Ever wondered what happened to characters after the credits started rolling in some of your favorite films? Well, kudos to CollegeHumor.com, who managed to point out why ambiguous endings are sometimes way better than tidy ones by showing us the worst possible endings to “The Wrestler,” “Lost in Translation,” “No Country for Old Men,” HBO’s “The Sopranos,” and “The Graduate.”

I thought they’d have their hands full tackling these classic movies (and TV show), but this is a really well-done (and very funny) video. Enjoy!

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Mickey Rourke, up for a Best Actor Oscar that he richly deserves at this year’s 2009 Academy Awards ceremony, is not your usual, play-it-safe kind of actor. (To enter our Oscar prediction contest, go here!) Just today, the Huffington Post put a up a slide show of recent promotional appearances Rourke has made in the last month during his run for gold with Darren Aronofsky’s stellar film “The Wrestler.” They are calling it a Hand-In-Pants Retrospective. I think you’ll enjoy it; here’s a taste:

So, the question is: Will Oscar voters want to give this guy a chance to get up onstage on February 22 during an internationally televised event and be himself?

Sunday night at the BAFTA Awards, Rourke won Best Actor and dropped the f-bomb repeatedly as nonchalantly as ever. The British crowd didn’t seem to mind. Here’s his speech:

And after his win at the Golden Globes, he looked as rough as ever, thanking both his dogs and his director. When the camera cut to Aronofsky, he gave Rourke an aptly timed middle finger which the network was not quick enough to edit. (Don’t think they could have CGI-ed over it fast enough– maybe cut to Brad Pitt instead?) Here’s that infamous Golden Globe moment:

Finally, before the SAG Awards (which he lost out to Sean Penn for), Rourke let slip to an interviewer that he would be wrestling at the upcoming WWE Wrestlemania event. A publicist has since retracted the comment, but you know as soon as the Oscars are over, Rourke will probably buff up and go right back in the ring. How surreal is that? Here he is not heeding the advice of a publicist:

So, as Oscar night rolls around, all I can say is, “Let the best man win!” In my opnion, that’s Rourke, and it has nothing to do with the fact that I can’t wait to see what he’s going to say.

(For the record, I predict Penn will win.)

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On January 4th, 2009, the Kansas City Film Critic’s Circle chose the winners of the 42nd Annual Loutzenhiser Awards, and “The Wrestler” nabbed the most wins with three, for director Darren Aronofsky, actor Mickey Rourke, and screenwriter Robert Siegel. The KCFCC is the first major critic’s organization to award Aronofsky. “Slumdog Millionaire” won the top prize with Best Film, while its screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, won in the adapted screenplay category. Formed in 1966, the KCFCC is the second oldest professional film critic’s group in the country, after only the New York Film Critic’s Circle. The full list of winners is below:

Best Film: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Darren Aronofsky, “The Wrestler”

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, “Doubt”

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

Best Original Screenplay: Robert Siegel, “The Wrestler”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Foreign Language Film: “Let the Right One In” (Sweden)

Best Documentary: “Man on Wire”

Best Animated Film: “WALL*E”

Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: “The Dark Knight”

For a tally of every major critic’s awards and awards show nominees and winners leading up to the Oscars, click here.

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