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May 12
'08
Kim Cattrall will be appearing nude in the new SATC film


Kim Cattrall is going to appear nude in the upcoming Sex and the City feature film – Sarah Jessica Parker has a ‘no nudity’ clause in her contract, and Kristen Davis refused, so it will be interesting to see just how much sex and nudity will appear. It was a pretty controversial thing for prime time television show to feature, and a big part of the success of the series.

Kim Cattrall, who has written two books about sex where she posed nude on the cover, will be featured in all her 51-year-old glory, and her mother Shane is proud.

She (Shane) says, “Kim is a role model for 50-something women. Much has been made about her nudity in the film, but I think she looks fabulous.”

And proud mum Shane, 79, insists people who criticise Cattrall’s on-screen antics are just jealous of her well-preserved body.

She adds, “Anyone who knocks that is jealous. All this fuss about a bit of nudity is ridiculous.”

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I am really looking forward to this film. Like the original series, I think it is going to push boundaries. It isn’t often that older women get shown sexually, and rarely are they shown nude. Probably because even the most confident of us doesn’t want the world to judge their body, even when it is appropriately lighted and digitally enhanced.

The Sex and the City movie will also be premiering in London two days before the ‘official’ world premiere in New York, and the four leading ladies will be asking the audience to please not give the plot away. Like the trailer hasn’t already.

Kim Cattrall is shown in the header at Point Foundation Honors the Arts on 4/7/08, thanks to WENN.

Posted in Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City

Written by Helen         16 Comments »
May 9
'08
Sarah Jessica Parker’s son wears hand-me-downs like regular kids


“Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker is determined to show her son, James Wilkie, how the other half lives. The quirky fashion icon says in a new interview that her son has more hand-me-down clothing than new duds, and that she and husband Matthew Broderick have tried to instill in him that just because mommy and daddy are rich and famous, that doesn’t mean he should ride the gravy train through life. Kathy Hilton, are you reading this?

Sarah Jessica Parker: fashionista. Her son? Not so much.

“[James Wilkie, 5,] only wears hand-me-downs because I’ve got all these older nephews,” Parker, 43, says in the newest issue of Parade magazine.

“That’s the God’s honest truth,” swears the Sex and the City star. “Plus, my mother saved all my brothers’ clothes. I am not kidding. I don’t think I’ve ever bought him any clothes. Maybe a new winter’s coat….”

But just like her footwear obsessed SATC character Carrie Bradshaw, James Wilkie gets new shoes!

“I do buy him shoes, because everybody’s feet are different,” says Parker.

Parker grew up as one of eight siblings in an impoverished family, and doesn’t want her son to be spoiled.

“I think that if I had been raised a child of privilege, I wouldn’t be the working person I am today,” she says. “I think it’s incumbent on my husband [Matthew Broderick] and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to the benefits of our hard work.

“That doesn’t mean that I’m withholding or keeping from him the joys of childhood — I’m not Joan Crawford,” she stresses. “But I also don’t want him to think the world he lives in is the real world. It’s not.”

Parker, who says she’s more comfortable in the role of James Wilkie’s mother than any other on-screen, insists on being a hands-on mother.

“I put him to bed every night. I get him dressed. I’m the one who gives him his toothbrush. I take him to school every morning,” Parker says. “He’s very small, but his personality is 6 foot 4.”

[From Us Weekly]

For all her faults, Sarah Jessica does seem like a devoted and down-to-earth mom. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo of James being handled by a nanny or bodyguard. I am pretty sure we will not see stories about James Wilkie in 10 or 12 years partying in night clubs or acting like a celebrity brat.

However, I have a confession- if I were rich, I would go absolutely nuts buying my two daughters new clothes. I love shopping for them, and have since they were babies! As for my two stepsons- they hate clothes shopping with a passion, and are perfectly happy in the hand-me-downs from their older cousins. If they never had to set foot in a clothing store again, they would be happy beyond belief. But I have to admit, I still can’t help picking them up a cool rugby shirt or a pair of hip jeans when I’m out shopping. Does that make me a bad mom?

