We haven't seen any of the performance that will likely be honored with an Oscar nod (except possibly Heath Ledger's Joker), but the race is tightening up. Local crazy person Mickey Rourke is still in the running for his turn in The Wrestler, but Sean Penn jumped into the lead with his performance in Milk. Now we like to pick our Oscar favs like John McCain picks running mate: we prefer the long shot, unstable picks. Which is why, job unseen, we're already rooting for Rourke. And, ugh, we h
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
Wayne Scott, a pale man from South Yorkshire England, attempted his best American accent and called up a terminally ill teenage boy pretending to be rasslin' superstar, UM alum and mediocre action/adventure actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. He claimed, as Johnson, he was put in touch with the boy through a "Make a Wish" type charity and promised to fly the boy to Miami to watch a live wrestling match. He wasn't working any money scheme either, he just appears to get his rocks off from lying.Scott
