Sean Penn is taking a break from Hollywood, and Hollywood ain't happy about it.

Sean announced to the teams of his two upcoming movies that he would be taking some time off and would not be acting in any projects, pulling out of BOTH films!

One said project is the highly anticipated and talked about film The Three Stooges, also starring Jim Carey and Benicio del Toro.

Penn came to the producers and explained he would no longer be available as he was taking time to focus on his family, which we don't quite understand as he already dodged a bullet last month and is still married to Robin Wright Penn. There is no word yet on how long this "break" will last, which has the Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, in a serious predicament.

The directors have spent many years trying to get this film off the ground and they were slated to begin production at the end of August. But now the question becomes whether or not to wait for Penn to return (if he even does) or hire a new actor to take his place?

We'll just have to wait and see what happens, but it is somewhat baffling that Sean chose now to leave the limelight. Midlife crisis perhaps? Or is Robin making him stay home?

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Make up your damn minds!!!

Robyn Wright Penn is keen to keep the Penn…AGAIN!

For the second time now, Sean Penn and his wife are reconciling right before they're suppose to call it quits legally.

Sources say Sean filed a request Thursday morning to dismiss his legal separation case from Robyn.

They did this once before in 2007, when they filed for divorce but then asked a judge to dismiss petition four months later.

C'mon, either follow through or don't.

Maybe third time is the charm for these two?

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In a typically uncharacteristic move for the actress, Natalie Portman is publicly denying reports of a romance between herself and Sean Penn!

The two were "spotted" (according to Star - so, ya know.. take it with a grain of salt) smooching all over the Sunset Tower Hotel back in March.

Says Portman: "Sean Penn is a friend and colleague. The reports that we are romantically involved are completely untrue. I normally do not respond to rumors about my private life, however, this repeatedly fabricated story has forced me to do so."

We sorta believe her!

Do U???

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Ok, who didn't see this one coming?

In late 2007, Sean Penn and his wife Robin Wright, announced that they were divorcing. Just two months later, Penn was seen with model Petra Nemcova as his date at a celebrity event.

But that didn't last long as Penn and his wife quickly made up just about a month after that and called off their divorce.

Tellingly, though, this past February, when Sean won an Oscar for his performance in Milk, he neglected to mention his wife in his acceptance speech because there wasn't "enough time."

Then, just last month, reports were that Penn had been caught hooking up with Natalie Portman, which sources close to Portman denied at the time.

And, now, according to TV's Extra, Penn filed for “legal separation with minor children” last Friday, just three days before the couple's 13th wedding anniversary.

Sad.

Wonder if this time it'll be final?

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Inspired casting!

Here's one flick we is almost a guaranteed hit.

MGM, along with the Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, are almost done confirming their cast for their latest movie, The Three Stooges.

Set to play Larry will be Sean Penn and playing Moe they'd like to get Benicio Del Toro.

So who's going to play chubster Curly? Execs are going after Jim Carrey for that rule. He's reportedly intent on taking it and is already planning to gain 40 pounds to look more like the portly character.

Seriously, 40 lbs for a movie? Why not just wear a fat suit?!

The film has been in the making for almost a decade. The Farrelly bros, who wrote the script, first went to Columbia and then Warner Bros., before going to MGM and getting picked up.

We're betting Columbia and WB are going to regreat passing this up!

The movie begins production this fall and should be released later in 2010.

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Well, we all know that Sean Penn is a womanizer, but what we didn't know is that Natalie Portman might be dumb enough to fall for his womanizing!

According to Star, an eyewitness walked in on the canoodling couple!

Following a touchy-feely dinner at the Sunset Tower Hotel's Tower Bar on March 17th, the pair snuck off to a semi-private area, where the witness spied them making out.

He's, like, 20 years older than her - and still married!

We sure hope this is not true.

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Oscar winner Sean Penn is pushing for the late, great gay politician Harvey Milk's birthday, May 22nd, to be recognised as a 'day of significance' by the state of California.

Penn won this year's best actor Oscar for his performance as Harvey in Gus Van Sant's Milk.

California state senator Mark Leno plans to reintroduce a bill with Sean by his side designating Milk's birthday a 'day of significance.

The governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed the same bill last year.

Arnold said Milk should be honored in San Francisco but not statewide.

Hopefully, Arnold will be less lame this year and will show support for the bill!

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Sean Penn won his second Oscar on Sunday night and some people took note that he failed to 'thank' his wife, actress Robin Wright Penn, in his most recent, stirring acceptance speech.

When the media caught up with them at one of the Oscar parties, both Sean and wifey Robin explained that her 'omission' from the speech was planned.

We can all un-bunch our panties now!

Robin said they both knew there wouldn't be "enough time".

And when asked if his wife knows his feelings for her he simply replied, “She knows.”

Short and to the point.

Robin's a generous soul. In giving up some of 'her' time, Sean was able to speak more fully about the injustices the gay community still faces.

You know other wifeys would have lost their shit if they weren't mentioned!

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Sean Penn's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, is speaking out in defense of her client.

Penn has been criticized as a "stooge for left-wing dictatorships" as he's been known to meet with douchebags like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro and then "write nice things about them."

If you recall, Penn was even hanging out with Chavez just this past October.

His rep, Buxbaum, says in Penn's defense that "Sean does not endorse dictators. Like him or not, Hugo Chavez is a democratically elected official."

She incredulously adds that "Sean is a champion of civil rights."

Yea, you go Champion!

Despite what his publicist says, Penn continues to praise the Castro and Chavez regime. Sean even said, "Chavez may not be a good man. But he may well be a great one."

WTF?!?

Buxbaum also stated, you "may not always agree with Sean, who aggressively questions and challenges the status quo in ways that aren't always polite." But Sean "asks questions, and questions the answers he gets."

What do U think of this?

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