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NEWS ABOUT: Sean Penn

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La. Prosecutors
Clear Brolin
in W Bar Brawl 

But feisty actor still has fightin' words for Russell Crowe, critics

Jan 6, 09 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Louisiana prosecutors have agreed to drop all charges against Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright for a July barroom brawl the two allegedly got into while filming Oliver Stone’s W. Brolin and Wright, along with five members of the film’s crew, faced misdemeanor charges from the fight, People reports.... More »

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film • fight • Oliver Stone • Sean Penn • Josh Brolin • actor • criminal charges • Milk • brawl

OPINION

 Hey Sean, 
 Put Down 
 Your Pen 



Adoration of Cuban dictator is misguided, dangerous

Jan 5, 09 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn may be “the finest character actor around,” but he's “no journalist,” writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times. Penn’s recent “fawning tributes” to Cuban president Raúl Castro show the actor has “delusional, dangerous” beliefs about the dictator—a fact... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • lefties • dictatorship • Raul Castro • Communism • Sean Penn • Roger Cohen

opinion

He's a Fine Wrestler, Not
So Great Texter

Rourke's errant message trashing
Penn is a hoot

Jan 2, 09 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Oh, Mickey. Though Mr. Rourke is back from the dead and getting Oscar buzz for his turn in The Wrestler, he still can't quite shake his "primitive" instincts, writes Marina Hyde in the Guardian. She takes great joy in his recent phone text miscue, in which he trashes the... More »

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Academy Awards • feud • text message • Sean Penn • Mickey Rourke • Oscars

 Doubt Dominates 
 SAG Noms 

Streep, Hoffman earn nods; Pitt, Jolie, Penn join them

Dec 18, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild released its award nominees today, and left no Doubt which flick had the most star power in 2008. As with the Golden Globes, all four Doubt leads earned nods, which, combined with a best ensemble nomination, gave it the most potential honors overall.  Brangelina again... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • Meryl Streep • Sean Penn • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Frank Langella • Screen Actors Guild • Anne Hathaway • Mickey Rourke • Changeling • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Frost/Nixon • Richard Jenkins • Melissa Leo • Rachel Getting Married

Ledger, Brangelina Score Globe Nods; Snubs Abound

Milk left out of best picture, No 'best comedy' for Tropic Thunder

Dec 11, 08 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The list of Golden Globe nominations is an interesting one, in part for what’s not on it, CNN reports. Heath Ledger’s turn as the Joker earned a best supporting actor nomination, but that was the lone nod for The Dark Knight, the year’s top-grossing film.... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • awards • award show • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Golden Globes • acting

 LiLo, Sean Penn 
 Talk Collaboration 

Spy overheard celebs gabbing with director Gus Van Sant

Dec 10, 08 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and Sean Penn may make a movie together, the New York Post reports. LiLo, out with girlfriend Samantha Ronson, was overheard talking shop with the actor and director Gus Van Sant. They discussed “possibly doing a film together,” an eavesdropper told Page Six. “Lindsay seemed... More »

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film • Lindsay Lohan • Gus Van Sant • gossip • Sean Penn • movies

 Penn Embraced 
 Gay Love Scene 

Co-star surprised by scene

Dec 1, 08 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - As he got into the character of Harvey Milk, Sean Penn pushed for a more explicit sex scene in Milk, surprising his co-star, the New York Post reports. James Franco tells Elle magazine the one kissing scene he read in the original movie script turned into “a full-on love... More »

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gay rights • celebrity • Gus Van Sant • Sean Penn • James Franco • Harvey Milk • Milk

Raul Castro Offers to Meet Obama at Gitmo

Cuban prez seeks talks for US trade deal, he tells Sean Penn

Nov 27, 08 2:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Raul Castro wants to normalize trade with the US and he's eager to meet with Barack Obama in order to do so, the Cuban leader told actor Sean Penn in an interview in the Nation. Castro said it wouldn't be fair to expect either leader to go to the other's... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • Guantanamo Bay • Raul Castro • Sean Penn • President Obama

Movie Review

 Milk Doesn't Spill a Drop 

Critics lap up gay-rights drama

Nov 26, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - If Milk were a ballot proposition, critics would pass it in a landslide. Part docu-drama, part biopic, the film spins the tale of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay American elected to public office, into an “incisive and stirring” drama, Owen Gleiberman writes in Entertainment Weekly. It’s “... More »

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gay rights • movie review • Sean Penn • Harvey Milk

 Van Sant Spills About Milk 


Nov 23, 08 4:58 PM CST
(Newser) - What do President-elect Barack Obama and a 1970s gay activist have in common? Grassroots backing and a yes-we-can ethos, Rachel Abramowitz writes in the Los Angeles Times. “I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living,” said Harvey Milk,... More »

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gay rights • film • San Francisco • Gus Van Sant • Sean Penn • gays • Harvey Milk

 Penn Hangs Again 
 With Pal Chavez 

Actor and anti-American leader tour natural gas pipeline

Oct 21, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is again in Venezuela visiting President Hugo Chavez, the New York Post reports. The two met last year, and the actor calls Chavez—who tends to be critical of the US, to put it mildly—"a fascinating guy," while the prez and equally ardent Bush-hater has... More »

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Venezuela • Sean Penn • Hugo Chávez • natural gas • Iraq war

GLOSSIES

 Franco Puts
 Bad Movies
 Behind Him

Star of bad movies turns to better fare with Pineapple Express and Milk

Aug 20, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Franco is an apologetic guy. He’s sorry for being mean to Annapolis co-star Tyrese (“If he had a bad experience working with me, I was probably a jerk”) and for talking too much (“I am just rambling”), Chris Heath observes in a GQ profile.... More »

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film • celebrity • Sean Penn • actor • Pineapple Express • James Franco

 French Class
 Tops Cannes Honors 

Del Toro grabs Bests Actor for Che

May 25, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Laurent Cantet's The Class walked away with Cannes' prestigious Palm D'Or today, the final day of competition, reports the Hollywood Reporter. It was the first time a French film had claimed the prize since 1987. Cannes Jury President Sean Penn followed the announcement with a list of largely sleeper candidates.... More »

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film • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • Che Guevara • Sean Penn • Benicio Del Toro • movies • Laurent Cantet

Penn Endorses Obama, Then Blasts Him

Cannes jury prez 'excited,' but Dem's voting record 'inhuman'

May 15, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn used his platform as president of the Cannes jury to express his excitement "by the hope that Barack Obama is inspiring," the Telegraph reports—though the firebrand actor-director also had some choice words for the Democratic candidate. Obama has much to live up to, Penn said,... More »

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Barack Obama • France • Cannes Film Festival • Sean Penn • Natalie Portman • political endorsement

 Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off  

Blockbusters and indies premiere on the Riviera

May 14, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival gets under way today with the premiere of Blindness, a new film by City of God director Fernando Meirelles that stars Julianne Moore. A jury led by Sean Penn will award the Palme d'or to one of 22 films. But as the Telegraph reports, paparazzi will... More »

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Indiana Jones • film • France • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • Sean Penn • Jack Black

 Penns Call Off the Divorce 

Sean and Robin Wright Penn call off divorce petition, hit rock concert

Apr 10, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have apparently decided their differences are reconcilable after all, E! Online reports. The on-again, off-again celebrity couple have canceled a divorce petition filed last December and were spotted together at an Eddie Vedder concert earlier this week. Sean got on stage with his buddy... More »

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

Sean Penn to Head Cannes Jury

Actor-director will head prize-awarding body for May festival

Jan 3, 08 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood's favorite bad boy Sean Penn will preside over the jury for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, AFP reports. The now twice-divorced actor and director "represents the independent American cinema as well as a vision of America which we like," said the festival's artistic director. Americans Clint Eastwood... More »

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film • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • film director • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • actor • She's So Lovely

Sean, Robin Wright Penn Split

Brainy Hollywood power couple end 11-year marriage

Dec 28, 07 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn are cutting the knot, People reports. After 11 years of marriage, two kids, and several movies, the Penns’ representative told the magazine the couple is breaking up but wouldn’t say why. “Marriage ain’t easy,” Penn once said, years ago, “... More »

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divorce • celebrity • gossip • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn

'Into the Wild' Grabs SAG Nominations

Sean Penn drama gets 4 nods from actors; Atonement gets stiffed

Dec 20, 07 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn’s drama Into the Wild took the lead in this year’s Screen Actors Guild nominations today, with four nods, including lead actor (Emile Hirsch), and overall acting, the Guild’s equivalent of best picture, the AP reports. Other films noted for full-cast performance were 3:... More »

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nomination • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • Screen Actors Guild • Emile Hirsch • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis

'Resident Evil' Tops Box Office

Zombie threequel beats out 'Good Luck Chuck' and 'The Brave One' in debut weekend

Sep 24, 07 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Resident Evil: Extinction" ruled the box office this week, raking in $24 million over the weekend, more than either of the previous two installments. The video game-inspired zombie threequel trounced fellow openers "Good Luck Chuck" ($14 million), which ranked second, fifth-place "Eastern Promises" ($5.7 million), and... More »

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Hollywood • Brad Pitt • box office • Resident Evil: Extinction • Good Luck Chuck • Eastern Promises • Sydney White • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • The Assassination of Jesse James • movies

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