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"Mickey Rourke has congratulated his rival Sean Penn for beating him to the best actor Oscar at this year&amp;#039;s ceremony. Speaking to The Mirror, the Wrestler star revealed that he was &amp;quot;pleased&amp;quot; that Penn had been honoured for his work in the biopic Milk.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a great actor and a great friend of mine,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;He deserved it.&amp;quot; Rourke has previously credited Penn for helping him turn his life around when he was &amp;quot;down and out&amp;quot;, saying: &amp;quot;He got hold of me and told me exactly what to do and not to do.&amp;quot; The pair dismissed reports of a feud between them earlier this month after they were spotted enjoying drinks together at the Sunset Tower in Hollywood.  Referencing the death of his pet Chihuahua last week, Rourke said: &amp;quot;To be honest I&amp;#039;d rather have my dog Loki back than an award.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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