Celebrities No Longer Exempt From Jury Duty

By Adam Vitcavage at 1:26 PM on November 17, 2011

Certain celebrities have had the chance to be exempt from the drudgery of jury duty in New York for some obscure reason. At first we thought it was if they had a Verified Twitter account, but it turns out there is a law that has been around for a dozen years that helped celebrities become exempt.  read more

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Sesame Street Celebrates 40th Anniversary With a Makeover

By Gage Henry at 10:48 AM on November 9, 2009

For its upcoming 40th season, Sesame Street will prove that kids grow up much faster than their TV shows do. To celebrate four decades of fun and learning via Jim Henson’s puppets, the children’s show that has seen generations come and go will receive a slight fine-tuning this season....  read more

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Edward Norton, Forest Whitaker, Sarah Jessica Parker, More Sign on to President Obama's Arts Committee

By Christina Lee at 1:30 PM on November 5, 2009

The Obama presidency has formed a rather eclectic all-star cast, which includes both Fight Club and Sex and the City ringleaders....  read more

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Bravo and Sarah Jessica Parker Audition Artists For Reality Television Show

By Catherine Prewitt at 8:40 AM on July 21, 2009

This weekend, New York gallery White Columns hosted the last of four national casting calls for Bravo's latest and currently-untitled vocational smackdown, which will pit aspiring artists against one another as they compete to make it in the art world. Hundreds of hopeful artists, their hands juggling resumes, portfolios, paintings and sculptures, lined up Saturday and Sunday to audition for the new program. Magical Elves, the production company behind Project Runway and Top Chef, has teamed up with Sarah Jessica Parker to launch the reality show....  read more

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More Sex and the City already on the way?

By Rachel Webster at 5:01 PM on July 14, 2008

Rumors about TV shows turning into movies are getting everyone all hot and bothered this summer, especially if a little more Sex gets thrown into the mix. HBO’s hit series Sex and the City recently became New Line Cinema’s hit summer movie, and the rumors of a sequel are already boiling....  read more

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