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" James Franco dropped a (bottled blond) bombshell on his Instagram this morning claiming &amp;quot;That Late 90s bleached look&amp;quot; as his inspiration, which led everyone else to compare him to\u2014guess who?\u2014late &amp;#039;90s boy bands. Fair enough. But we&amp;#039;d like to say this strange grooming makeover reminds us a more than a bit of Joaquin Phoenix and his weird beard, which may or may have not been part of an agonizingly long performance art piece. Or maybe he was just on drugs. Or both. Whatever.      Franco, who we&amp;#039;re fans of here at &amp;#039;ol Esquire has been riding the line between celebrity and &amp;quot;lifestyle artist&amp;quot; for a few years now, and this new Goldilocks look might just be the first sign that he&amp;#039;s tipping into the latter. Let&amp;#039;s just hope he doesn&amp;#039;t start &amp;quot;rapping.&amp;quot;      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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