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The preview scene is one of the funniest scenes of the past few months: An eccentric English director has turned in a Sean Penn action film, but with an ending guaranteed to alienate everyone on the planet. What's good about the preview scene is what's good about "What Just Happened?" There's an outrageousness and adventurousness about the comedy, a sense of freedom, but at the same time the scene is grounded in realistic observation. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The seventies are looking back at you Oct 18, 2008
The least cynical, most passionate and most genuinely hopeful of the current crop is the upcoming Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant, again based on a true story this time of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), the first openly gay man elected to a U.S. political office. Voted onto San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, he encouraged homosexuals to come out and helped defeat a proposition that would have banned gay people from teaching in California schools, before being shot and killed (along with the... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Oct 18, 2008
They include actors Sean Penn, Olympia Dukakis and Mark Ruffalo, writers Studs Terkel and Alice Walker, state Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Bay Area "protest mom" Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. "In the beginning, we were what you might call the voice-of-conscience usual suspects," Sweet said. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Madge of the manor signs off Oct 17, 2008
The singer was previously married to the US actor Sean Penn. In July Madonna took the rare step of formally denying reports linking her to the Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez, saying in a statement: "My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'What Just Happened' Oct 17, 2008
Robert De Niro plays Ben, a producer trying to get a Sean Penn film finished and a Bruce Willis film started (the actors play heightened versions of themselves), all while dealing with the many strands that make up what's left of his family life ... Cast: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'What Just Happened?': A questionable Hollywood satire Oct 17, 2008
(out of four)Stars: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Catherine Keener, Sean Penn, Stanley Tucci, Robin Wright Penn, John TurturroDirector: Barry LevinsonDistributor: Magnolia PicturesRating: R for language, some violent images, sexual content and some drug materialRunning time: 1 hour, 50 minutesOpens Friday in select cities ... The movie that Ben is producing stars Sean Penn and is a bloody action flick with a tender moment between a dying Penn and his dog. (USA Today -- Life)
After 30 years, a film returns to a harrowing time in San Francisco Oct 17, 2008
On Oct. 28 Focus Features expects to introduce its film "Milk," directed by Gus Van Sant with Sean Penn in the title role, at a gala in San Francisco hosted by local luminaries, at least one of whom Senator Dianne Feinstein, then the president of the board of supervisors was just steps away when Milk and Moscone were shot. The movie will begin playing in some theaters on Nov. 26, just ahead of the 30th anniversary of the killings on Nov. 27, then gain wider release as the awards season gets... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Madonna and Guy to divorce Oct 17, 2008
Madonna, who turned 50 earlier this year, was previously married to U.S. actor Sean Penn from 1985 to 1989. The British Press Association said that has broken off from filming in France to fly back to the UK to inform his parents of the split. (CNN -- Showbiz)
"What Just Happened" Oct 17, 2008
We're supposed to feel sympathy for Art because he needs to put out so many fires at once: He's about to release an arty action movie starring Sean Penn (who plays himself) that's tested poorly with audiences -- it ends with the bad guys shooting Penn's dog in the head, and the director (played by Michael Wincott) refuses to recut it. Meanwhile, Art has to soothe the ego of another star in another movie (Bruce Willis, also playing himself), who has grown a mountain-man beard and refuses to shave... (Salon)
Ritchie: Our marriage was a three-ring circus Oct 16, 2008
She split from movie hell-raiser Sean Penn in 1989 after four years of marriage. Share this article. (Glasgow Daily Record)
It's Over... Oct 16, 2008
