Subject: Mickey Rourke

• The Party Crasher - Matt Damon at Gulfstream; Fat Joe, Chris Tucker, D Wade and more at Soul Kitchen

  April 28, 2008

• Miami's Favorite Drunk Scooter Driver Mickey Rourke Is Generating Oscar Buzz

  September 24, 2008

• Mickey Rourke Fled Miami Violence For Acting Career

  November 10, 2008

• Mickey Rourke Update

  November 11, 2008

• Mickey Rourke Must Beat Two Fidel-Loving Dirty Communists

  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

  December 4, 2008

• Mickey Rourke Is a Golden Globe Nominee! "Che"? Not So Much

  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

  December 11, 2008

• Mickey Rourke Campaigns for the Oscar by Calling Sean Penn a Homophobe

  The Daily Beast obtained text messages by our favorite local comeback kid Mickey Rourke trashing Sean Penn's performance in Milk and calling him a homophobe. It's ironic that Rourke is freely castigating people as homophobes when he was the one caught on tape calling a reporter a faggot just a few months ago. But it's not surprising. Rourke knows he'll be the best actor runner up for his role in The Wrestler in the awards show race, and spreading the idea that Sean Penn is a homophobe may be the

  December 30, 2008

• Swelter

  December 25, 1991

• Rourke's Oscar Hopes Take One Step Forward with Globes Win, One Step Back with Steroid Rumors

  Excuse me for covering this Best Actor Oscar race like a political election, but I need some horse race drama in my blogging life, and the 2010 elections are just so far --too far-- away. That being said, the Golden Globes are kind of like the 2008 Florida democratic primary. They don't really matter, but interesting nonetheless. Our main man and fellow Miamian Mickey Rourke scored a minor, but not shocking, upset against favorite Sean Penn (who didn't even bother to show up) last night, and wal

  January 12, 2009

• Palin Flack Thinks Obama Can Learn a Thing or Two from Mickey Rourke

  Nicolle Wallace is a Republican operative whose resumé includes working for the Bush White House and handling the early media strategy for Sarah Palin's VP run. She's the lady who decided those Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric interviews were a good idea. There is basically no reason whatsoever to take any advice she gives at this point. But here she is today, writing for Tina Brown's fledgling Internet concern, the Daily Beast, that President-elect Obama could learn a thing or two from Golden

  January 14, 2009

• Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling: A Match Made in Worst-Dressed-List Heaven

  We know, we know. We've already met our Mickey Rourke post quota for the day, but when you commit to covering the phenomenon that is the Rourke comeback, you really have to commit. Seems Mickey may have found love or something like it with another confounding Hollywood phenom, Bai Ling. Officially Ling's career is taking bit parts in one B movie after another, but really she's known for showing up on any red carpet that'll have her, looking like something that exploded out of the closet of an ea

  January 15, 2009

• The Wrestler Finally Opens in Miami Today

  After a solid month of talking about Mickey Rourke non-stop, Riptide and the other residents of Rourke's home town can finally see his Golden Globe-winning performance in The Wrestler. After being released in only New York and Los Angeles a month ago, the film is getting a wider release today in a slew of cities today including Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.Click on over to our Movie listing for show times, but you'll only have two venue choices: Regal on Lincoln Road, and AMC down in Sunset Place.&n

  January 16, 2009

• Mickey Rourke in Iron Man II, but at What Price?

  About a year ago, Mickey Rourke was just one of those quirky local fixtures, hosting karaoke nights at Rok Bar and getting arrested for drunk scooter driving. He was another has-been, which are about a dime a dozen around here, but thanks to the weird forces of fate, Rourke is once again hot in Hollywood, and is apparently being cast in surefire blockbuster Iron Man II. The original Iron Man made about $581,931,630 in gross revenue, so with an Oscar nod all but certain, Rourke will be getting

