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"Black Flies" Press Conference - The 76th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Arts May 19

Sean Penn, backing WGA strike, says studios’ stance on AI a ‘human obscenity’

By Jake Coyle, Associated Press

World Sep 05

FILE PHOTO: Actor and director Penn attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Zelenskiy in Kyiv
Russia sanctions 25 more Americans, including Sean Penn, Ben Stiller

Russia has imposed sanctions on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller. Moscow says that the move is in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians because of the conflict in Ukraine.

By Associated Press

Arts Aug 27

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In ‘Flag Day,’ Sean and Dylan Penn aim to break cinema’s ‘three thought rule’

Jeffrey Brown talks to Sean Penn and his daughter, Dylan, about their real-life family ties, and those on-screen in their new film "Flag Day." They also discuss Sean Penn's relief work as he's on the ground in Haiti this week.

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet

Nation Jan 11

Watch 5:42
The ethics of Sean Penn’s ‘El Chapo’ conversation

Before Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was recaptured by Mexican authorities, the American movie star and activist Sean Penn met with Mexico’s most wanted man in a jungle hideaway to interview him for Rolling Stone magazine. William Brangham discusses the…

By PBS News Hour

World Jan 10

Sean Penn met secretly with drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

In an interview with Sean Penn secretly conducted last year, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman admitted he was the world's largest supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.

By Elisabeth Ponsot

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