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The Week in DVR: It's Movie Week! Young SJP, Scary Michael Pitt, and Jack Nicholson Goes Wolf!

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:43:33 -0400

Monday: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Oh 1985, aren’t you just that gift that keeps on giving! Take our inner pre-teen favorite, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. That’s right – it’s not just a Cyndi Lauper song, it’s a fun dance movie starring all sorts of random celebrities. Playing Janey, an army brat with dreams of making it on a local TV dance program (imaginatively titled Dance TV), is...

Ms. Parker and the Vicious Schedule: Writers Wonder About HBO Princess's Focus

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:51:49 -0400

If you ask Manhattan’s female authors—specifically of the urban chick-lit genre—whom they would want to option their novels, the answer is often Sarah Jessica Parker. They would also like her to produce the film adaptation, star in it, and maybe even have a say in the wardrobe, if she has a spare moment. This has made Ms. Parker, 44, very busy.

Currently in development at her production company, Pretty Matches, is The Washingtonienne, an...

Sarandon's Shmatte, Chloe's Fridge Find New Home in Tribeca as Housing Works Expands

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:26:22 -0400

Here's one winner of the Big Bad Recession: Housing Works! The organization, which works to combat AIDS and homelessness, has announced that its Tribeca store, located at 72 Warren Street, will be moving to a new location at 119 Chambers Street on Friday, July 31.

The new store will be four times the size of its current digs. Pictures of the bi-level space show floor-to-ceiling windows with natural light and wood-paneled...

Wood War! Who Wins Today's Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:18:27 -0400

First, a little bit of business! You can now find a page of nothing but Wood War on the Observer web site! Bookmark this special Wood War Page link.

New York Post: The first great big summer blockbuster is here! And though this morning is a little springy for it, Lou Lumenick was getting pretty hot yesterday as he wrote his review. The Post gives the movie a banner over the top of its front...

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better!

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:17:52 -0400

Spinning into Butter
Running time 86 minutes
Written by Doug Atchison
and Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Williamson, Paul James, Miranda Richardson, Beau Bridges

At a time when political correctness is leading quickly to the death of creative writing and we’re all supposed to be colorblind, Spinning Into Butter, a movie about racism on a college campus, would seem, at first glance, challenging and brave. Good...

Most Bananas Oscars Ever?

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:31:37 -0500

Okay, yeaaah, the Oscars! It’s going to take us at least a few more days to really be able to digest all the absolute batsh*t craziness that went down during Sunday night’s telecast. Can we all just start by agreeing that that show was truly bonkersville? We know there will be plenty of ink shed on the big winners: Kate, Sean, Penélope, Heath, Slumdog, etc., so we’ll just stick to the show itself for...

Fashion Week's Brave Face

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:48:35 -0500

At Diane von Furstenberg’s afternoon show on Sunday, Feb. 15, the front-row guests simply would not settle down—but perhaps everyone was simply thrilled they didn’t have to put their sad faces on in sympathy for the economy. “We need this!” said Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn, glancing around the tent at Bryant Park. “We need people feeling ‘up’ this week! People were speculating that it was going to be, oh, you know, down and...

The Stars of SATC Are Signing On for the (Long-Rumored!) Sequel

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:13:50 -0500

It looks like the Sex and the City sequel is actually going to happen. We're not sure where the plot will take the three non-single ladies (at the end of the first SATC movie, Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda were all paired off), but according to Us Weekly, all four stars are planning to close the deal shortly.

An unnamed source tells the magazine, "Not all the contracts are signed, but everyone is on board....

Transom Year in Review 2008: Parties, Fashion Shows, and Tom Wolfe on Hip-Hop

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:00:57 -0500

The year 2008 began with an extravagant bang and ended with a painful, economic catastrophe-induced whimper. Here, we relive some of the highlights.

We started the year worrying that pom-pomed moccasin boots were here to stay. Thankfully, we now know they were not.

Meatpacking district original Florent Morellet failed to understand the skyrocketing rents on his "shabby" bit of Gansevoort St.

At a Bergdorf Goodman Fashion Week party, a slightly manic Isaac Mizrahi explained why...

