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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; Mickey Rourke</title>
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		<title>RMR: Posters Galore, &#039;Ponyo&#039; On a Boat, &#039;Avatar&#039; Tix and Pics and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rmr-posters-galore-cruise-and-jackson-meet-avatar-tix-and-pics-and-more</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Photo: Universal Pictures


Anne Thompson reports Angelina Jolie is reading the new Wanted 2 script. Will she spark to the idea of her character&#039;s resurrection? [Anne Thompson]

Tom Cruise apparently flew into New Zealand to take a meeting with Peter Jackson leading some to speculate whether Cruise and Jackson will be teaming for a future film. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Look at Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in &#039;Iron Man 2&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures and a Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man 2]]></category>
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Mickey Rourke stars as Whiplash in Iron Man 2.
Photo: Paramount Pictures via USA Today


USA Today has debuted the first look at Mickey Rourke as the Iron Man 2 villain Whiplash. Whiplash sports a power pack on his chest that looks similar to the one used by Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). &#034;The technologies are definitely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rourke Signs On for &#039;Mona Lisa&#039; Remake</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rourke-signs-on-for-mona-lisa-remake</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rourke-signs-on-for-mona-lisa-remake#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=16632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke is certainly making the most of his comeback success thanks to The Wrestler as he has lined up project after project including a villainous role in next summer&#039;s blockbuster sequel Iron Man 2. His latest role comes by way of Variety announcing he will star in a remake of the 1986 Neil Jordan-directed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Mickey as Rourke Finds &#039;Passion&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/more-mickey-as-rourke-finds-passion</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/more-mickey-as-rourke-finds-passion#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the report Mickey Rourke has officially joined the cast of Iron Man 2 the Hollywood Reporter weighs in with some additional Rourke casting news announcing he is attached to star in Passion Plays, an indie drama for writer/director Mitch Glazer.

Unfortunately there is no word on what Passion Plays is about and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mickey Rourke Signs as Russian Villain in &#039;Iron Man 2&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mickey-rourke-signs-as-russian-villain-in-iron-man-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mickey-rourke-signs-as-russian-villain-in-iron-man-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nikki Finke is reporting Mickey Rourke has officially signed on to star in Iron Man 2 as the Russian villain Crimson Dynamo, the Russian equivalent to Tony Stark&#039;s Iron Man.

Rourke was said to have dropped out over pay when word hit the web the Oscar-nominated actor had been offered a measly $250,000 for the role. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It: Mickey Rourke&#039;s Speech at the Spirit Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/in-case-you-missed-it-mickey-rourkes-speech-at-the-spirit-awards</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/in-case-you-missed-it-mickey-rourkes-speech-at-the-spirit-awards#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Independent Spirit Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a little late on this one, but I pretty much got sucked into Oscar mania and everything else got swept under the rug for about 24 hours. However, there are a couple of things left to catch up on starting with Mickey Rourke&#039;s much-talked-about speech accepting for Best Actor at Saturday&#039;s Independent Spirit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The Wrestler&#039; Takes Top Nod at 2009 Independent Spirit Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-wrestler-takes-top-nod-at-2009-independent-spirit-awards</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-wrestler-takes-top-nod-at-2009-independent-spirit-awards#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Independent Spirit Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Franco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards were held today and while I decided to watch my beloved Tar Heels go down to Maryland just as my hometown (sort of) WSU Cougars beat UCLA it didn&#039;t stop me from keeping one eye open as The Wrestler took more than one award including Best Feature. Mickey Rourke won [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Oscar Surprise Could Happen Very Early</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/an-oscar-surprise-could-happen-very-early</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/an-oscar-surprise-could-happen-very-early#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A site going by the name of Cinemascopian is claiming to have the schedule for the 2009 Oscar presentation and it is certainly different from last year&#039;s ceremony. If this is in fact the correct schedule the one major toss-up acting award would be announced as the first.

Best Supporting Actress is a category with Penelope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rourke is &#039;Expendable&#039; and Perhaps Not in &#039;Iron Man 2&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rourke-is-expendable-and-perhaps-not-in-iron-man-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rourke-is-expendable-and-perhaps-not-in-iron-man-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just yesterday Ain&#039;t It Cool News confirmed Mickey Rourke&#039;s involvement in Sylvester Stallone&#039;s The Expendables, but the day prior Rourke lost his canine companion, his 18-year-old Chihuahua Loky, and today New York Magazine carries a quote in which Rourke says he isn&#039;t signed for Iron Man 2.

But so what if ICM&#039;s David Unger doesn&#039;t look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speech Wars: Mickey Rourke at BAFTAs vs. Sean Penn at SAGs</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/speech-wars-mickey-rourke-at-baftas-vs-sean-penn-at-sags</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/speech-wars-mickey-rourke-at-baftas-vs-sean-penn-at-sags#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke gave a very entertaining speech at the 2009 BAFTA Awards earlier today and once again gives good reason as to why Academy voters would love to see him on stage accepting an Oscar and making people laugh and potentially cry. His BAFTA speech certainly has enough to keep most people interested as he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Slumdog&#039; Takes Home Seven at the BAFTAs while Winslet Continues Her Streak</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/slumdog-takes-home-seven-at-the-baftas-while-winslet-continues-her-streak</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/slumdog-takes-home-seven-at-the-baftas-while-winslet-continues-her-streak#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BAFTA News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 BAFTA Award winners have been announced and once again Slumdog Millionaire has taken on all comers and come out ahead with seven awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

On the acting side Kate Winslet has once again taken home hardware winning Best Actress for her performance in The Reader while Mickey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annie Leibovitz&#039;s &#039;Vanity Fair&#039; Celebrity Photo Spread is Worth a Look</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/annie-leibovitzs-vanity-fair-celebrity-photo-spread-is-worth-a-look</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/annie-leibovitzs-vanity-fair-celebrity-photo-spread-is-worth-a-look#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

