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In keeping with the spirit of rebellion and resistance being commemorated this year at Cannes, jury chairman Sean Penn wasn't letting any snooty festival bosses or French government assholes tell him what to do. At this morning's opening press conference, Penn lit up a cigarette in conspicuously direct defiance of a new law prohibiting smoking indoors. Several of his fellow jurors followed suit, including Persepolis co-director Marjane Satrapi, who "asked to much laughter if anyone minded if she smoked 'for medical reasons.' " Ever the activist, Penn went on to praise Cannes for its essential work on behalf of wildlife, citing the festival's recently installed panda habitat as a progressive model of animal rights and ecological sensitivity. [Breitbart, Photo Credit: Getty Images]

2:45 PM on Wed May 14 2008
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CourageousCoward at 03:01 PM on 05/14/08
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Ahhh, so that's who's had was on Natalie Portman's shoulder. All greasy and reeking of tobacco. The grimace makes perfect sense now.
CourageousCoward at 03:02 PM on 05/14/08
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Hand. that's who's hand...
Little Mintz Sunshine at 04:38 PM on 05/14/08
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Typically arrogant American. The French already know how to blow smoke up their own asses. Duh.
raincoaster at 05:53 PM on 05/14/08
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Could he just die already? Is that too much to ask?
pixie-stix at 05:53 PM on 05/14/08
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Anyone who doesn't want second-hand smoke blown in their faces by A-listers can rack off.
It's all about what Sean wants.
cheesebubble at 12:23 PM on 05/15/08
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i sure hope the pandas are allowed to smoke in their Cannes habitat too. but really - give the guy a break. after all, he was married to madonna ;)

actually, this reminds me of joni mitchell being allowed to chain smoke inside a local art gallery during a gala for her retrospective exhibit. meanwhile, there's a law preventing us mere mortals from such conduct.