james franco-related stories
Posted Nov 11th 2009 6:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Video, Celebrities, Alumni, Casting, Reality-Free
The
James Franco experiment has begun on General Hospital. Actually, we have now learned that the movie actor, best known for
Spider-Man and
Milk and
The Pineapple Express, has decided to do a two-month guest role on the ABC soap opera as part of a project he's doing with a filmmaker named Carter.
Franco and Carter are making
a documentary called Erased James Franco. His guest turn on
30 Rock may also be part of the movie. Nobody knows for certain.
One thing I do know for certain is that ABC is taking Franco's appearance on
GH very seriously. They're working around his schedule, giving him a strangely interesting character to play, and promoting it like mad.
Continue reading Who will die? Check out James Franco's General Hospital promo
Posted Nov 9th 2009 9:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Reality-Free
There's a lot to be happy about if you're a fan of
General Hospital. There's been some very good news from the soap. Things like
James Franco's guest role and the return of the original Lucky,
Jonathan Jackson. And
Steve Burton has committed to playing Jason for a while longer.
And now comes some news that's downright reassuring.
Laura Wright has re-signed a four year deal with GH. She Twittered the news to her fans. Four years!
To me, this means that not only can we count on the character of Carly being around for a long time to come -- and played by the same actress who has the most tenure in the part -- but also that
GH will likely be around for four more years. Oh, sure, there's nothing guaranteed, but I'm an optimist and I choose to see this as a positive sign.
Continue reading Laura Wright is staying with General Hospital
Posted Nov 4th 2009 9:28AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free
Wouldn't you love to know who's giving actor
James Franco career advice these days? I'm not knocking him or her, but I'd love to figure out the strategy. Or maybe this is just Franco being Franco (like Manny being Manny, for you baseball fans out there)?
James has just started filming his two-month arc on
General Hospital -- check out the first pic (right) -- and now Michael Ausiello reports that
James Franco will do a guest spot on 30 Rock.
How's that for a career trajectory -- from box office bonanza (
Spider-Man) to Oscar feature (
Milk) to daytime soap (
General Hospital) to Emmy-winning sitcom (
30 Rock). He's like a human pinball machine looking for a perfect score!
Continue reading James Franco goes from movies to soap to 30 Rock
Posted Oct 18th 2009 2:03PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Video, Celebrities, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S35E04) I remember sitting down and staring at Gerard Butler as he made funny, smarmy faces at the camera. And then I blinked, only to see Butler was thanking the cast and viewers for a wonderful show. I looked on the computer screen. There were half-remembered notes haphazardly tapped out at some point.
Somehow, I had jumped forward ninety minutes. Had I finally mastered short-term time travel? Or did I just watch an incredibly forgettable episode of
Saturday Night Live? Probably the latter. However, I vaguely recall a destructive robot adorably struggling through a wall. If that was actually a dream and not real life, please don't tell me.
Continue reading Review: Saturday Night Live - Gerard Butler/Shakira
Posted Oct 1st 2009 2:43PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
In the biggest casting shocker since Elizabeth Taylor appeared on
General Hospital as Helena Cassadine, movie star
James Franco is joining General Hospital for a couple of months as a mystery man who comes to Port Charles. Although not confirmed by the show, it's likely that Franco will be playing Vlad Cassadine, another member of that evil family that vexes the citizens of Port Chuck. His first airdate is November 20.
Why would Franco, who's busy with movies and has appeared in
Spider-Man,
The Pineapple Express,
Milk and other hits, take a role on a daytime soap? There's no word from the actor yet, but it could be that they threw a lot of money at him. There's also the possibility that he's a soap opera fan and thought it would be a lark. Ummm, I'm thinking it's more likely the former.
Continue reading Movie star James Franco checking into General Hospital...for two months
Posted Apr 3rd 2009 10:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
Freaks and Geeks is not only a cult classic among TV fans, but it's also one of TV Squad's favorite "Ol' Yellers". Those are the shows that were taken out back and shot down by the networks before they had a chance to fully develop, despite the crying, whimpering, snot-producing pleas of those who loved them most. It may not be clever, but it sounded a lot nicer than "stillborns".
So it's no surprise that the show made a cameo appearance in a recent AOL interview with
mega-superduperstar Seth Rogen on the heels of his new movie
Observe and Report about a rogue mall cop who is more tazer-happy than the campus police at
the University of Florida.
Continue reading Where are the Freaks and the Geeks now?
Posted Jun 2nd 2008 1:41PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, Awards, Reality-Free
There's one thing to do a stupid joke that you shouldn't have done, and then it's another to not even have the balls to follow through on the joke.
Case in point: last night's MTV Movie Awards. Seth Rogan and James Franco presented the award for Best Summer Movie of the Year So Far, and while doing it, they did a little plug for their new movie Pineapple Express. They pulled out a bag of fake (?) weed and smoked (?) it onstage, explaining more than once that it was fake and that kids shouldn't smoke it. But take a look at the video after the jump below. As the joke starts, MTV's cameras pull away to a shot that seems to be taken from across the street. You can't even tell what Rogan and Franco are doing on stage, you can only hear them inhaling and introducing the nominees in the category.
Continue reading MTV has second thoughts about weed joke - VIDEO
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