Mickey Rourke's "Loki Necklace" Created by Queens Resident

Left photo of Rourke holding Loki (with director Daren Aronofsky in the background) at the Venice Film Festival last September by Andrew Medichini/AP; right photo of Rourke wearing a "Loki pendant" at the Oscars this past Sunday by Amy Sancetta/AP

Ever since Mickey Rourke's performance in The Wrestler has celebrated, the press has devoted many stories to his comeback—and how he credits his dogs with saving his life (he discusses them a lot during his awards acceptance speeches). Last week, his beloved dog Loki passed away but Rourke was able to keep Loki's memory with him on Oscar night by way of a necklace Queens resident Betina Wasserman sent him.

Wasserman explained to Urbanite, "I recently lost a dog myself. I just wanted to do something nice for a fellow dog lover who is heartbroken.” She figured out how to get in touch with Rourke's publicist and sent over a necklace. Next thing Wasserman knew, there was a message from Rourke: "He says, 'Hi, I'm Mickey Rourke,' and I thought I was going to throw up. Then he said that was such a kind gesture and then he says, 'I got it on and I ain't takin' it off.'"

Wasserman has a full-time job, but makes jewelry and other crafts in her spare time. Her Etsy store is Wicked World, and she can customize a similar pendant with an image you provide her—but she's not making Loki pendants for sale. She said, "This was meant to be a token of love from one dog lover to another."

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on February 26, 2009 2:32 PM

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robingee

>>>"He says, 'Hi, I'm Mickey Rourke,' and I thought I was going to throw up.>>>

Heh.

snickerdoodle

He looks like he's holding a dead dog in the first photo.

I still can't believe how badly his face has been ravaged with awful plastic surgery.

Jen Chung

Yeah, it's pretty incredible. He's like two steps removed from Jocelyn Wildenstein.

Clarice City

"did it got to the Oscars with him?"

-Priceless typo

Clarice City

Sorry ... totally insensitive. Now I will be verbally berated by felixthecat, and I probably derserve it- but seriously! When did that dog die?! Did it got to the Oscars with him?

Clarice City

Is he holding a dead dog?

Jen Chung

No—in that photo, I think Loki is 18 years old.

Clarice City

Poor thing. My dog only lived to 14- and that was old! Rest in Peace, little buddy!

Ethan

Queens: The cradle of humanity.

ides_of_march

Now that's real entrepeneurship. Maybe her jewelry business will take off now so Obama can tax her eyeballs out and make her wish she hadn't bothered.

tmz is evil

Wahhhh!!! It sucks to lose a tiny fraction more of my fortune than usual to taxes and still have hundreds and thousands of dollars left over! Wahhhh!!!

robingee

Don't you know? If you do not make over $250K a year it's your fault for not working hard enough. Never never take a job for less than that! Otherwise you're a Luh-HOO-ser! If you need help by having your taxes lowered, you're a Luh-HOO-ser!

If you believe in free schools and firefighters and cops and libraries you're a lazy Socialist! MY house has never caught fire, why should I pay for fire trucks to save you if you are irresponsible and let your house catch fire!

Now, where did I park my Hummer made of PlayStations?

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

Looks like two comments from the type that have never busted their ass to make something of themselves only to have it snatched away "for the greater good".

Get back to me after you've paid 50G in fed tax one year then find yourself sitting in a bar one night listening to some loser complaining about how the govt. should do more to help him and doesn't provide enough.

Where the fuck do they get you people? Is there a factory nearby churning out lazy socialists who have all the answers for how OTHERS should live their lives?

robingee

Mickey?

ChampionOfTheSun

Yeah, because it's so much better to make $40K a year and have your taxes lowered slightly than to make over $250K a year and be taxed a bit more.

Felix Hoenikker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARvdUBkNoDU

Guest

Damn! I always forget Steve Guttenberg's in that movie. When is he going to make a Mickey Rourke style comeback (meaning, when is Steve going to go into boxing, have his face completely disfigured, and then star in Sin City 2)?