James Franco is taking his performance art to new level – knifemaking.. The artistic actor designed a switchblade in honor of the late actor Brad Renfro, who died from a drug overdose at the age ...

The 25-minute, often over- or underexposed, out-of-focus, or otherwise roughly-shot film chronicles Franco working with a tattoo artist; negotiating then renegotiating how to carve Renfro’s name ...

THANK you, Rachel Abramowitz, for “Death Spiral” [Feb. 10], acknowledging Brad Renfro’s talents and life. He was truly a tremendously gifted actor and a beautiful person inside and out.