"Transformers" starlet making "Friends"

LOS ANGELES - Maxim magazine covergirl Megan Fox, who is generating buzz with her starring role opposite Shia LaBeouf in "Transformers," has joined the cast of "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People."

Fox joins a cast that includes Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges and Danny Huston in the story about the disastrous stint of a contributing editor (Pegg) at a magazine. Fox will play a young Hollywood starlet getting her first taste of fame.

The comedy is based on Toby Young's memoir of his time working in the pseudo-glitzy world of Vanity Fair. Robert B. Weide ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") will direct.

Fox also co-starred in television's "Hope & Faith," and appeared opposite Lindsay Lohan in "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen."