Natalie Portman has revealed that she did not smoke pot until she was in her 20s and denied sharing a passionate kiss with Sean Penn, in a recent interview with a US magazine.
The 28-year-old Star Wars actress – who began acting as a child – said that she was not a wild teen and [...]

Susan Sarandon was awarded for lifetime achievement at the Stockholm film festival.
Swedish actor Gustaf Hammarsten said: “The roles Susan Sarandon has played often gain a life of their own beyond the films themselves.”
Sarandon, who was on hand for the prize, won an Academy Award in 1996 for her role as a nun working with a [...]

Guy Ritchie has been seen out in the company of the intriguing married socialite Diana Jenkins.
The Malibu-based Jenkins, 36, a stunning Bosnian blonde, is married to Roger Jenkins, 53 – one of the UK’s wealthiest bankers, a former Barclay’s star who now runs his own investment firm.
A successful businesswoman, philanthropist and mother of two, Jenkins [...]

Mickey Rourke has made it one of his life’s goals to snare an Oscar.
Rourke, 57, narrowly missed out on a Best Actor award at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony - to his great friend Sean Penn, who won for Milk.
Rourke, who had been nominated for The Wrestler, said, “I knew I wasn’t going to win [...]

The 16-year-old son of Sean Penn, Hopper Jack, will not face charges following an arrest last week at his high school in Malibu.
A source close to the case told RadarOnline.com exclusively the district attorney’s office closed its investigation of Hopper after drugs allegedly found in his possession were found to be prescribed to him. [...]

Sean Penn’s 16-year-old son was reportedly arrested last week at his school in Malibu.
According to RadarOnline.com, Hopper Jack Penn was taken into custody by the LA County Sheriff’s department.
But as he is a minor, officials will not release details as to why he was arrested or if charges have been filed.
A senior LA County Sheriff [...]

Sean Penn has had a meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, discussing a possible movie about an American anthropologist.
Chavez said the pair met privately and discussed making a movie out of the 1953 novel The Lost Steps by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier. The book tells the tale of an American composer and anthropologist who journeyed [...]

Sean Penn flew to Cuba with a philanthropist socialite hoping to interview Fidel Castro.
The Oscar-winning movie star sometimes moonlights as a journalist and is on assignment for Vanity Fair magazine to discover how Barack Obama’s administration has affected Cuba, according to website TMZ.
Penn is travelling with entrepreneur and philanthropist Diana Jenkins, the wife of high-flying [...]

Robin Wright Penn has said that she has no regrets about her marriage to actor Sean Penn, despite divorcing him.
The 43-year-old blonde has spoken about her divorce and subsequent career rebirth following her split with the two-time Oscar winner.
She said: “I have no regrets for my life that has been lived [sic].
“We [...]

Josh Brolin, 41, will step into Sean Penn’s part in an action thriller titled Cartel.
Penn took a year off from making movies in a bid to shore up his family life. His pending divorce with Robin Wright Penn has since been announced, however.
Cartel, due to start filming in Mexico City in January 2010, will centre [...]