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Jackson Rathbone looked great in a black bowler hat as he attended Melanie Segel’s Teen Choice Retreat, sponsored by TJ Maxx held at The Magic Castle in Los Angeles. For the event, celebrities signed and decorated reusable tote bags that were auctioned off on eBay to support the Save The Children foundation. TJ Maxx will also sell reusable tote bags decorated with children’s art work and the proceeds will go to Save The Children.

Other celebs who came out for the cause were Kevin Hale of Glee, Hayley Hasslehoff from Huge, Make It or Break It star Chelsea Hobbs and Twilight alums Edi Gathegi and Bronson Pelletier. Lots of pics below.

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The Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in California had a visit from The Last Airbender stars Jackson Rathbone and Nicola Peltz as the duo met with fans on Thursday afternoon. Tiger cubs were cuddled, otters were held and pictures were taken.

Rathbone and Peltz will play the live-action version of Sokka and Katara, the Water Tribe siblings who accompany Aang (Noah Ringer) as he journeys to the North Pole, learns waterbending and kicks Fire Nation booty along the way.

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Jackson Rathbone hit the MTV Movie Awards red carpet sunday night and a new clip from his other movie The Last Airbender, made it’s debut. The Twilight star, who looked fab in his bright blue jacket, is gearing up to promote to big summer flicks he’s in: Eclipse, which is out June 30th and Airbender which hits theaters on July 2nd. I say – It’s about time we had some more Jackson goodness!

Watch the 2010 MTV Movie Awards at MTV.com!

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A new photo of Jackson Rathbone as Sokka from the film The Last Airbender, has surfaced. The actor is shown (in what I believe to be) the South Pole with a child from his tribe.

The summer will be a great time for Jackson fans. His two movies, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens June 30th and the following week, The Last Airbender hits theaters, July 2nd.

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Nickelodeon’s incredibly popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender is headed to the big screen with director M. Night Shymalan overseeing the live action film. Jackson Rathbone has left his Twilight character of Jasper Hale behind and plays Sokka, the wisecracking, boomerang-throwing Southern water tribe teen who, along with his sister Katara (Nicola Peltz) help airbender Aang (Noah Ringer) discover his true destiny and restore balance to the world. After casting controversy, Dev Patel has the role of Prince Zuko of the Fire nation and Jesse McCartney is not the banished prince.

The Last Airbender will hit theaters July 2nd, 2010.

With controversy swirling, M. Night Shyamalan has cast Jesse McCartney as Prince Zuko in The Last Airbender. The live action film version of Nickelodeon’s super successful animated show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, is receiving it’s share of criticism due to the all white cast. McCartney had this to say:

“There’s a lot of hard-core fans out there [who] probably know more about it…I’m still learning. This is M. Night’s vision and this is what he wants. To all the fans, I can tell you I’m putting my best foot forward.” He further adds, “I’ve been in kung-fu training for the last month and half-learning all the moves. I’m looking forward to it.”

The rest of the confirmed cast: Noah Ringer as Aang, Jackson Rathbone (he was Jasper in Twilight) as Sokka and Nicola Peltz as Katara.

The uproar is caused by many fans who believe asians actors should be cast as the lead characters. The show itself pulls many different styles of martials arts as inspirations for the movements of ‘bending’ (the ability to manipulate the natural elements.) There is also a distinct anime style to the drawing of the series and of course, asian mythology used thru the show. But were the characters meant to be specifically any particular ethnic group? The movie is due out sometime in 2010.

Jackson Rathbone cast as ‘Sokka’

Nicola Peltz cast as ‘Katara’

Let’s hear from you – what do you think?