Fashion Roundup: Sarah Jessica Parker Looking for a Home; Kanye West 'Picks' a Model; Fur Flies at Department Stores

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:16:25 -0500

Now that Steve & Barry has filed for bankruptcy, Sarah Jessica Parker is looking for a new home for her Bitten line. [The Cut]

Vera Wang's ready-to-wear Soho boutique is set to open on Friday. The 2,500 sq. feet space will include "sliding partitions, shell-like hang bars, translucent shelving, scrims, neoprene-covered furniture and stackable mini gym mats." [WWD]

At the British Fashion Awards, Luella Bartley was named Designer of the Year while Jourdan Dunn won...

Fashion Roundup: The Met Loves Sarah Jessica Parker; Beyonce Loves Obama; Everyone Loves Comme des Garcons for H&M

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:39 -0500

Sarah Jessica Parker lent her voice to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the audio guide to Costume: The Art of Dress, which will be available to visitors starting November 25. “Walking through the galleries listening to Sarah Jessica Parker’s narration will bring a sense of discovery and delight to the experience," said museum curator-in-charge Harold Koda. [WWD]

A reminder: Rai Kawakubo's Comme des Garcons collection for H&M arrives in stores Thursday, November 13....

Ready For Another Sex and the City Movie?

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:40:35 -0500

From the Least-Surprising-News-Ever file: looks like there will be more (yes more!) Sex and the City coming to movie screens sometime in our future. After SATC: The Movie made more than 153 million dollars last summer, we could practically hear these wheels get set into motion. Now, the question is – what’s left for these ladies left to do? It seemed like a lot of loose ends got tied up in the last one,...

Morning Memo: Shannen Doherty Does Manhattan; Paris Hilton's British BFF; Tom Brady's Housing Woes

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:31:59 -0500

While visiting New York, Shannen Doherty likes "[carousing] with hipsters and chain-[smoking]," but not The Eldridge or other girls. Also, she does not care about the death of print. [P6]

Tom Brady has been forced to take his Time Warner Center apartment off the market because his tenant, an apparently uptight new mother, will not let brokers inside the place. [P6]

Jade Jagger is Paris Hilton's newest best friend. [Page Six Magazine]

Sarah Jessica Parker,...

Bleeding for Zaha: Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Can Only Hope to Contain Her

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:45:39 -0400

In an age where Damien Hirst errata have joined gold and United States government bonds in the shrinking pantheon of safe investments, can contemporary art still be dangerous?

More to the point, can contemporary art be dangerous when it's held in something of a polyurethane uterus, a haute-culture billboard designed by deconstructivist goddess Zaha Hadid, deposited on Rumsey Playfield in Central Park (after stints in Hong Kong and Tokyo), and...

A New James L. Brooks Movie Or What?

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:09:01 -0400

Call it the mystery of the overwrought director. Last night while perusing the internets we saw a story posted on Ain't It Cool News about director James L. Brooks' latest project, a (probable) mawkish romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker for Sony Pictures. The story almost seemed ominous in alluding that the news about Mr. Brooks' next film, his first since 2004's Spanglish and only second since 1997's As...

Night of the Living Sex and the City Cast: Franchise-less Zombie Ladies Talk Up Their Alter Egos on Pink Carpet

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:57:02 -0400

So here's a question: Will there ever not be Sex and the City-themed public-relations extravaganzas in New York City?

Last night marked roughly four months since the release of the undead franchise Sex and the City: The Movie, which means it was time for the release of the DVD, and therefore time to stretch a pink carpet the length of a city block down which stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall—even Lynn...

Fashion Roundup: Sean Avery's Gonna Be In Pictures; Anna Wintour Supports Barack Obama Tonight; Topshop Available in the U.S.

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:51:20 -0400

Sean Avery's internship at Vogue is now the basis of a movie. [HR]

The fund-raiser for Barack Obama starring Anna Wintour and Sarah Jessica Parker at Charles Nolan's studio is tonight! [WWD]

There are now 152 fashion weeks in the world. Is it even possible to attend all of them? [NY Times]

Natalie Portman sat front row at Derek Lam this morning. [WWD]

If you can't wait for Topshop to open in Soho,...

