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Sean Penn's Activist Caravan On the Road to New Orleans | Sean Penn

Sean Penn's Activist Caravan On the Road to New Orleans

Originally posted 05/01/2008 05:00PM

Traveling in three bio-diesel buses, more than 150 activists – including, most notably, Sean Penn – departed the Coachella music festival in Indio, Calif., this week, en route to New Orleans.

Known as The Dirty Hands Caravan (they're blogging about their journey at dosomething.org, the group gathered at the festival over the weekend and Penn appeared on the mainstage, inviting the audience (and all others interested) to spontaneously join and, well, do something. "Revolution is a job for the young," Penn said. "This is the smartest, most technologically proficient generation of all time. This idea that I had was based on no experience necessary."

The buses are journeying 1,800 miles by week's end, stopping in numerous cities. On Tuesday, the caravan visited the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation in Tucson and participated in an HIV awareness march thru parts of downtown and the University of Arizona campus. The group then proceeded to Las Cruces, N.M., where they camped and heard from 12-year-old Pat Pedraja, who is battling leukemia and raising money for bone marrow transplants.

(The photo features Penn and blogger Pat Pedraja, who created One Child's Dream/Driving For Donors at 11 years old after being diagnosed with Leukemia.)

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Sean Penn & Robin Wright Stop Divorce Action

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Sean Penn & Robin Wright Stop Divorce Action

Originally posted 04/09/2008 03:35PM

Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have halted their divorce proceedings, court papers show.

In a one-page document filed Tuesday in Marin County Superior Court, the clerk dismissed the couple's divorce petition at their request.

Penn, 47, and Wright Penn, 42, filed divorce papers in December after 11 years of marriage,.

Penn and his wife were also spotted at an Eddie Vedder concert in San Francisco Tuesday night, according to Extra, which first reported the withdrawal of divorce papers.

(Penn and Vedder are close pals, and Vedder wrote music for Penn's movie Into the Wild.)

A rep for the actors declined to comment.

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Sean Penn Steps Out with Petra Nemcova | Petra Nemcova, Sean Penn

Sean Penn Steps Out with Petra Nemcova at Oscar Parties

Originally posted 02/25/2008 08:20AM

Less than two months after he announced his separation from his wife of 11 years, Sean Penn hit Sunday night's Oscar party circuit with a new blonde beauty on his arm: model Petra Nemcova.

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Sean Penn Signs on to Judge Cannes | Sean Penn

Sean Penn Signs on to Judge Cannes

Originally posted 01/03/2008 08:55AM

Sean Penn will say "bonjour" to Cannes this summer, the film festival's organizers announced Thursday.

The 47-year-old actor/director – whose separation from his wife, Robin Wright Penn, 41, was confirmed to PEOPLE on Dec. 27 – has accepted the presidency of the festival's prestigious Palme d'Or competition.

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Divorce Papers Filed in Sean & Robin Wright Penn Separation

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Divorce Papers Filed in Sean & Robin Wright Penn Separation

Originally posted 12/28/2007 04:25PM

Divorce papers have been filed in Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn's separation – with the actor and actress both filing papers on separate occasions.

Sean Penn initially filed for divorce from his wife in Marin County, Calif., Superior Court on Dec. 7 – but the petition was later dismissed. No exact reason was given for the case being disposed before trial.

Three days after that, Robin Wright Penn filed her own paperwork.

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Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn Divorcing

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Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn Divorcing

Originally posted 12/27/2007 10:15PM

Sean Penn and wife Robin Wright Penn are divorcing, their rep, Mara Buxbaum, confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

No other details were immediately available. The couple, who've been married 11 years, have two children together, Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 16.

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Toronto Diary: Who's Got Oscar Buzz?

UpdatePosted 09/18/2006 11:50AM

Toronto Diary: Who's Got Oscar Buzz?

Originally posted 09/16/2006 06:00AM

Every year, partway through the Toronto Film Festival, I breathe a sigh of relief, thinking, "Whew, we can have an Oscars race this year after all."

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Sean Penn: Chris's Weight Killed Him | Sean Penn

Sean Penn: Chris's Weight Killed Him

Originally posted 09/14/2006 08:25AM

Speaking publicly for the first time since his younger brother Chris's death earlier this year, Sean Penn says, "The problem was weight."

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Happy Ending for Brad & Angelina's Saga | Mr. & Mrs. Smith

UpdatePosted 06/13/2005 09:00AM

Happy Ending for Brad & Angelina's Saga

Originally posted 06/13/2005 08:00AM

FLEXED: Fueled, no doubt, by public interest in their relationship, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showed off their star muscle this weekend: their new romantic action flick, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, made a robust $51 million at the box office, according to industry estimates. It trounced such tepid new rivals as The Honeymooners, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D and High Tension. In second, third and fourth place, respectively: Madagascar ($17.1 million), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith ($14.9 million) and The Longest Yard ($13.5 million). And taking a major dip, to sixth place in only its second week: Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger in Cinderella Man ($9.5 million).

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Joss Stone Plays Nice | Joss Stone

Joss Stone Plays Nice

Originally posted 07/16/2004 06:00AM

It's not just her beyond-her-years voice and soulful style that set 17-year-old Joss Stone apart from other young pop stars: She also refuses to diss anyone (no matter how hard we tried to get her to). When we asked who she has met among the Britney-Christina-Lindsay Lohan-Avril Lavigne set, she demurred. "I usually meet people that are older and more into the soul thing," she told us at the recent Music Visionary of the Year Awards Luncheon in New York, where she performed a brief set. "But I have met some people who are younger, I guess." And does she, you know, like them? "Everyone's got different styles, you know? Everyone's on the same level. I respect everybody the same no matter what it is." Hmm. Don't look for her to try acting any time soon either: "Maybe in, like, 50 years, when I'm bored of singing. But I love singing so I'm not thinking about it." Also onstage at the event, which raised more than $700,000 for the Music for Youth Foundation, was Anita Baker, who is releasing her first album in 10 years in September.

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