Carrie's Brownstone, v.2.0

There were a few audible gasps in the movie theater during Sex and the City: The Movie. Relax, I'm not giving anything away for the four of you who read my blog and haven't seen the flick yet. I'm talking about the response to Carrie's apartment remodel.

The audience, 99 percent female, lived through six seasons of "I had to wonder"-thoughts and watched her type them out on her Macbook in that apartment. (BTW - have fun on Carrie's Macbook Pro here. I'm already addicted.) But in the movie, the gray neutrals and mismatched bohemian pieces gave way to brights and grown-up clean lines.

Casa Sugar interviewed the set designer Jeremy Conway about his vision for the room, and will have more details tomorrow....I'm so hoping they give some insight on Carrie's 70s-inspired mural, which totally caught my eye. I think it says "LOVE" but I only saw the movie twice in a 24-hour period, so who can really be sure? Ha.

Thanks to Casa Sugar we do know that the walls were painted a custom blend very similar to Benjamin Moore's Electric Blue. The Chicago Tribune says the paint, Benjamin Moore's No. 2061-40, is about $45 a gallon. It completely makes me rethink blue, which I previously relegated to little boy rooms and cheesy nautical-themed living spaces.


The coffee table the gals gather around for a shower - how vague of me - comes from the always-intense ABC Carpet & Home. (My two trips to ABC Carpet & Home went like this: the first time, I had no idea there was more than one floor and thought it was full of only chandeliers and Indian-inspired rugs and on the second trip, the elevator was broken and I called it a day at the floor with the overpriced Frette linens.)

Check out the old skool Carrie suite here, where there's also some scans of the Traditional Home issue that covers the apartment remodel. I like their suggestion to find a rug similar to the one at the foot of her bed, especially since it looks more of an eggplant than black and white on second glance. Love these Thomas Paul rugs!


All in all, a great redesign, but I had to wonder...where did her kitchen go? I mean, I know she uses the stove to store sweaters, but a culinary appliance is nowhere to be found!

New(-ish) footage from SATC: The Movie

Ladies, get ready! Sex and the City: The Movie debuts in just a mere 94 days!

Apologies. I have truly been off my game reporting on this cultural event set for May 30, 2008. Without further adieu, it's incumbent upon me to share with you the extended trailer for the movie.

Aaaand...I'm a little sad to report that it seems like this movie will be serving us endless fairy tales gone bad. I know certain die-hard SATC fans would get pissed, but weren't all the girls supposed to end up happy in the end? We can't have watched six seasons of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda go through gut-wrenching breakups just to see them ultimately fail in love altogether.

It's open to interpretation, but it seems like everyone but Charlotte is getting the raw end of the deal. Review the trailer and let me know what you think. And check out some stills from Jezebel if this YouTube video gets taken down. By the way, I feel like the movie is really showing its cards on this trailer - let's hope Darren Star and Michael Patrick King have something up their sleeves. (I just unknowingly made a ton of cliches related to poker. Deal? Cards? Sleeve? Horrible.)



May is really proving to be battle of the dorky movie camp out, since the boys get Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the girls get SATC: The Movie. Do you think people will go all out, a la Star Wars or LOTR? If not, I will be in line, alone. Scaring small children.

OMG is right! SATC: The Movie trailer released!

Okay, it's way too late and I should have gone to bed by now, but I had to share the news. The Sex and the City: The Movie trailer has been released!

Check it out here for your viewing pleasure. And thanks to Jezebel, you have a full analysis of the :39 second clip that leads with "they say nothing lasts forever - dreams change, trends come and go, but friendships never go out of style."

And a little sidenote - I instantly agreed with Jezebel, Charlotte really does look like M.I.A. I really like seeing her without her Park Avenue Princess style. Maybe she turns all badass momma on us? Okay anyway, enjoy the trailer, lovelies...

http://sexandthecitymovie.com/

As if trying to dress like Carrie wasn't enough...

Since I'm just copying CasaSugar for the time being, let's also point out they are giving us tips on how to copy Carrie from SATC's home style. Hey is it just me, or did you ever notice the heinously Southwestern/1980s rug in front of her bed? How did that get in there? And I thought you weren't supposed to put things on radiators? Hmm....this could be my California ignorance talking.

Anyway, they go on to link to products you can buy to emulate the Carrie style. My roommate, who has been dying to find a version of Carrie's muted bedding for years, will be mucho pleased that she waited it out and didn't purchase the $300+ bedding from Anthropologie that she had lukewarm feelings about. I'm wondering if this Calvin Klein collection will do the trick for her.