Anna Wintour's Fund-Raiser for Obama, Round 2

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:31:12 -0400

On June 17, Anna Wintour co-hosted a fund-raiser for Barack Obama with Andre Leon Talley, Calvin Klein and Michelle Obama followed by an $10,000-per-head dinner at Mr. Klein's home.

Now, with New York Fashion Week approaching, Ms. Wintour has roped in Sarah Jessica Parker to help with a second fund-raiser on Sept. 9 at Charles Nolan's West 27th Street studio, according to British Vogue.

In the spirit of Fashion Week,...

Sarah Jessica Parker's Ivy Chronicles Gets Prada Writer

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:55:13 -0400

Sarah Jessica Parker's The Ivy Chronicles will get a sinful treatment from the writer producers just hired. Aline Brosh McKenna, who scribed The Devil Wears Prada, will get typing soon.

As we told you, Ms. Sex and the City will play Ivy Ames, an upper-middle-class New York single mom who gets divorced and loses her high-powered job in one fell swoop. The plot is based on chick-lit writer Karen Quinn's novel....

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Make Nice for the Cameras

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:10:11 -0400

Last week, Star reported that Matthew Broderick was cheating on wife Sarah Jessica Parker with a 25-year-old redhead, whom he wasn't very nice to. (It hurts us to discuss the sordid details; read them only if you must.)

And last night, presumably in an effort to appear as though everything in their relationship was just peachy, the couple made an outing to midtown looking very much together, according to the Daily Mail....

Having Lost Project Runway, Bravo Picks Up SJP's Reality Show

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:57:31 -0400

The Sarah Jessica Parker-backed reality show that promised to be the Project Runway of the art world has finally been picked up by Bravo, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

America Artist is an hour-long art competition show in which contestants compete in front of judges—start guessing names!—to draw, paint, sculpt, and hopefully do some performance art until a winner is chosen. (Then all they have to do is go on to have a successful...

Manhattan Weekend Box Office: Sex and the City vs. The Wackness on New York Screens

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:27:23 -0400

Things went much as predicted this Fourth of July weekend. New Yorkers fell in love with a homeless wino with a penchant for busting road signs and throwing live whales into the ocean. Hancock landed on top of Manhattan's sales charts with an $850,956 box office showing. It was the same story nationally. Sony's film scored $66 million in ticket sales, putting it way ahead of Wall-E ($33.4 million) and Wanted ($20.6 million). Since...

Meet SJP's Latest Incarnation: Ivy, Deposed Upper East Side Mom

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:50:20 -0400

Now that the Sex and the City movie is finally behind her, Sarah Jessica Parker is ready to move on from the role of Carrie Bradshaw. But she's not straying far, characterwise.

Meet Ivy Ames, whom the actress will reportedly play in the forthcoming film The Ivy Chronicles.

She's an Upper East Side mom whose social descent is both literal and figurative: freshly divorced and given the boot at her job, Ivy...

Shocker! Sarah Jessica Parker to Play a Still Single Manhattanite

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:06:47 -0400

Sarah Jessica Parker is barely taking a baby step away from her role as Carrie Bradshaw for her next movie project. Warner Bros. is currently wooing her to star in The Ivy Chronicles, a movie based on Karen Quinn's novel about a single woman in modern-day Manhattan.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the story follows Ivy Ames, "an Upper East Side woman who, after losing her high-powered job and getting divorced, starts over again...

Sarah Jessica Parker Blows Off Benefit For Fallen Baghdad Activist

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:47:45 -0400

Far be it from actress Sarah Jessica Parker to do something so clichéd as show up at her Sex and the City co-star Chris Noth’s bar, the Cutting Room, on West 24th Street—despite her position as honorary host of a benefit concert there, also on Monday, June 16.

A number of other entertainment luminaries, including the comedian and writer Al Franken, and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman,...

