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NEWS ABOUT: The Wrestler

The Wrestler stories: 8 news summaries
Movie Review

 Big Fan Scores with Critics 


Aug 28, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are big fans of Big Fan, a funny yet tragic look at football devotees directed by The Wrestler screenwriter Robert Siegel. Here’s what they’re saying:  
  • Star Patton Oswalt “gives a tour de force performance,” writes Ray Greene of Box Office
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sports • football • movie review • New York Giants • The Wrestler • sports movie • Patton Oswalt • Robert Siegel • Big Fan

(Newser) - After one look at the script for Natalie Portman’s next project, Black Swan “is already on the must-see list of 2010,” Carson Reeves blogs for ScriptShadow. Why? “Ecstasy-induced hungry aggressive angry sex” with fellow hottie Mila Kunis, that’s why. Darren Aronofsky, of The Wrestler, directs,... More »

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entertainment • lesbians • Natalie Portman • Darren Aronofsky • The Wrestler • ballerina • script • sex scene • Mila Kunis • Black Swan • psychological thriller

OPINION

 Doubling Best-Pic 
 Nominations 
 a Winning Move 

Dark Knight, Wall-E would have been in running

Jun 25, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - We should all thank the Academy for its decision to double the number of Best Picture nominees next year, writes Lane Brown in New York. A few reasons why:
  • More “crowd-pleasing hits” will be in the running, meaning a ratings jump—which in turn means more exposure for
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Academy Awards • film • The Dark Knight • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Weinstein Company • Vicky Cristina Barcelona • Wall-E • Oscars • The Wrestler • Doubt • Best Picture

 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


 Wrestler's 
 Steroid Dealer 
 Busted—for Steroids 

Actor had bit part in film

Feb 20, 09 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - In a case of life imitating art, the actor who plays a steroid dealer in The Wrestler was busted for dealing steroids, the New York Daily News reports. Investigators had Scott Siegel under surveillance for steroid trafficking, and arrested him Wednesday night after a car chase that ended with Siegel... More »

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steroids • anabolic steroids • celebrity • drug dealing • arrest • actor • The Wrestler

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

 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

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