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Watch James Franco’s First Music Video, Which Must Be a Joke

Normally, Movieline wouldn’t report on a music video by a novelty act called Kalup and Franco, but I regret to inform you that the “Franco” in this case is the Oscar-nominated, Oscar-ruining James Franco. In the first video from their new EP Turn It Up , Franco and his faithful drag-act friend Kalup Linzy use an innovative green-screen technique that reminds me of such revolutionary cinema as Prince’s “Raspberry Beret.” Now, Kalup is the true “star” of this clip, but the ethereal shots of Franco in the background may bewitch your mouth-breathing adolescent self.

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Watch James Franco’s First Music Video, Which Must Be a Joke

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Opens to Solid — Not Great — Early Crowds

Transformers: Dark of the Moon opened to a solid $13.5 million from its late Tuesday /early Wednesday screenings, including $5.5 million from the 3-D-only presentations leading the way Tuesday night. The figures exceed the early grosses from the series’ 2007 original but fall short of the $16 million that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen pulled down at midnight in 2009. Paramount currently anticipates a six-day holiday weekend tally above $160 million; drop back by Movieline tomorrow for our own Weekend Forecast predictions, which will be significantly higher. [ Deadline ]

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon Opens to Solid — Not Great — Early Crowds