For-get it
We heard Mariah Carey's possible bio was canceled because her supposedly high-handed new manager, Benny Medina, formerly Jennifer Lopez's Svengali, supposedly outdiva'd Mariah and pulled her out of the deal. Three words. For-get it.
Morrow's book people put it differently. They're whispering she - coming from the Woody Allen school of negotiating - wanted $5 mil. When that wasn't happening, she slid to $3 mil. When that wasn't happening and the number was stabilizing at something maybe near $500,000 maybe, things got icky. Also sticky. The more it was talked about, the less enthusiastic the publishers got. They realized she wouldn't be revealing anything revealing, they realized they needed a writer, they realized nothing they were hearing was worth that money.
So - and they and he and she will deny this - Benny Medina saved the day p.r.-wise by making it seem he was the heavy in the deal and taking the fall publicly. (New York Post)
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