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  1. Lars Ulrich snares new opportunity: acting
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    “Most people couldn’t tell the difference, but I can. And it needed to be right.” Ulrich’s preparation, and his familiarity with actors (his companion is fellow Dane Connie Nielsen of Starz’s Boss), helped him fit into the A-list cast, says director... Full Article at Ottawa Citizen

  2. Hotties of Cannes
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    Cotillard arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the film "De rouille et d'os", by director Jacques Audiard, in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. (REUTERS/Yves Herman) Actor Shia LaBeouf at the 'Lawless' premiere during the 65th... Full Article at London Free Press

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    Actor Sean Penn attends the opening ceremony of the 20th Life Ball in front of the city hall in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS.

    Actor Sean Penn attends the opening ceremony of the 20th Life Ball in front of the city hall in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. View Photo »

  4. It’s an overused phrase I know, but I trust you know its genuine to day, I am humbled. I’m trembling and I like it
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Berkshire Eagle Online 4 weeks ago
  5. Staying positive the Fox mantra for battling illness
    The Age logo The Age 2 days ago

    Fox says he doesn't believe celebrities should necessarily use their fame to change the world, though he admires people like George Clooney, Bono and Sean Penn - ''they really see that they've been blessed in wonderful ways, and that they have … an... Full Article at The Age

  6. Parkinson's and me
    The Age logo The Age 2 days ago

    Fox says he doesn't believe celebrities should necessarily use their fame to change the world, though he admires people like George Clooney, Bono and Sean Penn - ''they really see that they've been blessed in wonderful ways, and that they have … an... Full Article at The Age

  7. Expletive-riddled rant raises $2million for Haiti
    Caribbean360 logo Caribbean360 2 days ago
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    France, Friday May 25, 2012 – Sean Penn’s passionate pursuit of alleviating the misery in post-earthquake Haiti is well documented, as is his disappointment with the well-heeled who don’t donate generously, and the publicity-hungry who fly to the... Full Article at Caribbean360

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago
    Former US President Bill Clinton (R) speaks with US actor Sean Penn (L) during the 20th Life Ball, an annual AIDS charity event, at Vienna's city hall on May 19, 2012. Nearly 40,000 people dressed in colourful costumes attended this year's Life Ball,...

    Former US President Bill Clinton (R) speaks with US actor Sean Penn (L) during the 20th Life Ball, an annual AIDS charity event, at Vienna's city hall on May 19, 2012. Nearly 40,000 people dressed in colourful costumes attended this year's Life Ball,... View Photo »

  9. I am proud to stand alongside Sean Penn, a man cut from a very rare cloth
    SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly 3 weeks ago
  10. Sean Penn on Letterman pt 1
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 56 months ago
  11. 3 young actors seize the day, go 'On the Road'
    KansasCity.com logo KansasCity.com 2 days ago

    There was no rotten egg within the bunch, and that's so rare." The director said he was determined to cast Stewart even before "Twilight" made her a star, after he heard raves about her performance in the Sean Penn's 2007 Alaskan drama "Into The Wild." Full Article at KansasCity.com

  12. Star Words ... Sean Penn
    Coventry Telegraph logo Coventry Telegraph 2 days ago

    "I AM constantly embarrassed by my own personality. Maybe I have a strength in that as an actor. I have a very tough time with people. It's not that I'm totally anti-social, I just don't want to socialise with the people I've already known." Actor Sean... Full Article at Coventry Telegraph

  13. Hotties of Cannes [Photos]
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    65th Cannes Film Festival. (AFP PHOTO/ALBERTO PIZZOLI) Cast members Matthias Schoenaerts (R) and Marion Cotillard arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the film "De rouille et d'os", by director Jacques Audiard, in competition at the 65th Cannes... Full Article at Ottawa Sun

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  1. Actor Sean Penn attends the opening ceremony of the 20th Life Ball in front of the city hall in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS.
  2. Former US President Bill Clinton (R) speaks with US actor Sean Penn (L) during the 20th Life Ball, an annual AIDS charity event, at Vienna's city hall on May 19, 2012. Nearly 40,000 people dressed in colourful costumes attended this year's Life Ball, Vienna's glitzy annual AIDS charity,...
  3. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: (L-R) Actor Sean Penn, model Petra Nemcova and director Paul Haggis attends the Haiti Carnival in Cannes Benefitting J/P HRO, Artists for Peace and Justice & Happy Hearts Fund Presented By Armani during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes,...
  4. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Designer Giorgio Armani and actor Ben Stiller arrive at Sean Penn's Haiti Benefit Gala Dinner at Electrolux Agora Pavilion during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes, France.
  5. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Eve Mavrakis and Ewan McGregor arrive at Sean Penn's Haiti Benefit Gala Dinner at Electrolux Agora Pavilion during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes, France.
  6. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: A general view of atmosphere at Sean Penn's Haiti Benefit Gala Dinner at Electrolux Agora Pavilion during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes, France.
  7. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Actress Melissa George arrives at Sean Penn's Haiti Benefit Gala Dinner at Electrolux Agora Pavilion during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes, France.
  8. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Designer Giorgio Armani, actor Gerard Butler and Paul Haggis arrive at Sean Penn's Haiti Benefit Gala Dinner at Electrolux Agora Pavilion during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes, France.
  9. CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Stylist Cameron Silver arrives at Sean Penn's Haiti Benefit Gala Dinner at Electrolux Agora Pavilion during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes, France.

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Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his left-wing political and social activism (including humanitarian work). He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for the former and a... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. It’s an overused phrase I know, but I trust you know its genuine to day, I am humbled. I’m trembling and I like it
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Berkshire Eagle Online 4 weeks ago
  2. I am proud to stand alongside Sean Penn, a man cut from a very rare cloth
    SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly 3 weeks ago
  3. I am humbled. I'm trembling
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: GoErie.com 1 month ago
  4. People say that a great actor is by nature egocentric, and that a great director is focussed on his art. Sean Penn is both a great actor and director ... What he does above and beyond that for the people and the land of Haiti, giving freely of himself, his abiding presence, his work -– one could almost ...
    – Gilles Jacob SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly 3 weeks ago
  5. We have a very short window to support this team of the Haitian people's choosing
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: TheCelebrityCafe.com 1 month ago
  6. They just wanted to see who would stand out. It was a great job. I got to meet top-list celebrities like Robin Williams, Sean Penn, got to do film festival parties
    SOURCE: York Region 3 weeks ago
  7. I'm trembling and I like it
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  8. Sean Penn is both a great actor and director. What he does above and beyond that for the people and the land of Haiti, giving freely of himself, his abiding presence, his work – one could almost say the work of his own hands – his whole discreet, human, moral and altruistic involvement as a benefactor, ...
    – Gilles Jacob SOURCE: Hollywood Reporter 3 weeks ago
  9. But as Dr. Martin Luther King said, it's fine to tell a man to pull himself up by his own bootstraps, but evil to tell a man to do so without boots.
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: France 24 1 month ago
  10. But he’s not the studio guy. He’s just 'casting,' in my opinion. He gets [studio] offers, but he’s behind lots of other people; he’s not on the same level [as go-to leading men]. He’s perceived as an indie guy. He’s like a Sean Penn, although he doesn’t have that sort of cachet, because even Sean Penn’s...
    SOURCE: New York Magazine 1 month ago
  11. There are no people on earth more willing to pull themselves up by their bootstraps
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Inquirer 1 month ago
  12. I would like to commend Sean Penn for the tireless and selfless efforts he put forth to the country of Haiti during their time of need and still continues to do so today through the J/P Haitian Relief Organization
    SOURCE: Humanitarian News 1 month ago
  13. There is the human cost of poverty
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Inquirer 1 month ago
  14. The 35-year-old Newton might not be well known Up Here, but Down Under he's shaping up as the Charlie Sheen/Sean Penn/Robert Downey Jr of Australia
    SOURCE: Ninemsn 1 month ago
  15. It would take a poet laureate to describe for you the courage and the dignity of (Haiti’s) people
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Inquirer 1 month ago
  16. Sean Penn, as I have always said, is not a drive-by celebrity in Haiti ... He is the only movie star I’ve ever known to move into a (muddy) tent for three months.
    – Bill Clinton SOURCE: Morris Daily Herald 1 month ago
  17. We have four years to solidify the seeding of institutions that can create sustainable democratic solutions. Four years that without a reinvigorated surge of support will leave the people’s will up for grabs
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Inquirer 1 month ago
  18. Ashley Judd wasn’t at the level of Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon or Jane Fonda, but she is now. I won’t see any more of her work.
    SOURCE: Bill's Official Home on the Web 1 month ago
  19. Take a look at Cite Soleil some time, where 240,000 Haitians – men, women and children –following every light rain, sleep in a black water solution of sewage and toxins, garbage and pigs
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Inquirer 1 month ago
  20. I cleaned it and stored it for a daughter someday ... And I had the best accessories with it — Sean Penn on one hand and Brad Pitt on the other. I have an emotional response to clothes. I love to be able to wear a Givenchy gown.
    SOURCE: Become Gorgeous 1 month ago
  21. It's an overused phrase I know, but I trust you know its genuine today, I am humbled. I'm trembling and I like it
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: MSN Entertainment 1 month ago
  22. Sean Penn and Nancy Pelosi are more proof of that.
    SOURCE: MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun 1 month ago
  23. Suddenly, there are offshore oil reserves being tapped into and found, discovered, now they send Prince William. With Prince William comes a battleship
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Offical Piers Morgan Website 1 month ago
  24. Goodwill mission, Sean Penn.
    SOURCE: Metro - Boston 1 month ago
  25. I've disappointed me, more than the president has disappointed me. I, and we ... We're not paying attention to the basic foundation of what the country is, which is the quality of life for every American and the way we reach out and allow that to extend to the rest of the world as a superpower that has ...
    – Sean Penn SOURCE: Offical Piers Morgan Website 1 month ago

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