The Wrestler (movie)

Just five years ago it was unthinkable. Even one year ago no one could have conceived of it. Even last summer this kind of earth-shattering upset would have been labeled a pipe dream. But several years after all but being completely out of the business...

LOS ANGELES -- "Slumdog Millionaire" continued its march to Oscar night by winning the best ensemble cast honor tonight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, while Sean Penn was named best actor for his title role in "Milk" and Meryl Streep walked off with...

Finally saw "The Wrestler" Saturday night, which is sort of in my jurisdiction, as it is about a sort-of sport. As advertised, Mickey Rourke is excellent, as is Marisa Tomei. (She's 44? Really?) The movie works mostly as a character......

A WGN Exclusive... The 21st annual Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: - BEST PICTURE: WALL-E - BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire - BEST ACTOR: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler - BEST ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting...

MOTION PICTURES: - Picture, Drama: "Slumdog Millionaire." - Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Vicky Christina Barcelona." - Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler." - Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road." - Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire." -...

Vanity Fair's annual post- Academy Awards celebration, which set up shop at West Hollywood's Sunset Tower Hotel, might have had some recession-chic touches -- reused décor from past events and comfort food like chicken pot pie -- but there was no toning...

Rocker Courtney Love -- who once declared that she wasn't a woman but a force of nature and got little argument -- has rented a sprawling Mediterranean in the Hollywood Hills for about $20,000 a month. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: 'Entourage'...

Teenlink citics reveal who they think should take home the Oscar Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire And the Oscar goes to: Slumdog Millionaire Despite my own personal campaign for Milk, I am...

“Wait a minute, the Clippers always lose­­—why do you have to pay to watch them?” —Kid of about eight to his parents in line at Staples Center “I’m so glad he is not dead.” —Moviegoer walking out of the Landmark after seeing Mickey Rourke in The...

They are now the leading contenders for the top Academy Award -- and although "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" could hardly be more different in plot, style, spirit and budget, they epitomize the increasingly perilous path...

A year ago, Mickey Rourke would have had a hard time getting a good table at the Ivy, but on Monday he had the best reservation in town as one of the Oscar hopefuls invited to the annual nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. Looking quirky and...

He received the most attention lately for his Oscar-nominated performance in " The Wrestler," but Mickey Rourke also has been busy with other projects, including this Elmore Leonard-inspired drama about a couple ( Diane Lane, Thomas Jane) taken into the...