Congratulations to “The Fighter” for their fantastic Oscar Wins!
The Fighter has come away a winner at the Oscars! This well-written portrayal of Micky Ward’s rise to boxing acclaim is a heartfelt story about a family in crisis. This wonderful film is a stirring retelling of the boxing parable of redemption and well worth the price of admission.
Best Supporting Actress – Melissa Leo for her portrayal of Alice Ward
Best Supporting Actor – Christian Bale for his portrayal of Dicky Eklund
Daily News 2011 Golden Gloves Reminder!
Dicky Eklund surprised Christian Bale on stage at the SAG Awards 1/30/2011, Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the Micky Ward biopic The Fighter for picking up fresh awards from the Screen Actors Guild last night. Aside from Christian Bale who won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for playing boxer Dicky Eklund, Melissa Leo won Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for playing Micky Ward’s mother Alice Ward.
The UK’s Daily Mirror has a nice read entitled The real fighter Micky Ward talks about the movie and Mark Wahlberg here.
84th Annual Daily News 2011 Golden Gloves Week Three bouts reminder!
2/2/2011 – Saint Patrick’s School, 9511 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228
2/3/2011- New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019
2/4/2011 – C-Pac Center, 1020 East 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203
2/5/2011 – Mid-Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (7:00 PM Start)
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The Fighter wins big at the Golden Globes
Congratulations to Melissa Leo and Christian Bale for winning Golden Globes awards for their supporting roles in the Micky Ward biopic, The Fighter.
Melissa Leo brought a gritty realism to her role as Alice Ward. As for Christian Bale, his role as Dicky Eklund was as honest as they come.
This project was obviously a labor of love by Mark Wahlberg and his team and deserves thanks from the boxing community for all their efforts in bringing this film to the screen.
Girlboxing also extends our best wishes to Alice Ward for a speedy recovery. She was hospitalized on January 12th for a cardiac arrest and is reportedly fighting her way back in the true spirit of her boxer sons.
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