Sean Penn defends Donald Trump biopic in scathing rant against Oscars
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Sean Penn bashed the Academy Awards for being "afraid" of embracing "The Apprentice," a biopic about President-elect Donald Trump starring Sebastian Stan.
The two-time Academy Award winner was on hand for a career tribute and said that ceremonies such as the Oscars should be seen as "television shows first," not as indicators of artistic merit. "The Academy have exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression, and in fact, have largely been part of limiting the imagination and very limiting of different cultural expressions." Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
"The Academy have exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression, and in fact, have largely been part of limiting the imagination and very limiting of different cultural expressions," Penn said, per Variety.
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