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Sean Penn , Oliver Stone mourn death of Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez had two big backers in Hollywood in Sean Penn and Oliver Stone, and each released a statement following Chavez's death on Tuesday."Today the people of the United States lost a friend it never knew it had. And poor people around the world lost a champion," actor Sean Penn told The Hollywood Reporter. "I lost a friend I was blessed to have. My thoughts are with the family of President Chavez and the people of Venezuela." Penn had attended a candlelight vigil for Chavez in Venezuela in December.Oliver Stone, who championed Chavez in his 2009 film "South of the Border," went even further in his praise.''I mourn a great hero to the majority of his people and those who struggle throughout the world for a place," he said. "Hated by the entrenched classes, Hugo Chavez will live forever in history. My friend, rest finally in a peace long earned."...

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    The Hollywood charity Cinema for Peace honored -- and raised money for -- the Sean Penn-founded J/P Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) on Saturday. George Clooney...

  2. Sean Penn officially named an ambassador to Haiti, report says

    Sean Penn was officially made an ambassador at large for Haiti for his relief work for the country, which is still reeling from a devastating earthquake two years ag...

  3. Amid glamor of Cannes, Sean Penn tries to turn focus to Haiti

    Sean Penn tried to turn the conversation at the Cannes Film Festival to Haiti, hosting a fundraiser for the earthquake-ravaged and poverty-stricken country.It was th...

  4. Defying image of drop-in celebrity, Sean Penn settles down in Haiti for long-term role

    Sean Penn no longer lives in a tent, surrounded by some 40,000 desperate people camped on a muddy golf course. And he no longer rushes about the capital with a Glock...

  5. Full Episode: 'Red Eye' 3/28/13

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    In the days, months and years that followed Haiti's powerful earthquake, the condemned National Palace slowly sunk upon itself. The white presidential building becam...

  7. Nobel Peace Prize laureates honor actor Sean Penn for work in earthquake-devastated Haiti

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  9. Madonna, Ex-Husband Sean Penn and Mark Hamill

    Madonna, ex-husband Sean Penn and Mark Hamill in the force we call The Foxlight.With her summer tour Madonna wants her picture everywhere right? Not everywhere. A Ne...

  10. Sean Penn Refuses to Place Hand Over Heart During National Anthem, Report Says

    They say Washington, DC, is " Hollywood for ugly people," but the Beltway got a major infusion of good looks Saturday night at the annual  White House  Correspondent...

  11. Sean Penn : Americans Owe It to the Troops to Continue Supporting Haiti

    Actor Sean Penn is urging Americans to continue to support Haiti following a devastating earthquake earlier this year.Penn was among the first on the ground in Haiti...

  12. Sean Penn : Charlie Sheen Could Help in Haiti

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  1. Sean Penn's son Hopper fires racial, anti-gay slurs at paparazzo

    Like father, like son.Sean Penn's 19-year-old son Hopper apparently has a lot in common with his dad when it comes to his feelings about the paparazzi.Sean, who famo...

  2. Sean Penn's charity to oversee the demolition of Haiti's National Palace

    The nonprofit aid group founded by Hollywood star Sean Penn in the aftermath of Haiti's deadly 2010 earthquake   demolition of the wrecked National Palace, the Haiti...

  3. Hollywood star Sean Penn's group to demolish Haiti National Palace badly damaged in 2010 quake

    The nonprofit aid group founded by Hollywood star Sean Penn in the aftermath of Haiti's deadly 2010 earthquake will oversee demolition of the wrecked National Palace...

  4. Petra Nemcova and Sean Penn together again, report says

    After a brief fling in 2008, actor Sean Penn and model Petra Nemcova appear together in Haiti--a month after Nemcova's split from fiancée, according to new reports. ...

  5. Site prompts users to send 'Hating Breitbart' to celebrities

    Even if they have no interest in watching it, celebs like Michael Moore and Sean Penn may soon be getting copies of the movie "Hating Breitbart" in the mail.The film...

  6. Sean Penn Engaged in Shouting Match With Former Co-Star in Airport

    Sean Penn and Cuban actress Maria Conchita Alonso were once Hollywood co-stars -- but they had an angry bust-up at LAX airport, with Alonso branding Penn a "communis...

  7. Sean Penn Says Tea Party Wants to 'Lynch' Obama

    Actor Sean Penn says the Tea Party wants to "lynch" President Obama , launching the latest celebrity attack on the conservative grassroots movement that has grown in...

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