ET Exclusive Clip: 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People'

'Hot Fuzz' and 'Shawn of the Dead' star Simon Pegg takes Manhattan -- with disastrous results -- in 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People,' in theaters October 3, and ET has an exclusive sneak peek at a scene from the movie! In the new comedy based on the best-selling novel, Pegg plays Sidney, a small-time British celebrity journalist who gets his big break when he's hired to write for Sharp , one of New York's biggest upscale magazines. Working off the advice of Sharp editor Clayton Harding ( Jeff Bridges ) to "impress and charm everyone" he can, he instead proceeds to unwittingly insult and annoy everyone in his path, from his direct boss ( Danny Huston ) and co-workers to a power publicist ( Gillian Anderson ) and her various celebrity clients. Sidney's only saving grace is a rising starlet (sexy 'Transformers' star Megan Fox ), who develops an odd affection for him. But will their unlikely relationship jeopardize his friendship with fellow writer Alison ( ... (link)