She married Sean Penn in 1985, but they divorced four years later. . (The Drudge Report)
He's not my Guy: Madonna and Ritchie announce divorce Oct 16, 2008
Madonna, born Madonna Louise Ciccone, was previously married to US actor Sean Penn, from 1985 to 1989. In July, Madonna's estranged brother said he believed she was committed to her marriage to Ritchie. (The Age, Australia)
Madonna, Guy Ritchie announce divorce Oct 16, 2008
She married Sean Penn in 1985, but they divorced four years later. Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Thursday, October 16, 2008. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Madonna and Ritchie confirm divorce Oct 16, 2008
"The couple met after being introduced through mutual friends Sting and wife Trudie Styler in 1999. Madonna gave birth to their son Rocco in Los Angeles in 2000. They married in Scotland later that year.Madonna was previously married to actor Sean Penn in 1985 but they divorced in 1989. She has a 12 year old daughter, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, from her relationship with fitness trainer Carlos Leon. She and Ritchie also have another son, David, whom they adopted from Malawi in 2006. Madonna and... (FOX23 News, NY)
Reinvention by divorce Oct 16, 2008
She married for the first time in 1986, to actor Sean Penn, but they divorced four years later. She was also romantically linked to another leading actor, Warren Beatty, with whom she starred in the 1990 adventure 'Dick Tracy. (iAfrica.com)
Madonna and Guy 'to divorce after string of bitter arguments' Oct 15, 2008
It was the first marriage for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels director, but the second for Madonna, who had a famously tempestuous marriage with actor Sean Penn in the Eighties. Marriage: The couple with their son Rocco in December 2000 following the baby's christening, the night before their wedding at Skibo Castle in Scotland. (Daily Mail)
Travel postcard: 48 hours in San Francisco Oct 15, 2008
The bar is popular with locals and tourists alike and the VIP back room is a gathering place for local celebrities and politicians like Sean Penn and Mayor Gavin Newsom. Throw a few quarters into the opera jukebox and sip one of the bar's famous brandy-spiked cappuccinos made with Ghiradelli chocolate at the long mahogany bar. (MSNBC -- Travel)
10 great moments in Madonna cinema Oct 15, 2008
(If only that entire film could had been footage of her and Sean Penn beating up paparazzi, then it would have been incredible remember how much fun they were then. Whatever happened to her on that set, it got her to loosen up again so she could saunter through it like she owned the place, same as she did in Desperately Seeking Susan. (MSNBC -- News)
Bush role is Brolin's latest on surge to stardom Oct 14, 2008
Barely a month after "W.," which opens Friday, Brolin co-stars with Sean Penn in "Milk," playing Dan White, the San Francisco city supervisor who shot and killed gay political pioneer Harvey Milk, along with the city's mayor. "Milk" adds another director, Gus Van Sant, to Brolin's recent list of top-name collaborators. (The Trentonian, NJ)
IN CHARGE: Josh Brolin as President George W. Bush. Oct 11, 2008 DeGarmo at Underground Oct 6, 2008 Hirsen: 'Carol' Offers Mother Lode Against Left Oct 6, 2008 Buzz Briefs: Sandra Bernhard, Salma Hayek Oct 3, 2008 Scottsdale fest widens scope Oct 3, 2008 Playoffs could kick-start Brewers' Hart Oct 3, 2008 Must-See Films for Fall - a.k.a. Os... Sep 25, 2008 Bafta to honour Sean Penn in LA Sep 25, 2008 Fest flops left reeling Sep 22, 2008 Climbing comedy's corporate ladder Sep 19, 2008 Extremists are scary Sep 18, 2008 'Officer' Reunion? Sep 16, 2008 The Fall Movies Are Coming Sep 15, 2008 Did Hollywood save the best for later? Sep 15, 2008 Lee Grant's Outtakes Sep 13, 2008 Attack of the Mummy's boys Sep 12, 2008 Oscar suitors give TIFF a miss this year Sep 11, 2008 Hunting celebrity goodwill Sep 9, 2008 NINE TO WATCH: These could be big winners with the academy Sep 9, 2008 Bangkok Dangerous Sep 8, 2008 Back to the good old ways Sep 7, 2008 Toronto festival begins the long road to Oscars Sep 6, 2008 Burn after reading Sep 6, 2008 'Surfer, Dude': Wipeout, By Kurt Loder Sep 6, 2008 COLUMN: Electrical outlets difficult to find on 'media row' Sep 3, 2008 Nicolas Cage: The anti-Sean Penn Sep 3, 2008 New Orleans celeb faction quiet as Gustav sputters Sep 2, 2008 Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Sep 2, 2008 Bryan DeMain Sep 1, 2008 Autumn's big films: the Culture picks Aug 31, 2008 Movie Cornucopia Aug 31, 2008 Complete list of fall films Aug 31, 2008 TIFF a 'must-stop' for stars Aug 31, 2008 Fall film preview (23) Aug 31, 2008 Fincher's 'Benjamin Button,' 'Flash of Genius' Aug 30, 2008 Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Steven Spielberg at DNC Aug 29, 2008 Jennifer Hudson, George Lucas support Obama Aug 29, 2008 Media bigwigs crash Democrats' party Aug 29, 2008 Buzz Briefs: George Clooney, Brad Pitt Aug 28, 2008 Sean Penn, Obama Girl find niches in Denver Aug 28, 2008 Foxx, Downey Jr. have falls Oscar bait Aug 28, 2008 Meg Ryan, Simon Pegg bring fall laughs Aug 28, 2008 Bond is back Aug 27, 2008 The Political Party Aug 26, 2008 DNC Attracts Several Famous Faces Aug 26, 2008 Do celebs help or hurt? Aug 25, 2008 Conventions up wattage with celebrity star power Aug 25, 2008 The Stars Are Out in Denver Aug 25, 2008 RAISE THE TITANIC! Aug 24, 2008 Bill Maher's Anti-Religion Movie Aug 23, 2008 The top 10 films about campaigns Aug 23, 2008 Fall 2008 movie preview: I can't wait to see... Aug 23, 2008 Rice swims all the way to the bank Aug 22, 2008 Roseanne's Anti-Brangelina Stance Aug 21, 2008 Who hasn't seen 'Dark Knight'? Aug 21, 2008 Tropic Thunder review: Who left the fridge open? Aug 21, 2008 Why Rhona Cameron would make a better Bill Hicks than Russell Crowe Aug 20, 2008 New movie, TV series for Marietta director Aug 19, 2008 Grey Goose Entertainment and Sundance Channel Announce Talent Pairings for Fourth Season of 'Iconoclasts' Premiering October 16 at 10 PM ET/PT Aug 19, 2008 Oscars for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' Penelope Cruz and Woody Allen? Aug 18, 2008 Stiller's 'comedy death camp' Aug 18, 2008 Sala getting new name, Shaun help Aug 18, 2008 'Tropic Thunder' brings issues about cinema and race back to the fore Aug 17, 2008 Special needs advocates not at all amused by new film Aug 16, 2008 From Tehran with love Aug 15, 2008
Coming on the heels of "W." is the eagerly awaited "Milk," Gus Van Sant's film about the first openly gay elected official in the country, San Francisco businessman turned supervisor Harvey Milk, played by Sean Penn. Eager to work with Penn and Van Sant, Brolin took the role of Milk's Board of Supervisors colleague and eventual assassin, Dan White, a former policeman and firefighter who represented conservative, working-class southeastern San Francisco, a district at odds with Milk's message. (Los Angeles Times)
David Archuleta gets a manager Oct 8, 2008
Hollywood Insider Blog. David Archuleta has signed with Azoff Management, the career-launching (and often sustaining) music powerhouse that counts The Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Neil Diamond, and, most recently, among its clients. (CNN -- Showbiz)
It s not like she s pulling a Sean Penn and smashing his camera. LOL. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
It used to be that the only celebrities who publicly expressed their political views were far-left tilters such as Barbara Streisand, Sean Penn, and Jane Fonda. Zucker is changing that Hollywood equation. (Newsmax)
Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn, Cameron Diaz, Paul McCartney and Leo DiCaprio. Stories. (CBS News)
which stars Robert De Niro as a movie producer juggling dueling headaches from a Sean Penn film and a Bruce Willis film (both actors play what one hopes are heightened versions of themselves), and you stay for Flow. It has been known to happen. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Actor Sean Penn played unflappable surfer dude Jeff Spicoli in the 1982 film, which was released five months after Hart was born. Might the two-day break have helped Hart. (MLB.com -- Milwaukee Brewers)
Dec. 5: "Crossing Over" - Using the connecting and crossing of stories like "Crash," this drama focuses on immigration with Harrison Ford, Sean Penn and Ashley Judd. Dec. 12: "Defiance" - Starring Daniel Craig (aka the new 007), "Defiance" takes audiences back to 1941and an uprising of Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust. (Suite101.com)
Sean Penn is to receive the prestigious Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film from Bafta's Los Angeles branch. The 48-year-old, who first made his name in 1980s teen film Fast Times At Ridgemont High, will pick up his prize at the Bafta LA awards on 6 November. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
