Melissa Leo, “The Fighter” star who won this year’s Academy Award
Melissa Leo, memoir writer.
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for best actress and dropped an f-bomb during her acceptance speech, is writing a memoir.
Simon & Schuster announced that Leo has signed a deal to publish the book, slated for release in 2013.
“My work requires that I inhabit other people’s lives but my memoir demands that I take on the toughest role of my career – playing myself,” Leo says.
Fair to assume the book will contain some salty language?
Also, any suggestions about a title? How about “A ‘Fighter’s’ Words: My Journey From Struggling Actress to Occasionally Obscene Oscar Winner”?
{Source: Media Bistro’s Galley Cat)
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