Busy Phillips describes a terrifying encounter with James Franco in her upcoming memoir, “This Will Only Hurt a Little.” Recalling the traumatizing incident, she refers to Franco as a “f***ing bully.” This is one in a long series of serious accusations by women against James Franco — five women have accused the actor of various…
Zoey Deutch’s verdict on James Franco’s kissing skills are in. “Meh,” she deadpans on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.” After test driving his lips in a scene on “Why Him,” she candidly describes his bad breath and mediocre smooching talent. When prompted, she confirms that it was nothing memorable. As a teen, I…
Scarlett Johansson is making headlines for attacking James Franco at the Los Angeles women’s march this weekend. But her decision to focus her speech on the grey areas of sexual misconduct that some see as “bad sex” and others as “sexual assault” is the real news. In a brilliant speech, Johansson raised the level of…
On January 10, the opening night of the New York Jewish Film Festival was celebrated by a screening of the moving, intelligent and mysterious film “Razzia,” and the confusion of some members of the audience. What, exactly, one of them asked, was Jewish about the movie? It followed five characters through Casablanca, one of whom,…
Nobody wants to live in a world where lives are made and ruined by the court of public opinion. Nobody wants rumors on Twitter to decide punishments for accused public figures. Everybody wants justice to reign and for the law to be decided by Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Ruth Bader Ginsberg alone (at least I…
Seth Rogen isn’t a terrorist who has long planned a presidential assassination along with Miley Cyrus and James Franco. If he was working with Miley Cyrus we would know — his movies would have more women in them! (I’m going for a tone of light humor that nevertheless seethes with feminist rage here. How’m I…
Is America ready for a nuanced commentary that uses comedy to examine how women can be inconsistent about sexual harassment allegations? Of course! We are always ready for great, nuanced criticism no matter how hard it is to hear. But what happened on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend was not great or nuanced. The…
James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill do everything together — they smoke weed, they make movies and now they deliver “Saturday Night Live” monologues together. Franco hosted the late night variety show for the 4th time this weekend, and was joined for his opening monologue by comedians Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and even Steve…
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