Bad or good, we’re going opening night. [Current issues of Time Out New York and Entertainment Weekly, 5/5/08]

On Friday, May 30th, shoe stores will be empty, makeup counters customerless, salons won’t have a hair to do, and every man in America will be single for a few hours. It’s opening night of the Sex and the City movie!  While looking at all the ads alone can increase your levels of estrogen, and thereby your need for a cosmo, what are the men to do when they have the whole world—sans movie theaters—in the palm of their hands? 

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a totally ridiculously awesome hat thing! [The premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie in London, 5/12/08]

After Sex and the City ended its run on HBO in 2004, Carrie’s desk and laptop were donated to The Smithsonian museum. But then when they decided to do a movie and needed them back. (I don’t understand why they would need her laptop back—if she really is a successful writer with a few books under her belt, you would think that she could afford a MacBook Air.) The Smithsonian was rather reluctant to hand over the props, and Sarah Jessica Parker had to get involved: “After the series finale The Smithsonian called us to ask for the desk and laptop from the TV show. They only released it back [for use for the film] after I made several personal calls. When it was suggested I use a replica because no one would know it a replica, I said ‘I will know.’ We had to have that desk—as a writer, it’s an extension of you.” [ContactMusic.com]

Kim Cattrall is 51, and her boyfriend of four years is 23 years younger than her. That means he would have just been born when she was finishing college. But that ain’t no thing for Kim, who said, “I find a lot of men can’t always keep up with me!” What do you think about dating a guy who’s way younger? [AHN]

“She would probably long for that earlier type of heartbreak versus what she experiences this time around. The disappointment and the loss is so painful because they’re grown-ups now, and it just changes, as we all know.”—Sarah Jessica Parker, on her Sex And The City: The Movie character, Carrie, to New York magazine.

The New York Times did an interview with Sex And The City Executive Producer, Michael Patrick King, who seemed to pooh-pooh rumors (started by one of the movies’ stars, Cynthia Nixon) that a character dies in the soon-to-be released movie. “Someone’s going to die,” he said, “Like that’s what I’m going to do.” However, King insisted on not having Carrie and Big’s parents involved with the wedding that is at the center of the film, because, “My idea always was that these women were purely creations of New York.The prototype of the series is that these are four grown-ups who make a family of one another.”

The cast of Sex and the City were on Oprah yesterday. It was so funny. The audience looked like a Crayola box vomited all over them, there was much, much, much screeching, and the ladies kind of played up their characters, with the possible exception of Cynthia Nixon, who really does seem over-the-moon in love with that girlfriend of hers. The cast talked about those much discussed “dream sequences” that they hyped during the filming to throw people off about the plot, but seemed to allude that maybe they weren’t so dreamy after all. The highlight for me, however, was when Chris Noth came out, because honestly? Drool.

A lot has changed since Sex and the City went off the air four years ago, including the show’s opening music. Written for the movie, “Labels & Love” is inspired by the original, lyric-less ditty and sung by Fergie. “It’s an entirely new song with lyrics, but it has the Sex and the City theme as the DNA—on steroids,” according to the movie’s director, Michael Patrick King. Give it a listen and tell us whether it’s your new favorite song. We think it sounds like it was put together in a hurry on Fergie’s home computer using Garage Band. [Greasy Guide]

The Sex and the City movie website just added a “Match Your Man” quiz. Answer 15 questions, and the male SATC character who you should mate with will be revealed! I got Steve. I was not expecting to be paired with him, but both Amelia and Emily guessed him even before they heard the results. I guess it makes sense because I would really like it if a guy wore a corduroy suit. [Sex and the City movie website (click on Match Your Man)]

The Guardian has a really long feature on whether it’s okay for feminists to like Sex and the City. If you skip to the last paragraph, you’ll discover that smart women everywhere can enjoy the show and upcoming movie as long as they realize SATC is not a guide to life (duh). “It does make for quite uncomfortable viewing,” said Professor Imelda Whelehan of De Montfort University author of The Feminist Bestseller: From Sex and the Single Girl to Sex and the City. “How do we respect [Carrie]? And Mr. Big is such an interesting element. Even his name is masculine. He is like this phallus at the center of it all.” So true, Imelda. Yet, even though the show depicts Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha, and Miranda obsessing over what men think a little too much, the show still treats women as important, and we are, so that’s nice. [The Guardian, U.K.]

Cynthia Nixon (best known for playing Miranda on Sex and the City) revealed on Good Morning America this morning that she battled breast cancer two years ago. She chose to keep her diagnosis quiet until she was done with treatment so that the paparazzi wouldn’t flock to the hospital everytime she was in for radiation treatment. Now that she’s healthy, she’s working as a spokesman for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. [Us Weekly]

The New York Post revealed, um, oh so much?...about the Sex and the City movie in their Sunday edition. There are spoilers, so beware if you want every single solitary second of the film to be a gigantic surprise of wonderfulness, but we will tell you one thing—this shizz is going to be over the top, yo. [Huffington Post/NYPost]

We love Bea Arthur, Charlotte Rae, Sally Struthers, and the chick who played Mona on Who’s The Boss?. We love Sex and the City. Combining them all is near perfection. [Good Vibrations Blog]

Do you remember that Sex and the City episode where Samantha’s doctor tells her she might have developed breast cancer because of her “lifestyle choices” (being single and childless). Well, now there’s a study that says happily married adults have lower blood pressure than single people. Don’t take this as an edict to get married, though, because the unhappily married had even worse blood pressure than singles. And if you’re blood pressure’s that much of a problem, have your doc prescribe you something. [Reuters]

The SATC character who probably made the most money on the show (fancy corporate lawyer Miranda) is played by the actress who is worth the least (Cynthia Nixon), and the character who made the least (Carrie) is played by the actress who is worth the most (Sarah Jessica Parker). According to an article in the April issue of Portfolio, Cynthia’s market value is $2.5 million, while SJP is worth $25 million. The person who really got shortchanged is Candace Bushnell. She’s only got around $3.25 million. Poor girl. [Portfolio]

The first Sex and the City movie trailer didn’t give much away as far as plot points and storylines. This one, however, will make your jaw drop. [iKlipz]

It’s weird—as much as I loved Sex and the City when it was on TV, in retrospect, watching the episodes on demand now, I realize how “meh” the show was in its last few seasons. Which is why I was half-super excited and half-weary of seeing the latest show based on a Candace Bushnell book, Lipstick Jungle. After watching the premiere last Thursday, I’m pretty sure that the show is going to have the same indulgent guilty pleasure quality of SATC, minus the oh-so-quotable-soundbites and wading pool-deep lessons. More of my assessment, after the jump.

Even though wearing heels can cause problems—SJP has said that wearing them for years while taping Sex and the City did a number on her knees (and sometimes my back hurts if I wear a pair for long stints or multiple days)—there are some benefits, according to a new study by the University of Verona. Wearing medium-height heels can tone and condition muscles and may improve your sex life. But don’t even think about teetering around in 5-inchers—the researcher says that 4-1/2 inches should be the limit. Plus, shoes that tall tend to look a little stripper-esque. [Times Online]