Posts with tag "Harvey Weinstein"

Sean Penn and Harvey Weinstein Protest Imprisonment of Iranian Filmmakers

Posted Dec 28th 2010 at 03:55 PM by Jett Wells

The imprisonment of renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has put Iran into yet another war with the West, but this time American filmmakers are rolling up their sleeves. As reported by Deadline Hollywood, Amnesty International (AIUSA) has recruited Sean Penn, director Paul Haggis and Harvey Weinstein to campaign against Panahi's six-year sentence for "propaganda against the state." "As ...

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Johnny Depp Lends His Support to Roman Polanski

Posted Feb 1st 2010 at 04:18 PM by Sarah Crow

Johnny Depp, whose support of children's charities and other worthy causes has gained him media attention in the past, is lending his name to a list that is getting him some mixed reviews. The actor has recently come out in support of Roman Polanski, who was arrested in Zurich in 2009 on charges relating to a 1977 statutory rape case. The actor, who met Polanski while filming 1999's "The Ninth ...