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  • Iran demands apology from visiting Hollywood team over 'insulting' movies

    03/01/2009 1:00:10 PM PST · by raybbr · 18 replies · 849+ views
    The Canadian Press ^ | 3/1/2009 | N/A
    TEHRAN, Iran — An adviser to Iran's president Sunday demanded an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, saying films such as "300" and "The Wrestler" were "insulting" to Iranians. Without an apology, members of Iran's film industry should refuse to meet with representatives from the nine-member team, said Javad Shamaqdari, the art and cinema adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "In my viewpoint, it is a failure to have an official meeting with one who is insulting," Shamaqdari told The Associated Press. The film "300," portrays the battle of Thermopylae in 480...
  • Mickey Rourke Independent Spirit Awards acceptance speech - NSFW!

    02/22/2009 11:40:36 AM PST · by EveningStar · 17 replies · 1,197+ views
    YouTube ^ | February 21, 2009
    Rated "R" for mucho cussing!
  • Independent wrestler Paul E. Normous, featured in ' The Wrestler' passes away

    01/17/2009 10:28:28 AM PST · by EveningStar · 5 replies · 2,195+ views
    Pro Wrestling Insider ^ | January 16, 2009 | Mike Johnson
    Northeast independent wrestler Paul E. Normous (Paul Fuchs), who had a cameo and was mentioned by name in the first locker room scene in "The Wrestler" passed away today...
  • Venice hails cinema's comeback king Mickey Rourke

    09/08/2008 8:27:11 AM PDT · by Publius804 · 9 replies · 1,328+ views
    www.reuters.com ^ | Sep 7, 2008 | Mike Collett-White and Silvia Aloisi
    Venice hails cinema's comeback king Mickey Rourke Sun Sep 7, 2008 6:32am EDT By Mike Collett-White and Silvia Aloisi VENICE (Reuters) - Eleven days of red carpet galas, 21 films in competition and countless interviews, photo calls and parties at the Venice film festival boiled down to just one man in the end -- Mickey Rourke. The festival, which unofficially kick-starts the awards season leading to the Oscars, will be remembered chiefly for Rourke's performance in Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler", which the actor and critics agree is his best yet. "The roar of Rourke" read the headline in the Corriere...