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Darren Aronofsky once said, "I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking." And in the church of cinema, the 44-year-old director ranks high on the list of worship. As one of the most psychologically enticing and visually minded filmmakers working today, he creates haunting worlds full of desperate and passionate characters clinging to intangible ideals. As intelligent as he is artistic, Aronofsky's films come alive through his brilliant knowledge of how to tell a story through dialogue and images, but also characterized by the his ear for music and the help of composer Clint Mansell.

Congratulations to the folks at Vulture, who lucked upon a crabby Mickey Rourke at a recent party for Scream 4, where the actor called his new film, Passion Play, "terrible" and questioned the talents of his costar, Megan Fox. The comments caused such a stir that Rourke was forced to reach out to Vulture and apologize, a rare feat indeed. Don't forget that Rourke's career went dark after the actor refused to play the Hollywood game (rule number one: don't say what's really on your mind), and now that he's enjoying his second chance, he's trying hard not to muck it up. Anyway, Passion Play already screened at Toronto, and Mickey Rourke isn't the only one who thinks it sucks.

● Catherine Zeta-Jones has entered a mental clinic for Bipolar disorder. Finally, someone who can admit it! [People] ● Mickey Rourke has gone on record saying his new movie with Megan Fox is "terrible." Mikey Rourke has also gone on record saying "water is liquid." [Vulture] ● Kobe Bryant: Fierce competitor or raging homophobe? The Lakers star has sort of apologized for hurling an anti-gay slur at a referee last night. [TMZ]

Another year of The Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped, and gone with it are the extended 4 am last calls (Toronto’s last call normally arrives at cruel 2 a.m.), celebrities, and the unique energy that is bestowed upon the city which Steve Martin once referred to on 30 Rock as being “just like New York but without all the stuff.”

While Mickey Rourke's new commercial for the Dutch, alcohol-free beer Bavaria makes for a highly enjoyable fifty six seconds, we can't help but think it was, or it least could have been, written for the only other man on the planet who would be as, if not more appropriate for a spot like this. Sadly, Kiefer Sutherland must have been wrapping 24 that night. After all, it's Sutherland who's known to partake in booze-induced calamities whilst overseas. See such classics as diving into a hotel lobby Christmas tree in London, or the more recent getting tossed from a strip club in London. We know Rourke has the reputation of a rule-breaking badass, but really, the whole thing feels more like a persona than the real deal.

● Washed up soul singer and one-time walking six pack D'Angelo was driving around with $12,000 in his car before getting arrested for soliciting oral sex from an undercover cop. Where did D'Angelo get $12,000? [Daily Swarm] ● If a Joel Madden DJs the Oscars and no one is around to hear it, is Nicole Richie still famous? [People] ● Even the Oscars had a "Kanye moment" -- and no, James Cameron did not make one of the best films of all-time... "of all-time!" [Salon]

● Joe Simpson is developing a sitcom for Nickelodeon based on his experiences as a career-driven Svengali who masterminds the rise of his two untalented daughters as a psychologist raising two daughters. [Us Weekly] ● James Cameron's other ex, Linda Hamilton—aka Sarah Connor—lays into the king of the world. [Daily Mail] ● New Meme: Snooki crashing your vacation, Avatar, 90210 and every place else. [Urlesque, Urlesque]

Julia & Nic, Sofia & Clint and other upsetting pairs

Megan Fox and Mickey Rourke Will "Date": Sorry Brian Austin Green, but part of the perils of dating Hollywood's blowup doll du jour is accepting that each of her roles brings with it the possibility of hooking up with a costar that is more successful (i.e. more desirable) than yourself. See: Mickey Rourke. The two "rebels" are currently in pre-production on Passion Play, their film where Fox plays an angel who is saved by a broken down piece of trumpet-playing meat (Rourke). Like her (and everyone's) role model Angelina Jolie, Fox has been linked to costars before, namely Shia Labeouf, and everyone remembers Rourke's non-romance with his much younger costar from The Wrestler, Evan Rachel Wood. Expect the "just friends" label brandied about at premieres and junkets, but in Mickey's mind, the two of them were already banging the second he saw her dressed up as a giant raisin on that rerun of Hope & Faith.

● Jeremy Piven says his "moobs" (man boobs) came from soy milk abuse; the actor started out as the “guy that dabbled in soy milk” but it quickly escalated into drinking 12 cups a day -- which contained enough estrogen to give him boobs. [Us] ● Michael Lohan says Lindsay Lohan is a “beautiful girl” but “she looks 100 years old." [E!] ●What men think about, according to Kate Hudson: “Game scores, masturbation, and food." [Us]