'Lipstick Jungle' star not worried about 'Sex and City' comparisons Feb 7, 2008
Raver, who attended Monique Lhuillier's show Tuesday during New York Fashion Week, plays a fashion magazine editor in Lipstick Jungle, which, like the iconic HBO series, is based on a book by Candace Bushnell. Lipstick Jungle, which premieres Thursday, also stars Brooke Shields and Lindsay Price. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cat fight in the city Feb 7, 2008
Chick-lit queen Candace Bushnell and television producer Darren Star, the pair who brought you that iconic nineties TV show Sex and the City, don't merely inhabit the same world, apparently they live in the same brain. And that must be pretty awkward these days since they are also locked in a nasty power struggle to create the next big girlie show on TV.. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'Lipstick Jungle' takes off from 'Sex in the City' Feb 7, 2008
"Lipstick Jungle" is a dull knockoff of a true original, despite the fact that it has been created by "Sex" writer Candace Bushnell based on her book. The show has as much vitality and personality as a wax mannequin. (Boston Globe)
Lives of luxury look ridiculous in "Lipstick" Feb 5, 2008
"Jungle" follows fast on the high heels of ABC's "Cashmere Mafia," another hourlong drama with "Sex and the City" parentage ("Cashmere Mafia" was executive produced by Darren Star; "Lipstick Jungle" is based on another work by Candace Bushnell, author of "Sex and the City"). The most amazing thing about both series, but particularly "Jungle," is how they can turn the dramatic and high-stakes business world into something terribly humdrum and dull, yet far-fetched and unrelatable. (Reuters)
What to watch Feb 5, 2008
Lipstick Jungle (Thursday, 10 p.m., NBC): A trio of gal pals (Brooke Shields, Lindsay Price, Kim Raver) strut around Manhattan and look good while doing it in this new series from Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell. Look for my review on Thursday. (The Palm Beach Post)
Cashmere? Lipstick? Whats the difference? Jan 25, 2008
Its based on the novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who serves as an executive producer. Bushnell, of course, is the best-selling author of an earlier book that inspired the HBO hit Sex in the City four smokin bachelorettes romping through a version of New York from the last century. (MSNBC -- News)
New shows premiere during strike-ridden television season Jan 25, 2008
Candace Bushnell, the writer behind "Sex," produces. But, really, who knows this turf best. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Cashmere queen: Lucy Liu returns to TV Jan 15, 2008
Which sounds similar to the upcoming NBC drama, Lipstick Jungle, produced by Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell about three New York businesswomen. (Msnbc. (MSNBC -- News)
Lucy Liu returns to TV Jan 15, 2008
Which sounds similar to the upcoming NBC drama, "Lipstick Jungle," produced by "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell about three New York businesswomen. "This one is really about the lie of having it all," offers Sharon Hall, senior vice president of development at Sony Pictures Television which produces "Cashmere." "At the end of the day having it all, for these women, is that they have each other.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
TV's new power women Jan 7, 2008
It is based on the book by Candace Bushnell, the author of the Sex and the City book. And in May comes the holy grail of girl power: the long-awaited, just-wrapped Sex and the City movie, featuring the original foursome and hitting a cineplex near you after an endlessly chronicled shoot in Manhattan. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Cashmere Mafia' lacks 'Sex' appeal Jan 5, 2008
But I'm waiting to see if next month's similarly themed "Lipstick Jungle," from "Sex and the City" originator Candace Bushnell, is better. I don't think it could be much worse. (Boston Globe)
2008 Arts preview Jan 5, 2008
Written by Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell, it stars Brooke Shields and Kim Raver ( 24) as successful women seeking love in New York. Meanwhile, ABC also has Eli Stone, starting Jan. 31 (in Canada on CTV), a drama starring Jonny Lee Miller as a hallucinating lawyer. (Globe and Mail)
Women of 'Cashmere Mafia' suit themselves Jan 3, 2008
If they can make it here: Lipstick Jungle, starring Lindsay Price, left, Brooke Shields and Kim Raver, is based on the book by Candace Bushnell, who is also the author of Sex and the City ... It is based on the book by Candace Bushnell, the author of the Sex and the City book. (USA Today)
Pick and mix Jan 3, 2008
Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell pens a TV clone of her own work, about vivacious, noisy New York career women. Star factor: Brooke Shields. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Pass the remote Dec 31, 2007
Lipstick Jungle (Seven) Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell pens a TV clone of her own work, about vivacious, noisy New York career women. Star factor Brooke Shields. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sex in city, slap in face Dec 17, 2007
LAST January Candace Bushnell was feeling ebullient. The author of Sex And The City had just heard her latest novel, Lipstick Jungle, would be made into a television pilot. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
How Rudy Carrie’d on in New York Dec 5, 2007
And that name, ginned up in the blogosphere over the past week: Sex on the City, an homage to the Candace Bushnell book and Sarah Jessica Parker sitcom based in Giuliani s city. By on the city, they mean that Gotham s taxpayers picked up the tab for expenses relating to Giuliani s assignations with Judith Nathan, back in the days when she was the married mayor s mistress rather than his third wife and a first lady in waiting. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
CTV banks on U.S. fare Dec 5, 2007
CTV will premiere "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"; "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann"; the drama "Eli Stone," starring British thesp Jonny Lee Miller; reality series "Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give"; and drama "Lipstick Jungle," starring Brooke Shields and adapted from the Candace Bushnell book. CTV will also air the Oscars, the Golden Globe Awards, the Super Bowl and Canadian music awards the Junos. (Variety)
Brooke Shields says her new television show will remind women they can have it all Nov 29, 2007
Based on a book by "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell, "Lipstick Jungle" will take over the time slot that has been held by "ER.". Raver who played Audrey Raines, counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer's ill-fated love interest on "24" said the show would address the difficulties that come with striving for personal and professional fulfillment. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
RON HAS WRITE STUFF Nov 21, 2007
the real-life role model for the character played by actor Chris Noth in the HBO series "Sex and the City," said McGraw-Hill had. " Galotti also had tongues wagging when he showed up at Cond Nast's headquarters in Times Square. It marked the first time he visited the building since his last run as GQ publisher, which unceremoniously came to an end in July 2003. But Galotti still apparently has plenty of friends among the Nasties, starting with CEO Charles Townsend, who had personally invited... (New York Post -- Business)
Depp's Got Pipes Nov 16, 2007
Blackout" is sitting at around No. 30 on Amazon.com Wednesday night at the Waverly Inn: Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon dined with Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell and her dancer husband Charles Askegard while Vanity Fair s Graydon Carter (who owns the place) dined with wife Anna, Tom and Kathy Freston and Curb Your Enthusiasm director David Steinberg with wife Robin. That should have been enough, but in walked delectable young starlet Jessica Alba, direct from her premiere of Awake, with... (Fox News)
NY mayor in Sex movie Nov 7, 2007
The hit TV series, which ended in 2004 after six seasons, was based on the work of best-selling author Candace Bushnell. It followed the tales of Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), a fashion-conscious New York columnist who writes about dating. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
What's your Top 10? Nov 6, 2007
Overwhelming envy for Candace Bushnell. Rush Limbaugh too crazy to need a writer. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dr. Addison's power prescription Oct 21, 2007
Lipstick Jungle, created by Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City), focuses on "three of New York's 50 most powerful women," all of whose personal lives are a shambles; in rival show Cashmere Mafia four female New York executives juggle careers and family. With the already-in-progress Medium and The Closer, that's a lot of overextended ladies. (Globe and Mail)
Shields to 'bind,' 'gag' hubby Oct 2, 2007
" Brooke, who stars in new US TV show 'Lipstick Jungle' - written by 'Sex and the City' author Candace Bushnell - insists her family are her priority. She said, "My everyday has to be about following the little ones. " | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PARTNERS | | | | | | Copyright ? 2007, azcentral.com. All rights reserved. Users of this site agree to the and (Updated 03/07). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
