Mickey Rourke Articles

Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Two Moon Junction Zalman King Dies Pt.1: Mickey Rourke-Kim Basinger Sex Drama NINE 1/2 WEEKS Though much of the media coverage on the film focused on the Sherilyn Fenn-Richard Tyson sex scenes and a full-frontal nude shot of Fenn, the most interesting aspect of Two Moon Junction was its highly eclectic cast, which included Oscar winners Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over [...]

Actor-director-producer-screenwriter Zalman King, among whose credits are "scandalous" sex dramas such as Nine 1/2 Weeks, Two Moon Junction, and Wild Orchid, died of cancer earlier today. King reportedly was 69 years old. Born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, King began his show business career as an actor, appearing in small roles and bit parts in about 20 television shows during the 1960s, including Gunsmoke, [...]

Mickey Rourke, whose film career has been somewhat resurrected thanks to Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler in 2008, will have his hand and footprints immortalized at 11 a.m. on Monday, October 31, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The 59-year-old Rourke, who'll next be seen as King Hyperion in Tarsem Singh's fantasy adventure Immortals, began his film career with a small role in Steven Spielberg's [...]

Frank Langella, Michael Sheen in Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon (top); Mickey Rourke in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (bottom) Colin Firth, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer: Oscar Veterans 2009 Frank Langella Frank Langella was nominated in the Best Actor category for Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon. Langella lost to Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's Milk. That was Langella's first Oscar nod in a film career that spanned 38 years, [...]