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Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn Divorcing
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The nominations for the annual Screen Actors Guild awards were released yesterday and they could hardly have been more different to recent critics' award nominations, including the Golden Globes. There was no mention of the British film Atonement (which lead the GGs with seven nominations) or the Tim Burton musical Sweeney Todd (four GGs) while Sean Penn's Into the Wild received four nominations, proving that the actor-director is much admired by his peers. The Screen Actors Guild awards can be an indicator of how the Academy Awards will go - because actors make up the largest voting bloc in the Academy. Last year, for instance, both Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker won the big acting awards from the Guild and then again at the Oscars. The SAGs ceremony takes place on Sunday January 27 – sandwiched between the Golden Globes a fortnight earlier and the Oscars four weeks later. Source: www.thefirstpost.co.uk Official Website: www.sag.org
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sean Penn's adventure tale "Into the Wild" garnered the most Critics' Choice award nominations on Tuesday, including best picture, best actor for Emile Hirsch and best director for Penn. The Critics Choice Awards, organized by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, have a strong track record when it comes to predicting Oscar winners. Their 2006 choices for best picture and director, "The Departed" and Martin Scorsese, went on to win Oscars, as did three of their four acting choices. "Into the Wild," based on the true story of a suburban rebel who starved to death while seeking freedom in the Alaskan wilderness, received rave reviews. But it has under-performed at the box office, selling just $16 million worth of tickets since its September release. More on the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Website: www.bfca.org
Sean Penn issued a "nonendorsement endorsement" of Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich on Friday in a speech to nearly 400 San Francisco State University students, urging his audience not to fall into the trap of voting for someone only because they could win.
Kucinich, a congressman for Ohio who has run for president before, is fighting to stay out of last place in the polls. Most polls put his support in the low single digits, far behind front-runners Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. That shouldn't matter, Penn told students. "I'm not going to tell you who to vote for," he said. "I'm going to talk about this guy. But my interest, and I hope yours, is in the Constitution of the United States." Penn didn't appeal to at least one student, a man in a blue San Francisco State sweatshirt, who stood silently in front of the stage and raised a sign reading: "Stop supporting America's enemies," then another asking: "Hey Sean, have you seen a UFO, too?" an apparent reference to Kucinich's recent statement that he had spotted a UFO. The lone protester attracted a few hisses but was ignored for a few minutes until a pair of Kucinich supporters tried to block his sign with signs of their own. A brief and mild scuffle ended with the three in a bear hug, prompting Penn to quip: "That's OK. This is San Francisco, and we allow gay unions." When the protester resumed his silent protest, some in the crowd called for him to sit down and stop blocking their views. Penn waved them off. "I think it's possible to pay attention to this and this at the same time," he said, pointing at the protester. "We are stereophonic thinkers." (Read Sean Penn's Original Speech)Source: San Francisco Chronicle - Sean Penn tells S.F.State students not to "sell out"
... and a lone protester
Director Sean Penn's adventure film "Into
the Wild" won the prize for best feature at the 17th Gotham Awards
ceremony in New York. Official
Website:
IFP - Gotham Awards
Some of the biggest actors in Hollywood are to support striking writers in a series of internet downloads due to debut today. The cast list for the 21 spots, which range in length from a few seconds to several minutes, reads like a who's who of liberal Hollywood. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Martin Sheen and Ed Asner have all been filmed, and are joined by members of the casts of hit TV shows including Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty. Writers recruit Hollywood-Stars for silent protest You can see the spots on www.DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com , www.SpeechlessWithoutWriters.com and www.UnitedHollywood.com.
Here is the article ... Sean Penn - Eternal Rebel. Publication with permission of www.filmink.com.au - thank you very much! Individual copies can be purchased by emailing the mag : dina@filmink.com.au Copyright © 2007 Filmink. All rights reserved
Penn, 47, kept his sunglasses on the entire time. "You have to forgive me, I drank too much of Rome's red wine last night," he said. Into the Wild," which has already been released in the United States, had its European premiere at the RomeFilmFest, out of competition. Source: associated press
Throughout the
journey, Sean Penn discusses his interest in the story of McCandless and
how he came to direct the film. He also briefly discusses the loss of his
brother, the challenges of parenting and the reasons why he prefers
filmmaking to acting. It airs on Thursday, October 25th at 10:00 PM on
Sundance Channel.
