latimesblogs.latimes.com - 2/18/2009
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Just five years ago it was unthinkable. Even one year ago no one could have conceived of it. Even last summer this kind of earth-shattering upset would have been labeled a pipe dream. But several years after all but being...
nymag.com - 2/18/2009
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With Mickey Rourke basically a lock to win
Best Actor for his performance in The Wrestler ,...
the only lingering mystery around this weekend's Oscar ceremony is who he'll bring as his date. So, when we ran into him at last night's Domenico Vacca show at ...
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Vulture Exclusive: Mickey Rourke’s Oscar Date ...
charlierose.com - 2/13/2009
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Lifestyle Movies, TV & Theater Music Science & Health Sports Technology Collections The Financial Crisis The Charlie Rose Science ...
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opalfilms.blogspot.com - 2/22/2009
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Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler (210 points/28 votes) “Much
of the “comeback” hype that has surrounded Mickey Rourke’s...
performance in The Wrestler has focused on his Rourke’s “wilderness years”- the period of lazy performances in long-forgotten ...
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... 'em, three (older) academy voters whose opinions I respect all said the exact same thing to me at different times. They weren't voting for Slumdog Millionaire because 'it's just not an Oscar picture .' I thought it was very strange that I would suddenly be hearing virtually the same kind of reasoning out of the mouths of three different academy members, but there it was. All of them, by the way, had cast their Best Picture vote for Benjamin Button ." -- from Pete Hammond 's latest ...
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... Pete Hammond sees portents and indications that maybe, just maybe, there will be a few surprises Sunday evening during the new and improved ...
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