Um, what?!

Smokey Robinson revealed that he recorded a duet with James Franco and his band Daddy. So random!

During an interview with the New York Post at Monday's Angel Ball in NYC, the motown legend revealed his unlikely collaboration with the actor. After a chance encounter on a plane, the Oscar nominee asked Robinson to make a song with him, to which he happily agreed. "He asked me to do it, and so I did it. It's as simple as that. There's no deep dark secret," he explained.

The song, called "Crime," has yet to be released.

The Pineapple Express star is known for taking on quirky projects, and we're sure this will be no different!

We can't wait to hear the tunes!

Ahh on-set romance!

James Franco is dating his Spring Breakers co-star Ashley Benson, multiple sources confirm. The new couple was spotted canoodling at Universal Studios, and a fan provided photographic proof with an Instagram pic!

The Oscar-nominated actor and the Pretty Little Liars actress met while filming the indie movie, and apparently they hit it off so well that the blonde beauty dumped her boyfriend!

The 22-year-old was reportedly dating Justin Bieber's "swagger coach" Ryan Good until she met Franco.

"Once the shoot wrapped, Ashley told Ryan they needed to 'slow down' and then booked a flight to New York City to go see James' art gallery showing," a source told Radar.

Scandalous!

The trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful has hit the web, and this is our first look at Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams as Theodora, Evanora and Glinda, aka the Wicked Witch of the West, the Wicked Witch of the East and the Good Witch.

This story is the prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and it details how the Wizard arrived in Oz and became the ruler. James Franco plays Oscar Diggs, a circus magician who is transported from Kansas to Oz, and he is "reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants ... Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well."

James Franco almost starred opposite Rihanna in her 2011 "We Found Love" music video, according to Mr. Franco himself.

In a recent interview with MTV News, Franco admitted:

“She actually asked me to be in that video, the one with the relationship that gets crazy. I couldn’t do it. But, I guess, I hope that that means there’s mutual love between us.”

RiRi definitely has good taste! Recently, Franco made headlines when he posted a clip of himself lip synching Rihanna's "You Da One." Adorbs!

Although we would have loved to have seen James in the "We Found Love" video, the part of Rihanna's troubled leading man went to male model Dudley O'Shaughnessy.

Click thru to watch the sexy video.

James Franco loves his Spring Breakers co-star Selena Gomez so much that he's covering her hit song "Love You Like A Love Song."

Wearing his Kevin Federline get-up while filming for the flick, the corn rowed cutie smiles at the camera while mouthing the lyrics in the passenger seat.

In our eyes, the oh-so-hot Mr. Franco can do no wrong!

Is that you K-Fed?!

James Franco strikes an uncanny resemblance to Britney Spears' ex-husband in his latest film role for Spring Breakers. The film also stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Benson, and The Biebs' gal pal recently posted this picture to her Instagram account... looks like the cast is having tons of fun shooting!

The 33-year-old actor always immerses himself in his character, so we can't wait to watch him play a drug and arms dealer in the film.

Given the fact that all three girls spend the majority of their screen time in bikinis, we would guess this movie is going to be a hit at the box office!

Sigh, what happened to the hottie in those Gucci ads?!

James Franco and a pal were spotted in Hollywood over the weekend, and it looks like he was having a bit of an off day. Of course, he's still a working actor, so that's gotta count for something! It was just announced that Franco is set to play controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in an upcoming biopic, so it looks like he's snagged yet another meaty role.

Jose Angel Santana, a former New York University professor, claims he lost his job after teaching James Franco in his "Directing the Actor" class. The teacher has filed a lawsuit claiming he was "wrongfully terminated."

Santana tells the NY Post he has suffered "public humiliation" since giving Franco a "D." The professor gave the actor a "D" for skipping out on 12 of the 14 classes.

In the legal papers, it states, "In my opinion, they've turned the NYU graduate film degree into swag for James Franco's purposes, a possession, something you can buy."

Santana also claims this would never have happened if he were a caucasian professor.

NYU has denied any wrongdoing ... calling Santana's claims "ridiculous."