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Several years ago, Will Smith starred as legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in a movie. It was a movie. Play acting. Pretend. Smith didn’t actually get into a ring and box 12 rounds with Mike Tyson for real. Now Mickey Rourke is winning awards for his role as professional wrestler Randy the Ram in the acclaimed movie The Wrestler. That’s the difference between boxing and pro wrestling. Rourke has signed to wrestle WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in Reliant Stadium on April 5. For real, or as real as pro wrestling can be. Rourke made the surprise announcement Sunday...

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Actor Mickey Rourke is in a Miami jail after being arrested for driving under the influence while riding a Vespa scooter erratically in Miami Beach. The police officer stated that Rourke got off the 2007 green Vespa scooter after being stopped and stated, "What the (expletive) did I do?"

Rourkes mourn their slain son Harris enters not guilty plea in bat death This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Tuesday, May 3, 2005. By JACQUELINE KALLAS, Valley Press Staff Writer SYLMAR - Shortly after 13-year-old Greg Harris entered a denial to one count of murder in connection with the baseball bat beating death of 15-year-old acquaintance Jeremy Rourke, the slain boy's father stood on the steps outside the Sylmar Juvenile Court to speak of the family's loss. Jeremy, a boy who loved baseball and died at a ballpark, "will never be able to finish high school or...