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Robin Wright Penn: Marriages Require Work
Original at Off the Rack - StyleWatch - People.com
• Mon, Jun 22
If you're lucky you grow and work it out," says the experienced Mrs. Sean Penn
Writer&s Blog: Christopher McCandless
Original at lumovove (WordPress)
• Sat, Jun 20
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 …
Sean Penn Takes Hiatus to Spend Time with Family
Original at Off the Rack - StyleWatch - People.com
• Wed, Jun 17
The actor, who has had marital trouble recently, decides to postpone work on The Three Stooges
Sean Penn no longer a STOOGE
Original at gordon and the whale dot com
• Wed, Jun 17
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,...
Sean Penn Drops Out of Upcoming Projects
Original at TheCelebrityCafe.com
• 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 ...
Film review: What Just Happened
Original at Australian Jewish News
• Tue, Jun 16
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 ...
Sean Penn backs out on Three Stooges
Original at OH NO!!
• 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.
Dawson and wife are dunzo
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Jun 9
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, ...
Did Sean Penn tell Robin Wright he was leaving to start a new family?
Original at Cele
• 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.
Sean Penn, wife party together after calling off separation bid
Original at Indian Express
• Fri, May 29
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. ...
No doubting his sax appeal
Original at The Spokesman Review
• 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. ...
Natalie Portman denies romance/homewrecking with Sean Penn
Original at Cele
• Mon, May 18
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...
Did Sean Penn leave Robin Wright for Natalie Portman?
Original at Cele
• Thu, May 7
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!
Summit launches four at Cannes including new Pattinson romance
Original at OH NO!!
• Fri, Apr 24
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.
Sean Penn: Smiles for Smirks
Original at Huffington Post
• 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...
My Review of "Milk" (2008)Original at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 30
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
Stoked Review (Xbox 360)
Original at TeamXbox
• 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 ...
Capsule reviews of new DVD releases
Original at Macon Telegraph
• 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 ...
Oscar Fashion Review From AP: Kate Winslet "Flawless," Angelina Jolie "Boring"
Original at Huffington Post
• 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...
Opinion: BREAKING NEWS: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE IS "BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR" AT THE OSCARS!!!!
Original at brocknroll (WordPress)
• Sun, Feb 22
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...
Brad Balfour: Q & A: Sean Penn and Gus Van Sant Pour Out Their Hearts about Milk
Original at Huffington Post
• 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...
Opinion: Milk - The Most Wonderful Dinner I Have Ever HadOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Feb 9
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...
Milk (2008)
Original at netflixcinemajig (WordPress)
• Sat, Jan 31
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...
Opinion: Josh Brolin Rules
Original at KyleSmithOnline.com
• 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...
Best Of... - Milk - Movie ReviewOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 30
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
Mickey Rourke calls Sean Penn a homophobe and average actor
Original at Cele
• Tue, Dec 30
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...
Steve Ralls: Welcoming An Education Secretary Who Champions Safe Schools
Original at Huffington Post
• 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...
Insanely Bloggy New Yorker Spells It '4ever'
Original at gawker.com
• Wed, Dec 17
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...
Insanely Bloggy New Yorker Spells It '4ever' [Wtf]
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Dec 17
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...
Opinion: And the Oscar goes to Sean PennOriginal at Kansas City Star
• 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
CBS’s Smith Reviews Harvey Milk Movie: ‘A Must-See’
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Dec 10
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.
Movie review: What Just Happened **
Original at Toledo Blade
• 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...
Greg's Review of "Milk"
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Wed, Nov 26
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...
Milk Is Great, but Would Be Even Tastier With More Penn Smooches
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Nov 17
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...
Opinion: Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Original at netflixcinemajig (WordPress)
• Sat, Nov 15
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...
Clint Eastwood's Doing It Again in Gran TorinoOriginal at New York Observer
• Mon, Oct 27
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...
Michael Phelps' Love Life Involves Barbara Walters
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Oct 21
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...
Michael Phelps' Love Life Involves Barbara Walters [Gossip Roundup]
Original at Gawker
• Tue, Oct 21
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...
Opinion: What Just Happened?
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Oct 16
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...
Sean Penn: Country First (or, How The Media Loves A Lipsticked Rumsfeld)
Original at Huffington Post
• 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...
Podcast: Telluride 2007: Sean Penn
Original at Spout
• Thu, Feb 28
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...
Oscar nominees astonished, speechless, shocked by nominations - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Original at Sioux Falls Argus Leader
• 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. ...
Podcast: MBH032-MicheBelz Hollywood
Original at mevio.com
• 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...
Scandal behind the Penn split
Original at OH NO!!
• Tue, Jan 8
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...
Writers Strike News Roundup: Wed., Nov. 21
Original at Television Week
• 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 $21.3 million a day, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 1988 strike, which lasted five months, cost the entertainme...
» Top 5 Reasons to Love Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Original at Meet In the Lobby
• Tue, Nov 6
By Norm Schrager Twenty-five years ago, I giggled my way through Fast Times at Ridgemont High, director Amy Heckerling’s all-too-real take on high school life in the 1980s. I was just about to enter high school, so this was damn important stuff. Two-and-half decades later, it remains important (added to t...
Opinion: “Sean Penn is a PILF” Links
Original at Cele
• Mon, Oct 15
By JayBird Sean Penn is a PILF (Pepaw I’d to like to f*$&) [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]
Opinion: Into The Wild
Original at gordon and the whale dot com
• Sat, Oct 13
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...
Sean Penn: On Receiving the 2006 Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award
Original at Huffington Post
• 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
Opinion: Reading About Reading: Abu Ghraib Or Sean Penn?
Original at gawker.com
• 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