The Latest Breaking News from Sean Penn

Digested week: Trump’s oddness helps him elude categories like ‘old’

Plus, Drew Barrymore and Ashton Kutcher vie for title of this news cycle’s most awful, and Angela Rippon soothes the spirit

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

Sean Penn: Will Smith slap wouldn’t have happened if Oscars had let Zelenskiy speak

The actor, whose documentary Superpower is about Ukraine’s president, spoke in an interview about Smith’s ‘worst moment as a person’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

Sean Penn says Will Smith slap wouldn’t have happened if Volodymyr Zelensky was at the Oscars

‘Will Smith would never have left that chair to be part of stupid violence,’ actor claimed

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

First trailer for Sean Penn’s Ukraine documentary Superpower released

‘We are just ordinary people who want to live in our country,’ says President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in activist actor’s forthcoming documentary

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

‘Despicable’: 17 celebrities who have spoken out against Marvel movies

From actors to filmmakers, the hit superhero franchise has ruffled more than a few feathers in its time. Louis Chilton looks at some of the most memorable criticisms

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

‘Despicable’: 17 celebrities who have spoken out against Marvel movies

From actors to filmmakers, the hit superhero franchise has ruffled more than a few feathers in its time. Louis Chilton looks at some of the most memorable criticisms

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Sean Penn & Idris Elba thriller defies poor reviews to hit Netflix top 10

A 2015 movie called The Gunman has found its way onto Netflix's top 10 movies list, despite its reviews.

WhatToWatch · Jul 31, 2023

Wait, Jackie Kennedy had beef with Madonna? New book explores all, plus Madonna’s epic retort

Despite being the most famous woman on the planet at the time, Madonna wasn’t Jackie O’s pick for daughter-in-law

Woman & Home · Jun 25, 2023

Emile Hirsch on remorse, wanderlust and child stardom: ‘I was wary of the dark underbelly of Hollywood’

The star of ‘Into the Wild’ and ‘Speed Racer’ talks to Adam White about the aftermath of his violent attack on a female executive in 2015, saying sorry and meaning it, and playing a murderous fugitive

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Cannes 2023 week one roundup – from Depp to Godard, the chaotic circus rolls on

Enraging, bracing and sublime, the 76th edition of the French film festival kicks off with a controversial visit from Johnny Depp and gallops through films from Pedro Almodóvar, Catherine Corsini, Steve McQueen and more

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023