it's like a sean penn. >> jon: yes!ught more of a sean cooper. >> you're right. >> jon: you don't need this anymore. >> okay. >> jon: the audience is fired bradley cooper is here to watch! i don't think he's sitting in the third row. >> he's on broadway. >> jon: he is going to broadway. >> he's on it now. >> jon: you're going to broadway. >> i'm going to broadway on february 17th. >> jon: you're working so hard but here's what's particularly difficult about this movie. so the gentleman in the film it's about has passed away tragically. >> yes. >> jon: but his wife is alive. yes. >> jon: and now you're making a film about her husband. and how do you navigate that? because there's going to be the want to lionize a person, but you want to make it more humenan the story. how do you do that? >> in terms of me playing her? >> jon: yes. i try to be truthful to the moment. of course, it's a film and ultimately about bradley who is amazing. >> jon: i thought you were. oh well... >> jon: yeah. he's incredible. basically, i could

>> yeah. >> actor sean penn is speaking out about his love life.umored to be engaged to fellow actor charlize theron. in an interview with "esquire" uk he opened up about his two previous high-profile marriages. >> he says he remains friendly with madonna but preferred not to go in to detail with his second wife, robin wright. he said i would say i am on good terms with the children i share with my second ex-wife. >> when it comes to his current relationship, penn says, quote, i wouldn't consider it a third marriage. i consider it a first marriage on its own terms if i got married again. >> he should write a book. he's done well. >> first trailer for the upcoming -- is now available on-line. >> amanda seyfried, i always mess up her name. joins mark wahlberg and his foul mouth stunt bear in the sequel. set to hit theaters in june. it is around ted's marriage to a human being and their legal fight to have a baby. >> can't deny you the same rights as everybody else because you are different. >> can you get me my life back. >> ted, do you believe you h

appearing on its program "inside the actor's studio" with guest sean penn. >> my name's bradley cooper. i'm a second year actor. what was it like to revisit a character, eddie, after a ten-year hiatus? >> reporter: success seemed far from certain. >> you want to go for a ride? >> reporter: from a one-time role on "sex and the city" -- >> i have to go home. >> no way. >> reporter: to his recurring one on "alias," bit parts in movies. but it all changed six years ago. >> to a night the four of us will never forget. >> reporter: with "the hangover." how does one go from "the hangover" movies to the very serious, in part dark characters in some ways? >> well, i don't see any difference at all. >> reporter: huh? >> i don't. phil to me was a real character that wasn't me. >> tracy, it's phil. >> where the hell are you guys? >> and todd phillips and zach and ed are as good as christian bale and jeremy renner. those guys are serious gangster actors, i mean, they are no joke and you have to bring it hard every time you're with them. so, i see it as the same thing. >> you want to die? is that wh

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oscar winners charlize theron and sean penn, they are engaged. >>> and actor joseph gordon levitt wentgot married. in a surprise ceremony the star married his girlfriend tasha mccauley at their los angeles home. >>> and for those in north korea who want to see "the interview," here's their chance. the south korean activist said he will start to launch balloons carrying over 10,000 dvds of the film into the country as early as next month. just one problem, we don't know if anybody in north korea has a dvd player. >> imagine if you got caught. >> a tough one. >>> and okay, singing superstar taylor swift, she ended the year on a high note. she not only held the number one spot on the charts with her album "1989" for seven weeks but after selling over 3.6 million copies it has become the number one album of 2014 beating out the soundtrack from "frozen" by just a thousand copies. >> was it officially her year? was she the star? >> i think she covered everything. >> chris pratt had a great year. >> no. i think she takes the cake. the awards all the ceremonies and tops "frozen." i'm with her.

. >> and sean penn popped the question to charlize theron? fund raidser. >> and katie perry planning to super diss her biggest rival at the super bowl. >> a little bit of speculation neve

i think sean penn and kevin bacon. yeah, it's a wonderful, wonderful movie. >> host: mr.gardner to you've mentioned a couple of perdition office max hastings, ian mcewan but is there a difference between british and american writers country well it's their language and they did coined it, and i have to tell you in all candor i think they write it better than we do. but on the other hand our english has more energy than tears. we are more willing to coined phrases, to coined words. an awful lot of the slime that a script into the british english is american slang, and the british writers who are not snobby about americans, and max hastings comes to mind and william boyd comes to mind and the in the queue and comes to mind but they understand that we've made contributions to light which as well as they have. british writing tends to be a little more formal. sometimes a little bit stuffy, but i think the present generation of british, i say my generation people in their 70s or older people like penelope lively and anita bruckner, they are really wonderful writers. the closes

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i mean oscar isaac, michael shanon, al pa china sean penn, those are those actors that you show up, youg about how you going to say your lines or what you are goinging to have for lunch or if it's too cold it's gone. and you haven't been there. >> whenever the presidency occurred to me what also occurred to me at the same time is i'm governor. how do i reconcile that with being governor. and as i look back on it if i wanted to be president what i should have done is not run for governor in 1990 a third term. and that is what my son and some other people recommended. because they said get out of here you know the recession is coming. you know better than anyone what is going to happen you the city will be in trouble the state, are you going to get killed because everybody incumbent get out now, if you want to do something think about running for president. i decided in 1990 against their advice. that no, no no, the state is going to be in trouble. the city is going to be in trouble. that is the time to it be governor and for me to say i was the most popular governor in history, i am goin

i mean, oscar isaac, michael shannon, sean penn, those are those actors you show up and you have to bemoment present, because if you are thinking about how you are going to say your lines or what you are going to have for lump or it is too cold it is gone and you haven't been there. >> rose: you said that, you know, you found that what you wanted to do was acting not banking or trucking or any of those other things. has it given you what you thought it would give you acting? >> yes. >> rose: what is that? >> i think it is the only thing that weiredly enough gives me calm and peace. it is like the one thing i know that i can do do that and i know the joy it gives me and really i think the part i love the most is the preparation. when, you know, the possibilities are endless, when you are looking for inspiration, when you are especially when you work with someone like her and you can talk about it and create so it is a real creative process so that -- it has been really rewarding. >> rose: talk about women and i just interviewed reese wither spoon who is now, in order to take control of

. >> sean penn and robin wright's daughter.e weird thing. a friend of mine and her husband are coming to new york, and they wented to see "snl." i said i don't know that i'll get tickets. i'll try. it's not always easy. i can sometimes get tickets to the rehearsal. we were all going to go. they picked a random date. they go, oh, january 24th. i was like, okay. the gift from god came yesterday. i looked on the "snl" -- blake shelton is the musical guest and the host. >> is that sick? that is so amazing. >> you've done some good things in your life for that karma to come back to you. >> i wouldn't have cared who it was. when i saw it i thought it was a joke. someone tweeted me. ha-ha, that's so funny. how would nino i was going. that's the one weekend. >> you have tickets? >> four tickets two couples to the rehearsal. >> i i heard is more fun because they go rogue they go wild. >> i'm so excited. >>> a lot of people we know are taking selfies. >> i can't believe you're saying this. she said something this morning that -- i've had