What's our favourite Meryl Streepified journalist been up to the last few years? Glad you asked. In the Weddings/Celebrations "State of the Unions" section of the New York Times website, they've run a feature on Susan Orlean. Adaptation gets a mention and there're a few paragraphs about what's gone on since then:

She was already a big deal in the literary world when, in 2002, her book “The Orchid Thief” was made into a movie called “Adaptation” by the director Spike Jonze, who cast Meryl Streep as a fantasy version of Ms. Orlean. After the release, the real Ms. Orlean spent a lot of time explaining that, unlike her onscreen doppelgänger, she was not a drug addict and didn't sleep with her sources. Ms. Streep was nominated for an Academy Award and flew Ms. Orlean and Mr. Gillespie by private jet with her to the ceremony.

“ ‘Adaptation' was a very big deal,” Ms. Orlean said. “Your publicness changes in a huge way when you have any connection to a movie. We experienced that together, six months of pretty high, fun drama.” (Source)

Thanks to Dave for the heads up.