Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen photos of actor Robert Pattinson filming scenes for his new movie with pretty big Academy Award-winning co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz but today we get to see him filming scenes with literally his biggest co-star yet. Here are photos of R. Pattz on the SoCal set of his film Water for Elephants with his elephant co-star:

But, we already know that R. Pattz isn’t the first Elephants actor to work with animals on set … earlier this week we saw photos of Reese Witherspoon riding around on horseback on set. Admittedly, I am not familiar with the novel on which this film is based but I’m kinda intrigued by all of these animals on set … which they BETTER be taking very good care of. I’m not a big fan of period pieces but … I dunno. I’ve heard mixed things from Pink readers about whether they think the movie based on the book will turn out well. I’m still on the fence … but these photos have piqued my interest — how about you?

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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Mike The Situation Sorrentino and Vinny Guadagnino are featured on the cover and in the pages of the new Queer Issue of the NYC newspaper The Village Voice but they claim that they were tricked into posing for the cover of this particular issue. Despite their initial chagrin at being “tricked” to pose for the cover, the JS guys claim that they are down with the gays:

The Jersey Shore boys love all their fans—including the gay ones. So it was a little surprising to read this morning that our pals Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Vinny Guadagino were upset to find shirtless photos of themselves on the cover of the “Queer Issue” of New York City alternative newspaper the Village Voice. But just like Kathy Griffin, our favorite self-described “guidos” love their gays. “I don’t give a s–t, man,” Vinny just told me about being on the newspaper’s annual gay-themed issue. “I’ve done so many photoshoots and they’re pretty much all the same. “I go in there, do my thing, take my shirt off, get my hair and my make-up done and they dress me,” he continued. “I take the pictures and wherever they end up, they end up.” A report in today’s New York Post claims that the Village Voice tricked the trio into doing the photo shoot by not telling them when the pics would actually run. “I know MTV and it’s in their judgment to make sure they don’t end up anywhere too crazy, but the Village Voice?” Vinny said. “That’s awesome.” The accompanying Voice story, headlined “The Guido Ideal,” examines gay life on the Shore. “As long as I look good,” Vinny said, “that’s all I care about.” Way back in December, The Situation told me that he doesn’t mind his same-sex loving fans. “I’ll be honest, I like the attention,” he said, “I’m flattered if there are guys with different preferences that have crushes on me.” Besides, being a “Queer” coverboy does have its perks. Vinny bragged, “I got a free pink hoodie out of it!”

You know, these guys may be attention whores but at least they are equal opportunity attention whores. I don’t know any gays who are particularly fond of the “guido” look that these yo-yos like to promote but, hey, different strokes for different folks. I gotta say, much about what these guys (and the entire Jersey Shore phenomenon over all) do kinda bugs the crap out of me but if they can be “totally down” with the gays then I guess I can be down with them … to a point.

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Lauren LC Conrad, former star of MTV‘s The Hills and current author and fashion designer, is featured in the latest Got Milk? ad for the now pop culturally relevant promo campaign that promotes milk drinking. I believe that LC previously featured in a Got Milk? ad before but her ability to inspire folks to drink cow juice is so great, they decided to bring her back for another go ’round:

Meh. To be honest, this photo is kinda … meh. It’s cute and all and LC looks like, well, LC but … there’s nothing very interesting or novel about this particular photo. The most exciting thing is the flowery glass she is holding. I mean, I can only speak for myself but this photo does not make me want to drink milk. Does it work for you?

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Back in March we learned that Madonna was planning the release of her own clothing line, geared towards juniors, due out later this year called Material Girl and today we get our first look at sketches for the line. I understand that Maddy‘s eldest daughter Lourdes Maria has had a hand in the design aesthetic for the line … which seems pretty evident from the look of these first sketches:

Today Macy’s released three sketches from Madonna’s Material Girl clothing line which will hit store shelves and Macys.com on Tuesday 03 August. The collection will retail from $12 to $40 and an advertising campaign will launch on Tuesday 29 June. A Macys.com/materialgirl website will be launched as well as Material Girl Facebook and Twitter pages with behind-the-scenes goodies and pictures from the collection and campaign. And last but not least there will be a competition run by Macy’s for one fan and three friends to meet Madonna in New York City!

I understand the huge promo push for the Material Girl clothing line will launch on July 29 (ahead of the August 3 release date) and Macy’s will be offering a chance to meet her Madgesty herself for a few lucky winners. The line, which will apparently feature handbags as well, will showcase names for the accessories based on classic Madonna song titles (Angel, Lucky Star, etc.). I have to say … Maddy is a genius for focusing on a juniors clothing line when other celebs go for the adult market. A juniors line can be more fun and could be a huge hit … tho, I don’t know that that many young girls are very big Madonna fans. I guess we’ll see if this new line takes off … my money is on Madonna being successful … she usually get things like this very right.

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