So excited!

The ladies of Sex and the City are back in Manhattan and back in the habit, and PopSugar has some early pictures that have surfaces from the shotting of the movie. Jennifer Hudson is also in the movie–playing Carrie’s new assistant. Hope it turns out good!

F/X has ordered another pilot from Nip/Tuck creator and screenwriter of Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy, called Queen B. It’s a workplace drama, and apparently a number of top actresses over 40 have shown interest.

Paramount has set a June 2009 release date for the sequel to the massive hit Transformers, starring one of my favorite leading men, Shia LaBeouf. It’s unclear who will return for the sequel, but no Shia, no care.

Bill O’Reilly makes stupid comments about being surprised black people can act like civilized human beings. And what do you know? People are upset. He and Ann Coulter need to just get in the sack and make it official.

The lovely Miss Marcia Cross was spotted with her husband and her babies out shopping recently, and also talked about how she pretty much lives in her Desperate Housewives trailer.

For the first time Oscar winner Helen Hunt has directed a feature film, and naturally casted herself in the lead role. The film is called Then She Found Me, and it recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart are starring together in a new movie called Traveling in which Eckhart plays a widower who writes a book about his grief and becomes a self-help guru–when Aniston enters his life and reminds him of the past.

Rachel McAdams is starring alongside Oscar winner Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Brad Pitt, and Edward Norton in a feature film adaptation of a BBC miniseries called State of Play.

The movie is set to be released in 2008, and I hear my girl Jennifer Hudson has been cast as Carrie Bradshaw’s assistant. I wonder if that means we’re gonna see J.Hud with her legs behind her head on the big screen? As much as I love her, I don’t think that’d be a pretty sight.

I know everybody’s got their favorite big movie franchise, and mine is the X-Men movies (even if the third one did blow). Us X-Men fans have been given hope by a new article suggesting another sequel could be in the works, in addition to the Wolverine and Magneto spin-offs.

NBC’s midseason drama Lipstick Jungle, based on a novel by Sex and the City novelist Candace Bushnell, has just let go of two of its executive producers–including the showrunner. Uh-oh. I hope Brooke Shields doesn’t upset Tom Cruise and turn to the pills again.

Katharine McPhee tells People magazine about a new temporary tattoo she got in Hollywood. It looks cute as does she. I can’t stop watching her Love Story video–especially those hypnotizing legs! If this is the effect they have on a gay man I can’t imagine how many straight guys have that video on repeat.

Monster’s Ball co-stars Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton are reuniting for a film called Tulia where Berry will play a lawyer for the NAACP defending a group of black men arrested under suspicious conditions in 1999. There is no word as to who Thornton will be playing yet.

Oscar nominee and one of my favorite actresses Julianne Moore has ditched her fiery red hair for light and airy blonde. I don’t know how I feel about it–I like my red heads, and this blonde look reminds me of her role in Freedomland–and the last thing I want is to ever think about that movie ever again. Ever.

Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin star Seth Rogen is rumored to be involved in the writing of a film based on the Green Hornet, and may even possibly be starring in the movie as well. He may have an ass flatter than a pancake, but after seeing Knocked Up I may have a mini-crush on yet another funny Jew. Don’t be mad Shia. I still love you.

Actor Mandy Patinkin has suddenly announced his departure from CBS hit drama Criminal Minds, and is citing creative differences as the reason. I’m really curious to know what the real reason is, but there’s always gag orders on these types of things so I guess we’ll never know. I really liked that show whenever I could randomly catch it, but I don’t think I’ll be tuning in anymore without Mandy to anchor the show.

More pictures are surfacing from the set of Katherine Heigl’s new movie 27 Dresses where she plays a bridesmaid that takes part in 27 different weddings. I’m loving me some Katherine Heigl these days, especially after seeing Knocked Up. Congrats to her on her Emmy nomination!

‘Desperate Housewives’ is set to shock fans with a lesbian storyline.

Marcia Cross’ character Bree Van De Kamp is to fall for another woman and rumors are rife former ‘Sex And The City’ star Kim Cattrall is being lined up to play the red head’s gay lover.

Former ‘NYPD Blue’ star Kim Delaney is also being considered by bosses. However, the controversial plot could prove to be difficult for Cross to film as she has been plagued by rumors about her own sexuality over the last year.

A source said: “Bree will embark on a big romance that will really turnheads. In an ironic twist to the false rumors that plagued Marcia in reallife, straight laced Bree is set to take on a secret gay lover.”

But the sexy interlude will be short-lived. Bree’s son Andrew - who had a gay rendezvous of his own - discovers her secret and outs his mother.

The storyline is an attempt by producers to increase viewing figures for the show, and it is believed creator Marc Cherry will direct the episodes.

Kim Cattrall has been tapped to star in ABC’s comedy pilot “Him and Us,” which centers on a gay British rock star and his longtime manager.

Anthony Stewart Head will play the rock star, and Cattrall will play the manager, Freddie. The role originally was written for a male but is being reworked for Cattrall.

“Having a great comic actress like Kim is so exciting,” said Elton John, the project’s executive producer. “I’m a huge fan of hers.”

Cattrall, who won a Golden Globe for her role on HBO’s “Sex and the City,” most recently co-starred in the feature “Ice Princess.”