  January 21, 2009

• Our Mickey Rourke Is an Oscar Nominee

  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

  January 22, 2009

• This is Just Sad

  Here, for reasons I do not fully understand, is a picture of reality television personalities Hulk and Brooke Hogan driving around South Beach in an Escalade-styled golf cart of sorts on Inauguration day. There's an entire gallery at CelebSlam. As Mickey Rourke returns to glory for his role as an aging professional wrestler, it seems that this professional wrestler has decided to take over the duties Rourke left over as the town's designate wash up who drives about South Beach on unconventiona

  January 22, 2009

• 9 Weeks Later

  June 24, 1992

• Further Blurring the Line Between Biography and Fiction, Mickey Rourke to Take Part in Wrestlemania

  Yes, the plot of The Wrestler -- in which a dude who had the world by the balls in the '80s before falling flat on his face owing to disastrous, self-destructive decision-making and an audience that lost interest -- is quite similar to the life story of the dude playing that dude, Mickey Rourke. I'm not the first to notice this.Now Rourke, who at periods has moonlighted as a boxer and a drunken South Beach scooter-racer, confuses matters further by announcing he's becoming a professional wr

  January 26, 2009

• Shaw 'Nuff

  November 25, 1992

• News Roundup

  Esteban ''Steve'' Bovo and Marco Rubio are doing things that might raise a few ethical eyebrows? Who could have imagined? [Herald]"I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. Everybody look at me cause I'm sailing on a boat. I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. Take a good hard look at the Mother F*ckin' Boat  ..." Oh, um, the Miami International Boat Show hopes more people say that despite the recession. [Herald]In a time when every other shop on the block is going out of business, there's one industry that is

  February 9, 2009

• America's Most Beloved Stats Nerd Predicts a Rourke Oscar Win

  Julian Schnabel for The Village VoiceNate Silver, the human calculator behind FiveThirtyEight -- the magic blog that predicted the presidential race -- has now moved into the Oscar-predicting biz for New York. He's predicting  in the Best Actor catagory a win for Mickey Rourke over Sean Penn, who at one time seemed a lock. How confidant is he in a Rourke win? Exactly 71.1 percent sure. Told you he was a human calculator. But he's leaving little room for doubt in the Best Picture and Best Dire

  February 16, 2009

• Mickey Rourke's Chihuahua Passes On

  PetaRourke in a Peta PSA with Loki's dog pal JawsAcademy Award nominee Mickey Rourke's constant companion, a plump little chihuahua named Loki, passed on just a day before the award ballots were due. Rourke gave a memorable heart felt thank you to his dogs during his Golden Globe acceptance speech, and became a PETA advocate on their behalf. Loki became something of a fixture around town in recent years. Rourke hosted "Loki Karaoke" at Rokbar, and frequently brought Loki along during his protest

  February 18, 2009

• Our Condolences

  The Miami Herald has an official obituary and a link to an internet guest book up for Loki Rourke, the dog of famous person Mickey Rourke, in a prominent spot on its home page. Well.

  February 18, 2009

• Rourke or Penn? Everyone Has an Opinion

  Fox Search LightThe Oscars are set to air this very Sunday! And finally we will get to see if our beloved Mickey Rourke walks away with a little gold man. We've already noticed FiveThirtyEight numbers God's prediction that Rourke will beat out his competition, Sean Penn, but other people who have somehow been allowed access to the Internet don't seem to agree. Heading over to the Yale Daily News now, where they've replaced actual content with copy/pasted G-Chat transcripts: Neither of them are

  February 20, 2009

• Sean Penn, Expert Buzz Killer, Kills Mickey Rourke Oscar Buzz

  Sean Penn bravely took time out of his busy schedule of giving back massages to Hugo Chavez (or as Robert De Niro put it, "respectfully advising world leaders"), and managed to kill all of our Mickey Rourke Oscar dreams while simultaneously reversing Proposition 8 in the process. Hooray Sean Penn, you are truly a hero. No Seriously, who knew Spicoli would grow up to be such a stick-in-the-ass buzzkill? Or as he put it, "I want to make it clear I know how hard I make it to appreciate me." By whic

