The WELL: inkwell.vue.123: Tracy Quan: Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl

#183: Mike Godwin (mnemonic) Wed 8 May 02 11:35

Wed, 08 May 2002 11:35:00 PDT

Tracy's book-to-movie deal is discussed this week in Entertainment Weekly:

<http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,235733~5~0~juliarobertstoproduce,00.html>. [Read entire topic]

#182: Mike Godwin (mnemonic) Sun 5 May 02 05:30

Sun, 05 May 2002 05:30:00 PDT

The French publisher has cleverly decided to use Tracy's own image to market that edition of the book (titled "Journal d'une call-girl"). You can see it here: <http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/2845880456.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg>.

The cover photo was taken by Deborah Copaken Kogan, herself the author of "Shutterbabe." [Read entire topic]

#181: Craig Louis (craig1st) Sun 28 Apr 02 02:54

Sun, 28 Apr 2002 02:54:00 PDT

Good choice for Roberts. [Read entire topic]

#180: Linda Castellani (castle) Mon 22 Apr 02 12:14

Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:14:00 PDT

Woo-hoo! [Read entire topic]

#179: Mike Godwin (mnemonic) Sun 21 Apr 02 20:00

Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:00:00 PDT

Celebrity News: 19th April 2002

Julia Roberts To Produce Tough Call Girl Movie

Julia Roberts and Sex & the City creator Darren Star are teaming up to make an unsentimental film about a prostitute. Roberts' Shoelace Productions has hired Star to adapt Tracy Quan's book Diary Of A Manhattan Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel. The writer promises it will be nothing like the actress' loveable Pretty Woman, in which she plays a prostitute who falls for Richard Gere, which was heavily criticized for its unrealistic portrayal of the sex workers, expounding the 'hooker with a heart of gold' cliche.

<http://www.imdb.com/PeopleNews/> [Read entire topic]

#178: Cynthia Dyer-Bennet (cdb) Fri 19 Apr 02 16:03

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:03:00 PDT

Excellent news for Tracy! [Read entire topic]

#177: Solemnly hyper-materialistic European culture-dripper (rjs) Fri 19 Apr 02 12:30

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:30:00 PDT

That's great. [Read entire topic]

#176: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Thu 18 Apr 02 21:25

Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:25:00 PDT

Right on! [Read entire topic]

#175: Linda Castellani (castle) Thu 18 Apr 02 12:11

Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:11:00 PDT

Congratulations to Tracy!!! [Read entire topic]

#174: Mike Godwin (mnemonic) Thu 18 Apr 02 10:32

Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:32:00 PDT

April 18, 2002

Star Dials Up 'Call Girl' Picture

By REUTERS

Filed at 4:15 a.m. ET

NEW YORK (Variety) - ``Sex and the City'' creator Darren Star is sticking to a familiar subject, but this time he's taking it to the big screen.

Star will adapt and direct Tracy Quan's book ``Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel'' for Sony-based Revolution Studios.

The book is based on Quan's successful Salon.com column. It centers on the diary of Chan, a call girl who lives and works on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The picture will be a comedic take on the behind-the-scenes world of the oldest profession.

Star, whose other credits include ``Beverly Hills, 90210'' and ``Melrose Place,'' created and worked on ``Sex and the City'' for the show's first two seasons. He subsequently created Fox's ''The Street.'' [Read entire topic]