take advil. >> jimmy: robert pattinson is with us.r cartoon shell. do we have that picture? that's the office and that's the spot where it was. it's been taken. now, this movie "water for elepha elepha elephants," this is -- no vampires in this movie at all. >> ah, no. >> jimmy: and just to drive everyone crazy, you play a guy named jacob. >> i know. >> jimmy: so the teams are all screwed up now. >> i know, like -- >> jimmy: what is the movie about? what does that mean, "water for elephants?" >> i'm not sure what the title means. i know there's some water and elephants in it. it's about a circus in the depression, when circuses were on trains and it's about this guy who jumps on the train, basically, to be a hobo, and finds out it's a circus train and falls in love with the star attraction who is married to the ring master. and it's all a disaster. >> jimmy: and christoph waltz who is unbelievable, reese witherspoon. >> crazy cast. so many amazing people in the crew, as well. >> jimmy: and not just people, but a lot of different anima

that's when the film "water for elephants" opens starring "twilight" heartthrob robert pattinson.plays a veterinary student who falls for reese witherspoon. alexis christoforous reports. >> reporter: reese witherspoon and robert pattinson discover life under the big top in "water for elephants." witherspoon took the role after reading the best-selling novel. >> i thought the character was a really strong woman, in the depression, and during the depression america with no education, no opportunities, and you know she found herself in a relationship with no way out. >> you're a beautiful woman. you deserve a beautiful life. >> reporter: known for playing a vampire in "twilight" pattinson made the leap to the circus because he's fascinated with the depression era. >> i think that period in american history has always been one of my -- i always find it incredibly interesting. >> reporter: witherspoon plays the married star performer in the circus. >> darling, i'm not getting up on that. >> reporter: pattinson plays a veterinary student. both care about an elephant, and that common bon

robert pattinson and reese witherspoon star in it. print, will you like it on film? here's don sanchez on the aisle. >> poor robert pattinson, it's the depression and unexpectedly he's run away with circus and they don't much like him. >> you're an intruder. >> that's nasty circus owner from inglorious bastards. he isn't any nicer here. pattinson wanted to become a veterinarian like his dad and since he has a way with animals, they do keep him on. then he sees her. >> only problem is that reese witherspoon is married to vault. >> the world's run on tricks. everyone plays. >> cruel, conniving, he has guys thrown off the train in the middle of the night so he doesn't have to pay them. he gets an elephant as the new star and beats her. pattinson will have none of that and by now, he's in love with reese. >> truthfully, the chemistry is never there. and if i have a fault with this film, it's that witherspoon is miscast. there's some holes in the script. >> better kind of life meant for you. >> i don't think i've seen an elephant with such

actor robert pattinson is here.n shot to stardom and teen heartthrob status in the "twilight" movies but he leaves behind his blood thirsty ways taking on a new role in "water for elephants." he plays jacob, a young man who runs away to join the world of the circus, but learns that everything under the big top is not as perfect as it seems when he falls in love with a married performer played by reese witherspoon. >> there's a hotel. don't stay longer than a night. >> come with me. >> what? >> you think there's nothing out there for you, but there is. >> jacob, you don't understand. i can't. he'll find me. >> it's a better kind of life that's meant for you, whether that life is with me or not, whether you love me or not. it doesn't matter. but it's got to be now. >> looks like you're holding up well. we'll come back. nice to see you. >> thank you very much. >> when i was a kid, a long time ago, kids my age, boys my age wanted to be baseball player or so run away to join the circus. it was a different time. did you h

robert pattinson and reese witherspoon star in it. is that reese witherspoon is married to vault. >> the world's run on tricks. everyone plays. >> cruel, conniving, he has guys thrown off the train in the middle of the night so he doesn't have to pay them. he gets an elephant as the new star and beats her. pattinson will have none of that and by now, he's in love with reese. >> truthfully, the chemistry is never there. and if i have a fault with this film, it's that witherspoon is miscast. there's some holes in the script. >> better kind of life meant for you. >> i don't think i've seen an elephant with such emotion since dumbo. this one does with her eyes and movement. and robert pattinson without that glowing face and the fang fetish of "twilight" shows some acting chops. this is a lush, overblown soap opera with some credibility problems but i like it enough to nudge it close to 3/4 of a bucket. i'm don sanchez, abc 7 news and we'll see you on the aisle. >> the easter bunny arrived a day early for kids in san francisco. >> on your

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still with the help of pattinson's fans, it could take as much as $20 million. >>> finally, actor mel gibson has broken his silence over all those explosive phone recordings leaked by his ex. he tells deadline hollywood that while he regrets what he said on the tapes, he claims they were edited and he has never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality, period. >> why would he regret it? >> don't just question, bill. just smile and nod. that's what we do. >>> this comes to us from kxas nbc 5 in dallas, texas, where one man as transformed his fondness for a frosty beverage into a form of artistic expression. lewis has a unique way of recycling. he's using his yard as a canvas by putting empty beer cans, unleashing his creativity on the world. his collection should be described as a shrine for the six-pack. that's what we're going to say. but for lewis, it's a combination of pleasure and a newly discovered creative artistic passion. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc st

that's reese witherspoon and robert pattinson from "twilight."'m surprised it came in number 3 but it was a fantastic book. i will definitely go see that. >> i'll smile. >> don't be a grouch on monday. [ laughter ] >>> we're following several developing stories this morning including deadly gunfire in oakland. >> the violence happened in an oakland neighborhood not known for high crime what prompted this morning's deadly shooting coming up. >>> a fire in san francisco's north beach neighborhood leaves 25 people homeless and sends three people to the hospital. we'll have a live report coming up. >>> plus, congresswoman gabrielle giffords cleared to watch her husband's shuttle launch. how he describes the miracle moment his wife found out. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> deadly violence at an oakland bar. six people shot in the chaos. what may have motivated the gunmen. >> we'll have the latest on injuries in a fire and an arson

everybody is thinking, are you talking about robert pattinson?t caught up. i enjoyed what we were talking about. and the big star, can we see rosie? from -- yeah, she's named ty. >> that's me training. i trained for three months. i worked, i went to circus school. they brought me out to her facility and i trained with her. it was incredible. >> that's you? >> yeah, that's me? >> see that gymnastics from your youth is coming in handy. >> i was a little bit rusty. >> you stuck the landing. you did a lot of your own stunts in the movie. >> yeah, i didn't do a lot of the horse stuff, because it made me nervous. i had this great gal who did a bunch of great stuff for me. the director encouraged me to do the elephant stuff. against my better instincts, i ended up doing it. it was incredible. >> let me tell you, if people liked the book, they're going to love this movie. let's talk about it. how would you describe it? >> well, it's a -- "water for elephants" is based on the incredible book. it's just a love story, set in the 1930s circus. i really -- i

now, robert pattinson was here last night and he said he was nervous around the animals. this lion was kind of intimidating. >> jimmy: lion. how does that work with a lion? is it trained? >> well, that lion, apparently, was the only lion who would ferociously go at something because they auditioned several lions and they were all too tame. they were all niceind of pussy-catty. >> jimmy: they wanted a dangerous lion? >> well, of course, something dangerous happens -- i don't want to give it away. >> jimmy: and how are you protected from the lion? >> bars. very strong bars. and thank god his paw was -- you call it a paw on a lion? >> jimmy: yeah. >> paw sounds nice. >> jimmy: soft and -- >> yeah. was too big but there was a tiger next door to the lion who had a smaller paw and he always reached out through the bars. >> jimmy: to try to -- >> no, he just wanted to play. >> jimmy: oh, yeah sure. like a cat plays with a little bird kind of play, right? so you're okay around them -- >> yeah, no, it's okay as long as a trainer is around the animals. >> jimmy: is the circus in eu

coming up, i have robert pattinson, reese witherspoon, anne hathaway all exclusively. >> looking forwardo seeing the interviews. >> tony, we'll send it over to you and maureen. >> thank you, guys. that is some good stuff there. we told you about the snow in northeast. take august look at massachusetts where you can see snow is falling. we thought we had it bad here with the rain. it could be a lot worse. snow in that area, i think a couple of inches that some of those places are expecting. >> in some of the higher el vagues in new england, 3 to 10 inches. insomee of the higher elevations in new england, 3 to 10 inches. there is that little area of snow up in north central portions of maryland. all of this is tracking to the east-northeast and it will continue in that motion through the course of the morning and the day. now, let's take a look at what is going on out there as far as our temperatures go. or futurecast, i want to show you that. here what is we are expecting to see during the course of the day today there is your rainfall. there is your snow. by later on this morning, we sta

