James Franco: Actor. Writer. Filmmaker. All-around curiosity. And, now, defendant. Franco has been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit over a film about writer Charles Bukowski that he ...

There are a lot of actors who routinely find themselves in more trouble than James Franco, but I’m not sure there’s one who routinely finds himself in the middle of more weirdness. From obnoxious ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) – Actor James Franco lifted elements from Charles Bukowski’s semi-autobiographical novel “Ham on Rye” to make a movie about the late author, the owner of rights to the novel claims in ...

According to a lawsuit filed Thursday, Franco had an agreement to develop "Ham on Rye," but the rights expired in 2010, and his "Bukowski" film treads on the novel. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor ...