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Post by kellykapowskilover on Jul 30, 2009 0:03:47 GMT -5
Behind the Bell" will be released Sept. 29, 2009. Anyone Buying??
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Post by kellykapowskilover on Jul 30, 2009 0:10:31 GMT -5
Dustin "Screech" Diamond has run into some difficulties with his tell-all memoir about his days on Saved by the Bell. It seems his publisher, Gotham Books, dropped the book three months ago upon receipt of the manuscript, and his literary agent, Jarred Weisfeld of Objective Entertainment—the same guy who sold Rod Blagojevich's book and accused Farrar, Straus & Giroux of anti-Semitism earlier this year—had to find it another home. Gotham Books announced the acquisition of the book, titled Behind the Bell, last summer. It was going to be salacious! The deal memo promised "sexual escapades among cast members, drug use, and hardcore partying." Thanks to Mr. Weisfeld's handiwork, Mr. Diamond was paid a healthy advance in the low six figures. The book first hit a snag when Mr. Diamond's ghostwriter, Alan Goldsher, was taken off the project for what Mr. Weisfeld described obliquely as "scheduling issues." But he was replaced, and eventually a manuscript of sorts was completed. What happened next is a matter of some dispute. According to a well-placed source, the manuscrupt Mr. Diamond and his ghost handed in was deemed unpublishable by Gotham editor Patrick Mulligan, partly because it contained many assertions about cast members from Saved by the Bell that Gotham felt were unverifiable. "That's 100 percent bogus," Mr. Weisfeld said today, stressing that the decision to drop the book from Gotham was a mutual one. "It wasn't the right home for the book," Mr. Weisfeld said. "Sometimes people don't gel. There were no problems whatsoever—just, things didn't gel. If things don't gel, you stop and move on. I love Gotham Books and Penguin, and Patrick Mulligan is a great editor. I look forward to selling them books in the future. This one just wasn't meant to be." O.K.! Bill Shinker, the publisher of Gotham, would not go into any detail on his Screech experience. "It just didn't fit our publishing program," he said. Fans of Mr. Diamond need not fret, however, as his book will see the light of day despite Gotham's reluctance to play a role in its publication. Mr. Weisfeld announced today that the book has found a home with a small Montreal-based operation called Transit Publishing, which publishes another one of Mr. Weisfeld's clients, the celebrity scribe Ian Halperin. Transit hit it big recently with Mr. Halperin's fortuitously timed Michael Jackson book, which was in the process of being printed when Jackson died last month. Mr. Weisfeld and Transit chief Pierre Targin—whose previous publishing venture reportedly ended in bankruptcy in 2005—arranged to stop the presses and instead sell the rights to Mr. Halperin's book to Simon & Schuster. The book, renamed Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson, was rushed into stores earlier this month through the S&S's pop culture imprint Simon Spotlight, and landed at number one on this week's New York Times best-seller list. Transit will publish Dustin Diamond's book on Sept. 29. "This book is freaking incredible!" Mr. Weisfeld said. "Everyone that reads it loves it, and [it] is truly one of my favorites of all time." here is the link www.observer.com/2009/media/screechs-saved-bell-tell-all-dropped-gotham-books-resold |
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Post by Erika on Jul 30, 2009 0:22:47 GMT -5
Behind the Bell" will be released Sept. 29, 2009. Anyone Buying?? No! I am trying to think of a way to boycott it. Hmmm?? |
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Post by kellykapowskilover on Jul 30, 2009 0:28:51 GMT -5
Behind the Bell" will be released Sept. 29, 2009. Anyone Buying?? No! I am trying to think of a way to boycott it. Hmmm?? Haha as a Dustin/Screech Fan i Gotta buy it But i hear ya i dont bla,e you for wanting to boycott it not one bit |
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Post by Carrie on Jul 30, 2009 0:56:47 GMT -5
I will buy it BUT I will take everything with a grain of salt. Dustins views seem to be very one-sided and jaded. I think he is a self absorbed individual who takes simple things very personally. I think he is prone to drama. I`m just basing this on the reality shows he has been on. I`m sure he is a great person behind closed doors. I mean who knows really but between the porn and antics and behaviour all together I just have a lack of love for him these days. Buying the book will be out of sheer curiosity.
Just my opinion.
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Post by kellykapowskilover on Jul 30, 2009 1:01:13 GMT -5
I will buy it BUT I will take everything with a grain of salt. Dustins views seem to be very one-sided and jaded. I think he is a self absorbed individual who takes simple things very personally. I think he is prone to drama. I`m just basing this on the reality shows he has been on. I`m sure he is a great person behind closed doors. I mean who knows really but between the porn and antics and behaviour all together I just have a lack of love for him these days. Buying the book will be out of sheer curiosity. Just my opinion. Ya i agree well put it will be Juicy No doubt but like you i will take everything with a grain of salt its deff gonna be interesting I cant wait till it comes out |
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Post by tatfan on Jul 30, 2009 1:30:47 GMT -5
I will not buy it for the main fact that I dont want to give dustin any money from this. ill go in the store and flip through it but not waste my money on it. He will no doubt take things and twist them to make them more interesting and in his favor. I am sorry I just dont respect people like that.