Note by Celebitchy: Sarah Jessica Parker and son James Wilkie are shown on 3/7/08, thanks to Splash. My son has that exact same hat! It’s from Old Navy and is from last season because I got it in the states around October of 2007. So that’s new.

My son also wears a lot of hand me downs and second hand clothing, but I have fun buying him stuff too. I think it’s different when you only have a boy or boys, because they don’t get too fussy about their clothing and neither do you.

Posted in Kids, Photos, Sarah Jessica Parker

Written by MSat         16 Comments »
May 7
'08
Chris Noth isn’t a fan of Victoria’s Secret, SJP makes light of Kim Cattrall conflict


Before you spend a lot of money on Victoria’s Secret Lingerie to impress a special man, just make sure you think it is going to work for him. Chris Noth reminds us that not all men are turned on by frilly underthings:

He tells WENN, “I’m not into Victoria’s Secret so much. I find it over the top. I like subtlety and I like elegance. I think their things are gaudy and they are really trying too hard. If I could make a fashion statement, I think that Victoria’s Secret looks to me like somebody who is putting on too much make-up. It’s too gaudy, man.

“I mean, come on take it easy, you don’t have to have a f**kin’ bouquet of flowers on your underwear. Sorry Victoria’s Secret; I hope they’re not one of our sponsors!”

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Maybe he likes lingerie, but the elegant kind that doesn’t have girly prints or too much lace.

Sarah Jessica Parker is also talking down Kim Cattrall’s comments that she did, absolutely, hold out for more money before she would commit to the film.

Even as they were filming those last scenes in Paris, Parker and her collaborator, writer-director Michael Patrick King, were kicking around a movie concept. King’s original pitch sounds like a palate cleanser intended to follow the hype surrounding the series finale—it was a light, summery, Bob Hope–style road movie, with the girls following separate paths. “Then the deals weren’t happening,” King tells me. “And the money people didn’t believe in it.”

Parker’s co-star Kim Cattrall reportedly scuttled the project, wanting more money and creative control. “If I had thought it was any of my business at the time,” Parker tells me carefully, “what I would have said is, ‘Isn’t it okay for Kim to think that the money wasn’t right?’” (She also drily notes, “Perhaps she was some kind of emotional psychic, because this way we made a better movie.”)

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I’m glad that it has worked out for the best, and since Kim’s stand for more money held off production on the movie, it kind of proves that she was worth it. The movie could not be made without her, so the four main characters should have had very similar salaries. At this point, it seems that Kim was paid $6million, Sarah Jessica Parker made $10million (with an extra $5million for producing the film) and Cynthia Nixon and Kriten Davis were each paid $2million.

Chris Noth is shown kissing Sarah Jessica Parker in a scene from the Sex and The City Movie, filmed on 9/19/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

Posted in Chris Noth, Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker

Written by Helen         9 Comments »
May 2
'08
The Sex and The City women talk to Oprah about their lives & loves


The Sex and The City stars were on Oprah yesterday in front of an audience that had screened the film the day before. There was a lot of screaming and enthusiasm for the cast and Oprah raved about how great the movie is. It’s out in the US on May 30. The studio audience had seen most of the film but were not allowed to see the end because they didn’t want all of the plot to get out. The women answered questions about their lives and their work and Mr. Big Chris Noth even came on and talked about his new baby son. Oprah didn’t ask them the standard question about whether they fought at all, and Kristin Davis wasn’t asked about her nude photos that were leaked earlier this year.

On fans surrounding them as they filmed in NY City, and the “dream sequence” story
Kim Cattrall: “I felt like a Beatle”
SJP: “You can’t be anything other than thrilled that people still care.”
Kristin Davis: “There were people writing down the dialog.”
SJP: “We kept going around saying ‘This is some crazy dream sequence we’re filming.’ We kept repeating this mantra to try and gaslight people a little.”
Oprah: “When you showed up in a wedding gown…”
SJP: “That crazy dream sequence”

Cynthia Nixon on her breast cancer scare and same sex partner
Cynthia Nixon talked about discovering breast cancer, and said “I did not cry.”

