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Penn High School
Coordinates: 41°40′44″N 86°06′32″W / 41.678802°N 86.108834°W / 41.678802; -86.108834
Penn High School is a public high school located just outside of Mishawaka, Indiana, USA, near South Bend. It is only high school in the Penn-Harris-Madison (PHM) School Corporation. The school takes in pupils graduating from the PHM's three middle schools, Schmucker Middle School, Discovery Middle School, and Grissom Middle School, as well as some graduates from local private and religious grade schools and occasionally transfers from neighboring public school districts (primarily South Bend and Mishawaka and other schools.
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Rivals include Mishawaka High School, South Bend St. Joseph's High School, FW Snider, and Elkhart Memorial High School.
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Penn's winter guard participates in state contests run by IHSGA.
Penn's marching band has placed in the top 10 at Class A ISSMA finals.
Penn's symphonic band has been a frequent[weasel words] attendee at the ISSMA state finals event.[citation needed]
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Penn, North Dakota
Penn (also Lauren) is an unincorporated community in western Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 2 northwest of the city of Devils Lake, the county seat of Ramsey County. Its elevation is 1,467 feet (447 m). The community was first named Lauren for the townsite owner, Lauren, and was later renamed Penn for English stockholders. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 58362.
It is reported that the State and Federal Governments have bought out parts of the town because Devil's Lake is expanding and will soon engulf the town with flood waters. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_re_us/us_monster_lake_3
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Penn, Pennsylvania
Penn is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 460 at the 2000 census.
Penn is located at 40°19′44″N 79°38′25″W / 40.32889°N 79.64028°W / 40.32889; -79.64028 (40.329018, -79.640141).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 460 people, 182 households, and 133 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,974.7 people per square mile (1,184.0/km²). There were 187 housing units at an average density of 1,209.3 per square mile (481.3/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.52% White, 1.52% African American, 1.09% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races.
There were 182 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 18.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.99.
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Penn, West Midlands
Penn is an area now divided between Wolverhampton in the West Midlands and South Staffordshire. Originally, it was a village in the historic county of Staffordshire. There is considerable confusion about exactly which areas fall within Penn. In 19th century censuses, Merry Hill, Bradmore and Warstones are understood to form part of Penn, although these areas are generally understood to be separate today. However, there has never been any doubt that the two historic settlements of Upper and Lower Penn form the core of the area.
Penn is probably derived from the Welsh language, signifying a hill or promontory, and is believed to refer to the hill on which St Bartholomew's Church stands. The pre-Anglo-Saxon name may indicate relatively late survival of Celtic-speaking settlement.
The area to the east of Penn Road (A449) and around St Bartholomew's church is referred to as Upper Penn, historically also as Penn Over. The village within South Staffordshire, and around St Anne's church is Lower Penn or Penn Under. These historic usages tend to confirm that the name has long been considered to refer to the ridge to the east, which is ascended via Church Hill, Wakeley Hill or Mount Road.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (
i/ˌpɛnsɨlˈveɪnjə/), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a US state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, and the Great Lakes Region. The state borders Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Ontario, Canada to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east.
Pennsylvania is the 33rd most extensive, the 6th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's four most populous cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Erie. The state capital is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania has 51 miles (82 km) of shoreline along Lake Erie and 57 miles (92 km) of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary.
Pennsylvania is 170 miles (274 km) north to south and 283 miles (455 km) east to west. Of a total 46,055 square miles (119,282 km2), 44,817 square miles (116,075 km2) are land, 490 square miles (1,269 km2) are inland waters, and 749 square miles (1,940 km2) are waters in Lake Erie. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States. Pennsylvania has 51 miles (82 km) of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles (92 km) of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary.
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Arthur Penn
Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American film director and producer with a career as a theater director as well. Penn amassed a critically acclaimed body of work throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Penn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Sonia Greenberg, a nurse, and Harry Penn, a watchmaker. He was the younger brother of Irving Penn, the successful fashion photographer. During the 1920s, he moved in with his mother after she divorced Penn's father. Some time after, he came back to his sickly father, leading him to run his father's watch repair shop. At 19 he was drafted into the army. Stationed in Britain, he became interested in theater. He started to direct and take part in shows being put on for the soldiers around England at the time. As Penn grew up, he further became interested in film, especially after he saw the Orson Welles film Citizen Kane.[citation needed]
After making a name for himself as a director of quality television dramas, Penn made his feature debut with a western, The Left Handed Gun (1958). A retelling of the Billy the Kid legend, it was distinguished by Paul Newman's sharp portrayal of the outlaw as a psychologically troubled youth (the role was originally intended for the archetypal portrayer of troubled teens, James Dean).[citation needed]
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Arthur Serevetas
Arthur Serevetas (often credited as Arthur Penn) is a dwarf actor from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He has appeared in many Australian films and TV shows, including The AFL Footy Show, Fat Pizza, The Micallef Program and SeaChange.
He is best known for playing the character Mini Mick from The Mick Molloy Show. Mini Mick was a miniature version of Mick Molloy – an obvious parody of Mini-Me of the Austin Powers film series. Mini Mick had the catchphrase "Blow it out your arse!"
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Audrey Penn
Audrey Penn is an American author of children's books.
Audrey Penn grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. Audrey Penn didn’t start off her career as a writer. Penn, in the 1970s, was a ballerina dancer dancing for the New York City Ballet, Danny Diamond Dance Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet, and the National Ballet. Between 1973 and 1976 she was an alignist and choreographer for the US Figure Skating team for the Pan American Games and the 1976 Olympic Gymnastics Team. Penn's first book was Happy Apple Told Me. In 1980, after developing Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Penn was too ill to continue with ballet. Due to many painful surgeries and not being able to walk for weeks led her to write more books like Blue Out of Season and No Bones About Driftiss. Penn currently resides in Maryland with her husband and their two children.
Audrey Penn is most known for writing The Kissing Hand book. Penn developed the idea one day when she saw a mother raccoon kiss the palm of her cub, and then the cub put the kiss on his face. The Kissing Hand became an overnight success and became a New York Times number one bestseller. The Kissing Hand led to other stories about the character Chester. A Pocket Full of Kisses, A Kiss Goodbye, and the Upcoming Chester Raccoon and The Big Bad Bully, Chester's Change of Heart, and Chester the Brave. (Retrieved from Audrey Penn's website)
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B.J. Penn
Jay Dee "B.J." Penn (born December 13, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Penn was the first non-Brazilian winner of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the black-belt category. BJ Penn is regarded as one of the most gifted martial arts fighters in the world. He is known for his incredible flexibility and his willingness to fight anyone regardless of their weight class, fighting as high as Light Heavyweight (weighed in at 191 lb) when he competed against Lyoto Machida (who weighed in at 225 lb) in 2005. His jab and his boxing are considered the best in MMA. He is the most decorated Jiu-Jitsu athlete in America.
A former UFC Lightweight Champion and UFC Welterweight Champion, he is only the second fighter in UFC history to win titles in two different weight classes, with the first being UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. Penn served as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 5 reality show. As of February 2012, Penn is ranked as the #10 welterweight fighter in the world by Sherdog. Penn holds the distinction of being one of only a very few fighters who have never been submitted and never been knocked down. He is on hiatus after losing to Nick Diaz at UFC 137 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Chris Penn
Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American film and television actor known for his roles in such films as The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, Rush Hour, True Romance, All the Right Moves and Pale Rider and in the videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest son of Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. His paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania and Russia, and his mother was a Roman Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. According to Penn's mother, Leo Penn may have had distant Sephardic ancestry, as the family's surname was originally "Piñón". His brothers are actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn.
Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio and made his film debut in 1979’s Charlie and the Talking Buzzard, starring Christopher Hanks. In 1983, he was featured in Francis Ford Coppola’s youth drama Rumble Fish and appeared in the high school football drama All the Right Moves as the best friend of Tom Cruise's character. He also appeared in the hit dance movie Footloose in 1984 as the best friend of Kevin Bacon's character; played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider (1985); and co-starred with his brother Sean Penn and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range (1986).
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Dan Penn
Dan Penn (born Wallace Daniel Pennington, 16 November 1941) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s including "Dark End Of The Street" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" with Chips Moman as well as "Out Of Left Field" and "Cry Like A Baby" with Spooner Oldham. Penn also produced many hits including "The Letter" by The Box Tops. Though considered to be one of the great white soul singers of his generation, Penn has released relatively few records featuring his own vocals and musicianship preferring the relative anonymity of songwriting and producing.
Penn grew up in Vernon, Alabama, and spent much of his teens and early twenties in the Quad Cities/Muscle Shoals area. He was a regular at Rick Hall's FAME Studios as a performer, songwriter, and producer. It was during his time with FAME that Penn cut his first record, "Crazy Over You" in 1960, and wrote his first hit, "Is a Bluebird Blue?" which was recorded by Conway Twitty in the same year, and was later covered by James Brown. The success of the #6 pop hit, "I'm Your Puppet" by James & Bobby Purify convinced him that songwriting was a lucratively worthwhile career choice.
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Irving Penn
Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer most known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake, and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally, and continues to inform the art of photography even after his death.
Irving Penn was born on June 16, 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey, to Harry Penn and Sonia Greenberg. In 1922, Irving Penn's younger brother, Arthur Penn, was born, who would go on to become a film director and producer.
Irving Penn attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) from 1934 to 1938, where he studied drawing, painting, graphics, and industrial arts under Alexey Brodovitch. While still a student, Penn worked under Brodovitch at Harper's Bazaar, where several of Penn's drawings were published.
Irving Penn worked for two years as a freelance designer and making his first amateur photographs before taking Brodovitch's position as the art director at Saks Fifth Avenue in 1940. Penn remained at Saks Fifth Avenue for a year before leaving to spend a year painting and taking photographs in Mexico and across the US.
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John Penn (delegate)
John Penn (May 17, 1741 – September 14, 1788) was a signer of both the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of North Carolina.
Penn was born near Port Royal in Caroline County, Virginia, an only child of Moses Penn and Catherine [Taylor] Penn. He attended at common school for only two years as his father did not consider education to be important.[citation needed] At age 18, after his father's death, Penn privately read law with his uncle, Edmund Pendleton. He became a lawyer in Virginia in 1762. In 1774, Penn moved to the Williamsboro, North Carolina area, where he practiced law.
On July 28, 1763, Penn married Susannah Lyne. The couple had two children. Their daughter, Lucy, married John Taylor of Caroline, a political leader from Virginia.
Penn was elected to the North Carolina Provincial Congress and elected by that body to the Continental Congress in 1775, serving until 1780. For the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence, he was part of the North Carolina delegation that included Joseph Hewes and William Hooper. In 1777, Penn was one of the state's signers of the Articles of Confederation. Penn also served on the Board of War until 1780, when he retired to once again practice law. He served as receiver of taxes for North Carolina in 1784. When Penn died in 1788, he was buried on his estate near Island Creek, in Granville County. Penn was re-interred in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in 1894, alongside fellow congressional delegate, Hooper.
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John Penn (governor)
John Penn (14 July 1729 – 9 February 1795) was the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776. He was also one of the Penn family proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1771 until 1776, when the creation of the independent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the American Revolution removed the Penn family from power.
John Penn was born in London, the eldest son of Richard Penn and Hannah Lardner. Richard had inherited a one-fourth interest in the Pennsylvania proprietorship from his father, Pennsylvania founder William Penn, which provided him with a fairly comfortable living. Richard's older brother Thomas Penn—John Penn's uncle—controlled the other three-fourths of the proprietorship. Thomas did not have any sons while John Penn was in his youth, and so John stood to inherit the entire proprietorship (one-fourth from his father and three-fourths from his uncle). John's upbringing was therefore of concern to the whole family.
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John Penn (writer)
John Penn (aka "John Penn, Jr."[sic], "John Penn of Stoke") (22 February 1760, London, England – 21 June 1834, Stoke Poges) was an Anglo-American writer, a part proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania (now the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a state of the United States), and a governor of the Isle of Portland.
John Penn was the son of Thomas Penn and his wife Juliana (the daughter of Thomas Fermor, first earl of Pomfret), elder brother to Granville Penn, and a grandson of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. He was sent to school at Eton College. On the death of his father in 1775, John Penn succeeded to his father's interests, but, with his cousin, also named John Penn ("John Penn the Governor"), lost the proprietorship by the American Revolution. In 1776 he entered Clare College, Cambridge as a fellow commoner. He made an extended visit to Pennsylvania (1783–88), renting a Philadelphia city house, and designing and building a country house, The Solitude, which survives on the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo. He returned to England in 1789 with 130,000 pounds compensation for the loss of the family's 21 million acres (85,000 km2) in Pennsylvania. With the money he rebuilt the mansion in the family estate of Stoke Park.
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Kal Penn
Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), best known by his stage name Kal Penn, is an American film and television actor, producer, and civil servant.
As an actor, he is known for his roles portraying the character Dr. Lawrence Kutner on the television program House and the character Kumar Patel in the Harold and Kumar comedy films. He is also recognized for his performance in the critically acclaimed film The Namesake. Penn has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania as a visiting lecturer in the Cinema Studies Program.
On April 8, 2009, it was announced that Penn would join the Obama administration as an Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement. This necessitated that his character Lawrence Kutner be written out of the TV series House. Penn resigned his post as Barack Obama's associate director of public engagement on June 1, 2010, for a brief return to his acting career. He filmed the third installment of the Harold and Kumar series, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, then returned to the White House Office of Public Engagement as an Associate Director. In July 2011, he again left the White House, this time for a role in How I Met Your Mother, and then went back to his political duties.
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Mark Penn
Mark J. Penn (born January 15, 1954), is the worldwide CEO of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller and president of the polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates. In September 2007, he released a book titled Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes, which examines small trends sweeping the world. Penn's clients have included political and business leaders, including U.S. President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates; he also served as chief strategist and pollster to Hillary Clinton in her 2008 presidential campaign. Penn is married to Nancy Jacobson, a professional fundraiser.
Penn was born in New York and raised in Riverdale. His father was a Lithuanian immigrant who died when Penn was 10. He was raised by his mother Blanche, who worked as a school teacher. Both of his brothers credit Penn with keeping the family together after their father's death. Penn graduated from the Horace Mann School in New York City in 1972. He conducted his first poll, which determined that the Horace Mann faculty was more liberal than was the country at large on the issue of civil rights, when he was 13.
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Michael Penn
Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the eldest son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.
Michael Penn is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and film composer. Prior to the release of his 1989 debut album March, Penn was a member of the Los Angeles band Doll Congress, and had appeared as an extra on a few television series, including St. Elsewhere.
March, particularly the first single, "No Myth," brought Penn attention, as well as the 1990 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Penn's follow-up albums Free-for-All (1992), Resigned (1997) MP4: Days Since a Lost Time Accident (2000 ) Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 (2005) and Palms and Runes, Tarot and Tea (2007) weren't able to match the commercial success of March, although critics continued to praise his songcraft.
It was with Free-for-All that Penn faced the specter of the one-hit wonder. The album, while praised by critics, was not as successful as Penn's debut, though it had more than its share of supporters. Rolling Stone called it "stunning" and CMJ wrote that the album "exhausts any doubts" about whether March was a fluke.
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Penn Badgley
Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on the CW television series Gossip Girl. He has also starred in the movies John Tucker Must Die, The Stepfather, Easy A, and Margin Call.
Badgley was born in Baltimore, Maryland and split his childhood years between Woodlake, Virginia and Seattle, Washington. He attended Woolridge Elementary, where his mother, Lynne,[citation needed] became PTA president, then he transferred to the honors program at Swift Creek Elementary. He enjoyed playing youth soccer where his dad coached. He attended Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington. Also Penn was involved with the Seattle Children's Theatre. He soon began doing voice-overs for children's radio stations.
At age 11, Badgley relocated to Hollywood and began pursuing an acting career. Badgley also pursued a singing career during this time and recorded a pop single in 1998. At the age of 14, Penn completed his California High School Proficiency Exam and began attending Santa Monica City College. He was later accepted at University of Southern California (USC), where he deferred admission due to contractual obligations.
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Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American illusionist, comedian, musician, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free market capitalism.
Jillette was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. His mother, Valda R. Jillette (née Parks) (November 8, 1909 – January 1, 2000), was a secretary, and his father, Samuel H. Jillette (March 14, 1912 – February 14, 1999), worked at Greenfield's Franklin County Jail. Jillette became disenchanted with traditional illusionist acts that presented the craft as authentic magic, such as The Amazing Kreskin on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. At age eighteen, he saw a show by illusionist James Randi, and became enamored of his approach to magic that openly acknowledged deception as entertainment rather than a mysterious supernatural power. Jillette regularly acknowledges Randi as the one person on the planet he loves the most besides members of his family.
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Robert Penn
Robert Penn (October 10, 1872–June 8, 1912 at Las Animas, Colorado) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the Spanish-American War.
On July 20, 1898, Penn was serving as a Fireman First Class on the USS Iowa (BB-4) off the coast of Santiago de Cuba when a boiler accident occurred. For his actions during the incident, Penn was issued the Medal of Honor five months later, on December 14, 1898.
Fireman Penn's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
On board the U.S.S. Iowa off Santiago de Cuba, 20 July 1898. Performing his duty at the risk of serious scalding at the time of the blowing out of the manhole gasket on board the vessel, Penn hauled the fire while standing on a board thrown across a coal bucket 1 foot above the boiling water which was still blowing from the boiler.
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Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his left-wing political and social activism (including humanitarian work). He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for the former and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter.
Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in a 1974 episode of Little House on the Prairie, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in 1981's Taps and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, Penn emerged as a prominent leading actor with the 1995 drama film Dead Man Walking, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award of the Cannes Film Festival for She's So Lovely (1997), and two Best Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival for Hurlyburly (1998) and 21 Grams (2003).
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Springett Penn (II)
Springett Penn (died February 8, 1731) was a grandson and heir of William Penn, founder and proprietor of Pennsylvania.
He was born in England, the eldest son of William Penn, Jr.. He succeeded to his father's claims, and was by many persons considered the rightful governor-in-chief of Pennsylvania. Sir William Keith, the lieutenant-governor, caused a tract of land, 6 miles wide and 15 miles long, on the frontier (around present-day York, Pennsylvania) to be laid out for him, and called Springettsbury Manor.
In 1725, with Hannah Penn, the widow and executrix of the founder, he nominated Patrick Gordon as Keith's successor, and obtained confirmation of the appointment by the Crown of England. The will of the founder was established by decree of the court of exchequer in 1727, and a compromise between the two branches of the family was in process of adjustment at his death.
He died in Dublin, Ireland, February 8, 1731.
Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania is named for him.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.
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William Penn
William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Indians. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed.
In 1681, King Charles II handed over a large piece of his American land holdings to William Penn to satisfy a debt the king owed to Penn's father. This land included present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware. Penn immediately sailed to America and his first step on American soil took place in New Castle in 1682. On this occasion, the colonists pledged allegiance to Penn as their new Proprietor, and the first general assembly was held in the colony. Afterwards, Penn journeyed up river and founded Philadelphia. However, Penn's Quaker government was not viewed favorably by the Dutch, Swedish, and English settlers in what is now Delaware. They had no "historical" allegiance to Pennsylvania, so they almost immediately began petitioning for their own Assembly. In 1704 they achieved their goal when the three southernmost counties of Pennsylvania were permitted to split off and become the new semi-autonomous colony of Lower Delaware. As the most prominent, prosperous and influential "city" in the new colony, New Castle became the capital.
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William Penn, Jr.
William Penn, Jr. (1681–1720) was the eldest surviving son of William Penn, proprietor and founder of the colony of Pennsylvania.
He was born on 14 March 1681, the sixth child of Penn and his first wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, in County Cork, Ireland.
At Bristol on 12 January 1699, he married Mary Jones (1677–1733), the daughter of Charles and Martha (Wathen) Jones. His father was present at the wedding. The couple had three children.
He came to the colony with newly appointed Lieutenant-Governor John Evans, arriving February 2, 1704, and was made a member of the provincial council six days later. He raised a militia company, but, being presented before the corporation of the city of Philadelphia, the chief men in which were unfriendly to his father, for disorder at a tavern, he took offense and returned to England. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Parliament. On his mother's side he was related to the wife of Lord Fairfax, and engaged with him and others in a project to recover sunken treasure. By various means he added to his father's financial embarrassment, and he was obliged to sell the manor of Williamstadt, which had been laid out for him at the founding of the colony. In 1708, he signed the Pennsylvania Mortgage Agreement. Around this time he formally renounced Quakerism and became a member of the Church of England.
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Penn Jillette on God, No!, Atheism, Libertarianism, & More
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- Duration: 16:40
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with the one-and-only Penn Jillette about his best-selling new book, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, his friendship with Glenn Beck, skepticism versus cynicism, the role of religion in terrorism, why he's a libertarian, and much more in a wide-ranging conversation. Penn Jillette is the larger, louder half of Penn & Teller. For the magical duo's official website, go here: www.pennandteller.com About 17 minutes. Shot by Anthony Fisher, Meredith Bragg, and Jim Epstein; edited by Epstein. Go to http for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when we post new videos.
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Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with the one-and-only Penn Jillette about his best-selling new book, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, his friendship with Glenn Beck, skepticism versus cynicism, the role of religion in terrorism, why he's a libertarian, and much more in a wide-ranging conversation. Penn Jillette is the larger, louder half of Penn & Teller. For the magical duo's official website, go here: www.pennandteller.com About 17 minutes. Shot by Anthony Fisher, Meredith Bragg, and Jim Epstein; edited by Epstein. Go to http for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when we post new videos.
Penn Jillette: An Atheist's Guide to the 2012 Election
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- Duration: 19:35
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
bigthink.com Penn Jillette rates the various candidates for the US Presidency from the perspective of an atheist.
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bigthink.com Penn Jillette rates the various candidates for the US Presidency from the perspective of an atheist.
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Penn's Obama Rant
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- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Penn Jillette and Michael Goudeau talk about President Barack Obama's appearance on Jimmy Fallon and his previous drug use.
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Penn Jillette and Michael Goudeau talk about President Barack Obama's appearance on Jimmy Fallon and his previous drug use.
