Sean Penn Calls San Francisco Chronicle "Lamebrain"

Sean Penn's days of writing for the San Francisco Chronicle may be over as the actor now calls the publication an increasingly lamebrain newspaper. He offered the critique in a letter published Tuesday, written in response to a tongue-in-cheek article that focused on celebrity interest in Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. When the paper listed a number of potential matchups between celebrities and dictators or other authoritarian figures, Penn objected to the characterization. He said Chavez is a democratically elected leader.