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	<title>Rope of Silicon &#187; Sean Penn</title>
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		<title>Sean Penn&#039;s &#039;Tree of Life&#039; Comments Stir Up Conversation</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-penns-tree-life-comments-stir-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearing the Air]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In speaking with French newspaper "Le Figaro", Sean Penn commented on Terrence Malick's <i>The Tree of Life</i>, which Penn starred in, and said, "I didn't at all find on the screen the emotion of the script, which is the most magnificent one that I've ever read." Fair or foul? Click through to read what else he said and see where you stand.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s It All Mean? Kevin&#039;s Early Reflections on &#039;The Tree of Life&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean Penn in The Tree of Life Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures Even after attending countless midnight shows over the years, I have never been part of a more eager audience than I was this past weekend. Every seat in the theater was filled with the exception of a handful of seats in the very front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penn and McDormand in Clip from Cannes Entry &#039;This Must be the Place&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/penn-mcdormand-clip-cannes-entry-this-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 20:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frances McDormand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean Penn in This Must be the Place Unfortunately, the only film I had on my must see list while at Cannes that I will not be able to see is Paolo Sorrentino&#039;s This Must be the Place starring Sean Penn as a gothic rock star who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penn, Gosling, Brolin&#8230; The &#039;Gangster Squad&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/penn-gosling-brolin-the-gangster-squad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/penn-gosling-brolin-the-gangster-squad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Brolin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Gosling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The industry has been buzzing for the past several months over a script called Gangster Squad from former Los Angeles homicide detective-turned-screenwriter Will Beall. Director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) joined the project back in December, but the first bit of solid casting news didn&#039;t arrive until today when Deadline&#039;s Mike Fleming reported Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooper for &#039;The Crow,&#039; Mann Eyes &#039;Gold&#039; and Cruise for Kosinski&#039;s &#039;Oblivian&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cooper-for-the-crow-mann-eyes-gold-and-cruise-for-kosinskis-oblivian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cooper-for-the-crow-mann-eyes-gold-and-cruise-for-kosinskis-oblivian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradley Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Bale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Crow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Cruise]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=39136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heat Vision&#039;s Borys Kit reports Bradley Cooper has entered negotiations to star in Relativity&#039;s remake of The Crow. Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later), who boarded the project last week, is said to have hit it off with Cooper at a recent meeting. While the two supposedly share a vision for the character and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sean Penn Bails on &#039;Stooges&#039; and &#039;Cartel&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-penn-bails-on-stooges-and-cartel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-penn-bails-on-stooges-and-cartel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Game]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Three Stooges]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=17431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I see this latest news out of The Hollywood Reporter as further evidence the proposed Farrelly brothers filmed adaptation of The Three Stooges should be squashed altogether, but Borys Kit wonders if the production will now wait for Sean Penn to return from a one year leave of absence from Hollywood or push through without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro are the Farrelly&#039;s &#039;Three Stooges&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-penn-jim-carrey-and-benicio-del-toro-are-the-farrellys-three-stooges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-penn-jim-carrey-and-benicio-del-toro-are-the-farrellys-three-stooges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benicio del Toro]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=14894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Carrey (Curly), Benicio Del Toro (Moe) and Sean Penn (Larry) I honestly cannot believe they pulled this off, but Variety is reporting the Farrelly brothers have landed Sean Penn (Larry), Jim Carrey (Curly) and Benicio Del Toro (Moe) as the leads in their Three Stooges film. I am not saying this isn&#039;t a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and &#039;Bourne Identity&#039; Helmer Negotiate &#039;Fair Game&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-penn-naomi-watts-and-bourne-identity-helmer-negotiate-fair-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-penn-naomi-watts-and-bourne-identity-helmer-negotiate-fair-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Liman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Game]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=13758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As always seems to be the case following the Oscars we get news of Oscar winners and their upcoming big roles. Perhaps that&#039;s why Mickey Rourke lost to Sean Penn last night as he was lining up projects over a month prior to the big show. Earlier today we learned Slumdog Millionaire cutie Freida Pinto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Oscar Surprise Could Happen Very Early</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/an-oscar-surprise-could-happen-very-early/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/an-oscar-surprise-could-happen-very-early/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Adams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=13675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A site going by the name of Cinemascopian is claiming to have the schedule for the 2009 Oscar presentation and it is certainly different from last year&#039;s ceremony. If this is in fact the correct schedule the one major toss-up acting award would be announced as the first. Best Supporting Actress is a category with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speech Wars: Mickey Rourke at BAFTAs vs. Sean Penn at SAGs</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/speech-wars-mickey-rourke-at-baftas-vs-sean-penn-at-sags/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/speech-wars-mickey-rourke-at-baftas-vs-sean-penn-at-sags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=13161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke gave a very entertaining speech at the 2009 BAFTA Awards earlier today and once again gives good reason as to why Academy voters would love to see him on stage accepting an Oscar and making people laugh and potentially cry. His BAFTA speech certainly has enough to keep most people interested as he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ugh, More Johnny Depp Casting Rumors</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ugh-more-johnny-depp-casting-rumors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ugh-more-johnny-depp-casting-rumors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fanboy Frivolity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumor Monger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Depp]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=13010</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Johnny Depp is the Riddler! Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter! Johnny Depp in INXS biopic! Johnny Depp is Tonto! Johnny Depp is a vampire in Dark Shadows! Johnny Depp is Dillinger! Johnny Depp is Moe in Three Stooges! It doesn&#039;t end. Whether it is a bonafide story or a ridiculous rumor there is some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annie Leibovitz&#039;s &#039;Vanity Fair&#039; Celebrity Photo Spread is Worth a Look</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/annie-leibovitzs-vanity-fair-celebrity-photo-spread-is-worth-a-look/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/annie-leibovitzs-vanity-fair-celebrity-photo-spread-is-worth-a-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAM MENDES and KATE WINSLET Photo: Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair Vanity Fair has unveiled the latest Annie Leibovitz photo spread titled &#034;Something Just Clicked&#034; featuring ten new photos of top celebrity talent in only the best of lighting and framework. I have included my three favorite snaps from the collection in this post, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: First Post Nomination Charts</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-post-nomination-oscar-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-post-nomination-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With just over three weeks to go before the 2009 Oscars on February 22 it is time to begin doing a little Oscar prognosticating for the top six categories and I will have three more installments published every Thursday leading up to Oscar night. Of course, the last installment will feature polls where you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USER POLL: Predicting the 2009 Golden Globe Award Winners!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-predicting-the-2009-golden-globe-award-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-predicting-the-2009-golden-globe-award-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golden Globe Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Hollywood Foreign Press Association Earlier this week Tom O&#039;Neil at the &#034;Los Angeles Times&#034; and running their Gold Derby Blog asked for everyone&#039;s Golden Globe predictions, they are online right here. I sent mine in, but I knew I would have a change of heart on at least one pick come time to actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mickey Rourke, Sean Penn and Gerald Posner: Hearsay Battle Royale</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/mickey-rourke-sean-penn-and-gerald-posner-hearsay-battle-royale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/mickey-rourke-sean-penn-and-gerald-posner-hearsay-battle-royale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the race for the Oscar Best Actor just went up a notch with a dirty tactics article over at The Daily Beast quoting an alleged private text message sent from Mickey Rourke to an unnamed &#034;Los Angeles entertainment honcho.&#034; The alleged text from Gerald Posner&#039;s report reads as such: Look seans an old friend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hijacked Life: Examining the Biopic Heist</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/a-hijacked-life-examining-the-biopic-heist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/a-hijacked-life-examining-the-biopic-heist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Turbovsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Night, and Good Luck.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvey Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I'm Not There]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I could hear the audience laugh, hard, at the comedic lines in Gus Van Sant&#039;s new biopic Milk. I could feel them sigh and fidget, equally as hard, during the difficult moments. And, I wondered: would they be reacting this way if this were a film about a fictional gay rights activist and not Harvey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Milk&#039; and &#039;Happy-Go-Lucky&#039; Win Big with New York Film Critics</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/milk-and-happy-go-lucky-win-big-with-new-york-film-critics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/milk-and-happy-go-lucky-win-big-with-new-york-film-critics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Award Show News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best of 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Those Other Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frozen River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy-Go-Lucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Brolin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Man on Wire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Leigh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Film Critics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Getting Married]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sally Hawkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slumdog Millionaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WALL-E]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After yesterday&#039;s surprise with the Los Angeles Film Critics bestowing the title of Best Picture on WALL&#8226;E and naming The Dark Knight the runner-up I guess it would have been too much to expect the same from the New York Critics, but they have in turn gone a different route and awarded Happy-Go-Lucky a pair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: Doubt in &#039;Doubt&#039;, Eastwood&#039;s First Acting Oscar and Winslet&#039;s Works</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-doubt-in-doubt-eastwoods-first-acting-oscar-and-winslets-works_20081105/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-doubt-in-doubt-eastwoods-first-acting-oscar-and-winslets-works_20081105/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Award Show News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frost/Nixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gran Torino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slumdog Millionaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Visitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wrestler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the recent AFI screening of Doubt, which was actually an unfinished print, media that was in attendance was asked not to discuss the flick, but a few nuggets are leaking out here and there and the film remains a high profile feature. Most recently Dave Karger at &#034;Entertainment Weekly&#034; called it one of &#034;three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gallon of New Pictures of &#039;Milk&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gallon_of_new_pictures_of_milk_20081028/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gallon_of_new_pictures_of_milk_20081028/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Franco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Brolin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Josh Brolin as Dan White and Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk Photo: Focus Features Focus has just released a whole slew of new pics from their upcoming Oscar Contender Milk starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected into major public office in America. The film is earning a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: Best Actor Chatter, Talks of &#039;Doubt&#039; and Scott-Thomas is Praised</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar_update_best_actor_chatter_talks_of_doubt_and_scott_thomas_is_praised_20081024/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar_update_best_actor_chatter_talks_of_doubt_and_scott_thomas_is_praised_20081024/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Award Show News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Marsan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elsa Zylberstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Langella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frost/Nixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gran