James Franco is known for mixing it up—for some time he was just as likely to appear in candid shots in a Columbia University classroom as he was to be shooting a part on General Hospital or appearing in a blockbuster like Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Academy award winner James Franco is being sued by his former professor of New York University, José Angel Santana. The multi-talented career student took a course, Directing the Actor, and after receiving a “D” informed the news outlet Showbiz411 back in 2010 that Santana was “awful.” Adding that he only attended 12 out of the 14 classes. “I didn’t feel like I needed to waste my time with a bad teacher,” the 127 hours actor noted.
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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.
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“It’s part of a bigger thing. I have big plans for it,” Franco told ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel.
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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.
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Director: Rupert Wyatt
Cast: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, Andy Serkis
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Cast: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, Andy Serkis
“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.”
