James Franco, who currently stars in the new film Pineapple Express, is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of GQ magazine. In his coverstory interview, Franco offers his apologies for many things including some “awful movies” he’s appeared in, for “being a jerk” on set and for “trying to be the next James Dean” (among other things) and I, for one, forgive him. He also talks a bit about his onscreen kiss with Sean Penn in this Fall/Winter’s new movie Milk (a movie wherein he wears a prosthetic penis for all of his full-frontal nude scenes — for which I do not forgive him). Here are a few of Franco’s GQ photos:

Move over, Brokeback Mountain. There’s a new same sex smooch about to heat up the big screen. In the upcoming drama Milk (out in December), James Franco kisses Sean Penn. Penn plays Harvey Milk, the country’s first openly gay elected official, a San Francisco city supervisor who was assassinated in 1978. Franco plays Scott Smith, one of his boyfriends. “It wasn’t twelve hours, but it certainly felt like it,” Franco tells September’s GQ of the lip-lock. “The first kiss of the movie was out on Haight Street, with, like, 200 people watching, outside. It was a crane shot — I’m sure in the end it will be a really cool shot, but it starts close and then it takes maybe a minute,” he says. “That’s a long time on film with everybody watching and, like, a fake mustache getting in your mouth.” Referring to Penn’s character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Franco jokes the kiss “was long enough that you couldn’t help thinking, ‘Oh, my God, I’m kissing Spicoli.’”

It must be said that James Franco has got a pair of great lips so I think I might be interested in seeing him engage in a little man-on-man liplock action. To be honest, I’m not all that interested in seeing Franco all gross and scrubby in his current movie Pineapple Express … the whole stoner thing is really not interesting to me (seeing the last Harold and Kumar film pretty much sealed the deal for me) but I am interested in this new film about Harvey Milk (go figure). Franco really does clean up nicely, I hope his scrubby days are behind him.

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Here are a few cute pics sent in by Pink reader Sarah, taken by her friend Blanton, from a recent run-in they had with Rihanna and Chris Brown at a shopping center in Richmond, VA this week:

Sarah writes: I was at Short Pump Town Center (Richmond, VA) yesterday and guess who were there? Chris Brown and Rihanna! They were super cute and holding hands. They also spent a lot of time in the jewelry store so I’m pretty sure he bought her something … you know, because he can.

Awww love it. I suppose it’s possible that Chris bought Ri Ri a ring — a friendship ring, that is. They’re the cutest and seem very cool to take the time to say hello to their fans. Much love goes out to Sarah for sharing the photos.

[thanks Sarah and Blanton]

Here are a couple pics of baby doll Suri Holmes-Cruise being carried in her mother’s arms as the ladies made their way to a nearby park in NYC yesterday afternoon to spend some quality time together. Suri says Hi:

Clearly the little darlin’ is becoming totally comfortable with the crush of paparazzi who follow her family around and she is happy to throw out a gentle wave to her adoring fans. She is just a doll, an absolute doll.

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My French boys at Oh La La came across a new Batman movie poster that I’m fairly certain is a fake/fan made poster that was whipped up for the next movie in the franchise … which hasn’t even been written yet. Honestly, the poster is pretty damn good, I think, so I figured it’d be worth sharing:

There are a lot of rumors going around that The Riddler (Johnny Depp’s name has been thrown around to play him) will be the villain in the next Batman movie, some say it’ll be Catwoman (I would deffo be on board if they got Angelina Jolie to squeeze into the Catsuit) … still others think it may be The Penguin (Philip Seymour Hoffman anyone?). At this point, it’s impossible to know because, hello, The Dark Knight is still in theaters. But, if they were going to go The Riddler route, I think this kind of poster would be awesome. I’d bet money that they would never name the next film The Dark Knight Returns … but still, it’s a pretty cool poster don’tcha think?

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Here are a couple pics of film and stage actor Daniel Radcliffe making his way out of the New York Times Center building in NYC yesterday (as he was mobbed by throngs of awaiting fans) after sitting down with the newspaper to do an interview about his upcoming stint on Broadway in the play Equus:

On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Daniel Radcliffe, soon to make his Broadway debut in Equus, participated in the New York Times’ Times Talks Seminar Series. Press notes described the event as, “Daniel Radcliffe: Screen to Broadway Stage, From the boy wizard in the “Harry Potter” films and Rudyard Kipling’s ill-fated son in the TV drama “My Boy Jack,” to the disturbed teenager in the London and Broadway revivals of Peter Schaffer’s play Equus, Daniel Radcliffe is an actor of diverse talents. He discussed his upcoming Broadway debut in the drama,which starts previews on September 5, and also how he’s been able to move from screen to stage so seamlessly.” Daniel Radcliffe was interviewed at the sold out event by Julie Bosman, New York Times culture reporter. Equus begins preview performances on Broadway on September 5th prior to opening night on September 25. Equus will play a strictly limited engagement through February 8, 2009.

You may have heard that Warner Bros. studios has decided to push back the next Harry Potter film, The Half-Blood Prince, from this Fall to next Summer … most likely because they didn’t want their basically innocent kid’s film competing with Daniel’s racy Broadway run (which starts next month) and features the lad completely nude on stage … nightly. Makes sense. I imagine Dan will be staying in NYC for the time being, he’s sure to have stage preparations and rehearsals to get thru before his first preview show on Sept. 5 (David and I are going to the Sept. 15th preview performance). Let the fun times commence!

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Now that Michael Phelps is the most winningest Gold Medal Olympic Athlete ever, it’s about time he turned that commodity into something more … palatable. Pink reader Emily sends in a few pics of Phelpsie gettin’ up close and personal with a mysterious lady friend … photos (that look like My Space photos, I might add) that I believe were snapped after Phelps won his 8th Gold Medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China when he was in a celebratin’ mood. Over the past few days, Phelps has been linked to fellow US swimmer Amanda Beard (she has denied that the two are dating) and British model Lily Donaldson but because the chick in these photos (Aussie swimmer Stephanie Rice, perhaps?) was careful to keep her face covered, it’s unclear who she is:

I think it’s great that Phelpsie is gettin’ his mac on … he’s prolly been so preoccupied over the past few years with his goal in Beijing that he most likely wasn’t indulging in as much lurvin’ as he prolly liked to. Now is the time, you go boy … turn those Olympic medals into real gold.

[thanks Emily]

OMG … OK … I just received an email from an anonymous Pink reader who informs me that they have the inside scoop on a MAJOR SPOILER for the upcoming debut season of 90210 on The CW:

Please be warned, this is a pretty big spoiler so if you don’t want to know anything about the upcoming season of 90210 before it starts airing on The CW on 09.02 then click no further. But, if you are dying to know a rumored storyline for a very cool-sounding ep of the series, including the role that Shannen Doherty (as Brenda Walsh) will be playing on the show then read on. After the jump, find out the secret …

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