How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

This film tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a small-time, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion, Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars.<br /><br />After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of <i>Sharp</i>, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he'd better impress and charm everyone he can if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison (Kirsten Dunst). He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson (Gillian Anderson). He upsets his boss, Lawrence (Danny Huston) and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a meeting. Sidney, of course, doesn't stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone. His saving graces: A rising, sexy starlet (Megan Fox) develops an odd affection for him, and, in time, Alison, whose friendship with him might be the only thing saving him from torpedoing his career.