Megan Fox Endorses The Kindle, Sally’s Spa

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by Rachel Sklar | 10:07 am, September 26th, 2009

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Jimmy Fallon Megan Fox Thursday night in an awkward yet strangely charming interview with Jimmy Fallon, perennial headline-maker and tonight’s SNL headliner Megan Fox spoke of being afraid of the dark, shoplifting Mary Kate & Ashley cosmetics from Wal-Mart in her youth, and how much she loves her Kindle and iPhone game Sally’s Spa.

Fox apparently has a thing about touching paper — it gives her the willies — so she downloads scripts n’ stuff to her Kindle, which helps with that. (Oddly it didn’t come up later in the interview when she talked about her punishment for the Wal-Mart shoplift: Wrapping presents.) Fox also talked about her addiction to Sally’s Spa, a game where you virtually run a spa for someone named Sally, and about which Fox apparently has a whole lot of angst. Sally’s Spa shouldn’t, though; a Megan Fox mention on Jimmy Fallon zoomed it into the Top 100 on the iTunes store.

She also talked about her SNL debut tonight, and the angst of doing the table read (going through the draft sketches on Wednesday to weed them out) lest you flub a joke and kill a writer’s sketch, and Jimmy and she bonded over a mutual fear of ghosts. Fallon professed faux-nervousness at the beginning of the show but did actually seem a little nervous, which ended up being charming as he segued into relief when the interview became just a nice, normal conversation. It certainly didn’t seem like Fox was being stiff or nervous and it actually seemed quite natural, which made it genuinely enjoyable to watch, and not for any of the reasons one might think they’d enjoy a Megan Fox interview. (By the way, Rolling Stone, take note — Jimmy Fallon just asked her about normal, conversational stuff and the result was an interview that was charming, natural and totally un-creepy. Your interview, if I may say so, was sorta creepy.)

Anyway, gadget types, you can now claim Megan Fox as one of you. You’re welcome.

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ImNotBlue

Is there a reason why you, Ms. Sklar, keep posting stories about Megan Fox? Is she a news personality, and I’m unaware? Was there something news related in this? Or do you think this site is Gawker or Perez Hilton, and need to be reminded it’s not?

Yes, Ms. Fox is fun to look at… but I fail to see how she’s relevant to this site.

(I don’t want to sound like I’m playing “site police,” I just want to understand what I’m missing here.)
Rachel Sklar

I actually find Megan Fox and the Megan Fox coverage fascinating – I didn’t create it, I just noticed it and hopped on board. The Dentata stuff is hooked more on the fact that I saw an outrageous shirt at Top Shop and found it hilarious, and made the connection with her Rolling Stone comments – the Glenn Beck stuff, well, that was just an obvious leap. But actually, I saw this clip in the course of just watching Fallon and was struck by how different the interview was from the Rolling Stone interview – Jimmy was asking about slightly nerdy, offbeat stuff and the result was surprisingly charming. The Kindle and Sally’s Spa stuff is interesting from a new-media perspective, especially how an appearance on Fallon can goose an iPhone app (I had never heard of Sally’s Spa before). And she’s hosting the season opener of SNL in a season where expectations for them have never been higher – she’s not just a flash in the pan starlet, she’s got something and that is clearly recognized by other discerning sources. It’s not just about boobs, plenty of other people have those. She’s just having a particular media moment right now, and in her various apperances on shows and in magazines, she keeps somehow making herself relevant. It’s just something I’m noticing.

(And for the record, I did NOT post the clip of her on Regis & Kelly, though I found it very interesting too – Megan seemed way less comfortable than she did on Fallon, and Kelly responded with something sorta strange, some comment about how SHE was a man-eating cheerleader in high school too. Which was an oddly sexualized comment to hear from Kelly. Megan Fox just seems to have an effect on people. For me, she’s like my new Shamu (it’s a summer 2006 at HuffPo reference). I’m sorta rooting for her, but also, I find her legitimately to be an interesting media lightening rod.)

How’s that?
ImNotBlue

I actually find Megan Fox and the Megan Fox coverage fascinating – I didn’t create it, I just noticed it and hopped on board.

I’m sorta rooting for her, but also, I find her legitimately to be an interesting media lightening rod.)

How’s that?

Man… what I splash I must be making! First Tommy Christopher addresses me, then Dan Abrams, now Rachel Sklar… any more comments from the people in charge of this place, and I’ll need to get paid!

But anyway… I still don’t understand the relevance of Megan Fox this site. How does this advance this site’s goals?

As far as I know, the purpose of this site is to talk about the NEWS media, not just “the media” in general. Ms Fox, attractive as she is (although, I find a lot of her dopey statements to make her less attractive), isn’t really relevant to the news… and certainly no more relevant than say, Britney Spears (ew) or Paris Hilton (ew-ew)! So what’s the point?

Relating her comments about her iPhone or Kindle to “new media,” is pretty flimsy. Why are her comments on those things any more relevant or knowledgeable than anyone else’s? And really… who cares about SNL? When SNL talks politics, or news presentation (Weekend Update, etc.), then we’ve got a platform to talk about… but otherwise, is this really the forum for that?

Maybe it’s me… but, I just don’t get the enthrallment or the relevance of Megan Fox… and certainly not around these parts.