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Oscars smackdown: 'Wrestler' Mickey Rourke slams Sean Penn
Gold Derby (LA Times) ^ | December 29, 2008 | Tom O'Neil

Posted on 12/29/2008 9:24:42 PM PST by Perdogg

The Daily Beast reports that it's obtained a private text message in which "Mickey Rourke bashes Sean Penn — his chief rival in the Oscar race — as a 'homophobe' and an 'average' actor. "

Columnist Gerald Posner says a Los Angeles entertainment honcho showed him the text message, which read: "Look seans an old friend of mine and i didnt buy his performance at all—thought he did an average pretend acting like he was gay besides hes one of the most homophobic people i kno' [sic] "

(Excerpt) Read more at goldderby.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; hollywoodreds; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; mickeymilkshake; mickeyrourke; milk; oscarfight; pc; politicalcorrectness; seanpenn; stalinisttactics
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1 posted on 12/29/2008 9:24:43 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: lainie; PennsylvaniaMom; Extremely Extreme Extremist; Tax-chick; TexasCajun; sarasota; ...

ping


2 posted on 12/29/2008 9:25:26 PM PST by Perdogg (Only the hypnotized never lie)
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To: Perdogg

I guess Penn voted for proposition 8.


3 posted on 12/29/2008 9:29:15 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Just because I am an Oogedy-Boogedy kind of guy!)
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To: Perdogg

The promo for Milk showing Sean Penn saying “I’m Harvey Milk and I’m here to recruit you”. drives me nuts. He sounds like he is using the same voice that he used in I am Sam. I guess he thinks both had an IQ of a 7 year old.


4 posted on 12/29/2008 9:31:43 PM PST by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; armymarinemom; Perdogg

Well, there you are!

I, too, have been hearing reports and rumors that Penn has said nasty things about our sainted gay brothers from time to time.

So now, he’s doing pennance and buying indulgences. Nothing new to that.


5 posted on 12/29/2008 9:34:04 PM PST by sinanju
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To: Perdogg

Wait, someone hired Mickey Roarke???


6 posted on 12/29/2008 9:35:53 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Computer says No..... Carole Beer)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

> Wait, someone hired Mickey Roarke???

I enjoyed Mickey Rourke in “Year of the Dragon” — that was a very long time ago! Dunno if he’s done much since...


7 posted on 12/29/2008 9:42:37 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Perdogg
Penn's a "homophobe"??
Hmmm, guess it's time to start reconsidering my opinion of him ...
8 posted on 12/29/2008 9:46:04 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter. Before the late bell. When I close the door.)
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To: Perdogg

It wouldn’t surprise me at all. SP is a despicable human being who beats his wife and by all reports is a monster in his private life. Obnoxiously self-aggrandizing leftists usually are.


9 posted on 12/29/2008 9:52:03 PM PST by denydenydeny ("Banish Merry Christmas. Get ready for Mad Max.."-Daniel Henninger)
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To: Perdogg
Mic has had sooooooooooooo much BAD cosmetic surgery that it has started to affect his brain. That being said Sean Penn is a scrawny loud mouth punk.


10 posted on 12/29/2008 9:56:46 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Snurple

You sure it’s plastic surgery and not meth?

It looks like one of those pics on “Faces of Meth”.


11 posted on 12/29/2008 10:02:22 PM PST by jetxnet
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To: jetxnet

Hes had his face stretched so often his navel is where his adams apple should be.


12 posted on 12/29/2008 10:05:50 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Perdogg
i REALLY LIKED HIS PERFORMANCE IN sIN cITY. HE WOULD SNAP SEAN PEN IN TWO! ROFL
13 posted on 12/29/2008 10:35:43 PM PST by Ancient Drive (will)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Rourke just did “The Wrestler”, (Starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. R. 104 minutes. Advisory: Nudity, strong language, sexual situations and bloody wrestling scenes.) and by all indications will probably get an Oscar nomination.


14 posted on 12/29/2008 10:44:19 PM PST by period end of story
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To: Perdogg

“I’m gayer than Sean is!”

* slap fight *


15 posted on 12/29/2008 11:14:25 PM PST by kenth (It's now spend and tax. How's that for change?)
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To: Snurple

I guess that explains the distinctive patch of chest hair. ;>)


16 posted on 12/29/2008 11:28:10 PM PST by BruceysMom ("Where knowledge is folly...")
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To: BruceysMom

LOL!


17 posted on 12/29/2008 11:30:55 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

“I enjoyed Mickey Rourke in “Year of the Dragon” — that was a very long time ago! Dunno if he’s done much since...”

There’s a reason for that. Many years ago, I represented a production company trying to get him to show up and finish a movie in a somewhat not-stupid way. IMHO, the man is a complete head case, and a jerk to boot. I don’t think the core problem is drugs or alcohol. It appears to come naturally. Although it’s possible getting loaded enhances his natural charm. These emails are certainly consistent with the charming fellow I dealt with.

I suspect he hasn’t worked much because not even Hollywood types want to deal with his crap (I’ve been out of the business for years now so this is speculation). The leading man needs to show up on time dressed and made up appropriately for the role. It also helps if he seems somewhat sober. If he doesn’t meet these basic requirements, he doesn’t stay a leading man very long.

For all the pretense to art, Hollywood is driven by money. And if you can’t finish the movie and deliver it to the folks who financed it, you lose a bunch of money.


18 posted on 12/29/2008 11:31:32 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: period end of story
The Wrestler is on my "to see" list. I hear that Rourke delivers the performance of his life, and could actually win the Oscar.

I understand that the entire film was shot in 16mm.

19 posted on 12/29/2008 11:35:58 PM PST by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: ModelBreaker

I think even he would probably agree with your assessment of his career.

He didn’t get any job offers for years, because he was a JERK.


20 posted on 12/29/2008 11:38:44 PM PST by period end of story
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