Pretty soon we'll all be living under her cruel, pop-Western rule. Also today: Steve Carell lines up another TV series, Noam Baumbach and Paul Thomas Anderson plan for the future, and some important young man news.

The Hollywood rumor mill says James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the next Oscars. We can support Hathaway handling hosting duties, but who wants Franco turning the Gay Superbowl into his personal performance art project? Update: It's official.

Lady Gaga and Anderson Cooper are drinking buddies. James Franco continues to be the best at everything. Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal continue their world coffee shop tour. Sunday Gossip Roundup is a perfectly-made fried egg.

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Yesterday I saw 127 Hours, a movie supposedly about James Franco cutting off his arm. I wouldn't know, though, since I couldn't watch a second of the amputation action. What things are too nasty for you to see on screen?

"There are things you can do in soap operas that you can't do in films," explains Franco after Ellen brought up his less-than-serious side of acting on General Hospital. However, he failed to explain the mustache he was sporting.

In 127 Hours, James Franco stars as a stranded hiker who amputates his own arm. (Opening Friday!) As many as 16 people at festivals and the premiere have fainted during the graphic self-amputation scene. Just wait until Justin Bieber's movie.

James Franco hates bloggers, and hair is highly flammable. These were the lessons from James Franco's book party, where he angrily told me to "go away." Then he grabbed and threw a reporter's phone. Then someone's hair lit on fire.

Here's a trailer for the upcoming Danny Boyle film 127 Hours, the true story of a climber who sawed off his own arm after getting trapped under a rock. We've seen a teaser already, but this gives a little more.

James Franco poses for a transvestite magazine. Kim Kardashian is "down for some hookups." Michael Lohan tries to visit Lindsay and gets rejected. Freak escalator accident nearly kills Bruce Willis. Wednesday gossip is full of surprises.

Chronically masturbating actor James Franco has finally responded to reports he slept through class at Columbia: "It was this extra thing, it was 10 at night, it wasn't a class." Sounding a little cranky—maybe Jimmy needs a nap?

If you're in the greater NYC area, we got our hands on a pair of tickets to tonight's premiere of Howl, featuring James Franco. It's never too last minute to give away a pair of free tickets, right? Details inside!

Lindsay Lohan has a bail hearing today. James Franco got a D in acting class. Taylor Momsen slaps Tim Gunn on the wrist. Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe divorce. TGIFriday gossip.

In a new profile of the greasy-haired renaissance man in The Advocate, actor turned academic and author James Franco talks about his literary ambitions (he has a short story collection coming out soon) and addresses the haters. Namely, us.

"I do masturbate a lot. I don't know why," James Franco tells the Hollywood Reporter, describing the rationale behind having a "four- or five-time day," which he apparently does with great frequency.

Voice-of-a-generation Allen Ginsberg's former one bedroom E. 12th St. apartment can now be yours for $1700/month. Imagine watching Franco's Howl movie in there! The unit has been newly renovated, but the walls may still reverberate with all those howls. Sigh.

Here's an early teaser trailer for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire followup, 127 Hours, a grim true story about a young rock climber named Aron Ralston (Franco) who, in 2003, amputated his own arm to free himself from a rock.

From time to time it's good to check in on James Franco, the entertainment world's enigmatic (or faux enigmatic!) renaissance man, to see what he's up to. Today he's doing lots of things for Esquire magazine.

Today, James Franco's character was chased up a flight of stairs—waving a gun and laughing—and fell off a balcony to his bloody death while a drag queen spoke the lyrics to Gary Jules' "Mad World." This isn't edited.

The actor and hiptellectual (we're just making up words these days, right Sarah?) announced on Good Morning America today that he will be teaching a "very special class" in New Haven next year. What should it be? We have ideas.