"Straddling the top of the world, one foot in Tibet and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and stared absently at the vast sweep of earth b...
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The body of a top female mountain climber who has been missing for seven months was found on a remote peak in northern China, her family said Monday.Christine Boskoff and her climbing partner faile...
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Sean Penn made a disheartening discovery on his latest trip to Alaska this summer: Someone had walked off with a pair of boots that had sat in an old bus in the wilderness for almost 15 years.The b...
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(Embargoed for release at 11 p.m.
) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sean Penn's film "Into the
Wild," which tells the true story of a 24-year-old adventurer's
ill-fated trek to Alaska, won for best feature T...
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Paris (dpa) - American actor/director Sean Penn has been named to
head the jury of the 2008 Cannes International Film Festival,
organizers of the event announced on Thursday...
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While the Writers Guild of America continues its strike, throwing much of awards season into question, it still has some awards of its own to hand out.Among the WGA nominees for best original scree...
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ROME, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A young man's quest for freedom
takes him on a two-year journey from South Dakota to Alaska in
Sean Penn's new film, a road movie chronicling the true story of
a 24-year-o...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein can put
away his shotgun. But Sean Penn might want to borrow it. The movie studio boss had promised to "shoot myself" if
Cate Blanchett did not get an Osca...
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Jon Krakauer's best-selling book "Into Thin Air" chronicles a disastrous climb up Mount Everest that killed the much-loved owner of adventure company Mountain Madness.Employees at the company were ...
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Jon Krakauer
U.S. climber's body found in China
