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 Booming Brazil
 Nabs A-List
 Ad Campaigns 

From SJP to Richard Gere, American stars making pitches in Rio

Aug 18, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you want proof that the Brazilian economy is on fire, look no further than the TV ads. While Sarah Jessica Parker professes her love for a Sao Paulo mall, Richard Gere promotes hair care products in dubious Portuguese. What's made the influx of American stars possible, writes Bloomberg, is... More »

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advertising • Richard Gere • Brazil • Sao Paulo • Sarah Jessica Parker • emerging markets • Pierce Brosnan • Brazilian real

 Diaz Tops Best-Paid Actresses

Shrek, Kutcher pic helped bring in $50M

Aug 12, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood's leading ladies earn big bucks for delivering box office gold, and rake in even more with lucrative product endorsements. Together, the top 10 best-paid actresses made more than $244 million in the last 12 months, reports Forbes. Here's how the stars stack up:
  1. Cameron Diaz, $50 million
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Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • list • income • Jennifer Aniston • Meryl Streep • Sarah Jessica Parker • Forbes • Jodie Foster • Gwyneth Paltrow • Reese Witherspoon • Amy Adams • Cameron Diaz • actor • endorsement • Keira Knightley

 Ivanka Tops Best-Dressed List 

She and Michelle Obama lead the way, but list is heavy on royalty

Jul 31, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vanity Fair’s International Best-Dressed List holds few surprises. True, it includes David Beckham while omitting his wife, Victoria, but overall the roster is rich with royals and light on poor people. The top 10:
  1. Heiress and exec Ivanka Trump
  2. Would-be American first lady Michelle Obama
  3. French first lady
... More »

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fashion • Kate Middleton • Michelle Obama • Vanity Fair • list • Michael Bloomberg • Ivanka Trump • style • Sarah Jessica Parker • Carla Bruni • Tilda Swinton • Diana Taylor • Julia Koch • Princess Mathilde • Evelyn Lauder

 Bravo Adds Parker's 
 Reality Art Show 

SATC star to produce Runway-style competition

Jul 21, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bravo has picked up a Project Runway-style reality art show produced by Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, the Hollywood Reporter writes. American Artist is slated to feature competition between up-and-comers in varying media; it will be co-produced by Magical Elves, the skill-driven reality TV experts behind Top ... More »

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reality TV • art • Sarah Jessica Parker • Bravo • Project Runway • Top Chef

 SJP's Mole
 AWOL at
 All-Star Game 

Before-and-after shots highlight absence of mark often savaged in the media

Jul 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Jessica Parker's signature chin mole, on full display as recently as 6 weeks ago, was conspicuously absent during an appearance last night at Yankee Stadium, the Huffington Post notes. One Sex and the City reviewer called the big-screen "growth on her face … so distracting you can't concentrate... More »

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New York City • Yankee Stadium • celebrity • cosmetic surgery • moles • Sarah Jessica Parker

 Steve & Barry's
 Heads to
 Chapter 11 

Deep-discount fashion retailer can't find rescue funding

Jul 9, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dress-down discount clothing retailer Steve & Barry’s, which launched its first store nearly a quarter-century ago, could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as today after a fruitless search for rescue financing, reports the Wall Street Journal. The trendy retailer could close all of its 275 outlets,... More »

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fashion • Sarah Jessica Parker • retailing • Chapter 11 • retail businesses • Steve & Barry's

Hollywood Women Work on Senate Majority

Deep-pocketed stars are raising money for Dem candidates

Jun 18, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Powerful Hollywood women are reorganizing after Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid, turning their attention toward increasing the Democratic majority in the Senate. A fundraiser Sept. 27 could raise more than $1 million for candidates, and is being put together by the likes of Jane Fonda, Kate Capshaw, Penny Marshall, Daryl... More »

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Hollywood • Senate • Jane Fonda • fund raising • Al Franken • Sarah Jessica Parker • Jeanne Shaheen • Laura Dern • Tom Udall • Mark Begich • Penny Marshall • Tom Allen • Mark Udall

