Early last month we learned that actor James Franco would be joining the cast of the daytime drama General Hospital and shortly after the first batch of promo pics of his appearance on the show was released, he made his debut on the show. Today we get to see a fun mug shot photo of Franco‘s GH character that is used on the show as part of his storyline:

James Franco is busted! Well, sort of. The Port Charles Police Department has released a the mug shot of artist Franco (played by occasional movie star James Franco), who is accused of a serious crime in the fictional city featured on ABC’s hit soap General Hospital. Viewers still have a lot to learn about Franco, who has slept with Maxie Jones in an attempt to get closer to someone else in Port Charles. Reps for the show confirm that the mystery surrounding Franco’s graffiti tag CO77X will be revealed in an upcoming episode, airing Dec. 11. General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC, weeknights on SOAPnet.

Unfortch, I have not been able to watch Franco on General Hospital but I am hearing from fans of the show that he is a welcome addition to the cast. Interestingly (and confusingly) enough, James Franco plays a character named Franco on the show and his storyline is full of mob intrigue and drama … which totally sounds fun. I gotta say, even tho he’s supposed to look all gruff and mean in this mug shot photo, I still think James Franco looks good :) Whatta ya say, General Hospital fans … is James Franco doing well on the show? Are we really missing out by not watching?

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Things seem to be progressing nicely between Jude Law and Sienna Miller these days as they were spotted together for a third date of sorts in the span of one week. As you may recall, Jude and Sienna was spotted enjoying a late night Thanksgiving dinner together last week and then a few days later they were spotted making the walk of shame as they exited Jude‘s apartment building the morning after they spent some time together there. This week, Jude and Sienna were spotted making their way to a birthday party for Jonny Lee Miller‘s son … tho they arrived separately, they did party together:

I know there are some folks out there who bristle at seeing these two together but, I gotta say, I think they make a nice match. They were happy once and can be happy again … that is, if both parties can refrain from cheating on the other. Even if they don’t get back together “officially”, it’s very clear that they enjoy spending time with one another doing … well, whatever. I bet we’ll be seeing more of Jude & Sienna in relative proximity in the days and weeks to come. How long it will last is anyone’s guess … but it looks to me like they are having fun for now.

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At last, the end may be in sight for the Tiger Woods Cheating Scandal because Rachel Uchitel (Mistress #1) has decided to stay quiet about her relationship with Woods and plans to “disappear for a while” in order to keep her silence … and according to TMZ, she is zipping her lips for free! Uchitel‘s attorney Gloria Allred was scheduled to give a press conference on her behalf yesterday morning here in SoCal to discuss matters surrounding the scandal. Abruptly and without explanation, the press conference was called off and it was assumed that it was canceled due to a settlement (perhaps monetarily) agreement between Uchitel and Woods. TMZ is reporting today that NO MONEY deal was worked out between Uchitel and Woods and that she decided not to say anything due to “fear and secrets”:

Sources tell TMZ Rachel Uchitel did not make any financial deal with Tiger Woods — and there are two reasons she torpedoed her scheduled news conference yesterday — fear and secrets. Sources say in the wee hours of the morning yesterday, after many phone calls back and forth between Rachel, Tiger and their reps, Rachel decided not to come out fighting at a news conference. She walked away without taking a cent from Tiger Woods. One very connected source said, “This was absolutely not about money.” Sources say Rachel became “scared for her safety” because she knows so much about Tiger, his alleged affairs and a variety of other Woods matters. We’re told Tiger confided in Rachel … she knows specifics about “other women,” as well as information about Tiger’s marriage. The sources were quick to point out, Rachel does not fear Tiger, as much as she fears all the other people caught in what is becoming a very large net. Rachel, we’re told, just wants to disappear for a while.

HMMM … no matter what she’s afraid of, fear is fear and I can’t say that I really blame her for keeping quiet, that is, if this report is to be believed. TMZ also sniffed out the circumstances surrounding Tiger Woods‘s most recent rendezvous with Rachel Uchitel in Australia last month. According to TMZ, Woods‘s friend and employee Bryon Bell purchased a plane ticket for Uchitel to travel clandestinely to Oz so that she could be with Woods during the Australian Masters tournament mid-November (Bell even flew with her and booked her hotel accommodations on his own credit card) … TMZ even has the emails to prove their claim. BUT, it really sounds like Uchitel is going to keep quiet about all this drama … at least for now. No word on whether or not she will keep Gloria Allred as her legal representation but I’m guessing that if Uchitel is planning to disappear (ie. stay out of the media spotlight) then Allred will lose interest and cut her lose. As it stands now, with everyone involved keepin’ quiet, this Cheating Scandal might die down a bit and may go away altogether (much to Tiger Woods‘s satisfaction, I’m sure). We shall see.

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Great news for fans of The Hills (Bad news for those of you with less lurve for the show), MTV has announced that it has renewed The Hills (and The City) for a sixth season!! Despite sagging ratings for The Hills, MTV clearly does not want to let the series fade away so it has signed Kristin Cavallari to come back for another batch of eps:

“The Hills” may have sloped in the ratings after the departure of Lauren Conrad, but it has been picked up for a sixth season, Variety reported on Wednesday night. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, around one-third of the “The Hills” audience tuned out after the 23-year-old LC departed the MTV reality show, but it will get a new season. “The City,” starring former “Hills” star Whitney Port, has been picked up for another season as well. Prior to the conclusion of Season 5, “The Hills” cast Lauren’s “Laguna Beach” frenemy Kristin Cavallari after LC announced her departure from the show. Since joining the docu-soap, Kristin has created a host of on-screen trouble with the cast, including friction with Audrina Patridge over on-again, off-again boyfriend Justin Bobby. But she recently told the Los Angeles Times that things between them were less heated than they appeared. “With music and editing they can make it seem that way, but it wasn’t romantic with Justin and I at all because I didn’t trust him,” Kristin said in an interview following the show’s Season 5 Part 2 finale, in which the pair seemed to decide to give their budding relationship a chance. “Just because we kissed doesn’t mean we were intimate.” Instead, she described their current status as “hanging out and talking.” “You’re going to have to wait and see what happens on the next season,” she said.

As much as I LOVE KC, I was not really wowed at all by the last season of The Hills. Yes, I watched every single ep but I was totally bored thruout the season. Even with all the contrived drama surrounding Kristin and her relationships with Justin-Bobby and Brody Jenner, I couldn’t even tell you what transpired from one ep to the next … cuz basically nothing transpired from one ep to the next. As for the scenes with newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt … well, it really looked like they were included on a weekly basis because they had to be included due to contractual obligations. It really felt like the show lost all of its steam … and its gleam. I hope they can amp up the interest level in the coming season cuz I sincerely doubt they can justify a season 7 if they end up giving us another boring season again. Is anyone out there excited about this renewal of The Hills?

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