LITE 98.7 » sean penn http://lite987.com The Best Variety Of Yesterday And Today Fri, 24 May 2013 19:27:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Sean Penn Has Been Named Ambassador To Haiti http://lite987.com/sean-penn-has-been-named-ambassador-to-haiti/ http://lite987.com/sean-penn-has-been-named-ambassador-to-haiti/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:46:07 +0000 Mark Richards http://lite987.com/?p=39473 Yes, Spicoli...bad boy Sean Penn was named an official ambassador to Haiti on Saturday. He's come a long way from punching out paparazzi with Madonna. Penn, who has worked to raise money and awareness for the impoverished nation since the 2010 earthquake, accepted his new position at the Cinema for Peace benefit in Beverly Hills

]]> http://lite987.com/sean-penn-has-been-named-ambassador-to-haiti/feed/ 0 Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images Sean Penn Worked To Free Jailed American Hikers In Iran http://lite987.com/sean-penn-worked-to-free-jailed-american-hikers-in-iran/ http://lite987.com/sean-penn-worked-to-free-jailed-american-hikers-in-iran/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:28:16 +0000 Mark Richards http://lite987.com/?p=23666 Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer,  the American hikers imprisoned in Iran under suspicion of espionage, were freed last week after over two years as hostages. In a diplomatic twist fit for a movie, it seems that they have Oscar winning actor Sean Penn to also thank.

Reuters reports that Penn, who has an extensive film career, helped secure Fattal and Bauer's release by appealing to President Hugo Chavez. The country's deputy foreign minister told the news service that Chavez then spoke to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the situation, eventually leading to the end of the imprisonment.

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