More Clips you'll find on www.sundancechannel.com - Go to VIDEO - ICONOLASTS SEASON 3
The complete Interview here!
Download - Sean Penn - David Letterman Show
Samsung promotes Into the Wild with it's own internet website.
Article & MP3: 'Into The Wild' Tells True Story of Young Man's Fatal Trek Into Alaska Wilderness
A short Video, many pics and many other informations on the OPRAH WINFREY SHOW Website.
Last week in Los Angeles there was the official premiere of INTO THE WILD. The film opened in only 4 (!) cinemas and will go nationwide in the US at the beginning of October.
From the premiere a report from E!Online. Many new
interviews and reports to INTO THE WILD und SEAN PENN you will find on the
INTO THE WILD site.
Radiointerview:
Source: Studio 360 - Into The Wild
Hard Sun - Here is the official Video with many film clips
"Into The Wild" at the Toronto Film Festival
Many people
have been telling Sean Penn that Into the Wild has a welcome sense of
youthful joy and spirit: Why did he so connect
to the true-life tale? Sean Penn to the
photographers: Emile Hirsch on
working with Sean Penn:
All reviews, trailer and clips here:
INTO THE WILD
In making "Into The Wild," which stars Emile Hirsch as Chris McCandless (whose journey to remote Alaksa was documented in Krakauer's nonfiction book of the same name), Penn explained that he was particularly influenced by Herzog's history of total immersion when making his films. "We more and more are representing the story and not making it," Penn said of filmmaking today, praising such Herzog films as "Fitzcarroldo" and "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" and saying, "I tried to do that." Herzog, Krakauer and Penn pondered the seemingly extreme, escapist move by McCandless and discussed the concept of risk-taking in their own work. While Herzog hesitated at the idea of encouraging such reckless behavior among young people, Krakauer noted, "Young men and women will be reckless," adding, "I think you can't tell young people not to take risks." Later, asked about the travelogue imagery showcased in "Into The Wild," Penn quipped, "Looking at the footage in the edit room [I thought], 'Jesus, I am an American', because I keep getting told I'm not." The remark elicited hearty applause from the large crowd that had gathered in a town park for the free discussion. Branded "an instant American classic" by writer Larry Gross in the Telluride Film Festival's notes on the new film, Sean Penn's "Into The Wild" has been a hot ticket at the festival, but respoding to critics of his film, Sean Penn said, "I'd rather that people feel anger than not feel anything from the movie." Source: http://blogs.amctv.com/shootout_blog/2007/09/penn-and-herzog.html
Sean Penn's
latest film "Into the Wild" will have its world debut in Fairbanks,
Alaska. Penn said debuting the movie locally first is a way of thanking all of the Alaskans who worked on the film while it was being filmed last summer near Fairbanks. The first screening will be shown at The Blue Loon in Fairbanks on September 3rd. "Into the Wild" is Penn's version of Jon Krakauer's 1996 bestselling novel. Penn wrote the movie and directed the true story of a naive 24-year-old Virginia man, Christopher McCandless, who hitchhiked to Alaska in 1992 and lived off the land. He was found dead in an abandoned bus after 112 days in the wilderness. The film will be released nationwide on September 21st. Eddie Vedders filmsong "Hard Sun" with pics from the movie
Article Source: www.alaskareport.com Read as well: International Herald Tribune - Sean Penn film to make its debut in Fairbanks, Alaska (My thanks to Beatrice for the link!)
LA GRITA, Venezuela - Aboard the
presidential jet, a grinning Hugo Chavez put a hand on Sean Penn's
shoulder, praised his acting and added: "And he's anti-Bush!" The
Venezuelan president reveled in his role as host to the Hollywood star as
they flew across the country Friday and traveled through the countryside
in a military jeep with Chavez at the wheel, stopping to greet cheering
supporters. The Oscar-winning actor has previously condemned the Iraq war and called for President Bush to be impeached, but he revealed little about his thoughts on Venezuela, saying he came as a freelance journalist after reporting stints in Iraq and Iran - and was saving his conclusions for print. "He's a courageous man," Chavez said as he introduced Penn to reporters and dignitaries during the flight from Caracas to western Venezuela. "He's very quiet, but he has a fire burning inside." Penn is the latest in a series of U.S. celebrities and public figures to visit Chavez, including actor Danny Glover, singer Harry Belafonte and Cindy Sheehan, who became a peace activist after her soldier son was killed in Iraq.
