Actor James Franco appears on this month's cover of Out to help hype his new gay flick, Milk. (He also did a cover for Interview magazine.)

The movie's story: Harvey Milk was California's first openly gay elected official and was later assassinated, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone. Franco's starring opposite Sean Penn, who has not been doing press for the movie, which is a bit queer.

So, Franco's getting all this attention and people are loving him. Or hating him. It depends on who you ask.

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Brad Pitt doesn't want to be known for his boyish good looks, successful movie career or relationship with Saint Angelina — turns out what he really wants to do is take pictures. No, seriously. He wants to be a professional photographer. W magazine is on board with his childhood fantasy and has decided to allow Brad to shoot Angie and the kids for the November issue.

This is Pitt's inaugural turn creating a cover, although photography has been a longtime hobby of his. Not only did he appear on the March 2007 cover of Interview wielding a camera, Jolie reportedly gave him a Littman 45 single camera as a birthday gift.

Well by all means — if he's photographed holding a camera and was given a fancy one for his birthday, then he must be good.

Recent rehab graduate Eva Mendes spoke to Interview magazine about substance abuse, but she wasn't having any of the interviewer's hilarious jokes. In response to the reporter saying, "They're going to have to change the name of it to 'Alcoholics Unanimous,'" Eva provided nothing but silence (and probably a death stare). After prodding from the interviewer, Eva said, "I'm not making jokes, because people die from this stuff. So, honestly, I think it's a bit tacky that you made a joke."

Good for you, Eva.

With Madonna's 50th birthday rapidly approaching, the queen of pop has decided to deal with her mid-life crisis by attempting to recreate Christina Aguilera's Dirrty video circa 2002. The photo, which will accompany a feature in Interview magazine, shows Madge in what we believe are a pair of designer leopard print Depends.

These fabulous photos are from the Interview Magazine in which Lindsay Lohan talked to Ingrid Sischy, but the heart of this post is actually focused on the April 2006 issue of Interview, for which Lohan interviewed musician and all-around looney Devendra Banhart. I just figured you would rather see the Lohan shots than some random dude, right?

Those of you who know of Banhart see how amazingly surreal the Lohan combination is. Those of who who don't, he defies description, but hopefully the picture on the side will give you a little insight. It's an incredible duo.

Seriously, who paired these two? I want to shake that person's hand.

I love Banhart, and ever since I caught wind of this, I have been searching for a full transcript of this momentous meeting of the minds. Thanks to the wonder of the internet, I finally found it. Some of my favorite tidbits, though I implore you to read the whole thing:

LL: Let's see, what do we want to start with? I came up with some fun pop-up questions.
DB: I like the whole "What are you thinking right now?" thing.
LL: I like that too.
DB: That's fun. Okay, what are you thinking right now? Just whatever pops into your head.
LL: I just walked into the Mercer Hotel …
DB: An image. It doesn't matter. It could just be a thing.
LL: I see you smoking a cigarette? What are you thinking?
DB: Red backpack.
LL: Why red backpack?
DB: I don't know. It was just the first thing that popped into my head.
LL: Really? Did you see someone walk in with a backpack?
DB: I didn't,
LL: [laughs] So tell me about your life. You are from Texas, right?
DB: I was born in Texas, but I immediately moved to Caracas, Venezuela, and I lived there until I was 13 years old.
LL: Why did you move to Venezuela?
DB: Because my mother's whole family is from there. My parents split up and my mother went back.
LL: I dated someone from Venezuela and he left there at 13, too. I don't know what part of Venezuela he was from.

Good to see she'll always bring it back to herself. At least it's refreshing to know that even if Lohan had mentioned Wilmer Valderramma by name, Devendra would have had no idea who he was.

Lohan continues to be delightfully arbitrary after the jump.

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If there's one thing Lindsay Lohan should learn from this cover shoot for Interview Magazine, it's never ever let anyone do this to her hair again. I completely understand that she is supposed to be Elizabeth Taylor, but sweet lord is that unflattering. In other news, Lindsay was looking pretty smoking, non-emaciated, and sans brassiere on the streets of New York Saturday night.

Her casual look and knowing smirk say “Doesn’t fucking matter what happens with me tonight, I could blow lines in plain sight and let my barely-there slip dress fall off my shoulders—the public loves me. Remind me to send Brandon Davis flowers.” Lindsay can maintain her angry facade, but underneath it's a 'get out of jail free' card and she knows it.

In related news, has anyone made “Team Firecrotch” T-shirts yet? Someone should get on that before Kitson comes out with its version. Other variations could include “You’re just jealous of my seven foot clitoris” and “I’d rather fuck her father”. Well, those are just vulgar.

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