>>> ALL RIGHT. IN 2003 A BOOK ABOUT A DIVA BOSS
BECOMING A BEST SELLING
SENSATION YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT, "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA." OF
IT, "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA." >> AND A FEW YEARS LATER IT WAS
TURNED INTO THE BLOCKBUSTER
FILM.
FILM.
NOW LOREN WEISBERGER IS OUT WITH
THE NEWEST NOVEL, THE NEXT
CHAPTER THAT BECAME A MASSIVE
WORLDWIDE HIT. ♪ORLDWIDE HIT.
♪ 15 YEARS AGO A DISHY DEBUT NOVEL
"THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA" TURNS
INTO A PUBLISHING, FILM AND FASHION PHENOMENON.FILM AND
FASHION PHENOMENON. WRITTEN BY 26-YEAR-OLD LAUREN
WEISBERGER, IT SET OFF
SPECULATION THAT THE STORYS
SUCCESSFUL EDITOR WAS INSPIRED BY HER FORMER BOSS, ANNA WINED
BY HER FORMER BOSS, ANNA WIN TOUR.
TOUR.
THE BOOK BY THE FORMER ASSISTANT SPENT SIX MONTHS ON THE BESTTANT
SPENT SIX MONTHS ON THE BEST SELLERS LIST AND THE FILM
STARRING ANNE HATHAWAY AND MERYL
STREEP GROSSED MORE THAN
$325 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE WORLDWIDE.ON AT THE BOX OFFICE
WORLDWIDE.
>> YOU HAVE NO STYLE OR SIMPLE FASHION.AVE NO STYLE OR SIMPLE
FASHION.
>> I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT --INK THAT DEPENDS ON
WHAT --
>> NO NO. IT WASNT A QUESTION.
>> AND THE APPETITE FOR THIS
INSIDERS LOOK AT NEW YORK
CITYS FASHION AND HIGH SOCIETY
SET STILL HOLDS STRONG.
WITH A PRADA BROADWAY MUSICAL IN
THE WORKS, WEISBERGER IS POISED TO RELEASE HER SEVENTH NOVEL AD
TO RELEASE HER SEVENTH NOVEL A SEQUEL TO THE EARLY HIT "WHEN
LIFE GIVES YOU LULULEMONS"
PLAYED BY EMILY BLUNT IN THE
FILM AS SHE TRADES NEW YORK FOR
L.A. AND SHE POKES FUN AT RITZY
SUBURBANITES.
>> YOU KNEW EVERY WORD TO THE MOVIE. KNEW EVERY WORD TO THE
MOVIE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU PATIENTLY. BEEN WAITING FOR YOU
PATIENTLY.
THIS IS BIG.
LETS TALK ABOUT "THE DEVIL
WEARS PRADA" IM SORRY,
BROADWAY, AND ELTON JOHN DOING
THE MUSIC.
>> I PINCH MYSELF EVERY TIME I SAY IT.NCH MYSELF EVERY TIME I
SAY IT.
>> THE BOOK IS AMAZING, THE MOVIE IS AMAZING.AZING, THE
MOVIE IS AMAZING. >> ITS IN DEVELOPMENT, BUT FROM
EVERYTHING I HAVE SEEN IT LOOKS
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE.
>> IM A HUGE FAN OF BOTH THE BOOK AND THE FEATURE MOVIE, I
CANT WAIT TO SINK MY TEETH INTO
THIS POP CULTURE.
>> THATS AMAZING. >> DONE, DID IT, BEEN TO THE
MOUNTAINTOP, BUT NOW WE HAVE A
SEQUEL.
SEQUEL.
>> ITS BEEN SO EXCITING. ESPECIALLY WITH THE PLAY, I
MEAN, IF THEY DO HALF AS GOOD A
JOB AS THEY DID WITH THE MOVIE
WHICH I LOVED IT WILL BE
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
>> WHERE DOES THE BOOK PICK UP?
>> "WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU
LULULEMONS."