SAM MENDES and KATE WINSLET
Photo: Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair


Vanity Fair has unveiled the latest Annie Leibovitz photo spread titled &#034;Something Just Clicked&#034; featuring ten new photos of top celebrity talent in only the best of lighting and framework. I have included my three favorite snaps from the collection in this post, but you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Roundtable with Pitt, Langella, Hawkins, Downey Jr., Rourke and Hathaway</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-roundtable-with-pitt-langella-hawkins-downey-jr-rourke-and-hathaway</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-roundtable-with-pitt-langella-hawkins-downey-jr-rourke-and-hathaway#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kudos to You]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frost/Nixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy-Go-Lucky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek held an Oscar roundtable hosted by David Ansen and Ramin Setoodeh and involving Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and I have just started digging into these things and from what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YOU VOTE: Predict the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award Winners!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/you-vote-predict-the-2009-screen-actors-guild-award-winners</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/you-vote-predict-the-2009-screen-actors-guild-award-winners#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
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Photo: Screen Actors Guild Awards®


With all the talk about the Oscars recently it seems everyone forgot that this Sunday, January 25 at 8 PM ET/PT on TNT &#038; TBS are the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards, the night the actors award actors with the Actor. As if anyone should, would or could forget. Well, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complete List of 2009 Golden Globe Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/complete-list-of-2009-golden-globe-winners</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/complete-list-of-2009-golden-globe-winners#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golden Globe Award News]]></category>
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Photo: Hollywood Foreign Press Association


The 2009 Golden Globes were held tonight at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST) and there were a few surprises to say the least.

Of course I would say the big winner was Kate Winslet who went home with two Golden Globe Awards, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rourke and Rockwell as &#039;Iron Man 2&#039; Villains</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rourke-and-rockwell-as-iron-man-2-villains</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Industry Insider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s safe to say Darren Aronofsky did Mickey Rourke one of the largest professional favors anyone could have done in Hollywood as he, along with Sam Rockwell, are said to be in talks to star as villains in the upcoming Iron Man 2 for director Jon Favreau according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The article goes on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rourke from &#039;Wrestler&#039; to Stallone&#039;s &#039;Expendables&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This new film from Sylvester Stallone sure is shaping up to be one hell of a curiosity as Variety has now announced Mickey Rourke has joined the cast of The Expendables, the new action adventure Stallone wrote and will be directing in March in Brazil.

Rourke is the latest of names to join the ensemble cast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mickey Rourke, Sean Penn and Gerald Posner: Hearsay Battle Royale</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mickey-rourke-sean-penn-and-gerald-posner-hearsay-battle-royale#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the race for the Oscar Best Actor just went up a notch with a dirty tactics article over at The Daily Beast quoting an alleged private text message sent from Mickey Rourke to an unnamed &#034;Los Angeles entertainment honcho.&#034; The alleged text from Gerald Posner&#039;s report reads as such:

Look seans an old friend of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come Watch the Fantastic Trailer Debut for &#039;The Wrestler&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Photo: Fox Searchlight


I said it right after seeing The Wrestler on Tuesday and I stick by it, &#034;Mickey Rourke is definitely the front runner for Best Actor at this moment.&#034; To follow that up we now have the official trailer for the film as it just arrived online over at Apple.

The film tells the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Brief: Rourke is Great and &#039;Australia&#039; is Long</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Mickey Rourke as Randy &#034;The Ram&#034; Robinson in The Wrestler
Photo: Fox Searchlight


Just got back from seeing The Wrestler and Mickey Rourke is definitely the front runner for Best Actor at this moment. His performance outweighs the film, which is good but I really don&#039;t see it as a Best Picture contender. I did, however, enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Mickey Rourke Pull an Eddie Murphy and Miss Out On Oscar?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/will-mickey-rourke-pull-and-eddie-murphy-and-miss-out-on-oscar#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Photo: Fox Searchlight


In 2007 everyone was touting Eddie Murphy for an Oscar for his performance in Dreamgirls. He paid back the good wishes with Norbit and ended up not winning as Alan Arkin took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine sending Eddie home with nothing but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: Defiance, Twilight(?), Australia, Wrestler and New Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-defiance-twilight-australia-wrestler-and-new-predictions</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Well, last week it was all about Miramax&#039;s Doubt as it finally screened and had a few mixed reactions, but didn&#039;t inspire Oscar blogger finger pointing so I guess that&#039;s something. However, this week all the buzz has been around Baz Luhrmann&#039;s Australia as word began circling Fox had forced Baz to change the downer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revealing Interview with Mickey Rourke for &#039;The Wrestler&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#039;ve heard all the buzz on The Wrestler, the Darren Aronofsky feature that is said to revive the career of Mickey Rourke and has since been picked up by Fox Searchlight and is now a contender for Best Picture and Best Actor among other Oscar hardware. I have covered it extensively in &#034;The Contenders&#034; section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mickey Rourke Wrestling in Cage Match</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke quickly became a favorite of mine after his role in Sin City. I know he has been in other shit and people may like or dislike him for whatever reasons they may have, but he killed the role of Marv and I hope he gets to do it again soon in Sin City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ryder and Rourke are &#039;Informers&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ryder_and_rourke_are_informers</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winona Ryder and Mickey Rourke are set to join Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Brandon Routh, Ashley Olsen, Jon Foster, Lou Taylor Pucci and Austin Nichols in the Gregor Jordan ensemble drama The Informers.

The film is set in 1980s Los Angeles and tells seven separate stories, follows a week in the lives of a group [...]]]></description>
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