What will James Franco do next?

The actor, who seems deeply committed to off-beat projects these days, has a new one. “Three’s Company: The Drama” is billed as “a multi-media examination of the classic '70s sitcom,” which Franco will present at the New Frontier program of the next Sundance Film Festival to be held in January.

The New York Times reports that the festival description provided about the project says, “Television has undoubtedly shaped our world: our increased exposure to dramatic entertainment, the shapes of our houses, the shape of the time in our day. In this piece James Franco hopes to pull television from the box and view it from ‘a slightly oblique perspective.’”

Franco is becoming quite well known for not living the life of a conventional movie star. He went back to college, took a role on “General Hospital,” has written for the magazine Esquire, and produced a short documentary film about an episode of “Saturday Night Live.”

Leonardo DiCaprio has landed himself a killer new role - the actor will portray a murderer in the upcoming movie adaptation of the New York Times best-seller, "The Devil in the White City," according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Set during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the film - which DiCaprio will also produce - focuses on fair architect Daniel H. Burnham and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer who was said to be the mastermind behind a series of murders that took place around the time of the event.

A charming man masquerading as a doctor, Holmes created and erected the World's Fair Hotel, which he used to lure in his many victims, whose body count was estimated between 27 to 200, reports Deadline.com. Holmes's hotel included a gas chamber, crematorium, and a dissecting table where he would strip skeletons and sell parts for scientific study.

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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi just might have her biggest fan in Nicole Richie.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the actress/designer jokingly insists that the "Jersey Shore" star has a bright future ahead of her.

"I think she’s going to take over the world. Everybody has been really underestimating her. But she has so many ideas in that bouffant of hers," Richie, 29, tells Vanity Fair, adding that Polizzi's brain might lie within her puffy hair. "You don’t know what’s going on in that poof. She could be hiding a world of genius writing."

In fact, Polizzi, 22, is set to release a work of fiction, "A Shore Thing," in January. Richie, who has also authored two novels, knows just how to market it.

"Snooki is so captivating on television, I think it’d be great if she did a video of herself reading her book," she explains. "That’s what people want to see. You could read the book if you want, or just watch a video of her reading it to you."

Regardless, says Richie, "Don’t count her out. When this book gets published, I think she’s really going to surprise everyone."

Fox's hit "Glee" isn't the only show the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has faulted for employing a word used to refer to the transgender community that some people find offensive.

On October 26, during the show's "Rocky Horror" episode, “tra**y” was used as “an easy punch line," according to GLAAD. Then, days later, the alliance said the "Jersey Shore" reunion special took an offensive turn, as well.

While revisiting some of the season’s most memorable moments, the special - which first aired on October 28 - flashed back to an instance at a Miami nightclub. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was flirting with a blonde club-goer who his cast mates later referred to as a “tra**y.”

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Don’t get it confused: Demi Lovato is not in “rehab.”

The Disney starlet’s reps want to make it clear that she is in treatment for “emotional and physical issues," which is apparently not the same as being in rehab.

On Tuesday morning, the ladies of “The View" were chatting about Lovato’s recent woes when co-host Whoopi Goldberg referenced the young singer and actress being in rehab.

Moments later, Goldberg quickly cleaned that up by saying that the show had heard from Lovato’s publicist who wanted to make it perfectly clear that she is “not in rehab. She's in a treatment center.”

Duly noted.

Wearing fishnets and a leotard on the December cover of Vanity Fair, Cher has hardly changed over the course of her 40-plus years in show business.

The same applies to her attitude, as she proves in the magazine's accompanying interview, in which the outspoken star talks about drugs, aging,  Chaz Bono's sex-change operation, and late ex-husband Sonny Bono.

Just 16 when she met 11-years-older Bono in 1962, the duo went on to marry and make beautiful music together. But Cher tells Vanity Fair that the controlling Bono – whom she divorced in 1975 - knew they were destined to go their separate ways.

See more Cher in Vanity Fair

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After the Parents Television Council gave them heat for that racy GQ photo shoot, "Glee" has come under fire once again: New York magazine's Vulture reports that GLAAD is upset that the hit Fox series featured the word "tra**y" in its "Rocky Horror"-themed show.

In the episode, the character of Mike Chang offers to play campy cross-dresser Dr. Frank-N-Furter but then backs out, explaining that his parents don't want him “dressing up like a tra**y.”

"The casual manner in which the word was used is jarring, even if he may have been repeating what his parents said," GLAAD'S Matt Kane writes on the organization's site.

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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear drew about 250,000 people to the National Mall this past Saturday, but there were hundreds of thousands more who were there in spirit via live stream, according to a release from Comedy Central.

The network, which airs Stewart’s “Daily Show” and the “Colbert Report,” reports that there were 570,000 live streams happening via ComedyCentral.com or an iPhone, iPad or Android device.

This turned Saturday’s rally into one of the largest live-streamed events for MTV Networks, and it was the largest single event ever for Foursquare. The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was an “Epic Swarm,” with more than 50,000 check-ins between the two locations and more than 25,000 badge unlocks, according to the statement.

To top it off, the rally also pulled in 2 million viewers during Comedy Central’s live coverage from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET.

Hey, it’s A.J. Hammer here, and I am totally stunned by the news today that 18-year-old Demi Lovato, who stars on the Disney show “Sonny with a Chance,” is seeking treatment for emotional issues.

Demi, who's been a star since the age of 7, had been touring with the Jonas Brothers when she decided to leave and seek treatment. The young star seemed to have everything together, but was it all too much? What do you think - is fame to blame? Let us know in the comments!

Here are more big stories I’m fired up about today…

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That confidence Fergie exudes onstage is no act.

In the latest issue of Glamour, the singer opens up about believing in herself as well as her marriage.

Read the full interview with Fergie

The former child star and current member of the Black Eyed Peas is no stranger to seeing her name in the headlines, but things took a turn for the worse in the fall of 2009, when her 10-month marriage to actor Josh Duhamel, 37, was rocked by rumors of infidelity.

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