Pay attention to me

It won't be a Mommie Dearest or a non-fiction Father Knows Best, but Tori Spelling has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to write what she calls her "memoir," due in spring 2008.

The Washington Post says
"In her younger days, she could rival Paris Hilton in the partying department. As an adult she has weathered a failed marriage, an estrangement from her mother, Candy, and the loss of her father in June, followed by disappointing news in his will.

Spelling plans to cover all of that in the book but doesn't describe the project as a tell-all. 'I feel there's a nasty connotation when you say 'tell-all,' " says Spelling, who finds the term 'icky.' 'That is not what I plan to do. It's not about calling people out or telling negative stories about people. It's how I see things.'

Spelling won't share how much she stands to gain financially and says just that she hopes the book — to be published by the Simon Spotlight division, which launched with the 2004 best seller He's Just Not That Into You— will do amazing, and we'll all see a lot of profits.

How would her father feel about his daughter spilling family secrets? 'He knows that I am respectful of the family and will tell these stories in the right way," Spelling says. "I learned my storytelling skills from him. He'd be really proud."

Poor Tori. She's got to put food in her baby to be's mouth. What does her husband do? He's an actor? I've never seen him in an movies. Or Plays. Or commericals.