We haven't always been kind to James Franco, and his adaptation of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying seemed ripe for ridicule, but new reviews indicate perhaps we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
James Franco wants you to know he reads William Faulkner. And there is a lot of James Franco in this trailer: James Franco riding a horse, James Franco trying on a Southern accent, James Franco looking intently at someone. James Franco, people. James Franco.
Would you count Edward Norton, James Franco, Zach Galifianakis and the Lonely Island guys among your favorite people? It's your lucky day! Because the Lonely Island troupe just premiered a new video and song inside a "Between Two Ferns" sketch that also stars James Franco.
Today in show business news: Bob and Shia will play father and son spies in a new movie, Mario Lopez continues his improbable employment in the post-Saved by the Bell era, and James Franco gets yet another job.
Rapper Riff Raff is taking his issues with James Franco into the world of daytime television.
Call this the anti-Veronica Mars. A James Franco "guided" performance art piece called BirdShit is going up at MoMA PS1 on Sunday and needs $30,000. So he's asking for the money on Indiegogo.
Today in celebrity new: JT and JB went to bachelor/bachelorette festivities in Sin City this weekend, James Franco talks to Howard Stern about Anne Hathaway, and Sarah Jessica Parker goes to see Tilda Swinton.
Today in celebrity news: The world's most eligible bachelor is heading to America, Lindsay Lohan pulled a fast one on prosecutors, and James Franco is a bad neighbor.
His media tour for this weekend's Oz the Great and Powerful has combined with Spring Breakers and the general impossibility of James Fanco so that no one can decide, once again, which James Franco this. Allow us to attempt to clarify.
After Yahoo! News commissioned him and other "poets" to write poems, actor/writer/superlative-lover James Franco wrote about how he had no idea what to write about the president, but that he met him once. As expected, nobody likes it all that much.
Here's a trailer for a film that is almost designed to create some sort of uproar.
The actor, writer, and something-or-other is all over the Sundance Film Festival lineup and the films to which his name are attached are, frankly, NSFW. Let's look at what will be on view in Park City,
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Today in celebrity gossip: Tweendom's hottest pair braves the world as separates, Justin and Jessica have a cute weekend, and two splashy birthday parties bring the boldfaced names.
Today in books and publishing: Booksellers turn away Amazon-published books; James Franco releases a chapbook; R.I.P. Han Suyin; Pippa fights for her right to party.
Today in celebrity gossip: What did an 'NSYNC member do to earn Justin Timberlake's ire? Also, a peek at Jessica Biel's dress, a surprising rumor about Jessica Simpson's dad, and James Franco is a recording artist.
Today in celebrity gossip: Hollywood experimenter James Franco has a new thing he's doing, Justin and Jessica are indeed married, and Michael Lohan continues to be irritating.
Today in books and publishing: The Los Angeles Times has a new books editor; an onslaught of celebrity books; James Franco casts for As I Lay Dying; female authors take over best-of and best-seller lists.
There's a new trailer for Oz: The Great and Powerful and it looks like the Sam Raimi directing, James Franco starring project will be a loud, technicolor trip back to Oz you might want to avoid.
Players: James Franco, Hollywood actor who's made a name for himself for being a jack of all trades and the ultimate professional student; The New York Observer, a weekly paper suffering from Franco fatigue.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Also: A John Galliano sighting in London, Karl Lagerfeld touches the Adele third-rail, M.I.A.'s marriage may be on the rocks, and Demi Moore's meeting with intuitive healers and mediums in rehab.
Also: Katy Perry has her eye on Tim Tebow, James Franco left Amanda Seyfried hanging at the Lovelace wrap party, and Susan Collins is getting married.
A first glimpse at Wes Anderson's new movie, Moonrise Kingdom, Showtime tries to go highbrow, and photos of near-naked men.
James Franco and Kim Novak are not proving to be good spokespeople for their awards-season causes.
Everyone's favorite 21st-century Renaissance man James Franco is now a novelist -- and a 21st century one at that.
Dick Cheney did not look well at a recent party, James Franco could be appearing as Hugh Hefner in the Linda Lovelace movie, and Bruce Springsteen might be shopping at J. Crew.
Plus: James Franco returns to the soap opera serial killer well
Also: Matthew Fox has legal troubles on the horizon
The American Scholar says the actor isn't special, he's 'totally typical'
Plus: James Franco blames Yale for costing him his girlfriend
Plus: Robert Kennedy Jr. does not care for Charlie "Sheehan"
Plus: Emma Watson's leaving Brown, but not because of bullies
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