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Rate Robin Wright Penn: Marriages Require Work

Original at Off the Rack - StyleWatch - People.com external link    Mon, Jun 22

If you're lucky you grow and work it out," says the experienced Mrs. Sean Penn

Rate Writer&s Blog: Christopher McCandless

Original at lumovove (WordPress) external link    Sat, Jun 20

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By lumovove Writer&s Blog: Christopher McCandless Last semester, I ended the American Corner Film night in Craiova by showing Into the Wild, a movie beautifully directed by Sean Penn that retells the journey of young Christopher McCandless, who discovered too late that life is best …

Rate Sean Penn Takes Hiatus to Spend Time with Family

Original at Off the Rack - StyleWatch - People.com external link    Wed, Jun 17

The actor, who has had marital trouble recently, decides to postpone work on The Three Stooges

Rate Sean Penn no longer a STOOGE

Original at gordon and the whale dot com external link    Wed, Jun 17

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By Chase Whale When Sean Penn, Jim Carrey, and Benicio Del Toro were announced to play Larry, Curly, and Moe, respectively, for THE THREE STOOGES, my first reaction was, “huh, Sean Penn as Larry Fine?” Uhhhh, whatever. When Sean Penn, Jim Carrey, and Benicio Del Toro were announced to play Larry, Curly,...

Rate Sean Penn Drops Out of Upcoming Projects

Original at TheCelebrityCafe.com external link    Wed, Jun 17

 NY Multiple Academy Award-winner Sean Penn has announced recently that he is pulling out of two films in order to focus more on family and his personal life. He has dropped out of the comedy, “The Three Stooges,” also starring Jim Carrey and Benicio del ...

Rate Film review: What Just Happened

Original at Australian Jewish News external link    Tue, Jun 16

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 Australia As well as this film's (real life) director and screenwriter, virtually every character on screen is explicitly Jewish, excepting the characters of Bruce Willis, Sean Penn and Wright Penn's Kelly. True to Hollywood tradition, Ben “married Jewish” the ...

Rate Sean Penn backs out on Three Stooges

Original at OH NO!! external link    Tue, Jun 16

By elsienita If there's anyone who might just want to focus on his family for awhile, it's Sean Penn. He and the missus patched things up yet again last month, a few weeks after Sean requested a legal separation. Wright Penn filed for divorce in December 2007 but withdrew her petition the following April.

Rate Dawson and wife are dunzo

Original at Examiner.com external link    Tue, Jun 9

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That doesn't bode well for a Sean Penn/Robin Wright Penn reconciliation. Sounds like they're heading to divorce town. Van Der Beek, while having the wholesome good looks of a complete d-bag, was no less talented than his four Dawson co-stars, ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Did Sean Penn tell Robin Wright he was leaving to start a new family?

Original at Cele external link    Wed, Jun 3

By Kaiser The newly canceled bust-up of SEAN PENN’s marriage to long-suffering ROBIN WRIGHT PENN was even uglier than reported – when he suddenly demanded a divorce in April, she exploded and flung her wedding ring right at his head, say friends.

Rate Sean Penn, wife party together after calling off separation bid

Original at Indian Express external link    Fri, May 29

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Just days after calling off their legal separation, Sean Penn and wife Robin Wright were spotted at a Memorial Day bash. Initially, Sean had filed papers for a "legal separation with minor children" in April, reports Contactmusic. ...

Rate No doubting his sax appeal

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Sat, May 23

 WA Sean Penn has withdrawn his petition to separate from his wife of 13 years. The Academy Award-winning actor has been granted a dismissal of his request for a legal separation from actress Robin Wright Penn, which he now calls an “arrogant mistake. ...

Rate Natalie Portman denies romance/homewrecking with Sean Penn

Original at Cele external link    Mon, May 18

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By Kaiser Natalie Portman is denying all of those romance rumors between her and Sean Penn. The rumors have been swirling for about two months. Allegedly, Sean and Natalie were making out around the weekend of the Oscars. When Sean formally filed for separation from Robin Wright Penn in April, gossip...

Rate Did Sean Penn leave Robin Wright for Natalie Portman?

Original at Cele external link    Thu, May 7

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By Kaiser Just weeks after Star first broke the news that Sean Penn was caught making out with Natalie Portman at L.A.’s Sunset Tower Hotel, the Oscar winner filed for separation from his wife of 13 years, Robin Wright Penn. Now Star has learned that Sean, 48, and Natalie are still seeing each other!

Rate Summit launches four at Cannes including new Pattinson romance

Original at OH NO!! external link    Fri, Apr 24

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Allen Coulter, the award-winning TV director (The Sopranos, Damages) who made his feature debut with Hollywoodland in 2006, is directing the film and Nick Osborne and Trevor Engelson of Underground Films (License To Wed) are producing.

