Sean Penn
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Get This Man A Teleprompter!
From Power Line | July 30, 2008Barack Obama is a lot like Sean Penn or George Clooney. If you give him a script, he can deliver it pretty well. But if he tries to talk... more
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Ascot picks up 'Milk'
From Variety | July 14, 2008International News: Distributor also nabbed 'Hamlet 2,' 'Twilight' -- Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has picked up a slew of high... more
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How pop culture is political for blacks
| July 10, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesWHEN Paul Robeson declared, at the height of Cold War tensions, that black Americans would never fight for a nation that had "oppressed us... more
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From Page to Screen: 'Into the Wild'
From Cinematical | June 26, 2008Filed under: Drama, From Page to ScreenThe conventional wisdom regarding Sean Penn's justly acclaimed rendering of Into the Wild is that the... more
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Focus sells Van Sant's 'Milk'
From Variety | May 19, 2008Web Exclusive: Mendes' film, Coens' 'Man' also sells -- Focus Features Intl. has brought a ray of sunshine to an otherwise uncertain Cannes... more
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Cannes' humanitarian a trois: Sean Penn, Petra Nemcova and Bono?
The ongoing French romantic comedy ("Three Babes and a Jury President?") that has become Sean Penn's life during the Cannes Film Festival... more
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The Third Wave
From Variety | May 18, 2008Film Reviews: The (in)famous image of cig-puffing Sean Penn paddling a raft through watery New Orleans helps explain his plucking "The Third... more
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Sean Penn Backs Documentary About Tsunami Relief Volunteers
From Access Hollywood | May 17, 2008Sean Penn used his clout as head of the Cannes Film Festival jury to issue a presidential proclamation: See this documentary. more
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Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Madonna and Petra Nemcova's Cannes comedy...
Oo-la-la! Jury president Sean Penn may turn the 2008 Cannes Film Festival into the set of a French romantic comedy we like to call, "Three... more
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Sean Penn talks, strangely, about Obama
From The Swamp | May 15, 2008Sean Penn at the opening night ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen... more
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Cannes Opening Day
From Thompson On Hollywood | May 15, 2008Kung Fu Panda star Jack Black woke up this morning knowing he had to cavort on the Carlton pier with 40 overstuffed pandas. Mike Jones did... more
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Sean Penn: A New Kind Of Cannes Film Festival President
From Access Hollywood | May 14, 2008Sean Penn may be president of the Cannes Film Festival jury — but don’t expect any buttoned-up presidential behavior from the... more
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re: Yawn
From The Corner | May 14, 2008Also looking for attention: Sean Penn, who accuses Obama of having an "phenomenally inhuman and unconstitutional' record. I agree! I suspect... more
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Cannes Pictures: Natalie Portman, Sean Penn, New Mom Cate Blanchett...
From Huffington Post | May 14, 2008The 2008 Cannes Film Festival kicked off today. The most anticipated premiere, that of the fourth "Indiana Jones," will take place on Sunday... more
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Penn Lights Up Jury Press Conference
From Thompson On Hollywood | May 14, 2008At the opening day jury press conference, Sean Penn made a pitch for the first-ever jury prexy’s choice screening of the tsunami doc “The... more
