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James Franco Promos New Book from Long Beach

Movie star talks about his new book from a beach chair by the ocean.

Photo: James Franco Instagram

Movie star James Franco sat in the sand at Long Beach to talk about his new book.

Sitting in front of the Allegria Hotel and The Ocean Club apartments in a beach chair - “I’m always at the beach, it’s relaxing” he said - Franco showed off his soon-to-be published book, Hollywood Dreaming: Stories, Pictures, and Poems.

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The compilation of artwork and original writing will be on bookshelves Sept. 23.

Franco spent much of his summer on Long Island where he filmed at several locations in East Rockaway, Rockville Centre, Freeport, and Westbury.

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See if you can spot yourself or a friend in the background of Franco’s book trailer:


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