awardsdaily.com - 6/8/2009
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Did the dueling Truman Capote biopics 3 years ago open the floodgates on films bringing the significance of contemporary gay history out of the closet? Alex Billington at Firstshowing.net has this photo of James Franco as Beat Generation poet Alan Ginsberg and Aaron Tveit his longtime ...
variety.com - 6/9/2009
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variety.com —
Anania film begins production June 15 James Franco
is set to star in "In Praise of Shadows,"...
an indie drama written and directed by Jay Anania. Pic will start production June 15 in New York City. Anania is head of the directing program at the graduate ...
James Franco to star in 'Shadows' - Entertainment News, ...
ew.com - 6/8/2009
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ew.com —
In Howl , the big-screen drama about poet
Allen Ginsberg due out next year, James Franco (right,...
with costar Aaron Tveit) plays Ginsberg as ''an unsure young man who's trying to find his way,'' says the actor. Produced by Gus Van Sant, the movie ...
Howl, James Franco | Sam Worthington in 'Clash of the ...
movieline.com - 6/15/2009
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movieline.com —
James Franco has been dabbling in directing for
a while now at New York University's film school,...
where he has acknowledged the influence of poetry on his early short work. Not just any poetry, though -- we're talking about Anthony Hecht's ...
So Just How Gay is James Franco's Student Film?
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First Look At James Franco As Allen Ginsberg In Howl
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... , Franco wears the contented, self-satisfied smirk of a man who looks good and knows it. Of course, given that he's in character and shares the frame with Aaron Tveit, who plays Ginsberg's long-time partner Peter Orlovsky, it might just be the self-satisfied smirk of a man in love. Awards Daily also posted the original photo of Orlovsky and Ginsberg upon which the Howl image is based. Yes, it's true, Ginsberg himself wasn't quite the looker that Franco is-- but isn't that point of a biopic, making everyone more attractive than they were in real life? Howl , which also ...
AfterElton Briefs: James Franco as Allen Ginsberg, Kris Allen on Adam and Drake, and more!
AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters —
... at James Franco as gay beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming biopic Howl. Fans of the writers (who were also longtime lovers) were quick to point out the photo's inspiration.
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Manhattan Guys
Hollywood Elsewhere —
... re-posted the shot alongside the original still (provided by Joao Mattos ) of Orlovsky and Ginsberg in the mid '50s. Then I came along and decided to emphasize the symmetry by recropping, etc. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman , Howl is basically about the obscenity charges that Ginsberg had to face in '57 following the publication of his seminal poem (i.e., "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness , starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,angelheaded hipsters burning for ...
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We've heard a little bit about Howl , the film about the 1957 obscenity trial Allen Ginsberg faced after the publication of his poem, but this is our first look at anyone in it. James Franco stars as the poet Allen Ginsberg alongside of ...
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gawker.com 6/16/2009 — We don't know if James Franco is gay or not, but he certainly doesn't seem to care what the hell any of us think either way, so bless him for that. The latest tittering tidbit? An erotically-charged short film. Yeah, Movieline has seen the ...
James Franco is... Allen Ginsberg?
stalepopcornau.blogspot.com 3/20/2009 — I like it when actors I am fond of, yet who never really got the parts they deserve, finally get that creative wind that propels them forward. James Franco is one of those guys. Anyone who has seen Freaks and Geeks or the James Dean TV movie could tell you he had talent, but before 2008 he was ...
Franco Loves His Shadows
atomicpopcorn.net 6/9/2009 —
Yeah, I don't think I want to mess with him.
James Franco, who was in the Spider-Man trilogy and Pineapple Express, is heading right back over to the indie circuit with In Praise of Shadows . The drama written and directed by Jay Anania tells the story of William Vincent (Franco), and ...
James Franco Headed Into the 'Shadows'
etonline.com 6/9/2009 —
James Franco has signed on to his next big screen project -- read on for more details!
The 31-year-old actor will star in the indie drama 'In Praise of Shadows,' Variety reports.
The film centers around William Vincent (Franco), who ...
Arrivals show up in tune at Tonys —
Variety.com 6/8/2009
Legit News: Crowds go wild for 'Carnage' thesps, Dolly -- Fans were plenty excited to see "God of Carnage" thesps James Gandolfini, Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden and Jeff Daniels outside the 2009 Tony Awards, but the really hysterical screaming was ...
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BuddyTV 6/8/2009
When our favorite pot-selling suburban mom (who has since moved to Ren Mar, California) returns to Showtime tonight, she ponders her fate and her relationship with Mexican crime boss (and Tijuana mayor) Esteban (Demian Bichir). Elsewhere, ...
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