Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn a career that stretches back 40 years, Sean Penn has had many great roles, from Jeff Spicoli to Harvey Milk, from the surly teen sociopath of “Bad Boys” to the soulful death-row sociopath of “Dead Man Walking.” Yet there’s a role Penn is now playing that he has embraced with fierce commitment and skill, but it still doesn’t look very good on him. That’s the role of The American Civilian Who Cares About the War in Ukraine More Than You Do.You’ve seen him play the role at press conferences and in interviews with cable-TV news hosts.
Factory Records co-founder Alan Erasmus returns from his humanitarian mission to Ukraine
28.03.2022 - 14:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The co-founder of Factory Records, Alan Erasmus, has returned to Manchester following his humanitarian mission to Ukraine - but he is continuing his charitable work for families torn apart by the war.
The 72-year-old Woodhouse Park-raised actor spent almost week in Lviv in the west of Ukraine after telling shocked friends: "I've fought bullies of one kind or another all my life." And he made good on a promise to help in the fight against Vladimir Putin's Russian forces.
He flew to Poland and travelled by bus over the border to Ukraine as war raged. He clarified at the time: "My plan wasn't to come and shoot people: I'm 72, my eyesight is crap, my hearing is even worse. It was always to identify areas of donation."
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But after spending a week in Lviv he learned his 93-year-old mother has become ill and so returned. "I was told to come back and got the next plane. It was an instruction. I didn't have a say in it," laughed Alan.
While he was in Lviv, he told the M.E.N. he came across a centre for soldiers and civilians who have suffered disability which is run by the international charity Legacy Of War. He has decided to help the charity.
He started a JustGiving page which has already raised £10,000 for the centre which makes wheelchairs for people who have lost limbs in the conflict. He also aims to help an orphanage over the border in Poland where Ukrainian children are being sent by providing Ukraine-to-Polish illustrated children's dictionaries as well as other items such as books and laptops.
Alan said: "Putin had lost within a few weeks or days. It's now the end game. I think he's looking
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