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A journey into Sean Penn's world

September 24th, 2005
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Alleged journalist Matt Taibbi offers "Apocalypse There", all about the rescue trip that he, Sean Penn, and author Douglas Brinkley undertook to New Orleans. I'm sure there's a lot of interesting stuff in there, and I'm sure someone else has read it.

A correction for Sean Penn

September 13th, 2005
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Dear Mr. Penn:
I'm sorry for believing the VRWC hype about you boating through New Orleans with your personal photographer.
After reading the correction in the NY Daily News, I realize now that that story was false - you had no "personal photographer" on the boat with you. Further, I realize now that what they said about […]

"The Great Deluge": Douglas Brinkley book about Katrina

September 13th, 2005
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A book by historian Douglas Brinkley about hurricane Katrina will be released early next year.
Brinkley is a professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, a presidential historian, and a friend of Sean Penn.