But just ask guys such as Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien, Thelma e) and Steve Zaillian (Searching for Bobby Fischer, the Oscar-winning script for Spielberg's Schindler's List), who rode into Toronto a couple of years back with high-profile new films and the likes of Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, Jude Law and Kate Winslet starring in them. Once the public got a gander at Scott's A Good Year and Zaillian's All the King's Men remake, the sound of no hands clapping effectively stopped both movies in... (Edmonton Sun)
Now even Sean Penn is doing it. What's changed in your culture. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Quit listening to foreign policy advice from Rosie O'Donnell and Sean Penn and READ something of substance. It's hard for me to believe that you can be that stupid. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
" As usual, the star is mostly shirtless. Also, he s said to go full frontal in the film, with massive shading. That USA Networks series is around the corner, MM. Woody Allen has had a major hit in Los Angeles staging Puccini s one-act opera Gianni Schicchi with the Los Angeles Opera Company. Reviews have been great, and so are ticket sales. But would Woody stay in Hollywood and accept kudos? Never. Woody is also grooving on an $18 million take so far on Vicki Cri 00002993 stina Barcelona. He... (Fox News)
And Sean Penn stars in "Milk," the story of gay politician Harvey Milk who was murdered by a fellow San Francisco supervisor, a performance with Oscar buzz. "The strength of the film is gonna be in the performances, and especially Sean Penn's," said Turan. (CBS News)
The Road, based on another novel by Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men); The Soloist, with Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr., directed by Joe Wright (Atonement); Gus Van Sant's Milk, starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the murdered San Francisco politician and gay hero; Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon, based on the hit play about the David Frost interviews with Richard Nixon; and director David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In his introduction to the awards, Handling acknowledged... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
5): Sean Penn plays the late, openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, who was assassinated in 1978 by Dan White (Josh Brolin), another supervisor. Emile Hirsch ( Speed Racer ) and James Franco ( Pineapple Express ) are also in the cast. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Ford, who scoured interviews with Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn for words of wisdom while growing up, is contracted for a sequel if required, but he's sanguine about his prospects. If there's not another good role, he'll go back to teaching acting at a Sydney studio. (The Age)
Oscar watchers say Focus is keen on Milk, starring Sean Penn as San Francisco's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk. It is due in theatres in November. (Globe and Mail)
I wonder if Sean Penn remembers that he decamped to the Park Hyatt on the Sunday night of last year's film festival after the premiere of his opus Into the Wild. Because if he didn't, a strong signal from his internal compass or body clock directed him back toward the rooftop bar exactly 365 days later. (Globe and Mail)
26), starring Sean Penn as the San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, the trailblazing, openly gay politician who was gunned down by Dan White (Josh Brolin), a rival city supervisor. "Milk is one of the locked-in most likely films" for best picture, says Poland. (USA Today)
The knock on Cage, by Sean Penn and others, is that, after winning a 1995 Academy Award for Leaving Las Vegas, he turned his back on Real Acting. That is not entirely true (and it should be said that watching Cage slum through the National Treasure series is preferable to shielding one's way past Penn's industrial-strength acting in All the King's Men or I Am Sam). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The year's big biopic - Gus Van Sant's "Milk," with Sean Penn - is unlikely, too: the gay San Francisco supervisor, his boyfriend, and his assassin ... With Catherine Keener, Robin Wright Penn Kristen Stewart, Stanley Tucci, and Sean Penn and Bruce Willis as themselves ... Sean Penn plays Milk, Josh Brolin (fresh off his role as the president in Oliver Stone's "W.") plays gunman and ex-city employee Dan White. (Boston Globe)
