One of James Franco’s fellow classmates at Columbia University managed to snap a photo of Mr. Franco after he appears to have fallen asleep during one of his lectures … and then immediately sent the photo off to TMZ : My guess is that the poor guy was dreaming of acing his next exam, yea...

How does James Franco manage to take classes at both NYU and Columbia while penning a book while keeping his acting career going? Evidently only with lots of naps. Some enterprising young student took a picture of the Milk star and writing scholar dozing during at lecture at Columbia and sent it to ...

Know what's hot? Talent and intelligence! James Franco has both! Following up his success in the Academy Award-winning Milk, Franco is about to become a published author. The actor has sold a collection of short stories to publishing house Simon & Schuster, whose standards of quality insure tha...

Milk's man James Franco has sold his first short story collection , which I will buy. I just hope it's good. Actors with vanity writing projects are sometimes the worst of the worst—remind me to scan and upload Charlie Sheen's original proposal for a poetry book that he submitted in th...

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog It was a good night for Idolator faves at the Oscars last night. A.R. Rahman won twice, both for his original score and for the song "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire. But you know that already. You might not know about James Franco. What's not to love about James Franco...

James Franco From L'Uomo Vogue (February 2009), several of this year's Oscar-nominated and Oscar-shunned men...plus Woody Harrelson because his butt is award-worthy: Colin Farrell Daniel Craig (looking like Steve McQueen) Woody Harrelson...

Actually, before I mention anything about last night's "Spirit" awards, it may unfortunately be time to sound the death knell for Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse." And, given what we've seen so far in the first two episodes I can't say I'm terribly surprised at these rather dismal numbers. The show's basic...

A while back, we stood slack-jawed at the fantastic cast for Howl , a movie that blends the story of the obscenity suit against Allen Ginsberg with an animated adaptation of the famous beat poem. James Franco is taking the lead, although I’ve mentioned that he needs to gain a few pounds, avoid...

The Indie Spirits award show on the Santa Monica beach, the day before the Big Show, is my favorite awards event. It's relaxed, convivial. Everyone hangs out outside for an hour or so before the lunchtime ceremony gets under way. Slumdog Millionaire wasn't up for any awards (eligible for foreign, it...

In Rolling Stone (February 19, 2009), Sean Penn is interviewed at length about...well, everything! We're treated to storytelling about some of his most famous movies, what it was like working with Eastwood and Allen, the death of brother Chris, how he felt about the Tropic Thunder "full ret...