It seems like Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight only makes news these days when he’s speaking out on his very conservative views, or when he’s talking about his daughter, Angelina Jolie. Voight attended the Los Angeles premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and he either got some questions about the “similarities” between Megan Fox and Angelina, or he just decided to talk about them. First of all – Voight isn’t in the film. He was in the first Transformers, but he’s not in the sequel. So maybe he just wanted to see the movie… but then why is doing interviews on the red carpet?

Back to the comparisons… so, in Voight’s mind, Angelina and Megan are similar because “they are both very beautiful women, and they are both sexy gals.” Voight added that both Megan and Angelina are “both in action pictures now”… uh, come again? What action film does Angelina have coming out? At least he’s not mangling the names of his grandkids (does everone remember Zahara as “Shakira”?). Michael Bay sees similarities between Megan and Angelina too. But Bay goes old-school, and references Angelina’s appearance in a Meatloaf music video. Classic:

Angelina Jolie’s dad sees the similarities between his daughter and Megan Fox.

“Well, they are both very beautiful women, and they are both sexy gals, you know,” Jon Voight told Usmagazine.com at the L.A. premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Monday.

“And they’re both in action pictures now,” he went on. Jolie’s thriller Salt hits theaters next summer.

Still, Voight thinks “everybody is unique. We are all so different from one another that we can’t be compared — but they are very attractive girls.”

Fox, 23, and Jolie, 34, have a similar career trajectory, according to the action flick’s director, Michael Bay.

“The truth is I gave Angelina her first job on a music video. It was a Meat Loaf video, years back [1994's "Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Come Through"],” Bay told Us. “That was her very first job. And I gave Megan Fox her very first job.”

Fox — who told Us she’s “never met” the mom of six — has insisted she’s nothing like Jolie.

“Because I have tattoos and dark hair and I was in an action movie? That’s as far as the similarities extend,” she said earlier this month. “I’m not the next anyone.”

[From US Weekly]

Instead of yelling and screaming about how Megan is nothing more than an extremely budget version of Angelina (just in looks), and how Megan loves when her name is mentioned alongside Angelina’s name, and how I really think Jon Voight is a senile bastard who should be kept away from the press, I’m just going to change the subject.

CB loves the human lie detector “Eyes for Lies” that she’s referenced on other posts. “Eyes for Lies” specializes in determining a person’s true intentions/emotions from their facial expressions, tics, tone of voice, eye movements, etc. CB recently sent in the post of Angelina’s interview with Anderson Cooper, and Eyes for Lies had some insight on Angelina’s intentions regarding her humanitarian work: “From this interview, you can’t read too much into Angelina’s relationship with Brad. There isn’t enough said to draw any conclusions. Angelina, however, seems to express a lot of compassion and caring for the refugees. She is a highly compassionate woman who picks up on the emotions of other people. When she looks at other people, she feels their emotions and is moved to action to help those less fortunate than herself. There is no doubt about it, her motivation is true and sincere.”

I guess I’m bringing up the “Eyes for Lies” assessment because I think in the long run, Megan will never be like Angelina – Megan isn’t smart enough, she doesn’t have the compassion or the emotional intelligence. Just because they’re both superficially “sexy gals” doesn’t mean Megan is fit to sit at the same table as Angelina.

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I’m a big fan of the blog Eyes for Lies. It’s run by a woman who is as skilled at spotting lies as the crime expert portrayed in the Fox series “Lie To Me.” She doesn’t work in the field of law enforcement, but she has consulted on cases and has a natural talent and interest. Eyes was certified as a “Truth Wizard” in a scientific study co-designed by Dr. Paul Ekman, the man whose work “Lie to Me” is roughly based on. She was also profiled in a piece in the Chicago Sun Times earlier this year.

Eyes for Lies, who does not reveal her identity due to threats from criminals, has a very logical and compelling take on the latest crime cases. She can tell you based on small “microexpressions,” tone of voice, hesitations and word choices if a person is likely to be telling the truth. If you follow shows like 48 Hours and/or pay attention to high profile cases like Madeline McCann’s disappearance, you will love her site.

I took a chance and e-mailed Eyes for her take on a much more trivial story than she usually covers – the Jon & Kate Plus 8 premiere. I wanted to know if she thought that Jon was lying about cheating or if Kate was hiding something. She got back to me with an insightful response that supports a lot of what we’ve heard from Kate’s family about the state of her relationship. Eyes thought that Jon might be telling the truth that he didn’t cheat on Kate – but he was telling the truth as far as he was concerned, not an absolute truth. It all got a little iffy when he talked about the impact his actions would have on his kids in the future, though, which suggests he did get up to something that he regrets.

(She is analyzing the couple based on the clip of the premiere we posted yesterday, which is no longer available.)

Jon looks “disgusted,” but he may believe he didn’t “cheat”

When I watch Jon speak in the segment you linked to, its interesting when Jon says with a disgusted look on his face, “I never cheated on Kate, and you know, that’s the way it is.” When he says that, he does not give off any indications of deceit, however, I don’t feel this is an adequate response upon which to draw a conclusion by itself.

When Jon says this, first and foremost, it is (a) not a high stake lie (he doesn’t stand to gain or lose anything by saying this, which reduces the clues to deception); (b) no one has defined the word “cheating” so what you or I may consider to be cheating may not be cheating to Jon, hence he may truly believe he did not cheat (which is how it appears); and (c) he appears to be extraordinarily relaxed and it sounds like he is slurring his words in this clip, which makes me wonder if he is under the influence of something, which could be affecting his responses, expressions and emotions.

However, Jon does say a lot more in the next several minutes that do make me question him. He says:

I guess my fear would be that my kids wouldn’t believe me because there is so much media out there…

One day my kids are going to Google me, and I’m going to have to explain myself…

I’d like to apologize to my family for my actions…um..like I said, I was the wrong place at the wrong time, but I understand the ramifications and how it will greatly affect everything, um…I should have thought more about what I did and where I was going and stuff like that and everyone knows what I am talking about so I don’t have to explain it.

A man who did not cheat would not think these things, let alone say them.

Kate is angry, Jon is playing the victim and will not take responsibility

Kate is obviously very angry in this episode for a variety of reasons, and she tells us at one point she feels like the world is on her shoulders, and I believe it is. Jon seems to be complaining that he doesn’t like where he has ended up, but he doesn’t seem to be offering the family any solutions on how to change course and how he as a father will take responsibility financially to pull his family out of this and find a more suitable solution for the family (without the media). When I see Jon, I see a person who wants to claim he is a victim, but doesn’t want to take any responsibility for how he got where he is, or where he is going.

[From Eyes for Lies received via e-mail]

I like Eyes’ take because she focuses on the sort of dead weight role that Jon serves in the relationship and how he’s kind of giving up. Everyone has been talking about Kate’s role in badgering Jon into his bad behavior, but clearly these are two people who have each contributed to lousy situation they’re in. It’s likely that Eyes doesn’t follow celebrity gossip like we do and has no idea about the supposed separation contract Kate had Jon sign six months ago that allowed both of them to see other people as long as he showed up for tapings of their show. That would explain why he may not feel like he’s technically cheating, but still has mixed feelings about the effect his actions may have – Kate already gave him a pass.

Jon and Kate’s tabloid marital strife has predictably led to huge ratings for their show. US Weekly reports that 9.8 million people watched the premiere on Monday night compared to 9.2 million who tuned in to the final episode of “Lost.” These two both love money and considering how they bring in the ratings you can bet that TLC and other networks will be more than happy to keep the cameras rolling.