Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon to Play Penny Arcade in British Show
If you've seen Cynthia Nixon looking busty and pouty in New York recently, it's because she's channeling Village performing arts fixture Penny Arcade. Ms. Nixon is currently shooting British ITV’s drama An Englishman in New York, a follow-up to the 1975 TV movie The Naked Civil Servant, according to Variety.
John Hurt reprises his role as English eccentric Quentin Crisp and follows his arrival in New York in the early '80s, where the flamboyant writer and raconteur was embraced by celebrities and artists.
Morning Memo: Mills to Apprentice; Nixon Didn't Have Work Done
Tony Kushner and his partner, writer Mark Harris, are headed to California for a marriage license. [Intelligencer]
Heather Mills has reportedly been invited to do Celebrity Apprentice because Donald Trump likes her. [P6]
New York Ranger-turned-Vogue intern Sean Avery attended R.E.M.'s concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday wearing all black and a newsboy cap. A "spy" said, "he looked like he was straight out of a 1998 J.Lo. video." [P6]
Cynthia Nixon didn't have breast augmentation surgery as was reported by Page Six (and linked by Daily Transom) last week. She was at the hospital for a check-up following the removal of her breast cancer. read more »
Morning Memo: Sex Stars Tune-Up; Obamas Just Like Us
Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis have both reportedly paid a visit to the doctor shortly after Sex and the City's release, opting for a breast augmentation surgery and a varicose vein removal, respectively. [P6]
Barack and Michelle Obama appear on the cover of Us Weekly this week with Mrs. Obama depicted as a "down-to-earth mom." Never mind the fact that she graduated cum laude from Princeton followed by Harvard Law. [Us Weekly]
Exes Anne Hathaway and Raffaello Follieri stayed at separate residences in New York yesterday—Ms. Hathaway at Gramercy Park Hotel and Mr. Follieri at his rental in Trump Tower—but were reportedly planning to meet up for dinner at Cipriani's. read more »
Sex and the City and the Electeds
No, it's not a wax statue! It's really Cynthia Nixon, doing her part to make sure that no one in New York was denied a chance to get in on last weekend's Sex and the City opening (other than Michael Bloomberg).
TOP: With Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum (photo from Gotbaum's web site).
BOTTOM: With Comptroller Bill Thompson (photo sent to me by his spokesperson). read more »
Sex Party Turns Into Estrogen-Fueled Rock Concert as S.J.P. Blows Giant Air-Kiss at N.Y.C.
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 was giving interviews nearby in a floor-length gray gown). Inside, large groups of women in short cocktail dresses and heels did the same. The occasional man looked either shell-shocked or gay.
Anna Wintour and André Leon Talley arrived and took their seats. Then it was Jason Lewis, a.k.a. Smith Jerrod. By the time Chris Noth strolled down the aisle in a khaki suit, the audience could take it no longer: A loud cheer went up and the women leaped to their feet in a flurry of flashbulbs. Sarah Jessica Parker soon made her way down the aisle at Stage Left, eliciting even louder cheers. One could have been forgiven for thinking this was a very stylish, estrogen-infused rock concert. read more »
Rex and the City: Carrie’s Ladies Who Lunch Aren't The Women
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 beauty mark. I guess you can’t tell a co-producer anything, but listen up, girl. At this point, you would make a wonderful Halloween witch. Unfortunately, to fix all the things wrong with Sex and the City, you need more than a scalpel. read more »
Morning Memo: Has Keith McNally Found His Beatrice? David Lauren, You Beast!
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! read more »
More Sexy Ingenues!
THE BABYSITTERS
Running Time 90 minutes
Written and directed by David Ross read more »
Spoiler Alert! Cynthia Nixon Spills Some Sex Beans
(You have been forewarned ... ) Cynthia Nixon is sharing some details of the closely guarded Sex and The City movie plot. One of the characters is going to die! (dun dun dun!). "There's a loss that happens that's pretty tough," Ms. Nixon said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. "Something significant happens to Carrie, and it really forces her to ask questions that you have to ask about yourself." We'll have to wait until May 30 to find out who gets killed off, but we're taking bets on Mr. Big dying and coming back to life in some kind of Bold and the Beautiful-type fashion.
Cynthia Nixon is Distracted After SATC Movie
After the release of the Sex and the City movie on May 30 this year, Cynthia Nixon will trade her role as the quick-tongued lawyer Miranda for a much more humble lady in Lisa Loomer's play Distracted, to be staged by the Roundabout Theater Company. According to Variety, Ms. Nixon will play a mother struggling to learn whether or not her son has attention deficit disorder. The play premiered last year in Los Angeles but will make its debut in New York next year.
Morning Memo: Cindy McCain Metes Out Swift Justice; Death Comes to Sex and the City
A spokesperson for the McCains said that the intern that was supposedly responsible for recipes lifted off of the Food Network site, has been "dealt with swiftly," which we find scary. [AP] read more »
Miranda Hobbes Gets a New Landlord
The Parc Lincoln building at 164 West 75th Street has traded hands for $32.8 million, or $400 a square foot. The Upper West Side tower has 214 apartments, one of which is rented by Cynthia Nixon, who played the dependably career-minded Miranda Hobbes on HBO's Sex and the City. The prewar building's ground-floor space is occupied by the restaurant Cesca, where Yoko Ono has a private table, according to Adelaide Polsinelli, who brokered the sale for the landlord along with her Besen & Associates colleague Amit Doshi.
The landlord was Margules & Associates, and the buyer is listed only as 164 West 75th Street LLC.
Interesting factoid: 100 of the building's apartments are rented for less than $500 a month. No word on whether Ms. Nixon is getting such a deal.
Friends of Hillary, Friends of Jerry
The bold-faced names are coming out for two Democrats: Hillary Clinton and... Jerrold Nadler.
Christina Aguilera is going to be performing at a June 7 fund-raiser for Hillary that's being organized by Ron Burkle and Harvey Weinstein, among others, at Capitale on Grand Street.
And tonight, Julianne Moore and Cynthia Nixon will be at the Hudson Theatre to honor Nadler for his 30th year of public service and his 60th birthday.
Also expected to be there, according to the invitation, are Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo and John Conyers, who chairs the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Spamalot: Make Way for Mr. Beale! New Arthur Is King of Broadway
