Los Angeles Confidential magazine Golden Globes party

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February 18, 2009

MICKEY ROURKE: Awards Season Style Star

Jan. 12: Los Angeles Confidential magazine Golden Globes party

Expert style recycling: “He’s very resourceful. He’s really mixing it around and obviously getting used to the idea of going out and being seen.”

"Jason Binn is a sweet, sweet, pretty man"

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Mickey Rourke Given Starring Role by Niche Media's Binn

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January 15, 2009

Mickey Rourke Given Starring Role by Niche Media's Binn

Jason Binn, CEO of Los Angeles Confidential publisher Niche Media, hosted a celebratory party for his buddy, Golden Globe winner Mickey Rourke, on Jan. 12 at Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood. Among the guests were David Arquette, Bai Ling and Aaron Eckhart. Rourke thanked guests, especially Binn, saying, “I have so much to be thankful for—all of the people who believed in me from the beginning and stepped up for me like Jason, Darren Aronofsky and Bruce Springsteen.”

Niche Media also threw a party for Los Angeles Confidential cover star Ralph Fiennes at Skybar at the Mondrian on Jan. 10. Fiennes shared the spotlight with fellow split cover star Kristin Scott Thomas.

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The trio: Jason Binn, Mickey Rourke and Gordon Ramsey (1.26.2009)

Mickey Rourkke, Gordon Ramsay and Jason Binn attend Niche Media's LA Confidential Golden Globre Celebration

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January 14, 2009

Mickey's Very Golden Night

He left his best actor Golden Globe trophy at home, but Mickey Rourke was still walking on that cloud when he descended on the L.A. Confidential magazine party

Niche Media CEO Jason Binn, left, actor Mickey Rourke and chef Gordon Ramsay attend Niche Media's Los Angeles Confidential Magazine Golden Globe Celebration held at The London on January 12, 2009 in West Hollywood, California.

He left his best actor Golden Globe trophy at home, but Mickey Rourke was still walking on that cloud when he descended on the L.A. Confidential magazine party thrown in his honor Monday night at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at the London Hotel.

After making his way through the crush that included "Dark Knight" star Aaron Eckhart, as well as actors David Arquette, Tom Arnold, Danny Masterson and Ray Winstone; rockers Billy Morrison and Donovan Leitch; and socialites Kathy Hilton and Jason Davis; Rourke settled into the back room, cigarette in one hand and actress Bai Ling laminated to his side. Seems chef Ramsay, who made his way back to congratulate Rourke on his win for "The Wrestler," isn't the only one allowed to light up inside his place.

Rourke's face, which looked much more normal than at last week's Critics Choice Awards, where the Botox and Restylane treatments he'd just had were painfully obvious, actually moved a bit and lit up when Sean Penn's name was mentioned. He tried not to crow over the shift in voting - Penn won the Critics' Choice trophy, Rourke the Globe, which makes it a two-horse race heading toward Oscars - but he couldn't help being all smiles about it.

"I talked to Sean today," he told us happily. "He's a great actor, and I wish him well. Our movies are so different; it is hard to compare them. But this has been an amazing time for me, and I hope it keeps going!"

He'll have two more tests soon enough, as the Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22, and the SAG Awards are given out Jan. 25. But as one onlooker quipped at Monday night's party, "it's already like Mickey Rourke has risen from the dead!"

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O.J. LAWYER: ‘He’s a Sociopath’

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

O.J. LAWYER: ‘He’s a Sociopath’

