deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 12/3/2008
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One of the most time-honored traditions of the Oscars is the redemptive quality of its nominations process. Talent who've hit the the skids over the years through their own bad decisions personally and/or professionally can suddenly find their careers revived because of Academy Award attention ...
comingsoon.net - 12/7/2008
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comingsoon.net —
A couple days ago, MTV's Splash Page chatted
up actor Mickey Rourke at a party for Fox
Seachlight and the results of that discussion (which you can read here ) seemed to indicate that both Frank Miller and Mickey were ready to go on the long-delayed ...
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No Sin City Sequel for Mickey Rourke?
moviesblog.mtv.com - 12/4/2008
superherohype.com - 12/8/2008
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superherohype.com —
A couple days ago, MTV's Splash Page chatted
up actor Mickey Rourke at a party for Fox
Seachlight and the results of that discussion (which you can read here ) seemed to indicate that both Frank Miller and Mickey were ready to go on the long-delayed ...
(more)
No Sin City Sequel for Mickey Rourke?
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Rourke Supported, Jordan Rapped
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Rourke Supported, Jordan Rapped Mickey Rourke 's sister Patty Rourke and stepsister Janet Smalley have spoken to Nikki Finke and challenged the accuracy of Pat Jordan 's ...
Oh and Speaking of Negative Campaigning
Awards Daily —
... Nikki Finke smacks down the NY Times, accuses the paper of being biased against Mickey Rourke:
One of the most time-honored traditions of the Oscars is the redemptive quality of its nominations process. Talent who’ve hit the the skids over the years through their own bad decisions personally and/or professionally can suddenly find their careers revived because of Academy Award attention from their peers. Such is the situation this year with Mickey Rourke and Fox Searchlight’s The Wrestler. Which is why that recent New York ...
Mickey Rourke's Sisters Defend Him Against Unflattering NYTimes Profile
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... Rourke sounds like a 12-step recovery guy, not necessarily from booze, but from emotional issues and everyone knows that 12-steppers repeat their stories over and over again like mantras." See (for random example) Brian Goodman, the director of "What Doesn't Kill You." At TIFF, the guy talked about being 12 years clean and still he's got that 12-step talk ingrained in him. It doesn't leave you. Deadline Hollywood talked to Rourke's sister and stepsister who say the Times was unfair. ...
Profile Wrasslin'
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... , suggesting two things: One, Mr. Rourke’s excesses are well-documented and he is easy pickings for a hit job. And two, that the magazine did not do its job in fully reporting out and fact checking disputes over Mr. Rourke’s upbringing. The magazine effectively suggested that Mr. Rourke’s version of his own history was a fantasy. Nikki Finke recently stepped into the fray, suggesting rather improbably that an elitist impulse that motivated the execution of the piece . Gerry Marzorati, the editor of the magazine, is more than happy to jump over the ropes to defend the piece. ...
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