“An artist whose canvas is murder!” With suave slicked-back hair! Oh hey, I have the flu, I can't come to work next week in the afternoons (for the next two months.)
Celebrity Buzz James Franco will be doing an arc on ABC's “General Hospital” beginning November 20th. Only James Franco could follow in the career path of Susan Lucci and make it seem adorably awesome.
TV Buzz James Franco is going to do a two-month stint on General Hospital, which is puzzling, sure, but he's not the first celeb to hit Port Charles. Some of these people even starred after they were “famous,” just like Jimmy. Educate yourselves.
Celebrity Buzz The purported rehearsal speech of Franco's never-delivered UCLA commencement address. Expect these words of wisdom to soon be available in published form: “The thing about college is that it takes minds into space, like a rocket.”
Movie Buzz James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary Louise Parker, and Paul Rudd are all featured in the indie film about the obscenity trial surrounding Allen Ginsberg's poem. “Howl” the poem is actually kind of important and also stellar, so no need to get scared, and also—this is a movie, not a poetry reading. Anything that keeps Jon Hamm in 50s garb should be ok by everyone.
Your Facebook Protest of the Week comes in the form of undergraduate activism against the world's hottest author/actor. In some ways, I respect that UCLA kids look down on Jimmy as their “peer” while Columbia girls riot outside his classroom. Mostly though, I'd just like to note that he's welcome at any graduation of mine (from anything) at any time.
My cute/hot/funny sensors are all kinds of mixed up right now. Also, is that an empty seat next to him?
TMZ's got the EXCLUSIVE: James Franco sleeping during a college lecture. Celebrities, just like us!
Celebrity Buzz The actor, last seen in Milk, will pen a book of short stories for an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Currently enrolled at both NYU and Columbia, this comes as good news for Franco, who will now be considered The Hottest Writer Ever (besides Erma Bombeck, of course - JK! MISS YOU ERMS!)
Music Buzz The Mozart of ’80s adult contemporary radio has provided the title song for Pineapple Express. Not to rain on the parade here, but couldn’t they have just gone with “I Need A New Drug”?
Celebrity Buzz Seth Rogen and James Franco pulled out “fake weed” and then smoked a “huge fatty joint” at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. The camera sketchily pans out as Rogen holds up the “the bag of fake weed.” Rogen and Franco, co-stars of the upcoming stoner flick Pineapple Express, maintain that MTV put them up to the skit. Fake or not, Rogen and Franco deserve pats for the Pineapple Express plug.