Got Harvey?

The first look at Van Sant's new Milk biopic.

He would have loved Madonna, too.
He would have loved Madonna, too.

It's Milk! It's Van Sant! It's Penn!

So hell yes, it gets its own blog post.

After all, it's not W, Stone, and Brolin. Sheesh.

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