She talked in a matter of fact way about how she did radiation and had a lumpectomy and a lymph node taken out.

As for how Nixon fell in love with a woman and told her friends, she said “Kristin knew about it first” and Davis said “I know her. I know Christine,” and Nixon said “and then I think other people were left to fend for themselves when it all erupted and these ladies did great and so did Mr. Noth who I know is coming out later [crowd screams]

They were great the things they said to the press.”

SJP: “I think we all know Cynthia so well. She’s such a capable smart thinking person and our greatest concern was that Cynthia be happy… her happiness is everything.”

Oprah: “I heard you just sort of met Christine, fell in love and it didn’t matter to you whether she was male or female or what… how does that work?”

Nixon: “You haven’t met my girlfriend, she’s fantastic.” [others agree]

Davis: “What is love? I think that’s the important thing. There’s something real and intangible and solid about it, and that’s how I feel when I’m around them. It’s just undeniable.”

Kim Cattrall on her younger chef boyfriend
Oprah - to Kim Cattrall: “I hear you’re with a younger guy now.”

Catrall laughs. Oprah: “Did you have a limit to how young? Or is love is love.”

Cattrall: “As long as he has his driver’s license.

“He is 23 years younger than me and I wondered ‘what could we possibly talk about?’ but we talk about a lot of things, and he’s a professional chef, so it’s not just good in some areas of the house it’s good in all areas of the house. And he’s very sophisticated, he’s very zen.”

Oprah asked if it was true that they like cooking in the nude together. Kim said that wasn’t true.

Kristin Davis on feeling great in her 40s
Kristin Davis said she wasn’t happy in her 20s and didn’t know who she was. SJP said the 20s are about exploration.

Davis said that when she hit 40 the show ended and she wondered what she would do at that point, and she said it made her realize that she wanted to take more pleasure in small things in life. She said “Oh life is so fantastic, but it’s so charged up… you want to be able to feel like you’re connected to the earth.”

Davis said she was tired after all the frenzy at the end of the show, and Kim Cattrall said she went into a funk when the show ended. Cynthia Nixon said she was in love so she didn’t get depressed at that point.

Chris Noth says his girlfriend was told that she would miscarry their baby
Chris Noth came on to a lot of screaming. Oprah first asked if he gained insight about women from working on the show and he answered “Never interrupt makeup sessions.”

Noth said coming back for the movie was a no-brainer and that it’s the best job in the world.

As for how much he’s like Big, he says “He’s a lot more self edited than me.”

Davis said “Chris is very very male… like a Alpha male thing.”

They were joking about how Chris was doing Law and Order at the same time and how he had to do prison scenes and how much of a contrast it was to Sex and The City.

They showed pictures of Chris with his baby son Orion, who is three and a half months old. He explained that the constellation Orion was the first one he would see in the sky when he was in college. He introduced his girlfriend Tara in the audience, and said “I’m so lucky.”

Noth told a heart wrenching story about how doctors told Tara after she first found out she was pregnant that they couldn’t find a heartbeat and that she would have a miscarriage. He said she talked to the baby all night and that the next day a heartbeat was found. He called Orion a fighter.

SJP talked about her five and a half year old son and said he asks a million questions. She said it helps her realize how much you know and how little you know.

They showed the amazing shoes, dresses and purses used for the costumes and all the women said that it was a lot of fun getting dressed for the show. SJP had 81 outfit changes.

They had the director Michael Patrick King on via Skype and he joked that he’s “cutting out all the imaginary dream sequences.”

The dream sequence explanation sounds like a ruse
From the comments that SJP gave you can kind of tell that the dream sequence story was one they made up on the spot to try and keep the paparazzi and fans from guessing plot points after scenes were photographed in NY. But given all the well-deserved hype surrounding this film, I think it’s safe to say that whatever details were leaked won’t deter people from seeing it.

