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Sean Penn stories: 40 news summaries

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OLD RELEASES

 The Best of 
 Cold War Cinema 

With the Evil Empire as the bad guy, Hollywood made some great flicks

Nov 9, 09 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Maybe the reason Betsy Sharkey is feeling nostalgic about Cold War flicks is that the era offered a clear, if flawed, idea that we were the good guys. Regardless, it made for some good movies. The Los Angeles Times critic's faves, by "capricious category":
  • Aliens: With "subtexts
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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Soviet Union • Cold War • Matt Damon • James Bond • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Sean Penn • spies • Alfred Hitchcock • movies • Paul Newman • paranoia • Robert Ludlum • Evil Empire • Jason Bourne • Henry Fonda • Fail-Safe • Dr. Strangelove • The Falcon and the Snowman • Torn Curtain • Brother From Another Planet

SPICOLI LITE

 Sean Penn's 
 Son Dodges 
 Drug Charges 

But Hopper may have been kicked out of another school for drugs

Nov 5, 09 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn’s son, arrested last week at his Malibu high school, is not facing drug charges. Sources close to the investigation say he was picked up for drug possession, but tell Radar that the drugs—no names given—were medications prescribed to Hopper, and that the district attorney's office... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • prescription drugs • arrest • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn

DADDY'S LITTLE ANGEL

 Sean Penn's Son Arrested 

Teen son of Sean, Robin Wright Penn busted at school

Nov 4, 09 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Looks like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Bad boy Sean Penn’s 16-year-old son was arrested last week, sources close to the investigation tell Radar . He was taken into custody at school in Malibu, but since he’s a minor, no word on whether charges have... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • arrest • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn

 Sean Penn Finds New Galpal, 25 

Model Jessica White replaces soon-to-be-ex Robin Wright Penn

Sep 16, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn wasted no time finding a new galpal in the wake of his split from Robin Wright Penn—and she’s just half his age and a swimsuit model to boot. The actor, 49, has been spotted around New York City with Jessica White, 25, and “they are... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • model • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn • Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue • celebrity divorces • Jessica White

(Newser) - If a celeb asks you out, it’s hard to say no. But do you really want to get beaten up, or be totally chaste for a few years? Emily Farris presents some “currently single stars we implore you to avoid like The Plague” for Nerve:
  1. Chris Brown:
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list • celebrity • gossip • dating • Jude Law • Sean Penn • Jonas Brothers • Chris Brown • Jon Gosselin

(Newser) - There’s been a third divorce filing between Robin Wright Penn and hubby Sean Penn, Access Hollywood reports. The Penns have been on the outs, on and off, for years, but this time could be official. The fairer Penn claims “irreconcilable differences,” though the couple agrees to share... More »

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entertainment • film • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn • child custody • movies • celebrity divorces • separation

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Heaton + 
 Basic Math 
 = Painful TV 

Plus, Penns are still separated, and more

Aug 18, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond embarrassed herself and everyone watching last night on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Gawker reports. She acted as if her simple question—“If a euro is worth $1.50, five euros is worth what? Thirty quarters, 50 dimes, 30 nickels,... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • Brad Pitt • celebrity • Sean Penn • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire • Celine Dion • Robin Wright Penn • celebrity pregnancy • Shania Twain • Patricia Heaton • Erin Andrews

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Penn's New Role? Mr. Mom

Plus, Carrie Prejean and Speidi and Katherine Heigl are all back

Jun 19, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn may be taking a career time-out, but his wife certainly isn’t. Robin Wright Penn says that now that her kids are older, “I'm ready to go wild, man!” while promoting her latest film, the Mirror reports. Of her once-estranged hubby’s hiatus, she said, “... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • celebrity • Katherine Heigl • Sean Penn • Jessica Alba • Robin Wright Penn • Spencer Pratt • Carrie Prejean • Heidi Pratt

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Blame Portman for Penn Hiatus 

Plus, Jon and Kate actually in the same place at the same time, more

Jun 18, 09 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tinseltown is abuzz with speculation about what caused Sean Penn’s acting hiatus, the New York Post reports. Some say Natalie Portman, who was seen with Penn in the middle of his separation drama, broke his heart. Elsewhere:
  • Jon and Kate Gosselin were actually spotted together—imagine that! The
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entertainment • reality TV • celebrity trials • celebrity • Sean Penn • Natalie Portman • Rihanna • Robin Wright Penn • David Archuleta • Ricky Martin • Chris Brown • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Jeff Archuleta

 Penn Puts Career on Pause 

Actor will focus on family in wake of near-split with wife

Jun 17, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is taking a timeout from acting to focus on his family, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The actor dropped out of The Three Stooges and the crime thriller Cartel, and sources say his sabbatical from Tinseltown could last up to a year. His part in Cartel will be... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • Sean Penn • Benicio Del Toro • Robin Wright Penn • Jim Carrey • celebrity marriage • Farrelly brothers • Peter Farrelly • Bobby Farrelly • Three Stooges

