Sean Penn

Who Makes the Best Career Decisions in Hollywood? Actor Edition

source: OH NO!!

Sean Penn It's a long way from stoner surfer Spicoli in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' to 'Milk' and the Oscar. But Sean Penn is proving to be the male version of Meryl Streep -- even when he's less than perfect (see his stab at being mentally-challenged in 'I Am Sam'), he's better than the rest....

Published Thu, Nov 19

James Franco @ Yale

source: OH NO!!

But collaborating with producer Judd Apatow on “Pinapple Express,” Franco said, was one instance of a working dynamic between director and actor in which he felt “incredibly free.” Franco then answered questions about his acclaimed portrayal of a gay character in last year’s “Milk,” a...

Published Fri, Nov 6

Ugh.

source: theopposablethumb (WordPress)

I watched a movie called Milk last night and thought it was pretty good. Not my typical fare honestly, but the acting was incredible. Sean Penn, for all his issues, can act. I was pissed when Mickey Rourke lost the Oscar to Penn last year, but after finally seeing the movie in question…he fully d...

Published Mon, Oct 26

Josh Brolin to star in CARTEL

source: gordonandthewhale.com

Josh Brolin will star in CARTEL, stepping into a role that his MILK co-star Sean Penn vacated months ago “to take a movie business sabbatical for personal reasons.” The film will be directed by Asger Leth as his feature film debut. His previous work includes the documentary GHOSTS OF CITE SO...

Published Thu, Oct 1

Jonathan Kim: ReThinking The Times of Harvey Milk: You Earned Your Medal, and a Lot More

source: Huffington Post

While Sean Penn and Gus Vant Sant's film Milk got a lot of well-deserved attention last Oscar season, there's a better film about Harvey Milk that had already won an Oscar -- the excellent 1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk. Watch my ReThink Review below.

Published Mon, Aug 3

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno is a well-endowed bull

source: Cele

According to HuffPo, Bruno arrived at the Madrid premiere “in a horse-drawn carriage escorted by muscular matadors just as the sun set on the historic bullring Las Ventas.” He claimed that he wanted to “redress the wrong done to the gay community by that Hollywood movie on Harvey Milk whic...

Published Fri, Jun 19

Sean Penn laisse tomber deux tournages pour des raisons familiales

source: Swissinfo

 Switzerland Sean Penn et son épouse Robin Wright Penn étaient sur le point de divorcer il ya quelques mois après treize ans de mariage. Le couple a deux enfants. L'acteur a remporté l'Oscar 2009 pour son interprétation du politicien gay Harvey Milk dans le film ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Films of the fifty states: Alaska to California

source: Examiner.com

Into the Wild is another Alaskan tale, based on the book by Jon Krakauer and written and directed by Sean Penn. Based on a true tale of self-discovery, Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) a recent graduate from a prestigious university gives up ...

Published Tue, Jun 16