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Sean Penn may play Einstein for TV film


Sean Penn may wind up portraying legendary physicist Albert Einstein for a joint U.S.-Italian TV film production.

Penn, 46, is reportedly interested in working with writer/director Liliana Cavani, who is going to give the actor a blank check in the replication of the world's greatest mind.



Penn read the screenplay and liked the idea but really became stoked when he was given the green light to playing Einstein as Jeff Spicoli. Cavani not only agreed to the very "70s" approach but said yes to the casting list provided by Penn.

Judge Reinhold ......................Brad Hamilton
Robert Romanus ......................Mike Damone
Brian Backer ........................Mark "Rat" Ratner
Phoebe Cates ........................Linda Barrett

The film is slated to open at selected drive ins April 1st 2009






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General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and four other automakers were sued by California for making vehicles that contribute to global warming, causing pollution and erosion that costs the state millions of dollars.
In response, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and four other auto makers sued California for making the movies Anchorman, DUDE, WHERE?S MY CAR?, Cable Guy, and LEGALLY BLONDE 2.


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The price U.S. drivers pay for gasoline is expected to drop another 25 cents in the short term to a national average of $2.25 a gallon, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. The EIA also said Rosie O'Donnell will leave her girlfriend for a Pentecostal evangelist, the moon will take on a fuschia glow and disappear in two weeks,and McGhee Tyson Airport will be adding a new runway to accommodate flying swine.