1 00:00:01,064 --> 00:00:06,045 Kalup Linzy--Artist 2 00:00:09,999 --> 00:00:14,175 Do you think there’s a difference between art and entertainment? 3 00:00:14,175 --> 00:00:19,263 Yeah, for me, I mean art feels more personal. 4 00:00:19,263 --> 00:00:26,083 So art can be entertaining, but they’re not...I don’t think they’re the same machine. 5 00:00:26,083 --> 00:00:32,554 I think in terms of Hollywood, I think that’s a big piece of performance art itself. 6 00:00:32,877 --> 00:00:38,828 "Kalup Linzy & James Franco That's Entertainment!" 7 00:00:39,090 --> 00:00:44,581 [APPLAUSE] 8 00:00:44,842 --> 00:00:56,744 Tonight At Rob Pruitt's 2010 Art Awards 9 00:00:57,877 --> 00:01:06,737 The New York Art World Is Celebrating At A Hollywood Style Awards Show 10 00:01:06,737 --> 00:01:15,695 And A New Artist Duo Has Been Invited To Perform 11 00:01:15,895 --> 00:01:23,521 New York Close Up 12 00:01:50,402 --> 00:01:55,401 Hey Kalup, can you tell me a little bit about the outfit that you’re going to wear during the performance tonight? 13 00:01:57,371 --> 00:02:02,576 I’m wearing this gold wig...it’s a look I’ve had before. 14 00:02:02,576 --> 00:02:05,576 I’m wearing this jacket, a Tim Hamilton jacket. 15 00:02:06,976 --> 00:02:08,567 Do you know what James is going to wear tonight? 16 00:02:09,167 --> 00:02:13,225 Yeah, he’s supposed to wear...if he do what he say he’s going to do... 17 00:02:15,302 --> 00:02:25,342 So he’s supposed to wear like a suit with no arms and he’s going to have his hair slicked…slicked back or slicked down with a moustache. 18 00:02:26,157 --> 00:02:31,172 So he may be...I may appear to be more the masculine figure tonight and he may look more feminine. 19 00:02:32,572 --> 00:02:40,069 That may not...and tonight is our first night performing officially as Kalup & Franco. 20 00:02:40,069 --> 00:02:44,190 So in the...the look is probably going to change. 21 00:02:44,683 --> 00:02:47,735 Should I tuck this shirt in or should I leave it? 22 00:02:47,735 --> 00:02:51,364 ♪ 23 00:02:51,365 --> 00:02:56,652 James gets into the city I think at 6:55 if he’s not already here. 24 00:02:57,929 --> 00:03:00,260 I hope the scene isn’t chaotic. 25 00:03:02,737 --> 00:03:05,180 I kind of want to just be calm. 26 00:03:06,518 --> 00:03:10,598 Cause he tends to cause a frenzy these days so... 27 00:03:12,121 --> 00:03:15,351 I don't know what that's going to be like. 28 00:03:17,566 --> 00:03:46,835 [CROWD] 29 00:03:46,835 --> 00:03:48,919 James Franco--Actor 30 00:03:48,919 --> 00:03:57,004 The celebrity thing isn’t difficult, I mean that helps but you don’t want to be so high up on celebrity and then the performance doesn’t go well because then... 31 00:03:57,004 --> 00:04:02,304 I mean the bigger the celebrity is, the bigger the crash will be if it doesn’t come off well. 32 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:10,828 Kalup & Franco Are The Closing Act 33 00:04:13,152 --> 00:04:24,656 Last year James Franco invited Kalup Linzy to join him on General Hospital where Franco plays Franco, a psychotic serial killer obsessed with a mobster. 34 00:04:25,010 --> 00:04:28,323 Linzy plays his musical collaborator, Kalup Ishmael. 35 00:04:29,046 --> 00:04:36,323 Linzy and Franco have decided to continue their collaboration by forming a performance art music based duo... 36 00:04:36,323 --> 00:04:42,092 Where dreams, art, music, film, soap opera, real life, and performance art collide. 37 00:04:42,092 --> 00:04:45,922 Ladies and gentlemen, Kalup & Franco. 38 00:04:45,922 --> 00:04:50,167 [APPLAUSE] 39 00:04:50,167 --> 00:04:57,727 ♪ 40 00:04:57,727 --> 00:05:01,294 ♪ They met at the club, dancing real strong. ♪ 41 00:05:01,294 --> 00:05:04,847 ♪ He wanted her stuff, she said you can’t have none. ♪ 42 00:05:04,847 --> 00:05:08,424 ♪ He looked her in the eyes, he was super fine. ♪ 43 00:05:08,424 --> 00:05:12,141 ♪ She say okay cute boy, my stuff is your toy. ♪ 44 00:05:12,141 --> 00:05:14,414 ♪ She took him home for some. ♪ 45 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:16,153 ♪ They was real drunk. ♪ 46 00:05:16,153 --> 00:05:17,989 ♪ He sniffed some coke. ♪ 47 00:05:17,989 --> 00:05:19,695 ♪ That’s why he’s real broke. ♪ 48 00:05:19,695 --> 00:05:23,378 ♪ He could not get it up, so he ate his stuff. ♪ 49 00:05:23,378 --> 00:05:26,753 ♪ Made it in the bed, she looked at him and said. ♪ 50 00:05:26,753 --> 