S.J.P. Already Getting Hand-Me-Downs

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:32:35 -0400

Who would dare to send Carrie Bradshaw onto a red carpet in a hand-me-down dress? Nina Ricci's artistic director, Olivier Theyskens, apparently.

Cathy Horyn broke the story over the weekend in the Times that the strapless Theyskens-designed Nina Ricci gown worn by Sarah Jessica Parker to the premiere of Sex and the City—which Ms. Parker believed to never have been publicly worn before—was in fact worn by socialite Lauren Santo Domingo...

Sex and the City Dominates Weekend Box Office

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:31:25 -0400

Despite negative reviews, Sex and the City dominated the box office this weekend, kicking the new Indiana Jones movie out of the no.1 spot and raking in roughly $55.7 million, The New York Times reports. And, surprise! 85 percent of ticket buyers were women, “many viewing in groups.” SJP is pleased: “I am so excited about the possibilities for movies about women,” she told the...

Sex Party Turns Into Estrogen-Fueled Rock Concert as S.J.P. Blows Giant Air-Kiss at N.Y.C.

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:38:50 -0400

Before last night's big-screen Sex and the City premiere at Radio City Music Hall, a tented red carpet sheltered Katie Couric, Donna Karan, the Seinfelds, Donald and Melania Trump, Mary J. Blige, Gayle King, and original Sex writer Candace Bushnell from the muggy drizzle outside, which Carrie Bradshaw would have just run through in four-inch heels.

The celebrities posed for pictures with cardboard posters of Sarah Jessica Parker (despite the fact that the actress herself...

Slicing the SATC Publicity Pie

Tue, 27 May 2008 19:45:33 -0400

The media campaign for the Sex and the City movie, which arrives in theaters May 30, was executed with near-militaristic precision. You might call it “flooding the zone.”

Vogue, which itself has a recurring role in the franchise, easily secured the big kahuna: 43-year-old Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover and an elaborate photo shoot featuring her posing with Chris Noth, 53 (Mr. Big): on top of a skyscraper, on a red...

Specs and the Suburbs! Square Pegs DVD Release Pegged ... to Sex!

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:20:09 -0400

We know everyone is going through Sex and the City overload, but we just wanted to point out that Square Pegs, the 1980s CBS comedy that features Sarah Jessica Parker in tortoise-shells instead of peep-toes, was released on DVD this week... just in time for the Sex premiere.

The show started out with the typical teenaged girl stereotypes (the "smart girl," the "fat girl," the "mean girls," etc.) only to deconstruct them...

Rex and the City: Carrie’s Ladies Who Lunch Aren't The Women

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:55:24 -0400

Sex and the City
Running Time 145 minutes
Written and Directed by Michael Patrick King
Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis

There’s nothing wrong with Sarah Jessica Parker that couldn’t be cured by wart-removal surgery. That growth on her face just gets bigger with every close-up, and in the full-length movie version of Sex and the City it’s so distracting you can’t concentrate on anything else. It’s not a...

Morning Memo: Has Keith McNally Found His Beatrice? David Lauren, You Beast!

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:39:11 -0400

Heatherette boys Richie Rich and Traver Rains may not be breaking up after all. [Fashion Week Daily]

After not being invited to Jenna Bush's wedding over the weekend, Lauren Bush's boyfriend, David Lauren (Raph's son) decided that the best way to spend his weekend would be to flirt with Greenwich magazine staffer Jennifer Danzi and ask for her number. That'll change the Bushes' opinion of him! [P6]

Most important news of the...

Morning Memo: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bicycle Babe; Jenna Bush's Big Fat Presidential Wedding

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:12:56 -0400

O.K., so we knew that Leonardo DiCaprio was like the first person to buy a Toyota Prius, but last week he even rode up to the opening of Bonhams Flagship Showroom with his mom on bikes, and parked right out front on 57th and Madison. [P6]

David Mamet interviews himself about his new film. [New Yorker]

Sarah Jessica Parker will not be going on the Home Shopping Network to promote her perfume for obvious...

Morning Memo: Out on a Limb With Olivia Thirlby; S.J.P. is Down on N.Y.C.

