MTV announced today the first string line-up of presenters for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, airing live June 3 at 9 p.m. ET. Kristen Stewart and her Snow White and the Huntsman costars Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron will hand out the Golden Popcorn. Joining them, The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, Prometheus star Michael Fassbender, and Ted‘s Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg.

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Twilight actress Ashley Greene has nabbed the female lead in ABC’s drama pilot Americana.

Per Deadline, Americana revolves around a family owned fashion empire whose label is turned inside-out by the arrival of a young designer (to be played by Greene). Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) has been cast as the iconic fashion designer at the head of the clan.

Greene recurred on the network’s Pan Am this season.

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“Barbershop’s” Toni Trucks will play a friend and secretary to the street-smart woman at the center of “Baby Big Shot.”

Former Barbershop star Toni Trucks has joined CBS’ legal drama pilot Baby Big Shot.

In the project, which revolves around a working-class woman named Marina who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm, Trucks will play Cindi, Marina’s edgy secretary and “comradette” in arms.

The actress, whose credits include Showtime’s short-lived Barbershop series, will next appear in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 as American Nomad coven member Mary as well as Fox Searchlight’s He Loves Me.

Baby Big Shot, which hails from Sony Pictures Television, CBS Television Studios and Fanfare, will be executive produced by Jamie Tarses, Julia Franz and Kevin Falls, who will serve as showrunner. Dana Calvo will co-exec produce.

Trucks is repped by Greene & Associates and Rugolo Entertainment. CBS picked up the project to pilot last month.

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February 11, 2012

I’ve already said a lot about Breaking Dawn in various interviews, so most of this is probably not news. It was a surreal year in a lot of ways and also a crazy crash course in movie making, which came in really handy last summer (see Austenland).

Some of my favorite memories from filming BD 1&2, in random order:

- Weathering a “white squall” off the coast of Paraty, Brazil with the cast and crew during the filming of the honeymoon. We got trapped for the night due to rough seas—roughly 130 people in a house with eight beds, no food, and a very small amount of drinking water. I spent the night on the stair landing, sharing an old mattress covered in blackout fabric with the set photographer, set publicist, and the EPK team. (Shout out to the stair gang! Never forget!) I was actually offered a chance to escape, as was Bill Condon, but we both decided to go down with ship rather than abandon our crew.

- Exploring the third version of the Cullen House, a.k.a. Howl’s Moving Castle, now bigger and better than ever. Finally getting to see Alice’s room was awesome.

- Watching the creation of a three-story wedding cake composed of dead bodies. I may or may not have climbed to the top to get a picture.

- Being there for Kristen’s first wedding dress fitting. Magic. Even Summit’s head of marketing got all teary.

- Hanging with the new vampires. We had a lot of very cool people with us, which made the daily grind—particularly the days with wall-to-wall green screen and breathing-hazard fake snow—much more fun.

- Playing Farkle (wikipedia.org/wiki/Farkle) with Taylor and company. Yes, it is a real game, and just because I won doesn’t mean I was cheating.

- Wearing more clothes at one time than I’ve ever worn on our Pemberton , B.C. set. People from Arizona should not go outside during February in Canada. They just embarrass themselves.

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In just a few short hours, Bella and Edward will be yours to have and to hold forever as “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ hits DVD and Blu-ray. Target stores across the country (500 in all) will be hosting special release parties beginning at 11 p.m., where you’ll not only be able to pick up a copy of the hot hit but also see a sneak peek clip of “Breaking Dawn – Part 2.” (Yes, we are squeezing our Edward Cullen doll extra tight right now to avoid hyperventilating…)

But we can’t let Target have all the fun. Nuh-uh. Which is why we spent the better part of this afternoon watching the disc’s nearly 90-minute, six-part making-of documentary. And boy did we learn a lot—we could write a thesis! But we won’t. Cause that’d be boring. So instead, we’ve compiled a list of five interesting facts we gleaned from the special feature. Check ‘em out after the jump!

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Robert Pattinson has sent fans crazy by saying ‘nobody would give a s***’ about him if he hadn’t starred in Twilight. And although omg! beg to differ, Vampire Diaries star Joseph Morgan agrees with his fellow British star.

