James Franco Makes A Beautiful Woman

There's a new movie out called HOWL in which James Franco plays Beat poet Allen Ginsburg.  Considering his past movie history of stoners and superhero villains I thought it might be a stretch but he's been getting great reviews.  But now comes his greatest role....as a woman.

Franco got all dragged up for the cover of the new Candy magazine, a new monthly devoted to all things trannie.  Who would have ever guessed James Franco, who is a very handsome man, would make such a striking woman.  He almost resembles one of those Robert Palmer chicks from that video.  But classier.

After studying fiction at Columbia, playing a nutty performance artist on GENERAL HOSPITAL, and even putting on his own art show, one wonders...is there anything James Franco can't do?

Joan Jett, Allen Ginsberg and The Sundance Buzz

The Sundance Film Festival got underway in Park City last weekend.  This is the first year that programmer John Cooper is taking the reins of the festival and, if you believe the hype, it's actually proving to be a pretty good year at that.  The big buzz films so far are: 

• THE RUNAWAYS, a Joan Jett biopic starring Kristen Stewart as the 16 year old lead singer of the early 80's LA-punk sensations
• CATFISH, a shocking doc about a Facebook connection that goes so terribly wrong  that reviewers aren't providing spoilers
• HOWL, a star studded movie about Allen Ginsberg and his beautifully profane poem that landed him in an obscenity trial
• THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, a Julianne Moore and Annette Benning as lesbian moms who meet their sperm donor in a movie already getting '11 Oscar buzz

To me, all of these sound great...especially the Runaways movie.  Also, I think it's amazing that actors like James Franco and John Hamm got together to make a movie about an epic poem.  You don't see that in Hollywood everyday (discounting that animated & somewhat bastardized BEOWULF from a few years back). And, of course, James Franco looks great in glasses!