Here are links to the videos of the show, including clips from the Sex and The City movie. There are commercials but you can easily skip them.

Sex and The City cast on Oprah: Part 1
Sex and The City cast on Oprah: Part 2
Sex and The City cast on Oprah: Part 3
Sex and The City cast on Oprah: Part 4
Sex and The City cast on Oprah: Part 5
Sex and The City cast on Oprah: Part 6

Posted in Chris Noth, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Oprah, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City

Written by Celebitchy         7 Comments »
Apr 11
'08
Sarah Jessica Parker says sex talk makes her embarrassed

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Sarah Jessica Parker was on the Conan O’Brien show last night to promote her new movie Smart People, which opens in the US tonight. Conan brought up the fact that unlike her character Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica isn’t comfortable talking to her friends about sex. She tried to describe why she gets nervous and embarrassed and avoids discussing intimate issues with her friends, and her face and neck got flushed and she had some trouble even talking about it in general terms:

Sarah Jessica Parker: “I am not comfortable having any kind of intimate conversation at all… I don’t like the tone and I don’t like the subject. It’s not like I think others who do it are morally corrupt and vulgar and crass. I’m just simply embarrassed.

“I don’t even want to think about what they’re talking about. And sometimes when I feel the landscape changes and all the heads move in, literally a friend will say ‘Oh wait, Sarah Jessica’s here.’ You know, and then they will talk about the primary or some other less ribald, salty, cheeky…”

Conan O’Brien: “Even the way you’re talking about it, it’s clear you’re not comfortable. You’re using 18th century language! ‘This cheeky display of emotion between man and his lady!’”

Sarah Jessica Parker: “Look I’m getting a rash… I wish I was inclined, because people love the topic, people like to be intimate…”

[Transcribed from Sarah Jessica Parker’s appearance on the Conan O’Brien show, 4/10/08, video below]

Parker said she has no moral objections to people talking about it, and that it’s a good thing that other people feel comfortable enough to discuss it.

Given how much trouble Parker had talking about sex on Conan you have to give her credit for getting over that and being able to have the frank sexual discussions that were common on Sex and The City. She must be able to separate that from her personal issues talking about it, because she looked completely mortified describing her problem with sex talk to Conan.

Parker’s “Sex and The City” costar and rumored on-set rival, Kim Cattrall, has authored two frank books on sex, “Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm” in 2002 with her then-husband, Mark Levinson, and “Sexual Intelligence” just last year. Unlike Parker, Cattrall seems to enjoy discussing sex and sexuality when she’s not in character.

Here’s a video of most of Parker’s intevriew, thanks to monkeyboy on Redlasso.

Sarah Jessica Parker is shown filming the Sex and The City movie in November, 2007, thanks to PRPhotos.

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Posted in Sarah Jessica Parker

Written by Celebitchy         17 Comments »
Apr 1
'08
Sarah Jessica Parker claims she “eats everything”

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I have to admit, I get really sick of all the svelte actresses that say they eat whatever they want. Oh, and don’t exercise. And don’t have an eating disorder. Look, I’m envious of your genes, but no matter how great they are, they’ll only get you so far. I really doubt there are many women in their early forties that can eat a few different meats for dinner and still be a size two. I realize the reason celebrities probably say this is so they don’t get criticized for unhealthy choices. And to be realistic, it’s not fair to expect them to be rail thin and eat normally. It’s sort of an either or situation. While Sarah Jessica Parker has always struck me as a reasonably down-to-earth woman (Sex and the City costar drama aside), she’s jumped on the “I eat it all” bandwagon and even ticks off her last few meals to People magazine.

“I eat everything,” the actress, 43, told PEOPLE Monday night at a special screening of her new film, Smart People, co-hosted by Allure magazine’s Linda Wells and The Cinema Society. “I’m just an eater. If it’s free, I honestly eat everything.”

