James Franco To Get Yet Another Degree At Yale?

The Yale Herald reports that heartthrob James Franco will become one of Hollywood's most-degreed actors by enrolling in Yale's English Ph.D program.

Our sources tell us he'll be here starting in September, though lucky Yalies may see him around campus in the coming weeks for admitted students events. Franco was on campus earlier this academic year for a Berkeley College Master's Tea, causing a huge commotion among the ladies, the gays and the soap-opera fans.

The Yale Daily News reached Franco's manager by phone, who confirmed that while Franco was accepted to Yale and it is his first-choice school, but he has not committed to attending.

Franco recently got his MFA at Columbia. He completed his undergraduate degree at UCLA, and has also studied film at NYU.

Comments

[SPQR1775]

08:05 AM on 05/14/2010

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[marlalovestyler]

12:18 PM on 03/30/2010

He's so awesome. Seems to be skating through life. Nice positive attitude. Anyone remember when USC or was it UCLA students protested him when he was chosen to give the graduation speech so they replaced him. Then he did this funny skit where he pretends to be practicing for the speech? Hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHVC_EQne7w

[levelshot]

12:14 PM on 03/30/2010

This guy could play the Joker in Batman if they were to bring him back.

[marlalovestyler]

12:30 PM on 03/30/2010

agreed

[desertjen]

11:55 AM on 03/30/2010

That boy's having too much fun!

And "the gays"--who wrote that!

[Otari Giutashvili]

11:25 AM on 03/30/2010

James Franco is an intellectual stoner, and i love it!!!

[littlepuffycloud]

11:20 AM on 03/30/2010

Looks, talent AND brains? He's the whole package.

[pbnyc59]

11:02 AM on 03/30/2010

Sexy, smart and talented. Good for him.

[postnocomments]

10:59 AM on 03/30/2010

Someone at Yale must have seen "Pineapple Express" and thought he was as qualified as Dubya to enter the school.

[taratata2009]

10:18 AM on 03/30/2010

why does he ned a phd in english since he speaks english? is there another english that only phd's in english speak?

[entropychic]

10:24 AM on 03/30/2010

uhhhhh ........

they READ alot of English too

[nubret2008]

10:28 AM on 03/30/2010

not only your skills in spelling indicate that you never saw a the inside of a university...

[hamchunk]

12:25 PM on 03/30/2010

Yeah, before criticizing another's post about not attending a university (and alluding to their intelligence), ensure your post is free of grammatical and capitalization errors.

[taratata2009]

01:02 PM on 03/30/2010

yes, did you text that silly grammatical non sense while driving?

[sempronia]

10:02 AM on 03/30/2010

Does he get funding? Does he need to TA? Certainly he need not worry about the job market when he gets out of there...

[seachild]

09:47 AM on 03/30/2010

Well, at least he FINALLY has a career...lol

Seriously, I think he's underrated...quite talented...kudos for having the smarts too!

[whowhatwhywherewhen]

09:47 AM on 03/30/2010

Good luck in New Haven....you'll need it

[MorseCode]

09:11 PM on 04/20/2010

C'mon. New Haven isn't that bad. I was born there, raised in its suburbs, educated there at Yale.

It isn't NYC. It isn't Boston. It has the same problems that all small American cities have. But the area around the Yale campus really is quite nice. I miss it immensely, having moved out of the area about ten years ago.

[Hot Frank Dog]

09:23 AM on 03/30/2010

That's pretty awesome. It's also surprising, I never got the impression he was all that smart.

[malvones]

10:07 AM on 03/30/2010

He's actually pretty intelligent. Still, as a celebrity his worthiness as a student is simply irrelevant. Basically, all he need be is capable enough to avoid embarrassing the institution.

[SpaceLuvr]

09:14 AM on 03/30/2010

That's great...even though he's a very successful actor he's still chosing to continue his education.

[kas70]

08:51 AM on 03/30/2010

Lord, I loves me a smart man!

[olivia]

09:19 AM on 03/30/2010

Intelligence is underrated by many. It's dead sexy. So is integrity. I wonder if James has that too :-)

[seachild]

09:48 AM on 03/30/2010

I agree...an intelligent man with a sense of humour...FORGET IT...

[Aabby]

10:41 AM on 03/30/2010

bigtime. Nothing like it.