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Spanish Commission Recommends Digging Up Franco's Remains

AP | By DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 11.29.2011

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MADRID -- A commission appointed by Spain's outgoing Socialist government recommended Tuesday that Gen. Francisco Franco's remains be exhumed from his...

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A Danielewski Halloween

Tom Teicholz | Posted 12.27.2011

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On Halloween this year, for one night only, Mark Z. Danielewski will conduct a staged reading with shadow puppets and musical accompaniment of his Halloween-set story, The Fifty Year Sword.

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James Franco To Direct Cormac McCarthy Film

Posted 11.19.2011

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James Franco's now-legendary energy showed no sign of letting up as he announced plans to direct an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel 'Child of Go...

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James Franco Buys Portrait Of Himself From Teenage Fan

Posted 11.13.2011

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Can James Franco do no wrong? The notoriously overachieving actor/painter/director/producer/screenwriter author/pilot/performance artist/professor rec...

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James Franco's Latest Project

Posted 08.10.2011

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In between his movies, his stint on "General Hospital" and getting his PhD at Yale, James Franco has also found the time to collaborate with his frien...

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James Franco's Art Debut At Venice Biennale Delayed

The Independent | Posted 07.30.2011

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James Franco's metamorphosis into a modern-day Renaissance man has been unstoppable. An actor with a gamut of Hollywood films to his name, he has writ...

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PHOTOS: Men's Style Lessons From Sundance & Beyond

Gilt MANual | Posted 05.25.2011

With the snow piling up in the Northeast and the Sundance Film Festival in full swing, we look to Franco and friends for a few pointers on how to look cool while staying warm.

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James Franco's 'Palo Alto' Reviewed

James Franco | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the "bad" column are the first two stories, both of which end with hit-and-runs but no material impact. "Chinatown," a tale about an Asian girl who...

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James Franco's Spending Spree

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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"If it were to be made, the idea is that James would write, direct and star in it," Elliott told the Observer. "He seems like a pretty busy guy, so I...

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El Dorado and the Left of the 21st Century

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's guest post is from Claudia Cadelo, from her blog, Octavo Cerco. El Dorado and Left of the 21st Century by Claudia Cadelo My only certainty i...

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Hollywood Joins Israeli Artists in Boycotting West Bank

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hollywood progressives should do the right thing, which is supporting the boycott of the settlements. That is not only the pro-Israel thing to do; it is also supporting the end of the oppression of Palestinians.

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James Franco Plays Famous Adventurer Aron Ralston (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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James Franco is adding another writer to his resume. Already with a role as beat poet Allen Ginsberg under his belt in the upcoming "Howl," Franco is...

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WATCH: James Franco Is Allen Ginsberg

Posted 05.25.2011

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James Franco, author and occasional movie star, plays legendary beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the new film, Howl. Shot in stark black-and-white, the fi...

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Spain Banishes Human Rights Judge Baltasar Garzón

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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The bizarre exile of Judge Garzon suddenly places the country, which has been exemplary in its emergence from its forty-year dictatorship, on the wrong side of history.

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Francisco Franco Monument Used As Set For Spanish Porno

Posted 05.25.2011

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Anita Brooks, The Independent The valley of the Fallen, an immense monument built by the dictator Francisco Franco as a mausoleum for himself and ten...

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