Sex and the City

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Sex Success Bodes Well for Chick Flicks

Fabulous turnout gets studios eyeing female demographic

(Newser) - The studios were wowed by the huge turnout for Sex and the City, and a slew of sisterly imitations could follow, Variety reports. Movie executives have been leery of chick flicks in the past, and they still hold doubts about projects with slim crossover potential. But with four other femme-centered...

Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist
 Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist 
Opinion

Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist

Men, male critics just resent girls mucking up summer action flicks

(Newser) - The masses have spoken: Sex and the City is a success, a tentpole, and with a $56 million opening weekend, a blockbuster even. But if you hear men talk about it, you’d think it was the most horrible thing to ever happen to cineplexes, writes Ramin Setoodeh. They grow...

In SATC , Style Depicts 'Struggle'
 In SATC, Style Depicts 'Struggle' 
OPINION

In SATC, Style Depicts 'Struggle'

But they all look the same in flick, critic gripes

(Newser) - Weddings and babies are chick flick favorites, but Sex and the City's coup de grâce is fashion. It's more than just consumerism: The girls are facing identity loss in their 40s, and "fashion is the metaphor for the struggle," writes Eric Wilson in the New York Times....

Gal Pal Gangs Make History With Sex Debut

TV spinoff sets $26.9M Friday record

(Newser) - High heels and cosmos made box office history last night, as women dolled out $26.9 million for Sex and the City—the biggest romantic comedy opening day ever, Variety reports. For many, it was a long-awaited event. “You have to come see this with a mess of your...

Great Sex for Series Fans
 Great Sex for Series Fans 
Movie review

Great Sex for Series Fans

A bloated bore for others

(Newser) - Sex and the City: The Movie will probably delight die-hard fans but disappoint others, critics say. “I am not the person to review this movie,” admits Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times—not a fanwho writes that he counted only “one line of truly witty dialogue....

This Season's Hot Accessory: The Movie Tie-In

Sex and the City cottage industries look more like penthouses

(Newser) - For the innumerable entities cashing in on Sex and the City, the movie due out Friday is the tip of the multimillion-dollar iceberg, reports Forbes. New Line Cinema, which has tie-in deals with eight companies, compares the likely blockbuster to “the Super Bowl for women.” Other high-end beneficiaries...

'Sex and the City' Mania Builds
 'Sex and the City' Mania Builds 

'Sex and the City' Mania Builds

Fever builds as fans count down to opening night

(Newser) - Who knew? It's 10 days and counting until Sex and the City opens and the huge surge of interest in the movie has surprised even studio execs, the New York Times reports. In the kind of film fever usually associated with people in Chewbacca costumes, groups of women across the...

Thanks , Carrie, You Ruined Everything
 Thanks, Carrie,
 You Ruined Everything
COMMENTARY

Thanks, Carrie, You Ruined Everything

From cosmos to high heels, 20 uncool things are all her fault

(Newser) - Thanks, Carrie. You and your Sex and the City gal pals have set Mr. Big-size expectations for fans who "continue to worship at the SATC altar," Sara Stewart gripes in the New York Post. Cultural fallout includes:
  1. Brunch: Men now think all female-only meals are sex gabfests.
  2. High-heels:
...

Sex and the City Star Misses ... the City

On eve of movie release, Parker recalls bygone Manhattan

(Newser) - When Sarah Jessica Parker laments the old Manhattan that is slowly eroding—coffee shops and bodegas closing, Sex and the City bus tours parked outside Magnolia Bakery—her husband, Mathew Broderick, tells it to her straight: “That’s your fault!” New York magazine sits down with the star,...

Is That You, Samantha?
 Is That You, 
 Samantha?  

Is That You, Samantha?

Kim Cattrall plays it staid in Victorian drama of Rudyard Kipling's family

(Newser) - Kim Cattrall had to pull a quick-change to start filming the Sex and the City movie: she’d just come off the set of a PBS film in which she played the buttoned-up wife of Rudyard Kipling, the New York Daily News reports. “It was definitely a challenging transition”...

Does One of Them Die?
 Does One of Them Die? 

Does One of Them Die?

Actress Cynthia Nixon says a character doesn't survive in upcoming flick

(Newser) - Is Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon spoiling her own movie? The actress, who plays hotshot attorney Miranda Hobbes in the famed HBO series, told the host of a New York City comedy show Tuesday night that "a character dies in the movie"—but refused to say...

Cynthia Nixon: I Survived Breast Cancer

'Sex and the City' star comes clean about her battle 2 years ago

(Newser) - "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon quietly fought breast cancer two years ago while performing on Broadway, she revealed for the first time yesterday. "I didn't really want to make it public while I was going through it. I didn't want paparazzi at the hospital," the...

SATC Tour: Mr. Big Not Included
 SATC Tour: Mr. Big Not Included 
TRAVEL

SATC Tour: Mr. Big Not Included

Carrie Bradshaw wannabes can re-create her life for $24K

(Newser) - Whether you’re a Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, or Samantha, you can live out your own Sex and the City fantasy—for $24,000. That’s the price for one travel company’s five-night re-creation of the ultra-popular TV show. The posh tour, limited to 12 women at a time, includes...

Who Profited Most From Sex ?
 Who Profited Most From Sex

Who Profited Most From Sex?

A look at the bank behind Sex and the City's biggest stars

(Newser) - Manolos, cupcakes, cosmos: As a trendsetter, Sex and the City had the golden touch. But did all that glimmers rub off on its stars? Portfolio lists their recent gigs and market value.
  1. Sarah Jessica Parker: With an estimated value of $25 million, the show’s star has posed for Garnier
...

HBO Struggles for Post-Sopranos Hits

New management picks a new crop of shows, hoping for a winner

(Newser) - HBO, at 36 years old no longer a bold young upstart of a network, is struggling to come up with hits to match The Sopranos and Sex & The City, the Wall Street Journal reports. Changes in the top ranks have meant shifts in direction: The Texas-set Lily Tomlin drama...

'Charlotte' Says That's Not Her in Racy Tape

But gossip column thinks X-rated pics show Kristin Davis

(Newser) - That's not Charlotte, is it? A series of explicit video stills has surfaced on the Internet purporting to show Sex and the City actress Kristin Davis—who played goody two-shoes Charlotte—in some private poses with an old boyfriend. Davis adamantly denies it, but the New York Post's PageSix says...

New Series Promise More Sex, Same City
New Series Promise More Sex, Same City
OPINION

New Series Promise More Sex, Same City

Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia plod down familiar paths

(Newser) - For those wanting more than Sex and the City reruns and a forthcoming movie, two new TV series promise to fill whatever space is left on the air for shows about high-powered female New Yorkers who just can't seem to find a man rich enough to love. But those viewers...

Dreamgirls Star Joins Sex and the City Cast

Oscar winner Hudson jumps in to play Carrie's assistant

(Newser) - Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson is joining the cast of Sex and the City: The Movie as Carrie Bradshaw's assistant, reports Variety. The Oscar-winning actress and former "American Idol" contestant is set to begin filming this month in New York with the stars of the TV series, which ended in...

'Sex' May Hit Silver Screen
'Sex' May Hit Silver Screen

'Sex' May Hit Silver Screen

(Newser) - This time it's definitely not TV—it's a movie. Variety is fueling already animated rumors that HBO mega-hit Sex and the City may spawn a feature film later this year. Former CEO Chris Albrecht, who left the network last month in disgrace, has reportedly been captaining the effort to translate...

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