{"id":1725,"date":"2009-06-27T14:15:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T21:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/06\/frey-on-ferguson\/"},"modified":"2009-06-27T23:19:38","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T06:19:38","slug":"frey-on-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/27\/frey-on-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Frey On Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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James Frey to Craig Ferguson: ‘I’m happy to be notorious,’ plus what he said about Tom Cruise<\/h1>\n

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Jun 27, 2009, 11:39 AM | by Ken Tucker<\/p>\n

James Frey gave a rare and revealing interview to Craig Ferguson last night on the\u00a0Late Late Show<\/em>. The author, whose 2003 memoir\u00a0A Million Little Pieces<\/em>\u00a0brought a hailstorm of criticism for charges of inaccuracy, most notably in a 2006 TV interview with Oprah Winfrey, has apparently come to terms with his reputation.<\/p>\n

Due to his various addictions, “I didn’t remember [various details] so I just made it up,” was how Frey summarized his\u00a0Pieces<\/em>\u00a0experience to Ferguson. “I’m perfectly happy to be notorious,” he said. He was put at ease by Ferguson, who has spoken openly about his own struggles with drugs and drink, and will himself publish an autobiography in September called\u00a0American On Purpose<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Frey was promoting the paperback relase of his novel\u00a0Bright Shiny Morning<\/em>. At one point, Frey admitted that he “thought Tom Cruise” when he created the\u00a0Morning<\/em>\u00a0character Amberton Parker, whom Frey described as “a gay movie star with children.” Strikingly, the studio audience laughed and clapped at this.<\/p>\n

Frey made no reference to a deal announced this week, in which he will collaborate with another, unnamed writer on a six-book science-fiction series, the first of which,\u00a0I Am Number Four<\/em>, has been optioned by director Michael Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n

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