Actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have put their
divorce proceedings on hold, according to court papers.
Extra was first to reveal that the two artists, who have
been married since 1996, appear to have changed their mind regarding their
divorce. In a one-page document filed Tuesday in Marin County Superior Court,
the clerk dismissed the couple’s divorce petition, at their request.
Penn, 47, and Wright Penn, 42, filed divorce papers in
December. They had been together several years before wedding in 1996. They are
parents to son Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 17.
Their marriage long appeared to transcend the general ephemerality
of
The Academy Award-winning Penn initially filed for divorce
from his wife in early December in Marin County Superior Court. Wright Penn
filed her own paperwork a few days later. Their first hearing was scheduled for
April 21, reports People.com.
Penn further fueled reports that he and his estranged wife
have reconciled when the two attended an Eddie Vedder concert in
Wife and husband have appeared together in movies, such as
1997’s “She’s So Lovely,” directed by Nick Cassavetes and 1998’s “Hurlyburly,”
directed by David Rabe.
Penn next appears in the Harvey Milk biopic directed by Gus
Van Sant for Focus Features. Penn will portray gay rights activist Harvey Milk,
who became the first openly gay politician in 1970s
Wright Penn next appears in “State of