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Post by QueenKelly on Jul 30, 2009 6:13:55 GMT -5
Behind the Bell" will be released Sept. 29, 2009. Anyone Buying?? No! I am trying to think of a way to boycott it. Hmmm?? If you think of a way, count me in. |
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Post by shannon on Jul 30, 2009 13:04:33 GMT -5
I won't be buying it. I'll be like you tatfan and flip through it in the store, lol.
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Post by msstock87 on Jul 30, 2009 14:17:29 GMT -5
I refuse to buy it, because frankly I have a hard time believing anything that comes out of his mouth. It's sad how he has turned out.
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Post by kellykapowskilover on Jul 30, 2009 15:53:41 GMT -5
(1) Why is Dustin Diamond missing on the cover of People? Gosselaar says he hasn't talked to him recently, and they're no longer close. "That's a disaster on so many levels," he says of Diamond's problems (he owes $14,000 in taxes and starred in a sex tape). "I don't know where his head is. I know probably as much as you know from watching things on TV. It's as entertaining as hell. I watch it. But it's not great."
(2) Is he worried that Diamond is writing a Saved by the Bell tell-all book? Apparently not. "What is he going to say?" Gosselaar asks. "We were banging groupies at 14? I can't wait to read his book, because I don't have a memory of a lot of the shows. Maybe it was because I was doing lines off of the audience members' asses. I'm sure he's going to write something crazy like that. The truth is„Ÿthe reason why the show worked and why it's still on today„Ÿwe were good people and good to each other. We were innocent, naive kids. We were not jaded. So him writing a book, I'm not really afraid of what he has to say. There are not too many skeletons in my closet."
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Post by kellykapowskilover on Jul 30, 2009 15:56:57 GMT -5
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Post by kellykapowskilover on Sept 1, 2009 4:57:08 GMT -5
And you thought Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell would end up pumping petrol in Beverly Hills. Well, he's now a lawyer. Take that, Mr Belding!
At least Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who played Zack, is now playing a lawyer.
In Raising The Bar, Gosselaar is Jerry Kellerman, an idealistic public defender who sticks up for the poor huddled masses and frequently locks horns with the imperious and somewhat crazy Judge Trudy, played by Malcolm In The Middle's Jane Kaczmarek.
Oh, and his classmates from law school, including his girlfriend, are on the opposite side of the system.
"My character is reflective of series co-creator David Feige, who was a public defender for 15 years in South Bronx," Gosselaar told Today over the phone from Los Angeles.
"I shadowed David and acted as if I were an intern. It was really important for me to see how these individuals do their jobs because my education on the criminal justice system came from watching Law & Order."
But just in case you think Jerry Kellerman is anything like Zack Morris grown up, he's not.
"They are two completely different characters and two characters that I am not," said the 35-year-old, who recently appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon dressed as his Saved By The Bell character.
"Jerry is extremely idealistic and I think he's a much better person than I am.
"He's righteous and loud and has a point of view that he doesn't mind sharing. I tend to sit on a fence and teeter to either side depending on how convenient it is for me at the time."
Speaking of lawsuits, Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the '80s show, is writing a tell-all about the secret scandals behind Saved By The Bell.
The relatively scandal-free Gosselaar claims he's not worried, though. "I'm still waiting to see if it's going to be fiction or non-fiction. I don't have skeletons in my closet. It's like asking a 12-year-old if they have dirty little secrets. It's inappropriate. He's being a bit... He's trying to make a living. I hold nothing against him."
The worst thing that could possibly be written about Gosselaar? "I had to get my hair dyed for six years."
Well, if push does come to shove, at least Gosselaar has had enough practice to represent himself in court.
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Post by oneshyguy46 on Sept 5, 2009 18:06:47 GMT -5
I will buy it BUT I will take everything with a grain of salt. Dustins views seem to be very one-sided and jaded. I think he is a self absorbed individual who takes simple things very personally. I think he is prone to drama. I`m just basing this on the reality shows he has been on. I`m sure he is a great person behind closed doors. I mean who knows really but between the porn and antics and behaviour all together I just have a lack of love for him these days. Buying the book will be out of sheer curiosity. Just my opinion. Agree  I won't buy it but If I see it at my local library then I would probably check it out. Won't spend any money on it though. |
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Post by kellykapowskilover on Sept 10, 2009 0:52:42 GMT -5
i Already PreOrdered It Cant Wait Till It Arrives im Expecting It The First week of October.If Anyone Is Interested In What The Book Says You Can Feel Free To ask ;D
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