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Megan has blown apart Hollywood's casting couch culture - insisting several leading film directors have tried to bed her since she found fame. The Transformers beauty has attended a number meetings with top moviemakers to discuss potential roles. But she was shocked when they made moves on her during the interviews - and immediately turned them down.

In stories hittings newsstands next week, brunette bombshell Megan Fox manages to insult a good chunk of Young Hollywood; including Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson — both of whom the actress called “too pretty” in an interview with Elle — and now she’s shooting daggers at fellow actress Scarlett Johansson. In the June issue of Esquire Magazine, the Transformers 2 star says being a sex symbol comes naturally to her, and she has now desire to put on a Ms. Smarty Pants act to distance herself from the empty-headed bimbo image that often plagues beautiful women, unlike her Golden Globe-nominated counterpart....

Who's the one person capable of knocking Oprah Winfrey out of Forbes' top spot on the list of the world's most powerful celebs? Angelina Jolie. Winfrey, who topped the list last year, was dethroned and moved to the No. 2 spot on the annual Forbes list, which came out yesterday. "Though viewership for the self-made billionaire's flagship chat fest, The Oprah Winfrey Show, continues to erode, her earning power remains resilient," the list said. The Celebrity 100 list ranks the rich and famous based on media exposure and earnings over the past year.

After months of behind-the-scenes battles, it's finally over between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Hollywood's most glamorous power couple - who never married despite having six children - have grown tired of trying to gloss over their problems following five tumultuous years together, say sources. Brad and Angelina are going their separate ways with the hope of reuniting in the future if they can repair their volatile relationship, disclosed an insider.

MELISSA Joan Hart should learn to keep her voice down. The former "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" star was overheard off-camera at KTLA in Los Angeles on Friday saying how she'd been hoping last week that cancer-stricken Farrah Fawcett wouldn't die -- and thus bump Hart off the cover of People magazine.

Lecturer and author Dr. Nick Begich will discuss the latest research on telepathy in the battlefield, where brain waves alone can give commands. He'll also address civilian applications for this powerful new technology.