The first trailer for James Franco's adaptation of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" has arrived, and the swirling, punctuated scenes may explain why it has taken 80 years for someone to attempt to adapt the classic story.

Faulkner's story follows the death of Addie Bundren and her family's odyssey to honor her wish of burying her in the town of Jefferson, Mississippi. The difficulty in telling this story on screen is that Faulkner wrote it through the view of 15 different characters over 59 chapters, using his "stream of consciousness" technique: each character appears to be jotting dow...

David Letterman hasn't banned many people from appearing on his talk show, but that's what he was forced to do when he witnessed what Spring Breakers' director Harmony Korine was doing backstage.

While talking to Spring Breakers star James Franco, the actor revealed that Korine had been on the show to promote his previous works and was listed for a fourth appearance, only to be bumped from the show. Franco had heard that Korine "pushed" Meryl Streep backstage and was kicked off the show.

"Harmony is a very sane guy now -- a great artist and great person to work with. But I think he had a ...

James Franco has admitted he rejected Lindsay Lohan's romantic advances a few years ago because he was concerned about the actress and feared she was "having issues."
 
During a recent interview with radio host Howard Stern, Franco opened up about their friendship, revealing they got to know each other while they were both staying at Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont Hotel.
 
Stern pressed Franco about the details, asking him, "You turned down sex with Lindsay Lohan, didn't you?"

Franco answered: "Oh, gosh. Poor Lindsay. I haven't talked to her in a while... We were friends... I met her through...

James Franco has revealed the sex tape he made as a teenager was with actress Marla Sokoloff.

The Spring Breakers star has previously admitted making a saucy bedroom film when he was a young man, and he has now confirmed the other participant was former The Practice star Sokoloff.

Franco dated Sokoloff for four years after they made 2000 movie Whatever It Takes together, and he insists their sex tape wasn't "made for public consumption."

He tells radio host Howard Stern, "It was with my girlfriend... She's an actress. She's married now... I'll say (her name) because it wasn't anything ...

Working on the set of "Spider-Man 3" was challenging for James Franco because he had a crush on Kirsten Dunst, who was dating their co-star Tobey Maguire.  Franco was also jealous of the attention Maguire received from director Sam Raimi.

In a new Playboy interview with Raimi, who was also his "Oz the Great & Powerful" director, Franco confronted the filmmaker for showering Maguire with attention and virtually ignoring him while making the 2007 film.

Franco also confesses he had feelings for leading lady Dunst.
 
He says, "I felt you gave Tobey Maguire so much attention during Spider-Man ...

Starstruck? Find out which celebrities are attending the South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals March 8-17 in Austin, Texas. The SXSW features seven separate festivals including: music, film, interactive, gaming, trade show, music gear and flatstock. In 1987, only 700 people showed up. In 2013, 300,000 are expected to attend, generating $190 million in revenue for the city of Austin. Here's who you can expect to see if you're attending the event.

1. The Brave and Daring: Selena Gomez

Selena can do it all: act, sing, design clothing and enthrall us all with her charms. Beyond her p...

On Thursday, James Franco received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was honored with the 2,492nd sidewalk plaque at a special ceremony, where guest speakers included Seth Rogen and Franco's “Oz the Great and Powerful” director Sam Raimi.

Raimi joked about his leading man for his wide-ranging interests in writing, painting, acting and lecturing, saying, "Working with James over the years, I've learned many things about him. James is a teacher, a poet, a sculptor, an actor, a director, a writer, a producer, a basket weaver - the thing goes on and on for days! Seems like we're always ...

Actor James Franco is set to make his Broadway debut in an upcoming adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice And Men.

The Your Highness star will play intelligent field worker George Milton, who travels around California in search of work with his mentally disabled best friend, Lennie Small.

Franco announced the news during an appearance on The Colbert Report, but few other details were available as WENN went to press.

The multi-talented hunk was originally slated to make his stage debut opposite Nicole Kidman in a 2011 production of Sweet Bird of Youth, but the project never came...

James Franco is asking a judge to toss a lawsuit filed against him by a former New York University professor who sued the actor for calling him a "bad teacher". 

Jose Angel Santana filed a defamation lawsuit against the 127 Hours star in September, claiming he made "disparaging and inaccurate public statements" against him after receiving a poor grade in his class. 

Santana requested a default judgment in his favour after the actor allegedly failed to respond, but now Franco has hit back, insisting he was never properly served with the lawsuit. 

In newly filed legal documents, obtained b...

Vanessa Hudgens is set to prove that she's all grown up now with her new film, Spring Breakers, about a bunch of college girls who rob a diner to fund their spring break trip.

Things quickly go downhill from there; and it's much darker and more violent than the typical family-friendly films for which the actress is best known. Even co-star and fellow Disney kid Selena Gomez has asked her younger fans not to see it.

