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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 include Vivienne Westwood and, of course, Manolo Blahnik. More»

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»

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall making co-stars dread work with constant sniping

(NEWSER) - Catfight alert: Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall are still feuding, making life miserable for everyone on the set of the second Sex and the City movie. “While the cast is all smiles on the outside, the level of dislike is unbelievable,” an insider tells Star. “No one is having a good time on this shoot.” The actresses, both stressed, supposedly refuse to talk to each other. 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»