Yet the lingering aftereffects of last year's writers' strike means that Oliver Stone's George Bush drama "W." is still in the final tinkering stages and won't be here, nor will Baz Luhrmann's epic "Australia," the biopic "Milk" (starring Sean Penn as assassinated gay politician Harvey Milk), and David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," in which Pitt ages in reverse. Adding to the general malaise is a limp overall market for independent films and documentaries in this year of... (Boston Globe)
Thompson On Hollywood - Blog on Variety. Choose the one that's best for you. (Variety)
These two, and their layabout friends, are aging versions of Jeff Spicoli, the pot-addled surf dude played by Sean Penn in the 1982 "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." But while Steve has had considerable success following his adolescent dream, his pals, now approaching middle age, just seem like losers. The other component of the story involves Eddie Zarno (Jeffrey Nordling), a former surfing luminary who quit the biz and now produces reality-TV shows. (VHI.com -- Music News)
No Sean Penn and Jesse Jackson. No locals trying to roll Michael Moore back into the gulf. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Take Sean Penn, Cages thesp-peer and on-again, off-again feuding partner ... He was Sean Penn before Sean Penn was Sean Penn ... OK, they were actually sort of both Sean Penn at the same time, but you get me. (MSNBC -- News)
All-star telethons raised millions for storm victims, Kanye West and others derided the government's response - even Sean Penn went to the region to personally assist in rescue efforts. Many celebrities who live in or hail from the area, from John Goodman to Brett Favre, took a deep and personal interest in helping relief efforts. (New York Post)
They include actors Sean Penn, Olympia Dukakis and Mark Ruffalo, writers Studs Terkel and Alice Walker, state Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Bay Area "protest mom" Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. "In the beginning, we were what you might call the voice-of-conscience usual suspects," Sweet said. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Met a few athletes Jim Otto, Reggie Theus, Bubba Paris, Hillary Will and watched Sean Penn film a scene of a movie in Reno. If you were granted one wish, what would you wish for. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
The director Barry Levinson returns to form in this comic slice of Hollywood life, with Robert De Niro excellent as an agent dodging the mega-egos of his starry clients (Bruce Willis, Sean Penn as Bruce Willis , Sean Penn ). Oct 10. (Times Online)
It's like going back to school after summer vacation and seeing all the cool kids: There's Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman, for starters ... Some prostheses have made Sean Penn look eerily like the late supervisor. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Crossing Over (not yet rated): Harrison Ford, Sean Penn and Ray Liotta star in a film not about seeing dead people, as the title might imply, but about immigrants trying to make their way to and in America. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (not yet rated): We could provide more detailed information, but really, if you saw the first two, you almost certainly know what you need to. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The same was true a year later in 2006 when All The King's Men, which appeared on paper like an Oscar heavyweight -- what with a cast including Sean Penn, Jude Law and Kate Winslet -- collapsed after TIFF audiences took their first whiff of trouble. So what films this year are coming to Toronto with Oscar hopes high -- or at least reasonable. (Canoe.ca)
Some big ones like the stage play adaptation "Doubt," Baz Luhrmann's epic "Australia," Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" and the Sean Penn biopic "Milk" fail to excite me, but there are at least 20 films on the horizon that should be worth seeing for one reason or another. (It may have been 21, had "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" not been pushed back to next summer. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Alice (Jovovich) joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp.; Director: Sean Penn Starring: Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, Vince Vaughn; THERE WILL BE BLOOD chronicles one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a silver miner into a self-made oil tycoon. There Will Be Blood; Here's an exclusive look at Joel and Ethan Coen's trailer for their Cannes hit "No Country for Old Men," starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and uber villain Javier Bardem. (Variety)