Vanessa recently did a new photoshoot and interview for Paper magazine; discussing her extensive Disney background, those 2007 photos that hit the internet (you know which ...

James Franco has unveiled a new art exhibition entitled Gay Town at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.

The 127 Hours star, who took up painting as a high school student, is displaying pieces he has created over the last two years in the new solo show, which coincides with the annual movie event in the German capital.

Gay Town delves into themes including adolescence, stereotypes and public and private personas, and features paintings, videos, drawings, sculpture and photography.

Franco created "many of the works in hotel rooms, makeshift studios and other temporary loc...

Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and the other girl (Rachel Korine) show their sexy curves in colorful bikinis on the new French posters for Spring Breakers, opening March 22 (March 6 in France).

If the trailer is any indication, the four girls wear skimpy bikinis throughout the entire film. There hasn't been a movie with this much eye-candy since Jessica Alba left very little to the imagination in 2005's Into the Blue.

The lovely ladies star as college friends left behind while all the other students leave campus and head off to spring break. The gilrs can't afford to go ...

James Franco has dodged gay rumors ever since high school, but he doesn't care if people think he's gay or straight.

Of course, some of the projects he's done have only added to the problem. He has played several gay characters in films like "Milk" and "Blind Spot," and he also kissed actor Will Forte on "Saturday Night Live" in 2009.
 
Although many have questioned his sexuality, the actor insists he's not offended.
 
He told MTV.com, "In high school these girls got mad at me and so they spread this rumor that I was having a gay relationship with one of my closest friends. And they even m...

James Franco has apologized for mocking Justin Bieber in a spoof music video that he posted online and subsequently removed.

The actor put on a blonde wig and baseball cap as he lipsynced Bieber's hit song "Boyfriend." Franco posted the clip on his WhoSay.com page earlier this month.

Many of the pop star's fans weren't too happy with the video, leading Franco to remove it from the website. He has since opened up about the stunt, insisting he didn't mean to offend anyone.

He told Eonline.com: "I was asked to take it down by some people. Bieber didn't contact me, but I don't think he was t...

James Franco wrote a poem to commemorate the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.

The actor appeared to struggle to come up with something interesting for readers after he was commisioned by Yahoo! News editors to write something for the President, who began his second term on Monday.

Franco detailed his writing challenge in the piece, titled "Obama in Asheville." 

He wrote: "I was asked to write something for the inauguration of his second term, but what could I write? I was in Asheville, studying writing, but not the political sort; I write confessions and characters, and tha...

The first trailer for Spring Breakers is finally here, and Disney darlings Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens are sure to shed their good-girl images in the very dark looking film.

Gomez and Hudgens, along with accomplices Ashley Benson Rachel Korine, are the only ones left at their college while everyone else has gone on Spring Break. With no money to go anywhere, the four conspire to rob a diner and use the cash to head out for some fun in the sun.

Then Karma kicks in as the girls get arrested and thrown in jail after their vacation rental gets raided for drugs. But bigtime drug dealer Al...

What better way to an attract a movie audience than with posters featuring the sexy young cast in bikinis?

"Spring Breakers" stars Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Rachel Korine as college girls who have a unique way of funding their spring break getaway - robbing a fast food restaurant. Unfortunately, the four friends are thrown in jail after a police raid on their beach-front apartment.

James Franco plays Alien, the wild-eyed drug dealer who bails them out, leading them on a spring break they could never have imagnined.

The actresses pose provocatively in the four new ...

Hollywood actor James Franco has transformed himself into Justin Bieber to mock the teenage pop star in a spoof video.

The Spider-Man star dons a Bieber-style wig and baseball cap as he mimes along to the singer's hit track "Boyfriend" in a clip posted on celebrity interaction website WhoSay.com.

Franco's rumored girlfriend Ashley Benson also appears in the video, showing off raunchy dance moves while wearing a brunette wig, apparently in reference to the singer's on/off partner Selena Gomez.

Benson worked with Gomez on new movie Spring Breakers.

Consider us excited for This is the End after watching this hilarious red band trailer.

In the uncut look at the film, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill and Danny McBride must survive the end of the world (great timing on the trailer release). The best part, perhaps, is that they are playing themselves.

Holed up in Franco's home in California, the actors need to survive the apocalypse and each other. The trailer is full of nasty jokes and over-the-top gore. Check it out!

This Red Band trailer is recommended for viewers over the age of 17

James Franco is a poetic type of guy. The actor, whose resume includes everything from teaching to filmmaking, has penned a collection of lyrical verses called "Directing Herbert White."

The piece will is about his work on adapting Frank Bidart's poem "Herbert White" into a short film. Graywolf Press will release his book of poetry in April, 2014.

The actor told the New York Times, "(It will be) about my relationship to that poem, Frank's relationship to the poem as I have learned about it from knowing Frank and the adaptation process."

