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James Franco set off speculation that he was planning to make a movie based on himself and Lindsay Lohan after he put out a casting call asking for a "James Franco type" and a "Lindsay Lohan type."

Weeks after Kristen Stewart admitted to cheating on Robert Pattinson with her married "Snow White and the Hunstman" director, Stewart was seen flirting with James Franco.

Alfonso Ribeiro is not dead, as the actor best known for playing Carlton Banks on the hit television show "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reassured his fans via Twitter Saturday. Ribeiro is just the latest actor said to be dead in what is beginning to seem like an unending number of celebrity death hoaxes that gain traction online through social media.

Since most New York theater lovers will see, at best, one or two shows in any given week, the International Business Times weeded out the washouts to spotlight the best new options on the boards this week.

When it comes to the film industry, risky comedies starring women are scare. It seems that for every 10 movies like "The Hangover," there are one or two like "Bridesmaids." Leslye Headland's "Bachelorette" is one of those rare motion pictures that dare to feature inherently flawed female characters.

News Corp.'s stock climbed to a 52-week high of $24.69 before closing at $24.50 on Thursday. The jump came two days after Anthony DiClemente, an analyst for Barclays Capital, upgraded News Corp.'s stock rating to "overweight."

Running just under three hours, “The Dark Knight Rises” is this summer’s longest blockbuster. When the film releases on DVD and Blu-ray, the film will be even longer, apparently.

Paris Jackson has been in the news lately ever since she began publicly fighting with her aunts and uncles via Twitter. After a recent interview with a magazine Paris Jackson revealed that she doesn't have too many friends at school and that she wants to pursue her dream of becoming a Hollywood actress.

One of the most buzzed about films of the fall is living up to its hype. "Looper" opened the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday and the film is earning high praise from critics.

Culture in America is dead, largely because the middle-class does not care about such things.

Kris Jenner, the business-driven matriarch of the Kardashian clan, has gotten her share of flack from the media over the years for "momaging" her children, especially Kim. But according to a source for Radar Online the 56-year-old recently had words for another reality TV mom.

The stars are aligning for the Democratic National Convention as celebrities and top musicians come out of the woodwork to appear in Charlotte, N.C., but the GOP Convention got nowhere near as much celeb love.

With Chris Brown, 23, Drake, 25, and Rihanna, 24, all attending the same award show there's bound to be some kind of drama that happens at the 2012 MTV VMAs. It's been reported that Chris Brown, Rihanna and Drake are all seating near each other in the first row at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for Thursday night's show, All Hip Hop reported.

After Stewart's very public cheating, Pattinson will be appearing alone at tonight's MTV Video Music Awards.

After displaying a knack for formidable roles in such films as "Little Miss Sunshine" and "There Will Be Blood," Paul Dano has proved to be one of the most promising young actors in Hollywood.

You can't put a price on public humiliation, but the $30 million Kelsey Grammer's ex-wife Camille Grammer is getting should help mitigate the mortifying circumstances of their 2011 separation.

Film and TV actor, director, scholar, novelist, Galaxy Note spokesman and lip-syncher James Franco may be adding defendant to his ever-expanding repertoire.

Child beauty pageant contestant Alana Thompson, better known by her nickname "Honey Boo Boo Child" (which she gave herself), became an Internet sensation after appearing on the January season premiere of the TLC show "Toddlers & Tiaras." Thompson's fame grew so quickly that TLC even launched a spinoff show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," centering around Thompson and her family, but according to new reports, the family may not be making as big of a payoff as you might expect.

Nina Dobrev, half of one of Hollywood's hottest young couples, is dishing out some juicy scoop about her relationship with "Vampire Diaries" costar Ian Somerhalder. The pair are definitely no strangers to PDA, but Dobrev shockingly revealed that she initially wanted nothing to do with the CW hottie!

Much of the evening schedule for the last day of the 2012 Democratic National Convention is being kept under wraps, as best they can. Here's a list of what lies ahead for the final day.

Ten months after betting the company on the success of the Kindle Fire, Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos plans to redouble his effort Thursday when he displays its successor as well as new members of the Kindle e-reader line in California.