  February 23, 2009

• Swelter 31

  November 17, 1993

• News Roundup

  LocalGetting laid off individually is so trite. The new trend is to be part of a mass layoff. Unfortunately, all of your friends are doing it. [Herald]We're number one! This time in highest health-care costs in the nation. [Herald]Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff will bring up a resolution at today's council meeting that would prohibit the city from dealing with businesses that hire foreign workers with H2B visas. Gee, with thousands of people lining up for fire-rescue jobs, there seems to be eno

  February 26, 2009

• Swelter 38

  January 5, 1994

• Swelter

  May 11, 1994

• Rourke Inks Iron Man 2 Deal

  via Wikimedia CommonsThe Crimson DynamoIt was inevitable, but now it is official. Mickey Rourke is no longer our quirky washed up actor turned suprising Oscar Nominee for a small indie. He's officially a blockbuster idol once again. After some rumors to the contrary, he's signed on for a big role in Iron Man II. He'll play Backlash, a Soviet metal-head villain based loosely on the Iron Man's comic book faux the Crimson Dynamo (shades of Cold War 2.0 here), and reportedly will snag a pay che

  March 12, 2009

• Swelter

  August 10, 1994

• Swelter

  April 6, 1995

• Mickey Rourke's Brother Is a Homeless Street Artist

  And a toothless one at that.

  February 26, 2009

• You Can Be Good as Gold

  February 19, 2009

• Mickey Rourke: Year of the Ram

  January 1, 2009

• Mickey Rourke Triumphs in The Wrestler

  December 18, 2008

• Scrap Mettle

  March 24, 2005

• Color Bind

  March 31, 2005

• Swelter 32

  November 24, 1993

• Swelter

  October 21, 1992

• Letters

  May 27, 1992

• Swelter

  May 6, 1992

• Letters

  May 6, 1992

• He Was Robbed!

  April 29, 1992

• Swelter

  April 22, 1992

• Swelter

  March 18, 1992

• Mickey Rourke Signs on to Mona Lisa

  It's been a long while since we've had a Mickey Rourke update. Let's see what our favorite redemption case is up to? Oh, he's signed on to star in a remake of 1986 British gangster film Mona Lisa. Larry Clark, who has made a career out of almost exclusively filming lower-class, hip teenage characters doing drugs and fucking in movies like Kids, Bully & Wassup Rockers, is set to direct. While former Bond Girl Eva Green is in negotiations to co-star. The original film centers around

  May 15, 2009

• News Roundup

  Local Father Cutié's special lady pal issued a statement to the press letting everyone know she did not set him up. [CBS4] Miami-Dade teachers have agreed to two unpaid days off in order to help balance the district's budget. [Herald] Ironically, teachers have to pay more to be certified. [CBS4] Miami Gardens Mayor Shirley Gibson is entering the race for Kendrick Meek's house seat. [SFLCN] An accused murderess on trial for taking part in killing her boss, a psychiatrist, and his son exe

  May 20, 2009

• Best of Miami 2009 Preview: Best Boy Made Good

  (New Times Best of Miami issue hits the streets this week. With this post, Riptide 2.0 provides an appetizer. The main course/entire issue will appear on the website Tuesday afternoon.)Best Boy Made GoodMickey RourkeMickey Rourke's redemption has been the stuff Hollywood makes movies about. Only an independent filmmaker made it and it starred Rourke himself. Rourke's portrayal of washed-up wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson earned him a Golden Globe, a British Academy Award, and an Oscar

  June 9, 2009

• Meet Us in the Cockpit

  March 19, 2009

• Brett Ratner Invites You to Bask in His Greatness with a Retrospective DVD

  ​Miami Beach's own Brett Ratner holds the questionable distinction of being Hollywood's reigning hack director. Critics abhor the filmmaker for brining an unsatisfactory ending to the X-Men trilogy, stretching racial stereotypes into the three-film Rush Hour series, and helming Red Dragon, the most forgettable film in the Hannibal Lecter series. Hell, the guy's films have an average score of only 15 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Before making film critics question their life, though, h

  September 11, 2009