Sean Penn's Volatile Temper: Officially Illegal

Fifteen months after he kicked a paparazzo—allegedly breaking his camera and spirit—temperamental film actor Sean Penn has been charged with battery and vandalism. Penn joins a storied lineage of celebrities physically assaulting the people who are paid to photograph them. Recall just last year, when Jake Gyllenhaal kicked a paparazzo in the shin. Hugh Granthit a videographer in the chest using only his car, and former musician Britney Spears memorably pit her umbrella against an S.U.V. Of course, Sean Penn's incident surely has the most gravitas.