UCLA gets stood up . . . again

Last year Bill Clinton was supposed to give the commencement address but he backed out. (It was, supposedly, an AFSCME union thing.)

This year, in what I assume many graduates would view as a major step down, UCLA invited actor James Franco. But, citing a need "to be on location to begin pre-production on my next film", he, too, bailed.

Note for next year: I'm available. (And I'm an alum!) 

UPDATE: the last-minute replacement is the lead guitarist for Linkin Park.