Mobbed Sex and the City 2 Stars Get More Security

So far, reviewers have not been kind to sequel

(NEWSER) - Sex and the City 2 premiered in New York last night, and the early reviews are not good, to say the least. Read on—or, if you’d rather see the red carpet fashions from the premiere, click here .

• “The only thing memorable about Sex and the City 2 is the number two part, which describes it totally, if you get my drift,” writes Rex Reed in a scathing New York Observer review that goes on to call the movie a “deadly, brainless exercise in pointless tedium” and its characters “vain, narcissistic, selfish, superficial, and really rather stupid.”

Bad choices put 'Sex and the City' star's career at risk

(NEWSER) - Not that she asked, but Mike Harvkey has some advice for Sarah Jessica Parker: Stop listening to your agent, and start paying attention to Jennifer Aniston. Since her groundbreaking HBO show went off the air, Parker has made decisions so catastrophic they make him "wonder if Parker reads the scripts that cross her desk." Of the second Sex and the City movie, he warns, "SATC 2: Electric Boogaloo will be striking soon, another nail in the shiny pink coffin." More»

Expect astonishing Gabourey Sidibe and director Lee Daniels to stay in the spotlight

(NEWSER) - Film festival darling Precious is a breakthrough not just for director Lee Daniels—who collected Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey to champion the movie—but also for star Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the abused main character. Though media reports paint her as “this downtrodden, ugly girl who got this role and now I’m awesome,” the truth is “I’ve been awesome, and then I got this role,” Sidibe tells New York. More»

Casting notice offers more plot details

(NEWSER) - The plot of Sex and the City 2 includes big drama for Mr. Big and Carrie, Us Weekly reports. A casting notice reveals: "Big loses a lot of money and takes a job in London," where Carrie's hubby ends up in bed with someone else. "After she leaves him, Carrie discovers she is pregnant." Meanwhile, stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, and Kristin Davis were spotted in '80s outfits while filming Wednesday in New York, the Daily News reports. More»

Director says 2nd movie is a go; but don't expect as much drama

(NEWSER) - Sex and the City director Michael Patrick King has confirmed that another movie is in the works, but he refused to divulge much more than that. "I would love to give everyone more information about the sequel," he told the New York Daily News. "But I'm busy with my Sex life." More»