Cattrall will also be soon guest-starring on Desperate Housewives as Edie’s sister.

Kristin Davis has hit out at award-winning show Desperate Housewives, claiming it doesn’t represent single women.

Davis, who played Charlotte York in long-running show Sex and the City, accuses Desperate Housewives of glamorising married woman, while ignoring the lives of single ones.

And she doesn’t believe Desperate Housewives can even be compared to Sex And The City. Davis fumes, “We were on the cover of Time because there was a cultural moment. Desperate Housewives in a whole different thing. Where is the show for the single women who aren’t married, and trying to figure out what to do?”

What..the fuck? Desperate Housewives isn’t SUPPOSED to be representing single women. Just like Sex and the City wasn’t supposed to be representing married women. You do realize that Desperate Housewives gets twice the ratings of Sex and the City, right? And that Desperate Housewives is a much more original concept. Someone’s just pissed because her career’s gone nowhere since her last gig. Get over it, bitch. Get over it.

Last night’s episode of Desperate Housewives was yet another great episode of the best show on television, but after watching a lot of the Season One DVD set almost all day, I started to realize a few things that this season is lacking.

First of all, there aren’t enough secrets. The first season every housewife had at least one secret. Bree’s marriage was falling apart, and her son killed Carlos’ mother while drunk driving and revealed he is gay (or at least attracted to men), Susan accidentally burned down Edie’s house, Gabrielle was having an affair, and Lynette was addicted to Ritalin, stealing nannies, and messing with Tom’s job behind his back. Not to mention the big secret that tied all of the characters together and made the show whole (and really, what kept people tuning in each week) was the Mary-Alice storyline of trying to figure out why she killed herself and who was black-mailing her. Everything was so perfectly well-crafted–almost like a screenplay.

The secrets are what drive Wisteria Lane, they drive the show. Because like Marc Cherry said, as opposed to Sex and the City where the group of friends tell each other everything, this show is centered around what four friends don’t tell each other. This season, the secrets aren’t as good.

First of all, we’ve got the Applewhite story which was revealed to the audience nearly half-way through the season in comparison to the Mary-Alice story which we didn’t even find out the answer to until the very last episode. Once we found out who was in the basement and why, the storyline died. It sparks interest everytime the women of Wisteria Lane get closer to finding out what’s going on, but it isn’t as interesting to see them figure out when we already have figured it out ourselves.

You’ve got Bree, who other than the fact that her son likes guys, doesn’t have many secrets anymore. You’ve got Susan who has no secrets at all now that Mike knows she sent Zach to Utah (which was completely out of character, by the way–Susan doesn’t intentionally do things wrong, if she’s done something bad it’s by accident). You’ve got Lynette who has no secrets at all, and then you’ve got Gabrielle who basically has served as a flighty comedic story for most of the season, despite her miscarriage.

Where’s the juice? Where’s the fire? Where’s the desperation? These Housewives are not desperate enough, Marc Cherry. Raise the stakes.

Another thing. There needs to be more use of suburbia. This season there hasn’t been enough desperate, but we’re also missing a little bit of Housewives too. What are the family dinners like at the Van De Kamp home now? What’s going on at the kids’ schools? Why have we hardly seen Lynette’s kids this season? And why have we still yet to see Edie’s 6 year old son?

One more thing before I go. Okay, look at the cast of this show. You have Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, and looking better than ever Teri Hatcher. These are all “desperate housewives”, yes, but they are all sizzling hot. Realistic? No. But that’s why its television, that’s why its Desperate Housewives. So when it’s time to not just add a new supporting character but actually add a new housewife to the mix, why then is the choice Alfre Woodard? Woodard, though a great actress, doesn’t quite fit in on Wisteria Lane. Mehcad Brooks, Betty Applewhite’s son, fits right in, and gives us the eye candy that got ripped away from us in Jesse Metcalfe. But c’mon Marc Cherry. Alfre Woodard? Why not add some more sizzle and spice to Wisteria Lane (and much better acting I should say) and cast sexy and sultry Angela Bassett? Now that would’ve been something.

Again I say, this show, by far, is still the best damn show on television. The writing, the directing, the acting, the music–everything comes together like magic. It’s just that the first season was so pitch-perfect, that it now faces the problem of living up to itself.

There’s a certain formula with episodic television. Most shows stumble through their first season, figure out who they are and then gradually become better. Remember the first episode of Sex and the City? Pretty different from Season Six. Remember the first episode of Will & Grace? Megan Mullally wasn’t even doing the voice then. But the problem with Housewives was that it knew exactly what it was the first season, and did everything perfectly, and now it has nowhere to go but down (not that it’s gone down enough to be considered bad).

Sarah Jessica Parker thinks fans of hit TV drama Desperate Housewives should thank the cast and crew of Sex And The City for helping to get the hit show on air.

Although she accepts Sex And The City could never compete with the ladies of Wisteria Lane in the ratings, she credits the show with giving TV executives the notion that a programme all about women could be a hit.

Parker, who played lovelorn columnist Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City, says, “I think HBO (US cable network) did a really clever thing, creating this standing date on Sunday nights (in America) at nine.

“I think that’s really a lot what this is about. There was a show that was successful to a smaller degree.

“This idea of this standing date for women (was) brilliant and now I think they need to do Monday night.”