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Taylor Hackford on Love Ranch — and Directing Wife Helen Mirren’s Sex Scene

It only took 25 years after their first, small collaboration, but director Taylor Hackford finally found the right film to make with his wife Helen Mirren. And to think: Love Ranch , which opens next week, almost didn’t open at all. The fictionalized story of the first legal brothel in the U.S. — and the crimes of passion (and otherwise) that helped sink it in 1977 — was in distribution limbo for most of 2009, ultimately breaking out earlier this year. Along with it come Mirren as a no-nonsense Nevada madam and Joe Pesci (in his first starring role in more than a decade) as her bare-knuckled pimpresario husband.

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Lake Bell Exits Scream 4

Was Lake Bell a big enough celebrity to shoot a “name cameo” (read: opening scene cannon fodder) in Scream 4 ? No matter: the How to Make It in America actress has been forced to drop out . “Sucks: Scheduling conflicts with my current gig means I cant do #Scream4!” she tweeted last night. “(Hey horror bloggers, I know who the killer is…)” Amanda Bynes, call your agent — it’s comeback time! [ Coming Soon ]

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A Year Later: Where Were You When Farrah Fawcett’s Death Was Totally Overshadowed?

Just asking! Also lost on this date: Jacques Cousteau (1997) and Michel Foucault (1984). RIP, all. (You too, Michael Jackson.)

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Late Night Highlights: Tom Cruise Explains Les Grossman and David Spade Remembers Chris Farley

If box office success is positively correlated to the number of late night appearances each film’s stars make, Grown Ups will crush Knight and Day this weekend. Just last night, four Grown Ups star logged three appearances on the afterhours circuit (which were probably more amusing than the film they were promoting , honestly) while Knight and Day star Tom Cruise just logged one. Click through for those colorful segments as well as the other highlights you missed last night while squashing that rumor that you threatened to punch your female reality show co-star .

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Late Night Highlights: Tom Cruise Explains Les Grossman and David Spade Remembers Chris Farley

‘Twilight’ Author Stephenie Meyer ‘Very Happy’ With ‘Eclipse’ Film

‘It’s so much fun to watch,’ she says of the third movie in the series. By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Stephenie Meyer Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images When it comes to satisfying “Twilight” expectations, be it those of finicky film critics or easier-to-please Twilighters, no opinion carries more weight than the approval of the series creator herself. When MTV News spoke to celebrated author Stephenie Meyer, she said she is happy to just be the author who only has to come out for big premiere events once a year, versus the actors who are out doing promotion for weeks on end. Also, she is very pleased with the third adaptation of her best-selling series. “Oh, it’s really good,” she said of “Eclipse.” “It’s so much fun to watch. One of the ways I judge a good movie is I forget to be critical because I’m just having fun — and with this one, I definitely was having a good time watching it.” When asked about the decision to go back and re-shoot the infamous and highly anticipated “tent scene,” Meyer said the changes were minor, but necessary in order to fully capture the words and tone that made the scene so memorable in the book. According to Meyer, the result is “really satisfying.” “It was so simple — it was [just] a blocking issue,” Meyer explained of the decision to revisit the pivotal scene. “When Bella and Jacob crawl into the sleeping bag together, he didn’t put his arms around her, he was just kind of backed away from her — I wasn’t [on set] that day to say, ‘Hold it!’ [So] we went back and put that in. I’m very happy with that.” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ Hollywood Premiere Brings Out The Stars Related Photos “Eclipse” Premieres In Los Angeles

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Cake Boss Spinoff = Cake Overload

TLC is spinning off its reality hit Cake Boss with a competition series pitting 10 cakemakers against one another. The untitled effort will find a successor for original Cake Boss Bobby Valestro and fill whatever niche that Cake Boss , Ace of Cakes , Last Cake Standing , Cupcake Wars , Amazing Wedding Cakes , and Ultimate Cake Off haven’t covered. All we need now is a series about cakes that make the mistake of falling in love at the Jersey shore. [ TV Guide ]

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Bachelor Jake Reportedly Threatens to Punch Vienna During Breakup Special

A fight between disbanded Bachelor couple Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi took a turn for the worse during the filming of an ABC breakup special when Jake allegedly clenched his fists and threatened to punch Vienna . Quotes from the horrifying scene paint Jake as an out-of-control egotist, which is unfortunately not a surprise — his recent claims about Vienna’s “insane jealousy” and “serious lack of respect” seemed a little over-angry. Ready for the first-hand accounts?

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Ben Stiller Pulls a ‘Reverse Gifford’ For His Parents

Still upset about Cody Gifford enjoying nepotism-related rewards as the Today Show’s new film critic? How would you feel to find out that in between producing the Les Grossman film and auctioning off wine glasses that once touched Conan O’B rien’s lips , Ben Stiller is working on another unconventional project that could make his parents the next Jon Stewart and… Mrs. Jon Stewart?

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Ben Stiller Pulls a ‘Reverse Gifford’ For His Parents

On VOD: Winning the Other World Cup

On demand this week: just another full-frontal ground-division attack of international cinema, coming from all directions and in all degrees of pulpitude, just in case you’ve thought lately the southern and eastern hemispheres were made of nothing but bad news…

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On VOD: Winning the Other World Cup