James Franco

Of course she wore a see-through shirt to court

I bet Hollywood finally starts taking Lindsay Lohan seriously after her new book is released. From the Daily Mirror:

[Lindsay Lohan] has signed an estimated £2.1million deal to front an explicit photographic book which will contain “full frontal nudity” and “graphic” shots. LiLo will be getting her kit off and posing for photos with former squeeze James Franco, 32. I hear she has had a series of dinner meetings with the hunky 127 Hours actor, who hosted [Sunday] night’s Oscars.

My source tells me: “Lindsay is struggling to get another break in Hollywood. There’s a stigma attached to working with her and she is determined to change this - starting with the photographic book. Terry Richardson has persuaded Lindsay and James to get involved. He has assured them it will be provocative but tasteful. There will be a lot of nakedness - some of it graphic and suggestive - but it will be a real statement book. Obviously there will be comparisons to Madonna’s 1992 Sex book. But James and Lindsay believe theirs will be classier.”

*Yawn* wake me up when Lindsay's so desperate for money and attention that she does triple penetration -- which should be right . . . about . . . NOW. Besides, if you really want to see Lindsay naked, you don't need to buy her book. You just need to buy her a six-pack.

*11 Lindsay Lohan pictures total in the gallery:

James Franco, loser 

I've never wanted to be a loser so bad in my life. From the New York Post:

The infamous “consolation prize” swag bag — presented by Distinctive Assets the morning after the Oscars to all nominees who don’t win — will include the following trinkets at these estimated retail values:

• $200,000: An orbital space flight on Virgin Galactic (allowing nominees to be among the first to fly the friendly skies of space — kind of).
• $16,000: Four-night stay at the Huvafen Fushi luxury resort in the Indian Ocean from Premier Tours, featuring an underwater spa in the Maldives (for those tough weeks when a terrestrial spa just won’t do).
• $4,850: One-week “fitness and weight-loss” retreat from Live in Fitness (helpful after noshing on all those black truffles and sipping flutes of champagne).
• $12,000: Use of a private island for five days, “including private houseman” from APrivateIsland.com (so they don’t have to BYOH).

OK, now I don't feel bad anymore about James Franco losing the "Best Actor" Oscar to Colin Firth. Going to space would pretty much be the coolest damn thing ever -- especially if he got high. Previously the coolest thing he ever did high was host the Oscars.

*5 James Franco pictures total in the gallery:

James Franco at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (1/22)

Not that I care (unless it was with Jessica Alba or the family dog), but James Franco made a sex tape when he was younger. From Contact Music:

James Franco says he has a lot of respect for porn stars because he made his own sex tape when he was 19. The '127 Hours' actor - who is to host this year's Oscars ceremony alongside Anne Hathaway - says appearing in a raunchy home movie made him have more respect for porn stars because he knows from personal experience how hard it is.

Speaking in a discussion held by Newsweek magazine for potential Oscar-nominees, James said: "I think if anybody who has made a home sex tape knows, what feels best doesn't always look best. I remember when I was 19 doing that, and then watching it back and thinking, 'Oh, that looks horrible.' You have a lot of respect for those actors in pornography, because they are really not just doing it, they're really selling it."

Is James suggesting that actors in adult films are actually pretending? But I thought that chick with two dicks in her mouth and a bowling pin in her ass was really enjoying herself. Obviously James doesn't realize that what draws people to porn is the fantasy. For example, watching a busty porn star blow a dude fulfills an innate desire inside of all men: to cum hang out with a chick that doesn't talk for five minutes.

*5 James Franco pictures total in the gallery:

Paparazzi photos from Thursday, July 29

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian leaving Nobu in Malibu (pics start here)

Heidi Klum at the Project Runway Season 8 Premiere Party at the Empire Hotel in New York (pics start here)

Leelee Sobieski at the "Party for the Pelicans" in New York (pics start here)

Blake Lively at the premiere of Twelve in New York (pics start here)

Pink eating lunch at Hugo's in West Hollywood (pics start here)

Katie Holmes leaving an office building in L.A. (pics start here)

Orlando Bloom leaving In-N-Out in Hollywood (pics start here)

Eva Herzigova leaving Heathrow airport in London (pics start here)

Singer Kaley Cuoco at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Annual Installation Luncheon in Beverly Hills (pics start here)

James Franco on the set of Planet of the Apes in Vancouver (pics start here)

Ellen Pompeo leaving Whole Foods in West Hollywood (pics start here)

Jessica Biel leaving the Hotel de Rome in Berlin, Germany (pics start here)

*108 pictures total in the gallery: