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NEWS ABOUT: Milk

Milk stories: 12 news summaries
GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Mom Fears 
 for Rihanna's Life 

Singer wants restraining order against Brown gone

Aug 5, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Chris Brown awaits sentencing today, Rihanna is again trying to squash a court order requiring him to stay 50 yards away, her lawyer tells People. Meanwhile, her mother is afraid she’s “playing Russian roulette with her life” by allowing Brown to keep his “power over... More »

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entertainment • Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Joan Rivers • Rihanna • Chris Brown • President Obama • Milk • Jeremy Piven • Herman Rosenblat • Jon Gosselin • Dustin Lance Black

 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

oscar roundup

 Slumdog Wins Best Picture 

Penn, Winslet win for lead roles; Boyle wins Director

Feb 22, 09 11:03 PM CST
(Newser) - In a fast-moving Oscar ceremony tonight, Slumdog Millionaire led the pack with eight awards including best picture and best directing, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sean Penn beat out Mickey Rourke for best actor in the evening's major upset, and Kate Winslet scored gold for her controversial turn in The ... More »

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Academy Awards • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Oscars • Penelope Cruz

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

 Spidey's Franco 
 Earns Hasty 
 Pudding Honors 

Harvard troupe treats Man of the Year James Franco to drag queen bar mitzvah

Feb 14, 09 9:04 AM CST
(Newser) - This year's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year: Spider-Man villain and Milk co-star James Franco. He wore a blonde wig, purple heels, and a gold-spangled pineapple-shaped bra to collect his award from the Harvard theatrical troupe last night, the Boston Globe reports. Franco accepted his pudding pot in good cheer,... More »

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Spider-Man • Harvard • actor • Pineapple Express • James Franco • Milk

 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

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

 Top Films of the Year 

Foreign films rule among the year's best

Dec 31, 08 8:30 PM CST
(Newser) - With most year-end movie lists bask in the glow of award-season contenders, Dana Stevens grudgingly runs through her unranked, alphabetized top 10 on Slate, despite being "allergic to hierarchies, lists, and ranking."
  • A Christmas Tale: A French film about a crazed family that's "a glorious
... More »

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film • foreign film • Harvey Milk • Milk • Best of 2008 • A Christmas Tale

OPINION

Earth Tops Box Office
as Specialty Flicks Shine

Golden Globe nominations give specialty flicks a boost

Dec 14, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Day the Earth Stood Still pulled in $31 million and topped the box office this weekend, but specialty films drew bigger buzz, Variety reports. Benefiting from Golden Globe noms, Milk cracked the top ten with $2.6 million and Slumdog Millionaire banked $2.2 million. Clint Eastwood’s Gran ... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • Meryl Streep • Keanu Reeves • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk

 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

OPINION

 Earlier Milk Release 
 Might've Killed Prop 8 

Calif. gay-marriage ban puts biopic in broader, cause-defining light

Nov 27, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - If Milk, the film on San Francisco’s first openly gay city supervisor, had opened earlier, might it have swung the Proposition 8 vote? Maybe, writes Dennis Lim in Slate—but in light of the passage of the California gay-marriage ban, Milk becomes both a poignant “look-how-far-we-haven’t-come” tale... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • film • San Francisco • Proposition 8 • Harvey Milk • Milk

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