Sean Penn showed up at the city's public library Tuesday as an observer at an Oxfam America round-table panel about Gulf Coast recovery efforts. Other celebrities spotted around the city Tuesday. (Fox News)
Sean Penn, Obama Girl find niches in Denver. Add Celebs at the conventions headlines to your news reader. (MSNBC -- Politics)
s while Sean Penn and directors J.J. Abrams and Cameron Crowe filled out a crowd that included Charlie Rose, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. chairman Michael Lynton and Liberty Media Corp. chief executive officer Greg Maffei. It's no surprise that the cultural mavens of Hollywood and the media industry broadly have historically supported the Democrats and have not concealed their enthusiasm for Barack Obama (say, was that Oprah in the crowd last night. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Paula Abdul welcomes new judge; plus, Sean Penn, George Clooney, Solange Knowles and Brad Pitt. Photo Essay. (CBS News)
DENVER - Is this town big enough for both Sean Penn and the Obama Girl. Entertainers at all levels of political seriousness are finding their niches on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention. (MSNBC -- News)
Sean Penn plays a border patrol agent, while Ashley Judd co-stars as a defense attorney. Battle in Seattle (Sept. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener, Stanley Tucci, Robin Wright Penn, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn Director: Barry LevinsonStory: Based on the book by producer Art Linson (Casualties of War, Heat), this film tells the story of a middle-aged Hollywood producer (De Niro) who must deal with a temperamental Bruce Willis, while at the same time attempting to finish up a nightmarish Sean Penn flick. And his home life, with his second wife (Wright Penn) and teenage daughter (Kristen... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Awards season is crowded with other serious films featuring past Oscar winners, among them Milk, starring Sean Penn as slain gay political pioneer Harvey Milk; The Soloist, with Jamie Foxx as a schizophrenic music prodigy befriended by a journalist (Robert Downey Jr.); and Doubt, with Meryl Streep as a nun who suspects a priest (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of abusing a boy. NIXON/BUSH. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
For rolling news and speech coverage, see. For full coverage, go to the Politics section. (USA Today -- Life)
On Wednesday, actors Sean Penn and Val Kilmer are schedule to speak at a rally for independent candidate Ralph Nader. Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. (Click2Houston, TX)
Sean Penn will be around, at a rally organized by Ralph Nader. Kanye West is just one of the entertainers performing at various sideline events, as are the Black Eyed Peas, whose frontman, will. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
From Charlie Chaplin to Sean Penn, from Al Jolson to Kid Rock, celebrities have never been shy about getting involved in politics. It's a romance that runs deep, for reasons that still hold true today. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
There will be the usual suspects who seem to promote most Democratic causes like Sean Penn and Ben Affleck as well as relative newcomers to the political scene, such as Jennifer Lopez and Zooey Deschanel. The preponderance of actors, musicians, comedians and the like, ranging in stature from A-list to barely Z-list, is staggering, particularly for the Democrats confab in Denver. (Roll Call)
Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch and James Franco headline this drama from director Gus Van Sant about the life of Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official who ultimately got assassinated. (Nov. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The mini-studio is otherwise counting on the Coen Brothers Burn After Reading and the Sean Penn starrer Milk to pull them through the year, as well as the four-and-a-half hour Steven Soderbergh films about Che Guevara. The New York Times has discovered healthy eating and blogs all at the same time. (Fox News)
Do not make the mistake of renting the 2006 remake starring Sean Penn. It's a muddled mess. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