Time heals some wounds, so Ronald Goldman’s dad, Fred, might be interested in this. I ran into O.J. Simpson’s former criminal attorney, Robert Shapiro, night before last at a party celebrating Mickey Rourke’s Golden Globe win. I asked Shapiro, who led the Simpson “Dream Team” in 1994-95 that got Simpson acquitted of double murder, what he thought of his former client in retrospect.
Shapiro was quick to respond. “He’s a sociopath,” Shapiro said, surprisingly. This was just after I told him of seeing F. Lee Bailey last fall, and that Bailey was still defending Simpson.
Did Shapiro always think Simpson was a sociopath, I wondered? Shapiro smiled. “What do you think?” he answered rhetorically.
If someone relates this anecdote to Simpson, now at last in prison but not for the murders, he may well surmise that his staunchest former defender is finally ‘fessing up about his feelings
Shapiro is not completely removed from the Simpson world. He has remained very friendly with the famous children of his late friend, attorney Robert Kardashian. The famous children, of course, are the publicity hungry Kardashian sisters, daughters of Kris Kardashian who is married to former great athlete Bruce Jenner. Jenner’s son, Brody, of course, is also a press junkie, seeking fame for doing little of much value other than dating and having a reality show. It’s quite a group.
Anyway, few people may realize that the Kardashian girls — also reality TV stars, Playboy models, etc- are the daughters of O.J.’s best friend, a lawyer who helped him skirt the double murder charges but later claimed he had doubts about Simpson’s innocence. Kris Kardashian Jenner was at one time Nicole Simpson’s best friend.
What ties Shapiro to the Kardashians now? Robert tells me he’s backing Kim Kardashian in a Web site called shoedazzle.com. He says, “It’s discount high end shoes.” Well, it’s nice to see they’ve all stayed so friendly. The shoes are for women, so Bruno Magli — the brand O.J. wore the night of the murders — won’t be featured.
The Mickey Rourke party, by the way, was hosted by Jason Binn and L.A. Confidential magazine at Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant in the London Hotel — formerly the Bel Age — in West Hollywood. What a place! Ramsay, the famed Brit chef, was there, too, and let us taste some of his mouth watering morsels. It was a Monday night and the place was packed. This is certainly not how I remembered the beloved Bel Age. It’s amazing what a coat of paint and a good cook can do to revive a dowager!
Mickey, by the way, tells me he has no memory of his Golden Globes speech. He also has no idea what the producers of “Iron Man 2” have in store for him. He also has no memory of presenting at the Gotham Awards back in November with Patricia Clarkson. But it’s all good, and everyone loves him again.
Also spotted at the Rourke/Binn soiree: the hardest ex-exec in the record biz, Charlie Walk, late of Epic Records. The word is that Charlie has just signed a deal with Endemol Productions, the world’s biggest producer of reality TV shows. He’s going to report to that company’s U.S. chief, Dave Goldberg, and already has several big projects cooking. At Epic, Charlie had hit after hit, so the producer of “Big Brother” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has a lot to get ready for!

Rourke's Comeback in L.A. Confidential Mag

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January 13, 2009

Rourke's Comeback in L.A. Confidential Mag

Golden Globe winner Mickey Rourke's recognizable face graces the cover of the January/February issue of Los Angeles Confidential magazine -- proving he's back and ready to take a second shot at Hollywood.

In the article, the 52-year-old reveals the challenges he faced while working on "The Wrestler," his upcoming projects, and he even gives advice to the current rebels of showbiz, saying, "I self-destructed. It took me 10 years in therapy to change my ways. They're going to find out the hard way that maybe you can get away with that s*** when you're in your twenties, but when Hollywood closes the door on [them], there's not many guys who can be out of work 13 or 14 years that they're going to give a second chance to."

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Mickey Rourke Celebrated by Los Angeles Confidential

January 13, 2009

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Mickey Rourke Celebrated by Los Angeles Confidential

Los Angeles Confidential magazine celebrated Mickey Rourke's cover shoot on Monday night, the night after the screen vet took home his Golden Globe for 'The Wrestler.'

Stars who walked the red carpet at the soiree hosted by Niche Media CEO Jason Binn at Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood included Ramsay himself, 'The Dark Knight''s Aaron Eckhart, and ET's own correspondent Cheryl Woodcock.

You can check out Mickey on the January/February cover of the mag on newsstands now.

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