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Mila Kunis Will Quietly Take Over The World
2:27AM Richard Lawson | Today we have news about unexpected rising stars, videogames turned movies, and gay people on TV. There are no gay people on TV! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Nothing Is Scarier Than Ballet Or The Internet
1:03AM Richard Lawson | We have news from around the world today, but mostly from Foxborough and our very own shores. Two places both alike in dignity, but then suffering complete indignities like American Idol and movies about teenagers who save the world. More »
Darren Aronofsky’s Middle Finger A ‘Digit Of Interest’ In FCC’s Golden Globes Indecency Inquest
2:28AM Seth | A three-hour delay meant some of those colourful, Prosecco-fuelled Golden Globes moments of celebrity spontaneity—such as Darren Aronofsky lovingly serving Mickey Rourke some Pi during Rourke’s acceptance speech—were blacked out for US audiences completely. More »
Is This The Performance That Will Win Mickey Rourke An Oscar?
2:20AM Seth | We’ve now seen and heard enough of The Wrestler—the Darren Aronofsky-helmed, Mickey Rourke comeback vehicle—to predict with some confidence that come the big night, the hard-knocked star with the lived-in face will have Oscar in a full nelson and begging for mercy. But for those who just can’t wait until the Golden Lion-winner’s December 19th release date to live for a precious few hours in aging wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson lace-up boots, we offer now a preview scene from the film: In it, The Ram attempts to apologise to his estranged daughter, played by Evan Rachel Wood, in a one-sided, seaside soul-baring that reminded us of Jack Nicholson’s Five Easy Pieces peace-making monologue with his mute father. More »
Mickey Rourke’s Oscar Pitch: ‘You Change, or You Blow Your Fucking Brains Out’
5:00AM STV | After picking up its hardware in Venice and a distribution deal in Toronto, Mickey Rourke’s comeback The Wrestler screened for the first time in the United States this morning in New York. We crashed the joint, and we can confirm that everything you’ve heard about Rourke’s Oscar future is essentially on the nose: He’ll nab a Best Actor nomination for his performance as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a 40-something pro wrestler on the downswing with pretty everything in his life including his relationship with his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood), his hang-ups with a stripper (Marisa Tomei) and his own tormented perspective on aging. That said, it’s sort of a marvel of accessibility and not nearly the downer we expected from feel-bad master Darren Aronofsky; after the nihilist pageantry of last year’s There Will Be Blood, the Academy will eat this up come February.
After Saving Mickey Rourke’s Career, Darren Aronofsky Sets His Sights On That Old Chestnut Known As ‘The Bible’
8:05AM Defamer Hollywood | Even though The Wrestler hasn’t even come out yet, isn’t it about time we started discussing what Darren Aronofsky’s gonna do next? Rumours have circulated that he’ll be helming the Robocop reboot, but according to a recent interview with /Film, the director has set his sights on far nobler pursuits–namely a huge religious epic about the story of Noah. More »
‘Wrestler’ Officially Headed For Oscar Push, Less Vulgar Promotional Art
3:50AM STV | After The Wrestler’s more-than-well-received premiere last week in Venice, where star Mickey Rourke was forewarned that Oscar would likely forbid his puppy onstage next February, word out of Toronto confirms that Darren Aronofsky’s drama was picked up over the weekend by the awards-season whizzes at Fox Searchlight. The sale went down for about $4 million and all but assures Rourke of a Best Actor nomination if not a win, similar to the arc following Searchlight’s push on Forest Whitaker’s behalf for The Last King of Scotland. So early congrats to him. But there’s still work to do, as we’ve discovered after the jump. More »
‘Great, Iconic’ Mickey Rourke Performance Piledrives His Way Back to Glory
4:40AM STV | While slappies like Viggo Mortensen hedge their Oscar ‘08 futures with something close to a film per month, we much prefer the bombast of all-or-nothing awards-season power hitters like Daniel Day-Lewis and Mickey Rourke. Yes, we wrote Mickey Rourke — he of the inflated face, reckless scooter piloting, and now of the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky film The Wrestler, a stirring Venice Film Festival success that Variety pumped as featuring “a galvanizing, humorous, deeply moving portrait that instantly takes its place among the great, iconic screen performances”:
The Chrome Knight Returns
7:00AM Seth | · The rumors are true! Darren Aronofsky will write and direct a sequel to RoboCop for MGM, with both parties hoping they can score a piece of this guy-in-a-stupid-costume-noir mania currently gripping the planet. [Variety] · A third Harold & Kumar movie is coming. Details are scarce, but word has it they will partake of the herb and refer to their skin colours a lot, and that Neil Patrick Harris will make a cameo. [Variety] · The fate of SAG leadership hangs in the balance, with splintered factions Membership First and Unite for Strength vying not just for control, but also for Most Nerdy Name That Sounds Like A Star Trek RPG Subtitle. [Variety] · Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company are “quietly putting out word” that they’d like to make a feature version of The Twilight Zone. But wait! There’s a twist ending to this item: Everyone has a pig snout! Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. [THR] · Comic-Con was overrun by “rabid teenage fangirls” at the Twilight panel, who rushed the stage, tore the panel apart limb from limb, and feasted on their flesh. That’s the last time we let girls into Comic-Con! [THR] · MTV is developing a show based on Elizabeth Berkley’s teen girl advice site AskElizabeth.com. This strikes us as a terrible idea, but we guess someone has to undo all the damage wrought by The Hills. Might as well be Nomi Malone. [THR]
