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Video: Watch James Franco Tell You A Sexy Bedtime Story
Nope, nothing weird here, just 20 minutes of James Franco reciting a story from The Paris Review while lying in bed, shot with a grainy, red video filter. James dramatizes Amie Barrodale’s story “William Wei” as part of the magazine’s new series of fan readings. More »
James Franco Put His Bare Ass On A Magazine Cover
You know, I always kinda figured I’d see James Franco‘s ass one day, but I was pretty sure it would be in person — like at some super cool party in the Hollywood Hills where everyone would drink too much champagne and decide to go skinny dipping. And James’d cannonball over Chloe Sevigny‘s head, and we’d all laugh and laugh and be best friends forever. More »
The Daily WTF: Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses Is A Work Of Genius
Don’t you wish you’d thought of this? I bet you wish you’d thought of this. Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses might just be the best Tumble ever. It’s such a simple, brilliant idea — celebrities whose noses become Ninja Turtles. Do me, do me! More »
Gallery: Celebrities As Your Favorite Halloween Candy
Last week, we celebrated the arrival of fall by comparing celebrities to seasonal Starbucks beverages. This week, we’re celebrating the arrival of October– and Halloween season!– by comparing celebrities to Halloween candy. Who’s a 3 Musketeers bar? Who’s candy corn? Who’s the highly-regarded Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup? Read on to find out! More »
Video: Watch James Franco Pet His Monkey On General Hospital
Nope that isn’t a euphemism (don’t worry, we’d never do that to you) — James Franco made another appearance on General Hospital yesterday, reprising his role as supercreep artist Franco. More »
Photos of Penn Badgley as Jeff Buckley Are Released, We Just See Hungover Dan Humphrey
There are three flicks about dreamboat musician Jeff Buckley currently in the works (we wrote about them all here), and the first photos from Greetings from Tim Buckley, the film starring Penn Badgley, have hit the web. I’m trying to get on board with this casting choice, but all I see when we look at these photos is Dan Humphrey after a bender (two bottles of wine, in his loft, split with his typewriter), late for coffee with Nate on the Upper East Side. Here’s another set photo, compared to a picture of Jeff Buckley: More »
Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse Need Your Help to Fund Their Short Film
Buoyed by the success of his Funny Or Die videos where he has sex with either Christopher Mintz-Plasse or himself, Dave Franco is looking to go bigger. He and Christopher shot a short film that they want to submit to festivals, but first they need your help. As he explains on their Kickstarter page, they need money to cover post-production costs — $2,500, to be exact. What’s surprising is that they would feel the need to ask for money; don’t they have enough from their latest project Fright Night? More »
Good Going, NYU: Students Can Now Access Celebrity Students/Professors’ E-Mail Addresses
I’m really bummed that the semester after I graduated, NYU will have both James Franco and Nicolas Cage teaching film classes. Plus, Dakota Fanning will be a Gallatin (my alma mater) freshman! But even though I won’t have the chance to bump into these celebrities on campus, I can still e-mail them. More »
James Franco Is Making A Documentary On The Porn Industry
Artist. Writer. Filmmaker. Masturbator. James Franco is a man of many talents. And now, it would seem that he’s combining two of those talents to make a documentary about the porn industry. More »
Video: Watch Dave Franco Romance Then Have Sex with Himself
Remember that NY Times video of James Franco making out with himself? Well, little brother Dave has taken things a step further in a new Funny or Die vid. More »
Watch Andy Serkis Experience the Full Range of Human Emotion as an Ape in ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’
Andy Serkis is the master of performance capture. That’s what he calls it, not motion capture — because “performance” implies a more wholehearted effort on the actor’s part. And after seeing Rise of the Planet of the Apes, we’re inclined to give this nontraditional actor props. After all, he pioneered the technology when he played the terrifying Gollum in Lord of the Rings starting in 2001. But did you know that he worked with Peter Jackson again a few years later, when he starred in King Kong? That’s right, the 5’8″ actor played the magnificent Kong and actually made us feel sorry for the misunderstood gorilla. Now, he’s embodying a primate again, on a smaller scale and with even more creepily accurate human emotion on his digital face. More »
