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How Much Would Those Jobs on TV Pay in Real Life, Anyway?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:50 -0700

Being in the writing biz myself, I've always marveled at how Carrie Bradshaw pulled off such a fabulous lifestyle including that spacious, beautifully furnished, ideally located apartment on a newspaper columnist's salary. I know later in the television series she confronts some financial realities but for the most part, being a columnist looks especially lucrative on TV!

It's things like that (remember that huge, awesome apartment Rachel and Monica shared on Friends even though Rachel was a waitress for a while?) that make this story on the salaries of TV characters so fun.

CareerBuilder.com asks what I think a lot of us think every now and again, "Would our favorite characters' lavish lifestyles make it on the other side of the TV screen?" and comes to some pretty interesting conclusions:

Samantha Newly, of Samantha Who? is a vice president at a real estate firm whose real life salary would likely be $145,051. Dang! And she lives at home so pretty much anything she buys or wears is completely plausible.
Head pie maker Ned of Pushing Daisies would probably make about $21,241 in the real world, but they figure he's financially solvent due to the reward money he earns bringing murdered people back from the dead on the side.

Are there any TV characters whose lifestyles don't seem to match up with their jobs?

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Candace Bushnell to Write YA Books About Carrie's Teen Years

BuzzSugar — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:31:22 -0700

Ever wonder about Carrie Bradshaw's teenage years? Well, Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell will fill in all the blanks for us with a pair of young adult novels that will follow Carrie in her "formative high school years." The Huffington Post has more:

Bushnell, in a statement issued by her publisher, said, "Carrie in high school did not follow the crowd - she led it. It was there that she began observing and commenting on the social scene."

I'll be very interested to find out how Bushnell balances Carrie being the leader of the popular crowd as well as the one "observing and commenting." Also, how long do you think it'll be before these books are adapted for TV (most likely the CW)? By then I will have to stop picturing Sarah Jessica Parker as a teenager in Square Pegs (see above). I think I'd rather see something like that than another Gossip Girl knockoff, but who knows? Maybe these books will be totally fabulous.

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BuzzSugar — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:30:25 -0800

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First Teaser Trailer for Sex and the City Movie

BuzzSugar — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:01:31 -0800

"Friendships never go out of style."

This is the little piece of musing commentary we're given in the first Sex and the City: The Movie teaser trailer, which is basically a cute little montage of scenes that we've seen photos of for what feels like forever. Now I'm more anxious than ever for a real trailer that lets us know what the heck the plot is about! To watch the brand-new teaser trailer for the Sex and the City movie, read more

If you can't view the trailer for some reason, try going here.

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Mark Your Calendars: "Sex and the City" in Theaters May 30!

BuzzSugar — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:29:51 -0700

As soon as you get ahold of your 2008 calendars, draw a big, fat heart around May 30. According to MTV, this is the date when Carrie, Miranda, Samantha, Charlotte, Big and the rest of the gang (including, randomly, Jennifer Hudson) will be coming to a theater near you!

It's a great sign for the movie that the producers want to release it on the first big weekend of the summer. So far, the ladies will be competing at the box office with an Eddie Murphy comedy Starship Dave and the Kristen Bell comedy (produced by Judd Apatow) Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Now, it seems we have everything in place for the "Sex and the City" movie... except for that pesky little plot, about which filmmakers and actors are remaining mum. Stay tuned, and clear your schedule for May 30!

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Jennifer Hudson Joins "Sex and the City" Movie

BuzzSugar — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:30:00 -0700

Having won her Oscar, Jennifer Hudson is thankfully not content to rest on her laurels and/or fade into eventual obscurity. Variety is reporting that the Dreamgirls diva has joined the cast of the feature-length film based on "Sex and the City." Here's more:

Hudson, who's in final negotiations, will portray the assistant to Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw. Pic revolves around the lives of the four main "Sex and the City" characters, four years after the time frame of the finale of the HBO series, which wrapped its six-year run in 2004.

How great would it be if Hudson's character has some relationship advice for Carrie that she feels is best expressed through song?

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