Sean Penn talks about “My President”

Sean Penn talks about “My President”

By Hollywood Editor • on November 9, 2008

“I was sitting on the edge of the bed with my family watching our new president-elect,” actor/director Sean Penn said Thursday night as he collected the Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the Los Angeles chapter of BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. “I have never been able to put the word ‘my’ before president

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Sean Penn, wife Robin end divorce proceeding

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Sean Penn caught in character as Harvey Milk

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By • on February 10, 2008

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