James Franco He’s a Loud Talker Two former Oscar hosts decided to be smug together on television last night as James Franco appeared on Letterman to promote Your Highness for his first interview since sucking at the Oscars in February. And how does he sum up his disappointing performance? Well, he said he tried his best, By Lainey • Apr 01, 2011 05:05 am
James Franco Your Highness Thigh Thickness I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL arrived at Letterman yesterday to pre-tape an interview to air Friday in support of his new film Your Highness. Danny McBride was also in studio, his appearance aired last night. I really, really want Your Highness to be as funny as its trailer. Really do. By Lainey • Mar 29, 2011 07:00 am
Douchebags Franco: more and more like Lilo You know how she namechecks, right? Lindsay Lohan? Like she’ll have dinner somewhere and maybe Johnny Depp will walk by and nod his head because he can’t be rude and five minutes later on Twitter, Lilo will be all like – Johnny Depp came by my table and wished By Lainey • Mar 23, 2011 03:15 am
Girly Throw Downs James Franco: heading for breakdown? He would hate that, you know. He would hate if people started speculating that he’s finally succumbing to the over-extension, the multi-tasking, the school, acting, writing, hosting, directing, all around the world, all at once, all the time for the last 2 years. Because the whole point was that By Lainey • Mar 22, 2011 03:03 am
Dumbass James Franco miscalculates? It’s not like Anne Hathaway hasn’t been criticised for what happened at the Oscars. She has. You have. Hathaway however will emerge from the sh-t kicking relatively unscathed. She tried, she wasn’t very good, but no one is holding it against her. You know why? Because she By Lainey • Mar 01, 2011 03:48 am
Style Best Oscar Unsung Hero: Anne Hathaway Written by Duana I have a lot of opinions, so, as always, buckle up. But first, a list of Anne’s outfits in order of how good I thought they were. Obviously these are not the technical terms. Red plastic sexy sequins – Atelier Versace Gold shakey shimmy – Oscar de la By Lainey • Feb 28, 2011 12:54 am
Douchebags Worst Oscar Host: James Franco It was a promising start. The montage was good. Alec Baldwin was good. Morgan Freeman was good. Their Billy Crystal-esque movie insertions were good. Kirk Douglas was good! More than good! So good he should have stayed! Because goddamn as the night went on, the good disappeared, only to be By Lainey • Feb 28, 2011 12:18 am
Natalie Portman Straddling Oscar weekend Like there’s not enough on his plate. James Franco has been nominated for an Oscar for his work in 127 Hours. He’s also hosting the Oscars on Sunday February 27th. That Friday he’s back on General Hospital reprising his role as performance artist “Franco”. He also appears By Lainey • Feb 11, 2011 08:52 am
Brad Pitt Go to film school with I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL And you can see him on Broadway too. My friends are always rolling their eyes when I go off about my schedule. I can be insufferably martyr-y about having two jobs, sometimes three, and not sleeping much. As such, I can “oh yeah?” just about anyone when it comes to By Lainey • Feb 02, 2011 10:28 am
Oscars 2011 Oscar Thigh Thickness Have you seen the new Oscar promo with Anne Hathaway and James Franco? I rather like it. A lot. I like their expressions at the beginning when they bump fists, especially his, like all Jersey Shore grease roid douche and sh-t. The sweatbands around the wrists are killing me. And By Lainey • Jan 28, 2011 02:46 am
Amazingness I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL…again Finally had a chance to watch the Newsweek Actor Roundtable. I love these videos. But they’re an investment. If you do have an hour at lunch, or at home later though, I promise it’s more worth your while than most talk show interviews. Because it’s not so By Lainey • Jan 26, 2011 03:41 am
Douchebags Best of 2010:I went to film school, hosting Oscars Before we get into this, let’s just revisit one of the best, best, BEST moments of the year and perhaps the Best Quote of 2010. It’s James Franco I Went To Film School during the Hollywood Reporter Best Actor Roundtable. Remember he also declared that he doesn’t By Lainey • Dec 20, 2010 07:59 am
James Franco Franco Chippendales James Franco hit up Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards at Webster Hall in New York last night because he WENT TO FILM SCHOOL. I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL is my new favourite, favourite reason of all time. It works in every sentence re: James Franco. Like... James Franco ate By Lainey • Dec 09, 2010 05:18 am
Amazingness One minute acting A lot of you have been sending me this today: the New York Times video featuring (mostly) world class actors “acting” for a minute. Let’s call this what it is, ok? It’s a little pretentious and contrived. Come on now… The black and white, the music, the self By Lainey • Dec 08, 2010 07:20 am
Amazingness 6 narcissists at the table This is your weekend assignment. Because who has the time during the week to spend an hour on this, even though it’s 60 minutes of pure amazingness? The Hollywood Reporter Actors’ Roundtable is embedded below. Enjoy it, maybe over breakfast on Sunday, really savour the experience. I broke it By Lainey • Dec 03, 2010 03:10 am
Amazingness James & Annie hosting Oscars? The source is Nikki Finke at Deadline. In other words, it’s tight. James Franco and Anne Hathaway have apparently been approached to host the Oscars. Finke says they’ve both accepted and an announcement is imminent. Big bold new moves... You like? I like. A lot. The Academy showed By Lainey • Nov 29, 2010 03:59 am
