Sean Penn

James Lipton's 'Inside the Actors Studio' hits 250 on changing Bravo

2013-05-29 06:45:00

When "Inside the Actors Studio" quietly made its debut in 1994, Bravo was a decade-plus-old, little-watched cable network that aired highbrow art films, opera and ballet. Nineteen years, 300 guests and 15 Emmy nominations later, the show, one of Bravo's...

Giorgio Armani's niece Roberta has star power of her own

2013-05-12 00:00:00

There are few designers working today who have had as big an influence on fashion as Giorgio Armani. Founding his company in Milan in 1975, he modernized the suit, giving it a relaxed, soft silhouette, and created a daytime uniform of power and...

Cannes 2013: How did James Franco come to adapt a Faulkner book to screen?

2013-05-26 08:00:00

CANNES, France--Even by the standards of 20th-century postmodernists, William Faulkner is considered a difficult, if not unfilmable, moviemaking challenge. His sentences can be fractured, his action can be interior and his points-of-view often splatter...

CinemaCon 2013: A peek at summer tentpoles and year-enders

2013-04-15 06:00:00

Movie theater owners will converge in Las Vegas this week for their annual convention, checking out new hybrids of popcorn, the latest iterations of stadium seats and clips from potential summer blockbusters including "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Man of...

Andrew Lippa to star in world premiere of 'I Am Harvey Milk'

2013-04-02 08:10:00

"I Am Harvey Milk," a new oratorio from Tony and Grammy nominee Andrew Lippa, will make its world premiere in June at the Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco as part of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus 35th anniversary. The composer, who penned the...

Sean Penn's son cusses out paparazzo, hurls ugly slurs

2013-03-27 18:54:00

Sean Penn's son, Hopper, sure said a mouthful Tuesday to a paparazzo hanging out outside a medical office building where he and his dad were headed. After the elder Penn passed the paps without incident, the 19-year-old muscled his way past and then...

Gwyneth Paltrow's stylist defends sheer 'Iron Man' premiere gown

2013-04-30 08:32:00

The gown that Gwyneth Paltrow wore to the world premiere of "Iron Man 3" last week in L.A. has gotten a lot of buzz, mostly negative. The Antonio Berardi dress is boat-necked with bell sleeves, but it was the skirt that got all the attention, with sheer...

Cannes 2013: Steven Spielberg to head film festival jury

2013-02-27 22:36:00

Steven Spielberg will head the jury at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, slated for May 15-26, organizers have announced. In announcing Spielberg's selection, festival President Gilles Jacob said the 66-year-old American director is a "Cannes 'regular',"...

Sean Penn in Venezuela to mourn 'friend' Hugo Chavez

2013-03-08 13:35:00

The mourners lamenting the death of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez included the presidents of Iran and Cuba, a Spanish prince and a man that Chavez himself once floated as a possible American ambassador to Venezuela:� Hollywood actor Sean Penn. Penn...

Funeral begins for Venezuela's Chavez

2013-03-08 09:55:00

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The funeral ceremony for late Venezuelan President� Hugo Chavez got underway Friday at a military base in the capital before 32 heads of state and with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra directed by Los Angeles conductor Gustavo...

Dakota Fanning going -- ahem -- very nude in 'Very Good Girls'

2013-01-31 16:51:00

Dakota Fanning is going nude in her newest film "Very Good Girls." In Naomi Former's coming-of-age film, Fanning, 19, plays a girl who makes a pact with her best friend (played by Elizabeth Olsen) to lose their virginity before they start college....

Get the look: 'We're the Millers' star Emma Roberts

2013-01-31 10:37:00

Actress Emma Roberts, the niece of superstar Julia Roberts, has blossomed into a fashion chameleon, but she wasn't always so glamorous. The young star started out on the red carpet for her aunt's movies in screen print shirts and cargo pants. She's...

From left, Roberta Armani, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.

2013-04-26 12:28:00

From left, Minnie Driver, Sean Penn, Roberta Armani and Rachel Zoe arrive at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills for a private dinner and silent auction to benefit Haiti.

2013-04-25 00:00:00

started off with a cheerful greeting to "You Commie, homo-loving sons-of-a-gun" and acknowledged that "I know how hard I make it to appreciate me ... often.

2013-02-21 01:03:00