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Good Looking Actors Infiltrate Brooklyn
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 7, 2009
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L: James Franco on Brooklyn Stoop, by the AP; R: Javier Barden on Smith Street, by Pretty in the City
Sometimes slow news days are good when they allow for photos of two of the sexiest men alive. That's right! Javier Bardem and James Franco are both in town filming scenes for Eat, Pray, Love. Check out more images of Mr. Bardem on Smith Street here. According to this Twitter update, they'll both be filming scenes today (and tonight?) at Robin Des Bois restaurant in Brooklyn, along with Billy Crudup and Julia Roberts.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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