Penn's star power was eclipsed by Chavez,
who honked to flag-waving admirers along the road through a mountain
valley and stopped to kiss children and clasp hands with screaming women.
At the end of the trip, Chavez and Penn donned white lab coats and toured
an agricultural research laboratory. Some Chavez opponents have been critical of Penn's visit, saying he is being used for political purposes. While Chavez made a speech, however, Penn stood at a distance alongside the audience, occasionally jotting down notes. He spoke only when Chavez asked the actor to say a few words. "I came here looking for a great country. I found a great country," Penn told the crowd. "I'm also here as a journalist and so I owe it to that medium to wait until I've digested, fact-checked and finished my journey here" before saying more, Penn said. He thanked Chavez for the visit. At one of Chavez's many roadside stops, Penn remarked: "I'm just here to take it in like everybody else."
The English-language version of Marjane Satrapi’s 2D black-and-white movie Persepolis will feature the voices of Sean Penn and Iggy Pop, as well as previously announced Gena Rowlands, Catherine Deneuve and Deneuve’s daughter, Chiara Mastroianni. Penn will portray the lead character’s father and Pop will voice her uncle, while Mastroianni will star as the lead (as she did in the French version), according to Daily Variety. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Satrapi, Persepolis tells the autobiographical tale of a spirited Iranian girl who has to face the oppressive Islamic revolution in 1979. Source: www.animationmagazine.net More: www.sonypictures.com/classics/persepolis
Eddie Vedder has
reportedly written several original songs for a film directed by Sean Penn
that is due out this fall.
Finally news again from INTO THE WILD - you can have a look at the first film pics and the trailer here and of course (enlarged) on the special INTO THE WILD page. The film opens on september 21, 2007 in the USA.
Al Pacino was
being honoured by the American Film Institute. Other guests were some of
Tinseltown's most revered names, such as Andy Garcia, Robin Williams and
Oscar-Winner Jamie Foxx. Some pics from the ceremony
(click photos to enlare!)
Sean Penn on HBO: Bush and Cronies Should Be Jailed for Iraq Lies
source: www.mediainfo.com www.msunderestimated.com
You don’t get to attack President Bush and his “blood stained underwear” without Stephen Colbert challenging you to a duel. And that’s exactly what happened when Stephen Colbert confronted Sean Penn about the candid remarks the actor made last week. The gentlemen worked out their differences during in “Meta-Free-Phor-All” fashion on Colbert’s show this week. This is pretty funny stuff, and made even funnier since it’s Sean enn - who knew he had a sense of humor? Here Colbert goes up
against Sean Penn in a game show format "Meta-Free-Phor-All, including a poet
laureate and a particular George Bush's undergarment.
The duel was
moderated by former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky. Penn trailed 1-0 going to
the final round, as he kept ending every metaphor by quoting from his recent
antiwar reference to President Bush's "soiled and bloodstained underwear." But
the final challenge was to provide the metaphor for a picture of President Bush
-- standing in bloodstained underwear. Colbert was stumped while Penn said
something about going to war on false pretenses -- for which he received
10,000,000 points and an easy win. Colbert broke down in tears but thanked Penn
for coming. Then he threatened to challenge George Clooney in a similar contest.
More on Stephen Colbert on Wikipedia
Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
(Geogle
Videostream)
Harrison Ford, Sean Penn and Ray Liotta are to appear in the drama Crossing Over, which deals with illegal immigration into the US. Ford will play an officer who arrests wetbacks, Penn will have a cameo as a border patrol agent, while Liotta portrays a bureaucrat. The movie is written and directed by Wayne Kramer, who wrote 2003's The Cooler, starring William H. Macy. Filming on Crossing Over begins this month in Los Angeles. Source: film.guardian.co.uk
Sean Penn at the Townhall Meeting Oakland - Part I
Sean Penn at the Townhall Meeting Oakland - Part II
Sean Penn was the star attraction at a town hall meeting Saturday in Oakland, where hundreds of people gathered to denounce the war in Iraq and call for an immediate withdrawal of American troops.
