Subject:

Mickey Rourke

  • Dining

    December 14, 2011

    NYE Guide: Drinks

    Pour one out at these mainstays

  • Film

    October 26, 2011

    13

    Pour one out at these mainstays

  • Columns

    July 13, 2011

    Gossip! Gossip! Gossip! With Names!

    Valiant Sandra Bernhard, curious Mickey Rourke, and simply Divine

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Gossip! Gossip! Gossip! With Names!

    ​It's been a while since I rammed some tidbits of gossip down your throats and then made foie gras out of it. So the time is nigh! Click here for my new column, in which I dish on everyone from Ben Affleck to Sandra Bernhard--and yes, those are two different people. Plus Selena Gomez, Micke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    The 50 Unsexiest Men Alive

    ​I usually try to stay away from items making fun of celebrities' looks, though I feel it's fair game to mock anything about their appearances that's voluntary, i.e. a choice. And these people have made some horrible choices! It's a list of the 50 least sexy men in the public eye, with some ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 10, 2010

    Courtney Love: "Get Me Out of Movie Prison!"

    Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown's in town, and she's not one of them.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Courtney Love Tells Me Her Hopes and Dreams

    ​CLICK HERE for my new column in which Courtney Love tells me that she wants to get out of "movie prison" just like Robert Downey, Jr did. Anyone have the keys? Also in the column:

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2010

    Barfly

    ​CLICK HERE for my new column in which Courtney Love tells me that she wants to get out of "movie prison" just like Robert Downey, Jr did. Anyone have the keys? Also in the column:

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Wish You Were Here: Venice Film Festival Opens With "Mickey Rourke in a Tutu"

    ​The 67th Venice Film Festival, where I'm currently on jury duty (although not on the jury headed by Quentin Tarantino) opened majorly pop with Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky's warmly received and borderline risible follow-up to his 2008 Golden Lion winner The Wrestler. Although a generic horr ... More >>

  • Film

    August 11, 2010

    Stallone Hawks Nostalgia in The Expendables

    ​The 67th Venice Film Festival, where I'm currently on jury duty (although not on the jury headed by Quentin Tarantino) opened majorly pop with Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky's warmly received and borderline risible follow-up to his 2008 Golden Lion winner The Wrestler. Although a generic horr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    The Maxim Hot 100 vs. the Good Surgeon's Guide to the Top 10 Worst Celeb Faces

    The other Number 9​Number 9​The Maxim Hot 100 List is out. Yeah, we've been waiting for this all year! Not only that, but the Good Surgeon's Guide to the Top 10 Worst Celebrity Faces came out last week. And since we are connoisseurs of both beauty and hideousness here at Runnin' Scared, ... More >>

  • Film

    May 4, 2010

    Iron Man 2 Will Lead to 3 and Probably 4

    But that doesn't mean it's good

  • Voice Choices

    May 4, 2010

    CRUNCH TIME

    If only Mickey Rourke would show up

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Jeff Bridges' Oscar Showdown in Crazy Heart

    ​Crazy Heart is basically Jeff Bridges' The Wrestler. You know, a has-been has to do degrading things to make money, while trying to repair his troubled relationship with the child he abandoned, as a good woman overcomes all doubts and aims to save his soul (and her own). It's also his Tende ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Name The Best Film About Alcoholics

    ​There have been so many good movies made about drunks, you wonder why booze can inspire so many artists while ruining so many lives. No matter. My personal favorites are:

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    The Hottest Sex Scene in Screen History

    ​The horizontal mambo between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in the 1973 thriller Don't Look Now was so vivid that whispers got out claiming the two had really done the deed onscreen! On hearing this rumor, Julie's main squeeze, Warren Beatty, ran to the set to demand they cut the footag ... More >>

  • Film

    August 25, 2009

    Appearances as Reality in Big Fan

    ​The horizontal mambo between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in the 1973 thriller Don't Look Now was so vivid that whispers got out claiming the two had really done the deed onscreen! On hearing this rumor, Julie's main squeeze, Warren Beatty, ran to the set to demand they cut the footag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Yes In My Backyard: Download the Beets' "Don't Fit In My Head"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing new and emerging MP3s from local talent. Last time, we gave you the exclusive video of Motel Motel's "Coffee." The Beets and some wrestler guy The Beets are one of the most underappreciated bands in New York, especially since they should be rid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Week in Review: Get Ready #Bonnaroo You're Gonna Be My Bitch For the Weekend

    Rebecca Smeyne In the week we didn't go to the mud-soaked hobbit/hippie fest that is Bonnaroo (well, except for the top secret one of us who did, and is even now Twittering about it), all three members of SOTC did go to Prospect Park, where we wandered the green green grass 27,000 parents and thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Interview: Sam Rockwell on Moon, Working With David Bowie's Son Duncan Jones, and Not Punching Mickey Rourke

    "Mickey Rourke and I don't punch each other physically, but we do punch each other in other ways--it's emotional." Sam Rockwell is an actor who's both comfortable propping up bigger stars--he was a supporting player alongside Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Ruth Reichl as Mickey Rourke, Amy Winehouse

    Here we have a video produced by Gourmet's website, in which we imagine that Ruth Reichl is called upon to go out and review restaurants once more, but must come up with iron-clad disguises. Who knew Reichl could do such a spot-on Amy Winehouse impression? Her Mickey Rourke is shockingly good too ... More >>

  • Film

    April 22, 2009

    Pitch-Perfect Child Performances Root Treeless Mountain; Teen Trash Rots The Informers

    Here we have a video produced by Gourmet's website, in which we imagine that Ruth Reichl is called upon to go out and review restaurants once more, but must come up with iron-clad disguises. Who knew Reichl could do such a spot-on Amy Winehouse impression? Her Mickey Rourke is shockingly good too ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 15, 2009

    Fallen American Idol Star at Gay Bar!

