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Remember the Oscar that Sean Penn took out of a duffel bag and gave to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2022 — the award that Zelensky said he couldn’t accept and then Penn insisted was a loan, not a gift (“When you win, take it back to Malibu”)? The dedication photographs were not clear enough to determine which of the two statues of Ben was the best actor – the one dedicated to him Mystic River Or one for Milk – Was it delivered and when? THR Ben asked directly in 2024, but he didn’t say. But now, two years later, Rampling has solved the mystery.
After a forensic examination, a Christian Solidarity International The episode is all its own (in fact, we just dug up some photos that no one bothered to look at and blew them up), which can now be confirmed: it was the episode Mystic River one.
Ben is nominated for Best Supporting Actor this year Battle after battlehas a complicated relationship with the Oscars. Several months before lending Zelensky his award, he threatened to melt both statues if the academy did not allow Zelensky — who had expressed interest in speaking at the ceremony — to speak. The academy refused. Ben was never able to melt it.
Do you choose? Mystic River more Milk Indicate something? That’s a mystery for another day.
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This story appeared in the March 11 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Click here to subscribe.
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