A Professor Got Fired Because He Gave James Franco A 'D'


You know when you read stories about celebrities attending college and graduating with honors even though they're seemingly making movies every month? They must be really smart. Or not. TMZ reports:
A former NYU professor claims he got the chop because he dared give James Franco a "D" -- this according to a new lawsuit. José Angel Santana -- who taught Franco in his "Directing the Actor" class -- is now suing the University for his job back, claiming he was wrongfully terminated ... simply because he gave Franco a low grade. According to the lawsuit, Santana dropped the D on Franco for missing 12 of the 14 classes in the MFA course. No shocker, considering the pic TMZ posted back in 2009 ... showing Franco passed out at one of his Columbia classes. When people found out that Santana gave Franco a D, Santana claims he suffered all sorts of public humiliation -- at the hands of James Franco ... and the University itself, which ultimately fired him. Santana said he was the only professor with the cojones to give Franco a bad grade -- insisting other teachers played favorites with Franco, including fellow professor Jay Anania ... who Franco hired to write and direct the film "Shadows & Lies." Santana groused, "In my opinion, they've turned the NYU graduate film degree into swag for James Franco's purposes, a possession, something you can buy." Santana told the Post, “The university has done everything in its power to curry favor with James Franco.”

James Franco showed up high as King Kong's balls to host the Oscars, so let's not pretend he was in class like Hilary Swank that time she was trying to free Sam Rockwell from prison. Or like Kim Kardashian in an African Studies class.

James Franco and Anne Hathaway 'Hate Each Other'


As the worst hosts in Oscars' history, James Franco and Anne Hathaway are now pointing fingers. Oooh, rich white people drama! Us Magazine reports:
A source tells Us Weekly that Anne Hathaway, 28, and James Franco grew to "hate each other" as they rehearsed to host the Oscars Feb. 27. "She had to provide all the energy -- he was just phoning it in," says a second insider. ("James seemed in his own little world," during the Oscar telecast, says another source. "Producers were pissed.") In fact, as UsMagazine.com reported Monday, after the awards, Franco, 32, skipped his own party at L.A.'s The Writer's Room. "He went immediately back to NYC because he was pissed about how the show went," adds a third source. Franco's rep responds, "This is absolutely not true,” while Hathaway's rep says, "Anne had a wonderful experience with him."

James Franco was "phoning it in" and "seemed in his own little world" because it was obvious to everyone at 8:31pm that he had just smoked a PODS full of weed. And it was painfully made aware that Anne Hathaway is only tolerable when she's topless. I think it's clear at this point that Charlie Sheen needs to be the next Oscar host. Does Hugh Jackman have a mercury surfboard? Is Billy Crystal made of tiger's blood? Can Chris Rock cure alcoholism with his mind? No? Then what the fuck are we waiting on?

2008 MTV Movie Awards Were Last Night


At this point, it's unclear why MTV is still even on the air. It sucks. If I wanted to not watch music videos because I wanted to see a bisexual Vietnamese tranny find love, I could just hang out at the train station. Except for on Sundays. That's when my Train Station Bisexual Vietnamese Tranny Addicts Anonymous (TSBVTAA for short) group usually meets. Oh, and the MTV Movie Awards were lame and boring.

Anyway, here's a bunch of pictures and a clip of Seth Rogen smoking weed on stage last night. Enjoy. Or don't. Only you can make you happy: