James Franco

[quote] Will you see his new film?

Only if Kimiko co-stars

His brother Dave is directing now. He'll probably eclipse James soon.

No.

Franco looks worse than ever. He's back just in time to play Casey White.

I find him (even more) gross. This sounds like a C list movie.

Still cute.

I lurve him!

Only if he sucks dick on cam again.

Are people drawn to creeps?

hot...

So has he given up on the gay baiting movies? He's sticking to straight bro stuff like Jake G?

It's a good career move imo.

Straight men won't cancel you.

R11, yeah, rapists and incels tend to stick together

R12 How is he an incel when these hoes paid money for his perverted sex acting school? It's as if prostitutes would pay their clients.

R13, incel was just an example. James is certainly a rapist though. By tarring both groups of men with the same brush I'm just trying to point out that what they have in common is utter contempt for women.

No, because the plot sounds pedestrian and race-baiting.

That picture of James is very Chester Molester.

He looks wrecked.

Yes and lick his sexy sleazy ass crack as well.

R16 I think he looks natural and cute. Better than the other botox celebs for sho' ...and he has finally white teeth. Great!

Remember that Brazilian gay club?

I still find him hot, in a dirty way. I would have welcomed his advances, but of course his energies were wasted on women. Women always complain while gays tend to just role with the fun without expected the guy to marry them after a few fucks. So, I welcome him back and honestly wouldn't care if Spacey comes back as well. Talentless Bryan Singer is the one that should be thrown out of Hollywood for the shit he did to Superman and X-Men. I swear that bitch was being paid by Marvel to sabotage those properties.

R20 yes

James frolicking a Sao Paulo gay club was on local news and you can still find references online from articles of the day in Portuguese. He was in Brazil promoting a new shopping mall. There were tons of stories about him making out with guys at the club. It's not even marginal gossip but something reported by corporate media. It's pretty obvious he's a bisexual guy on top of being a sex addict.

I told you all, he'd be back. DLers like to pretend "cancelling" lasts. Please, people have short attention spans today.

I still don't get what Franco did was illegal. The women signed up for his sex scene class. They felt he would help their careers and him being cute certainly didn't make them reluctant. They sued because it didn't work out for them. Franco was a moron for that idea and with his looks, it's odd he used that to get laid. But he didn't break any laws.

hot...

This is the club. It was shutdown for a while but apparently they're back. This club is gay but also mixed, lots of straight couples and alternative people. They also host a rock themed night every Sunday since the mid 1990s called Grind, which is the day he was there I think. It's a club one would expect a film major or arts major to enjoy and patron. Lots of famous straight people go there, actually. It made perfect sense that he went there.

uhm....

He's homoromantic bisexual. I don't know why he wastes time dating women. Tbf, a lot of gay men probably wouldn't want him for a relationship either. So he needs to find another bisexual men and have an open relationship with threesomes

Franco, hot? I'm outta here

Hollywood is a big star Jewish bros clubs. Of course he’s back.

Gentiles and gays are not so lucky.

R25 From Google Translate, so bare with me, pun intended.

[quote] Enjoying life James Franco is seen at a gay club in São Paulo

[quote] Actor is in the country for a brand event at the JK Iguatemi mall

11/12/2012 - 11:51 am

[quote] Before falling into the club, James Franco went out to dinner in São Paulo

[quote] Danilo Carvalho and Thais Aline / AgNews

[quote] American actor James Franco is in São Paulo to participate in an event promoted by Gucci at the JK Iguatemi mall, in São Paulo, this Monday. The artist, who arrived in Guarulhos this Sunday morning and is staying at the Fasano hotel, arrived almost unnoticed.

[quote] However, on Sunday night, Franco decided to go clubbing. The option chosen by him was, according to the Glamurama website , A Lôca, an LGBT point in the city. According to reports from those who were there, informed to the site, Franco was loose in the company of some young men, as if he was just a regular visitor to the place. Earlier, the actor had dinner at the Figueira Rubaiyat restaurant.

[quote] This Monday, after the event at the São Paulo mall, the actor goes to a party also offered by Gucci at the Número bar, in Jardins, a sensation in São Paulo and a meeting point for socialites, models, artists, entrepreneurs and stylists.

[quote] Career and personal life

[quote] Hollywood actor James Franco is known for playing Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man films , Aron Ralston in 127 Hours - for which he was nominated for an Oscar in the best actor category - and Will Rodman in Planet of the Apes: Inception .

R29 He has a lovely smile

[quote] I would have welcomed his advances

Yes, because you're a *man*.

Why is it so fucking difficult to understand physical/emotional power dynamics, and the problems that creates in heterosexual scenarios over homosexual ones? Is it just that you've never had sex with a female, and don't understand that you can't just go at it with one while having zero consideration?

r33 I do understand which is why I get frustrated that women get all this attention from straight men but waste it complaining. Like damn, is this the Mayflower? If a hot famous man wants to bed me, I'm game. If I'm not, I'll tell him off. If I sign up for a sex class with him then that's on me. None of this required endless articles and tears. But women are different which is why hot men shouldn't waste their time on the ant-sex ladies.

R33 But this is not a man's job anymore or it shouldn't be. Feminism has made women equal to men, there are countless of women doing slutwalks to free themselves of negative gender norms that lead to slut-shaming. So why should men continue being all careful with women? If you still want to cling onto your "power dynamics" excuse, I guess it's also time for women to go back to the kitchen then? The scandal with James Franco involved adult women and they should be ashamed of themselves making such a drama out of that situation which according to at least one of his accuser's own words involved her consent. It's time for women to man up. #TeamJames

Take your stupid frau fight elsewhere. This is a thread to talk about Franco.

alopecia?