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:00:52 -0400

Brett Ratner is not allowed to use the trees in New York City parks to dangle 80-pound starlet Olivia Thirlby from for a sex scene. [NY Daily News]

Sarah Jessica Parker is down on the New York she helped create. [NY Mag]

Former owner of Gramercy Park Hotel says New York celebrities used to go there to hide out, instead of to put themselves on display as they do today. [NY Mag]

And in...

Slayed by Quaid! Middle-Aged Glamour Boy Scores as Scruffy Prof

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:03:36 -0400

SMART PEOPLE
Running Time 95 minutes
Written by Mark Jude Poirier
Directed by Noam Murro
Starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church

Accidents happen. So I have decided the lukewarm reception a fine, witty and intelligent new film called Smart People has been getting is just an accident of bad timing and critical exhaustion. We waste so much time evaluating stinkers that sometimes...

Manhattan Weekend Box Office: Smart People? Demographic Doppelgangers Devour Holdovers

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:45:52 -0400

There was a clear division over the weekend between the haves and the have nots—as in those movies that had an audience and those that did not. Each of the top four movies in Manhattan averaged near or over $20,000, while every other movie in the top ten, except for The Visitor (no. 7)—which averaged $23,500 at two theaters—averaged below $6,000.

The dichotomy can be explained in part by the...

Morning Memo: 'Carrie Bradshaw' Moves to Brooklyn; Sarah Jessica Parker is Staying in the Village, Though

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:53:35 -0400

Manhattan has gotten too expensive even for Carrie Bradshaw. Sarah Jessica Parker tells The Daily News that the outer boroughs is where it's at now for young things trying to imitate the idealized lifestyle her character once advertised. [NY Daily News]

Ladies and gentlemen, Robert DeNiro's extravagant Greenwich Hotel is now open. Rich and famous only please, no regular folk. [NY Daily News]

Tinsley Mortimer makes an appearance on the cover of Page Six...

The Perfume Biz—With a Whiff of Celebrity

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:42:49 -0500

THE PERFECT SCENT: A YEAR INSIDE THE PERFUME INDUSTRY IN PARIS AND NEW YORK
By Chandler Burr
Henry Holt, 306 pages, $25

“The idea that you like something can lead to the idea that you know something about it,” Sarah Jessica Parker told Chandler Burr, author of The Perfect Scent. “Which is, of course, not necessarily the case.” Luckily for Ms. Parker, a crack team at Coty, the $3 billion...

Sarah Jessica Parker, Bravo Duo to Make ProjRun Show for the Art World

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:58:22 -0500

A Project Runway-like show that replaces designers with aspiring artists and sewing machines with palettes and sculpting knives? Risky, risky! But Sarah Jessica Parker's Pretty Matches company is willing to take it. They're teaming with reality wizards Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, whose credits include Bravo's Project Runway, Top Chef, and Top Design, to create the new... Project.

The show will feature the usual scheme: pit a dozen wacky artists against one...

From Sundance, S.J.P. Sends S.A.T.C. Co-Star S.W.A.K.

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:33:21 -0500

Sex and the City’s Mr. Big just welcomed his own Mr. Little. Actor Chris Noth and longtime girlfriend Tara Wilson, who named their 7-pound, 10-counce son Orion Christopher, have already received well-wishes from S.A.T.C. co-star Sarah Jessica Parker.

“I'm thrilled for him because I think first of all he's going to make a wonderful, wonderful father,” the 42-year-old actress told an ET reporter at the Sundance Film Festival, where Ms....

Old Town Jumps on Sex and the City Bandwagon

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:56:43 -0500

The proprietors of the Old Town Bar & Restaurant are usually pretty accurate when it comes to advertising.

So the bar's brand-new 2008 calendar magnets gave us pause:

Did Carrie really meet Mr. Big at the Old Town?

Let's go to the tape--er, complete DVD set:

In the very first episode of the HBO series "Sex and the City," Mr. Big (played by Chris Noth) first encounters Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) on some random...

