Mickey Rourke

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

Mickey Rourke Fled Miami Violence For Acting Career

Mickey Rourke Update

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 performanc ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 m ... More >>

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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 m ... More >>

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 matte ... More >>

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  ... More >>

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 L ... More >>

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 s ... More >>

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 Ho ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

9 Weeks Later

Only in the Magic City could Mickey Rourke's boxing togs open a whole can of worms

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 ... More >>

Shaw 'Nuff

South Florida's master burglar gets caught in the act, but this time it's no felony

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  ..." ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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, ... More >>

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.

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 so ... More >>

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, y ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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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 ... More >>

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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 ... More >>

Mickey Rourke's Brother Is a Homeless Street Artist

And a toothless one at that.

You Can Be Good as Gold

But you’ll never be Oscar.

Mickey Rourke: Year of the Ram

Miami's quintessential bad boy climbs back in the ring with The Wrestler.

Mickey Rourke Triumphs in The Wrestler

Too bad the movie can't keep up with him.

Scrap Mettle

Mickey Rourke comes out swinging to talk about his ups, downs, and role as Marv in Sin City

Color Bind

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

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What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

Letters

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

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What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

Letters

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

He Was Robbed!

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

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What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

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What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal

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 char ... More >>

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] ... More >>

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. ... More >>

Meet Us in the Cockpit

(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. ... More >>

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 mos ... More >>

New Times' Dirty Dozen of 2009

Illustration by DerfDirty Dozen 2009 inductee Romero Britto.​Every year, the New Times editorial staff picks the people who brought a certain amount of shame to our city. Trust us, we're never in short supply of morons who we wish would move elsewhere. We contemplated in making this a baker's doze ... More >>

Iron Man 2 will lead to 3 and probably 4, but that doesn't mean it's good

Illustration by DerfDirty Dozen 2009 inductee Romero Britto.​Every year, the New Times editorial staff picks the people who brought a certain amount of shame to our city. Trust us, we're never in short supply of morons who we wish would move elsewhere. We contemplated in making this a baker's doze ... More >>

Mickey Rourke and Iggy Pop Make Top Ten Worst Celeb Faces List

painting by CP1Iggy Pop's face put to good use​Iggy Pop's face is literally the reason every time you go into Miami's cherished you're greeted by the cool breeze of air conditioning, so it can't be that bad, right? Not according to a new poll, which ranked Pop has having the worst c ... More >>

Monster Karaoke

Have you seen Mickey Rourke lately?