Posts Tagged ‘mickey rourke’

Iron Man 2 Plot: Robert Downey Jr. Robs Cradle

Scarlett Johannson has replaced Emily Blunt in the upcoming Iron Man 2, according to Deadline Hollywood.
Johannson will be playing Russian spy and possible Tony Stark love interest Black Widow. Which means the nearly 44-year-old Robert Downey Jr. will be sucking face with an actress 20 years his junior.
To be fair, Blunt's only about a year [...]

Mickey Rourke on an Academy Award: “You can’t eat it, you can’t fuck it, and it won’t get me into heaven.”

That's what The Wrestler star told Barbara Walters in her pre-Oscar special last night, so don't feel too bad that Rourke lost the Best Actor race to Sean Penn.
And if you've yet to re-fall in love with Rourke like the rest of America, watch these clips. The first is his interview with Walters. (How I [...]

Oscar Picks (No Surprises Here)

I'm always excited about the Academy Awards — yeah, there are still a few of us left out there — but I'm guessing there won't be a whole lot of thrilling and/or shocking moments this year. (Most any upset would go thusly: Oooh, the frontrunner didn't win! Which means...someone or -thing completely undeserving did.)
But for [...]

The Golden Globes

An odd thing occurred to me as I was watching the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards last night — I wasn't all that excited. Maybe it was because I was tired from an evening spent running around. Maybe it was because Thursday's Critics Choice Awards had sapped some of my I LOVE MOVIES! gush.
(Seriously. [...]

D.C. Critics Association Names Slumdog Best Picture

The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association today announced its pick of Fox Searchlight's Slumdog Millionaire as Best Film of 2008, additionally awarding it Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Breakthrough Performance (Dev Patel), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy).
Other notable nods include a posthumous Best Supporting Actor win for Heath Ledger, whose creepy, mesmerizing Joker [...]

Darren Aronofsky, Marisa Tomei Hit Georgetown to Promote “The Wrestler”

The Washington, D.C. Area Critics' Association got to hobnob with director Darren Aronofsky and actress Marisa Tomei at the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown last night, at a prescreening reception to promote The Wrestler, out Dec. 26.
The film is a surprisingly touching story about a washed-up pro wrestler that stars Tomei and an Oscar-worthy Mickey Rourke. Fans of [...]