Megan Fox channels her inner ‘80s-era Suzanne Somers, apparently in an outtake from the New York Times Magazine photo shoot.  [Megan-Fox.net]

It’s not that often that The New York Times Magazine slaps a Hollywood starlet on its cover. The last time was in February, when Kate Winslet fronted the Oscars issue and was one of eight nominees featured in the cover story. So I was pretty surprised to see Megan Fox‘s blue eyes staring out at me from this week’s cover—even though she has no film out and is not particularly relevant at the moment—along with a five-page story about her called “The Self-Manufacture of Megan Fox.” I scoffed, but the article is actually pretty interesting, especially for someone who has written countless posts over the past year riffing off of some of the insane things Fox says in interviews. To anyone listening to her words, it was pretty clear that she was going provocative to get a reaction. But, at least according to this article, Fox’s plan to make herself infamous was much, much more deliberate—she’s presented not only as smart, but as an image-maker on par with Karl Rove. “Hollywood is filled with women who have tried to cope. I like to study them. I like to see how they’ve succeeded. And how they’ve failed,” says Fox. “I’ve learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. I created this character as an offering at the sacrifice.”

“I’ve always laughed at actresses who complain about having to do sexy roles when they’re starting out. Who are they kidding? That’s the key to getting attention and moving on to better things. ... I grew up with this rebellious streak of not wanting to conform. I was sent to this strict Christian school that I hated and we were all told that the theory of evolution was wrong and sex was wrong. It was a nightmare. ... Women are supposed to project their sexuality yet there’s this strange stigma when it comes to talking about sex. I’m not afraid to say how much I enjoy sex. I’m not shy.”

—Megan Fox to the U.K.‘s Skymag [ShowbizSpy]

• Amanda Seyfried dishes that Megan Fox, her “Jennifer’s Body” co-star, is in fact a good kisser. [TMZ]—News sure to induce groans from girlfriends across the nation.
• Miley Cyrus abruptly shut down her Twitter reportedly because her rumored boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth, doesn’t think she should have one since he doesn’t. [PopEater—If she’s such an adult why can’t she make her own decisions?

I know we all have “Mad Men” fever these days. On the off chance that you have become desensitized while watching Betty Draper suck those cancer sticks and throw back cocktails with her bun in the oven, let me remind you once again that smoking while pregnant is hazardous to the baby. Wait? You already knew that? But in case you need just one more good reason to quit lighting up while knocked up, a new U.K. study about smoking while pregnant is likely to scare the s**t out of you.

Megan Fox wears cut-off jean shorts, a holey plaid T-shirt, an open plaid button-down, and a studded and chain-covered jacket on the October 2009 issue of Nylon -- a pretty big departure from her usual Hollywood sex kitten. Inside the magazine, she gets one step closer to the "My So-Called Life" wardrobe department with a black knit beanie (photo after the jump).

Some people might be excited about this outfit change. In an interview with Fashion Week Daily, model-designer Erin Wasson said, "There are so many young girls that get tied into this old, super-glammed up look because it's safe. I look at girls like Megan Fox and think, God, you're not 35. Come on. Have fun!"

Do you think the '90s grunge style is a good change for Megan?

Starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Amy Sedaris
Directed by Karyn Kusama (“Girlfight”)
Written by Diablo Cody

Please, please, please don’t read other movie reviews of “Jennifer’s Body.” I can tell you what the 50-year-old white men who write them are going to say:

Megan Fox can’t act.
Diablo Cody‘s dialogue sounds like “Juno”!
It’s a horror movie but it’s not that scary.
Nice kissing scene!
Good soundtrack, though.
The end.

Very original, guys! Good job. If you want the real scoop on “Jennifer’s Body,” read on ...

Poor Megan Fox. Not everyone wants to hang on her every word. In this hilarious mock interview conducted by National Lampoon with “Jennifer’s Body” co-stars Fox and Johnny Simmons, Matt Zaller aggressively ignores the bombshell, despite the fact that she headlines the film. Eventually Zaller coerces her into putting a bag over her head so she’s “not a distraction.” Amazing.

I’m surprised this didn’t happen sooner. Hollywood’s hottest It Girl of the moment, “Jennifer’s Body” badass, Megan Fox, is on the cover of the music/pop-culture rag. In the photos she looks gorg as always, keeping her toe thumbs conveniently out of every shot. So what is Miss Fox’s theory on why she has “bewitched” Hollywood? “A powerful, confident vagina ... Men are scared of vaginas.” Where do I get one of those? One more pic, after the jump ... [Oh No They Didn’t!]

In our exclusive, much-talked-about interview with screenwriter Diablo Cody, Cody discussed a buzz-generating scene in her latest flick, “Jennifer’s Body,” in which Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried make out. “They’re beautiful girls, the scene is hot—I’m not afraid to say that,” she asserted. So, is it really hot or not? Here’s the video evidence, so you can judge for yourself. “I know when I was a teenaged girl,” Cody says, “the friendships that I had with other girls were almost romantic, they were so intense.” Apparently, this is only the beginning of the scene, but it’s pretty steamy. [Egotastic]

Megan Fox channels ... Angelina Jolie? Dita Von Teese? The ghost of a bygone pinup? ... at the Toronto International Film Festival world premiere of “Jennifer’s Body.” [Toronto, 9/10/09]

For a new spread in Wonderland magazine, Megan Fox goes totally over-the-top ‘80s. Shot by Mariano Vivanco, the story is all about the big hair, the big jewelry, and the LBDs cut to shreds, like that shirt you bought that time you went to Jamaica and got your hair corn-rowed for some reason. We like that the looks are Supergirl bold, but we think we may be experiencing a slight overdose of the “Jennifer’s Body” actress. Still, you can watch the pretty cool behind-the-scenes video and check out more images after the jump. (Read our buzzed-about interview with Diablo Cody on Fox here.) [Fashion Gone Rogue]

We’re lusty Diablo Cody fans at The Frisky. “Juno,” the TV show “The United States Of Tara,” her my-life-as-a-stripper-memoir, Candy Girl—we love it, love it, love it.

So I hope I didn’t come off too much like a nerdy fangirl when I called her up to talk about her new movie, “Jennifer’s Body,” a horror flick which stars Megan Fox as a possessed high school girl who eats her male classmates. The Divine Miss Diablo was everything I hoped for and more—hey, the coolest girl in Hollywood even apologized for her “verbal diarrhea” when she interrupted me once.

Click through for my convo with Diablo Cody about why she thinks Megan Fox is “eccentric,” how she wants to host a show like “The View” with Courtney Love, and why therapy (plus, a ban on reading blogs) has made Hollywood bearable for her. Oh! And why the kiss in “Jennifer’s Body” between Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried was never meant to be “gratuitous.”

“I never call them guys. I always called them boys. Maybe it’s a superiority complex—my needing to keep them down.”

—Megan Fox in the October 2009 issue of Cosmopolitan [Just Jared]