They say Washington, DC, is "Hollywood for ugly people," but the Beltway got a major infusion of good looks Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. Staid Washingtonians also got a dose of Hollywood-style drama.

Sean Penn caused a stir right off the bat when he wouldn't follow everyone else in putting his hand over his heart as the room stood and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Hilton International Ballroom. The surly star then spent dinner all over new flame Scarlett Johansson. "She plopped down in his lap, and they were kissing," described a shocked witness. The two left the room for "an hour," sources said, and Penn came back to the table with his tie askew.

That was just the appetizer. At the night's hottest after-party, thrown by Vanity Fair and Bloomberg at French Ambassador François Delattre's lavish manse, ScarJo's twin, Hunter Johansson, prowled the room looking for Sarah Palin. "I wish I had seen her," he told us angrily when he learned Palin took off. "I had a lot of things to tell her." The party raged till 3 a.m. and drew a crowd that included Michael Stipe, Carmelo Anthony and Paul Rudd.

Chelsea Handler, meantime, looked freaked in the lobby of the Hilton at a pre-dinner reception, holding the train of her emerald dress after what looked like a wardrobe malfunction. "Where's Andre?" she demanded, searching for her hotelier boyfriend Andre Balazs. "Does he know where I am?" she said panicking. The comic returned later for the dinner with Balazs, with the dress intact.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/05/02/sean-penn-refuses-place-hand-heart-national-anthem-report-says/?test=faces

I am glad he's with Scarlett, those two wacko's deserve each other. I wish he would just move to Cuba, Iran or Cuba since he loves them so much.

A leftist hatin' America, the land that him his fortune? Say it ain't so

Who is Sean Penn again????

Oh, he starred in bad boys.


Wait, who is he exactly?

The only thing he ever did that was worth a damn was colors colors I am a nightmare walking, psychopath talking
King of my jungle just a gangster stalking
Living life like a firecracker quick is my fuse
Then dead as a deathpack the colors I choose
Red or Blue, Cuz or Blood, it just don't matter
Sucker die for your life when my shotgun scatters
We gangs of L.A. will never die - just multiply

I would do the same as him, most likely. The pledge was written by a fascist and the National anthem is just poetry by F.S. Key set to the tune of an English drinking song. I'm not a fan of nationalism, either. As a wise men said of national symbols like flags and such, "... I consider them symbols, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded".

that last quote is pretty funny,,,lol

Feel lucky you live in a country where you can show disrespect to it.

jeff spacolli....thats the only way i see him

giving credit where credit is due, he is actually a very accomplished and impressive actor

Milk, Mystic River, I am Sam, Dead Man Walking, All the King's Men, Carlitos Way,,,,


a very accomplished actor and a US CITIZEN(which gives him the right to vote and to voice his opinions)

thats a matter opinion... the only thing he did that i liked was fast times a ridgemont high... other than that, nothing but running his mouth

I rather doubt that either Sean Penn or President Obama are losing any sleep over what Mingle's right-wingers think of them.

I forgot about Fast Times, so he did two things I liked!

he even has that "lefty" look...

I wouldn't mind him so much if he used his own money for his causes instead of trying to sucker others into using theirs.

Nah I'm just kidding, the guy is an epic douchebag!

thats probably the most indisputable opinion on this thread,,lol

yes, it is... and the dumbest at the same time

lol, I swear, your crush on art is so cute,,

no love for sean penn here

no desire to make a scene in the presence of my country's flag

but once again the OP FAIL (summon the whale)

he has that right in America - and that is the point - the beauty and truth of freedom