15-Minutes-of-Fame Paydays
When your life is briefly a front-page story, the window for profit can be narrow. These three newsmakers struck quickly:
MARK (DEEP THROAT) FELT
The Deal
The FBI leaker sold his Watergate tale for a book and a movie
Celebrity Godparent
History buff Tom Hanks, who will develop the film and may star
The Real Winners
Felt's heirs, who might want to invite Nixon's grandkids--or Bob Woodward--out to lunch
JENNIFER (RUNAWAY BRIDE) WILBANKS
The Deal
She bartered book and TV-movie rights to the story of faking her kidnapping days before her wedding
Celebrity Godparent
Go-getter Katie Couric, whose interview with Wilbanks airs this week
The Real Winner
The groom, who cashes in for sticking by his gal
ASHLEY (HOLY HOSTAGE) SMITH
The Deal
The single mom who persuaded a suspected killer to surrender just sold a memoir
Celebrity Godparent
Rick Warren, whose book she read to her captor
The Real Winners
The needy. Smith will give some of the book's proceeds to a fund for the shooting victims
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