 Penns May Be Back Together


May 21, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - This is getting hard to keep straight. Sean Penn and wife Robin Wright Penn appear to be reconciling. Again. The actor filed a court request in Marin County, California, to dismiss his legal separation case, reports People. The two began divorce proceedings in 2007 after 11 years of marriage, only... More »

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Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn • celebrity divorces • celebrity marriage

 Penns Separate—Again 


Apr 29, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn has filed for legal separation from wife Robin Wright Penn less than 2 years after a high-profile reconciliation, Extra reports. In 2007, Penn filed for divorce, though the proceeding was dropped when the two decided to stick it out. Expect the couple—married since 1996—to seek joint... More »

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film • Sean Penn • joint custody • Robin Wright Penn • celebrity divorces • separation • legal filing

opinion

Penn: Rush, Cheney 'Among Greatest Cowards' Ever


Apr 21, 09 10:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is a little agitated about all the abuse President Obama is taking for shaking hands with Hugo Chavez. It's nothing but the "posturing of our nation's most bitter and humanly impotent voices," he writes in the Huffington Post. Obama should have been tougher goes the refrain... More »

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Dick Cheney • Venezuela • Sean Penn • Hugo Chávez • President Obama

 LiLo on Britney: 
 She's No Artist 

Starlet admires Spears' honesty

Mar 20, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - From one tabloid obsession to another:  Lindsay Lohan tells Nylon magazine that she respects Britney Spears—for her honesty, not for her talent, which she cheerfully disparages. “She’s marketed as an entertainer, which is what she is. Not necessarily as, like, an artist," LiLo opines. "... More »

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Britney Spears • Lindsay Lohan • tabloids • celebrity • Sean Penn • Seth Rogen • celebrity interview

 Penn Fights for 
 'Harvey Milk Day' 

Holiday would honor activist's birthday

Mar 3, 09 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn today joined the push to recognize Harvey Milk's birthday in California, Variety reports. State senator Mark Leno is re-introducing a bill seeking a statewide “day of significance” on May 22, the birthday of the gay activist Penn won an Oscar for portraying. Schools would be encouraged to... More »

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gay rights • holiday • Sean Penn • Harvey Milk • Milk • Mark Leno • Bill Maher Grid

 Penn Pokes Fun 
 at Madonna's 
 Boy Toy 

Actor also skips own post-Oscar bash

Feb 24, 09 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Madonna’s Oscar-winning ex-hubby couldn’t resist a dig at her 22-year-old current fling, the Sun reports: When the two met at a post-Oscars bash and the Material Girl congratulated Best Actor Sean Penn, he gestured at model Jesus Luz and said, “Another kid already?” And it wasn’t... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • Madonna • party • Sean Penn • Milk • Oscars • Jesus Luz

 Best and Worst of Oscar Night 

Funny and un-funny moments abound at ceremony

Feb 23, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Oscar night was filled with highs and lows, from the predictably inspirational moments when Kate Winslet finally won and Heath Ledger’s family received his posthumous award, to the cheap shot of producers cutting to Angelina Jolie’s face during Jennifer Aniston’s presenter speech. More from the Los Angeles ... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Academy Awards • awards • award show • Jennifer Aniston • Heath Ledger • Ben Stiller • Sean Penn • Bill Maher • Joaquin Phoenix • movies • Jessica Biel • Pineapple Express • Kate Winslet • Hugh Jackman • Oscars • Bill Maher Grid

SLIDESHOW

 Oscar 
 Nominees 
 in Photos 

Slumdog, Benjamin Button, Milk join Reader and Frost/Nixon in best-picture fight

Feb 21, 09 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The countdown begins to Hollywood's night of nights, with big guns that "are easier to admire and respect than to love" competing for top honors, writes David Gritten in the Daily Mail. No doubt the tabloids are hoping for a Brangelina sweep of the Best Actor and Best... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Anne Hathaway • The Reader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Oscars

 Streep, Penn Win SAG Honors 


Jan 25, 09 9:48 PM CST
(AP) - Meryl Streep and Sean Penn took lead-acting honors tonight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, she for Doubt and he for Milk. The prize for overall cast went to the rags-to-riches saga Slumdog Millionaire, while Heath Ledger and Kate Winslet took supporting honors for The Dark Knight and The Reader.... More »

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Alec Baldwin • awards • Tina Fey • award show • Meryl Streep • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Screen Actors Guild • Kate Winslet

 Slumdog Wins Big  
 at Critics' Choice

Heath Ledger receives posthumous award

Jan 9, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at the Critics' Choice Awards last night, taking home five trophies, including best film and best director (Danny Boyle), MTV News reports. Heath Ledger, meanwhile, continued his posthumous honors, picking up best supporting actor (and a standing ovation) for his turn as the Joker... More »

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awards • celebrity • award show • The Dark Knight • Meryl Streep • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • foreign film • Anne Hathaway • Kate Winslet • The Reader • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Rachel Getting Married

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