    Much wood in B'way's Desire Under the Elms revival.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Fallen American Idol Star Spotted at Gay Bar!

    Liz Lauren That's just one of the naughty nuggets in this week's delectable column. (Click here for the magic.) Enter these sugar walls and you'll also get: An interview with Carlo Gugino about being a sexpot. An observation about why Hollywood will always shun Mickey Rourke. A sneak peak at Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Interview: Five Questions for The Wrestler's Necro Butcher

    Liz Lauren That's just one of the naughty nuggets in this week's delectable column. (Click here for the magic.) Enter these sugar walls and you'll also get: An interview with Carlo Gugino about being a sexpot. An observation about why Hollywood will always shun Mickey Rourke. A sneak peak at Gr ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 18, 2009

    Shocking Secret About Gay Porn Star!

    Agnès Varda, speeding at 80; Cowardly behavior

  • Voice Choices

    March 11, 2009

    BLOOD MATCH

    Ring of Honor paints Hammerstein Ballroom red

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2009

    It's Oscar Night: The Liveblog!

    Welcome to the Village Voice's not-really-annual Oscar liveblog! Feel the electricity. Not sure if you've heard, but: This year's Academy Awards will be UNLIKE ANY YOU'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE! First of all: They've hired an architect to design the set. Money well spent. Next: Taking a page from The M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    This Week's Voice: Lily Allen, Van Morrison, Max G. Morton, Brian Evenson, Katyn, Paul Graham, and More

    Joseph Pickard In this week's Village Voice Music Section, Rob Harvilla on the vicious, precocious, but oddly winsome bad-sex revenge fantasies of Lily Allen. Scott Foundas revisits Astral Weeks with Van Morrison. Cristina Black profiles self-taught learner Lissy Trullie. Tal Rosenberg visits wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    This Week in the Voice (Updated)

    Sure, forcing food down ducks' gullets sounds harsh, but Sarah DiGregorio held her nose and went to a New York foie gras farm -- and reports that it wasn't so bad. "I don't think it's OK to cut the fin off a shark and throw it back into the water," she says. "If I had seen with my own eyes that Huds ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 18, 2009

    "Come Back Mickey Rourke!" Cries His Friend

    Recession update: Cheapo bashes; home alone with Altoids.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Nate Silver Takes All the Suspense Out of the Oscars

    Every year people bitch that the Oscars are boring, and this year's event just lost what little non-wardrobe interest it had, because Nate Silver has called the winners. The supergenius statistician who predicted the last Presidential election's results with uncanny accuracy tells New York magazine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    My Oscar Predictions For The World To See

    Every year people bitch that the Oscars are boring, and this year's event just lost what little non-wardrobe interest it had, because Nate Silver has called the winners. The supergenius statistician who predicted the last Presidential election's results with uncanny accuracy tells New York magazine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Bin Laden Back, Calls for Jihad; Nude Celebrity Angle Found

    It's been a season of comebacks: Mickey Rourke, Kurt Warner, and now Osama Bin Laden. A voice that "resembled that of bin Laden in previous messages" has told followers via audiotape to prepare "for jihad to stop the aggression on Gaza." The alleged Osama further claims that Israel is trying to " ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 14, 2009

    Which Half of Brangelina is Getting Shafted by Oscar?

    You read it here first! You'll be all chirpy and happy!

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Anne Hathaway Fix Evaporates at Golden Globes

    We weren't even going to mention the Golden Globes until we saw it on the front page of the New York Times -- who ever thought the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, once described as "100 stringers living off hors d'oeuvres," would gather such respect! -- but now we're duty-bound to mention tha ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 31, 2008

    Cynthia Nixon on Sex and the City and Awards Shows Galore!

    Estrogen at the New York Women in Film & Television Muse awards; nights in drag with Murray Hill

  • Voice Choices

    December 24, 2008

    Ring of Honor

    Estrogen at the New York Women in Film & Television Muse awards; nights in drag with Murray Hill

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    SAG Nominees Include One Pleasant Surprise

    Estrogen at the New York Women in Film & Television Muse awards; nights in drag with Murray Hill

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    This Week's Voice: The Worst Lyrics of 2008, Fall Out Boy, and The Wrestler

    Estrogen at the New York Women in Film & Television Muse awards; nights in drag with Murray Hill

  • Film

    December 17, 2008

    Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky Both Make Visceral Comebacks in The Wrestler

    Estrogen at the New York Women in Film & Television Muse awards; nights in drag with Murray Hill

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    What to Expect from the iPhone's New Google Voice Feature

    Estrogen at the New York Women in Film & Television Muse awards; nights in drag with Murray Hill

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    Letters 10.01.08

    Estrogen at the New York Women in Film & Television Muse awards; nights in drag with Murray Hill

  • Film

    September 23, 2008

    Mickey Rourke is The Wrestler

    The onetime Hollywood A-lister climbs back in the ring with Darren Aronofsky's latest

  • Film

    October 4, 2005

    Scrutiny on the Bounty: Scott's Chopped-Up, Moronic Romp

    The onetime Hollywood A-lister climbs back in the ring with Darren Aronofsky's latest

  • News

    October 7, 2003

    Machine Age

    A next-gen Gumby enters New Orleans's heart of darkness

  • Film

    March 11, 2003

    Net Loss

    Kick Out the Hams

  • Columns

    April 17, 2001

    NY Mirror

    Kick Out the Hams

  • Film

    June 1, 1999

    Careers in Rehab

    Around the Bend, on the Mend

  • News

    January 5, 1999

    Nolte by Nature

    A Gifted and Afflicted Actor Propels Two of the Year's Best Films

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