Dumbass Franco van Gogh Nothing like starting off the day with a mega eye roll. No one delivers mega eye roll like James Franco. Franco movies, Franco books, Franco poetry, Franco sculpture, Franco painting… Now Franco TV. It was announced yesterday that the Ovation network in the US will launch James Franco Presents in By Lainey • Aug 22, 2013 08:52 am
James Franco Franco Leo The Artist James Franco went to play paintball with some friends yesterday in New York. Is the Artist making a movie about paintball? Writing a poem about paintball? Paintballing an installation? Or does the Artist actually have some free time on his hand for leisure? Nah. It’s probably a By Lainey • Aug 08, 2013 11:13 am
Bitch please James Franco on a plane Have you seen Spring Breakers yet? I put it on my iPad for my flight from Vancouver to Toronto the other day. Not really the best idea. Watching it on one of the plane’s personal seat viewers is one thing. But viewing it from your iPad, with much better By Lainey • Jul 24, 2013 03:01 pm
James Franco The Artist’s Roast James Franco. Are you groaning yet? We haven’t even started! Franco announced on Instagram (OF COURSE) that he will be the guest of honour at a Comedy Central roast. Past roastees include Dennis Leary, Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump, Roseanne Barr, Joan Rivers, Flavor Flav, Jeff By Maria • Jul 11, 2013 11:39 am
Douchebags James Franco quits Usually he’s piling onto his schedule, signing up for new projects, new degrees, new artistic collaborations, but James Franco has, just two weeks before production was slated to begin, dropped out of his latest directorial effort, Garden of Last Days, in which he was also going to star. But By Sarah • Jun 28, 2013 10:23 am
Douchebags James Franco’s Superman Boy Sh-t One of our favourite taglines here at LaineyGossip.com is Girl Sh-t is the Best Sh-t. And Boy Sh-t too! Here’s James Franco at the Gucci fashion show today in Milan. Franco is a Gucci spokesperson. It’s one of his many commas – actor, director, artist, writer, model, and By Lainey • Jun 24, 2013 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Franco, artiste, wants your money It started with Veronica Mars, then came Zach Braff, and now the Artiste, James Franco, is on a crowdfunding platform attempting to raise money for a new feature film project. Franco is seeking $500,000 in order to make three films based on his own short stories, to be directed By Sarah • Jun 20, 2013 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The bromantic comedy That’s what it’s called, right? These movies about “boys will be boys” hijinks, stuff like The Hangover, Wedding Crashers/The Internship, Old School, Pineapple Express—basically all the movies the Stiller/Apatow crews have been making for the last 10+ years. (Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy’s The By Sarah • Jun 05, 2013 10:23 am
Douchebags The Artist’s “public persona” James Franco covers the new comedy issue of GQ because he stars in the upcoming This Is The End. Why are only Apatow people considered for comedy prime coverage? So now he’s a comedian too, in addition to being an actor, director, painter, poet, and academic... Have I missed By Lainey • May 14, 2013 02:05 pm
Hook Ups The Artist & The Khaleesi?!? No Khaleesi! James Franco and Jorah Mormont: which is sh-t and which is diarrhoea? Page Six reports that James Franco and our Khaleesi were at an art fair in New York together on Saturday looking rather “friendly”, suggesting that “friendly” is a euphemism for “flirty”. Danaerys Stormborn would have been By Lainey • May 13, 2013 09:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Hudson and The Artist This is Kate Hudson last night at the NY premiere of The Reluctant Fundamentalist. I’m really into this white sweater dress. It’s not for everyone, and I couldn’t wear it, definitely not, but on her, it’s a good look. There’s just...something bothering me about By Lainey • Apr 23, 2013 12:12 pm
Dumbass Is James Franco hard for Ryan Gosling? A legendary movie critic, movie lover, movie fanatic has just passed. In his place? Why not James Franco? James Franco has just gifted us with another movie review at the Huffington Post, this time on The Place Beyond The Pines, only it’s not so much about the film than By Lainey • Apr 05, 2013 03:28 pm
Girly Throw Downs James Franco knows about “Hathahate” Even though he claims he’s no “expert”. James Franco was interviewed by Howard Stern. And when you agree to be interviewed by Howard Stern, your publicist doesn’t get to go in there with a list of dos and don’ts. Well, he or she can try, but that By Lainey • Mar 26, 2013 03:10 pm
Hook Ups Photo Assumption: James Franco & Ashley Benson They said they weren’t dating, right? This is the last I remember. Then again, I’m so absorbed and inspired all the time by James Franco’s art, his love life shouldn’t be important, especially not when he’s, like, sculpting and sh-t. But then on Grantland I By Lainey • Mar 13, 2013 12:40 pm
James Franco The Artist’s Great And Powerful Weekend Artist, Public Intellectual, now Box Office King...? Early projections for Oz: The Great And Powerful, opening this weekend, range from $80 - $95 million without an outside chance at reaching $100 million. That would mean that the studio’s $7 million, 3rd choice gamble paid off. And James Franco will By Lainey • Mar 08, 2013 11:25 am
Dumbass James Franco, public intellectual? TIME posted an article yesterday with the following headline: James Franco Is the 21st Century’s First Great Public Intellectual I suppose the writer was impressed with Franco’s poem in honour of President Obama’s 2nd inauguration. Here come the proper academics, lining up now to give him yet By Lainey • Mar 07, 2013 04:00 pm