As if to prove a point, the Sex and the City star rattled off a list of all the food she’d consumed in the past 48 hours: “Last night I had steak and some lamb shank. And I had some roasted chicken and some cassoulet and some profiteroles and some ice cream and some cheesecake.”

And that’s not all. On Monday, “I had two different tarts from Once Upon a Tart [in SoHo] and toast and a banana and a cup of coffee and a bagel with cream cheese,” she said. Oh, yeah: “And a glass of fresh orange juice.”

[From People]

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus seems to have a more honest response when asked about what she eats to keep up a good figure. She says she’s relied on egg whites on the days of big events. It’s certainly not the smartest way to eat, but at least she’s honest about it.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus says actresses who claim to eat whatever they want are full of it. The “Seinfeld” star tells Harper’s Bazaar that she only ate scrambled egg whites on the day of the last Emmy awards because she wanted to look thin. “I don’t know why people thought that was so funny. I guess some people like to pretend they can eat like [bleep] and look great in their dress,” she said. Louis-Dreyfus also tried having small meals delivered to her home, but that only lasted a day. “I tried one of those things . . . I felt like it was a prison sentence, eating that crap.”

[From the New York Post]

I guess there’s a slight chance that Hollywood is overrun with women with some lucky freak gene that lets them consume all the donuts they want while not gaining an ounce. Most celebs already seem to be genetically blessed in other areas, maybe this is just one more way in which they’re superior to the rest of us. Or maybe it’s all a load of crap and Sarah Jessica Parker lives off egg whites and lettuce like I really suspect.

Header image of Sarah Jessica at the 2008 ShoWest Banquet and Awards Ceremony on March 13th. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is shown at the Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7th. Images thanks to PR Photos.

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Posted in Food, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sarah Jessica Parker, Weight

Written by JayBird         21 Comments »
Mar 24
'08
Sarah Jessica Parker demanded that SATC movie poster feature only her

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I’ll bet the stars of the “Sex and the City” movie can’t wait for this film to open so they can move on. The last few months have been non-stop gossip about all four of them, and there are no signs of the rumors slowing down. The latest word is that Sarah Jessica Parker, fresh from being voted Maxim’s Unsexiest Woman, is making demands that the movie posters for “Sex and the City” only feature her character.

Kim Cattrell might be in for a little competition for her title of Most Demanding SATC Cast Member. Sarah Jessica Parker may not be the only star of Sex And The City, but you’ll have a hard time telling her that. According to new whispers from the Rumor Mill, SJP has irritated film bosses with demands that she be the only star featured on promotional materials for the May 30th, 2008 film Sex And The City: The Movie.

“She fought to have the movie poster feature only her,” Star Magazine writes.

“They planned to sell luxury T-shirts and shoes to coincide with the movie’s release, but Sarah demanded that the merchandise be sold only through her Bitten line. This way, the focus will still be on Sarah and she’ll profit from the sales.”

[From Pop Crunch via Gossip Rocks]

Sarah Jessica is also listed as a producer of the film, and was an executive producer of the show. I suppose if she’s taking the largest share of the business risks for the movie- which, based on the trailer I saw, looks terrible- she should reap the benefits. Even though the actresses all insist that everything was hunky dory on set, Sarah should have known that appearing solo on the movie poster would cause people to talk.

Note by Celebitchy: Sarah Jessica Parker might be taking business risks by producing the film, but she’s also cashing in big time. She’s making $10 million for playing Carrie and another $5 million for producing the film. Kim Cattrall will take home a reported $6 million for being the hold out and negotiating a larger share, but Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis are only said to have made $2 million each. It hardly seems fair that they’re not featured on the posters too, since it’s the ensemble cast and the friendships between the women that were the focus of the show, not just Carrie. It looks like her fellow cast members are getting screwed out of the publicity too.

A lot of people think it’s only fair that Sarah Jessica Parker is getting paid so much more than the other actresses since she’s the lead, but $10 million is 5 times the amount some of her equally-important co-stars are getting. Maybe that’s common in the industry.

