Can the Art World Take James Franco Seriously?

[View in browser] [Vulture] April 18, 2016 [Follow Vulture on Facebook] What to Read Today [James Franco Is, Actually, an Artist. So Why Won’t the Art World Take Him Seriously? In conversation with Jerry Saltz, the celebrity makes a case for his art.] [Kevin Bacon to Star in Amazon’s I Love Dick as the Titular ‘Dick’ Bacon as Dick.] [The Impossible’s J.A. Bayona to Helm Jurassic World 2 He also directed the horror film The Orphanage.] [Happy Endings Cast Reuniting at Vulture Festival Ah-mah-zing.] [Vulture Pick: Hystopia by David Means A psychedelic sci-fi bender where John F. Kennedy survives multiple assassination attempts and soldiers on to a sinister third term.] [Johnny Depp Just Trolled the Australian Government Perfectly A perfect Marlon Brando impression.] [Male Bonding Gets Skewered in the Exclusive Trailer for the Acclaimed Chevalier Check out this drolly funny trailer.] [North West Was So Displeased With Kanye’s Original TLOP Raps, She Flushed His iPhone Down the Toilet Kanye has found his greatest critic.] [Castle, a Crime Show, Loses Its Lead Detective, But Keeps the Guy Named Castle The departure leaves Nathan Fillion as the king of Castle.] [A Guy Is Suing Kanye and Tidal for Making Him Think He Had to Pay to Hear TLOP He speaks for the masses.] [Here’s the Lineup for This Year’s Vulture Festival! It's bigger than ever!] [Calista Flockhart Is Supergirl’s MVP Her performance is a perfect example of a larger phenomenon on superhero shows: The more experienced performers are way more interesting to watch than the younger ones.] [On Once Upon a Time’s LGBT Kiss and the Unsinkable Swan-Queen Fandom Two female characters kissed on Once Upon a Time last night. But they weren’t the ones that fans wanted.] [Naomi Watts to Star in Netflix Thriller Series Gypsy As Just About the Worst Therapist in the World Set to premiere in 2017.] [Did You Catch That Taylor Swift Shade on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? "A special place in hell."] [Stars, They’re Just Like Us: Accidentally Registering for Ultraconservative Political Parties The American Independent Party opposes abortion and same-sex marriage, and wants to build a fence along the U.S. border.] [How Outlander’s ‘Nipple Dress’ Came Together Actress Kimberly Smart had her own nipples cast for prosthetics.] [Now You See Me 3 Finds Director; It Was Behind Your Ear the Whole Time It's magic!] [I Am Cait Recap: Kiss and Make Up Who knew that an English professor from Maine would give such good reality TV?] [Tracy Morgan Performed for the Doctors Who Treated Him Post-Crash Truly a Jedi move.] [Paul McCartney and Krist Novoselic Played ‘Helter Skelter’; Don’t Click Too Hard or You’ll Get Blisters on Your Fingers At a Macca show in Seattle.] [Twilight Zone Reboot Will Be Interactive, Leading Your Pee to Interact With Your Pants Choose your own scream-venture.] [John Oliver Enlists Sesame Street’s Elmo and Oscar to Get the Government to Care More About Lead Poisoning "First, we all have to care!"] [Every Actor You Love Will Eventually Make a Superhero Movie No A-lister is immune to the call of the comic-book studios (except, perhaps, Leonardo DiCaprio).] [Rihanna Performed With Calvin Harris at Coachella to the Absolute Delight of Taylor Swift’s Squad A moment Taylor Swift will never forget.] [Read More on Vulture »] REACH THE RIGHT ONLINE AUDIENCE WITH US For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact [Amanda.MacDonald@nymag.com] This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [subscribe] | [vulture.com] | [unsubscribe] | [privacy policy] | [nymag.com] | Copyright © 2016, All rights reserved New York Media LLC 75 Varick St. New York, NY 10013