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Two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn has always worn his politics on his sleeve. After gaining a sixth Academy Award nomination for One Battle After Another , the actor tells Newsweek about giving his statuette to Volodymyr Zelensky, how Nicolás Maduro should be in prison and why Donald Trump won in 2024

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