Renaissance man James Franco is set to debut his indie film tribute to late actor Brad Renfro.  According to Contact Music, Franco will showcase, Rebel which focuses on Renfro at the Venice Biennale art festival in Italy. Franco, who carved Renfro's name in his shoulder, told Playboy: 

Heath Ledger died a week after Brad, and I feel Brad has been forgotten already. They didn't even mention his death at the Oscars that year.

Renfro died in 2008 from a heroin overdose. 

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Hollywood's busiest man appears to be quite gracious with his fans. James Franco was spotted taking the time to sign autographs and pose for pictures, following a taping on Jimmy Kimmel Live on December 2. I wonder if those were fans of Milk, 127 Hours or General Hospital? Hey, maybe all of the above! Check out more pics after the jump! READ MORE

The twitterverse erupted overnight with buzz regarding A-list film actor James Franco (Spider Man, Milk) possibly heading to General Hospital. The pandamonium occured when The Biggest Loser's Jillian Michaels told followers on her page about her dinner date with best pal Vanessa Marcil, tweeting,

 

She said James Franco is doing 2 months on the show and she would consider going back for that time to work with him.

 Now what on earth are those crazy kids at GH trying to do with all this casting? READ MORE