- published: 19 May 2012
- views: 571723
- author: PennsSundaySchool
Penn & Teller: FOOL US Featuring Michael Vincent
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- Duration: 9:47
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Here is Michael on Primetime TV presenting his trade mark effect The Slap Aces and the sensational "One Shuffle Finale". Michael Vincent Productions would like to thank ITV, September Films, 1/17 Productions and Buggs & Rudy Discount Corp for their generous permission in granting the use of this video on my site. This video is the copyright material of ITV, September Films, 1/17 Productions and Buggs & Rudy Discount Corp-2011 Join Michael's Live Interactive Web Cam Class www.powhow.com
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Here is Michael on Primetime TV presenting his trade mark effect The Slap Aces and the sensational "One Shuffle Finale". Michael Vincent Productions would like to thank ITV, September Films, 1/17 Productions and Buggs & Rudy Discount Corp for their generous permission in granting the use of this video on my site. This video is the copyright material of ITV, September Films, 1/17 Productions and Buggs & Rudy Discount Corp-2011 Join Michael's Live Interactive Web Cam Class www.powhow.com
- published: 13 Jan 2011
- views: 112969
- author: michaelvincent64
Mathieu Bich Fooled Penn & Teller
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:12
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Watch Mathieu Bich performing "Spreadwave" on Fool US TV Show for Penn & Teller - Trick available at www.mathieubich.com
http://wn.com/Mathieu_Bich_Fooled_Penn_Teller
Watch Mathieu Bich performing "Spreadwave" on Fool US TV Show for Penn & Teller - Trick available at www.mathieubich.com
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 2486874
- author: Mathieu Bich
Penn and Teller - cups and ball trick
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- Duration: 7:14
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
cups and ball trick revealed
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Penn Jillette: Voting For Lesser Of Two Evils Always Leads To More Evil
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- Duration: 6:02
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Penn on Fox News' Hannity 5/23/12 LIKE- facebook.com Penn talks about Obama's hypocrisy, Romney, libertarianism, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, and voting for the lesser of two evils.
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Penn on Fox News' Hannity 5/23/12 LIKE- facebook.com Penn talks about Obama's hypocrisy, Romney, libertarianism, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, and voting for the lesser of two evils.
- published: 24 May 2012
- views: 38222
- author: LibertyEvolution
Penn Jillette gets a gift of a Bible
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- Duration: 5:12
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/Penn_Jillette_gets_a_gift_of_a_Bible
Penn & Teller; The Bible is Bullshit.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:55
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, but the eyes. Please do try to be civil in your discussion.
http://wn.com/Penn_Teller;_The_Bible_is_Bullshit
look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, but the eyes. Please do try to be civil in your discussion.
- published: 24 Mar 2007
- views: 1930727
- author: rgbda
Penn & Teller - Patriotism
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- Duration: 4:33
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Penn & Teller's flag burning trick
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Penn and Teller Explain Sleight of Hand
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- Duration: 3:22
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
penn and teller show us the main principles in magic visit my websyte magiciansplace.webs.com
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penn and teller show us the main principles in magic visit my websyte magiciansplace.webs.com
- published: 30 Dec 2008
- views: 287877
- author: magichacker929
Penn & Teller - Magician duo reveals trick on stage
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:19
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
First they do their show, then they visually explain how it's done. Official site: www.pennandteller.com More info: en.wikipedia.org
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First they do their show, then they visually explain how it's done. Official site: www.pennandteller.com More info: en.wikipedia.org
- published: 13 Nov 2007
- views: 809032
- author: carlosalbertoteixeir
CRAZY MAGIC TRICK! Unbelievably fast magicians - Penn and Teller Fool Us
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- Duration: 6:47
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
This is an unbelievably fast magic trick on the Penn and Teller FOOL US. The magicians names are Keelan Leyser and Charlotte Marie ( www.keelanandcharlotte.com ) quick change artists in that got through to the semi finals of britains got talent. They are also the owners of Magic Tricks website ( http )
http://wn.com/CRAZY_MAGIC_TRICK!_Unbelievably_fast_magicians_Penn_and_Teller_Fool_Us
This is an unbelievably fast magic trick on the Penn and Teller FOOL US. The magicians names are Keelan Leyser and Charlotte Marie ( www.keelanandcharlotte.com ) quick change artists in that got through to the semi finals of britains got talent. They are also the owners of Magic Tricks website ( http )
- published: 25 Jul 2011
- views: 7793657
- author: costumechange
Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition
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- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Penn and Teller get hippies to sign a petition that bans water.
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Penn and Teller get hippies to sign a petition that bans water.
- published: 07 Dec 2006
- views: 2721575
- author: supersteve9219
Easily the funniest magic trick i've ever seen - penn and teller
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:45
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Follow Piff the Magic Dragon on twitter @thePiff or www.facebook.com/piffthemagicdragon www.piffthemagicdragon.com
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Follow Piff the Magic Dragon on twitter @thePiff or www.facebook.com/piffthemagicdragon www.piffthemagicdragon.com
- published: 04 Jul 2011
- views: 6350586
- author: thehypnoguy1
Penn & Teller's Got Talent
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- Duration: 5:42
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
"Liftt off" on NBC's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT aired 08/10/06
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"Liftt off" on NBC's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT aired 08/10/06
- published: 11 Aug 2006
- views: 1225250
- author: SarZol
Penn Jillette: Why Tolerance Is Condescending
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- Duration: 5:34
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
bigthink.com Religion can cause "good people to do bad things," but Penn Jillette gets along better with fundamentalists than with liberal Christians who preach easy tolerance.
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bigthink.com Religion can cause "good people to do bad things," but Penn Jillette gets along better with fundamentalists than with liberal Christians who preach easy tolerance.
- published: 10 Jun 2011
- views: 397233
- author: bigthink
Sean Penn winning Best Actor for "Milk"
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- Duration: 9:43
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Sean Penn winning the Best Actor Oscar® for his performance in "Milk." Presented by former Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Adrien Brody, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas and Ben Kingsley. 81st Annual Academy Awards®.
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Sean Penn winning the Best Actor Oscar® for his performance in "Milk." Presented by former Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Adrien Brody, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas and Ben Kingsley. 81st Annual Academy Awards®.
- published: 26 Feb 2009
- views: 989238
- author: Oscars
Authors@Google: Penn Jillette
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- Duration: 64:48
- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
Penn Jillette visited Google's Santa Monica office on August 19, 2011 to discuss his book "God No! Signs You Already May Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales." This talk took place as part of the Authors@Google series. Warning: This talk contains adult language.
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Penn Jillette visited Google's Santa Monica office on August 19, 2011 to discuss his book "God No! Signs You Already May Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales." This talk took place as part of the Authors@Google series. Warning: This talk contains adult language.
- published: 02 Dec 2011
- views: 28951
- author: AtGoogleTalks
Penn Jillette Reason Rally Address 2012
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- Duration: 5:37
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Penn addresses the Reason Rally Via Video
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Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Sean Penn
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- Duration: 3:57
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Become a fan on facebook: www.facebook.com Sean Penn sits down with Zach's twin brother, Seth Galifianakis. See the original at: www.funnyordie.com
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Become a fan on facebook: www.facebook.com Sean Penn sits down with Zach's twin brother, Seth Galifianakis. See the original at: www.funnyordie.com
- published: 16 Sep 2010
- views: 1782724
- author: FunnyorDie
Penn & Teller Burn a Flag in the White House
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- Duration: 5:03
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Penn & Teller stir up controvery on the West Wing when they burn a flag in the White House. Note: I've closed comments on this video.
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Penn & Teller stir up controvery on the West Wing when they burn a flag in the White House. Note: I've closed comments on this video.
- published: 06 Mar 2007
- views: 534492
- author: Stephen Caver
Legalize Marijuana
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:39
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Get the latest Penn EVERYDAY: crackle.com As the one guy who's never smoked dope, Penn Says, STOP the war on drugs now! When Penn Jillette has an opinion it's a safe bet he won't hold back. Upload your own reaction and get the rants rolling! Tune in each week for new insight and agitation. Follow PennSays on Twitter: twitter.com tags: Penn Says Legalize Marijuana STOP the war on drugs now! penn jillette teller bullshit showtime crackle vlog commentary honest libretarian atheist
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Get the latest Penn EVERYDAY: crackle.com As the one guy who's never smoked dope, Penn Says, STOP the war on drugs now! When Penn Jillette has an opinion it's a safe bet he won't hold back. Upload your own reaction and get the rants rolling! Tune in each week for new insight and agitation. Follow PennSays on Twitter: twitter.com tags: Penn Says Legalize Marijuana STOP the war on drugs now! penn jillette teller bullshit showtime crackle vlog commentary honest libretarian atheist
- published: 12 Mar 2009
- views: 196713
- author: pennsays
photo: AP / Jason DeCrow
16 Dec 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage committed suicide as first responders closed in, the governor said Sunday, raising the specter that Adam Lanza had planned an even more gruesome massacre and was stopped short. Lanza blasted his way into the building and used a high-power rifle to kill 20 children and six adults, including the principal who tried to stop him, authorities said ... Among the questions ... H ... The Rev....(size: 8.8Kb)
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16 Dec 2012
Retired Col. Gen. Viktor Yesin yesterday wrapped up a visit to the United States during which he met with officials at the Pentagon, State Department as well as members of Congress warning about underestimating China’s tactical nuclear weapons buildup ... Yesin warns that U.S. and Western arms specialists are dramatically underestimating China’s nuclear arsenal ... Somewhere between the higher and lower estimates is no doubt the truth ... Mr ... Mr ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
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14 Dec 2012
More than two dozen people, mostly elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school this morning, federal and state sources tell ABC News. The massacre involved two gunmen at a Connecticut school this morning, prompting the town of Newtown to lock down all of its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said today. State Police confirm that one shooter is dead ... at ABCNews.com ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
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15 Dec 2012
Newtown, Conn. Twenty schoolchildren were slaughtered by a heavily armed gunman who opened fire at a suburban elementary school in Connecticut on Friday, ultimately killing at least 27 people including himself in the one of the worst mass shootings in US history ... Authorities found 18 children and seven adults, including the gunman, dead at the school, and two children were pronounced dead later after being taken to a hospital ... Reuters ....(size: 7.5Kb)
