James Franco Archives

James Franco and Jon Hamm sandwich in co-star David Strathairn during a forum for their new movie, Howl, at the Stella Artois Cutting Room during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on Friday (January 22) in Park City, Utah.

Before attending the event sponsored by Stella Artois, James was seen warming up at the T-Mobile myTouch Diner, which has been serving major A-listers from Chef Alan Jackson’s menu.

Check out one of the first reviews of Howl at HollywoodReporter.com!

FYI: Jon will be hosting Saturday Night Live on Jan. 30 with musical guest Michael Buble.

James Franco is taking his General Hospital character, Franco, to a whole new level by bringing him into the NYC art world!

NYMag reports that the 31-year-old actor will participate in a gallery show at NYC’s Deitch Projects for an upcoming “special episode” of the soap he’ll be co-directing.

James wrote an editorial for the Wall Street Journal last month explaining why he wanted to guest star on GH, explaining that he considers it experimental performance art.

“No matter how far I got into the character, I was going to be perceived as something that doesn’t belong to the incredibly stylized world of soap operas,” he wrote.

James Franco and Tina Fey share a pair of P.J. Salvage cupcake print pajamas in this shot from 30 Rock’s first episode back after the holidays!

In the episode, entitled “Klaus and Greta,” Jenna pretends to date James to cover a secret of his, while Liz brings a cousin to NYC and Jack isn’t proud of doing some drunk dialing on New Year’s Eve!

New episodes of 30 Rock begin airing on Thursday, January 14 on NBC!

James Franco hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend with musical guest Muse.

Click inside to watch the entire holiday episode including special guests Mike Tyson and Jack McBrayer (“What Up With That”), Andy Samberg as Mark Wahlberg (“Mark Wahlberg Talks to Xmas Animals”) and a Jersey Shore spoof (“Update: Snookie”).

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James Franco and SNL regular Kenan Thompson make a few funnies while promoting this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live.

Franco will host with Muse as this week’s musical guest! Are you excited for this episode???

FYI: James has been busy shooting the ABC soap series General Hospital.

Watch SNL this weekend @ 11:30PM ET/PT on NBC! WHAT THE FRANCO???

James Franco makes his transition from the big screen to daytime on soap opera General Hospital on Nov. 20.

“This guy had 100 pages to learn in one day,” Steve Burton, who plays gangster Jason Morgan, tells Life & Style. “He’s really putting his butt on the line.”

James was told he could use a teleprompter if he wanted, but he opted to learn his lines just like everyone else. “I didn’t think he would use one, just because of the type of actor he is,” says Steve. “A lot of times people come from film and don’t know the workload, so I can see why he might have been thinking about it. This is the total antithesis of film. But he’s doing great.”

Why did James want to do the soap in the first place? “It certainly wasn’t for the money!” Steve says. “He wanted to try it out and get the experience. My reaction when I heard he was doing it was the same as the rest of America’s: Why is he doing this? Obviously, he doesn’t have a big ego.”

James Franco is getting excited about his General Hospital gig!

The 31-year-old actor spoke with New York magazine about his GH role, what he filmed on Monday and how soaps are different from movies…

On a cameo he filmed: “I was filming 30 Rock today. It was very fun. I worked with Tina Fey a little bit over the summer on the movie Date Night….I play myself but a very strange version.”

On what filming a soap’s like: “They gave me a script for the day that was as thick as a film script and that’s what we planned to shoot in a single day. No ad-libbing.

“If I needed it, they said they had a TelePrompTer, but the regulars didn’t use it so I didn’t want to use it, either.”

On the difference between soaps and movies: “[Y]ou do one take. They’re going for one take because they have about four cameras for each setup.

“It’s one take: You do the whole scene and then you’re on to the next. That’s three or four pages in a moment.”

Click inside for James‘ newest General Hospital promo!

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James Franco has hit General Hospital!

The 31-year-old actor, who began work on the soap set on October 30 (Friday), will play Franco, a mystery man who’s “a little off” for a two month period on the show. See his name in the background? Must be a big shot…

General Hospital’s executive producer, Jill Farren Phelps, told EW that James‘ dedication to the show was incredible.

“When we first talked to James, we asked him if he really knew what he was getting into,” Jill told EW. “But he was dazzling in terms of being able to memorize his lines. He has a remarkable process. He never forgot his lines.”

Don’t miss James on General Hospital starting next Friday (November 20)!

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