{
  "id": 3579851,
  "title": "James Franco’s Career Rehab Flops as He Sleepwalks Through the Werewolf Microdrama ‘Love, Lies & Frank’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/james-francos-career-rehab-flops-as-he-sleepwalks-through-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T19:45:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/columns/james-franco-hollywood-comeback-flops-werewolf-microdrama-1236834831/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "James Franco’s glittering career first showed signs of faltering in 2014, when a 17-year-old girl shared messages the then-35-year-old sent her on Instagram, trying to coerce her into showing up at his hotel despite knowing her age. At the time, Franco brushed off his behavior, saying he “used bad judgment.” But in 2018, at the […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}