Monday, May 19, 2008

The Complicated Romantic Life Of Sean Penn



Sean Penn's "colorful" social life is in danger of overshadowing the world's greatest film festival. Hard drinking, hard smoking, hard acting, hard spitting (Eew), hard punching, hard politicking and -- lest we forget -- hard lovin' is what Penn is all about. He's a true American original with a complicated romantic life that only the French could truly appreciate. From AFP:

"Scowling US actor-director Sean Penn, who this year is head of the Cannes festival jury, comes to the film extravaganza bringing his own romantic plot.

"It might be titled 'Three Women and a Fest', or words to that effect, with Penn facing his current wife, ex-wife and 2008 Oscar date all in the space of a week.

"Penn's on-again second wife Robin Wright Penn is in Cannes as the co-star with Robert De Niro of "What Just Happened" by Barry Levinson, which closes the festival May 25.

"The couple filed for divorce months ago but recently got back together.

"Penn's first wife Madonna is also arriving in Cannes to show her documentary about Malawi AIDS orphans, 'I Am Because We Are', screening this week.

"Meanwhile the actor's current pet project 'The Third Wave', a film about volunteer aid workers during the 2004 tsunami, got a special festival screening with an introduction by the woman who introduced Penn to the film -- Czech model Petra Nemcova.

"Nemcova, who famously survived the tsunami clinging to a tree in Thailand as her fiancé was swept away to his death, was Penn's 2008 Oscar night party date."


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