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Mickey Rourke's roaring 'Wrestler' wins Venice's Golden Lion

VENICE (AFP) - Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler,” starring gritty survivor Mickey Rourke, won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival on Saturday. “I’d like to really thank the jury for making the right decision,” said Rourke, 51, making a comeback after years in the cinema wilderness with his performance as a has-been professional wrestler. Aronofsky dedicated the award “to all the wrestlers we met along the way who are making 200 dollars a night and are

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Venice film festival 2008 winners

VENICE (AFP) - The Venice film festival jury led by German director Wim Wenders bestowed the following awards on Saturday: - Golden Lion for best film: “The Wrestler,” by Darren Aronofsky starring Mickey Rourke (US) - Silver Lion for…
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Eat less meat

LONDON (AFP) - People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a British Sunday newspaper. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),…
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Futuristic dream home

A futuristic cross between a space laboratory and an airport terminal, this is the dream home of one of Britain’s leading industrialists. Sir David McMurtry, who was knighted in 2001 for design and innovation, has spent ú30million on…
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