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On the red carpet for the 61st Annual Emmy Awards, E! News kicked off a campaign to get Twilight’s Robert Pattinson a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live.

“We would love to get Robert Pattinson,” said Seth Meyers. “How dare you tell me he’s the hot guy from Twilight, like I don’t already know! We’re actually hoping if he’s not available, at least his hair will come by and host.”

“Oh yeah, he’d be great,” said Kristen Wiig.

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Critics may have given thumbs down to “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” but that sure isn’t stopping fans from watching the action flick on the silver screen.

After just 14 days in theatres, the sequel to the highly successful “Transformers” raked in an impressive $300 million in U.S. ticket sales, making it second to last summers blockbuster hit “The Dark Knight” in terms of box office figures.

The first film — starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox — grossed $319.2 million domestically during its entire time in theatres and $700 million worldwide.

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Megan Fox has been cast as the lead in the Screen Gems thriller “The Crossing.”

The “Transformers” star will play one half of a couple who is returning from a Mexican vacation when they are carjacked and the husband is kidnapped. In order to free him, Fox’s character must smuggle heroin across the border.

Production on the movie could begin as early as July, says The Hollywood Reporter.

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When it comes to life in Hollywood, it’s almost impossible to escape the spotlight. From breakups to hook-ups, to career breakthrough and downfalls—we know all about it.

And while some stars deserve the attention and fame—we can’t quite figure out why others get it.  From the train wrecks to those that manage to lead somewhat normal lives, here’s a list of the top five under/over rated celebrities.

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5) Pussycat Dolls:  While these dolls are better known for their minimal outfits or their “people can bend that way?” dance moves, they rarely get credit for their music.

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TRASHY VS. SEXY

Note to Hollywood: trashy is not sexy.

It seems like a simple concept, no? And yet, Megan Fox is on this month’s cover of GQ looking trash-tastic and not sexy. Meghan Fox is hot. Yes. No argument there. But sexy, she is not. Okay, maybe sometimes. Hey, disagree with me all you want but Megan Fox embodies all that is wrong with the girls of this generation. The girls who have grown up with Bratz dolls (trashy) and whose role models are the Pussy Cat Dolls (super trashy). These girls look to Megan Fox to define what it means to be sexy.

But, as usual, I digress. In the midst of this cultural misunderstanding of sexiness, Esquire magazine went against the recent trashy trend and pegged Halle Berry as this year’s Sexiest Woman Alive. Holler.

Halle Berry is sexy. Hands down. Aside from Catwoman- let’s pretend Halle never tainted her movie repertoire with that cinematic atrocity- her talent and beauty have propelled her onto the A-list and into that illustrious list of actresses who’ve managed to combine class and sex appeal.

Grace Kelly. Audrey Hepburn. Julia Roberts. Charlize Theron. Halle Berry.

Granted, not all of the above women have posed provocatively on magazine covers or partaken in many nude (or semi-nude) scenes. Granted, Halle is posing in barely-there tank tops and her underwear in the photo spread in Esquire. But for some reason, Halle in minimal clothing is not trashy. It’s sexy.

Knowing when to take your clothes off is sexy. Confidence is sexy. Talent is sexy. Self-actualization is sexy.

Girlfriend’s got that all down. She even managed to grab this coveted title just six months after giving birth — to, like, the most beautiful baby of all time, I might add.

So here’s what, in her OWN words, the world’s sexiest lady has to say about being sexy:

“Sexy is not about wearing sexy clothes or shaking your booty until you damn near get hip dysplasia; it’s about knowing that sexiness is a state of mind — a comfortable state of being. It’s about loving yourself even in your most unlovable moments.”

You tell ‘em, Halle. Note: Penning her own cover article in Esquire is totally sexy- even if she got mad help from writer Tom Chiarella.

So what does Ms Berry think is sexy? Forearms, finger fed-spaghetti, sloe gin fizz and her man’s car.

Megan Fox, are you taking notes? Sucking an ice cube in your bikini, talking about cupping your man’s dick in public and sharing details about your lesbian fling with a stripper is NOT SEXY. It’s trashy, trashy, trashy.

I wonder if Megan will ever transition from trashy one-movie wonder to sexy screen goddess like that actress she’s being constantly compared to: Angelina Jolie- the one and only. Remember when Angie was brash, dating Billy Bob and bordering on trashy?

I think Megan could possibly have it in her. But only- and this is the key to separating trashy from sexy- if she’s got enough going on up there (in the brain area people). Can her mental capacity match her physical hotness?

We’ll just have to wait and see.

Halle says it best: “It’s about what you know as much as it is what you offer.”

So here’s what I will say to the young ladies of Generation Y. If you MUST, and only if you must, look to Hollywood for role models or for barometers of acceptable sexiness- here’s a short guide.

Angelina on the cover of W sweetly smiling into the camera while breastfeeding her newborn twins. Sexy.

Those leaked photos of Miley Cyrus in a wet tank top puckering her lips to the camera. Trashy.

Scarlett Johansson fully clothed on the cover of Cosmo Girl being outspoken about her political beliefs. Sexy

Fergie. Trashy.

Natalie Portman. Sexy.

You got it? Good. Now, leave the booty-shaking behind, arm yourself with confidence and intelligence and my friends, SEXY, you shall be.

Great news, guys: Megan Fox is finally on the market.

According to reports, the Transformers hottie called off her engagement to former Beverly Hills 90210 star Brian Austin Green last week, and the two have split for good.

“Megan still cares about Brian, but she now realises she’s too young to marry him,” says a source close to Fox.

The 22-year-old actress dated 34-year-old Green, for four years, and got engaged in November 2006. It was her first engagement, but Green’s second.

Green was previously engaged to co-star Vanessa Marcil, with who he has a six-year-old son.

Fox, who has been called a young Angelina Jolie, was voted “World’s Sexiest Woman” by British magazine FHM earlier this year.

Megan Fox may have been voted the Sexiest Woman Alive by FHM, but she might be a bit insecure.

Fox has banned brunettes from the set of the “Transformers” sequel, filming now.

“Megan is definitely the star of the sequel, and she wants to keep it that way,” a source told PopCrunch.com.. “It’s fine with her if there are hot blondes in the film, but she’s made it clear that she doesn’t want any brunettes.”

The 22-year-old is engaged to “90210″ actor Brian Austin Green, but recent rumours about her behaviour with other men cause concern whether the couple will make it down the aisle.

“Transformers” star Megan Fox may be able to get into a lot of exclusive clubs now, but there’s one place she’s definitely not welcome: Wal-Mart.

The 21-year-old is banned from a Florida branch in her hometown, after she was caught shoplifting a $7 tube of lip gloss during her rebellious teenage years.

A source close to the starlet told the National Enquirer that Fox “was quite a rebel growing up. She thought she could get away with anything, and definitely had sticky fingers.”

Fox denied taking the lip gloss even after security told her she was caught on video, and tried to talk her way out of it. “But when they threatened to call the police, Megan broke down in tears and confessed,” claims the friend.

Fox’s spokesperson refused to comment.

TRANSFORMERS star MEGAN FOX has a tattooed dedication to her late ex.

The actress impressed tragic Chris Melik’s family when she put her Hollywood career on hold to fly back to Florida for her former boyfriend’s funeral in 2004 – and she has since etched a permanent reminder of the sports star on her skin.

It’s one of nine “special” tattoos the actress boasts.

Melik’s father Robert admits he’ll always be touched by how much Fox, who wowed everyone by attending the funeral in a red dress, loved his son: “He was a special kid, and so is Megan. That’s why she made the trip across the
continent for him.” (KL/TS/JC)

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