New Sex and the City Trailer Tickles, Teases

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:15:18 -0500

Sex and the City addicts will want to grab an ice pack out of the freezer, because the ultimate cheap tease can now get into your home. Yup, that’s right. After taking the city hostage for months—clogging Midtown arteries and shuttering SoHo eateries—the SATC feature film is finally in post-production. And that means the hype is just getting started, beginning with what’s sure to be a barrage of playful ads on television, enticing...

Project Runway Gets Bitten With Sex and the City Branding Bug

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:08:51 -0500

Sarah Jessica Parker, the actress who is frequently confused soap-opera-fan-style with Carrie Bradshaw, the character she portrayed on HBO hit series Sex and the City, who was a writer and not a fashion designer anyway (and based on former Observer scribe Candace Bushnell, btw), has been rewarded for being the beneficiary of a fantastic wardrobe: she has her own fashion line! This we all already knew. But on Wednesday night, the Bravo network hurled...

How Patricia Field 'Experiences' Sarah Jessica Parker's Body

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:05:05 -0400

Patricia Field, Sex and the City’s controversial costume designer (who has become largely famous for her often zany clothing choices for Sarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw) can’t imagine dressing a more ideal body than Ms. Parker’s.

“Sarah Jessica Parker has the best body that I have experienced and probably will experience in the future, because I mean, she’s just got great proportion, great tone, great...

Positively West Fourth Street: Cozy Architect Couple Says Pshaw to Postmodernism

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:31:01 -0400

While New York goes about its modernist business these days, slamming into glassy walls, over on 183-5 West Fourth Street sits a most unusual house. What is this place? There are no Barcelona chairs, no rough pillows with blue and brown squares. Only a bust of Diana with a moon on her head, a very large looking glass, heavy silk drapes, all inside two adjoining red brick houses with a...

Once Bitten: Sarah Jessica Parker Plays Shy At Clothing Show In Chelsea

Tue, 29 May 2007 21:43:38 -0400

Here’s what the world needs: one more mass-market celebrity clothing line!

On Wednesday, May 23, as the actress Sarah Jessica Parker arrived at Drive In Studios on West 18th Street to celebrate her new fashion label, Bitten, a D.J. was playing “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani, perhaps as a sort of atonement: In the June issue of Glamour, Ms. Parker had called Ms. Stefani’s own line, L.A.M.B., “much more avant-garde” than Bitten,...

Events for October 25, 2006

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:00:00 -0400

The MTA board meet at their headquarters. HUD recognizes agencies for their outstanding performance at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. Sarah Jessica Parker, now a UNICEF Ambassador, hosts a Halloween Party at the UNICEF House. The Public Service Commission holds a public hearing on the Long Island City power outages at the Hellenic Center in Astoria. The Stonewall Democrats hold their monthly meeting at the LGBT Center featuring Alan Van Capelle and...

Luxury Lap: Cartier Love with Sarah Jessica Parker and Spike Lee

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:44:11 -0400

Our luxury correspondent Trevor Butterworth continues his demented trip down the international lane of luxury. The other day, he rode-along with the Cartier crew for the launch of their Love charity bracelet.
The new Cartier Love bracelets. There was dash, there was swoon, there was confusion and there was envy. But how could there not be on "declare your love" day? "Cartier stands for love, commitment and passion," said Frederic de Narp, President and CEO...

Carrie, the Burden

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:34:09 -0500

"The big elephant in the room is ‘Sex and the City,'" said a woman at the Rubin Museum of Art last Wednesday. She was speaking to the photographer Eric Boman, who is a close friend of the shoe designer Manolo Blahnik. Mr. Boman had delivered a talk about the still life portraits he's made of Mr. Blahnik's architectural footwear. In them, they are dressed up in everything from African ceremonial jewelry to a...

Merry Cast Makes Family Stone

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:00:00 -0500

The movie business (or what’s left of it) is always manic-depressive, but when there’s a war, it’s even worse. During every U.S. killing spree, there’s no middle ground. Movies fall into two categories: a few crumbs for mature audiences that are serious and thoughtful and doomed at the box office, or piles of giddy and foolish junk for idiots and children. In addition, Christmas movies are as numbing and phony as Christmas songs and...