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16 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Fundamentalism is good for protest, good for revolution, and good for war, but not so good for development.". After a century of being persecuted and driven underground, mainly for their vibrant nationalism and their anti-imperialist and pro-Palestinian views, Egypt's Islamist Muslim Brotherhood has finally taken center-state ... Such actions will have to be avoided....(size: 6.9Kb)
STL Today
17 Dec 2012
Penn National Gaming Inc ... 7, pending customary regulatory approvals, Penn said ... Penn, based in Wyomissing, Penn., owns, operates or has ownership interests in gaming and racing facilities in 18 states, plus Ontario ... Penn converted the casino to its Hollywood brand gambling hall....(size: 1.3Kb)
Business Wire
17 Dec 2012
WYOMISSING, Penn. & ALTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Penn National Gaming, Inc ... PENN) announced today that subject to customary regulatory approvals, Scott Saunders, 46, has been named General Manager of Argosy Casino Alton in Alton, IL, effective January 7, 2013 ... Penn National intends to appoint a replacement for Saunders in Columbus shortly ... Prior to joining Penn National, Mr ... About Penn National Gaming ... Although Penn National Gaming, Inc....(size: 7.1Kb)
noodls
17 Dec 2012
Penn State - The Pennsylvania State University) Nittany Lion football team lauded for graduation rates ... -- The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has recognized the Penn State Football program for the Nittany Lions’ Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the 22nd time in the AFCA’s annual Academic Achievement Award survey ... The Penn State football program previously received AFCA honorable mention notice in....(size: 5.4Kb)
The Examiner
17 Dec 2012
Rating for '1600 Penn' pilot ... Andrew Rannells is both inspiring belly laughs and breaking hearts in The New Normal, and now Josh Gad should be following suit in 1600 Penn ... But unfortunately for Gad, 1600 Penn’s Skip is not the way to perfect an indoor voice, let alone a non-caricature though still immature young man with a very important purpose. As a family comedy, 1600 Penn actually works quite well....(size: 4.9Kb)
Business Wire
17 Dec 2012
National Mortgage Lender New Penn Financial Provides Loan Solutions for More Americans ... According to New Penn Financial, LLC, a national mortgage lender, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity ... New Penn Financial is one of the few companies able to offer the HARP program to homeowners who may have Mortgage Insurance on their existing mortgage ... About New Penn Financial ... New Penn is a Shellpoint Partners company....(size: 5.4Kb)
noodls
17 Dec 2012
Penn State - The Pennsylvania State University) Penn State to focus on education, ag literacy at state Farm Show ... -- Helping the public understand the importance and diversity of agriculture is a major goal for the faculty, staff and students from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences who will participate in the Pennsylvania Farm Show, Jan ... -- Penn State Master Gardeners ... -- Penn State Master Gardeners....(size: 10.2Kb)
Cinema Blend
17 Dec 2012
NBC is giving viewers an early look at their midseason comedy 1600 Penn, a White House-set series focused on the fictional First Family ... 1600 Penn merges these two things, placing an emphasis on the family aspect of the series ahead of the politics, and using the White House setting to approach your standard family sitcom from a slightly more presidential point of view....(size: 3.7Kb)
Cinema Blend
17 Dec 2012
NBC is giving viewers an early look at their midseason comedy 1600 Penn, a White House-set series focused on the fictional First Family ... 1600 Penn merges these two things, placing an emphasis on the family aspect of the series ahead of the politics, and using the White House setting to approach your standard family sitcom from a slightly more presidential point of view....(size: 3.7Kb)
WPXI
17 Dec 2012
Newstrack India
17 Dec 2012
Political operative Mark Penn, who worked for both Bill and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns, has been hired by Microsoft for 'strategic and special projects', which means targeting arch rival Google, says a report. Since Penn was put in charge of "strategic and special projects" at Microsoft in August, much of his job has involved efforts ......(size: 2.4Kb)
mediabistro
17 Dec 2012
Google fight that no one in the world asked for, just hired much-hated political operative Mark Penn as its top messaging man. You may remember Penn as the guy behind Hillary Clinton’s infamous 2008 “3 AM” ad implying that then-Senator Barack Obama was too inexperienced to run the country ... Penn as a negative ......(size: 1.6Kb)
Tampa Bay Online
17 Dec 2012
NBC must have confidence in its new first-family farce, "1600 Penn." ... The concept of "1600 Penn" is easy to grasp. It's "Tommy Boy" set in the White House ... He's listed as one of "1600 Penn's" co-creators and executive producers ... "1600 Penn" has the unfortunate habit of milking every joke, even the most artificial and obvious ones ... "1600 Penn" will preview at 9.30 tonight and the series will premiere at 9.30 p.m. Jan. 10. ....(size: 2.7Kb)
STL Today
17 Dec 2012
'1600 Penn,' preview at 8.30 p.m ... Next up is "1600 Penn," getting a preview tonight after "The Voice" before making its official debut on Jan ... Loud and silly, "1600 Penn" will send some viewers screaming off into the night in the first few minutes ... In fact, the second and third episodes, also provided for preview, "1600 Penn" has actually begun to work....(size: 3.1Kb)
Penn may refer to:
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Places[link]
England
United States
- Penn, North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania
- Penn Township (disambiguation), several municipalities
Education[link]
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Pennsylvania State University, a public university with various campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, United States
- Penn High School
- University of Pennsylvania, a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
People[link]
- Alexander Penn Wooldridge, American mayor of Austin, Texas from 1909 to 1919
- Alexander Penn (1906–72), Israeli poet
- Arthur Penn, American film director and producer
- Arthur Penn, also known as Arthur Serevetas, Australian actor
- Arthur Horace Penn (1886–1960), member of the British Royal Household
- Audrey Penn, American children's author
- B.J. Penn (born 1978), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Dan Penn, American musician
- Hannah Callowhill Penn, wife of the William Penn
- Irving Penn, an American photographer
- John Penn ("the American") (1700–1746), son of William Penn
- John Penn (architect) (1921–2007), a British architect
- John Penn (delegate) (1741–1788), Continental Congressman from North Carolina and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
- John Penn (engineer) (1805–1878), British marine engine engineer, invented lignum vitae bearing for propellor shafts, twice president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- John Penn (governor) (1729–1795), a lieutenant governor and later proprietor of colonial Pennsylvania
- John Penn (writer) (1760–1834), son of Thomas Penn
- John Penn (UK politician) (1848–1903), MP for Lewisham 1891–1903
- Kal Penn (born 1977), American actor and public servant
- An American entertainment family:
- Leo Penn (1921–1998), actor
- Michael Penn (born 1958), son of Leo; singer-songwriter
- Sean Penn (born 1960), son of Leo; actor
- Chris Penn (1965-2006), son of Leo; actor
- Robin Wright (actress) (born 1966), actress; sometime known as Robin Wright Penn, former wife of Sean
- Mark Penn, American public relations CEO and campaign strategist
- Penn Jillette, member of the comedy and magic duo Penn & Teller
- Robert Penn, African-American sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Spanish-American War
- Penn Badgley, American actor best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on the TV series Gossip Girl
- Springett Penn (I), the second son of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
- Springett Penn (II), son of William Penn, Jr. and a grandson and heir of William Penn
- William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania
- William Penn (admiral), English admiral
- William Penn, Jr., son of William Penn
Other[link]
- Penn (film), 1954 Tamil film Starring Vyjayanthimala
- Penn Club of New York City, located in New York City
- Penn Quakers, the intercollegiate athletic program of the University of Pennsylvania
- Penn (automobile), manufactured in Pittsburgh from 1910 until 1913
- The Penn, or The Stylus, a would-be periodical owned and edited by Edgar Allan Poe
- Penn, a one-time vampire villain featured in the Angel episode "Somnambulist"
- Penn ball manufacturer, a subsidiary of the Head company
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| Penn Jillette | |
|---|---|
 Penn Jillette after the Penn & Teller show at the Rio in Paradise, Nevada, May 23, 2007 |
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| Born | Penn Fraser Jillette (1955-03-05) March 5, 1955 (age 57) Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Magician, illusionist, writer, actor, inventor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Known for | Half of the comedy magic duo known as Penn & Teller |
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)[1] |
| Political party | Libertarian Party |
| Religion | None (atheist) |
| Website | |
| Penn and Teller.com | |
Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American illusionist, comedian, musician, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free market capitalism.
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Early life[link]
Jillette was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. His mother, Valda R. Jillette (née Parks) (November 8, 1909 – January 1, 2000),[2] was a secretary, and his father, Samuel H. Jillette (March 14, 1912 – February 14, 1999),[2] worked at Greenfield's Franklin County Jail.[3][4][5] Jillette became disenchanted with traditional illusionist acts that presented the craft as authentic magic, such as The Amazing Kreskin on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. At age eighteen, he saw a show by illusionist James Randi, and became enamored of his approach to magic that openly acknowledged deception as entertainment rather than a mysterious supernatural power. Jillette regularly acknowledges Randi as the one person on the planet he loves the most besides members of his family.
Jillette worked with high school classmate Michael Moschen in developing and performing a juggling act during the years immediately following their 1973 graduation.[5] In 1974, Jillette graduated from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College.[6] That same year, he was introduced to Teller by Weir Chrisemer, a mutual friend.[7] The three then formed a three-person act called Asparagus Valley Cultural Society which played in Amherst, Massachusetts and San Francisco.[5] In 1981, he and Teller teamed up as Penn & Teller, and went on to do a successful on- and Off Broadway show called "Penn & Teller" that toured nationally.[5]
Career and showtime[link]
In 1994 Jillette purchased a home in Las Vegas and dubbed it "The Slammer".[8] It has been featured in dozens of television shows and articles and was designed by his friend Colin Summers. He currently records music there, and previously conducted his radio show at the studio inside "The Slammer".[9][10]
Jillette was also a regular contributor to the now-defunct PC/Computing magazine in the early 1990s, having a regular back section column between 1990 and 1994. True to form, the columns were often as much about Uma Thurman as actual PC computing issues. Jillette and PC Computing parted ways over a dispute with a new editor. Jillette felt the new editor was trying to tell him how to write his column and what topics he should be covering. Jillette asserts that he is unsure if he was fired or if he actually quit.
Jillette was the primary voice announcer for the U.S.-based cable network Comedy Central in the 1990s.[11][12]
Starting in 1996, he had a recurring role on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Drell, the head of the Witches' Council. He and Teller both appeared in the pilot with Debbie Harry as the third member of the Council. The show was created by Jillette's friend Nell Scovell.
For a brief time in 1997, Jillette wrote bi-weekly dispatches for the search engine Excite.com. Each column ended with a pithy comment identifying which of the Penn & Teller duo he was. (For example: "Penn Jillette is the half of Penn & Teller that's detained at airports.") Jillette made a habit of linking many words in his online column to wacky sites that generally had nothing to do with the actual words. The columns are no longer available on the current Excite.com site, but have been republished with permission at PennAndTeller.com.[13]
Starting in 2003, Jillette, along with his partner Teller, began producing and hosting the show Penn & Teller: Bullshit! In the show, the two analyze cultural phenomena, debunk myths, criticize people and aspects of society they deem "bullshit".
In 2005 with actor Paul Provenza, Jillette co-produced and co-directed The Aristocrats (2005), a documentary film tracing the life of a dirty joke known as "The Aristocrats".
From January 3, 2006 to March 2, 2007, Jillette hosted, along with fellow atheist, skeptic, and juggler Michael Goudeau, a live, hour-long radio talk show broadcast on the radio station brand known as Free FM. The show, Penn Radio, broadcast from his Vintage Nudes Studio in Jillette's Las Vegas home. The most notable recurring segment of the show was "Monkey Tuesday" and later "The Pull of the Weasel". On March 2, 2007, Jillette, on Free FM, announced that he would no longer be doing his radio show. He stated that he is a "show biz wimp" and decided to stop doing the show so he could spend more time with his kids Zolten Penn Jillette and Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette.
During the 2006–07 television season, Jillette hosted the prime time game show "Identity" on NBC-TV.
