Despite a huge amount of buzz amongst its core audience of superficial women, Sex and the City 2: I Am An Idiot was easily dispatched by the sleepy Shrek Forever After and the pointless Prince of Persia: Sands of Something or Other. The rancid tale of four middle-aged drag queens earned a mere $37.1M over the holiday weekend, just behind Persia's $37.8M and well off Shrek's mammoth $55.7M ($145.4M). Iron Man 2 continues to hang around ($20.6M | $279.1M), topping the disappointing Gladiator 2: Robin Hood ($13.6M | $86.3M).
Holiday Box Office Review: America Rejects Sex!
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
Candace Bushnell discusses and signs One Fifth Avenue 7pm @ Vroman's
Pencil This In...Monday
READING: Vroman's Bookstore hosts Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City tonight at 7 pm. She offers another look into the lives of Manhattan's women in her new book, One Fifth Avenue. But with fame, there's a price. So at this reading, fans, please remember the rules: (1) Ms. Bushnell will ONLY be signing her books. No DVDs or memorabilia of any kind. (2) Ms. Bushnell will not sign books by other people on related subjects. (3) Personalizations are okay at this event. (4) No posed photos, but photographs from the signing line are allowed. In other words, forget about that photo of you and Candace together while she signs your Manolo's.
My Manny problem
If you’ve missed all the bright orange book ads and have ducked all the media coverage (New York, The New Yorker, Vogue), you’re one of the few readers who hasn’t heard of The Manny, alleged to be this summer’s Devil Wears Prada: chick-lit for the beach, right-coast division. It’s a simple story: Glam Park Avenue working wife juggles her high-powered network news job, her sullen, money-obsessed lawyer husband, and three adorable children. She hires...

