Sean Penn to Lead Cannes Jury
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Sean Penn, winner of an Academy Award as an actor and recipient of praise as a director, was named on Thursday the president of the jury of the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
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Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Sean Penn is one of five film-makers in the running to be named best director of 2007 by the Directors Guild of America.
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Veteran Spanish director Pedro  Almodovar leads the early running in Cannes this year with his  bitter-sweet comedy &quot;Volver,&quot; as European cinema overshadows  Hollywood at the world&#039;s biggest film festival.
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Harvey Weinstein can put away his shotgun. But Sean Penn might want to borrow it.
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Roland Emmerich, the director of "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow," will head the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in February.
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CANNES, France  - When director Pedro Almodovar was named hot favorite to triumph at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, he called it a curse after he failed to win.
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Sean Penn is back where he wants to be: behind the camera, not in front of it.
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NEW YORK  - Sean Penn and Iggy Pop will voice roles in the North American version of Sony Pictures Classics' French animated political drama "Persepolis."
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The politically passionate Sean Penn has no interest in running for office, yet he's a potent demagogue on the big screen.
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The nominees will be announced for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards this morning -- and it appears to be a wide-open race. So far, only the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men," appears to be a shoo-in. But the Globes often opt for star power, which means that "Michael Clayton," featuring George Clooney, is a likely pick.
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Broadway invaded the Cannes Film Festival on Friday with a preview of the movie musical &quot;Dreamgirls,&quot; with stars Jamie Foxx and Beyonce Knowles on hand to help show off scenes from the stage adaptation.
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American actor-director Sean Penn has been named to head the jury of the 2008 Cannes International Film Festival, organizers of the event announced on Thursday.
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Sean Penn is to play gay San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, and Matt Damon his assassin, in a new film from director Gus Van Sant.
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Wilderness drama "Into the Wild," directed by Sean Penn and starring newcomer Emile Hirsch, topped the list of Screen Actors Guild award nominees on Thursday with four nods, including best ensemble cast.
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Last year's top actress prize winner at  the Venice Film Festival, Scarlett Johannson, is back this time  on the main jury but what she would like some day is to play  opposite a nice young man.
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Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson are among the stars expected at the 61st Venice Film Festival this week.