Franco, who earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in ...

Hollywood hunk James Franco is reportedly dating Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson.

The actor first sparked rumors of a budding relationship with Benson after the couple was spotted on a romantic walk through Washington Square Park in New York City earlier this month.

The speculation was then fueled last week after the pair held hands while enjoying the spooky Halloween attraction Haunted Hayride in Los Angeles.

A source tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "They have been seeing each other for a little over a month, but things are going well."

Making a movie is not easy. A director must balance telling the story he or she wants the audience to experience with the logistics of dealing with a crew, actors, budgets, locations and myriad other headaches that come into play before, during and after production. For that reason, the work of first-time directors can be difficult to critique because the sheer fact alone that he or she was able to complete a feature-length film is impressive. However, that can only excuse so much. Stephen Elliott, best known as a writer and blogger, makes his debut as a director and screenwriter with About...

Former teen stars turned grown-up stars Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens looked elegant on the red carpet for the premiere of their upcoming film Spring Breakers at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday night.

Selena opted for a very light pink strapless gown while Vanessa took the plung with a deep neckline. The two were joined by co-stars Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine, who shimmered in blue and gold, respectively.

The four stars appeared to have loads of fun shooting the film earlier this year when they were spotted cruising the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida in bikinis on Vespa sco...

James Franco has been hit with a lawsuit by his former university lecturer in an ongoing legal dispute.

Jose Angel Santana took court action last year against New York University (NYU), alleging he was unfairly dismissed from his job after giving the 127 Hours star a 'D' grade for cutting class.

Now, he has lodged papers at Manhattan Supreme Court against the actor himself, demanding unspecified damages following comments Franco made in April about his time at the university.

Santana tells the New York Post, "I didn't deserve to be on the receiving end of those falsehoods. I was outra...

James Franco is preparing to go gay once more in a new project based on filmmaker William Friedkin's controversial movie Cruising.

The actor, who played Sean Penn's character's lover in Milk, has been inspired to shoot his own version of the 1980 film, which starred Al Pacino as a New York cop searching for a serial killer in the city's gay underground.

However, James Franco's Cruising will not be a remake - the Oscar nominee could not secure the rights to the movie, so he decided to re-imagine what the lost 40 minutes of footage that Friedkin had to cut from the original to satisfy cen...

One of our favorite things about James Franco is the fact that he's not only really cool, but he's also kind of creepy. You know, he's super intense and seems to always be laughing at some private joke that only he understands, but at the same time, he's really hot. It's a hard combo to pull off, but somehow Franco does it.

Which is good for us as film fans, but maybe not quite so good for Winona Ryder in the new trailer for "The Letter."

Ryder, you see, plays a playwright hard at work on a brand new project. And luckily for her, Franco is there to play her leading man. There's just one ...

James Franco has designed a limited edition switchblade in memory of Brad Renfro, the late actor who beat him to a lead role in 2002 movie Deuces Wild.

The 127 Hours star created the flick knife as "a metaphor for people that don't have control over their lives" following Renfro's death from an accidental heroin overdose in 2008.

Franco unveiled the $850 blade on Saturday at New York City's The New Museum, where he also screened his short film Brad Renfro Forever.

In the art-house movie, tattooist Mark Mahoney uses one of the special blades to etch 'Brad' into Franco's flesh, causing ...

For superhero fans, there's only one thing in this world that could possibly be more exciting than "The Avengers": a Justice League movie. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the rest of DC Comics' legendary heroes, all in one film? Superhero nirvana.

With "The Avengers" blasting away box office records, that dream may finally become a reality. So we thought now would be the perfect time to reveal our dream cast for "The Justice League." Because someone needs to assemble these heroes, and it might as well be us.

Batman

Christian Bale has already announced he's done with...

Emma Watson survived the wrath of Voldemort. But will she survive the end of days?

The Hogwarts graduate will work her formidable magic as the latest guest of Seth Rogen's all-star apocalypse party, "The End of the World," according to Heat Vision.

Watson has joined the increasingly impressive ensemble cast of the dark comedy, which also just recruited Jason Segel and David Krumholtz for the tale of, well, the end of the world, as seen through the eyes of several young actor-types playing meta-versions of themselves.

Emma Watson will be playing "Emma Watson" in the film, which also featu...

Selena Gomez shared a cast photo from the set of Spring Breakers on Tuesday giving a first look at the film's bad guy, Alien - a gun & drug dealer who bails four girls out of jail after they rob a restaurant to go to Spring Break.

The character, apparently modeled on Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline , is played by none other than James Franco.

"This is where the trouble begins... ;) ps Rachel is sexy," Selena tweeted along with the pic, referring to co-star Rachel Korine (far right).

Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Heather Morris also star in the film.

Selena also shared a ...