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Current Projects
Pineapple Express Role: Saul Silver Release: August 8 2008
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Nights in Rodanthe Role: Mark Flanner Release: Sept 26 2008
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Milk Role: Scott Smith Release: Dec 5 2008
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Howl Role: Allen Ginsberg Release: TBA 2009
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James will be a guest on "The Late Show with David Letterman" on Friday, November 21, 2008. So check your local listings. It is usually on CBS at 11:30pm weeknights - but double check just to be certain.
"Things [since the '70s] have changed, but with Prop 8, it shows that we are not all the way there," James Franco sighed over the weekend, offering his support for a movement that had scheduled protests in L.A. and New York on Wednesday evening (November 12). "And if Harvey Milk was alive today, there is no doubt he would be fighting Prop 8 as hard as he could. It just shows that this movie isn't just a history lesson. It's showing issues that are still very much alive today."
In "Milk," due in theaters November 26, Sean Penn portrays the country's first openly gay elected official. Co-starring Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna and "Dan in Real Life" actress Alison Pill, the film has garnered some of the best reviews of the year while telling the story of a man who became a San Francisco city supervisor and fought against Proposition 6 — which sought to fire gay teachers and those who supported them. Shortly after defeating the proposition in 1978, Milk was shot dead by fellow politician Dan White (played by Josh Brolin).
"Things are forever changing, and the fact of the matter is, the gay community is still gonna be out in the streets, kissing and holding hands," Brolin argued. "Because that's not against the law, nor should it ever be against the law. It doesn't affect me in a negative way, it doesn't affect my family in a negative way, so therefore I'm an advocate of [reversing Prop 8]. It doesn't hurt anyone."
"Prop 6 was a completely different bill, but 30 years ago, many of the arguments remain on the other side," Pill said. "It's the same issues. ... I would hope that the next time something like Prop 8 comes around, or the next time somebody puts something on a ballot like in Arkansas to stop same-sex couples from adopting children to save those children, that somebody will question that argument."
"It's very stupid that we don't seem to learn," Luna said. "I mean, the Obama thing happened, and then there was [the Prop 8 and Arkansas] things to be really sad of. It's like we give one step forward and take four steps backwards."
In "Milk," however, Penn's character is told that Prop 6 will most likely succeed despite his best efforts. He optimistically responds that even if they lose, the resulting fury will unify the movement as never before — a prediction that now seems to be coming true 30 years later.
"I think he probably would have instigated [the protests]," Brolin said of Harvey Milk. "The fact of the matter is, he had a huge impact ... on the gay community. Then, after he died, that's billowed. ... If he was alive now, I think he'd be doing exactly what he was doing back then: inspiring people to protest, inspiring people to allow their voices to be heard."
"This is like the evil sequel," Hirsch laughed. "[Milk] would say, 'Keep going.' He would say it's important to stand up in what you believe in. Nonviolent protesting, I think, is really productive for people and the country."
"He would go to the streets and say, 'Talk to your representatives in government, do something, get up,' " Pill said. "The fact that Prop 8 did, in fact, pass has just really motivated the movement again, instead of becoming a little bit more complacent. ... These marches are absolutely incredible, to see that many people out and fighting for something they believe in. ... On Tuesday, they were walking through my neighborhood. [I saw] all of my neighbors dance in the streets, and I was like, 'Wow, people are excited about their civic duty!' "
"The world does not just need one Harvey," Luna said. "It needs many Harveys."
New York Times reports that actor James Franco is physically perfect.
According to the article, Israeli computer engineers have developed a “beautification engine” that uses an algorithm to digitally alter photographs of an individual’s face to be more attractive. Based on extensive research conducted at Tel Aviv University, the beautification engine can modify an image of a person’s face according to widely-held beauty principles (including symmetry of features, smoothness of skin, vividness of hair/eye color, among others) while still maintaining a striking, unmistakable resemblance to the original image.
The article includes several photos of celebrities who went under the digital knife, including Woody Allen, Michael Cera, and Brigitte Bardot, all of whom are shown with distinct alterations. James Franco, however, showed no visible alterations, leaving the Times to declare him “pretty perfect.”
I came across this video on YouTube featuring James. He is saluting Wonderglen co- founder, Aidan Weinglas. The video is entertaining and quite cute and thought I would share it with you.
I checked my email this morning and Tiffanie was kind enough to email this story to me, so I thought I would post it.
The 'Pineapple Express' star - who shot to fame playing James Dean in a TV biopic in 2001 - hates going to bed because there are so many things he wants to do with his time.
He said: "I don't sleep. I have a lot of interests and a lot I want to get done so I have gotten into the habit of not getting into my bed.
"I sit on the couch with my laptop until I fall asleep. I have the computer in a protective case because it often ends up falling to the floor."
James - who is currently studying graduate-level writing and filmmaking programmes at both Columbia University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts - also revealed why he decided to go back to school.
The 31-year-old actor added: "There has always been a part of me that felt I was letting something go when I left school at 18 or 19 to become an actor."
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This is a little bit old, it is an interview from October's issue of INTERVIEW, director Gus van Sant's interview with James Franco. It is cute.
GVS: So I have some questions for you on this piece of paper. JF: What's my favorite color? GVS: No. Actually, what I have written down is "Zac-slash-romance." JF: What?
GVS: And it says "stoner-slash-wind in hair." JF: Oh, it's wind in your eyes. GVS: It's wind in your eyes? That's how you made yourself look stoned in Pineapple Express? JF: [laughs]
GVS: So we haven't talked about Zac yet. JF: What is Zac? GVS: Zac Efron. JF: Oh. Well, yeah, we can talk about Zac.
GVS: Where did you see him? JF: I met him for the first time backstage at the MTV Movie Awards. Lucas Grabeel, who is in Milk, is also in High School Musical with Zac Efron, and so we had been talking about High School Musical a lot. I hadn't seen it, but my girlfriend was a big fan of the movie--I don't know why. She was like, "You've got to watch it." And I was like, "All right, I'll watch it because Lucas is in it." So I watched it, and I guess I could kind of see the appeal. Some of the songs are kind of catchy. There's one where Zac is playing basketball, but it's also like a musical number... I don't know [laughs] I remember we were all sitting around on the set of Milk and I said, "I saw High School Musical." I said it like I had never sounded so interested in anything before. Then I think you said that you had tried to get Zac for a small role in Milk.
GVS: Yeah. The pizza guy. He never had time. JF: Right. So then when I saw him at the MTV Movie Awards, I was like, "Hey man Good to meet you, Zac. I really like the movie, and I just workd with Gus, and he tried to get you in the movie." And Zac was like, "Yeah, yeah. It just didn't work out." And I was like, "Well you should really do a movie with Gus. I think it would be a good contrast to your other stuff." He's like, "Yeah, maybe." And then I was walking away to go back to my seat, and he tapped me on the shoulder and said, "We should do it together, man." And he, like, gave me a high five. He was really the nicest guy.
GVS: Yeah. He is really nice. We should all do a Judd Apatow movie. You and Zac and me. JF: Yeah. You should do a movie that Judd produces, and we'll do it with Zac. What do you think? GVS: Keep your eyes open for it. JF: What kind of movie do you think it could be? GVS: I'll have to think about that one. JF: IF you have an idea and it's like me and Zac playing basketball or delivering pizzas or whatever, I'm in.
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