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One of the sexiest women to ever grace the screen is about to tell all.Well, that's the plan.
BlackVoices.com has learned that Pam Grier has inked a deal with Grand Central Publishing to release an as-yet-untitled tell-all memoir.
Currently scheduled for a spring 2010 release, the book will be released via the company's Springboard Press imprint.
"Pam Grier is a living legend," Grand Central Publishing's executive editor Karen Thomas raved to BlackVoices.com today. "I am so excited that she has finally decided to tell her story."
Thomas, who worked closely with former video vixen Karrine Steffans on her last best-selling tome ('The Vixen Diaries'), acquired worldwide rights for the book after a heated auction with other publishing houses. The deal was brokered by agent Scott Miller of Trident Media.
With a career that spans almost 50 films and various TV programs, Grier is a Blaxploitation icon, who immortalized the character 'Foxy Brown' during the 1970s. The Winston-Salem, North Carolina native currently stars in the hit Showtime Network series 'The L Word,' and at 59, she is still considered one of the sexiest woman in the world.
In her memoir, Grier will reflect on the battles and the triumphs of her life and career, including the men she's dated (Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze to name a few), her co-stars (Robert DeNiro, Samuel L. Jackson and the late Tamara Dobson), and singing back-up for Bobby Womack and Sly and the Family Stone. She'll also recount inside stories about her films as well as the persecution she experienced as an African-American woman trying to make it in Hollywood.
"Pam Grier has lived an amazing life," Thomas continued. "There are so few working actresses with careers as expansive and illustrious as [hers], so we're honored that she will share her experiences and has chosen Grand Central Publishing as her publisher."
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Rapper Nelly (L) and singer Ashanti pose in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Rapper Nelly (L) and singer Ashanti pose in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Rapper Nelly (L) and singer Ashanti poses in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Singer Ashanti poses in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Singer Ashanti poses in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Singer Ashanti poses in the press room at the 2008 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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By: Randooly on 7/29/2008 1:51AM
Just snitch on people. That's the American past time. Have you snitched on anybody lately? Better get your snitch in so you can be like everybody else. A GEN-U-WINE(WHINE) Snitch. I am so proud of you all. You too can get paid to Snitch. Just ask the Police how people Snitch on each other. I love Snitchers. You all are what makes the World go round. A Human Race of Snitchers. What could be better. Just tell how many Penis's you choked on. The Snitching Society needs to know. Snitchers all over the World UNITE.
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By: Tasmeha Whichard on 7/29/2008 12:05PM
I remember Black Momma,White Momma she was so tough ,and beautiful everytime i wore an Afro. I thought of her.
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By: Reel Marla on 7/30/2008 12:38AM
Pam Grier is a legend. She was considered the epitome of black beauty in the 70's. She still is.
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By: Morris Johnson on 7/30/2008 9:43AM
Ms.Pam Grier, has always been in my thought; I have been a fan of Ms. grier for as long as she has been in films.I am 61 years old, and I still want to meet her.
I loved watching her brother, Rossie Grier play football and in films.
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By: Wen on 7/30/2008 11:21AM
She has been doing television the past 6 years. She has had a role in The L Word on Showtime. She brings a lot to her character Kit. I, for one, would love to see her go on to other roles after this series ends.
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By: ricky williams on 8/01/2008 1:03AM
i have always enjoyed PAM GRIER as an actress and as foxy brown.YOU will always be my nubian queen. RICKY WILLIAMS
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By: Shellfish789 on 8/01/2008 6:59AM
She is so pretty...she way ahead her time...
The new pictures does not look like her.... I thought she was darker...
Good luck with her book....
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By: MRS. BROWN on 8/03/2008 10:30PM
I think she is the sexiest woman alive!! The hollywod starlets should take a lesson in how to act like a real star!!
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By: samw292002 on 1/31/2010 5:15PM
Well, I'm excited. I love Pam and I do think of her as an icon. Pam Grier in Foxy Brown and Coffy was definitely a stepping stone for black actresses today. Of course she played a big part in the exploitation of African Americans in film, but she also portrayed Black women as strong, confident, beautiful, and intelligent. She was an actress at a time when those attributes had never been seen in black films. She was the first female action star. I am really looking forward to her memoir. I think she has a lot of important things to say. I'm a big fan and I'm only 21. And if anyone has ever read an interview of her's or heard her speak, you know how intelligent she is. She's an icon to me.
Love,
Pam's Biggest Fan!
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