Rate Sean Penn: Smiles for Smirks

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Apr 21

By Sean Penn I know President Chavez well. Whether or not one agrees with all his policies, what is certainly true of Chavez is that he is a warm and friendly man with a robust sense of humor. To treat such a man coldly is akin to spitting on him. As a country we've done enough of that. Say what you will, but it has o...

Rate My Review of "Milk" (2008)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Mar 30

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By rss@youtube.com (MISTAHgoodnight) Author: MISTAHgoodnight Keywords: Sean Penn Harvey Milk best actor gus van sant goonies brolin kerri green andi shanghai surprise gay rights oscar Added: March 30, 2009

Rate Stoked Review (Xbox 360)

Original at TeamXbox external link    Fri, Feb 27

 CA This past weekend, 26 years after Sean Penn played a surfer dude, he won the Best Actor Academy Award for playing a gay dude. No offense against Penn’s slick portrayal of Harvey Milk, but the nonchalance of Jeff Spicoli is a bit more appealing to this ...

Rate Capsule reviews of new DVD releases

Original at Macon Telegraph external link    Fri, Feb 27

 GA With Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn and John Turturro. R (profanity, violent images, sexual content and drugs) (CC) THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY 1.5 stars (20th Century Fox, '08) $29.99. 85 mins. It's not her new school that is troubling ...

Rate Oscar Fashion Review From AP: Kate Winslet "Flawless," Angelina Jolie "Boring"

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Feb 23

By The Huffington Post News Team Penn, in Giorgio Armani, also perfectly matched his wife, Robin Wright Penn. Vanessa Hudgens, in a black Marchesa gown with black and white tulle flowers on the bodice and dangling platinum, diamond and vintage coral earrings by Cathy Waterman, and Zac Efron, in Dolce & Gabanna, wer...

Rate Opinion: BREAKING NEWS: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE IS "BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR" AT THE OSCARS!!!!

Original at brocknroll (WordPress) external link    Sun, Feb 22

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By brocknroll Sean Penn ended up winning for “Best Actor”, poor Mickey. Even Sean himself seem dissapointed that Mickey wasn’t up there holding the award instead of him, ’cause Sean gave him a shout out at the end of his speech. Sean Penn deserves it though ’cause he is an amazing actor as well as he is an a...

Rate Brad Balfour: Q & A: Sean Penn and Gus Van Sant Pour Out Their Hearts about Milk

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Feb 20

By Brad Balfour GVS: I've done a few films [with] gay characters, but not super-positive gay characters. I heard about this project through Rob Epstein, [the director of the electric, Oscar-winning documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk,] who had heard that [director] Oliver Stone was no longer going t...

Rate Opinion: Milk - The Most Wonderful Dinner I Have Ever HadVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Feb 9

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By rss@youtube.com (trailers) Keywords: Sean Penn broadbandtv viso film movie clips story video media show cinema theatre studio box office review preview listings hollywood trailer teaser coming soon opening release date dvd tv directed produced soundtrack extras cast entertainment amazing gossip rumor inte...

Rate Milk (2008)

Original at netflixcinemajig (WordPress) external link    Sat, Jan 31

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By kymberg NETFLIX SYNOPSIS:   Sean Penn (in an Oscar-nominated role) stars in this fact-based drama about Harvey Milk, the openly gay activist and San Francisco politician who was murdered along with mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) by disgruntled city employee Dan White (Josh Brolin, in...

Rate Opinion: Josh Brolin Rules

Original at KyleSmithOnline.com external link    Tue, Jan 6

By kyle At the somewhat dullish New York Film Critics Circle Awards last night, Josh Brolin gave a catankerous and hilarious speech that nearly had me snorting wine out my nose. Brolin, who won Best Supporting Actor honors for “Milk,” playing a role that was originally meant for Matt Damon, may ha...

Rate Best Of... - Milk - Movie ReviewVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Dec 30

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By rss@youtube.com (revision3) Sean Penn stars in this new movie. Should you go see it? This in-depth review helps you decide Author: revision3 Keywords: Milk movie Penn review reviews Sean Added: December 30, 2008

Rate Mickey Rourke calls Sean Penn a homophobe and average actor

Original at Cele external link    Tue, Dec 30

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By Celebitchy After his December 23 appearance on David Letterman, Rourke told someone backstage that he was surprised that so many people seemed to think that Penn was his Oscar competition since “I’m not even sure he’ll get a nomination.” “It’s a shame,” says one veteran Hollywood lawyer. “Mickey sho...

