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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

James Franco

James Franco at the premiere of HBO's 'The Deuce' third and final season in New York, September 5, 2019. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
August 8, 2022, 10:45 pm
Fidel Castro’s daughter says kosher for James Franco to play her father
Alina Fernández, the dissident offspring of the Cuban dictator, defends selection of Jewish star for part, rejecting criticism from Latino actors
By ToI Staff
James Franco arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, January 7, 2018. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
December 23, 2021, 6:39 pm
‘That was wrong’: James Franco admits he slept with students in his acting school
Actor addresses 2018 allegations at length for the first time; says relations were consensual but a mistake, and that he was ‘not clearheaded’ at the time
By ToI Staff
James Franco at the Golden Globes Official After Party on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Matt Sayles/Invision for Lindt Chocolate/AP Images)
July 1, 2021, 12:54 pm
James Franco settles for $2.2 million in school sexual misconduct suit
But Jewish actor continues to deny he pushed his acting students into performing explicit sex scenes on camera in ‘orgy type setting’
By AP
James Franco, left, and Seth Rogen arrive for "The Disaster Artist" at the Paramount Theatre during the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2017. (Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
May 11, 2021, 9:46 am
Seth Rogen says no plans to work with James Franco amid sexual misconduct claims
Actor and director admits he now regrets comedy sketch in which he made light of alleged text messages between his longtime collaborator and a 17-year-old girl
By ToI Staff
James Franco attending the Independent Filmmaker Project’s 27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York, Nov. 27, 2017. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images via JTA)
October 4, 2019, 5:51 am
James Franco’s ex-students sue, allege sexual impropriety
Actor accused of intimidating his students to perform gratuitous, exploitative sex scenes; his lawyer says claims have ‘already been debunked’
By ANDREW DALTON
Screengrab from ACLU video (YouTube)
July 12, 2018, 8:08 pm
Jewish actors read story of mother whose son was taken at US border
Mirian says she has been separated from her only child since they arrived in February, and that he is too young to speak with her on the phone
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Timothee Chalamet, up for best actor this year for "Call Me By Your Name," shown at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Jan. 21, 2018. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images via JTA)
January 23, 2018, 10:59 pm
Five Jewish takeaways from the 2018 Oscar nominations
While ‘Call Me Be Your Name’ is the biggest Jewish triumph, and ‘Foxtrot’ the biggest Israeli disappointment, many Jewish actors, directors and composers could star at the Academy
By Gabe Friedman
James Franco arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, January 7, 2018. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
January 11, 2018, 7:53 pm
More women claim sexual inappropriateness by James Franco
Student actress says actor removed plastic guards covering actresses’ groins while filming a nude orgy scene
By AP
James Franco at the Golden Globes Official After Party on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Matt Sayles/Invision for Lindt Chocolate/AP Images)
January 10, 2018, 10:30 am
James Franco denies sexual misconduct allegations, but willing to ‘fix it’
As New York Times cancels event featuring him, actor accused by several women says, ‘If there is restitution to be made, I’ll make it’
By Michael Bachner
Rachel Brosnahan stars as Miriam “Midge” Maisel, the titular character in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” (Amazon Studios via JTA)
December 12, 2017, 2:29 am
Golden Globes 2018: ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ and all the other Jewish nominees
From film industry titans like Steven Spielberg, to more recent additions like Ansel Elgort, a look at those positioned to take home top prizes at this year’s ceremony
By Gabe Friedman
James Franco attending the Independent Filmmaker Project’s 27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York, Nov. 27, 2017. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images via JTA)
December 4, 2017, 8:22 pm
James Franco to direct, star in film about poet Shel Silverstein
Movie will focus on personal life and professional struggles of children’s author
By JTA
"Star Wars" character Han Solo, depicted by actor Harrison Ford. (Flickr/BagoGames/CC BY 2.0)
January 13, 2016, 8:27 am
3 Jewish actors said on shortlist to play Han Solo
Logan Lerman, Dave Franco and Emory Cohen among ‘about a dozen’ actors being considered for Star Wars spinoff
By Gabe Friedman
James Franco, left, as Dave and Seth Rogen as Aaron in a scene from Columbia Pictures' "The Interview." (AP Photo/Sony-Columbia Pictures, Ed Araquel)
October 7, 2015, 4:29 am
Actor James Franco, 37, has bar mitzvah
Long-delayed ceremony turned into Alzheimer’s fundraiser by friend and fellow comic actor Seth Rogen
By JTA
Actor James Franco poses during a portrait session at the 2015 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, February 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt)
August 9, 2015, 3:40 pm
James Franco goes a kind of blue
Maverick actor/poet/teacher to star in new HBO series about twin movers and shakers of ‘adult content’
By Lisa Klug
Seth Rogen has a moment with New York Hassids in a Chinese restaurant on Christmas eve in his November release, 'The Night Before.' (YouTube screenshot)
July 30, 2015, 12:02 pm
The Rogen who stole Christmas
Set for release in November, new trailers for ‘The Night Before’ indicate this Christmas movie has a very Jewish twist
By Josh Weiss
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