CBS 2 HD, A Proud Partner Of Design Happening '07 Sep 21, 2007
Cocktails and conversation with author Candace Bushnell, whose books Sex And The City and The Lipstick Jungle have been adapted into television series. Lunch with Giorgio Deluca, creator and owner of the food lover's delight Dean a, at his Manhattan loft. (CBS New York, NY)
New TV series, 'Gossip,' 'Cashmere' dress the part Sep 19, 2007
Lipstick Jungle, based on the best-selling book by Candace Bushnell, doesn't premiere until 2008, but it's a safe bet the clothes will have a starring role. The show is set to star Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsay Price. (USA Today -- Life)
Dreamgirl Jennifer Hudson 'lands Sex and the City film role' Sep 12, 2007
Based on the book by Candace Bushnell, in started in 1998 and went on to win numerous awards. An estimated 10. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Jennifer Hudson on 'Sex'; Sep 11, 2007
King created the series for HBO based on autobiographical columns written by Candace Bushnell. The project is being overseen at New Line by Emmerich and production executives Richard Brener and Kathy Busby. (Los Angeles Times)
Following in Gisele's footsteps Sep 7, 2007
Speaking of "Project Runway," Elle magazine fashion director and BU grad Nina Garcia celebrated the release of her new book Wednesday alongside fashion mavens Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, and Candace Bushnell. Mailer hospitalized Norman Mailer is ailing. (Boston Globe)
SOME ARE CUTTING UP 'JESSE JAMES' FILM Sep 4, 2007
and Casey Affleck, Ben's kid brother, due out in Warner's newie Western "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." This notorious train. " This notorious train robber of the 1800s robbed a whole train faster than this two-hour-and-40-minute movie takes. Visually beautiful, breathtakingly shot, Hollywood know-it-alls sniff that the film should be cut up and used for picture postcards. Me, I didn't see it. Me, I'm repeating what I'm told. Me, I'm saying they're saying the thing... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Ratner Reups With 20th Century Fox TV Aug 1, 2007
Based on the book by Candace Bushnell, the series stars Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsay Price as high-powered New York women. Along with ABC's Cashmere Mafia, NBC's Jungle represents a clear attempt on the part of broadcasters to capitalize on continued interest in HBO's Sex and the City. (MediaWeek.com)
Universal strikes gold with Goldstick Jul 30, 2007
The drama, based on the book by Candace Bushnell, stars Kim Raver, Brooke Shields and Lindsay Price as high-powered women navigating life in New York. Production on the show has been pushed to November to accommodate the showrunner shift and Ravers pregnancy. (Variety)
"Sex and the City" headed to movie theaters Jul 6, 2007
"Sex and the City," based on the work of best-selling author Candace Bushnell, was the first cable series to win an Emmy for best comedy and starred Parker as a fashion-conscious New York columnist who writes about Manhattan's dating scene. The series co-starred Cattrall as the vixen-like public relations executive Samantha Jones; Nixon as hard-boiled lawyer Miranda Hobbes, juggling career with motherhood; and Davis as inveterate optimist Charlotte York, who married her own divorce lawyer after... (Yahoo News)
Katie Couric Hosts 'All-Star' Fundraiser on Queen Mary 2 Jun 12, 2007
Event co-chair and literary luminary Tina Brown said, "I can't imagine a more striking setting than Queen Mary 2 for this important occasion. Creating awareness and raising funds for the study and treatment of this often misunderstood speech disorder aboard this magnificent ocean liner is a privilege." Among the luncheon guests at the star-studded event were actors Sam Waterston and Kevin Kline, actress Lauren Hutton, designer Norma Kamali, news anchor John Stossel, author Candace Bushnell, NY... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Long Way, Baby Jun 9, 2007
Sedaris told The Post's Tashara Jones that if a guy tries to break up a party, "just kick him out. Then get his phone number and date him for two years. It takes a man with big b - - - s to try and break up my party." Meanwhile, "Lipstick Jungle" author Candace Bushnell had advice for aspiring female writers: "Forget what people say, and just do it. I came to New York when I was 19 . . . People said, 'No one is interested in what a woman has to say.' Well, look at us now!". . (New York Post -- Gossip)
Not Knocked Out by 'Knocked Up' Jun 8, 2007
Rebecca Eckler, whom Booklist describes as "Canada's answer to Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell," claims suspicious similarities between the movie and her book, which was submitted to several Hollywood producers after its publication two years ago. Apatow denies the charges. (TIME)