Torino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy-Go-Lucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I've Loved You So Long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristin Scott Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Chance Harvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Visitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wrestler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we learned an unfinished version of Doubt will be replacing The Soloist at the AFI Film Festival on October 30. The fact Miramax is cool with showing an unfinished print as an Opening Night Gala film tells me a lot about the quality of the flick. I thought the first trailer was outstanding and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Hutts, Franco&#039;s Fake Penis and Feldman&#039;s Bastardly Denial</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gay_hutts_francos_fake_penis_and_feldmans_bastardly_denial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gay_hutts_francos_fake_penis_and_feldmans_bastardly_denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumor Mill Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Ratner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corey Feldman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Bousman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dorian Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Franco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joss Whedon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serenity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valkyrie]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to another batch of worthless yet seemingly entertaining batch of movie news/rumor stories that keep the blogosphere alive and well. We begin with a massive swarm of bees huddling over and around their queen at MGM Tower in Century City. Bzzzzzz. Next we have a quote from Robert Downey Jr. with regard to The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van Sant&#039;s &#039;Milk&#039; Comes into Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/van_sants_milk_comes_into_focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/van_sants_milk_comes_into_focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Singer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gus Van Sant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mayor of Castro Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=7847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been two biopics on the life of gay-rights activist Harvey Milk in Hollywood. One was with Bryan Singer directing called The Mayor of Castro Street, and rumor was that he was going to tackle that film before ever returning to direct a sequel to Superman Returns. The other was with Gus Van Sant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malick Eyeing Penn and Ledger for Next Flick</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/malick_eyeing_penn_and_ledger_for_next_flick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/malick_eyeing_penn_and_ledger_for_next_flick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrence Malick]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=7665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sean Penn and Heath Ledger may be seen together in a new film called Tree of Life. The duo are currently in negotiations to star in the flick for writer/director Terrence Malick. Ledger would be the star of the show with Penn talking on a supporting role. Nothing is known about the plot outside of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#039;s Really Got Milk?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/whos_really_got_milk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/whos_really_got_milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Singer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gus Van Sant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Damon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=7149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a while there the big question was whether or not Bryan Singer would helm Man of Steel or The Mayor of Castro Street first. The first film there being the follow-up to Superman Returns, the second being a biopic on the life and assassination of San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk. Well, now Singer has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penn and Iggy Voicing &#039;Persepolis&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/penn_and_iggy_voicing_persepolis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/penn_and_iggy_voicing_persepolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iggy Pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=6635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think Sean Penn is a decent actor, but I just can&#039;t stand watching him for some reason. Am I the only one that can actually see this guy acting? What I mean is that when he squints his eyes and says something he believes to be important with his head cocked just seems to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford, Liotta and Penn are &#039;Crossing Over&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ford_liotta_and_penn_are_crossing_over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ford_liotta_and_penn_are_crossing_over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrison Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Liotta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Kramer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=5747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Weinstein Co. has just billed a nice trio to headline their ensemble drama Crossing Over. Joining the cast are Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Sean Penn with The Cooler director Wayne Kramer at the helm from his own script. The drama will cover the controversial topic of immigration and those who’ll do anything to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sean Penn Heads &#039;Into the Wild&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean_penn_heads_into_the_wild/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean_penn_heads_into_the_wild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Into the Wild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=3438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last time Sean Penn directed a film it was 2001&#039;s The Pledge, which starred Jack Nicholson as a retiring police chief who pledges to catch the killer of a young child. This time around he is focusing on Into the Wild, the nonfiction story of Christopher McCandless and his mysterious Alaskan odyssey. The film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIRST LOOK: Sean Penn is Out to Assasinate NIXON</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first_look_sean_penn_is_out_to_assasinate_nixon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first_look_sean_penn_is_out_to_assasinate_nixon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Assassination of Richard Nixon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=1315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the good folks over at THINKFilm we have our first look at Sean Penn in his next role in The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Sam Bicke (Penn), a disillusioned &#034;everyman&#034; who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th President of the United States. The part is said to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penn Gives His F-U to TA</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/penn_gives_his_f_u_to_ta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/penn_gives_his_f_u_to_ta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team America: World Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the teaser trailer could not have been anymore correct when it said certain Hollywood stars would not exactly be &#034;happy&#034; when it comes to the new marionette film Team America: World Police from &#034;South Park&#034; creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Sean Penn, recent Oscar winner for his role in Clint Eastwood&#039;s Mystic River, [...]]]></description>
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