As some of you may or may not know, Jenna Bush, first daughter, DC resident, poster child for underage drinking and soon to be blushing-shotgun-bride of Henry Hagar has a book out about an HIV positive, pregnant Panama teen named Ana (I warned you about it months a go) and is arriving to Politics & Prose to READ FROM IT This Friday.
This is part of her two month long book tour which has had the media in a positive tizzy lately, so while you are planning on how to break all the security rules and possibly sabotage Friday's event, here is some homework for you.
Which, thankfully, someone has already done for you, not unlike most of Jenna's homework all her life, we imagine.
(at this point stories of ghostwriting are running rampant with even the usually optimistic EW calling the writing "a little too smooth")
Needless to say Wonkette has been the star student of the phenomenon using EXCLUSIVELY the following thumbnails FOR ANY AND EVERY Jenna story.
Classy.
Kicking off a little whiles back with: this nice if obvious connect-the-dots moment … until the curious subject of “Jenna’s book” began to resonate in the usual foul way: Jenna Bush, one of the twins better-known for partying than publishing (cue: this charming arrest memento), will write Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope, a book that chronicles the real-life saga of a 17-year-old single mother with HIV in Panama.
Bush, Panama, Horror, Bush, Panama, Horror … why did this sound so familiar?
followed by such a cavalcade of press the girls from The Hills must be jealous, since there's a new blonde hogging the spotlight:
behold
*The Glamour "Jenna and her BFF are so normal" interview. ( fyi: Jenna loves Nick Drake and Thelonius Monk and Susan Sontag, JUST LIKE YOU)
*the more glamour than "Glamour" People Magazine Interview ("I have grown up so much in the past 5 years....AND DAD IS DOING A GREAT JOB.)Which I can only follow up with this photo:
and some TV time too:
Her Interview with Diane Sawyer (sample questions:You talked to these children about sex, and safe sex and sex before marriage? Don't you come from an administration that beleives in abstinence? Several seconds of awkward silence follow before the defese mechanism kicks in)
and her
Larry King Interview in which, within seconds she makes a slip that left all the pundit tongues a wagging. Tit, anyone?
Finally, as the over-hype started reaching monumental proportions (are the any ACTUAL news in the news these days????) she had a major kick off this Monday in New York with everyone from Barbara to Clay Aiken (?!?) attending and being called fat by Perez (which, come to think of it, is like being called dumb and blonde by Britney)
official movie here:
and now, she returns to fatherland.
The tension is palpable.
The expectations are rising by the second.
What will happen?
Who will attend?
What should she be asked at the Q&A?
(and don't worry, we will find someone to ask it, we promise)
What would Chelsea do?
When will the madness end?
Previously in Misc/Awesome:
- 12/28: Terrible Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Generator.
- 12/1: The John Waters Advent Calendar-it starts today
- 11/28: It Chooses You: All I Want for Christmas is Everything from Miranda July's Pop-Up Shop
- 11/3: Things I'd Move to Minnesota For
- 9/6: PHOTOS: Maloof $$ Money Cup
- 9/2: PHOTOS: Chantilly Model Train Show
- 9/1: Libby's List: 5 Things I Want Right Now...
- 8/22: PHOTOS: Best Friends Day
- 8/10: PHOTOS: Lawn Mover Racing, Eastern Seaboard Regionals @ Bowles Farm
- 7/26: Special List: Things the BYGays Want Now That We Can Marry In DC (and NY!)
God loves a cheerful giver.
edgy stuff guys!!
we love you too mike.
Ghostwriters suck.
People who lie about not having a ghostwriter when they did, suck.
People who don't cover their mouths when they yawn also suck.
can you just keep this site to talking about flash in the pan bands that no one will give two flying fucks about in a year. kthxbye
love hurts mike.
My guess is she'll lip synch to a book tape.
Michael's posts = my perpetual ditto
when is byt going to do a Hinder interview?
Awww, see now I liked the Glamour article.
(Plus her BFF is hot.)
"Ghostwriters suck"...I once had a professional athlete approach me to ghostwrite his autobiography. He handed me a copy of O.J. Simpson's bio and said "make it something like that." That was a week before the killings.
I just don't see why any self-respecting writer would ghostwrite anything.
Seriously.
I've written letters for people and they signed their name to it and it pissed me off.
But then again I can't understand why "screenwriter" isn't more important than "Director" (except in cases where the Director and screenwriter are the same person).
Are you kidding? It was the screenwriter's idea. His or her words. His or her story.
The Director just makes sure the camera gets your good side.
the reason people ghostwrite - $$$ + big connections
I actually ghost-wrote the Bible. true story. Revelations, all me.
>I just don’t see why any self-respecting writer would ghostwrite anything.
>Seriously.
Some of my friends are ghostwriters (for political stuff) and they are uniformly cool people. It's not that they don't have "self-respect" as writers, it's that they're writing in a different genre. Most were speech writers prior to ghost writing books, so the skills they've developed are more functional than creative - to take the ideas some one gives them and communicate those ideas as effectively as possible. The ones I know do it because they agree with the ideas being communicated, you know, to further the cause and all that. It's an interesting craft, but a totally different thing than the creative process of writing.
So it seems like comparing, say, a sculptor to a carpenter. Plus, everybody's doing it (most op-eds are ghost written, most professors' books are written by their research assistants, most political books are written by political writing firms, etc.) and if I recall what my parents told me about morality, if everyone else is doing it that means it's ok and I can do it too.
Or something.
Oh, and despite my friends being cool I am sure a large chunk of ghostwriters are probably lack all integrity and are just mercenaries - writing OJ books and shit like that.
Oh I know - I've written more Op-eds than I can count, none with my name on them. Fuck, one was for a dude with a goddamned MacArthur genius grant.
I wrote a Memorial Day speech for a Congress Critter that was reproduced nationally and is in the Congressional Record. Got an Obit for someone - same thing.
Needless to say that I got out of ithat business. Just didn't like it. Write your own shit.
And I am sure your friends are cool. I mean I was cool once but I just didn't like it.
What really got me was one asshole that I worked very closely with took credit for the Obit - in very private company, when congratulated on it by the dead guy's wife - while standing in front of me.
Fuckass.
Michael, only a partial ditto here
writing and having other people take the credit is a work-made-for-hire life not for me
hence why i'll never be a clerk
as for what you said about directors, totally untrue
screenwriters do a great job writing, but directors do more than camera angles, they unlock acting potential most actors can't dream of finding, understanding, and executing on their own
there's a reason why great directors are so great, and the best actors give them well-deserved praise for what they've added to thespian careers everywhere
and yes, i speak from experience
marty -
you ghost-wrote the bible? if so, i have some questions for you. seriously. we need to talk.
"they unlock acting potential most actors can’t dream of finding, understanding, and executing on their own"
Most. Not me. I'm brilliant without direction.
"and the best actors give them well-deserved praise for what they’ve added to thespian careers everywhere"
Or they want to keep getting gigs.
back to double ditto's Michael, kudos
and now for more Jenna:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670398,00.html?cnn=yes