In 2008, Jillette was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. He was the first celebrity to be eliminated. A reference to his large feet as a sign of another large body part was bleeped in the West Coast airing.[citation needed]
In 2009, Jillette did a spoken guest appearance on a song by Pakistani rapper Adil Omar. The song was titled "Spookshow" and produced by DJ Solo of Soul Assassins. The lyrics condemn religious extremism and encourage skepticism. It is set to be featured on a compilation album by Thick Syrup Records alongside artists like Matt Cameron of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Half Japanese and more.[citation needed]
On May 24, 2010, Jillette began a bi-weekly show on Revision3 called Penn Point. It is currently on hiatus. The last update was posted on October 26, 2011.[14]
On August 16, 2011 Jillette's book God, No! Signs You May Already Be An Atheist and Other Magical Tales was released and made the New York Times Best Sellers in its first week of publication.
An avid upright bassist, Penn frequently accompanies jazz pianist Mike Jones, who opens for the magician's Las Vegas show.[15]
Jillette was one of the contestants on The Celebrity Apprentice season 5, beginning on February 19, 2012. He was fired from the show by Donald Trump on the April 22 episode of the show. Also on February 19, 2012, along with Michael Goudeau, he started the podcast Penn's Sunday School.
Business ventures[link]
Jill-Jet[link]
In July 1999, Jillette was granted U.S. Patent 5,920,923 for the "Jill-Jet", a hot-tub jet specially angled for a woman's pleasure. He has credited Debbie Harry of Blondie for suggesting the idea, as the two of them were once in a hot-tub and Harry made a remark about changing the jets for a woman's pleasure. Jillette liked the idea enough to pursue patent application at the USPTO under the patent title "Hydro-therapeutic stimulator".[16] The abstract of the patent explains that a "discharge nozzle is located within the tub and connected to the outlet, mounted to the seat so that the discharged water from the circulation pump automatically aligns with and is directed to stimulation points (i.e., the clitoris) of the female user when the female user sits in the seat." An article in the June 2006 issue of Playboy shed additional light on the invention. Originally, it was to be called the "ClitJet", however he stated that "Jill-Jet" was more suitable because it included his name in the title. Also, "jilling off" is a colloquialism for female masturbation.[citation needed]
On the Penn Radio show, telling the listeners about the photo shoot for the Playboy article, Jillette mentioned that he has a Jill-Jet installed in a tub at "The Slammer", and that several of his female friends and friends' spouses enjoy it a lot, but he is not aware of any other installations of a water jet in such a configuration anywhere else.
Vintage Nudes Studio[link]
Jillette created a private recording studio in his Las Vegas home.[17] The addition, designed by Outside The Lines Studio and built by Crisci Custom Builders between October 2003 and June 2004 as part of his Las Vegas home,[18] was named Vintage Nudes Studios by Jillette for playing cards that he had collected. The cards are displayed in the interior design in a manner which is meaningful to magicians.[19] The studio was home to Free FM's Penn Radio show, and is currently the home of the Penn's Sunday School stream and podcast.[17][20]
Personal life[link]
Jillette is married to Emily Zolten and has a daughter Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette and a son Zolten Jillette.
He says he has never used recreational drugs or alcohol. He is, however, an advocate of the legalization of all drugs and discontinuing the War on Drugs.[21]
Jillette is an atheist, libertarian (he has stated that he may consider himself to be an Anarcho-capitalist),[22] and skeptic, as well as an adherent to Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy, as stated on his Penn Says podcast. Jillette is a Fellow at the libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute, and has stated that he "always" votes Libertarian.[23] In January 2007, Jillette took the "Blasphemy Challenge" offered by the Rational Response Squad and publicly denied the existence of a holy spirit.[24] His cars' license plates read "atheist", "nogod", and "godless".[25] "Strangely enough, they wouldn't give me 'Infidel,'" he says.[25]
In 2005 he wrote and read an essay for National Public Radio claiming that he was "beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God ... I believe there is no God."[26] His atheism, he has explained, has informed every aspect of his life and thoughts, and as such is as crucial to him as theistic beliefs are to the devout. Jillette welcomes and even encourages open discussion, debate, and proselytizing on the issue of God's existence, believing that the issue is too important for opinions about it to remain private. Jillette does not, however, dismiss all who do believe in God: A 2008 edition of his Penn Says podcast expresses his appreciation for a fan who brought him the gift of a pocket Gideon Bible after a performance because he realized that this individual sincerely cared enough about him to try to help him.[27]
Jillette has stated that there is not enough information to make an informed decision on global warming, and that it is an emotion versus logic issue.[28]
Red fingernail[link]
Speculation arises from Jillette's red fingernail on his left hand. From a FAQ from Penn & Teller's official website, there are three common answers:
- It means he once shot a man for asking personal questions.
- When Jillette first began performing, his mother told him to get a manicure because people would be looking at his hands. In response to this, he had all of his nails painted red as a joke. The one remaining red fingernail is in honor of his mother.[29]
- It's just cool and can also sometimes provide excellent misdirection.[7]
On the episode of Penn Radio broadcast on November 29, 2006, Jillette related the real story behind his red fingernail. It began as a joke with his mother. When he was 18 years old, his mother advised him to keep his hands looking nice, since he then was working as a magician and his audience would be looking at his hands. Jillette colored the single nail red and showed it to his mother. He has continued to paint that single nail to the present. The color he uses is Jelly Apple Red (#054) by Essie.[30][29]
Appearances[link]
Filmography[link]
- Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
- The Growth (2009)
- The Aristocrats (2005)
- Michael Moore Hates America (2004)
- Fantasia 2000 (2000)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Hackers (1995)
- Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
- The Residents: Twenty Twisted Questions (1992)
- Half Japanese – The Band That Would Be King (1991)
- Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
- Gandahar (1988)
- Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
- My Chauffeur (1986)
- Off Beat (1985)
- Savage Island (1985)
Television[link]
- Miami Vice
- "Prodigal Son" (1985) TV episode ... Jimmy Borges
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- "Illusions of Grandeur" (1 episode, 1994) ... Romick
- VR 5
- "Pilot" (1 episode, 1995) ... Mr.Orwell Kravitz
- Friends
- "The One With the Cuffs" (1 episode, 1997) ... Encyclopedia Salesman
- The Drew Carey Show
- "See Drew Run" (1997) TV episode ... Archibald Fenn
- "Drew Meets Lawyers" (1995) TV episode ... Archibald Fenn
- Sabrina The Teenage Witch
- "First Kiss" (1997) TV episode .... Drell
- "Jenny's Non-Dream" (1997) TV episode ... Drell
- "Terrible Things" (1996) TV episode ... Drell
- "Pilot" (1996) TV episode ... Drell
- Babylon 5
- "Day of the Dead" (1998) TV episode ... Rebo
- Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular 1998–99
- "Hollywood Squares" (1999–2004) regular
- The Simpsons
- "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
- "The Great Simpsina" (2 episodes, 1999, 2011) ... himself
- Dharma & Greg (2001)
- The West Wing
- "In the Room" (2004) ... himself
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
- The Moxy Show (original voice of Flea; later replaced by an unidentified actor in some episodes)
- Identity (premiered in December 2006); returned on March 16, 2008 on NBC and will air for seven weeks every Friday at 8 pm ET.[22]
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2006) TV episode ... himself
- Dancing with the Stars (2008) ... himself[31]
- Numb3rs
- "Magic Show" (2008) TV episode ... himself
- "Glenn Beck" (Fox News)
- Handy Manny
- "Halloween/Squeeze's Magic Show" (2008) TV episode ... Magic Marty
- Penn & Teller Go Public (1985) TV program produced by Community Television of Southern California and aired on Public Television stations.
- The Defenders
- "Whitten v. Fenlee" (2010) TV episode ... Ruben Charters
- Fetch with Ruff Ruffman
- "You Can't Teach an Orange Dog New Tricks" (2009) TV episode...Himself
- Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2010–)
- Real Time with Bill Maher (October 14, 2011) TV episode ... himself
- Penn & Teller Tell a Lie (2011–)
- Celebrity Apprentice 5 (2012)
Music videos[link]
- Ramones – "Something to Believe In"
- Run D.M.C. – "It's Tricky"
- Katy Perry – "Waking Up in Vegas"
- Too Much Joy – "Donna Everywhere"
- Rascal Flatts – "Why Wait"
Music[link]
Books by Jillette[link]
- Jillette, Penn (2011). God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-1036-9.
- Jillette, Penn (2004). Sock. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin. ISBN 0-312-32805-2.
- Jillette, Penn (2005). How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker: The Wisdom of Dickie Richard. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0-312-36068-1.
- Jillette, Penn (1989). Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends. New York: Villard. ISBN 0-394-75351-8.
- Jillette, Penn and Teller (1992). Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food. New York: Villard. ISBN 0-679-74311-1.
- Jillette, Penn and Teller (1997). Penn and Teller's How to Play In Traffic. Berkley Trade. ISBN 1-57297-293-9.
Podcasts[link]
- "Penn Point" on Revision3.com
- "Penn Says" on Crackle.com
- "Penn's Sunday School" at pennsundayschool.com
References[link]
- ^ "Biography for Penn Jillette". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422710/bio.
- ^ a b Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
- ^ Kelly, Kevin (December 7, 1986). "What you see, what you get". Boston Globe. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/659808331.html?dids=659808331:659808331&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+07%2C+1986&author=Kevin+Kelly%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=WHAT+YOU+SEE%2C+WHAT+YOU+GET&pqatl=google. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ^ http://www.recorder.com/story.cfm?id_no=5432510[dead link]
- ^ a b c d Trillin, Calvin (May 15, 1989). "A couple of Eccentric Guys". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1989/05/15/1989_05_15_058_TNY_CARDS_000353087.
- ^ Curtis, Bryan (February 4, 2006). "Penn Jillette: The magician-comedian-writer's secrets revealed!". Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2135432/. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
- ^ a b Ferrel, Anne "Nita" (March 27, 2003). "Frequently Asked Questions About the Bad Boys of Magic...". PennAndTeller.com. http://www.pennandteller.com/sincity/penn-n-teller/faq.html. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ Tschorn, Adam (April 22, 2004). ["http://articles.latimes.com/2004/apr/22/home/hm-jillette22?pg=1" "Welcome to the Slammer"]. Los Angeles Times. "http://articles.latimes.com/2004/apr/22/home/hm-jillette22?pg=1". Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ^ "The Slammer". Outside The Lines Studio. http://www.otlstudio.com/projects/199601.php. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ della Cava, Marco R. (October 29, 2004). "This is the manic magic house that Penn built". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-10-28-at-home-penn-jillette_x.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Identity: Penn Jillette". NBC. http://www.nbc.com/Identity/host.shtml. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "Penn Jillette: Full Biography". Hollywood.com. http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Penn_Jillette/1350693. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ ""Penn's Columns" (index)". PennAndTeller.com. http://www.pennandteller.com/sincity/penn-n-teller/pcc.html. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ "Penn Point". Revision3. http://revision3.com/pennpoint.
- ^ Malone, Andrew (December 2002). "Penn Jillette's Bass Magic". JazzTimes. http://jazztimes.com/sections/tangents/articles/19709-penn-jillette-s-bass-magic. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ Jillette, Penn (July 13, 1999). ""Hydro-therapeutic stimulator" (U.S. Patent 5,920,923)". USPTO Patent Full Text and Image Database. United States Patent and Trademark Office. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5920923.PN.&OS=PN/5920923&RS=PN/5920923. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ a b "Penn Jillette Detailed Biography". NetGlimse.com. http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/penn_jillette/index.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "The Slammer: Vintage Nudes Studio". Outside The Lines. 2009-02-21. http://otlstudio.com/projects/200401.php. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ The table in the studio from which "Vintage Nude Studios" gets its name
- ^ "Outside The Lines Studio | Gallery.php?image=20040118". Otlstudio.com. 2009-02-21. http://otlstudio.com/gallery.php?image=20040118. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ Penn and Teller - War on Drugs (Full Episode) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbIL5454ltQ (23:35)
- ^ a b Steigerwald, Bill (2003-05-24). "Dear graduates: Work for freedom". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_136178.html. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ Who's Getting Your Vote?, Reason
- ^ "Penn's Blasphemy". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2INdxjHgU0. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ a b Wang, K.S. (2009-06-01). "Celebrity Drive: Penn Jillette, Magician, Comedian, Host, Author". Motor Trend. http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/112_0906_penn_jillette_celebrity_drive/index.html. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ This I Believe: There Is No God. November 21, 2005.
- ^ natecalaway (2009-02-28). "The Gift of A Bible". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa9JE_ZVL88&feature=related. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ PTBSonShowtime (2008-06-01). "Penn & Teller Discuss The Being Green Episode". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWt2Rir8OQk. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ a b pennsays. "Painting My Fingernail". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxq9ORifmOs. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ "Watch Penn Says, Painting My Fingernail, Episode 45 Online Free". Crackle. http://www.crackle.com/Play/?ml=fu%3D2336040%26fx%3D&id=2459400. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
- ^ Bruno, Mike (February 19, 2008). "'Dancing With the Stars' Announces Lineup". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20178686,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
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- Penn Point Jillette's video blog on Revision3
- Penn Says Jillette's video blog on Crackle.com
- Penn Jillette columns includes Jillette's PC-Computing columns
- Penn Jillette/The magician-comedian-writer's secrets revealed! – Slate, February 4, 2006
- Penn Jillette/Telling It Like It Is, With Teller – AskMen.com interview
- "Voodoo and Violence", interview in Reason by Steve Kurtz
- Jillette's home "The Slammer"
- "Penn Jillette's 10 Commandments for atheists". USA Today. October 28, 2011. http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-10-28/penn-jillette-ten-commandments/50978982/1.
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| Penn & Teller | |
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| Born | Penn Jillette Raymond Joseph Teller Penn (1955-03-05) March 5, 1955 (age 57) Teller (1948-02-14) February 14, 1948 (age 64) |
| Residence | Las Vegas |
| Known for | Magic Comedy Skepticism |
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Penn & Teller (Penn Jillette and Teller) are American illusionists and entertainers who have performed together since the late 1970s, and are known for their numerous stage and television shows. Their current Las Vegas show is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. Penn Jillette is a raconteur; Teller generally does not speak while performing, although his voice can occasionally be heard during their performance. They specialize in gory tricks, exposing frauds, and performing clever pranks. More recently they have become associated with atheism, scientific skepticism, and libertarianism, particularly through their television show Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.
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Career[link]
Penn Jillette and Teller were introduced to one another by Weir Chrisimer, and they performed their first show together at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival on 19 August 1975.[1] From the late 1970s through 1981, Penn, Teller, and Chrisimer performed as a trio called "The Asparagus Valley Cultural Society" which played in San Francisco at the Phoenix Theater. This act was sillier and less "edgy" than today's Penn & Teller act.[citation needed] Chrisimer helped to develop some bits that continued, most notably Teller's "Shadows" trick, which involves a single red rose.
By 1985, Penn & Teller were receiving rave reviews for their Off Broadway show and Emmy award-winning PBS special, Penn & Teller Go Public.[2] In 1987, they began the first of two successful Broadway runs. Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, the duo made numerous television appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live, as well as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Today, and many others.
Penn & Teller had national tours throughout the 1990s, gaining critical praise. They have also made television guest appearances on Babylon 5[3] (as the comedy team Rebo and Zooty), The Drew Carey Show, a few episodes of Hollywood Squares from 1998 until 2004, ABC's Muppets Tonight, FOX's The Bernie Mac Show, an episode of the game show Fear Factor on NBC, NBC's The West Wing, in a two-part episode of the final season of ABC's Home Improvement in 1998, four episodes during season 1 of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in 1996, NBC's Las Vegas, and Fox's The Simpsons episodes "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" and "The Great Simpsina" and the Futurama film Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder in 2009. They also appeared as three-card Monte scam artists in the music video for "It's Tricky" by Run-DMC in 1987, and were thrown out of a Las Vegas hotel room in the music video for "Waking Up in Vegas" by Katy Perry in 2009.
Their Showtime network television show Bullshit! took a skeptical look at psychics, religion, the pseudoscientific, conspiracy theories, and the paranormal. It has featured critical segments on gun control, astrology, Feng Shui, environmental issues, PETA, weight loss, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the war on drugs.
On Bullshit!, the duo described their social and political views as libertarian.
They have also described themselves as teetotalers. Their book, Penn & Teller's How to Play in Traffic, explains that they avoid absolutely all alcohol and other drugs, including caffeine, though they do appear to smoke cigarettes in some videos. Penn has said that he has never even tasted alcohol, and that his tolerance for certain drugs is so low that his doctor only had to administer a minute amount of anesthetic relative to what one would expect necessary for a man of his size to undergo surgery.
The pair have written several books about magic, including Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks For Dear Friends, Penn & Teller's How to Play with Your Food, and Penn & Teller's How to Play in Traffic. Since 2001, Penn & Teller have performed six nights a week (or as Penn put it on Bullshit!: "Every night of the week ... except Fridays!") in Las Vegas at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino.
Penn Jillette hosted a weekday one-hour talk show on Infinity Broadcasting's Free FM radio network from January 3, 2006 to March 2, 2007 with cohost Michael Goudeau.[4][5] He also hosted the game show Identity, which debuted on December 18, 2006 on NBC.
Their new television series Penn & Teller Tell a Lie premiered on the Discovery Channel on October 5, 2011.
Penn & Teller have also shown support for the Brights movement[6] and are now listed on the movement's homepage under the Enthusiastic Brights section.[7] According to an article in Wired magazine, their license plates are customized so they read, "Atheist" and "Godless", and when Penn signs autographs, he often writes "there is no God" with his signature.[8]
Off-stage relationship[link]
Penn Jillette has told interviewer Larry King that a big part of the duo's success and longevity is due to them never having been close friends. They enjoy working together immensely, but have little in common besides magic. As a result of their drastically different lifestyles and interests, they rarely socialize or interact when not working. Jillette believes that their partnership succeeds precisely because they give each other a great deal of space off-stage.
Tricks[link]
Their tricks include Teller hanging upside-down over a cushion of spikes in a straitjacket, Teller submerged in a huge container of water, Teller being run over by an 18-wheel tractor-trailer, Teller swinging going through Penn's hands. Many of their effects rely heavily on shock appeal and violence, although presented in a humorous manner.
Sometimes, the pair will claim to reveal a secret of how a magic trick is done, but those tricks are usually invented by the duo for the sole purpose of exposing them, and therefore designed with more spectacular and weird methods than would have been necessary had it just been a "proper" magic trick. For example, in the "reveal" of one trick, while Teller waits for his cue, he reads magazines and eats a snack.[clarification needed] Another example is their rendition of the cups and balls, using transparent cups.
Penn and Teller perform their own adaptation of the famous bullet catch illusion. Each simultaneously fires a gun at the other through small panes of glass and then "catches" the other's bullet in his mouth. They also have an assortment of card tricks in their repertoire, virtually all of them involving the force of the Three of Clubs on an unsuspecting audience member as this card is easy for viewers to identify on television cameras.[9]
The duo will sometimes perform tricks that discuss the intellectual underpinnings of magic. One of their acts, titled "Magician vs. Juggler", features Teller performing card tricks while Penn juggles and delivers a monologue on the difference between the two: jugglers start as socially aware children who go outside and learn juggling with other children; magicians are misfits who stay in the house and teach themselves magic tricks out of spite.
In one of their most politically charged tricks, they make a U.S. flag seem to disappear by wrapping it in a copy of the United States Bill of Rights, and apparently setting the flag on fire, so that "the flag is gone but the Bill of Rights remains." The act may also feature the "Chinese bill of rights", presented as a transparent piece of acetate. They normally end the routine by restoring the unscathed flag to its starting place on the flagpole; however, on a TV guest appearance on The West Wing this final part was omitted.[10]
One of their more recent tricks[when?] involves a powered nail gun with a quantity of missing nails from the series of nails in its magazine. Penn begins by firing several apparently real nails into a board in front of him. He then proceeds to fire the nailgun into the palm of his hand several times, while suffering no injuries. His pattern builds as he oscillates between firing blanks into his hand and firing nails into the board. While performing he states that the trick is merely memorization, and explains that the fact that he does not flinch when he could be firing a nail into his hand should be a sign that the trick is not actually dangerous. A later revision to the trick replaced the false claims of memorization with a more open explanation, allowing the audience to enjoy the rhythm of the nail gun without fear of a serious mishap.[11]
A trick introduced in 2010 is a modern version of the bag escape, replacing the traditional sack with a black trash bag apparently filled with helium. Teller is placed in the bag which is then pumped full of helium and sealed by an audience member. For the escape, the audience are blinded by a bright light for a second and when they are able to see again, Teller has escaped from the bag and Penn is holding it, still full of helium, above his head, before releasing it to float to the ceiling. The duo had hoped to put the trick in their mini-tour in London; however, it was first shown to the public in their Las Vegas show on 18 August 2010. In June 2011, Penn and Teller performed this trick for the first time in the United Kingdom on their ITV show Fool Us.[12]
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | My Chauffeur | Bone & Abdul | |
| 1987 | Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends | Themselves | Direct to Video |
| 1989 | Penn & Teller Get Killed | ||
| 1991 | The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents[13] | ||
| 1999 | Fantasia 2000 | Presenting the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment | |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Penn also co-directed the film |
Television[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Penn & Teller Go Public | Themselves | Filmed at and first aired on KCET Los Angeles[14] |
| 1985 1986 |
Saturday Night Live | 7 Episodes | |
| 1993 | Live from AT&T Bell Labs[15] | Aired only to American Schools via satellite | |
| 1994 | The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller | ||
| 1995 | Phobophilia | ||
| 1995 1997 |
The Drew Carey Show | Archibald Fenn & Geller | 2 Episodes: "Drew Meets Lawyers" and "See Drew Run" |
| 1995 2008 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Themselves | 4 Episodes: 14 November 1995, 27 November 1998, 13 May 2004, 25 November 2008 |
| 1996 1997 |
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Drell & Skippy | Episodes: "Pilot", "Terrible Things", "Jenny's Non-Dream", "First Kiss" |
| 1997 | Friends | Salesmen | Episode: "The One With The 'Cuffs" |
| Muppets Tonight | Themselves | Episode: "The Gary Cahuenga Episode" | |
| 1997 2003 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 3 Episodes: 16 October 1997, 7 June 2000, & 23 January 2003 | |
| 1998 | Babylon 5 | Rebo & Zooty | Episode: "Day of the Dead" |
| 1998 1999 |
Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular | Themselves | 24 Episodes |
| 1998 2000 |
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | 2 Episodes: 13 August 1998, 5 June 2000 | |
| 1998 2004 |
Hollywood Squares | 60 Episodes | |
| 1999 | Home Improvement | Episode: "Knee Deep" | |
| 1999 2011 |
The Simpsons | Episodes: "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", "The Great Simpsina" | |
| 2002 | ¡Mucha Lucha! | "The Return of El Maléfico" | |
| Grand Illusions: The Story of Magic | Discovery Channel documentary | ||
| Fear Factor | Episode: "Celebrity Fear Factor 3" | ||
| 2003 | Las Vegas | Episode: "Luck Be a Lady" | |
| Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour | Three-part mini-series | ||
| The Bernie Mac Show | Episode: "Magic Jordan" | ||
| 2003 2010 |
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | 89 Episodes | |
| 2004 | The West Wing | Episode: "In The Room" | |
| 2004 2010 |
Last Call with Carson Daly | 6 Episodes: 13 July 2004, 16 November 2005, 5 April 2007, 16 June 2008, 5 April 2010, 5 May 2010 | |
| 2005 | Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End | Made for NBC, shown November 13th, 2005 | |
| 2007 2008 |
Late Show with David Letterman | 2 Episodes: #15.32, #15.113 | |
| 2009 | Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder | ||
| The Great American Road Trip | Guests | ||
| 2010 | FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman | They taught one of the show's contestants, Rubye, to perform magic tricks | |
| 2011 | Cash Cab | Guest contestants playing for charity | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 9 Episodes, ITV1 | ||
| Penn & Teller: Tell a Lie |
Books[link]
- Penn & Teller's How to Play in Traffic (1997, ISBN 1-57297-293-9)
- Penn & Teller's How to Play with Your Food (1992, ISBN 0-679-74311-1)
- Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1989, ISBN 0-394-75351-8)
- Sock 2004, ISBN 0-312-32805-2 (Penn Jillette sole author)
- How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker: The Wisdom of Dickie Richard 2006, ISBN 0-312-34905-X (Penn Jillette and Mickey D. Lynn)
- When I'm Dead All This Will Be Yours: Joe Teller—A Portrait By His Kid 2000, ISBN 0-922233-22-5 (Teller sole author)
Other Media[link]
Music[link]
- "The Horse You Rode In On" by Pigface (Penn Jillette only)
- "Spookshow" by Adil Omar (Penn Jillette only)
- "Penn & Teller Present: Music to Look at Boxes By" (With Mike "Jonesy" Jones)
- "Never Mind the Sex Pistols" by Bongos, Bass, & Bob (Penn Jillette with Dean J Seal and Bob "Running" Elk)
- "Tattoo of Blood" by the Captain Howdy (Penn Jillette with Mark Kramer)
- "Money Feeds My Music Machine" by the Captain Howdy (Penn Jillette with Mark Kramer)
- "It's Tricky" by Run–D.M.C. (Penn & Teller shown throughout the video and at the end appear to take over the persona of Run–D.M.C.)