26): The story of Californias first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), a San Francisco supervisor who in 1978 was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White (Josh Brolin again. . (Seacoast New Hampshire)
One scene features a debate about actors playing degrees of "retard" to win awards including Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump and Sean Penn in I Am Sam. The executive officer for the NSW Council for Intellectual Disability, Carol Berry, saw Tropic Thunder yesterday and was upset by various elements, including the concept of actors "going the full retard". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
I'm thinking they're really too embarrased to admit they're joining fellow Naderites, Sean Penn and Val Kilmer. Can't you see it now. (Washington Post)
Nor have I seen Titanic or any films with Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon or Tim Robbins since they went political - and NEVER, EVER watched ANYTHING with Barbara Streisand in it ... Nor have I seen Titanic or any films with Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon or Tim Robbins since they went political - and NEVER, EVER watched ANYTHING with Barbara Streisand in it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ask Sean Penn in I Am Sam, Lazarus says. He went full retard. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Just keep it away from Sean Penn. Offensive. (guardian.co.uk)
THE GIRL. Bishil is a 20-year-old, mixed-race actress who in October will co-star with Harrison Ford, Sean Penn and Ashley Judd in the immigration drama Crossing Over. THE CO-STARS. Maria Bello portrays Jasira s overtly needy mother (think Annette Bening in American Beauty ). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Season three featured: actor/filmmaker Sean Penn and author/adventurer Jon Krakauer; singer/songwriter Alicia Keys and actress Ruby Dee; actor Mike Myers and physician, author, and philosopher Dr. Deepak Chopra; entrepreneur Howard Schultz and writer/producer Norman Lear; musician/Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis and chef John Besh; and former U.S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd. "Iconoclasts" is executive produced by... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Woody Allen directed 14 actors in -nominated performances: Michael Caine ("Hannah and Her Sisters"), Judy Davis ("Husbands and Wives"), Mariel Hemingway ("Manhattan"), Diane Keaton ("Annie Hall"), Martin Landau ("Crimes and Misdemeanors"), Samantha Morton ("Sweet and Lowdown"), Geraldine Page ("Interiors"), Chazz Palminteri ("Bullets Over Broadway"), Sean Penn ("Sweet and Lowdown"), Mira Sorvino ("Mighty Aphrodite"), Maureen Stapleton ("Interiors"), Jennifer Tilly ("Bullets Over Broadway"),... (Los Angeles Times)
We never wanted it to be OK." Similarly, a subplot involving "Simple Jack" (another film set within Tropic Thunder's bizarro Hollywood universe) treads shaky comedic ground, lampooning such genre standard-bearers as Rain Man and Sean Penn in I Am Sam. Stiller's Tugg breaks action-hero type to play a "mentally impaired farmhand" -- a wild-eyed, bucktoothed simpleton who is repeatedly referred to as a "retard" in Tropic Thunder -- with hopes of winning an Academy Award. "I've never played a... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Actor Sean Penn is 48. Singer Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 39. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Lazarus offers up to Speedman the cautionary example of Sean Penn, who went Oscarless with "I Am Sam." "Never go full retard," he counsels. Of course, if Lazarus had been cast as Simple Jack, he would have gone full frontal lobotomy. (Los Angeles Times)
Those who go full retard, such as Sean Penn in I Am Sam, get shut out during awards season. Advocates for the mentally disabled seized on the scene and launched a national boycott. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
" It helped that she was able to enlist a stellar voice cast. The mother-daughter team of Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni recorded the voices of Satrapi and her mother in both the French and English versions, while in the English version Sean Penn voices her father and Iggy Pop her uncle. A huge fan of pop music and heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden in her youth, Satrapi was ecstatic at enlisting Mr Pop himself. "I love Iggy's music. He has this wonderful deep voice and he's so virile," she... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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