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Palo Alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Franco's collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism.

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James Franco recently made headlines when he posted a video of himself singing Rihanna’s Dr. Luke joint “You Da One” on the Internet. The clip was short, sweet and a bit out of nowhere.

But if you think that Franco was in one of his performance-art moments when he created the viral video, think again. It turns out he’s just a fan of the colorful singer. “[It] didn’t take a lot of work [to lip-synch to her song],” he confessed to MTV News at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday. “But I do like Rihanna.”

In fact, his biggest confession about his connection to the singer came next. It seems the two were thisclose to working together on her 2011 “We Found Love” video. As the story goes, before male model Dudley O’Shaughnessy landed the role as Ri’s troubled leading man, Franco had the opportunity to be cast as one-half of that rocky romance.

“She actually asked me to be in that video, the one with the relationship that gets crazy,” he dished. “I couldn’t do it. But, I guess, I hope that that means there’s mutual love between us.”

Well, apparently these two are getting a second chance to work together, and this time it’s on the big screen. Franco teased that Rihanna may appear in pal Seth Rogen’s flick “The Apocalypse,” which follows a slew of celebs playing themselves. They’re partying at Franco’s house when they learn the apocalypse is coming.

“I think she’s gonna be in the new movie that I’m doing, Seth Rogen’s directorial debut,” he shared. “I think she has a little part in that.”

Source: MTV News

Our guy finally turns 34 today! From Finding Franco, I’d like to wish James a very happy birthday! And if you participated in the birthday project this year, do not forget to check it out now!

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On Thursday night, James Franco was in New York for a discussion and signing of his book at Manhattan’s absurdly exclusive Core Club, a private club located in an east Midtown office building. If the book’s title sounds familiar, it should. Franco used as source material the 2007 British bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys that takes a nostalgic look at male childhood with such lessons as how to tie a knot and how to find true north. I was “loosely inspired by that other book,” the suited actor explained, while lounging in the club’s private theater. “I guess you could say it was a fucked-up version of that.”

P.S. 1 founder Alanna Heiss, who ran the discussion and curated the 2010 show, quizzed him in front of a packed house about his artistic inspirations, the choices he made in the show, and the images he included in the book that reference his own boyhood. Speaking of one creepy image, which appeared to picture a terribly wounded man, Franco explained that when he was 12, he and some friends “burned some of our G.I. Joes as a comment on what was going on in the Gulf War at the time.”

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James Franco is as meta as it gets, the ultimate in creative cross-pollination. He’s an actor-turned-artist-turned-author-turned-actor-playing-an-artist-named-Franco in the soap opera “General Hospital.” His new self-referential filmic offshoot, “Francophrenia” documents that experience. He’s also been cast in the upcoming Seth Rogen movie, in which he plays — who else — the actor-artist-author James Franco.

Drawing on all those areas of interest, Franco appeared at MOCA on Saturday in conversation with art theorist and Rhode Island School of Design digital culture lecturer Francisco Ricardo. The sold-out event –- which drew an appropriately young, hip-looking crowd of roughly 200 — marked the release of Franco’s new book, “The Dangerous Book Four Boys.” The book is a companion to the 2010 New York exhibition of the same name and collects interviews, photographs and multimedia artworks around the themes of childhood and media, among other things.

Not surprisingly, however, Saturday’s conversation defied compartmentalization and strayed much farther afield. After a somewhat heady and hilarious dissection of Franco’s short film “Dicknose in Paris” (a clip was shown), the conversation ricocheted among topics, including Franco’s love of Faulkner; insider stories about director Nicholas Ray; Natalie Wood and Dennis Hopper during the filming of “Rebel Without a Cause”; and the upcoming MOCA show called “Rebel.” The latter, a high-concept group show that Franco conceived, is inspired by the iconic James Dean film and opens in May. It’s brimming with art world star power with works by Ed Ruscha, Harmony Korine, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Douglas Gordon, Terry Richardson, Aaron Young and Franco.

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If you missed out on last year’s birthday project, have no fear! We’ll be doing it again this year! Finding Franco has teamed up with Zena and Silvia to bring you this year’s Franco BDAY Project. Click on the image below for the details and how to participate!

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The last day to submit something is APRIL 17th!! So get your stuff in before then!

Thanks to Gulfport Patch and the Tampa Bay Times, we have our very first look at James on the set of Spring Breakers.

GALLERY LINKS:
- 2013 | Spring Breakers > On Set – March 27, 2012
- 2013 | Spring Breakers > Behind the Scenes

Jay Baruchel, James’ upcoming co-star in The Apocalypse, talks about James and The Apocalypse in an interview with the Vulture.

Seth Rogen is directing you in The Apocalypse. Why is James Franco’s house the perfect place to ride out the apocalypse?
[Laughs.] Because he’s the wealthiest? I don’t know. I know there’s a lot of humor derived in the script from his beautiful mansion. I have no idea what his house actually looks like. People have always sort of locked me into this sort of [Judd Apatow–based] stable, but the truth is, Evan Goldberg? One of my best friends. Seth Rogen? One of my oldest friends, since I was 18. Danny McBride? I got to live alongside him for six months on Tropic Thunder. That’s pretty much it. I have met Franco a grand total of twice in my life, and it was literally just a handshake, “Nice to meet you,” kind of thing. We shot the trailer, just me and Seth, in a shitty apartment. But this is going to be that tenfold, a thousand fold, in a gorgeous Hollywood mansion, with all sorts of demons and monsters and crazy bullshit. There will be a ton of comic-book references, religious references, movie references; it’s going to be something.

Source: The Vulture

The Broken Tower will get its theatrical debut at New York City’s IFC Center next month. Details below.

James Franco’s New York University thesis film, “The Broken Tower,” will have its first American theatrical release just steps from NYU next month at New York City’s IFC Center. The film, which Franco directed and starred in, follows the tribulations of American poet Hart Crane (1899-1932).

The black-and-white film co-stars Michael Shannon, Stacey Miller, and Dave Franco (not bad for a student film!), and chronicles the short life of the influential author, who moved to New York City at age 17, traveled the world — while being arrested several times along the way — before committing suicide by jumping off a boat en route from Mexico at age 32.

Source: ArtInfo

On March 9th, James held a Broken Tower screening and Q&A at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Photos from the Q&A have been added to the gallery.

GALLERY LINK:
- Appearances > 2012 > James Franco Hosts A Screening Of ‘The Broken Tower’

A few days ago, photographer Terry Richardson posted some brand new images of James. The photos have been added to the gallery for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

GALLERY LINK:
- Photoshoots > Outtakes > 2012 > Session #005