- "Waking up in Vegas" by Katy Perry (Penn & Teller are kicked out of their hotel room by Perry and her boyfriend. They later kick Perry out again.)
Jillette also toured with the Residents during the Mole Show, and hosted Ralph Records' 10th Anniversary Radio Special (1982). There is some mild controversy and confusion surrounding this. While the premise of 10th Anniversary Radio Special revolved around Jillette having never heard of the label or any of the bands on it (the Residents included), he was credited as a collaborator on the 1981 album Mark of the Mole,[16] and he can be heard giving news bulletins in the first track. This has led some to speculate that Jillette may have been a Resident at one point.
Theater[link]
In 2008 Teller co-directed a production of Macbeth in Red Bank, New Jersey and Washington, DC.[17]
Video games[link]
- Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors 1995 – Absolute Entertainment for Sega CD & 3DO, Unreleased.
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Spellbound 1998 – Simon & Schuster for PC – Voices for Drell & Skippy
- Desert Bus 2011 – Amateur Pixels.
The 1995 video game Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors featured an unusual mini-game called Desert Bus in which the player drove a realistic bus route between Tucson and Las Vegas. This mini-game became popular due to the fact that it imitated a real 8 hour bus ride. Once reaching the destination, the player gets 1 point and, if desired, can then drive the return route. The game was long and boring, but found a cult audience due to the dark humor and weirdness behind the idea.
The game has since been used in an annual charity called "Desert Bus for Hope" run by website desertbus.org. The site invites celebrities play the game streamed live online, with all proceeds being donated to Child's Play (charity). on November 14, 2011 an iOS port of Desert Bus was created and released in the Apple Inc iTunes store. The game was developed in conjunction with the Desert Bus for hope event and all profits from the game are donated to charity.
References[link]
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/pennjillette/status/104745893533716480
- ^ Booking Entertainment: Penn & Teller bio
- ^ Penn & Teller on Babylon 5
- ^ Infinity Broadcasting article on Penn
- ^ Penn & Teller website
- ^ [1]
- ^ The Brights' Net: Enthusiastic Brights
- ^ Gagnon, Geoffrey (November 2006). "The Illusionists". Faces of the New Atheism. Wired Magazine. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/faces2.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010. "Never shy about their atheism (Penn's got the Nevada license plates ATHEIST and GODLESS), the two have been raising their voices – even the oft-silent Teller – to decry the muddying line between church and state... Sometimes they'll even sign autographs with "There is no God.""
- ^ Penn & Teller on force trick
- ^ Guide to West Wing on Penn & Teller
- ^ Penn Says: Nail Gun Trick
- ^ [2]
- ^ "The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents (Video 1991) - IMDb". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264607/. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "New Honor For Penn, Teller". Los Angeles Times. 1986. http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-15/entertainment/ca-5374_1_penn-gillette. Retrieved 04 May 2012.
- ^ AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ (1993). "AT&T Archives: Live from AT&T Bell Labs (1993)". AT&T. AT&T Tech Channel. http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2012/4/27/AT&T-Archives-Live-From-Bell-Labs-1993?utm_source=att&utm_medium=attcom&utm_campaign=att_aboutus. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Residents Web: Mark of the Mole information page
- ^ http://www.pennandteller.com/03/coolstuff/tellersmacbethindex.html Teller's MacBeth
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| Penn at the premiere for Milk at the Castro Theatre, San Francisco, October 2008 | |
| Ambassador-at-large for Haiti | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 31, 2012 |
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| President | Michel Martelly |
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| Born | Sean Justin Penn (1960-08-17) August 17, 1960 (age 51) Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Madonna (1985–1989) Robin Wright (1996–2010) |
| Relations | Aimee Mann (sister-in-law), Leo Penn (father), Eileen Ryan (mother), Chris Penn (brother), Michael Penn (brother) |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Alma mater | Santa Monica College |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, director, producer |
| Religion | Agnostic |
| Awards | Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award |
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his left-wing political and social activism (including humanitarian work). He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for the former and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter.
Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in a 1974 episode of Little House on the Prairie, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in 1981's Taps and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, Penn emerged as a prominent leading actor with the 1995 drama film Dead Man Walking, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award of the Cannes Film Festival for She's So Lovely (1997), and two Best Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival for Hurlyburly (1998) and 21 Grams (2003).
Penn made his feature film directorial debut with 1991's The Indian Runner, followed by the drama film The Crossing Guard (1995) and the mystery film The Pledge (2001). In 2002, Penn directed one of the 11 segments of 11'09"01 September 11, a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. His fourth feature film, Into the Wild (2007), garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations.
In addition to his film work, Penn is known for his political and social activism, most notably his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Venezuela and Cuba, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Penn also attracted media attention for his previous marriages to pop icon Madonna and actress Robin Wright.
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Early life[link]
Penn was born in Los Angeles County, California,[1] the middle son of actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan (née Annucci). His older brother is musician Michael Penn. His younger brother, actor Chris Penn, died in 2006. His paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania and Russia,[2][3][4] while his mother is a Catholic of Italian and Irish descent.[4][5] Penn was raised in a secular home[2] and is an agnostic.[6] He attended Santa Monica High School[7] and began making short films with some of his childhood friends, including actors Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, who lived near his home.[8]
Career[link]
Acting[link]
Penn appeared in a 1974 episode of the Little House on the Prairie television series as a then blond-haired extra when his father, Leo, directed some of the episodes.
Penn launched his film career with the 1981 action-drama Taps, where he played a key role, as a military high school cadet, opposite protagonist Timothy Hutton.[8] Tom Cruise also made one of his first film appearances, as another cadet. A year later, Penn appeared in the hit comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, in the role of surfer-stoner Jeff Spicoli, with his character helping popularize the word "dude" in popular culture.[8] In 1983, Penn appeared as Mick O'Brien, a troubled youth, in the drama Bad Boys.[8] The role earned Penn favorable reviews and jump-started his career as a serious actor.
In 1985, Penn played Andrew Daulton Lee in the film The Falcon and the Snowman, which closely followed an actual criminal case.[8] Lee was a former drug dealer by trade, convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union and originally sentenced to life in prison, later being paroled in 1998. Penn later hired Lee as his personal assistant, partly because he wanted to reward Lee for allowing him to play Lee in the film; also, he was a firm believer in rehabilitation and thought Andrew Lee should be successfully reintegrated into society, since he was a free man again.[9]
In 1986, he starred in the drama At Close Range, opposite Christopher Walken.[8] The film featured his then-wife Madonna's single "Live to Tell". The music video for the song, which featured clips from the film, played heavily on MTV and helped promote the film. Penn stopped acting for a few years in the early 1990s, having been dissatisfied with the industry, and focused on making his directing debut.[8]
Penn, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times, has won the award twice. The Academy first recognized his work in nominating him for playing a racist murderer on death row in Tim Robbins' 1995 drama Dead Man Walking. Penn was nominated again for his comedic performance as an egotistical jazz guitarist in Woody Allen's 1999 release Sweet and Lowdown. He received his third nomination after portraying a mentally-handicapped father in 2001's I am Sam. Penn finally won for his role in Clint Eastwood's 2003 Boston crime-drama Mystic River. In 2004, he played a disturbed man bent on killing the president in The Assassination of Richard Nixon. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004.[10]
In 2006, he portrayed populist governor Willie Stark (based on Huey Long) in an adaptation of the classic American novel All the King's Men, though the film was a critical and commercial failure. In November 2008, Penn earned rave reviews for his portrayal of real-life gay-rights icon and politician Harvey Milk in the biopic Milk and was nominated for best actor for the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards.[11] The film also earned Penn his fifth nomination and second win for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2010 he starred as Joseph Wilson in Fair Game, a film adaptation of Valerie Plame's 2007 memoir. Penn co-starred with Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain in the drama The Tree of Life which won the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Directing[link]
In 1991, Penn made his directorial debut with The Indian Runner, a film based on Bruce Springsteen's song "Highway Patrolman", from the Nebraska album.[8] He also directed music videos, such as Shania Twain's "Dance with the One That Brought You" and Lyle Lovett's "North Dakota" in 1993, and Peter Gabriel's "The Barry Williams Show" in 2002. He has since directed three more films, all of which[citation needed] were well-received by critics: The Crossing Guard in 1995, The Pledge in 2001, and Into the Wild in 2007.
