Slumdog Advances Toward Oscar

At Sunday’s 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, “Slumdog Millionaire” and Heath Ledger triumphed once again, while Sean Penn shocked with a win in the lead actor category over presumed favorite Mickey Rourke.
Coming weeks after ruling at the Golden Globes, this latest victory for ‘Slumdog’ solidified its status as a heavy favorite to take the Oscar for Best Picture.
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Producers Guild of America hails ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ as best picture

Nominations for 81st Academy Awards

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
• Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn, Milk
• Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Josh Brolin, Milk
• Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
• Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
• Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie, Changeling
• Melissa Leo, Frozen River
• Kate Winslet. The Reader
• Meryl Streep, Doubt

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams, Doubt
• Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis, Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

all the nominations are HERE

The Resurrection of Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama at the Golden Globes last night for his lead role in The Wrestler.
He gave a surprisingly eloquent and heartfelt speech, noting that he is not used to speaking in public and that he was almost “out of the business” a few years ago.
more HERE

Related:
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ wins big at Golden Globes
Heath Ledger grabs Golden Globe for performance in ‘Dark Knight’
Kate Winslet receives two Golden Globe awards
’30 Rock’ nearly sweep Globes

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Then and Now: Wrestling Stars of the ’80s

Wrestling legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, actor Mickey Rourke, and wrestlers Greg ‘The Valentine’ and Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake pile-drive their way into the premiere of the movie ‘The Wrestler.’ In honor of the film, we find out what happened to those spandex-clad warriors that dominated the ring in the ’80s HERE