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"James Franco has apologized to Oscar writer Bruce Vilanch for mocking him on Twitter. In an interview Vilanch did with New York magazine, he claimed that Franco &amp;quot;didn&amp;#039;t get there&amp;quot; when he oversaw last month&amp;#039;s Oscar ceremony. The writer suggested that Franco&amp;#039;s commitments to Yale University hampered the actor&amp;#039;s preparations for hosting the event. In response to the comments, Franco tweeted: &amp;quot;Bruce he let me down.&amp;quot; The tweet was accompanied by a photograph of himself and Vilanch with the following words written over it: &amp;quot;James f**ked up the Oscars. Trust me, I know comedy. I mean, come on, I write for Bette Midler!&amp;quot; Franco removed the tweet and the photo from his account. Now, after Vilanch sent Franco a letter assuring the star that he was trying to &amp;quot;defend&amp;quot; him and not &amp;quot;diss&amp;quot; him during the interview, the actor issued an apology on Twitter. The 127 Hours actor tweeted a photo of Vilanch&amp;#039;s letter with the words, &amp;quot;Thanks Bruce. Sorry for reading stupid blogs. James,&amp;quot; written over it. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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