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Sex and the City stories: 43 news summaries

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Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

Risqué humor draws smaller crowds, but stars can cut loose

Aug 5, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie studios are gambling on R-rated comedies more than ever as audiences open up to raunchier humor and stars push to showcase their talent in a less restricted setting, the AP reports. PG-13 flicks almost always draw bigger crowds, but R-rated features like Sex and the City, Wedding Crashers, and... More »

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Tom Cruise • MPAA • comedy • Sex and the City • Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Knocked Up • movies • Tropic Thunder • R-rated • Wedding Crashers

 Law & Order: 
 Noth Out, 
 Goldblum In 

No more Mr. Big on Criminal Intent

Jun 27, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jeff Goldblum will take Chris Noth’s place in the next season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the New York Daily News reports. Contract talks between Noth and USA Network evidently didn’t pan out. Noth, also known as Mr. Big on Sex and the City, spent five years... More »

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television • Sex and the City • Law and Order • Chris Noth • Jeff Goldblum

 Lusty She-Chimps
 Emulate SATC 

Females mate with as many males as possible

Jun 18, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - New research into the sex lives of chimpanzees compares the behavior of females to their  peers in the urban jungle of Sex and the City. Female chimps are promiscuous, hoping to fool several male Mr. Bigs into thinking they fathered offspring, and noisy, to attract other partners. Dominant males... More »

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sex • Sex and the City • chimpanzees • Kim Cattrall • Samantha • copulation calls • Simon Townsend • Dr Klaus Zuberbühler • Budongo Forest • Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

 Kung Fu
 Kicks Up
 Big Bucks 

Dreamworks' flick grosses $60M

Jun 8, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kung Fu Panda kicked Adam Sandler's new comedy You Don't Mess With the Zohan at the box office, raking in $60 million in the biggest opening weekend for a Dreamworks flick after the Shrek sequels, Variety reports. Zohan grossed $40 million, while Sex and the City is just shy of... More »

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Dreamworks • Sex and the City • DreamWorks • box office • Adam Sandler • kung fu

Sex Success Bodes Well for Chick Flicks

Fabulous turnout gets studios eyeing female demographic

Jun 7, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Hollywood • film • women • Sex and the City • film studio • Hollywood studios

Opinion

 Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist 

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

Jun 4, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(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... More »

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media criticism • sexism • Sex and the City • movie review • summer • movies • Carrie Bradshaw

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

Gal Pal Gangs Make History With Sex Debut

TV spinoff sets $26.9M Friday record

May 31, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Sex and the City • box office • movies

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

 '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
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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

 Is That You, 
 Samantha?  

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

Apr 17, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(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... More »

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HBO • Sex and the City • PBS • Kim Cattrall • Daniel Radcliffe • Rudyard Kipling

 Does One of Them Die? 

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

Apr 17, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(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... More »

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New York City • Sex and the City • Cynthia Nixon • movie trailer

 Cynthia Nixon:
 I Survived
 Breast Cancer 

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

Apr 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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breast cancer • New York • Sex and the City • Good Morning America • radiation • Cynthia Nixon • lumpectomy • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

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

HBO Struggles for Post-Sopranos Hits

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

Mar 22, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(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... More »

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television • Time Warner • cable TV • Chris Albrecht • HBO • The Sopranos • Sex and the City • Showtime • Jeff Bewkes

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

But gossip column thinks X-rated pics show Kristin Davis

Mar 21, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Sex and the City • Kristin Davis • nude photo • sex tape • ex-boyfriends • exes

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