tomorrow, robert pattinson, shailene woodley and we'll have music from lenka. so, join us for that.t guest tonight is champion wrestler turned champion actor. he's going back to wrestle mania next year and you can see him go bald head to head with vin diesel in "fast five" in theaters april 29th. please say hello to dwayne johnson. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: how are you? >> how are you doing? >> jimmy: you look very sharp. >> thank you, my friend. >> jimmy: why are you going back into wrestling? >> hold on, jimmy. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i feel like we just finally reached the time where we don't have to say the rock with your name anymore and now you decided to go right back. >> then i go right back into being the rock. why? because i love it. i'm passionate about that business. i was so fortunate and blessed to be able to accomplish everything i accomplished in that business. last big match i had was with brock lesnar. i wanted to give something special to the fans. and that would be putting on the gettest wrestle mania of all time. >> jim

then later this week, robert pattinson, christoph waltz, music from lenka and phantogram, and so much[ applause ] you know our first guest as a friend, as a citizen of a town of cougars and now slasher-bait as she returns for a fourth round of screaming in the new movie "scream 4." it is in theaters now. and "cougar town" wednesday nights at 9:30 here on abc. please welcome courteney cox. [ applause ] how are you? >> i'm good, how are you? >> jimmy: you look great as always. >> thank you. >> jimmy: it's great to see you. >> thanks. >> jimmy: you've had a weird week i think. >> it's been crazy. >> jimmy: movie premiere. >> movie premiere. >> jimmy: show premiere. >> yeah, keep going. >> jimmy: your crazy husband. >> my crazy husband. >> jimmy: you guys -- i have never seen -- i really don't know what to make of it. i saw you on friday night and i -- i don't know, i started like talking to you guys and we started talking about things and i said, i'll just keep my mouth shut. >> why would you keep your mouth shut? we can't. >> jimmy: i don't know. >> lord. >> jimmy: david was on the howa

next week, we'll be joined by courteney cox, dwayne johnson, sammy hagar, robert pattinson, the latesthow, "dancing with the stars" castoff. so join us next week. our first guest is a golden globe and peabody award winner, and the most famous man ever to emerge from ottumwa, iowa. you can see him now alongside dax shepard in the new comedy "brother's justice," premiering on video on demand april 20th, and opening in theaters in select cities may 13th. please say hello to the spirited and sassy tom arnold. >> jimmy: no dilly dalying. >> no dead air.t going and keep it going. >> jimmy: how's everything, you still married? >> happily married to ashley. she's wonderful. i'm very lucky. >> jimmy: when you say happily married, is there ever a stumble as you go through your wives to remember which one you're married to? >> i can't believe -- i wake up sometimes and go i'm married four times, it's crazy, no wonder people make fun of me. four times is ridiculous. >> jimmy: are you still trying to have a baby? >> we are, we're working at it. it's a technical -- i have a low sperm count, as you k

. >> teen girls swooned over edward cullen in the "twilight" movies but robert pattinson stars in "waterhants saying, what's this about the skin? >> very offended elephants. meanwhile, coming up it's not just the royal family going out and getting ready for the wedding but londoners are in a tizzy whether it's to find the right hat, the right shoes and show off at the wedding. we'll get the latest on the preparations for the big day. >> plus, we are parents. of course you were motivated by your mom, by some sort of a bribe at some point. research shows offering rewards may actually have the opposite effect that parents want and create bigger problems down the line. we're going to give advice on better ways to help our kids learn good behavior. >> that's interesting. also ahead, you have to eat to lose weight. it's what you eat that makes the difference. we'll get diet advice from dr. ian smith. first, you know him as the man jamming at the grand ole opry. >> brought down the house. >> you see how that worked. i had to come back to my old job. >> soon enough they will call you back. >> i