The couple, who originally filed for divorce in December, have withdrawn their divorce petition.

This makes me kind of happy. They’ve been together awhile, and it would be nice to see a Hollywood marriage actually work out. It’s good to see that they’re fighting for it.

First, the good news: James Franco is going to get naked. It’s all here. I’ll quote:

(James) Franco recently shot a scene in which he doffs his clothes to go skinny-dipping in a pool. However… there are no full-monty shots.

Now for the debbie downer. Sean Penn probably does a nude scene with him. Sorry.

Also, I’m not sure about that mustache at all.

OMG.

Who the fuck cares?

Sean Penn and his wife, Robin Wright, are divorcing after 11 years of marriage.

They have two children together: Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 16.

My college boyfriend and I used to joke that we wanted to name our youngest son Horseman, just because it would be the coolest thing ever to have a little kid be all like, “What’s up? My name’s Horseman” and it would obviously be a dating advantage to him when he got older. He’d be all like, “What’s up? My name’s Horseman. That’s right, baby. Horse. Man. Boo-yah.” Horseman would be such a pimp.

Anyway. We thought we’d come up with the craziest baby name ever. But Sean Penn wins this battle, with a son named Hopper.

Hopper!

If this kid doesn’t develop a raging drug problem, I don’t know what I’ll do with myself.

Also: I’m obsessed with Robin Wright’s dress in this photo. Gorgeous!! (Photo taken Sept 18 of this year, so they were putting on a brave front as of 3 months ago.)

Actor Sean Penn sent reporters scrambling for the least offensive way to convey the concept of “cum stain” during his acceptance speech for the 2006 Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award. Oh, and he also called for the impeachment of President Bush.

Said Penn: “Let’s put his administration under oath. And then if the crimes of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors are proven, do as Article 2, Section 4 of the United States constitution provides, and remove the president, vice president, and … civil officers of the United States from office.”

He continued: “If we attempt to impeach for lying about a blow job, yet accept these almost certain abuses without challenge, we become a cum stain on the flag we wave.” [The entire speech is here.]

How’s that for effective use of imagery? My seventh-grade public speaking teacher would be so proud. Of course, these remarks are inflammatory and amusing and most definitely need to be written about in this pre-Christmas news slump, but how on earth do you print the word “cum stain” if you’re a major news agency catering in large part to red-state readers?

This is Fox News’s take on it: “If we attempt to impeach for lying about a [oral sex act], yet accept these almost certain abuses without challenge, we become a [human] stain on the flag we wave.”

Nice.