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"Sean Penn has attacked celebrities and the media for ignoring Haiti at a Cannes Film Festival gala. The Mystic River star criticized guests at a fundraiser event in Cannes held to raise money for victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.  Penn, who was guest of honor, said during a press conference before the party on Friday (May 18) that many of his peers have lost interest in Haiti in the years since the devastation.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not only celebrities who went [to help] for a day. It&amp;#039;s the whole f**king world. It&amp;#039;s all of you. The reason we have Haiti fatigue is because there was never a commitment in the first place,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;People have to understand this is not about diving into the water. You&amp;#039;re going to have to swim.&amp;quot; Penn has been heavily involved in relief work in Haiti since the earthquake and created the J/P Haitian Relief Organization to help rebuild schools and homes in the weeks after the disaster. Over $2 million (\u00A31.3 million) was raised during the event from ticket sales and a charity auction. Penn will next be seen in Gangster Squad alongside Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, and is currently in talks to star in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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