Huge thanks to Joyce for donating scans of James in not only Interview, but also Man About Town and OUT! I’ve added the very HQ scans to the gallery, so check them out and read the interviews, they’re worth it! Along with that, there’s also a new Gucci ad in the gallery as well!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Man About Town (Autumn/Winter 08)
- Out (November 08)
- Interview (October 08)
- Gucci Ads

And thanks to those who submitted an email to the site regarding co-web/staff positions on the site! I’m going to be reading over each of them later tonight and sending out responses in a day or two.

James is the coverboy for the November issue of Out! Thankfully, the site already posted images from his spread and I’ve added the images to the gallery, which you can check out at the bottom of this post. Here’s some snippets about his shoot:

Inglish, whose photography has also appeared in Details, Elle, and Russian Vogue, told Out that shooting Franco verged on love at first click. “We staged it at my home, and when James walked in and spotted a painting on my wall, we immediately connected over contemporary art,” he said, citing artists Nigel Cooke and Catherine Opie — featured in our September issue and whose exhibition, “Catherine Opie: American Photographer” runs until January 7 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York — as mutual favorites. “James was an officer and a gentleman — everyone loved him,” Inglish added. Why are we not the least bit surprised?

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If anyone manages to get a copy of this, I would really love scans to add into the gallery! Also, I’m looking for full scans of James in the latest issue of Man About Town as well.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Out (November 08)

I am also looking for maybe two or three people who are interested in becoming staff to this site. If you’re interested, you must have at least some form of experience in running a website. You can send an email off to james.franco.com@gmail.com if you’re interested. I hope to hear from some people!

I added all of James’ sketches from Saturday Night Live last night, there’s over 800+ captures so make sure you check them out. I added them into seperate albums by sketches, so it’s easier to navigate through.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Opening Monologue
- Sketch #1: The Cougar Den
- Sketch #2: Agent 420
- Sketch #3: OJ Simpson Jury Selection
- Sketch #4: Digital Short: Hey! (Murray Hill)
- Sketch #5: The Looker
- Sketch #6: The New York Times
- Sketch #7: George and Lenny (Of Mice and Men, revisited)
- Sketch #8: Willem Dafoe/Kill Andy Samberg
- Introducing Kings Of Leon
- Closing Monologue

And also, regarding the gallery, you do not need a username/login to view the images. I’m still in the process of readding all of James’ public appearances and photoshoots, so that’s why the gallery seems somewhat empty. I hope to have the gallery back to the way it was by the end of this month.

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed James in last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live! I know I did, it was such an improvement from last week’s episode and there were a ton of great skits too. It was great seeing Cameron Diaz and Blake Lively in last night’s episode too, so expected, don’t you think? Anyway! I have added some episode stills to the gallery. There is a good possiblity I will be adding captures from the episode later tonight. In the mean time enjoy the stills!

GALLERY LINKS:
-Saturday Night Live Episode Stills

This is just a reminder to all you James fans that tonight he will be hosting Saturday Night Live! Don’t forget to watch it! I will hopefully be posting captures and clips from the episode by Monday/Tuesday! Feel free to discuss the episode in the shoutbox on the right!

Here are James’ promos for his upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live! Captures will be up asap!

What happens when the imaginary Allen Ginsberg walks the same university campus where the real Allen Ginsberg once walked?

Last week Hollywood Reporter listed the cast for the upcoming Ginsberg biopic, Howl. Hunky and smart James Franco will play the young poet as he composes the epic poem that landed him in a famous courtroom battle over obscenity.

As Leon Neyfakh reported, Franco recently enrolled in writing school, honing his writing skills at Columbia University’s MFA program. While Franco’s representative wouldn’t comment on this new adventure, GalleyCat interviewed an anonymous creative writing applicant who sat in on a writing workshop with Franco earlier this year.

“It’s April or March, I don’t remember exactly, I was visiting Brooklyn College’s MFA program, when in walks Spiderman’s arch-nemesis, Harry Osborn. He was wearing a black leather jacket over a hoodies, jeans, Vans, and his hair was weirdly orange,”our spy recalled…

“We go around the table introducing ourselves (”Hi, I’m James. I’m from Los Angeles”), and then, right before we’re about to head over to the workshop, it comes out that the future Allen Ginsberg hadn’t read any of the stories for the workshop. So he sits at a desk in the other room and reads.

“Later, we mosey on down to the workshop. No one in the room of 20 or so students seems to recognize or acknowledge him, which is making me kinda angry and happy at the same time. Throughout the three or so hours, Franco sits quietly and unobtrusively at one end of the table, listening, not taking any notes, just listening.

“The only really life that came out of him was in response to the workshop leader’s detonation of the word ‘Hirsute’ at the end of a funny (but not really THAT funny) comment about a young woman’s legs. Franco laughed breathily, ostentatiously, as if to say, ‘Hirsute. I know that word. That’s funny.’”

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And if you haven’t heard yet, James will be hosting Saturday Night Live (SNL) this Saturday, September 20! King of Leon are the musical guests so make sure you watch it! Screencaps, clips, etc will be posted on the site as soon as possible.

I got around to capping the Funny Or Die videos James appeared in with his younger brother and Mila Kunis, you can check them all out in the gallery! Also, I finally managed to get the James section up and running. I’ll be working on the other sections later this week.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Funny Or Die - Acting With James FrancoEpisode 1: “Sense Memory”
- Funny Or Die - Acting with James Franco Episode 2: “Green Screen”
- Funny Or Die - Acting with James FrancoEpisode 3: Scene Work
- Funny Or Die - The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis

James’ latest movie, “Milk” finally has a trailer out and you can watch it below! It looks pretty good, doesn’t it?

James snagged the main cover of the latest issue of GQ Magazine! Of course, he looks amazing on the cover, so make sure you pick up your copy! Here’s a snippet of the article:

On making a few bad films: “I wanted to be the best actor that I could be. It’s just sad for me, because I know I worked so hard, and I just feel like in some way I kind of blew it. It’s just hard to get away from what I see as the stain of these bad movies.”

On not getting along with the cast of Freaks & Geeks: “I’ll admit I was not a team player. A lot of it, I think, just had to do with being obnoxious when the camera was on someone else. Maybe I’d eat a banana in the background that would take focus away from other actors. I didn’t think about it that way, but now I could say, ‘Look, the scene’s not about me, it’s about them, just chill out, James. Don’t eat a f—-ing banana.’ ”

On kissing costar Sean Penn in the movie Milk: “The first kiss of the movie was out on Haight Street, with, like, 200 people watching, outside. I’m sure in the end it will be a really cool shot, but it starts close and then it takes maybe a minute. That’s a long time on film with everybody watching, and, like, a fake moustache getting in your mouth. It was long enough that you couldn’t help but thinking, ‘Oh, my God, I’m kissing Spicoli.’”

To read the full article, visit GQ.com.

Images/outtakes from the spread will be added to the gallery soon!