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 December 20, 2005 -  Sean Penn attends 'Tookie' Williams funeral

Sean Penn was one of the stars at the funeral ... read more



               Sean Penn protesting against death penalty              
  
                      
Sean Penn - Protest against Death Penalty                                    Mike
Farrell (l.) and Jesse Jackson 

 

 December 9, 2005 -  Bob Dylan's Chronicles - Read by Sean Penn

The audiobook 'Bob Dylans Chronicles', narrated by Sean Penn, is nominated for a Grammy . The 48th Grammy Awards are taking place in Los Angeles February 8, 2006. More HERE

 November 22, 2005 -  More speculation about ATKM

The Magazine Guardian adds more speculations to the ATKM postphoning ... Please read

 November 16, 2005 -  Madonna admits: It was my fault!

Madonna has admitted in an interview with the TATLER magazine, her marriage to Sean Penn broke down because she was too self-obsessed. The pop superstar wed the Oscar-winning actor in a lavish cliff-top ceremony in 1985, but the couple divorced four years later.
Madonna now claims she was too selfish and absorbed in her career to give the time and effort their romance needed.The sexy singer, who is now happily married to second husband Guy Ritchie, said: 'I just wasnt ready to be married before. I was completely obsessed
with my career and not ready to be generous in any shape or form.'
Despite the breakdown of her marriage to Sean, Madonna says it didn't put her off walking up the aisle again. She added to Britains TATLER magazine: 'I wasn't scared at all, not the first or the second time.' 


 November 8, 2005 -  Is it Jude's fault?

According to the press, Jude Law and his amorous adventures might be to blame for the postphoning of the ATKM release - Read more !

  November 3, 2005 -  Sean Penn article in the VIEW Magazine

There is a nice and interesting article of Sean Penn in the october issue of the new german magazine VIEW - and you can read a translation here !! 

 

October 29, 2005 - Sean Penn as himself in 'What just happend'

Barry Levinson will direct Robert De Niro in What Just Happened? The film bases on the memoirs of producer Art Linson. The comedy will feature an array of Hollywood actors playing themselves, including Sean Penn.
Art Linson produced films with de Niro like Heat, Great Expectations, This Boy
's Life and with Sean Penn like Fast Times, Casualties of War and We're no Angels (with de Niro and Penn). Filming is scheduled for next summer.

Source: Hollywood Reporter 

October 21, 2005 - Willie's Out! ATKM has been pulled from 12.16 release!

According to the internet-magazine hollywood-elsewhere.com ATKM will now probably open in late 06. They quote Mike Medavoy, the films producer.
' ... there's no question this film would have gotten several Oscar nominations,' said Medavoy, ' ... but we were just not ready.' Read the article here !

October 2, 2005 - NY Daily News: Sean Penn's true colors ...

Journalist Jack Mathews has the courage to revise his former rather bad opinion of Sean Penn in an article ... read it and see for yourself (PDF) !

September 22, 2005 - Sean Penn writes in 'Rolling Stone' Magazine

Read what he has to report about his trip to New Orleans here (PDF) !

  

Sean Penn in New Orleans - see photos here!

 

 

September 12, 2005 - Douglas Brinkley calls Sean Penn American Hero

Read, what Douglas Brinkley told the New York Daily News here (PDF)

September 8, 2005 - Sean Penn talks to LARRY KING LIVE

Sean Penn talks to LARRY KING about his journey to New Orleans. Read the interview !

September 7, 2005 - Sean Penn interview about Hurricane Katrina

Sean Penn speaks out in anger at the scene of Hurricane Katrina ... watch video clip !

September 5, 2005 - Sean Penn saves families in New Orleans

A german web-newspaper writes today:

Instead of donating money US actor Sean Penn did it 'the american way' to help the victims of the Hurrican. He just took his boat and went to New Orleans.
But, as reported by the 'Herald Sun' the mission nearly failed because the boat, with Penn, a fotographer and some companions, nearly sunk. People did wonder anyway, how the actor wanted to save people in this already more or less full boat.
But the 45 year old made it. As reported by the 'New York Daily News', Penn saved several people, that were locked in their houses. He also gave them money and some he attened to the hospital. 73 year old Johnnie Brown apparently called his sister and talked to her about his famous rescuer.
'He was very nice',
'Out there are still a lot of people', Penn was quoted by the newspaper. 'And there are dead bodies everywhere.' He only wanted to help.

Here is the link to the original (german only).

Today (September 6), I found a similar article on the New York Daily News Website: click here! 

August 30, 2005 - All The King's Men

New website-page finished for Sean Penn's upcoming film 'All The King's Men'.
Please find informations and a photo gallery in Filmography

August 22, 2005 - Articles of Sean Penn's Iran journey in San Francisco Chronicle

In June 2005 Sean Penn was travelling the Iran for the San Francisco Chronicle, together with Norman Solomon, who with he did his first journey to Iraq, and with a befriended journalist, Reese Erlich, to write about the election in Iran.
The articles are Sean Penn's first-hand account on the country Iran, including his observations on it's culture and his interactions with politicians, students and demonstrators.
From today on Sean Penn reports in the Chronicle in a five-part-series about this journey.
The links to the articles you will find of course here!

Part I - August 22, 2005: A culture in deep conflict - Day One

Part II - August 23, 2005: A meeting with Rafsanjani's son - Day Two

Part III - August 24, 2005: A meeting with the grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini - Day Three

Part IV - August 25, 2005: A demonstration in support of women's rights - Day Four

Part Vl - August 26, 2005: Trouble before returning to the United States - Day Five

For further Informations see:  Sean Penn in Iran

The San Francisco Chronicle is the Bay Area's leading newspaper. The six time Pulitzer Price winning Chronicle is the nation's 10th largest daily newspaper und sfgate.com is the nation's 4th largest newspaper website, with 5.3 millin monthly visitors and over 64 million monthly page views.

 

 

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