Ok, if he is trying to make a comeback, I'm more convinced than ever that Elizabeth on General Hospital is being haunted by Franco's ghost(played by James Franco, again) and he will probably appear for like two episodes to generate headlines for himself and GH which is gearing up to celebrate their 60th Anniversary. So if you see that headline in the next few weeks, I'm right. If you don't I'm wrong, but it would've worked.

It's funny how people are always saying that rape is not about sex but about control and power, but then virtually every woman I see who was raped or sexually abused by someone famous, is young and objectively attractive.

R39 Rape is always about sexual gratification. Yeah there's sadistic predator types who do get off on humiliation and will target children, animals and the elderly as they are defenseless but they still get pressure. So most rape is driven by lust and a desire to dominate. Many young men were also taught to be aggressive and when they are in a sexually aggressive state, they ignore verbal warnings and body language. When I was in health class (circa 2000s), we were taught a lot about body language and the importance of listening to "no." There's an alarming amount of young men who don't see their behavior as harrasment or rape.

*pleasure

Does OP's photo represent the very best that expert lighting and makeup can do for him now?

Almost everyone deserves a second chance.

Franco didn't kill, rape or beat up anyone. He was just creepy. So many people have done worse. Katy Perry allegedly harrased a male model and made an American Idol contestant kiss her as a judge yet she's not cancelled. Lena Dunham admitted to molesting her sister yet is not cancelled. Demi Moore made out with a young teen as a grown woman on video but she's not cancelled. Madonna admitted to sleeping with underage boys yet not cancelled. The double standard is gross. If there was evidence Franco actually molested people then I'd cancel him in a heartbeat. But nothing has surfaced. This bandwagon effect is bullshit too, people claim anything for clout now .

ISHC

Didn’t he exploit and abuse young girls? I’m sure he sexed minors. What is your standard?

I voted NO, 'cos he's an absolute wanker/creep.

You can clean him up but he still looks dirty to me.

I never liked him as an actor.

He isn't someone I'd pay to see but would snag an illegal download of his movie.

He was a looker back in the day.

[quote] Mace (Franco) is a veteran officer, corrupt and dangerously unhinged, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within.

What an incredibly unique story, literally never been told before!

He actually looks better. I’m surprised he is aging beautifully 😮

He and Dave have good genes as both looked younger than their ages. Their brother isn't half bad either.

Hated him long before it was cool.

My sullen Welsh heart has not ever and shall not ever forgive him for TRISTAN & ISOLDE (2006).

Regarding ability as an actor, he’s about two notches above Keanu.

The problem with haunting beauty as a youth- is that you actually age into frigging LOOKING haunted. Even with the best plastic surgeon, sobriety or health.

It’s the same thing I for those starlets that have “quirky”, pixie, dainty, or “coquettish” features…

You know who ages well? Plain people age well.

I like Keanu more. He’s not a good actor but he’s much more interesting than Franco.

This was pretty much Franco's high point in movies

I love him.. I think he looks great...

Hi James!

He could do serious dramatic roles or do TV maybe a sitcom. I feel he tried way too hard in being artsy and experimental. He did too soon as well. He was built up from the praise he got from Spider-Man. Tristan and Isolde, Milk and 127 Hours is where he should have gone. Not his obsession with gay sex and Faulkner. He built up this image that got torn down. Weirdly, I like him for trying to be an outsider and doing his own thing. But that always can backfire and harm you. His brother Dave took the safer route and is now enjoying success as a writer and director and working with his cute wife. James wanted to be like Newman, Brando, Hopper, Eastwood and Beatty but he didn't earn it.

I'd suck his cock (if he's cut) and eat his hole. Always thought he was hot and still is.

[quote]Does OP's photo represent the very best that expert lighting and makeup can do for him now?

I actually think that the best photo I've seen of him in years.

Looks like Joey from Friends.

R51 was he Isolde?

James Franco still looks good in OPs Pic, I always liked him, and still do. I'd enroll in the Sex with James Franco classes anytime. Yum!

Just found out that Dave Franco's wife is a Schermerhorn. Classy, especially for a guy from Paly.

Dave had to work harder because he was in the shadow of his older brother. I imagine in school, Dave got compared to his hot brother who was dreamy on Freaks and Geeks and Spider-Man all the time. As opposed to James who leveraged his looks and money into vanity projects that had no substance. Dave seemed to develop his intellect into studying film and writing and actually learning the art of movie making. He and his wife, Alison make a cute nerdy Jewish couple who work on movies together.

R68 Dave's wife is Jewish and has little ties to the Anglican wealth of the Gilded Age Schermerhorns.

Dave and James grew up upper middle class. The Bay Area is not cheap.

[quote] His mother, Betsy Lou (née Verne), is a children's book author and occasional actress, and his father, Douglas Eugene Franco, ran a Silicon Valley business

Dutch Reformed, R70!

From the DL thread linked below:

I quote: "Both James and Dave have skinny, average-length cocks. But they have that pale/delicate skin that gets really red when they're hard. "

How does that look like? A totally red cock? What?

R72 Seems that plenty of the Schermerhorns were Episcopalians.

"Peter Schermerhorn was elected to the Vestry of Grace Church in 1820, and one of the Wardens in 1845".

"HORATIO, son of (109) John P. Schermerhorn and Rebecca H. Stevens; b. Apr. 10, 1805; bp. in Trinity Church"

Both are Episcopal churches.