In Danny Boyle’s action flick, which stars Franco as real-life mountaineer Aron Ralston, the main character is shown pleasuring himself while stuck under a boulder before he is forced to cut off his own arm with a blunt knife to free himself.

Franco told the Hollywood Reporter that Ralston never admitted to masturbating while trapped in the Utah Mountains for several days, but that he could still relate to the scene.

“When I’m alone, I do masturbate a lot. I tend to have a four- or five-time day,” the hotel-hopping star told the industry website with a laugh. “So, I probably would have if I was stuck under a rock.”

But Franco added that even if Ralston did pleasure himself before he severed his own arm, he would never admit it in public.

“He’s kind of a gentleman, I guess he doesn’t talk about that stuff,” the 32-year-old actor told the Hollywood Reporter.

“127 Hours” is set for release on November 5.

Source: NY Daily News

“Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle brings the anxiety-ridden scenario to the screen, and includes some good ol’ implied self-love from Franco.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Franco touches on a scene in which his character, presumably with nothing better to do than sit pinned down by a giant rock, indulges in some John Mayer-style self-gratification. And how he relates!

“I’m in hotels a lot for a lot of my life. And I don’t mind it because I have a lot of stuff to do on my own. I have a lot of reading to do for school or whatever …. You asked! So, when I’m alone, I do masturbate a lot,” Franco said.

Viva la method acting.

Source: LA Times

The 14th annual festival takes place October 1-9.

Howl takes a look at Ginsberg’s most famous poem, Howl, published in 1955 by City Lights, a San Francisco-based bookstore. The poem became the subject of a landmark obscenity trial that tested the boundaries of the First Amendment.

You also get to see a bit of Ginsberg’s personal life in the movie, including his love life. Ginsberg’s lover, the poet Peter Orlovsky, is played by Aaron Tveit in the movie.

Franco, who played Harvey Milk’s lover, Scott Smith, in last year’s Milk, recently told UK paper The Independent that he “would be happy to play 100 gay roles as long as they were always good parts.”

Closing the festival nine days later will be the period drama that examines the life of Anne Lister, considered Britain’s first modern lesbian.

The Diaries of Miss Anne Lister made its U.S. premiere at Frameline, San Francisco’s LGBT film festival.

The film is set in 19th century Yorkshire, England and adapted from Lister’s astonishing diaries, which were coded to conceal her lesbian affections. The complete journal spans a staggering 4 million words and took nearly a century to decipher.

Lister (played by Maxine Peake), an industrialist and landowner, courts several women as she rejects the marriage proposals of wealthy men and is nearly exposed as a lesbian.

The lush film, directed by James Kent, is based on Helen Whitbread’s groundbreaking 1992 book.

Source: On Top Mag

Some of the big names attending include Ryan Phillippe and Malin Akerman for Bang Bang Club; Natalie Portman for Black Swan, Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine, Ryan Reynolds for Buried, Emma Stone and Penn Badgley for Easy A, Will Ferrell for Everything Must Go, Scott Speedman and Jay Baruchel for Good Neighbours, Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood for Hereafter, Emma Roberts and Zach Galifianakis for It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox and Bill Murray for Passion Play, Michael C. Hall, Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman for Peep World, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page for Super, and Blake Lively, Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner for The Town.

Here’s a more complete, alphabetical list of the stars set to hit the red carpet between September 9th and 19th.

Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Gates, Bill Murray, Blake Lively, Bruce Springsteen, Carey
Mulligan, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, David Suzuki, Dominic Cooper, Edward Norton, Ellen Page, Emma Roberts, Emma Stone, Freida Pinto, Gemma Arterton, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, Jackson Rathbone, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, John Legend, Josh Hartnett, Josh Lucas, Kat Dennings, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Spacey, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Liv Tyler, Malin Akerman, Maria Bello, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Megan Fox, Michael C. Hall, Michael Moore, Michael Sheen, Mickey Rourke, Milla Jovovich, Minnie Driver, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Paul Giamatti, Penn Badgley, Rachel Weisz, Rachelle Lefevre, Rainn Wilson, Rebecca Hall, Robert De Niro, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Phillippe, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Sarah Silverman, Scott Speedman, Uma Thurman, Vera Farmiga, Vincent Cassel, Will Ferrell, William H. Macy, Woody Harrelson, Zach Braff and Zach Galifianakis.

Source: Muchmusic