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James Franco
James Franco rose to fame for playing the title character in the TV movie James Dean, which garnered him a Golden Globe Award. Born and raised in Palo Alto, California, he appeared in the Spider-Man trilogy, Pineapple Express, Milk, Eat, Pray, Love, Oz the Great and Powerful and 127 Hours, for which he earned an Oscar nod. Franco makes his Broadway debut in 2014 in Of Mice and Men.
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