Personal life[link]
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Penn was engaged to actress Elizabeth McGovern, his co-star in 1984's Racing with the Moon. Penn's personal life began to attract media attention when he married pop star Madonna in 1985. The two starred in the panned and much-derided Shanghai Surprise, directed by Jim Goddard, and Madonna dedicated her third studio album True Blue to Penn, referring to him in the liner notes as "the coolest guy in the universe".[12] The relationship was marred by violent outbursts against the press, including one incident for which he was arrested for assaulting a photographer on a film set; Penn was sentenced to 60 days in jail in mid-1987, of which he served 33 days.[13] It is also alleged that when Penn discovered the paparazzo in his hotel room, he hung him by his ankles from the ninth-floor balcony.[14] Later in the marriage, Penn was charged with felony domestic assault, a charge for which he pleaded to a misdemeanor.[15] Penn and Madonna divorced in 1989.
He soon began a relationship with actress Robin Wright, and their first child – a daughter named Dylan Frances – was born in 1991. Their second child, a son whom they named Hopper Jack, was born in 1993. Penn and Wright married in 1996 and lived in Ross, California. The relationship went through on-and-off periods in the late 2000s (decade).[citation needed] The couple filed for divorce in December 2007, but reconciled several months later, requesting a court dismissal of their divorce case.[16] In April 2009, Penn filed for legal separation, only to withdraw the case once again when the couple reconciled in May.[17][18][19] On August 12, 2009, Wright Penn filed for divorce again.[20][21] The couple's divorce was finalized on July 22, 2010, with the couple reaching a private agreement on child and spousal support, division of assets, and custody over their underage son.[22]
Political and social causes[link]
Penn has been active in supporting several political and social causes. On June 10, 2005, Penn made a visit to Iran. Acting as a journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle, he attended a Friday prayer at Tehran University.[23]
On January 7, 2006, Penn was a special guest at the Progressive Democrats of America, where he was joined by author and media critic Norman Solomon, Democratic congressional candidate Charles Brown, and activist Cindy Sheehan. The "Out of Iraq Forum", which took place in Sacramento, California, was organized to promote the anti-war movement calling for an end to the War in Iraq.
In August 2008, Penn made an appearance at one of Ralph Nader's "Open the Debates" Super Rallies. He protested the political exclusion of Nader and other third parties.[24]
In October 2008, Penn traveled to Cuba, where he met with and interviewed President Raúl Castro.[25]
In March 2010 he called for the arrest of those referring to Hugo Chávez of Venezuela as a dictator [26]
In February 2012, he stood beside Hugo Chávez while Venezuela supported the Syrian government during the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising.[27]
Criticism of President Bush[link]
On October 18, 2002, Penn placed a US$56,000 advertisement in the Washington Post asking then President George W. Bush to end a cycle of violence. It was written as an open letter and referred to the planned attack on Iraq and the War on Terror.[28] In the letter, Penn also criticized the Bush administration for its "deconstruction of civil liberties" and its "simplistic and inflammatory view of good and evil."[29] Penn visited Iraq briefly in December 2002.[28]
This advertisement was cited as a primary reason for the development of his relationship with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. In one of his televised speeches, Chávez used and read aloud an open letter Penn wrote to Bush.[14] The letter condemned the Iraq War, called for Bush to be impeached, and also called Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "villainously and criminally obscene people.".[30] In August 2007, Penn met with Chávez in Caracas for two hours, after which Chávez praised him for urging Americans to impeach Bush. Penn also visited a new film studio on the outskirts of Caracas, though he did not speak publicly.[30]
On April 19, 2007, Penn appeared on The Colbert Report and had a "Meta-Free-Phor-All" versus Stephen Colbert that was judged by Robert Pinsky. This stemmed from some of Penn's criticisms of Bush. His exact quote was "We cower as you point your fingers telling us to support our troops. You and the smarmy pundits in your pocket– those who bathe in the moisture of your soiled and blood-soaked underwear– can take that noise and shove it."[31][32] He won the contest with 10,000,000 points to Colbert's 1.[33]
On December 7, 2007, Penn said he supported Ohio Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich for U.S. President in 2008, and criticized Bush's handling of the Iraq war. Penn questioned whether Bush's twin daughters supported the war in Iraq.[34]
Hurricane Katrina[link]
In September 2005, Penn traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. He was physically involved in rescuing people,[35] although there was criticism that his involvement was a PR stunt as he hired a photographer to come along with his entourage.[36] Penn denied such accusation in an article he wrote for The Huffington Post.[37]
Director Spike Lee interviewed Penn for his documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, about Hurricane Katrina.
Support for same-sex marriage[link]
On February 22, 2009, Penn received the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Milk. In his acceptance speech, Penn said " ... I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone!"[38]
2010 Haiti earthquake: Manager of Relief Organization and Tent Camp[link]
After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Sean Penn co-founded the J/P Haitian Relief Organization and has been running a 55,000 person tent camp.[39]
Due to his visibility as an on-the-ground advocate for rescue and aid efforts in the aftermath, Penn was designated by president Michel Martelly as Ambassador-at-Large for Haiti, the first time that a non-Haitian citizen has been designated as such in the country's history. Penn received the designation on January 31, 2012.[40]
Falkland Islands/Malvinas controversy[link]
In February 2012 Penn met with the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Buenos Aires where he made a statement on the long-running dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands saying "I know I came in a very sensitive moment in terms of diplomacy between Argentina and the UK over the Malvinas islands. And I hope that diplomats can establish true dialogue in order to solve the conflict as the world today cannot tolerate ridiculous demonstrations of colonialism. The way of dialogue is the only way to achieve a better solution for both nations."[41][42][43] The comments evoked strong reactions in the British media, with one satirical article in The Daily Telegraph requesting that Penn "return his Malibu estate to the Mexicans."[44] Penn described the deployment of Prince William to the region as a "provocation" and a message of "pre-emptive intimidation", citing war ships that would accompany him, and stated "My oh my, aren't people sensitive to the word colonialism, particularly those who implement colonialism."[45][46] In a piece written in The Guardian, Penn wrote that the legalisation of Argentinian immigration to the "Malvinas/Falkland Islands is one that it seems might have been addressed, but for the speculative discovery of booming offshore oil in the surrounding seas this past year."[46][47] Of the furore, Lauren Collins wrote in The New Yorker "As of today, Sean Penn is the new Karl Lagerfeld—the man upon whom, having disrespected something dear to the United Kingdom, the British papers most gleefully pile contempt".[48]
Pakistan[link]
Penn gained significant attention in Pakistani media when he visited Karachi and Badin in 2012.
On 23 March 2012, he visited flood-stricken villages of Karim Bux Jamali, Dargah Shah Gurio and Peero Lashari in Badin District. He was accompanied by US Consul General Willian J. Martin and distributed blankets, quilts, kitchen items and other goods amongst flood survivors.[49][50]
On 24 March 2012, Penn also visited Bilquis Edhi Female Child Home and met Pakistan’s iconic humanitarian worker Abdul Sattar Edhi and his wife, Bilquis Edhi. He also laid floral wreaths and paid respect at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi.[51][52]
Filmography and awards[link]
On December 18, 2006, Penn received the Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award from the Creative Coalition.[53]
Actor[link]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Taps | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer | film debut |
| 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Jeff Spicoli | |
| 1983 | Summerspell | Buddy | |
| Bad Boys | Michael O'Brien | ||
| 1984 | Crackers | Dillard | |
| Racing with the Moon | Henry 'Hopper' Nash/Lou | ||
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Daulton Lee | |
| 1986 | At Close Range | Brad Whitewood Jr. | |
| Shanghai Surprise | Glendon Wasey | ||
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Narrator | |
| 1988 | Cool Blue | Phil the Plumber | uncredited[54] |
| Colors | Officer Danny McGavin | ||
| Judgment in Berlin | Guenther X | ||
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Sgt. Tony Meserve | |
| We're No Angels | Jim | ||
| 1990 | State of Grace | Terry Noonan | |
| 1991 | Schneeweißrosenrot | Himself | documentary |
| 1992 | Cruise Control | Jeffrey | short subject |
| 1993 | The Last Party | Himself | documentary |
| Carlito's Way | David Kleinfeld | Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
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| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Matthew Poncelet | Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Silver Bear for Best Actor[55] Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1997 | Loved | Man on the Hill (Michael) | |
| She's So Lovely | Eddie Quinn | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor[56] | |
| U Turn | Bobby Cooper | ||
| The Game | Conrad Van Orton | ||
| Hugo Pool | Strange Hitchhiker | ||
| 1998 | Hurlyburly | Eddie | Volpi Cup Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead |
| The Thin Red Line | 1st Sgt. Welsh | ||
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Himself | uncredited |
| Sweet and Lowdown | Emmett Ray | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
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| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Himself | documentary |
| Up at the Villa | Rowley Flint | ||
| Before Night Falls | Cuco Sánchez | ||
| The Weight of Water | Thomas Janes | ||
| 2001 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | Narrator | documentary |
| The Beaver Trilogy | Groovin' Larry (segment Beaver Kid 2) | ||
| Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool | Himself | documentary | |
| See How They Run | Himself | documentary | |
| I Am Sam | Sam Dawson | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role |
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| 2003 | It's All About Love | Marciello | |
| Mystic River | Jimmy Markum | Academy Award for Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (also for 21 Grams) Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor (also for 21 Grams) London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (also for 21 Grams) Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (also for 21 Grams) Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
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| 21 Grams | Paul Rivers | Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (also for Mystic River) Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor (also for Mystic River) National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (also for Mystic River) Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (also for Mystic River) Volpi Cup Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor |
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| 2004 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Samuel J. Bicke | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Tobin Keller | |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Willie Stark | |
| 2007 | Persepolis | Marjane's father | English dub; voice only |
| War Made Easy[57] | Narrator | documentary | |
| 2008 | Milk | Harvey Milk | Academy Award for Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (tied with Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler) Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Southeastern Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male Nominated – Irish Film Award People's Choice Award for Best International Actor Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| Witch Hunt | Narrator and Executive Producer | documentary | |
| 2010 | Fair Game | Joseph Wilson | |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life | Adult Jack | |
| This Must Be the Place | Cheyenne | ||
| 2012 | The Gangster Squad | Mickey Cohen | Filming |
Director[link]
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Indian Runner | Also writer, Nominated – Locarno International Film Festival Golden Leopard |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard | Also writer, Nominated – Golden Lion |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Nominated – Golden Bear Nominated – Bodil Award for Best Non-European Film Nominated – Palme d'Or |
| 2002 | 11'9"01 September 11 | anthology short, segment "U.S.A." UNESCO Award Nominated – César Award for Best Film from the European Union |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Also writer, Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best Director Rome Film Fest Premiere Prize São Paulo International Film Festival Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Nominated – BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Writer Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director – Motion Picture Nominated – Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Foreign Film – English Language Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay |
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- ^ According to Penn's mother, Leo Penn may have had distant Sephardic Jewish ancestry, as his family's surname was originally "Piñón".
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| Name | Penn, Sean |
| Alternative names | Sean Justin Penn |
| Short description | American actor, director |
| Date of birth | August 17, 1960 |
| Place of birth | Santa Monica, California |
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