Friday, November 14, 2008

The $2.5 Million Sarah Silverman "Beauty Contest"



(image via shmagazine)

The Corsair's former mentor and drinking buddy Christopher Hitchens picked a terrifically wrong time to publish an essay in Vanity Fair on why women aren't funny. He was promptly proven incorrect by host of funny women, including Amy Poehler and Tina Fey -- the funniest person on TV -- and Sarah Silverman, among others. From the salmon-colored weekly:

"The auction for comedian Sarah Silverman's book has ended, with HarperCollins emerging victorious after submitting a house bid in the neighborhood of $2.5 million dollars. Editors at three of HarperCollins' imprints—David Hirshey at Harper, Gillian Blake at Collins, and Laurie Chittenden at William Morrow—are interested in the book, which means Ms. Silverman and her agent, Trident Media Group CEO Daniel Strone, have some deciding to do.

"... Ms. Silverman's book, by the way, will be a collection of comedic essays, just like the Tina Fey book that Endeavor agent Richard Abate recently sold to Little, Brown for a reported $6 million. Apparently that's actually how Mr. Strone described the Silverman project to publishers: 'Just like Tina Fey.'"


Full story here.

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