Franco to take on Ginsberg role
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | yesterday
James Franco is to play poet Allen Ginsberg in a biopic based on his early years.
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James Franco - Franco Takes On Second Gay Role
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
JAMES FRANCO didn't hesitate to accept the part of homosexual poet ALLEN GINSBERG in a forthcoming biopic - his second gay role in as many years. The actor's sexuality ...
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Movies, heavy metal, and more
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... John Zorn, Israeli icon Chava Alberstein, ?kosher gospel? singer Joshua Nelson, beat poetry legend Allen Ginsberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, classical violin king Itzahk Perlman, jam-jazz keyboard guru John Medeski, even ancient Moroccan rockers the Master Musicians of Joujouka ? who?s next in line? All Klezmatics shows promises spiritualism and silliness, raucous...
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"Obscene": The gutsy publisher who brought the underground to light
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... placing William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch" in Grove's pantheon and successfully battled to reprint Allen Ginsberg's previously banned poem "Howl" in Evergreen.The focus of "Obscene" remains steadfastly on the man, thanks to a rich variety of archival and interview clips that span his entire career and a slew of colleagues, fiends and enemies. Rosset's impish character is a delightful...
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Sean Penn talks about his role in Gus Van Sant’s Milk
TONY Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... Kissing Sean Penn must’ve been good, though, as Franco’s about to play his second gay role: Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming Howl —codirected by Rob Epstein, who also helmed the 1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk. “I was born the year that [Milk] died, 1978,” Franco noted. Penn looked up from his tissue. “You were born that late? Fuck.” Penn’s take on homosexuality is simple:...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Latest Milk Screening
Queerty (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... Stanley Tucci, James Gandolfini and James Franco, who is just fine with playing gay again as Allen Ginsberg in an upcoming film version of Howl . Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: James Franco , Milk , New York
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How to choose a Christmas tree
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... John Zorn, Israeli icon Chava Alberstein, ?kosher gospel? singer Joshua Nelson, beat poetry legend Allen Ginsberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, classical violin king Itzahk Perlman, jam-jazz keyboard guru John Medeski, even ancient Moroccan rockers the Master Musicians of Joujouka ? who?s next in line? All Klezmatics shows promises spiritualism and silliness, raucous...
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Video: Paul McCartney and Youth Talk 'The Fireman'
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... "nothing too much, just out of sight." The title of the album, Electric Arguments , comes from an Allen Ginsberg poem Paul had read recently. He's been looking at the beauty of certain word combinations rather than their meaning. Some of the song titles on the album have similar origins. Youth says that Paul loses himself in the performance, outside of the realm of thought and performance....
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Lonely heart McCartney
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
... and getting an alter ego, because we’re The Beatles and we’re fed up’.”His new title comes from an Allen Ginsberg poem. The album – described as a cross between Led Zeppelin and Arcade Fire – is released on November 24.