Rate Steve Ralls: Welcoming An Education Secretary Who Champions Safe Schools

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Dec 17

By Steve Ralls In Gus Van Sant's film Milk, Sean Penn, portraying the slain San Francisco Supervisor, asks a young Cleve Jones (played by Emile Hirsch in the... In Gus Van Sant's film Milk, Sean Penn, portraying the slain San Francisco Supervisor, asks a young Cleve Jones (played by Emile Hirsch in the film...

Rate Insanely Bloggy New Yorker Spells It '4ever'

Original at gawker.com external link    Wed, Dec 17

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By Ryan Tate Travelling in the company of Douglas Brinkley, the noted actor, and Christopher Hitchens, the world-famous hedge-fund executive and philanthropist, Penn was the invited guest of President Hugo Chávez, of Venezuela, well-known as an advocate for the Social Gospel, and of Raúl Castr...

Rate Insanely Bloggy New Yorker Spells It '4ever' [Wtf]

Original at Gawker external link    Wed, Dec 17

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By Ryan Tate Travelling in the company of Douglas Brinkley, the noted actor, and Christopher Hitchens, the world-famous hedge-fund executive and philanthropist, Penn was the invited guest of President Hugo Chávez, of Venezuela, well-known as an advocate for the Social Gospel, and of Raúl Castr...

Rate Opinion: And the Oscar goes to Sean PennVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Wed, Dec 10

Even with something as inconsequential as the surfer/stoner Spicoli in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” the guy made you see the character, not the man who’s ... Video: James Franco's "Milk" Role CBS The 'Milk' effect: Sean Penn hopes film will help modern-day movement Daily Camera

Rate CBS’s Smith Reviews Harvey Milk Movie: ‘A Must-See’

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Wed, Dec 10

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By Kyle Drennen HARRY SMITH: Actor James Franco who's starring in 'Milk' with Sean Penn, getting rave reviews. He'll be here to talk about his big role this morning as well. SEAN PENN: Who invited you in? JAMES FRANCO: Yeah, you need some- SEAN PENN: Can I just tell you- SMITH: Right. And making movies.

Rate Movie review: What Just Happened **

Original at Toledo Blade external link    Thu, Dec 4

Linson, whose many production credits include The Untouchables, Fight Club, and Into the Wild, is certainly qualified to have an insider's view of Hollywood, and his story is probably more accurate than many in Hollywood would care to admit. Nevertheless, that didn't deter many top nam...

Rate Greg's Review of "Milk"

Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune external link    Wed, Nov 26

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By Greg Hernandez The ArcLight in Hollywood had a midnight showing of "Milk" which I attended with friends.The movie is superb and I'm just going to say it right here and now: Sean Penn will win a well-deserved second Academy Award for best actor for his astounding performance as Harvey Milk, the first openl...

Rate Milk Is Great, but Would Be Even Tastier With More Penn Smooches

Original at New York Observer external link    Mon, Nov 17

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By Rex Reed The film begins with the Stonewall riots on the day of Judy Garland’s death in 1970, when a strong odor of anarchy was blowing in the wind. The smell of adrenalin reached Milk, a bored, 40-year-old insurance salesman, amid actual newsreel footage of police crackdowns, dragging men out of g...

Rate Opinion: Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

Original at netflixcinemajig (WordPress) external link    Sat, Nov 15

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By kymberg REVIEW:  A cute, funny mock biopic - imagine VH1’s What Ever Happened to [X] Rock Star? show and apply it to the second best guitarist in the world (except for Django of course, that French gypsy) played by a very good Sean Penn.  This is one of those films where I thought at the end - d*mn, I keep...

Rate Clint Eastwood's Doing It Again in Gran TorinoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at New York Observer external link    Mon, Oct 27

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By Christopher Rosen But what intrigues us most about the film is Mr. Eastwood's performance. Surrounded by largely unknowns and non-actors, the star plays yet another in a long line of old and old-timey dudes trying to find their way in a world they no longer understand. It's a part that Mr. Eastwood has been doing...

Rate Michael Phelps' Love Life Involves Barbara Walters

Original at gawker.com external link    Tue, Oct 21

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By Ryan Tate Michael Phelps is dating Barbara Walters' assistant "Marina," with whom he went to college. Wait, that's a fake name right?? Is someone playing a trick on poor old Cindy Adams? [Cindy Adams]What pairs well with xenophobia and shouting? Jay McInerney knows! At Benoit, "McInerney and his...

Rate Michael Phelps' Love Life Involves Barbara Walters [Gossip Roundup]

Original at Gawker external link    Tue, Oct 21

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By Ryan Tate Michael Phelps is dating Barbara Walters' assistant "Marina," with whom he went to college. Wait, that's a fake name right?? Is someone playing a trick on poor old Cindy Adams? [Cindy Adams]What pairs well with xenophobia and shouting? Jay McInerney knows! At Benoit, "McInerney and his...

Rate Opinion: What Just Happened?

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Thu, Oct 16

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Rating: 2 Stars Starring: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, John Turturro Review: Think of it as old Hollywood's version of Entourage, an insider's take on the greed and vanity that make Tinseltown tick. Based on a memoir by producer Art Linson, the movie stars Robert De Niro, actually good fo...

Rate Sean Penn: Country First (or, How The Media Loves A Lipsticked Rumsfeld)

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Sep 16

By Sean Penn Despite recent boasts to the contrary, by the Director of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, (Bush's key bumbler of the Katrina debacle) our country is not safer. It is not safer from without, and it is not safer from within. The divisiveness brought on by the policies of George W. Bush and J...

Rate Podcast: Telluride 2007: Sean Penn

Original at Spout external link    Thu, Feb 28

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By Kevin It took a lot of persistence (more on that in this week’s FilmCouch), but I managed to get an interview with Sean Penn. Penn is here with Into the Wild, which he directed. Based on a book of the same name, the film follows the real life story of a young man’s journey into the heart of the Alaskan wil...

Rate Oscar nominees astonished, speechless, shocked by nominations - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Original at Sioux Falls Argus Leader external link    Wed, Jan 23

Oscar nominees astonished, speechless, shocked by nominations  SD - What (director Sean Penn) did was very daring." Holbrook, who got the best supporting actor nod, in New York for a few days, called Penn on Tuesday morning. ...

Rate Podcast: MBH032-MicheBelz Hollywood

Original at mevio.com external link    Fri, Jan 11

Miche is jazzed from seeing Airborne Toxic Event, and decides to record a show! Miche has a couple of outstanding corrections. The two mixes of "Sometime Around Midnight". Which do you prefer? More strike coverage, and how it's rippling through Hollywood. Sean Penn may just get that direct...

Rate Scandal behind the Penn split

Original at OH NO!! external link    Tue, Jan 8

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Though Sean Penn and soon-to-be ex-wife Robin Wright remain tight-lipped about the events leading to their breakup, Star Magazine reveals the sordid details of their last weekend together. Allegedly the actor continued to party the night away, while Robin was nowhere to be seen. “When a...

Year 2007

 

Rate Writers Strike News Roundup: Wed., Nov. 21

Original at Television Week external link    Wed, Nov 21

L.A. Economy to Take Hit From Strike If the Writers Guild of America strike continues into next month, film officials have concluded that the Los Angeles economy stands to lose $21.3 million a day, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 1988 strike, which lasted five months, cost the entertainme...

Rate » Top 5 Reasons to Love Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Original at Meet In the Lobby external link    Tue, Nov 6

By Norm Schrager Twenty-five years ago, I giggled my way through Fast Times at Ridgemont High, director Amy Heckerling’s all-too-real take on high school life in the 1980s. I was just about to enter high school, so this was damn important stuff. Two-and-half decades later, it remains important (added to t...

Rate Opinion: “Sean Penn is a PILF” Links

Original at Cele external link    Mon, Oct 15

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By JayBird Sean Penn is a PILF (Pepaw I’d to like to f*$&) [Dlisted] Christina Aguilera Just Wants To Pop Already [Hollywood Rag] Blind Items! [Evil Beet] Madonna’s Twin Turns 11 [Gabsmash] Matthew McConaughey Can Still Attract a Quality Piece [A Socialite’s Life]

Rate Opinion: Into The Wild

Original at gordon and the whale dot com external link    Sat, Oct 13

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By Chase Whale There are two things I hate about the movie theater: one, when people kick the back of my chair, especially in quiet scenes where everyone around you knows what they are doing (you know what I’m talking about), and two, Sean Penn. Yeah, Sean Penn. I have disowned him from my fanboy status since...

Year 2006

 

Rate Sean Penn: On Receiving the 2006 Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Dec 18

Sean Penn will be receiving The 2006 Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award from The Creative Coalition this evening, December 18, 2006, in New York City, where he will deliver the following speech. Note for later: Non-stop U.S. war in Iraq Health care Education Job training

Year 2005

 

Rate Opinion: Reading About Reading: Abu Ghraib Or Sean Penn?

Original at gawker.com external link    Mon, Jan 24

By Jessica Sean Penn: His Life and Times By Richard T. Kelly Reviewed by Manohla Dargis They Made America From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators By Harold Evans with Gail Buckland and David Lefer Reviewed by Neil Genzlinger

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