Welcome to another exciting edition of James Franco's Name-Droppers, in which James Franco weaves minor anecdotes about famous people he knows into something superficially resembling a story. This week's installment: "Bungalow 89," in which Franco squeezes anecdotes about Leo DiCaprio, Gus Van Sant, and Keanu Reeves into a story that otherwise reads like an Intro to Philosophy paper.
But the most memorable moment of "Bungalow 89" comes when Lindsay Lohan shows up at Franco's titular Chateau Marmont bungalow in her pajamas. James Franco isn't interested in sex, insists James Franco. Instead, he invites her to listen while he reads a few of J.D. Salinger's short stories aloud. Later, she falls asleep, and James Franco stops thinking about James Franco long enough to think about Lindsay Lohan:
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