Ever since that scene in Girls—you know the one, refresh below—we've just really been into the New York City art world, you know? (Just kidding, most art parties are terrible.) But if you want to dip your toes into the scene, this is a good week for it—with both Frieze and Pulse rolling into town. We'll have a curated guide later this week, but to get your heart racing for the white hot happenings, we offer you the below. more ›

James Franco is back on Twitter, it seems, with his newly created James Franco TV handle. That is, if it's really James Franco who's behind this. IF it is, it would appear the everyman is getting into the television biz, or more specifically, the web series biz (though surely this is art). Anyway, we have little information about this project, but Franco Tweeted a link to it yesterday, saying, "my new show," which is called Undergrads. more ›

As we learned in 2010, James Franco brought his own crew on the set of General Hospital to film footage of his own. This was part of a performance art show at Deitch Projects already, and now it's a whole film. Francophrenia (though we liked the original title better: Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is) will premiere this year at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and consists of clips from his appearances on the show. more ›

Freed from the clutches of Kutcher, Demi Moore is back to work playing feminist icon Gloria Steinem in an upcoming movie about Bronx-born Linda Boreman, who—under the name Linda Lovelace—is most noted for her appearance in the notorious 1972 adult film Deep Throat. At the time, the film grossed millions, launched Lovelace into spotlight, and sparked a firestorm of debate on cultural permissiveness. Not since her starring role as a single mom stripper with knack for political bribery has Moore grasped a role with such gravitas. more ›

Yesterday news got out that a former NYU professor, José Angel Santana, had filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming he was fired after giving super famous student James Franco a "D" in his class. Does James Franco get special treatment in life because he appears in movies with adorable little primates and because he can probably hypnotize people with that smile? Yes, that's all true. But NYU is insinuating that Santana's time up at the school had nothing to do with him not treating the actor to the grades he's entitled to. more ›

Former NYU professor José Angel Santana (also pictured) claims he was fired from the university after giving super famous actor, professional student, and fellow NYU professor James Franco a "D" in his “Directing the Actor II” class. The low grade came after Franco missed 12 of the 14 classes while filming 127 Hours. Santana wants his job back, and has now filed a lawsuit against NYU in Manhattan Supreme Court. more ›

You know when, on a cold and lonely weekend, you curl up, channel Anaïs Nin or your favorite harlequin romance novelist, and pen a fictional sexual fantasy about you and James Franco? Like maybe a bawdy period piece that involves corsets, bourgeois attire, romps in the parlour, and a struggle to find ones place in the political arena? Or whatever! Well you aren't alone. Well, you are... but you are alone together. Your simpáticos have launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish "a collection of erotic fiction that describes hypothetical sexual encounters with the greatest American actor, writer, and visual artist of all time," titled Fucking James Franco. more ›

Do you want to pretend that James Franco is your boyfriend reading you stories after midnight in bed? Here's what to do: Get a projection screen, put it next to your bed, scale the projection to actual size, dim the lights, curl up with a body pillow that smells like what you think he smells like, take an Ambien, drink some red wine and get really sleepy/tipsy/delusional, click play: more ›

The latest notch on James Franco's belt: Paris Review contributer. And today he's written about... James Franco. More specifically, James Franco's project that just left PS1, in which he made a film cut from some outtakes of Gus van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. But what we really want to dig into here is the actor's latest appearance on General Hospital, which somehow managed to make us laugh and want to hide in a closet all at the same time. If "clown" were a feeling, we felt very "clown" watching this: more ›

While James Franco is just jerking-off a lot, his brother Dave is taking Francodefiling to a whole other level. In the below video, watch as he makes sweet love to... himself. That Franco family, such overachievers! (You may want to hit pause at the 1:57 mark until you have some alone time.) more ›

The James Franco clone that has taken on professor duties has officially been powered up. While other Francos will continue studying at colleges and acting and being an artist and attending to a fairly frequent Francodefiling habit, the professor will be molding young minds at both NYU and PS 1. So how do you get in on the action? You most likely don't. more ›

When it was announced that James Franco would be returning to reprise his role as Robert "Franco" Frank on General Hospital, filming weeks of scenes in just a few days, we raised the possibility of an army of James Franco clones. Now it turns out that this clone army may be a dream deferred, because Franco says he won't be heading to Port Charles after all. more ›

The artistic director of PS 122 has teamed up with Praxis and none other than Mr. James Franco to launch a Kickstarter campaign to financially support a museum that houses imaginary objects. It is called the Non-Visible Museum and you can buy fake things in it for real money—in other words, you'll receive a card describing a piece of artwork that doesn't actually exist. How much do paper cards go for these days? The team is looking to raise $5,000 (but are already up to over $13,000!). more ›

Last year James Franco joined drag queen and performance artist Kalup Linzy for a live rendition of "Proud Mary" (video!), and now the duo of Kalup & Franco are getting ready to release their EP, called Turn It Up, on July 12th. This has allowed Franco to enter the world of music videos, which shockingly is something he hadn't dipped his feet into yet. You can watch his audio/visual gift to the world below, but don't expect a tour, Linzy says, “James and I have both felt that sometimes developing projects separately and then bringing the other in later helps move the projects along. He is busy with school and films and I pretty much travel the world year round. We’re not planning to tour or anything like that for the EP. The music is a part of an ongoing collaboration.” more ›

Someone contains multitudes. Everyman James Franco recently declared his frustration over the dying soap opera industry. He told Access Hollywood, "I'm sad. They're just something that has always been around since I've been alive... I'm sad that it's possible they won't be there in the same way... I would be very, very sad if that suddenly didn't exist any more." Currently only four soaps remain on the air, including General Hospital, which Franco has guest starred on... and to our knowledge he's showed up at zero protests to keep them going. more ›

Do you want to hear James Franco declare with a modicum of concern: "He doesn't spend any time with other chimps"? Yeah you do. Check out the latest trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, in which Franco plays a scientist who gives a miracle drug, called the Cure, to a chimp named Ceasar—and what could possibly go wrong with that! Certainly a super-intelligent "infection" spreading amongst every last living primate will only result in something innocent, like a human-ape chess tournament, right? Or not: more ›

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Last night America's Overachiever, James Franco, faced off with Stephen Colbert—who called the actor his "renaissance nemesis," or "renainemesis." In the below videos watch as James easily manipulates Colbert with his dashing smile and Tolkien knowledge—he eventually even convinces the host to hire him as the show's art consultant. more ›