James Franco's paintings of a nude Seth Rogen are not exactly his — they're based on a series of drawings by Pinups magazine editor Christopher Schulz that were released in 2011. On today's Today show, Franco admitted that the renderings were not his idea, but explained that they should have been, so he felt justified…
James Franco's been kind of quiet since he sent out a sterile, half-naked bathroom mirror selfie to his millions of Instagram followers last week.
Conan O'Brien had Dave Franco on his show last night to talk about the new Rogen/Efron comedy Neighbors, but nobody wants to know what Dave Franco has to say about Neighbors. They want to know what he has to say about his naked, creepy-on-the-Internet brother, James Franco.
After hitting on teenage girls and posting his nude paintings of Seth Rogen, James Franco's Instagram—1,914,822 followers served!—took the logical next step early this morning: A damn-near-nude photo of Franco himself.
James Franco shared quite a few mildly disturbing stories about Lindsay Lohan during an appearance on the Howard Stern Show today.
At least it is, according to his good friend James Franco's paint brush. That's not a euphemism. (Or is it?)
This morning, James Franco took to Instagram to link to a positive review in Variety of the version of "Of Mice and Men" he is currently starring in on Broadway along with Chris O'Dowd. In a since deleted comment, he also called the New York Times' Ben Brantley a "little bitch."
The James Franco Did He or Didn't He Try to Sleep with a Teenage Girl, and Do We Really Care? story is entering its second phase: parody.
James Franco used an appearance on Live With Kelly and Michael this morning to talk about his Tuesday night attempt to hook up with a 17-year-old Scottish schoolgirl over Instagram.
Actor/poet/aspiring MFA-Ph.D. James Franco might also be able to add "creepy older dude" to his C.V. after he—or someone very convincingly pretending to be him—tried to arrange a hotel hookup with a 17-year-old girl on Instagram.
"Cultural appropriation" is usually understood as a one-way street: A privileged outsider steals from a disenfranchised group and eats the profits. This is an easy enough narrative, but the truth is generally more complicated—see Little Richard's gratitude for Elvis Presley as an "integrator." Or take James Franco and…
19-year-old NYU student Asher Vongtau is counting his blessings. Over the weekend, the Pittsburgh native fell from the roof of his Tribeca dorm, where he had been drinking, into the terrifyingly narrow space between the dorm and the adjacent building on Lafayette Street—and wasn’t discovered, thankfully alive, until…
Mysterious author-model James Franco is throwing food and dating... Miley Cyrus?! That's what his Instagram says! "#jamesfrancotv #throwsfood #paparazzipics#mileycyrus #huffingtonpost #gawker #justjared," he adds.
Wow! Finally, proof that actor-poet James Franco is a gay man, published on his Instagram feed! "#Jamesfrancotv in love?????? #gawker.com #gay," he writes.
James Franco is repeatedly telling the world that he's straight, but that didn't stop the likes of Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Natasha Leggero, Andy Samberg, and Jeff Ross from running the speculation about his sexuality into the ground during last night's Roast of James Franco on Comedy Central. All of the gay jokes…
Idler of our generation James Franco is slouching towards television with a show of his very own. No more desperate phone calls to General Hospital's meta-department or begging for a revival of Francos and Geeks. Television network Ovation has signed on Franco.
The latest rich person to attempt to crowd-fund a vanity project? None other than our old friend James Franco, who is attempting to raise $500,000 to adapt three of his own short stories into a film trilogy. In Franco's defense, all profits from the films (if there are any) will go to charity.
If you want to wrap your head around the absurdity of celebrity in 2013, the New York Times Magazine's recent profile of Stalker Sarah is a good place to start. Sarah, 17, spends 40 hours a week hunting down celebrities so she can take pictures with them for little to no monetary profit on her end. From the profile:
Autoerotic asphyxiation, skeleton blow jobs, and dynamite telephones: James Franco's "comedy issue" photo shoot for GQ is hilarious or something.
