Fans of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Spaced can rejoice at the release of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, the latest from Simon Pegg. While the title doesn't sound like any sort of advice you'd like to take, the movie looks to be as hilarious as all that came before it. Pegg is so good at being put in these really specialized movies -- zombie flick, cop film -- but this time it's different. He plays a fame-obsessed geek who gets his big break in the form of a job at Sharp's magazine. He works for Jeff Bridges, and alongside his likely love interest Kirsten Dunst. And the trailer says it's "Based on the true story of a real idiot." If the true story here is supposed to be Pegg's, I am so in love with this movie already. If it's not a true story and they're just trying to be funny, well ... I actually like that too. [Ed's note: Actually it's based on the book by Toby Young about his exploits working for Vanity Fair, FYI. -- Lauren] Just because this guy's gotten his big break doesn't mean he'll stop being a dolt. He does pretty much everything wrong that someone can possibly do in a new job. But somehow he doesn't get fired within ten minutes -- thankfully, or the movie would be much shorter and/or less interesting.

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