A yobbo-led recovery? Jun 5, 2007
Lipstick Jungle, the adventures of three career women, adapted from a novel by Candace Bushnell (author of Sex and The City), starring Brooke Shields (Blue Lagoon), Kim Raver (24) and Lindsay Price, replacing our own Melissa George, who left due to "creative differences''. Private Practice, a spin-off from Grey's Anatomy, in which a redhaired pediatric surgeon, Addison Montgomery-Shepherd (Kate Walsh), moves from Seattle to Los Angeles. Gossip Girls, based on a series of novels about a teenage... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Bulk buying on the Hollywood lots Jun 2, 2007
CTV's spoils included Disney's Private Practice, a Grey's Anatomy spin-off; Sam I Am, a Christina Applegate sitcom about a nice woman waking up from a coma as a mean girl; NBC's Lipstick Jungle, based on a book by Sex and the City's Candace Bushnell; and CBS's Moonlight, a drama about vampires turned detectives. Michael Taylor, a veteran Canadian programmer and distributor, and now president of distributor Peace Arch Television, thinks the studios got nervous with only two major Canadian buyers... (Globe and Mail)
The hunt for the next Lost May 26, 2007
NBC, which produces House, had high hopes for a new remake of 1970s hit The Bionic Woman and for Lipstick Jungle, a series based on books by Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell ... For the former, there's NBC's Candace Bushnell-created Lipstick Jungle and ABC's Darren Star-penned Cashmere Mafia which aren't in any way the same show. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Fall TV lineup is sitcom-light May 21, 2007
And later in the season you'll get competing Sex and the City soaps from Sex's Darren Star and Candace Bushnell: Star's Cashmere Mafia on ABC and Bushnell's Lipstick Jungle on NBC.. The ugliest trend. (USA Today)
Smash-hit or burn May 21, 2007
Finally, there's Lipstick Jungle, from Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell. The best guess is only one of these three shows will survive and the smart money is on Cashmere Mafia. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Frasier star makes sitcom return May 19, 2007
NBC is remaking cult 1970s show Bionic Woman - starring former EastEnders star Michelle Ryan - and has cast Brooke Shields in Lipstick Jungle, a series based on the writings of Sex And The City creator Candace Bushnell. Its biggest hit of last year, Heroes, gets a 24-episode run for the new season as well as a spin-off programme, Heroes: Origins, featuring a new cast of superheroes. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Networks unveil new series for fall May 18, 2007
Candace Bushnell wrote the books that inspired Sex and Lipstick ... Based on a book by Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell, this show has a lot in common with the hit HBO comedy. (SunSpot.net)
Laughter unleashed 'Over the Tavern' May 17, 2007
NBC has its own variation with Lipstick Jungle, based on the novel by Candace Bushnell, who wrote Sex and the City ... And then theres Liptsick Jungle, based on the novel by Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City) about three high-powered women making their way through life. (Herald-Tribune)
NBC cans 'Studio 60,' 'Jordan' May 16, 2007
Brooke Shields headlines an hour-long series about three high-powered women friends, a script from "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell. NBC's other new series, "Life," is a drama about a detective given a second chance after spending years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. (CNN -- Showbiz)
NBC hopes 'Heroes' will lead fall charge May 16, 2007
On Sundays in January, NBC will add Lipstick Jungle, based on a Candace Bushnell novel. NBC compared the series to Bushnell's Sex and the City. (Orlando Sentinel)
NBC going supernatural this fall May 16, 2007
Brooke Shields headlines Lipstick Jungle, an hour-long series about three high-powered women friends, with a script from Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell. It will bow next January. (MSNBC -- Television)
The HeldenFiles - NBC will go into fall 2007 with five new hourlong shows, four dramas and a reality series May 16, 2007
Once football is over, Law , Medium and a second weekly telecast of Dateline NBC will be on Sundays, along with new midseason series Lipstick Jungle, based on the novel by Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City). Heroes, hurt in the ratings by a long hiatus in its freshman season, will try to avoid a sophomore slump with a 30-episode package of Heroes and Heroes: Origins. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Ellen Gray | NBC goes heavy on 'Heroes' in new season May 16, 2007
