The Center for Disease Control is saying they believe a quarter of all Americans have a mental illness and about half of all Americans will develop at least one mental illness at some point in their lives. Among these mental disorders are things like anxiety or mood disorders and anything that effects "sustained abnormal alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and impaired functioning." The CDC also says mental illness can be associated with "cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, epilepsy, and cancer"—and that such chronic diseases are on the rise ... Discuss

Veronica Mars and Zach Braff have proved that the public has an appetite for funding unfathomably wealthy celebrity's pet projects, so it was only a matter of time before more stars start bringing their film ideas to the public. Leading the charge is James Franco, who's looking to film a $500,000 trilogy about his high school years. Sure. Sounds great. To his credit, Franco is promising to donate any profit his films make to charity, so at least he's paying it all forward ... Discuss