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Actor and filmmaker Sean Penn talks with Raul Castro about Obama, Guantanamo and the Pentagon; and with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on…
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The Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award. For the purposes of tonight and my own personal enjoyment, I’m going to yield to the…
The following is a statement by actor Sean Penn given on October 2, 2006 at the Great Hall of Cooper Union, New…
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