Posted in Advertising, Photos, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City

Written by MSat         65 Comments »
Mar 19
'08
Sarah Jessica Parker calls ‘Unsexiest Woman’ title ‘insane’

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Sarah Jessica Parker has finally hit back at Maxim for voting her the unsexiest woman alive. If someone had labeled me that, I would be rabid.

She had addressed the issues before saying “My instinct was that it felt personal. It was really about: ‘We don’t like her’. Who were the judges and critics? I would like to ask them: ‘What exactly is it that you personally find not sexy about me? Is it my figure? Is it my brain that bothers you?… That’s the beauty of this country - we can have different opinions and coexist and be amused by each other and hurt and offended.”

That comment was fairly mild, but now she’s really letting out what she felt, which is that she was hurt by the title. Wouldn’t you be?

Parker told Grazia: “Do I have big fake boobs, Botox and big lips? No.

“Do I fit some ideals and standards of some men writing in a men’s magazine? Maybe not.

“Am I really the unsexiest women in the world? Wow! It’s kind of shocking when men…

“It’s so brutal in a way, so filled with rage and anger.

“It upset him (Broderick), because it has to do with his judgment too. It’s condemnation, it’s insane. What can I do?

“I guess you can’t please all people.”

Daily Mail

I think that Sarah Jessica Parker appeals more to women than men, who see that she makes the best of her features. She is not a classic beauty, but she is still stylish and incredible looking for a 43 year old. I often wonder why actresses are judged so harshly on their appearance – after all, isn’t what they do a skill, and it should be above their looks? They aren’t models.

In the end, SJP gets the last laugh – she’s dated Johnny Depp, John Kennedy Jnr, and now she’s married to Matthew Broderick. If those guys find you sexy, you probably shouldn’t care what the staff at Maxim think.

Sarah Jessica Parker is shown on 3/13/08 at ShoWest, thanks to PRPhotos.
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Posted in Photos, Sarah Jessica Parker

Written by Helen         37 Comments »
Jan 15
'08
Sarah Jessica Parker says only “common” men like airbrushed women

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Sarah Jessica Parker - who was recently voted Maxim’s least sexy woman in the world – seems to have a pretty good perspective on the whole situation. Parker says she’s been criticized for her looks since she was a teenager staring in plays, but instead of letting it get her down she’s learned not to think about the critiques. In an upcoming interview with Allure magazine, Parker notes that her looks are uncommon, but points out that most of the women we see in magazines, movies, and on television are extremely airbrushed. Instead of just pressuring women to look that way, Parker questions the taste of men who prefer such an unrealistic appearance.

Men who prefer an airbrushed woman to a real one are “common” according to Sarah Jessica Parker who tops Maxim’s Unsexiest Woman list. The actress, who won the title at the end of last year, is finally biting back saying: “My impression is that what they find sexy doesn’t make them interesting or unusual or special. That makes them common.”

Parker, 42, also says she is not offended by being told she is not sexy. When she first found out she had won the title the Sex and the City actress thought: “My God - I’m the unsexiest woman in the world.

“My instinct was that it felt personal. It was really about: ‘We don’t like her’. Who were the judges and critics? I would like to ask them: ‘What exactly is it that you personally find not sexy about me? Is it my figure? Is it my brain that bothers you?… That’s the beauty of this country - we can have different opinions and coexist and be amused by each other and hurt and offended.”

[From Showbiz Spy]

Clearly her unconventional (by Hollywood standards) looks haven’t hurt Parker – she’s dated a slew of attractive men, including JFK Jr. and Robert Downey Jr. Parker says she got used to playing the unattractive girl roles.

“For so long, I didn’t play the object of attention or affection. “It wasn’t until LA Story [in which she played one of Steve Martin’s love interests] that anyone cast me in a role that had my sexuality as a point of interest or focus or operation. I just wasn’t examined in the same way that a ‘pretty girl’ would be.”

