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Bonnie Fuller
Bonnie Fuller
Bonnie Fuller (right) with Jennifer Aniston
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Fast and Fearless: The Life and Times
of Bonnie Fuller, is a candid, behind-the-scenes look
at the infamous editor at work. The film portrays her mercurial
journey from a self-confessed geek in suburban Toronto to
the very top of New York’s ultra-competitive magazine
elite. Told through honest interviews with Bonnie, family
members, old friends and high-profile colleagues, including
the original ‘Cosmo girl’, Helen Gurley Brown,
Bonnie Fuller’s story is revealed for the first time
ever, warts and all, up-close and personal.
Purists may complain that the ‘Fuller formula’
has dumbed-down every magazine she's touched. Former staff
recount that she's virtually impossible to please. Her ex-bosses
have learned that she's probably more ambitious than loyal.
What then makes Ms. Fuller such a commodity in New York’s
merciless world of magazine journalism? By tapping into the
average American woman’s obsessions, the ex-Torontonian
and former editor of Flare, YM, Marie Claire, Cosmo, Glamour
and US Weekly has been credited for her remarkable ability
to post hefty circulation gains. So it’s no surprise
that Bonnie Fuller’s reputation is on the line again.
As newly-appointed editorial director of American Media Inc.,
and responsible for more than a dozen high-profile tabloids,
including The National Enquirer and The Globe, how will she
fare trying to turn Star Magazine, a dying tabloid, into a
popular mainstream consumer title?
Original Air Date - March 3, 2005
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