Joseph, who plays Klaus in the series, told omg! exclusively: “Provided he didn’t mess it all up, Robert was guaranteed a fan base thanks to Twilight,” Joseph told us.

“His character is iconic and there’s a huge following of the books but there’s a tremendous amount of pressure that comes with that.

“People have their own very distinctive ideas of how a character should be portrayed especially when you’re playing a vampire.”

read more on what he has to say over at OMG! yahoo

Broadway is about to get a little extra sparkle in those famous neon lights.

It was recently announced the Twilight musical is officially happening. Before you book your tickets to NYC (or, conversely, get the heck out of Times Square) you should know it’s not expected to have a very long run. Twilight: The Musical will make its off-Broadway debut as a one-night-only staged reading on January 16th, and the proceeds will benefit the charity Blessings in a Backpack.

The most exciting thing about this announcement may be the cast, and the plot teases their characters’ names give us. In addition to Bella and Edward, (who already sings a lullaby—why shouldn’t he also belt out a Broadway tune?) the name that gets me onboard is the totally awesome Lauren Lopez (Alice), who played Draco Malfoy opposite Darren Criss’ Harry Potter in the spectacular A Very Potter Musical.

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The good news is that “Breaking Dawn: Part 1″ was a hit with Twi-hards and is still making waves in theaters and breaking box office records. The bad news is that “Breaking Dawn: Part 2″ doesn’t come out until November 2012.

Here are five things to look forward to in the next — and last — of the “Twilight” movies.

Bella as a Vampire

“Breaking Dawn: Part 1″ ended with Bella opening her eyes after undergoing her vampire transformation – much like “Avatar” ended with Sam Worthington’s character waking up in his new body. “Twilight” readers know that Bella immediately feels her new powers. Her senses are sharper, her mind is quicker, and her body is stronger. It will be interesting to see how the bigwigs – and actress Kristen Stewart – pull this off.

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Apologies to David Bowie for this week’s title, but there were — as with any book-to-screen adaptation — several differences between the book and what was portrayed on screen in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Now, certainly no one expects every scene exactly as written in a novel to make it to the screen; inevitably things need to be condensed or left out all together. On the other hand, sometimes there is material that was never in the books to begin with that makes it onto the screen. The question is, given cuts, how effective is this new material when fans feel very protective of the original source?

The first major insertion of new material that leaps to mind in Breaking Dawn: Part 1 is the presence of Irina of the Denali Coven at Bella and Edward’s wedding. As every Twilight fan knows, Irina sets some major wheels into motion in the second half of the novel Breaking Dawn. Since the Denali Coven and their interaction with Laurent wasn’t focused on in New Moon, it left something of a gaping plot hole that had to be addressed. It was interesting to see screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and director Bill Condon handle this dilemma. They deftly had Irina react to Seth’s presence at the wedding, have a flashback to Laurent, establish Irina’s romantic ties to him, and then have Irina storm off. That’s a lot of material to cover in roughly ninety seconds of film time, but they managed it. By doing so, they set the plot for Breaking Dawn: Part 2 securely on course.

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The number one movie in America is allegedly giving some viewers seizures.

“Breaking Dawn, Part 1,” the first part of the “Twilight Saga” finale, contains a graphic birthing scene involving star Kristen Stewart and the violent delivery of her child. ABC reports that the flashing of colors and bright lights have caused multiple viewers to suffer from photosensitive epilepsy, including a Salt Lake City man who was, “mumbling and he was blinking on and off with his eyes,” his wife told the news network.

During the build-up to “Breaking Dawn,” Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and director Bill Condon promised that the birthing scene would be as graphic and dramatic as possible.

“I think within the confines of a PG-13 rating, I think we’ve got something that’s pretty powerful,” Condon told Box Office Magazine, saying the scene was like one out of a horror film. “And in terms of the birth, it was, ‘Let’s do it from Bella’s point of view. Let’s see whatever she can see.’ Once you decide on an approach like that, it’s amazing how powerful you can be without being overly explicit.”

This is not the first film to allegedly cause seizures; in 2009, James Cameron’s digital extravaganza, “Avatar,” also reportedly caused some viewers to break into convulsions.

“Breaking Dawn, Part 1,” made $138 million domestically last weekend and is estimated to win the Thanksgiving weekend box office as well.

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