Anne Hathaway and James Franco have reportedly been asked to host the 2011 Academy Awards.
In a big shift, it looks like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has moved away from its more mature hosts and instead has chosen these hot young stars!
Deadline reports, “the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has asked James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host the Academy Awards, and it ‘looks like’ both young stars have accepted the offer.” This is going to be one sexy Oscar telecast!
In addition to hosting there is a very good chance James and Anne could find themselves nominees, him for 127 Hours and her for Love and Other Drugs!
Anne made a memorable appearance during the 2008 awards when she danced and sang with host Hugh Jackman during the show’s opening number.
James Franco is one of those actors who is constantly plagued with the is-he-or-isn’t-he gay rumors. And why wouldn’t he be? He’s played gay men – and directed movies about gay men. But no, he’s not gay. In fact, he’s had the same girlfriend (actress Ahna O’Reilly) for five years!
In addition to the two gay-themed poems he adapted for student films (Frank Bidart’s “Herbert White” being the other), Franco portrayed a 17-year-old swimmer dating an older man in the gay indie film Blind Spot and Harvey Milk’s lover in Milk. He also French-kissed Will Forte on Saturday Night Live, took a queer studies course at NYU, and created performance art pieces about gender and sexual confusion. And then there’s Franco’s first solo art show this past summer in New York City; it featured video monologues with lines like “We’re all gender-f**ked—we’re all something in between, floating like angels.”
And now, just in case Franco hasn’t confounded us enough (and blown the lid off the conventional thinking about how many gay projects an A-list actor can tackle without imploding), he’s taking on arguably his most challenging role yet: iconic gay poet Allen Ginsberg, a man who discovered within himself “mountains of homosexuality.”
“If you were gay or bisexual, would you tell me?” I ask him. “Are we at a point where someone like yourself could matter-of-factly come out without the world stopping for a day or two?”
He smiles and glances out the window. One of the college students shuffles closer. “Sure, I’d tell you if I was,” he says. “I guess the reason I wouldn’t is because I’d be worried that it would hurt my career. I suppose that’s the reason one wouldn’t do that, right? But no, that wouldn’t be something that would deter me. I’m going to do projects that I want to do. Everyone thinks I’m a stoner, and some people think I’m gay because I’ve played these gay roles. That’s what people think, but it’s not true. I don’t smoke pot. I’m not gay. But on another level, there’s something in me that is able to play roles like that in a way that’s convincing.”
Danny Boyle, the director who brought us Trainspotting, The Beach and Slumdog Millionaire, returns to theaters this November with 127 Hours.
The movie centers around the true story of Aron Ralston’s near death experience in 2003, in which he was trapped by a boulder while climbing in Utah. He was ultimately forced to cut off his own arm, in order to survive.
The trailer looks amazing, looks a lot like The Beach (which I loved!). Check it out above!
“Pineapple Express” actor James Franco’s appearance at the “Saturday Night” premiere in New York City, New York on May 2, 2010 stirred up quite a few questions concerning the star’s well being. The usually strapping young actor showed up to the event looking sweaty, unfocused and could hardly keep his eyes open. Franco has always been an advocate of recreational marijuana use, but his thin frame and frighteningly questionable marks on his middle arm makes one wonder if he hasn’t started dabbling in something harder.
UPDATE: According to ICYDK reader Syd, he offers up an explanation – and it totally makes sense! I think he’s probably right, and I’m happy to read another explanation of the marks besides thinking he’s into drugs or something of the sort!
Franco has been out in Utah the last 2 months shooting Danny Boyle’s 127 hours – the story of Aron Ralston, the hiker who got trapped under a rock and SAWED HIS ARM OFF! It’s the SAME ARM & EXACT PLACE where you can see those marks on his arm. (Ralston tied a tourniquet around his arm before sawing it off right at the elbow).
James Franco might have made a big name for himself on the silver screen, but that doesn’t mean the small screen is too small for him! James will appear on General Hospital on Nov. 23, followed by on and off appearances for two months afterwards, Fancast.com reports.
Details on James’ role on the show are hush-hush for now, but we do know that his character will represent “the worst nightmare” for Jason Morgan, the mob thug played by Emmy winner Steve Burton.
James is no stranger to TV either — he got his start on Judd Apatow’sFreaks and Geeks, a much beloved show that unfortunately only lasted one season.