Despite her early success, criticism about her looks was not uncommon in the industry. Parker says: “There were some not-terribly-veiled conversations.”

The star was encouraged to change her appearance. She says: “Anything from as silly as plucking my eyebrows to getting my nose fixed. Nothing that stayed in my brain for very long.”

[From Showbiz Spy]

I don’t think Sarah Jessica Parker is ugly or unsexy, she’s just got her own, unique look. If she hadn’t started playing the “object of affection” type roles, I doubt anyone would comment on her appearance. It seems like people didn’t make those comments until Sex and the City, when she was held up as a style icon. That focus makes people think in more superficial, appearance-based terms. Coupled with the show’s huge audience and the way it became such a pop culture icon, it provided a lot of opportunities for people to criticize. Clearly Sarah Jessica is incredibly smart, and the fact that she’s been able to examine the whole situation in such a rational fashion proves that. She’s currently filming the Sex and the City movie, which is scheduled to open in theaters on May 30th.

Picture note by Jaybird: Sarah Jessica Parker filming the Sex and the City movie at the New York City public library on November 28th. Images thanks to PR Photos.

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Posted in Interviews, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sexy

Written by JayBird         See post for comments
Nov 19
'07
Kim Cattrall gets $6 mil for SATC movie, Davis and Nixon each get $2 mil


Kim Cattrall sure wasn’t kidding when she said that she was just doing the Sex and The City movie for the money. Not only is she being paid the hefty fee of $6 million to do the film - her salary is three times the amount that her fellow supporting actresses Cynthia Nixon and Kirsten Davis are being paid. Davis and Nixon, who were always on board for a film version of the hit HBO series and didn’t hold out for more money and perks like Cattrall did, are receiving just $2 million a piece. That hardly sounds fair, does it?

[Kim Cattrall will] get a whopping $6 million to re-create her character Samantha Jones for the film version of the hit show, while Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes) and Kristin Davis (Charlotte York) are walking away with only $2 million each, The Enquirer has learned.

“Kim has had the last laugh on her co-stars,” said a source close to the highly anticipated project.

“For years she was the odd girl-out while Cynthia and Kristin sucked up to Sarah Jessica Parker and snubbed Kim.

“But this time Kim’s calling the shots. She’s letting everyone in the world know she was the cast holdout and she demanded triple was the other girls got.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, November 26, 2007]

According to The Enquirer, Sarah Jessica Parker had plenty of incentive to reward Cattrall for driving a hard bargain. She will make nearly $10 million for playing Carrie Bradshaw and will earn another $5 million for producing the film.

What I fail to see is how Cattrall is technically more valuable to the cast than Nixon and Davis are. If someone has a more central role, like Sarah Jessica Parker, they should get more money for it, but Cattrall certainly isn’t worth three times the amount her costars are. It sounds like they were so desperate to make this already-overdue film that they just dealt with Cattrall and met her demands. Meanwhile the actresses who played fair and just wanted to do their jobs are the ones who got screwed.

This is the woman who put out two how-to sex books and deliberately went without panties (NSFW link) to pull a “Basic Instinct” crossing-legs maneuver while promoting the second last November. Maybe she won’t have to resort to such desperate measures to revive her career now that she has some cash in the bank.

Life is imitating long-gone television for Kim Cattrall. 51 year-old Cattrall has been dating 28 year-old Canadian chef Alan Wyse since 2004.

Cattrall and her co-stars are shown on the Sex and the City set on 11/7/07. Thanks to Splash News.

Posted in Careers, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kirsten Dunst, Money, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City

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  • kate: i missed the press release that confirmed brit’s bipolar. i guess i was busy living my own life. *shrug*
  • kate: holy shit.
  • ADD: Pregnant! The ass and thighs are of the child-bearing variety. Eeyew, KFed’s been all up in that–...
  • Tracy: She is only 30 and she needs a serious eye job. Her brides maids look like her daughters.