Sean Penn Articles

Sean Penn and the humanitarians behind him, Critics Choice Awards George Clooney, Viola Davis: Critics Choice Awards Ceremony Speeches Best Supporting Actor winner Christopher Plummer (Beginners) announced he had discovered a substitute for the Fountain of Youth. "I feel terribly young tonight suddenly," Plummer told the crowd, "and, at my age, I need all the help I can get in that department." (Academy members eager [...]

Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's DGA- (but not Oscar-) nominated Moulin Rouge! DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1990s: Odd People Out Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman 2000 DGA Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous AMPAS Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot DGA/AMPAS Steven Soderbergh, Traffic Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ridley Scott, Gladiator Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich   2001 DGA Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! Christopher Nolan, Memento [...]

Jessica Chastain, Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Terrence Malick's Palme d'Or winner The Tree of Life, featuring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, collected $493,788 since it opened on Friday, May 27, at four theaters in Los Angeles and New York, according to Box Office Mojo. The three-day weekend average for the Fox Searchlight release was $93,231 per location. That's [...]

21 GRAMS (2003) Direction: Alejandro González Iñárritu Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo, Danny Huston, Eddie Marsan, John Rubinstein Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, 21 Grams Shot in documentary-style, 21 Grams is a bleak, unnecessarily convoluted, and surprisingly powerful drama about three individuals linked to both one another and the immediacy of [...]