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News Archive for Sex And The City

NEWS 07.08.08 2:00 PM

HBO Sues Boston Club Promoters Over Fake Sex and the City Letters

FROM NEW YORK It seems almost everyone tried to cash in on the hoopla surrounding the Sex and the City movie, even Boston club promoters. According to The New York Post today, six promoters are being sued by HBO over fake cease-and-desist letters and emails that ordered Boston venues to cancel Sex-related events and parties.

Apparently the defendants (currently unidentified) used HBO stationery and copied signatures of the cable company's execs to try and edge out the competition, "to create the false impression that there was only one sanctioned event in Boston that would take place May 30," states the lawsuit. Filed in Manhattan federal court, the suit is claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition. —Anna Sekula

HBO, Sex and the City

FROM THE EDITORS 05.30.08 4:19 PM

A Week of Sex: Premiere Parties in Two Cities, Plus Complaints From Crowds

The New York premiere
Photo: Line 8 Photography

FROM NEW YORK

Today marks the official premiere of Sex and the City, and the film seemed to be all anyone talked about this week (in the New York tabloids at least). We covered Tuesday's Swarovski-studded New York premiere fete at MoMA, witnessing firsthand the fans that didn't get into the screening. Fallout for the mistake dominated much of the coverage by local media.

Things appeared to go more smoothly in Toronto. The Canadian premiere appropriately recreated a New York street (without the rain), and pink tutu-clad waiters passed hors d'oeuvres to guests like Kim Cattrall.

We also took a look back at Sex season premiere parties through the years, and spoke with producer Maria Ruiz about working with so many different sponsors for the New York premiere. All of our Sex and the City coverage is here.

Sex and the City

EVENT REPORT 05.29.08 3:34 PM

Canadian Sex and the City Premiere Party Re-Creates New York Street Scene

The Sex and the City after-party
Photo: BizBash

FROM TORONTO New York City—often referred to as the fifth leading lady in Sex and the City—played a starring role in the after-party for the film’s Canadian premiere at the Toronto School of Circus Arts last night. The Big Apple featured prominently in the party for 650 guests with images of the Manhattan skyline projected onto the bare concrete walls, a yellow cab parked in the middle of the venue, and an ice sculpture of the Empire State Building in the centre of the main martini bar.

“The whole premise of the event is black and pink, and the whole underlying theme is obviously New York,” said Suzanne Turnbull of McNabb Roick Events, who, along with Jeffry Roick, collaborated with Carrie Wolfe of Alliance Films (the movie's Canadian distributor) to create what Turnbull called a "glamourous party in a New York street.” MORE >>

Sex and the City, New Line Cinema, HBO, Swarovski, Mercedes-Benz, NYC & Company, Shoppers Drug Mart, Stella Artois, Skyy Vodka

EVENT REPORT 05.28.08 4:38 PM

Beset With Rain, Crowds, and Sponsors, Sex and the City Premiere Still Sparkles

The Sex and the City after-party at MoMA
Photo: Line 8 Photography

FROM NEW YORK Presenting his movie to a rowdy audience of 2,800 guests inside Radio City Music Hall last night, Sex and the City writer and director Michael Patrick King said, “Sex is back where it belongs—in New York City.” (Cue the screaming and applause.) And one didn’t have to search long for evidence that New York was ready for the HBO show's characters to return. Outside, on the hall’s rain-drenched cross streets, thousands of mostly female fans waited, barging into barricades, cursing cops, and screeching for the droves of celebrity attendees.

The pre-event hype seemed to have a mushroom effect (The Post reported that one woman lost $22,000 in a ticket scam), with thousands coming out for the premiere, including many a crasher donning ode-to-Carrie ensembles. Expecting a huge turnout, studio New Line booked a backup theater in advance for overflow guests (The Daily News said others jilted got vouchers for weekend showings).

Clearly the return of Sex and the City was going to be a spectacle in its hometown. But even the premiere's planners and staffers seemed in awe of the crazed (some might say fanatical), bursting-at-the-seams atmosphere. MORE >>

Sex and the City, New Line Cinema, Mercedes-Benz, Vitaminwater, Swarovski

NEWS 05.23.08 10:15 AM

A Brief History of Sex (As in Sex and the City Premiere Parties)

Shoe cookies at Sex and the City's season five premiere
Photo: BizBash

FROM NEW YORK For each season of Sex and the City, HBO threw an equally hyped premiere celebration to herald its arrival—with shoes, bright colors, and overflowing martini glasses in no short supply. So in anticipation of Tuesday's New York premiere for the show's film continuation—and the MoMA soirée to follow—we thought we'd take a look back at some of those parties thrown to promote the original series. We covered the fourth, fifth, and sixth season launches; here's a look back. MORE >>

Sex and the City, New Line Cinema, HBO, Manolo Blahnik

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