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Gallery: These actors rejected big roles (Espresso) And Rubin admits that while Hathaway was a delight to work with, it proved difficult to get hold of Franco. "Anne made herself readily available," he adds.

A decade ago, James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the 83rd Academy Awards and the experiment proved to be pretty awkward, according to several writers who worked the gig back in 2011. At the time, the telecast was criticized for being cringe and lacking chemistry between the two performers who were doing just that while playing off of one another.

being the “worst show ever” — the team of producers behind the broadcast recently opened up about what really went wrong that fateful night.As viewers may remember, Hathaway and Franco’s pairing came off on the Oscars stage as being awkward, but that wasn’t the only issue with the show.

It’s largely considered to be the worst Oscars ceremony of all time. And ten years later folks are spilling the tea on how much worse it was behind the scenes!

Gallery: 10 things you should know about Kurt Russell (BANG Showbiz)She added: "A lot of stuff that made it into the show was written a few days beforehand. "We wrote all these jokes, but I don't think we ever landed on a tone or a cohesive feeling of what the show would be.

James Franco and Anne Hathaway's 2011 hosting gig of the Academy Awards has been considered to be one of the most awkward ones. The duo's hosting debacle was panned by viewers and recently, Oscars writers opened up about what went down during the time and why the show resulted to be the way it did.

There can be little argument that the 2011 Oscars went down as the most awkward hosting duties in the history of the awards.

Anne Hathaway and James Franco's hosting at the 2011 Academy Awards made it to the headlines for all the wrong reasons. While it was weird enough to see their awkwardness on the screen, Oscar writers are now revealing that things were even worse behind the scenes.

The Ringer, where they detailed just how awkward it was between the hosts. Wild revealed that his first reaction upon hearing that Franco and Hathaway would host was, 'Huh?' in his head, when a production executive told him.

The 2011 edition of the Academy Awards remains a low point for the venerable award show, thanks to the awkward hosting combination of James Franco and Anne Hathaway.

A few of the Oscar writers are opening up about the awkward 2011 ceremony that was hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco.

Awards show disaster! Ten years after James Franco and Anne Hathaway cohosted the Oscars, the show’s writers are still haunted by the awkwardness that transpired on stage.

Actress Charlyne Yi says she tried to quit the 2017 movie "The Disaster Artist" amid James Franco misconduct allegations.  The actress took to Instagram over the weekend to reveal that she tried to quit the film after allegations of sexually predatory behavior from Franco made her uncomfortable working with him.The former "Freaks and Geeks" actor was previously caught courting an underage girl and was accused of sexual misconduct with women at his former acting school, which he denied.

Actress Charlyne Yi has spoken out about her experiences working on the 2017 film “The Disaster Artist,” which James Franco directed and Yi says she tried to quit because of the accusations of sexual misconduct against Franco.

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Actress Charlyne Yi who was slated to work with James Franco and Seth Rogen in 2017's The Disaster Room is opening up about how she was bribed when she wanted to quit the film as sexual assault allegations against Franco surfaced. In a detailed Instagram post, Charlyne accused Franco of being a sexual predator and said that she did not feel safe on set. Charlyne's post caption reads, "Seth Rogen was one of the producers on this film so he definitely knows about the bribe and why I quit.

Charlyne Yi is speaking out against James Franco and Seth Rogen in a new post about how she tried to quit the movie The Disaster Artist.

This Is The End director Seth Rogen has confirmed a long-held rumour that Harry Potter star Emma Watson walked off set during filming for a specific scene in the 2013 comedy.The film saw Rogen joined by Watson, James Franco, Danny McBride, Rihanna and more, all playing exaggerated versions of themselves who get stuck in Franco’s house while the apocalypse plays out.At the time of filming for the movie, a rumour emerged that Watson “stormed off” set due to feeling uncomfortable about a particular

Spring Breakers character from him, according to Seth Rogen.Franco played the role of cornrowed drug dealer and rapper Alien in the 2012 film, a concept which Cage apparently believes he himself pitched for Rogen’s The Green Hornet.Speaking in a new interview for GQ, Rogen revealed that he and collaborator Evan Goldberg spoke to Cage about playing the Russian crime boss villain in the 2011 superhero film, though the actor wanted to play it as as a bald man, with tattooed hair, large prosthetic

The film This Is The End apparently was not the omega for the friendship of Emma Watson and Seth Rogen.

Comedy Central will revisit the top moments from its celebrity roast specials with Hall of Fame: Top 100 Roast Moments, a five-night event hosted by Nikki Glaser.

LOS ANGELES -- A tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, attorneys for the plaintiffs said Saturday.The two sides filed a joint status report in Los Angeles Superior Court telling a judge a settlement had been reached in the class-action lawsuit brought by former students at the now-defunct school, Studio 4, though elements of the lawsuit may live

A settlement agreement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations. A status report jointly filed by the two sides in Los Angeles Superior Court said a settlement had been reached in the class-action suit brought by former students at the now-defunct school, Studio 4, though elements of the lawsuit may live on.

James Franco has reached a settlement with two former Studio 4 students, who had filed a sexual misconduct lawsuit against the actor in 2019.

A lawsuit alleging James Franco intimidated students into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations at an acting and film school he founded has been tentatively settled, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs.

Also Read: James Franco Accused of Sexually Exploiting Acting Class Students in New LawsuitThe two former students of Franco’s Playhouse West Studio 4 said in a 2019 lawsuit that the class was a front in which Franco and his business partners, Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis, could take advantage of young female performers.

James Franco settled a 2019 class action lawsuit that accused him of sexual misconduct with students at the acting school he founded.

James Franco has reached a settlement in a 2019 lawsuit by former students at his now-defunct Studio 4 acting school, according to multiple reports. The suit was filed by two women, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who accused Franco of creating an environment of harassment and sexual exploitation.Franco's attorney, Michael Plonsker, denied the claims in a previous statement to ET. Tither-Kaplan and Gaal have agreed to drop their individual claims in a joint status filed on Feb.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the case against James Franco announced they have reached a tentative settlement over allegations that the actor intimidated students at his acting and film school into sexual situations. The two sides filed a joint status report in Los Angeles Superior Court telling a judge a settlement had been reached in the class-action lawsuit brought by former students at the Franco-founded Studio 4, which went defunct in 2017.

James Franco is settling.

Ellise Shafer administratorA settlement deal has been reached in a 2019 lawsuit alleging that James Franco intimidated his students into sexual situations at the acting school he founded.According to a joint status report filed on Feb. 11, two of Franco’s former students at his now-defunct Studio 4 school, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, have agreed to drop their individual claims.

A tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, attorneys for the plaintiffs said Saturday.

A lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by James Franco has reached a settlement deal.Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, two former students of the star’s now-defunct acting school Studio 4, claimed in a suit filed in October 2019 that Franco used the institution to engage in inappropriate conduct, which he has denied.Now, as per February 11 court documents seen by The Hollywood Reporter, a settlement deal has been agreed.In Tither-Kaplan and Gaal’s 2019 lawsuit they alleged that Franco pressured

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Kilmer, known for his breakout role in Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto and for his performance in the acclaimed 2019 Sundance film Hala, among others, has signed with Gersh for representation.

It definitely looks like James Franco has been working on his fitness this summer!