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[POPWRAP | Gossip | Entertainment | News] It was first reported in July that the increasingly bookish James Franco would star in a biopic of acclaimed poet Allen Ginsberg and now we've got our first look at the actor as a pre-bald and fat Ginsberg.

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[PopSugar] James Franco Steps Into Ginsberg's Shoes and Howls | James Franco ...: James Franco transformed into poet Allen Ginsberg on the set of his new movie Howl in NYC yesterday. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ginsberg's most famous work, James is taking on the biopic along with costars Jeff Daniels, .

[Snitch] Snitch Celebrity Gossip and News » James Franco Steps Into ...:  James Franco transformed into poet Allen Ginsberg on the set of his new movie Howl in NYC yesterday. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ginsberg's most famous work, James is taking on the biopic along with costars Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and .

[phillyBurbs.com: Don't Mind if I Do RSS feed] PhillyBurbs.com: James Franco to publish short story collection: I’m James Franco, I’m going to read the poetry I wrote about my motorcycle.’ I mean, I’m working with real poets. I’m doing it in as serious a way as I can.” In the same article Judd Apatow recalls Franco reading James Joyce and Dostoevsky on the set of "Freaks and Geeks." Franco will be translating his love of literature on the silver screen when he plays Allan Ginsberg in the biopic "Howl," which will be produced by Gus Van Sant.

[The Film Feed] Jesse Eisenberg Joins Kill Your Darlings as Allen Ginsberg ...: Killer Films is developing Kill Your Darlings, about the poet Allen Ginsberg and the murder that helped spawn the Beat Generation. Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland) has been cast in the lead role as Ginsberg, .

[lemonwade] Another Allen Ginsberg Movie: The Ginsberg genre is getting crowded: James Franco (right) has previously been announced to play the poet in a movie called “Howl.” I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds it amusing that Ginsberg, with his gnomic looks, .

[Celebrity news, TV news, Movie news, fashion and lifestyle articles] James Franco To Star In Indie Film About Poet Allen Ginsberg: Joining Franco are David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd. Production will kick off on March 16 in New York.

[Jewssip] Recent Posts: Franco is also giving gay another spin as Beat poet, Allen Ginsberg in the movie Howl. It will be something else seeing perfect James transform into a fat, bald gay man on trial for obscenity for the groundbreaking poem Howl (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,)

[Daily Intel] James Franco’s Literary Debut Is Probably Doomed -- Daily Intel ...: Madonna No less than School Library Journal sniffed at Madge's The English Roses, which she wrote in her previous incarnation as a English lady of the manor. "All in all, this overproduced episode, the first of a projected series, will have to rely on hype rather than content or presentation to find a readership." Damn.

[The Jewelry BlogStore] In the Future, Every Movie Is Robots [Trade Roundup] | The Jewelry ...: the Whale and the upcoming Adventureland , will be playing poet Allen Ginsberg in an ensemble movie about a beatnik murder. This is likely the only time that Jesse Eisenberg will be competing with James Franco .

[LimeLife] James Franco: The Next Proust? - james franco - james franco short ...: But really, hold on to them, because James Franco is blowing up all over the literary scene. This comes on the heels of news that Franco signed on recently to star in the film Howl, which chronicles the obscenity trial stemming from the publication of the 1956 Allen Ginsberg poem of the same name.

[cinema, verytasty.] James Franco Is Allen Ginsberg | cinema, verytasty.: Aside from Franco, this project already has a pretty stellar cast. David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary Louise Parker, and Paul Rudd have all taken on roles already, in what’s shaping up to look like something that could be special.

[CelebsandTheCity.com - celebrity news blog] James Franco Howls!: Franco will play Allen Ginsberg in ‘Howl,’ a film about the obscenity trial into the poet’s eponymous Beat Generation work.

[Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog] James Franco takes on his 2nd straight gay role as poet Allen Ginsberg: - about the 1957 obscenity trial over Ginsberg’s most famous poem - “is just so important. I’m playing him when he was in his late 20s, just after he went to Columbia,”

[Film In Focus] FilmInFocus Editor's Blog | The Class of Milk: Read Film News ...: After their success on Milk, actor James Franco and director Gus Van Sant are reteaming on the movie Howl, a biopic of Allen Ginsberg that begins shooting next week in NYC. Franco will play the iconic Beat poet, while Van Sant is .

[Sherry's Blog] Real Estate Blog - James Franco in Statesville, NC: I'm guessing James Franco was at UNC, visiting the library collection of Allen Ginsberg's poems, books and other publications, in preparation for his next film, in which he stars as the young Allen Ginsberg. The film is called HOWL, and it's about the obscenity trial that followed the publication of Ginsberg's controversial poem of that same name.

[Starpulse Entertainment News Blog] James Franco Signs Up For Second Gay Role: Asked about taking on back-to-back gay roles, Franco tells the New York Daily News: "(It) don't make any difference to me. Ginsberg has been one of my heroes and this movie is just so important.

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