Highlights
Mickey Rourke started out with a promising acting career with memorable roles in "Diner," "Body Heat," and "Nine 1/2 Weeks." As time went on, Rourke earned a reputation as a difficult star, and the roles started to dry up. The comeback story of 2008 was Rourke's portrayal of washed-up Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in "The Wrestler," in which he earned an Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe. Rourke is also known for his love of his dogs (he thanked them during his Globes acceptance speech) and his boxing prowess.
Mickey Rourke started out with a promising acting career with memorable roles in "Diner," "Body Heat," and "Nine 1/2 Weeks." As time went on, Rourke earned a reputation as a difficult star, and the roles started to dry up. The comeback story of 2008 was Rourke's portrayal of washed-up Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in "The Wrestler," in which he earned an Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe. Rourke is also known for his love of his dogs (he thanked them during his Globes acceptance speech) and his boxing prowess.
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The Collaborators: The force behind Baltimore's top filmmakers
Casting director Pat Moran, a co-founder of John Waters' Dreamland Films, helped create the human tapestries that give Waters' midnight specials their Fellini-like ebullience. But she has also done her part to imbue such Barry Levinson memory plays as...Tags: The Wire (tv program), David Simon, Mount Vernon, Barry Levinson, Celebrity
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With 'Hannah Montana' looming in the rearview mirror, is it time for Miley to move on?
Look at the tags on those Miley Cyrus dolls. Read the fine print on her CDs. Check the label on those Miley jeans you bought at Wal-Mart. There is a limited warranty on teenage stardom. Miley has been in the spotlight for 3 1/2 years. Her reign as the...Tags: Britney Spears, Colleges and Universities, Sugarland (music group), Music Theater, Hannah Montana: The Movie (movie)
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Laying away some Matusz for later is smart
News item: Orioles rookie Brian Matusz was shut down this week after delivering an impressive last performance of 2009 against the Yankees in New York.
My take: It was the right move for all the right reasons. Matusz went 16-4 with a 2.68 ERA at three...Tags: Brian Matusz, New York Jets, Major League Baseball, NFL Preseason, ESPN
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Discerning comic-book fans led to Hollywood revolution
Let us now praise Comic-Con. On the occasion of the 10th annual Baltimore Comic-Con, it's time to celebrate comic-book fans and what they've wrought. By providing an audience for comic books that shared the concerns and upheld the standards of literary...Tags: Bryan Singer, Tim Burton, Robin the Boy Wonder (fictional character), Peter Jackson, Ray Harryhausen
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(RATINGS: The movies listed below are rated according to the following key: 4 stars -- excellent; 3 stars -- good; 2 stars -- fair; 1 star -- poor.)
(This week's package includes: 1) capsule film reviews by Michael Phillips, chief movie critic for the Chicago Tribune, and other contributing writers; 2) longer reviews of "Capitalism: A Love Story," "The Invention of Lying," "Zombieland," "Whip It,"...Tags: Academy Awards, Charlie Chaplin, Julia Roberts, Juvenile Delinquency, Health and Safety at School
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The Passion Play Of A Fan Possessed
Tribune Newspapers criticFilms without end have been made about the heroes of sport, but who speaks for the fans? Who especially speaks for the fanatic, the zealot who devotes an entire life to a team with the single-minded intensity of a monk meditating in a cave? "Big Fan"...Tags: Academy Awards, Kevin Corrigan, The Wrestler (movie), Michael Rapaport, Philadelphia Eagles
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Chicago White Sox's Kenny Williams takes a crack at comedy
You have to wonder sometimes what it takes to get Ken Williams to crack a smile. But it appears the White Sox general manager is willing to provide a laugh for a good cause because at 7 p.m. Friday, he will be a celebrity guest in a comedy charity...Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Clubs and Associations, The Wrestler (movie), Lisa Madigan, Philadelphia Eagles
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Chris Isaak a continuing musical force with his moody crooning and soaring falsetto
Of The Morning CallOne downside to agreeing to interview roots rock singer Chris Isaak via e-mail -- his preferred method -- is that when his wry sense of absurdist humor rears itself, there's no opportunity to pin him down for a serious answer. So, for example, when he'...Tags: Folk (genre), Christmas, Music Theater, Holidays, Nat King Cole
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Famous Friends Outraged After Boxer's Death Ruled A Suicide
wpix.comJust hours after a Brazilian coroner ruled the cause of death of boxer Arturo Gatti to be a suicide, the fighter's famous friends expressed outrage and shock over the decision. "No, it was no suicide," an incensed Mickey Rourke told PIX News outside of...Tags: Christianity, Brazil, Baptist, WPIX, Suicide
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Another Sad Tale Of Avoiding Age At All Costs
During the great performer's last year of life, a rock critic wrote of him: "His hair is dyed, his teeth are capped ... his voice is a husk, and his eyes film over with glassy impersonality. He is no longer, it seems, used to the air and, because he...Tags: Pete Townshend, Symptoms, Pixar Animation, Colin McEnroe, Wrestling
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Madonna's biceps: Clearing the house
The Swampby the Swamp Who better to lead us out of the valley of the debate over Barack Obama's birth certificate or Glenn Beck's rantings than Madonna, the 50-year-old pop-star who has started eyes a poppin' with her pumped-up biceps? Not......Tags: The White House, Barack Obama, Jane Fonda, Glenn Beck, Madonna
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'The Informers': the era of self-absorption
An awful film about an awful time. Maybe The Informers is on to something. Shallow and pretentious, filled with characters who wear their vapidness like some bizarre badge of honor, The Informers thinks it has something important (or at least valid) to...Tags: Kim Basinger, Robert Altman, Winona Ryder, Brad Renfro, Billy Bob Thornton
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