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Actress is promoting ‘Jennifer’s Body’ and band is in midst of world tour

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  1. Lady in red

    Megan Fox arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Jonah Hex" on Thursday, June 17, 2010. (Matt Sayles / AP) Back to slideshow navigation

  2. Putting a hex on you

    In "Jonah Hex," Fox plays Lilah, a prostitute who teams up with the disfigured bounty hunter (Josh Brolin) as he seeks to avenge the horrible murders of his family. (Warner Bros.) Back to slideshow navigation
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  3. Off to the races

    Fox and "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Brian Austin Green met on the set of "Hope & Faith" in 2004, and wed in June 2010. (Wireimage) Back to slideshow navigation
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  4. Tattoo you

    Fox has at least eight tattoos, including numerous quotes, a yin-yang symbol on her wrist, and a picture of Marilyn Monroe's face. (John Shearer / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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  5. Not a pretty thought

    Fox tests the limits of her looks for her role in Diablo Cody’s upcoming 2009 horror movie "Jennifer’s Body," where she plays a woman who is almost dead. "I decided I would turn myself into a zombie. I got super, super skinny, stayed out of the sun for four months, and got to where I was losing my eyelashes and my eyebrows." (Fox Atomic) Back to slideshow navigation
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  6. Back in action

    Fox and Shia LaBeouf teamed up again in 2009's "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen." (Jaimie Trueblood / AP) Back to slideshow navigation

  7. Watch out behind you

    "'Transformers' made $700 million and that opened a door to introduce this 'new girl,'" Fox tells Entertainment Weekly. "I happened to be such an outrageous personality that people wanted to start writing about me because it was deemed controversial. I think if I had been a typical Hollywood actress and I said all the right things and I had been a publicity android, it wouldn’t have escalated to this level." (Chung Sung-jun / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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  8. Laughing to the bank

    Fox joins her "Transofrmers" co-star LaBeouf at the South Korea premiere of the film on June 9, 2009. When asked by Entertainment Weekly if she's a good actress, Fox said, "I think I could be. If I really buckle down, I think one day I could be a very good actress. But so far, I haven’t done anything yet." (Chung Sung-jun / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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  9. Purple passion

    Fox attends the "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" world premiere at Roppongi Hills on June 8, 2009 in Tokyo. "It’s going to be the best action movie of the summer," Fox told Entertainment Weekly. "Hands down, it will win that. But it’s not trying to be a Golden Globe-nominated film. It’s a badass popcorn summer movie." (Junko Kimura / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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  10. Slick look

    Fox arrives at the 18th Annual MTV Movie Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre on May 3, 2009 in Universal City, Calif. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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  11. Fine Choice

    Fox attends the 22nd Annual Kids' Choice Awards on March 28, 2009 in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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  12. The future's golden

    Fox strikes a pose in the press room at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 11, 2009 in Beverly Hills, Calif. "If you know how to take control of (being a sex symbol), then it can be powerful," the actress, 22, tells Esquire in its June issue. "But I have no idea how to handle it yet, how to deal with it." (Jewel Samad / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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  13. Cover girl

    Fox appears on the covers of, from left, GQ, FHM and Maxim magazines. FHM named the actress the sexiest woman in the world. "I'm just really confident sexually, and I think that sort of oozes out of my pores," she tells Esquire magazine. "It's just there. It's something I don't have to turn on." (GQ, FHM, Maxim) Back to slideshow navigation

  14. Nice teddy

    "The Office" star Rainn Wilson and Fox perform a skit at the MTV Movie Awards on June 1, 2008, in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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  15. Her personal angel

    Fox presents the game of the year award at the sixth annual Video Game Awards at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, Calif., on Dec. 14, 2008. (Chris Pizzello / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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  16. For the men

    Fox arrives at the GQ magazine 2008 "Men of the Year" party in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2008. (Matt Sayles / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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  17. More than meets the eye

    Fox and Shia LeBeouf star in the 2007 sci-fi adventure "Transformers." Directed by Michael Bay and based on the Hasbro toys that debuted in the 1980s, "Transformers" chronicles a war between two factions of giant shape-shifting robots that bring their battle to Earth. Fox stars as Mikeaela, the love interest for LaBeouf's character, Sam. (DreamWorks) Back to slideshow navigation

  18. In the spotlight

    Fox poses at the premiere of the movie "Eagle Eye" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on Sept. 16, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation

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Access Hollywood
updated 9/2/2009 1:11:27 PM ET 2009-09-02T17:11:27

LOS ANGELES — The 35th season of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” will start with a bang.

Megan Fox will host the show, while rock legends U2 will be the Sept. 26 kick-off episode’s musical guest, “SNL” comedian Bill Hader revealed to Access Hollywood on Wednesday.

Fox will be promoting her next film, the Diablo Cody-penned dark comedy “Jennifer’s Body,” out Sept. 18. U2 is in the midst of their U2 360 world tour in support of their latest album, this year’s “No Line On The Horizon.”

“Weekend Update Thursday,” the “SNL” spin-off that premiered last year, will also return for a new season, with the first episode due Sept. 17.

Although a “Saturday Night Live” publicist could not officially confirm the news when reached by Access, the publicist said an official announcement would be coming next week.

Copyright 2012 by NBC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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