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Outspoken actor Sean Penn blasts the Oscars for cowardice in stifling diverse cultural expression at Marrakech Film Festival tribute
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- Penn voiced support for Ali Abbasi's controversial Trump movie 'The Apprentice' during festival speech, doubling down on his criticism of the Academy
- Penn received a career tribute at Marrakech, where he claimed the Oscars have 'exercised extraordinary cowardice' in failing to be part of 'the bigger world of expression'
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Sean Penn, Ali Abbasi, Oscars, Marrakech Film Festival, The Apprentice