bedroom for a bad attitude. Jill, Andrea's older sister, who is married and lives in Houston, where she has begun to affect a Southern accent, much to Andrea's displeasure. The Clackers, the magazine's many female editorial staffers, mainly Allison (former senior assistant, now beauty editor), Lucia (fashion department), Jocelyn (editorial), and Stef (accessories). Andrea gives them their nickname for the sound their stiletto heel shoes make on the marble floors of the Elias-Clark building. Benjamin, referred to as Benji. He is Lily's ex-boyfriend, but they have stayed in touch despite their breakup. He was involved in the car accident with Lily. Conception Weisberger stated in publicity materials that Priestly's demands are partial fiction and a composite of actual experiences she and her friends had in their first jobs. Some reviewers state that Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, was the inspiration for Priestly. After the film was released, another one of Wintour's assistants was identified as the model for Emily. Commercial and critical reception Kate Betts, a former editor of Harper's Bazaar who also worked for Wintour at one point in her career, objected to the main character's lack of gratitude for the unique opportunity to work at Vogue: "[I]f Andrea doesn't ever realize why she should care about Miranda Priestly, why should we care about Andrea, or prize the text for anything more than the cheap frisson of the context?" Janet Maslin described the novel as "a mean-spirited Gotcha! of a book, one that offers little indication that the author could interestingly sustain a gossip-free narrative." Maslin avoided naming either the magazine where Weisberger had worked or the woman on whom she allegedly modeled her main character, a practice the Times continued when the film was released. Jennifer Krauss of Newsday agreed that the book had problems but praised it as a "fun, frivolous read". Film adaptation The film version was released on June 30, 2006 by 20th Century Fox. It was produced by Wendy Finerman (Forrest Gump), freely adapted for the screen by Aline Brosh McKenna and directed by David Frankel. Anne Hathaway played Andrea, Meryl Streep earned critical praise, a win for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination as Miranda, and Emily Blunt played Emily. Production took place during fall 2005, on location in New York and Paris. Weisberger herself made a very brief non-speaking cameo appearance as the twins' nanny. The film