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Sean Penn doesn’t want to break-up with Robin Wright Penn after all.

Weeks after filing for legal separation from his wife of 13 years, Penn has withdrawn his motion, pulling the papers from California’s Marin County Superior Court.

“It was an arrogant mistake,” Penn told the Daily News.

The dramatic change of heart puts the ball in his wife’s court.

She had 30 days to respond to her husband’s April 24 filing, and she didn’t. A spokeswoman for the actress, who is a juror at the Cannes Film Festival in France, had no comment.

This wouldn’t be the first time they’ve kissed and made up.

Penn, 48, and Wright Penn, 43, launched a divorce action in the same court in December 2007 only to yank the petition four months later.

This time around, Penn asked the court for joint physical and legal custody of their children, daughter Dylan, 18 and son, Hopper, 15. He also asked the judge to deny his wife spousal support.

Friends of the couple believe Penn filed his petition in a fit of pique.

“They love each other like crazy but they fight like crazy,” said a pal.

“They may have gotten into a fight where she said she wanted a divorce and he filed just to beat her to the punch, even though he doesn’t want a divorce.

“That doesn’t mean they’re suddenly happy and in love. It’s anyone’s guess where this is going.”

Penn might also have filed to protect his assets. Had he gone through with it, his attorneys could have argued Wright isn’t entitled to marital income after the date of their separation – which Penn put as April 23.

The two-time Oscar-winner earned $5 million for 2001′s “I Am Sam,” but he could be in for a much bigger payday on “The Three Stooges” with Jim Carrey and Benicio del Toro.

A friend said Penn’s bid to deny support or legal fees for his wife doesn’t mean he’s a “cheap guy.”

“He will always take care of his family. He would never allow anyone else to take care of his kids,” the friend said.

Actress Natalie Portman recently denied rumors that she was “romantically involved” with Penn, calling him “a friend and colleague.”

Penn has been in New York shooting, “Fair Game,” in which he plays former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, husband of CIA agent Valerie Plame.

Meanwhile, Wright Penn arrived solo – looking stunning in white sheath gown – at Wednesday’s Cannes premiere of “Inglourious Basterds.”

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Sean Penn has filed for “legal separation with minor children” from his wife of 13 years, actress Robin Wright Penn.

He filed the papers last Friday, Extra first reported.

Penn, 48, initially filed for divorce in December 2007, but his petition was later dismissed. Three days later, Wright Penn, 43, filed her own paperwork.

But in April 2008, the couple’s divorce petition was dismissed at their request.

They attended February’s Academy Awards, where Penn won his second Best Actor Oscar for his role as gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

He did not thank Wright Penn — with whom he has two children, Dylan, 18, and Hopper Jack, 15 — while accepting his award.

After the show, he told Oprah Winfrey that his gratitude for his wife was “implicit.”

“I wanted to keep things focused on the professional team around this movie,” he explained. “Because with Robin comes my mother and my son and my daughter, and half of them will punish me if I mention them.”

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Sean Penn, who took home his second career Academy Award for Best Actor on Sunday night for his role in “Milk,” delivered one of the night’s most powerful acceptance speeches.

But Sean, who got a standing ovation from the crowd, left one person out of his speech — his wife, Robin Wright Penn.

Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell caught up with Sean and Robin outside of the post-Oscars Governor’s Ball, where Nancy asked the Oscar winner about the omission.

“She knows,” Sean said, explaining that the couple had discussed it ahead of time.

Robin elaborated further, saying that they knew there wouldn’t be “enough time.”

When Nancy followed up, noting Robin knows how much her husband cares about her, Sean once again offered a very brief reply.

“She knows,” he said again.

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We reported last month how Penn was smacked by the gay Advocate magazine over his visits to Fidel and Raul Castro, whose regime murdered and imprisoned gays. Last week, Penn called José Miguel Vivanco, head of Human Rights Watch’s Latin America division, and asked for a meeting. Vivanco flew to San Francisco to dine with the star Thursday and brief him on the situation in Cuba and Venezuela. Vivanco was thrown out of the latter country by Penn pal President Hugo Chavez. “Tom Cruise let Scientology make him a household name for weirdness. Sean is entering into similar territory as a p.r. stooge for left-wing dictatorships,” said a Hollywood insider. “It’s never too late to do the right thing,” says Thor Halvorssen of the Human Rights Foundation. “Political prisoners in Venezuela and Cuba could use the help of someone like Sean Penn.”

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