James Franco is an interesting nut to crack. He’s alternately wonderful (127 Hours) and infuriating (his stint as Oscars host, Your Highness, allegedly not really earning all the college degrees he seems to get every other month) to observe, and it’s hard to decide whether I respect him as an artist or shrug off his efforts to become a pretentious renaissance man.
Count previous Oscar nominee James Franco as one of the many voices calling for the Oscars to recognize co-star Andy Serkis’ spellbinding performance as Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
“It’s part of a bigger thing. I have big plans for it,” Franco told ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel.
After maintaining his silence for several months after his… well, awkward hosting job with Anne Hathaway (and that’s putting it mildly), the 127 Hours star has opened up about the experience to Playboy magazine. USA Today has some of Franco’s comments, and he’s pointing his finger at the often-bashed writers of the Oscars.
“I think I actually — I haven’t watched it back — maybe I had low energy. I honestly played those lines as well as I could.”
Carmen Cuba on finding the perfect actor for Stranger Things: “It’s about finding someone who can bring something unique to the role.”
Ford is superb and Buck is a fully formed character that you will absolutely fall in love with.
Michelle Danner on her new film, her acting school, and gives advice on finding representation and the best things actors can do to help their career.
Yesterday, seventeen years ago, the short-lived but acclaimed television series Freaks and Geeks aired its first of only 18 episodes
This is a clip from Megan Fox’s audition for ‘Transformers’, her first major starring role.