OPINION

 In SATC, Style Depicts 'Struggle' 

But they all look the same in flick, critic gripes

Jun 1, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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fashion • Sex and the City • Sarah Jessica Parker

Movie review

 Great Sex for Series Fans 

A bloated bore for others

May 30, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(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 fan—who writes that he counted only “one line of truly witty dialogue.... More »

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film • Sex and the City • movie review • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • Kristin Davis • Cynthia Nixon

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

Sex and the City cottage industries look more like penthouses

May 27, 08 10:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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television • tourism • HBO • Sex and the City • New Line Cinema • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • fashion designer • product placement • Manolo Blahnik • movie tie-ins

 Best Hotels for Star Sightings 

Tips on staying where the celebs stay, the world over

May 24, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ensure your vacation pics won't bore your friends by holing up in a lavish resort populated with A-list celebs. Travel+Leisure lists 10 hotels fit for the pages of US Weekly:
  1. George Clooney was spotted at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, where each 6,500-square-foot villa has a private
... More »

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list • celebrity • vacation • Jennifer Aniston • Sarah Jessica Parker • luxury travel • Ashton Kutcher • luxury hotels • Beverly Hills Hotel • Demi Moore • Los Cabos • Amalfi Coast

 'Sex and the City' Mania Builds 

Fever builds as fans count down to opening night

May 20, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Sex and the City • movie premiere • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • Kristin Davis • Cynthia Nixon • Warner Brothers • premiere • movies

COMMENTARY

 Thanks, Carrie,
 You Ruined Everything

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

May 16, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(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
... More »

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New York City • list • Sex and the City • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • Kristin Davis • Cynthia Nixon

Sex and the City Star Misses ... the City

On eve of movie release, Parker recalls bygone Manhattan

May 5, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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television • New York City • New York • HBO • Sex and the City • celebrity • Sarah Jessica Parker • Matthew Broderick • movies • Carrie Bradshaw

movie revew

 People Not Smart Enough 

Critics say indie romantic comedy needs an IQ test

Apr 11, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics like the big-name actors in family serio-comedy Smart People —especially Dennis Quaid, who stars as a cranky professor with much to learn about people—but think they might have been smarter to choose a different script. Screenwriter Mark Jude Poirier "is aiming for Scrabulous dialogue but his... More »

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independent film • film • movie review • Sarah Jessica Parker • Dennis Quaid • Ellen Page • movies • Thomas Haden Church

TRAVEL

 SATC Tour: Mr. Big Not Included 

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

Apr 3, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(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... More »

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travel • New York • Sex and the City • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • Kristin Davis • Cynthia Nixon • luxury travel • Carrie Bradshaw • Chris Noth

 Who Profited Most From Sex? 

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

Mar 25, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(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
... More »

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list • Sex and the City • celebrity • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • Kristin Davis • Cynthia Nixon • Candace Bushnell • Darren Star • Carrie Bradshaw • Chris Noth

The Scent
of Money

Diddy to Britney:
the seven top-selling
celebrity scents 

Oct 13, 07 12:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney's life may be off the rails, but her scent is selling brilliantly, right up there with Liz's and Diddy's. Forbes gives us the top seven celebrity scents, along with their sales tallies for  2006:
  1. Sean Combs: Sean John Unforgivable, $74.9 million
  2. Elizabeth Taylor: White Diamonds, $60.7
... More »

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Britney Spears • list • celebrity • Diddy • Sarah Jessica Parker • scents • Jennifer Lopez • J.Lo • Elizabeth Taylor • perfume

Dreamgirls Star Joins Sex and the City Cast

Oscar winner Hudson jumps in to play
Carrie's assistant

Sep 11, 07 6:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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American Idol • Hollywood • Sex and the City • celebrity • Jennifer Hudson • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • Kristin Davis • Cynthia Nixon • Michael Patrick King • Dreamgirls • movies • Chris Noth

'Sex' May Hit Silver Screen

Jun 21, 07 4:18 AM CDT
(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... More »

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television • Hollywood • film • Sex and the City • Sarah Jessica Parker • rumor • movies

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