00:05:28,469 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 51 00:05:28,593 --> 00:05:30,153 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 52 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:31,857 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 53 00:05:31,934 --> 00:05:33,636 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 54 00:05:33,713 --> 00:05:35,448 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 55 00:05:35,510 --> 00:05:37,337 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 56 00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:39,079 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 57 00:05:39,156 --> 00:05:41,071 ♪ This ain’t no chewing gum, ♪ 58 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:42,339 ♪ He couldn’t concentrate... ♪ 59 00:05:42,339 --> 00:05:51,878 When Kalup came to talk at Columbia, you brought in some of your videos, and that was the first time I was exposed to most of those videos. 60 00:05:51,878 --> 00:05:58,921 And I had just...I think I had just shot General...the first... 61 00:05:58,921 --> 00:06:00,994 The first half, the first part. Yeah you did, yeah... 62 00:06:00,994 --> 00:06:07,132 But then a lot of people went up to talk to you after so I felt like oh, I shouldn’t bother him. 63 00:06:07,132 --> 00:06:14,100 ♪ I thought you found love, I thought you were love. ♪ 64 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:19,962 ♪ You are not love. You’re just a good fuck. ♪ 65 00:06:19,962 --> 00:06:24,545 ♪ You’re just a hot mess. ♪ 66 00:06:24,545 --> 00:06:27,980 ♪ You used to feel blessed. ♪ 67 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:34,462 ♪ You want a love nest. Child, confess! ♪ 68 00:06:34,462 --> 00:06:37,440 ♪ 69 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,446 KALUP: ♪ I want to know why. ♪ 70 00:06:39,446 --> 00:06:41,017 JAMES: ♪ I want to know why. ♪ 71 00:06:41,017 --> 00:06:42,554 KALUP: ♪ Please tell me why. ♪ 72 00:06:42,554 --> 00:06:43,871 JAMES: ♪ Please tell me why. ♪ 73 00:06:43,871 --> 00:06:45,768 KALUP: ♪ Please tell me. ♪ 74 00:06:45,768 --> 00:06:46,967 JAMES: ♪ Please tell me. ♪ 75 00:06:46,967 --> 00:06:48,174 KALUP: ♪ Pretty please. ♪ JAMES: ♪ Pretty please. ♪ 76 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:49,712 KALUP: ♪ With ice cream. ♪ 77 00:06:49,712 --> 00:06:50,805 JAMES: ♪ With ice cream. ♪ 78 00:06:50,805 --> 00:06:51,925 KALUP: ♪ And cherries. ♪ 79 00:06:51,925 --> 00:06:52,846 JAMES: ♪ And cherries. ♪ 80 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:53,773 KALUP: ♪ Ooh, and nuts. ♪ 81 00:06:53,773 --> 00:06:55,048 JAMES: ♪ And nuts. ♪ KALUP: ♪ Lots of nuts. ♪ 82 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:56,474 JAMES: ♪ Lots of nuts. ♪ 83 00:06:56,474 --> 00:06:57,231 KALUP: ♪ Big nuts. ♪ 84 00:06:57,231 --> 00:06:58,871 JAMES: ♪ Big nuts. ♪ KALUP: ♪ Chunky nuts. ♪ 85 00:06:58,871 --> 00:07:00,326 KALUP: ♪ Chunky nuts. ♪ JAMES: ♪ Bad nuts. ♪ 86 00:07:00,326 --> 00:07:00,957 FRANCO: ♪ Bad nuts.♪ KALUP: ♪ No more nuts. ♪ 87 00:07:00,957 --> 00:07:02,507 JAMES: ♪ No more nuts. ♪ 88 00:07:02,507 --> 00:07:06,841 KALUP: ♪ I am nuts. That motherfucker. ♪ 89 00:07:06,841 --> 00:07:08,360 JAMES: ♪ Motherfucker. ♪ 90 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:09,501 KALUP: ♪ That son of a bitch. ♪ 91 00:07:09,501 --> 00:07:11,249 JAMES: ♪ Son of a bitch. ♪ 92 00:07:11,249 --> 00:07:21,263 KALUP: ♪ He did this to me. ♪ 93 00:07:24,587 --> 00:07:32,924 Now we just thought because all this, this is one of the core audience to support our projects, our music and stuff. 94 00:07:32,924 --> 00:07:37,220 So we just...I’m really excited. I’m really excited. I’m really excited. 95 00:07:37,220 --> 00:07:37,951 Me too. 96 00:07:37,951 --> 00:07:51,040 So we got a lot, everything we can’t talk about in terms of like, so I said everything we can’t talk about like the…[WHISPERS] This comes out in June though. [WHISPERS] 97 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,758 Oh. 98 00:07:52,758 --> 00:07:56,522 But it’s fine. This doesn’t come out until June. But no, we don’t have to... 99 00:07:56,522 --> 00:07:59,208 But like a movie... movie soundtrack. 100 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:01,204 We got a lot of big plans! 101 00:08:01,204 --> 00:08:03,808 We got a lot…so it’s going to be like...it’s going to be great.