Please read the whole article in the San Francisco Chronicle: Sean Penn backs troops, not Bush
Sean Penn writes another Open Letter to the President, this time in the Huffington Post: Four and a half years ago, I addressed the issue of war in an open letter to our President. Today I would like to again speak to him and his, directly. Mr. President, Mr. Cheney, Ms. Rice et al: Indeed America has a rich history of greatness -indeed, America is still today a devastating military superpower. Please read the complete open letter: An Open Letter to the President ... Four and a Half Years Later
Independent's Spirit Award
Old pals: Harry Dean
Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Sean Penn
Watada was inside Fort Lewis, his first day in a military courtroom for a court martial that will decide his fate for refusing to go to Iraq and for talking publicly about his reasons. Penn was about to leave for the airport and return to the San Francisco area, where he's filming a movie. He said he knows what the outcome of the trial will be. "He'll be convicted and go to jail," he said in a quiet voice. "I think he knows that." Penn, famous for his work in films such as "Mystic River" and "Dead Man Walking," called Monday's rally great theater with all the elements: large banners praising Watada's courage, anti-war songs, speeches and larger than life-size puppets of President Bush and top administration officials. At least 400 people converged on the Interstate 5 overpass and at nearby Iafrati Park, where most of the demonstrators gathered to listen to speeches from a makeshift stage. The size of the rally grew all day and protesters planned to stay until nightfall. Anti-Watada groups were there, too. They were far outnumbered but mingled easily.
Penn said he was impressed by the turnout. "But I'm not that surprised really when I see the 400,000 to 500,0000 people in Washington, D.C., last week (for the national anti-war rally.) So I think there is a wave beginning." He said he came to the area because he's opposed the Iraq war since the beginning and because the Watada family invited him. Watada supporters included numerous Veterans for Peace chapters from Washington and Oregon and other anti-violence and anti-war groups. Source: By Mike Archbold / McClatchy Newspapers
Four leading Hollywood actors known for their political activism -- and run-ins with the press -- spoke one after the other near the close of the huge antiwar rally in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, held under bright blue skies. Media coverage has been sparse so far.
Sean Penn called for lobbying activities in Congress and more rallies
locally to demand passing a binding resolution against the war and for a
cut off in funds -- and vowed to target anyone in next year's races who
did not back this strong step. This presumably included Democrats. Source: www.editorandpublisher.com
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Sean
Penn and wife Robin Wright Penn are divorcing, their rep, Mara Buxbaum,
confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. 
NEW
YORK (UPI) 
The
outspoken, uncompromising and often misunderstood SEAN PENN gets back
behind the camera with the darkly beautiful INTO THE WILD. Here he
talks about working with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder on the film’s
soundtrack, and also about the extraordinary lengths to which his leading
actor Emile Hirsch went to in portraying Christopher McCandless, who threw
away all his money and went feral in the wilderness. 
Emile
Hirsch and director Sean Penn attended a Rome Film Festival screening
Wednesday of Penn's adaptation of the best-selling book about Christopher
McCandless — whose restless wanderings left him starved to death in Alaska
at 24.
With
the series Iconoclasts Sundance Channel approaches the interviewing
process in a different way. The series pairs two celebrities together and
follows them as they head out into a more neutral environment where they
can interact with one another in a much more casual way. 
Click the thumbs to enlarge! 
The
dominant aspect of this movie was a wanderlust that I felt," explained
Sean Penn (center) on Sunday at the Telluride Film Festival, discussing
his new film, "Into The Wild," with author Jon Krakauer (left) and
filmmaker Werner Herzog (right). Conversation moderator Scott Foundas
noted that it is this sense of wanderlust that bonds Penn's film with
Herzog's "Encouters at the End of the World," an exploration of
Antarctica. But, for Penn, there is even more to it, namely the
inspiration he took from Herzog's work.
The
Pearl Jam frontman wrote almost an entire album's worth of songs for 'Into
The Wild', which also features contributions from Academy Award-winning
composer Gustavo Santaolla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel), reports the
Playlist.
Sean
Penn, fresh from his "metaphor
off" with faux pundit Stephen Colbert, appeared on another news/comedy
program Friday night, "Real Time" with Bill Maher on HBO.
