Tag: Sean Penn

TV and Film Actress Eileen Ryan, Sean Penn’s Mother, Dies

MALIBU, Calif.—Eileen Ryan, an actress who appeared on TV, in films and on Broadway and the matriarch of the steeped-in-the-arts Penn family, has died. She was 94. Ryan, who was the mother of actors Sean Penn and Christopher Penn and musician Michael Penn, died at her home in Malibu, California, on Sunday, according to family…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘I Am Sam’: Director Jessie Nelson’s Uplifting and Heartwarming Family Drama

PG-13 | 2h 12min | Drama, Family | 28 December 2001 (USA) Let’s get this out of the way first and be done with it. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone here when I say I don’t align with Sean Penn politically. He’s entitled to his opinions and, under the rights afforded to him by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,…


Sean Penn in Ukraine Filming Documentary About Russian Invasion: Government

Actor and director Sean Penn is in Ukraine filming a documentary amid the invasion by the Russian military, the Ukrainian government said. “The director specially came to Kyiv to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our country,” the Ukrainian government…


Dylan Penn Takes the Lead in Family-Affair ‘Flag Day’

LONDON—Dylan Penn, daughter of Hollywood heavyweights Sean Penn and Robin Wright, says she initially turned down the chance to star in her father’s new film “Flag Day”—her first major movie role—but its lengthy production let her mature into the part. Based on Jennifer Vogel’s memoir “Flim-Flam Man,” the film centres around her relationship with her…