RE: Daily Beast

Ask Chris if he wants to run this. No one else has it and it has my quotes in it.

HOLLYWOOD MOGUL'S WIFE SUES TO KILL HER OWN BOOK

Leslie Zemeckis, wife of Hollywood uber Producer/Director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Castaway, Back to the Future, A Christmas Carol) has apparently sued the publisher of her upcoming book How to Live Like a Mistress (And Reap the Rewards!) to keep it from being published. Mrs. Z last made literary headlines in 2008 for a leaked copy of her chick-lit manuscript that earned her ridicule on the New York publishing scene, with Gawker calling it "exhausting, clichéd and unpolished." About the stalled new book, Sterling & Ross publisher Drew Nederpelt says, “I don’t know if she got cold feet because it’s so risqué or whether Bob read it and said ‘over my dead body,’ but it’s true, we’re in litigation with Leslie over it. It took a considerable amount of work to get into decent shape but it’s a blockbuster and we’re intent on publishing it, regardless of this legal charade.” It should be noted that Zemeckis is writing the book under her burlesque stage name of Staar. Indeed.

Drew Nederpelt
Sterling & Ross Publishers
115 W. 29th St., Floor 3
New York, NY 10001
212 244 2084, ex.114
www.SterlingandRoss.com

From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 4:48 PM
To: drew@sterlingandross.com
Subject: Re: Daily Beast

I don't think I did, re-send it, please. I'll call Chris at S&V now and have him get in touch with you. S&V gets read by a lot of producers and editors so a piece there will help. Also, we can make sure that Gawker et all is aware from our end, easy as pie.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:42 PM, <drew@sterlingandross.com> wrote:

Ahhh- didn't get. Sure, am happy to sit for an interview. Did u get my mocked up piece?

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From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:40:43 -0400

To: Sterling & Ross Publishers<drew@sterlingandross.com>

Subject: Re: Daily Beast

Yeah, I think I left you a message the other day about it, am arranging for Scallywag and Vagabond to cover it - was going to ask if you wanted editor to interview you for it?

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Sterling & Ross Publishers <drew@sterlingandross.com> wrote:

Hey dood. The Daily Beast is running a piece on Zemeckis Wednesday. When it
goes up, can I count on you and some of your compatriots to post good things
about S&R?

Drew

Drew Nederpelt
Sterling & Ross Publishers
115 W. 29th St., Floor 3
New York, NY 10001
212 244 2084, ex.114
www.SterlingandRoss.com