Katie Halper
April 8, 2008 | 2:42 pm EST
I know Gina already wrote an excellent post about the film The Wrestler but I had to share my kudos after seeing the film this weekend.
I loved this movie. Mickey Rourke’s portrayal of Randy “The Ram” Robinson was amazing. Randy tries to start a life after wrestling by reconciling with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and pursuing a romantic relationship with an exotic dancer (Marisa Tomei). Sadly Randy’s attempts are not so successful as the lure of the wrestling life is all he really knows. What I liked most about the film was it was simple yet powerful. Overall, an awesome flick.
I really hope Rourke is nominated for an Oscar. Check out this great interview from ABC News at in which Rourke opens up about the hard times and his huge comeback. It’s really inspiring to see an actor go from famous, to forgotten to admired again.
Learn more about the movie at http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thewrestler/
Rosie Perez is talking about her awkward sex scene with John Leguizamo for the movie “The Take”. And everyone is talking about Rosie joining “Exit 19″ a CBS pilot with Geena Davis. But the most exciting Rosie related news is what she talked about when she spoke at Kutztown University, in Pennsylvania. Rosie told a crowd of over 400 people to “Listen to your hearts and do something about the injustices in the world.” Rosie also explained how her own activist spirit launched her career.
My life would not have changed if I didn’t have that activist spirit… If I didn’t have something inside me that I didn’t understand at that time, at 19 years old, that said, “ËœThis is wrong. I’m going to stand up and make this stop by any means necessary.’
What was it that the Brooklyn-native 19 year-old-boricua biochemistry major saw that made her so upset? It involved Spike Lee!
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Our second installation of the TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is here give you the very best of Katie, Nicole, Giulia, Gina and Kerry! More blogs means more to love this Valentine’s Day week, and more social action means a healthier and happier world for everyone. Check out our most popular posts of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.
Katie:
5 Ways to Take Action and Get Action On Valentine’s Day
Top 10 Guilt-Free Valentine’s Day Jewelry Gifts: Show Your Valentine You Have a Heart
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Nicole:
Kiva: Microlending to Change Lives
Top 10 New Releases to Inspire Social Change
Alicia Keys Uses Grammys to Help Keep a Child Alive
V-Day Celebrates Its 10 Year Anniversary!
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Gina:
Top 10 Movie Characters That Make A Difference
Art As Politics In “The Silence Before Bach”
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Kerry:
Celebrate 10 years of V-Day on April 11 ” 12, 2008 with V-Day’s mega two-day anniversary celebration in New Orleans at the New Orleans Arena and Louisiana Superdome.
For two days, thousands of women and men will harness their collective energy to mobilize V-Day, the worldwide movement to end violence against women and girls into the next decade. On both Friday April 11 and Saturday April 12 folks can gather at SUPERLOVE , a place to heal, gather, protest, celebrate and activate to change the story of women! There will be story telling, great art, mural making, spoken word poetry, singers, dancers, rituals and marches.
Saturday night, April 12th audiences can witness V TO THE TENTH takes place This once in a lifetime event will feature international performances of The Vagina Monologues, musical guests, V-Day activists from across the globe including Kenya, Afghanistan, Iraq, The Philippines, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Europe , men standing up for women and much more. The show will include notable guests such as Salma Hayek, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda, Jessica Alba,
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Giulia:
