—admittedly his own fault—Mickey Rourke has found his way back up the Hollywood ladder with his recent Golden Globe for The Wrestler. Despite many promising turns during the 1980s, CNN reports, self-destructive behavior and problems with authority—which Rourke attributes to childhood abuse—... More »

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Hollywood • award show • Golden Globes • comeback • Mickey Rourke • Darren Aronofsky • Oscars • The Wrestler

Bird-Flipping Globes Could Cost NBC With Feds

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

Jan 15, 09 10:34 AM CST
(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... More »

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television • NBC • FCC • indecency • Tina Fey • award show • Communications Decency Act • Golden Globes • network television • Mickey Rourke • Darren Aronofsky

opinion

He's a Fine Wrestler, Not
So Great Texter

Rourke's errant message trashing
Penn is a hoot

Jan 2, 09 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Oh, Mickey. Though Mr. Rourke is back from the dead and getting Oscar buzz for his turn in The Wrestler, he still can't quite shake his "primitive" instincts, writes Marina Hyde in the Guardian. She takes great joy in his recent phone text miscue, in which he trashes the... More »

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Academy Awards • feud • text message • Sean Penn • Mickey Rourke • Oscars

OPINION

 What's In and Out for 2009 

A new year, a new inane list of trends that are sure to look dumb by December

Jan 1, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - The New Year is here, and that means it’s time to clean out the cultural wardrobe. Hank Stuever of the Washington Post offers his annual take on things that are so last year, and others sure to be cool in the next 12 months:
  • Out:
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fashion • iPhone • Michelle Obama • Alec Baldwin • culture • LOLcats • Mad Men • Garfield • Mickey Rourke • New Year

MOVIE REVIEW

 Rourke Clinches Wrestler 

Actor makes a bodyslam of a comeback with portrait of a has-been

Dec 18, 08 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Mickey Rourke takes the title role of The Wrestler and pins it to the mat in a stunning comeback, say critics. The tragicomic portrait of a washed-up star still hitting the circuit decades past his prime "is not just a comeback performance but something much rarer: a rounded, raddled... More »

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independent film • wrestling • movie review • movies • Mickey Rourke • Darren Aronofsky

 Doubt Dominates 
 SAG Noms 

Streep, Hoffman earn nods; Pitt, Jolie, Penn join them

Dec 18, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild released its award nominees today, and left no Doubt which flick had the most star power in 2008. As with the Golden Globes, all four Doubt leads earned nods, which, combined with a best ensemble nomination, gave it the most potential honors overall.  Brangelina again... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • Meryl Streep • Sean Penn • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Frank Langella • Screen Actors Guild • Anne Hathaway • Mickey Rourke • Changeling • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Frost/Nixon • Richard Jenkins • Melissa Leo • Rachel Getting Married

Rourke Shines Again at Venice Film Festival

Ex-heartthrob stars in The Wrestler, which nabs Golden Lion

Sep 7, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Hollywood bad boy Mickey Rourke returned to the spotlight yesterday when his latest low-budget film, The Wrestler, won top honors at the Venice film festival. Critics gushed over his performance as an aging wrestler who comes to terms with his failing body and flagging friendships. More »

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film • awards • Venice Film Festival • Venice • movies • Mickey Rourke • Darren Aronofsky

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