I so love that they're even giving us an option to buy a faux "Aidan Chair." Recently, they also showed how to get the Miranda Hobbes look, which I think is more suited to my taste. I've always loved her sunburst mirror and am thinking about getting one in the near future. I'm also a fan of her crystal ball lamps. I purchased two very similar versions from Target back in March for super cheap, $35 each! Restoration Hardware, eat your heart out.

Interesting tips! I'll definitely be on the look out for any Charlotte or Samantha "get the look" information.

It seems as though we are being screwed with. Apparently, some of photos released from the set of Sex and the City: The Movie have been staged to keep us guessing!

Carrie in a wedding dress is being rumored as a "dream sequence" (oh god, one of those? those are only supposed to be saved for failing sitcoms!) I believe it's a dream due to the green feather monstrosity precariously strapped to her veil.

It's like one of those nightmares where you're walking down the aisle, but your wedding gown is hideous and you're marrying your ninth grade boyfriend whom you swore to hate. It's too bad to be true!

Also...might Kristin Davis be wearing a fake belly?

Oh, the lies.

I really dislike Tom Brady even though he is arguably the most attractive player in the NFL. I mean we're talking JT hot, but I still have to stick to my guns.

Not only was he instrumental in crushing my Chargers a couple weeks back, he is not the best example of what to do if your ex-girlfriend of about two weeks becomes pregnant.

(And now he's one of my Fantasy Football QBs - I didn't get to pick, but I'm not going to trade, he's too good.)

Anyway, OK! released the first photos of Bridet and Tom's baby, John Edward Thomas Moynahan, a very, very cute little munchkin. OK! is so dramatic, the cover says, "Life Without Daddy." That's a little intense - if I was Bridget I'd be pissed off. He's a cute little guy though.

I still really wish Bridget was on ABC's defeated series, Six Degrees. I am still crossing my fingers that it comes back, because it was a really great show.

And now I'm just going to throw in some more Sex and the City photos into the mix for fun. I think we're all going to be able to piece together the plot by the time this movie comes around if they keep releasing photos from the set.

This lovely rose ensemble is screaming, "Holy '80s, Carrie!" I had no idea that the Pretty Woman look was so back in style.

Apparently I could devote this entire blog to Sex and the City fodder, and still have things to talk about every day. I haven't been posting all the photos and gossip, but apparently there's already catfighting on the set.

But I did have to post photos of SJP a.k.a. "Carrie" as a brunette.

Maybe this will again sway the Hollywood elite to the dark end of the hair color spectrum. They certainly are loving the "brond" thing right now, which I'm definitely trying to rock.

Does this mean I should go back to my unnatural, yet time-tested shade of Redken Coffee Bean? It certainly seems like the more, um, devoted SATC fans are enjoying her new hair color.

Warning:





****SPOILER ALERT for Sex and the City: The Movie!****







And I know this is all I can talk about lately, but it really is exciting.







Apparently our little fertility challenged Charlotte is expecting a baby, says Perez Hilton. Le baby bump is cheerfully adorned with a huge flower-patterned shift dress. I kind of expected more from Charlotte - she's really goin with that whole "big as a house" thing, isn't she? I can't see her shoes, but she better be wearing heels. This is Sex and the City, people!

Anyway, Perez says that she goes into labor while having an argument with Big...but they look pretty happy here to me! Sigh...Chris Noth really doesn't age well does he? Ha!

Hallelujah! Sex and the City started filming in New York today!

Here are some of the first pictures of the flick...try as I might, I couldn't see if Carrie is sporting a blingy rock. I don't know about you, but I am not feeling that Eiffel Tower bag she's carrying that is obstructing my view of her ring finger. At least make it a cute bag.

MTV is saying these are the first photos...but INF seems to have beat them to the chase.

Apparently the release date for the movie is May 30, 2008. Well, I know what we're doing for Suzie's birthday now!

Super exciting news for those in withdrawal from SATC came out yesterday.

Jennifer Hudson has signed on to be a cast member for "Sex and the City: The Movie", according to well, everyone, but specifically the Los Angeles Times. They say she will play personal assistant to "resident sex columnist" Carrie Bradshaw.

So call me speculative, but I think this means Carrie takes back her old post...or gets a new gig. Apparently this will take us four years after we found out Big's name is really "John." Maybe we'll find out his last name if Carrie gets hitched to him...ooh, that'd be exciting!

The flick's IMDB profile shows who's on board and who's still negotiating their check amount (cmon, Mario!) I'm on board as long as I can see Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte and Big...urm, "John" on the big screen.

I will definitely psycho-out for the 2008 debut of this by camping outside of a movie theater while wearing some Manolos and drinking a cosmopolitan.