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"James Franco is to be the grand marshal of the Daytona 500, it has been announced. The actor will officially open the first race of the NASCAR season at Daytona International Speedway on February 24.  Franco&amp;#039;s role at the Daytona 500 will come as part of a promotional campaign for the upcoming Disney film Oz the Great and Powerful. The actor&amp;#039;s appearance will be preceded by a concert from Grammy Award-winning country music stars the Zac Brown Band. Clay Cook, one of the Zac Brown Band&amp;#039;s vocalists, will also sing the National Anthem just prior to the race beginning. Fox will air this year&amp;#039;s Daytona 500. Watch James Franco in a trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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