James Franco, our greatest living actor, joins Facebook and Twitter

February 21, 2011 By Jeffrey Van Camp

The immortal James Franco has joined Facebook and Twitter, prompting millions to finally join the social networking bandwagon.

There is finally a good reason to tweet: James Franco may read it. The oscar-nominated actor has joined Facebook and Twitter. That’s right, the living legend, the co-host of the Academy Awards, the man himself, James Franco! Not familiar? He was Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man movies. He was also in Flyboys.

Franco has been known for doing whatever the hell he wants and his abrupt and late entrance into social media means his fans may finally know what he’s up to at any given moment. Unlike many celebrities, Franco isn’t a part of the whole nonstop boozing and partying scene. In recent years, Franco has started painting, joined General Hospital (soap opera) for a short run, enrolled in film school at NYU to learn directing, and enrolled in Columbia to study fiction writing. Lately, he is known for his interesting choice in film roles as well. He recently played Aron Ralston, a man who got stuck in a canyon for 127 Hours, and has appeared in varied films like Pineapple Express, Milk, Date Night, Eat Pray Love, and The Green Hornet. He’ll even play Oz in an upcoming prequel to The Wizard of Oz.

Though he hasn’t said anything particularly face-melting yet, we are confident his entrance will mark a new beginning for both social networks. The actor already has a following of about 125,000. Franco will co-host the Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway on Feb. 27.

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patsygwhite at 1:33am 22nd February 2011 Coupon shopping should be serious business to? more people in this economy, new thing is collective buying check for the website "Printapons"
Joe Sumfin at 7:01pm 21st February 2011 Jeez people.. Maybe DT should do a /sarcasm at the beginging to initiate the code or something. He's been in a few things, Freaks and Geeks was one I think... Maybe Spiderman?
birdmanicx at 10:05am 21st February 2011 "greatest living actor"???? not funny. just dumb.
1. ioman at 10:15am 21st February 2011 I thought it was pretty funny.
2. Jeffrey Van Camp at 1:18pm 21st February 2011 Clearly you are not familiar enough with Mr. Franco's body of work.
Chris Johnson at 5:45pm 21st February 2011 Previously, he was too stoned to sign up for either of these accounts.He must have broke his bong.
Gail Nott at 5:42pm 21st February 2011 Sad that some people can't recognize sarcasm.
Bernardo J. Araya at 5:40pm 21st February 2011 Who is this guy?
John Michael Quiroz at 5:40pm 21st February 2011 Um.... what makes him even close to great ? .....
Chris Heinemann at 5:39pm 21st February 2011 LOL
Greg Eck at 5:38pm 21st February 2011 Really? The greatest?