>> WE PICK UP TEN YEARS AGO,
MIRANDA IS WORKING AS AN IMAGE
CONSULTANT.
I LOVE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEIR CAREER HELPING THEWHO
MAKE THEIR CAREER HELPING THE CELEBRITIES TO BEHAVE BADLY.
WHO BETTER TO DO IT THAN EMILY,
BUT IT PLACES HER PERFECTLY TO
SWOOP IN AND HELP A FRIEND WHO
IS ACCUSED OF SOMETHING
TERRIBLE.
TERRIBLE.
>> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT EMILY BLUNTS CHARACTER THAT WAS THE
BASIS FOR THE SEQUEL?
>> OF ALL THE CHARACTERS I HAVE
WRITTEN SHES MY FAVORITE?
>> WHY?
>> WHY?
>> BECAUSE SHE SAYS EVERYTHING YOURE THINKING AND NEVER SAY.G
YOURE THINKING AND NEVER SAY. NO FILTER.
NO FILTER. NO DIPLOMATIC PHRASING.
JUST OUT THERE WITH IT.
BLURTS IT RIGHT OUT, YOU STILL
LOVE HER FOR IT.
>> SHES OUT IN THE SUBURBS SO ITS A DIFFERENT KIND OFRBS SO
ITS A DIFFERENT KIND OF SETTING.
SETTING.
YOU HAD TO GET GREAT INFO, SO
WHO DID YOU DRAW FROM?
WHAT CHARACTERS?
>> YOU KNOW ITS REAL AND IMAGINED.OW ITS REAL AND
IMAGINED.
I GET INSPIRATION FROM THE WORLD AROUND ME, BUT I WAS NERVOUS.RLD
AROUND ME, BUT I WAS NERVOUS.
I LIVED IN NEW YORK FOR 15 PLUS YEARS.D IN NEW YORK FOR 15 PLUS
YEARS.
I WAS NERVOUS TO MOVE TO THE SUBURBS AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT
ITS FILLED WITH SMART,
TALENTED, AMAZING PEOPLE AND
CRAZY PEOPLE.
CRAZY PEOPLE. THOSE ARE THE ONES I DREW IN.
>> THOSE WHO DO THE IMAGING
CONSULTANTS -- MORE HOLLYWOOD
WORLD THAN JUST FASHION.
>> YES.
>> YES.
I JUST -- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
READING UP ON THAT.
TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE
INDUSTRY.
I JUST KIND OF LOVED THE IDEA -- SEEMED LIKE A PERFECT FIT FOR --
SEEMED LIKE A PERFECT FIT FOR EMILY.
EMILY.
>> WERE YOU A LITTLE AFRAID KNOWING HOW WELL THE OTHER ONE
DID.
DID.
ONCE YOU DO SOMETHING THAT WELL WAS THERE ANY PART OF YOU THATL
WAS THERE ANY PART OF YOU THAT THOUGHT SHOULD I LEAVE WELL
ENOUGH ALONE?
ENOUGH ALONE?
>> IT FELT LIKE IT WAS EMILYS TIME. FELT LIKE IT WAS EMILYS
TIME.
SHE HAD -- YOU KNOW, THIS BOOK FOCUSES A LOT ON STRONG, FEMALE
FRIENDSHIPS.
FRIENDSHIPS.
AND THESE WOMEN KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND TO BE HONEST, YOU
KNOW, TRY AND FIGHT BACK AGAINST
A MAN WHOS BEHAVED VERY, VERY
BADLY.
BADLY.
I JUST THOUGHT EMILY NEEDED THAT OPPORTUNITY.HT EMILY NEEDED THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
>> BUT MIRANDA IS BACK TOO, THE VILLAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD? THE
VILLAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD? >> MIRANDA HAS A VERY BRIEF
CRUCIAL CAMEO.
CRUCIAL CAMEO.
WITHOUT RUINING ANYTHING I WILL
TELL YOU THAT SHE -- A LOT OF
OTHER CHARACTERS CHANGE AND EVOLVE AND GROW THROUGHOUT THIS.
NOT.