New scripted shows include: "Journeyman" (10 p.m. Mondays) starring "Rome's" dour centurion, McKidd, as a San Francisco newspaper reporter who becomes a time traveler and is able to change people's lives; "Chuck" (9 p.m. Tuesdays), from "The O.C.'s" Josh Schwartz and McG, about a computer tech who accidentally downloads the classified contents of an entire server directly into his brain and ends up as a secret agent; "Bionic Woman" (9 p.m. Wednesdays), an update of that '70s show you may have... (Philadelphia Daily News)
'Spring' awakens to 11 Tony nominations May 16, 2007
Spring' awakens to 11 Tony nominations. NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO. (Herald-Tribune)
TV's prime time to sell May 14, 2007
Sources say that besides "Chuck" (a computer geek gets to be a hero), "Journeyman" (a guy goes back in time to change things) and "Life" (a cop, unjustly imprisoned, returns to work), NBC will introduce a remake of "The Bionic Woman." The network also has a drama from "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell about three New York City women called "Lipstick Jungle," starring Brooke Shields. Answering that challenge, ABC is said to be picking up its own variation on the theme, "Cashmere Mafia,"... (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Full Story Apr 30, 2007
SEX' PALS IN 'JUNGLE' FALL-OUT - Pagesix - New York Post Online Edition. Monday, April 30, 2007 Last Update: 08:50 AM EDT. (New York Post -- Gossip)
LIFE ON THE COUCH: Aliens, cavemen and a bionic man populate fall pilots Apr 16, 2007
Then there are the dueling "Sex and the City" wannabes: NBC's "Lipstick Jungle," a drama about three sexy-but-powerful friends in Manhattan from "Sex" author Candace Bushnell, and ABC's "Cashmere Mafia," a drama about four sexy-but-powerful friends in Manhattan from "Sex" creator Darren Star. But if anyone's going to profit from the success of "Grey's Anatomy," it should be "Grey's" creator Shonda Rhimes. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
NBC pines for mass with its class Apr 14, 2007
It's based on the novel by "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell, and while NBC is mum, media buzz is high. Peacock hasn't programmed a straight-on sudser in years. (Variety)
It's a jungle out there after Sex and the City Apr 8, 2007
Candace Bushnell gave the world Sex and the City, the global TV hit about the lives and loves of a group of sexy New York women. Now a new set of modern girls about town are about to hit US TV screens. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Book buzz: Woodruffs' memoir, Woody Allen Mar 8, 2007
The imprint will look to 10 advisers, including novelist Candace Bushnell, iVillage co-founder Nancy Evans and Buena Vista Worldwide Television president Laurie Younger, as it chooses books for publication. And HarperCollins' Avon Books has relaunched its trade paperback imprint as Avon A. It will focus on noted authors including Meg Cabot and Marian Keyes and timely non-fiction. (USA Today -- Life)
Aussies sex up the Big Apple Feb 17, 2007
The show is the latest in a spate of new US TV shows aimed at women, with fellow Aussie Melissa George also heading to Manhattan shortly to begin filming for Lipstick Jungle - an NBC production based on the book by Sex And the City author Candace Bushnell. Homegrown stars Frances O'Connor and Miranda Otto have just booked a ticket to hit chick show stardom after being cast in new American TV series Cashmere Mafia. (Daily Telegraph)
The stars come out at Sirius headquarters Feb 1, 2007
National Football League All-Pro Tiki Barber fielded questions for the NFL Network, and author/Sirius host Candace Bushnell of "Sex and the City" fame quizzed Dickinson. At the end of a hallway, Stewart's daughter Alexis sat on the floor, kicking around ideas for her upcoming program. (The Standard-Times, MA)
THE R-J GOES TO A PARTY: Luncheon features 'Sex and the City' author Bushnell Jan 25, 2007
Beth Miller, from left, author Candace Bushnell and Heidi Sarno Straus welcome guests to the annual Women's Philanthropy annual United Luncheon of the United Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Jan. 18 at Wynn Las Vegas ... Style and the City" was the name of a luncheon with Candace Bushnell, best-selling author of "Sex and the City," "Four Blondes," "Trading Up" and "Lipstick Jungle. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
ABC, NBC to battle over female demographic Jan 10, 2007
Meanwhile, NBC will attempt to match its rival by offering "Lipstick Jungle," based on a novel from "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell. "Jungle" will focus on three New York businesswomen and will be adapted for television by Eileen Heisler and Deann Heline, the Web site said. (Washington Times, DC)
