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  • Kim Cattrall to Return As ‘Sex and the City’s Samantha Jones

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    After six seasons of the popular HBO series and two movies of vastly differing quality, ‘Sex and the City’ largely vanished from the zeitgeist for more than a decade. But it remained popular in syndication and the fanbase wanted to see the next stage of the characters, so creator Darren Star and executive producer Michael Patrick King brought the main stars back for ‘And Just Like That…’ with one major exception.

    Kim Cattrall, who had played the sex-positive publicist Samantha Jones through the entire series and both movies, would not return for the new show. Now, though, that has changed.

    Kim Cattrall stars in 'About My Father,' which is in theaters now.
    Kim Cattrall stars in ‘About My Father,’ which is in theaters now.

    What happened with Kim Cattrall and ‘Sex and the City’?

    Cattrall made comments after the original show wrapped that her experience shooting had not always been positive, laying some of the blame at Sarah Jessica Parker’s feet.

    The actor publicly announced in 2016 that she was finished playing Samantha when she didn’t feel like the script for a proposed third film did justice to the character. “I would have preferred for all of us to have some kind of event to warrant a third film,” Cattrall told Variety in 2022. “That didn’t happen.”

    Her decision led to a further rift with Parker, and when ‘And Just Like That…’ was created, it was developed without Cattrall. King added new characters to the show, though the series itself and the new additions received some seriously mixed reviews from critics and audiences.

    According to Variety’s sources, Cattrall shot her dialogue on March 22nd in New York City, without seeing or speaking with the stars of the series, including Sarah Jessica Parker, or with “And Just Like That” showrunner Michael Patrick King. The scene reportedly sees Samantha –– who in the show’s canon is now living in London –– having a phone conversation with Carrie.

    The characters, who were written in the spin-off as estranged, reconnected at the end of Season One via text. This will mark Cattrall’s first –– and potentially only –– appearance on the new show.

    Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon star in Max's 'And Just Like That...'
    (L to R) Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon star in Max’s ‘And Just Like That…’ Photograph by Craig Blankenhorn / HBO Max.

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    What’s the story of ‘And Just Like That…’?

    The series follows the continuing stories of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) as they confronted the reality of 2020s New York and the vagaries of aging.

    No longer the 30/40-somethings of the original series, they’re now confronted with shifting gender dynamics and, in Miranda and Charlotte’s cases, the challenges of raising teenagers.

    Carrie, meanwhile, has her own issue to deal with when longtime paramour and husband of several years, John James Preston (Chris Noth) dies unexpectedly.

    While she deals with that, Carrie’s storyline this year will include a reunion with old flame Aiden, played by John Corbett.

    Season 2 of ‘And Just Like That…’ debuts on the Max streaming service on June 22nd.

    'And Just Like That...'season 2 premieres on Max beginning June 22nd.
    ‘And Just Like That…’season 2 premieres on Max beginning June 22nd. Photograph by Courtesy of Max.

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  • Cynthia Nixon ‘Was a Little Devastated’ by ‘Sex and the City’ Scene Reaction

    “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) is running for governor of New York, and she’s not exactly campaigning on a bigger closets platform.

    Nixon (aka Miranda Hobbes) was on “The Wendy Williams Show” on April 4, and Us Weekly shared a sneak peek from their talk.

    Williams asked Nixon about an interview she had given years ago, sharing her disappointment with the London premiere audience’s reaction to a memorable scene from “Sex and the City: The Movie.”

    During the 2010 film’s screening, the audience applauded the scene where Mr. Big (Chris Noth) surprises Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) with her own huge custom closet.

    At the time, Nixon told the New York Times she found that gleeful reaction “devastating” and “disheartening.”

    “Because I thought: ‘Is this what these women in the audience think true love is? A man who has enough money to buy you a walk-in closet?”

    Nixon explained more to Wendy Williams in her April 4 interview:

    “I was a little devastated. It seemed to me that the show was so much about female empowerment and about women making their own choices and women standing up for what they wanted and supporting themselves. So, to me, to have this be a climax of the film, that your very wealthy husband built you a really nice closet for your clothes, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s not really what you love about the show, is it?’ ‘Cause that’s not what we were making it for.’”

    She did add after that, “We love the clothes! I’m not saying we don’t love the clothes.”

    Listen, SATC was definitely about women making their own choices, and Carrie Bradshaw definitely close to love clothes and shoes. That didn’t make her silly or shallow, it was just one aspect of her character. And it was a sign of how well Mr. Big knew Carrie that he knew a massive closet would be her Cinderella dream. It wouldn’t do a darn thing for Miranda — or a lot of us — but it was kind of the perfect Carrie/Big scene.

    As one fan wrote, “He didn’t do it because he had the money, he did it because it made her happy.” Same as many couples on those home improvement shows, just supersized and in New York City.

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  • 9 Times Miranda Hobbes Was the Sassy Voice of Reason on ‘Sex and the City’

    “Miranda Hobbes, Esq. Corporate Lawyer. Unmarried Woman.”

    From the moment those words flashed across the TV screen over Sex and the City” character, we knew wanted to listen to the boss that is Miranda Hobbes. Miranda is a skeptic. She’s a realist. She’s the friend you want to talk you out of that ridiculous decision you’re about to make.

    Behold, 9 times Miranda Hobbes was the sassy, truth-telling New Yorker we couldn’t help but love.

  • 13 Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT

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    Oh, the elusive EGOT. It takes a very special performer to nail down an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony. The enviable club is a relatively small one, with impressive members like Whoopi Goldberg, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, and Mel Brooks. But there are a few entertainers that are almost there.

    Find out who is just one coveted statue away from reaching EGOT status. Some of the contenders will surprise you…