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Looks like all that practice that Mickey Rourke has had terrorizing Hollywood’s night life will find a practical purpose. The Iron Man 2 baddie says that he’s signed on to play Mongol Empire founder Genghis Khan, and if you can think of an actor who’s better suited to re-create Khan’s bloody streak of marauding, burning [...]

Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke isn’t above making fun of himself when it comes to making commercials.
Perez Hilton posted a new commercial of Mickey in a an ad for Bavaria Non-Alcoholic Beer, referencing his love of beer, little dogs and throwing a tantrum every once in awhile.
The commercial shows him checking into a swanky hotel and [...]

Last night’s Oscars is being universally panned as a boring affair plagued with lame humor, predictable winners, paint-by-numbers production and an overall atmosphere of same-old-same-old.  I would have to concur with this assessment.  The entire experience of the Oscars was only made bearable by the hilarious folks who joined me for my live blog – [...]

Darren Aronofsky has a soft spot in his heart for victims of bad plastic surgery. He helped resurrect freakface Mickey Rourke’s career by casting him in The Wrestler, and now he has plucked Barbara Hershey from the realm of the forgotten and dropped the Jocelyn Wildenstein wannabe into the mix for his forthcoming ballet-centered [...]

Gwyneth Paltrow is putting her quest to become the next Martha Stewart on hold long enough to portray the wife of post-op transsexual Nicole Kidman in Tomas Alfredson’s The Danish Girl.
Yes, Nicole Kidman as a tranny (typecasting if I ever saw it) and Gwyneth Paltrow as his/her wife. Charlize Theron was originally going to [...]