Podcast: Crushable Talks James Franco and Ape Makeup in ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ at Picktainment
Last night I joined Picktainment’s usual movie bloggers in discussing Rise of the Planet of the Apes in a two-part movie podcast. (The other release we covered was The Change-Up.) Adam Spunberg, who you might recognize as the co-host of the weekly Hunger Games Fireside Chat, was my partner in analyzing whether Rise is a reboot, a prequel, or a reboot of a prequel — plus if James Franco can stand up to Andy Serkis, who deserves a nomination for playing uber-smart ape Caesar. More »
Sweet Repeat: James Franco and Ahna O’Reilly Actually Appear in Public Together
James Franco has officially split from Ahna O’Reilly, the long-term girlfriend no one even really knew he had. No one knew he had this girlfriend because while James was off cultivating this maybe-gay superartist image, Ahna was… well, somewhere else. But it turns out they were occasionally seen in public together, after all. See for yourself. More »
Crush Links: Robert Pattinson Turns Down James Franco
• All the proof of celebrities staging photo ops is as bad as finding out there’s no Santa Clause. (College Candy)
• Rumor has it that Khloe Kardashian is pregnant with twins, but can’t announce it yet because she’ll steal Kim‘s thunder. (Hollywood Hiccups)
• Benjamin Millepied is modeling for YSL… Are we sure he isn’t a famewhore? (The Frisky)
• James Franco‘s desire to be in Breaking Dawn and work with Robert Pattinson in a Rebel Without a Cause-inspired project could mean he has a crush on the Twilight star. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
• Even though “Harper Seven” sounds more like the name of an alien planet, Victoria Beckham‘s daughter has inspired people to pick up To Kill a Mockingbird. (Lainey Gossip)
Happy National Nude Day! Here Are Some Pictures of Nude(ish) Celebrities.
It’s National Nude Day! That probably has to do with how crazy hot it is outside, but we’re okay with seeing celebs like Alexander Skarsgard, Tyson Beckford, and Scarlett Johansson naked basically whenever. More »
Gallery: Celebs Dress Up as Marilyn Monroe
You know what they say: “You aren’t anyone in Hollywood unless you’ve done a photo shoot dressed up as Marilyn Monroe.” I mean, what could get more glamorous than that, right? Well, besides actually, like, being Marilyn Monroe. Poor man’s MM? This folks have all done it.
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Video: James Franco and Kalup Linzy’s ‘Rising’ Is a Masterpiece, Maybe
Allow me to make a ridiculous statement: I unabashedly love this music video from James Franco and Kalup Linzy and think it totally works. Basically, it’s the vid version of that image your little cousin Photoshopped to post on your Facebook wall, where you’re eating the Leaning Tower of Pisa and a cat’s sitting on your head and also there’s a slice of pizza, because why not? Right? Anyone? No one? Fine. More »
Crush Links: Kim Kardashian Goes from X-Rated to X-Rayed
• James Franco may not have been the model student at NYU, but he’d make a dreamy RA. (College Candy)
• Apparently unable to find any new bffs, Paris Hilton has reunited with her Simple Life co-star Nicole Richie. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
• Kim Kardashian got an x-ray of her butt to prove that she hasn’t had ass implants. That might be the best sentence I write all day. (The Frisky)
• Kenny Wormald explains how the Footloose remake manages to tackle dance bans in 2011. (Celebuzz)
• Jennifer Aniston dragged maybe-boyfriend Justin Theroux to her Inside the Actors Studio taping. (People)
Fan Fiction: A Look at James Franco’s Schedule
We’ve never been able to understand how James Franco does it. The guy’s an actor, a student, a writer, an artist, and now a musician? Plus he has time to do things like host the Oscars? That’s insane. So we were justifiably confused — until we scored a peek at his planner and saw a sample schedule. Here’s just one day in James Franco’s life: More »
Crush Links: Jennifer Aniston’s Being Called a “Homewrecker” Just Like Angelina Jolie
• Could Selena Gomez‘s “exhaustion and malnutrition” come from her parents/managers pushing her too hard? (Lainey Gossip)
• Kim Kardashian cuts a few inches of her hair. We won’t be impressed unless she gets a pixie ‘do like mom Kris Jenner. (Celebuzz)
• Heidi Bivens, Justin Theroux‘s girlfriend of 14 years, claims that they were still living together when the first rumors about him and Jennifer Aniston cropped up. Then, she says, her boyfriend started actually dating Aniston. (The Frisky)
• Remember Montel and his delightfully tacky daytime show? Now you can get your weed from him. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
• James Franco shoots Agyness Denn like James Dean. Meta! (TheGloss)
