Miami's very own actor/nutcase extraordinaire Mickey Rourke just got himself nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe for his work in The Wrestler. Hell yeah, we'll be drunk scooter-ing in celebration tonight! Rourke will be up against Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, and Frank Langella come awards night. Conspicuously absent from the list? Che, the biopic that caused a local uproar. In other locally minded nods, Miami-set Dexter took nominations for best dramatic series and actor. Read t
The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange comeback. So thanks for the blog fodder, Mickey, and congrats on the nomination. As for the surprises: Brad and Angelina both got nominated in lead categories despite just OK performances in kind of
