It's been more than a week since Sacha Baron Cohen (as Brüno) dropped in on Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards, but the aftershocks continue! In a speech to the College Republican National Committee, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said that the GOP should take a cue from Slim Shady and get mad. According to the New York Times, the Governor was referencing NBC's recent documentary "Inside the White House" when he said,

"I haven't seen something that staged since that half-naked Austrian fell onto the face of Eminem at the MTV music awards" (of course, the incident actually happened at the Movie Awards). He continued, "Eminem was mad. And so, just like Eminem getting dumped on, we've got to kind of regroup. We've got to continue to fight."

The Governor apparently wasn't completely up on his facts, as Eminem admitted last week that he was in on the stunt, and his reaction was merely a case of excellent acting. Even so, it's an unusual event to use to stir your political party! After all, if the GOP follows Mr. Mathers' lead, there will be a lot of storming out of Congress with bodyguards in tow ...

By Vanessa White Wolf

Tom Hanks dropped by Conan O'Brien's reinvented "Tonight Show" last night and, maybe as a welcome-to-L.A. tip, he talked up the virtues of In-N-Out Burger. Tom's apparently a huge fan of the fast-food burger chain located mainly on the West Coast.

"It solves every problem ... sometimes you work on a movie and you're there until 3 in the morning — good news is, at midnight, know what's showing up? The In-N-Out Burger mobile," Hanks explained. "So, everyone's happy. You can't get the shake, but you know what? You don't need that much dairy."

So true. Being a New Yorker, I've never actually seen the In-N-Out van, but it's something I dream of. I'm a huge fan of the In-N-Out burger — I'd even say I'm the resident MTV News expert on the cuisine, and I have to get it every time I'm in L.A. Which means that after spending the last out there for the MTV Movie Awards, I needed it to refuel me constantly. (I won't give the exact number of how many times I visited the one right by Universal Studios, for fear of judgment.) Since the chain's been around for over 60 years, I'm a latecomer to the bandwagon, having first heard of the burgers in 1998's "The Big Lebowski." Read more...

There are just two days left before the big night on Sunday when the MTV Movie Awards take over the Universal Studios lot here in Universal City, California.

The team of lighting technicians, engineers, stage designers and riggers all worked overtime and well into the night to create what is, in my opinion, the best-looking stage we've ever had here at the Movie Awards. From the massive, sweeping staircase that the presenters and performers walk down to the two giant robots onstage and the massive screens and thousands of lights, it looks amazing — and it's not even finished yet!

Andy Samberg just walked onstage to start rehearsing so I couldn't help but stick around for his opening lines. If his opening monologue is anything to go by, he's going to be very, very, very funny! Read more...

Hi, Twilighters! Today, I had the great pleasure of spending the day at the home of "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke. She has a beautiful place a stone's throw away from the world-famous Venice Beach, and we paid her a visit to talk about her film's seven nominations at the MTV Movie Awards and relive the first time Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson met.

It was a great day of filming, and believe me: "Twilight" fans are not going to want to miss any of this!

We talked about the first "chemistry screen test" between Kristen and Rob. Kristen had to act out a scene with five different potential Edwards, one after another, with Catherine deciding that Robert was "the one" the first time the two kissed — which, as all Twilighters know, happened in Catherine's bedroom. Read more...

By Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Angelique Smith

It's that time of year, movie lovers! The MTV Movie Awards nominees are in, and "Twilight" and "Slumdog Millionaire" lead the pack of movies vying for those Golden Popcorns.

Mixtape Daily — the spawn of our much-beloved Mixtape Monday — catches up with Lil Wayne protégée Nikki Minaj, who comes straight from the Southside of Queens. Young Money's newest artist brings you an up-close and personal peek into her mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty.

It was a sad weekend for last year's "American Idol" winner David Cook, whose brother passed away on Saturday, following a long battle with brain cancer.

Here's a pairing "X-Men" fans have been waiting for: Taylor Kitsch dished to Splash Page about a possible romance between his Gambit and Anna Paquin's Rogue in an upcoming movie.

Will there be an "Indiana Jones 5"? "Crystal Skull" screenwriter David Koepp talked to us about the possibility.

The MTV News slackers on the Left Coast tell us the insanity around the MTV Movie Awards is approaching fever pitch as the big day (live! Sunday! 8pm!) creeps ever closer. Apparently, News has taken over nearly a dozen fluorescent-lit offices in the bowels of Universal Studios lot, right next door to the "Desperate Housewives" set, and...(insert inappropriate comment about Teri Hatcher here).

Here's just some of the "work" you can get done after an all-nighter at Hyde with Lindsay Lohan:

· Tila Tequila handicapped the Best Kiss Award.

· All-American Reject Tyson Ritter took us to celebrity hiking hot spot (only in LA) Runyon Canyon to give us the (pooper) scoop(er) on "House Bunny."

· We unearthed this fairly embarrassing 1987 audition tape from 2008 Generation Award recipient Adam Sandler.

· We crashed the Movie Awards writers’ meeting.

· And Verne Troyer taught our own Top Model, Kim Stolz, the art of living large in Hollywood.

What's going down today? God only knows. And on Sunday?? God help us.

And before the Awards go live, be sure to check out MTV News’ “Coming Attractions” pre-show at 7:30pm. Why? Because it will be amazing.

Yeah, baby, yeah! Mike Myers is hosting the MTV Movie Awards on June 1st. This is the uber-comic's second time hosting since 1997, and last year he was handed the Generation Award. The hosting gig will be just in time for the release of Myers' brand-spanking-new film "The Love Guru" -- that's called "synergy" in the "business."

Below is an interview Mike Myers gave to MTV News about the subtly charged, Bergman-esque family drama that is "The Love Guru," co-starring Justin Timberlake. No word on the Movie Awards nominations yet, but you can be sure that if J.T. gets any kind of nod, Myers will have plenty to say about it: he revealed to us that he's completely "sickened" by that "12-year-old"...