A judge approved for Steve & Barry's, the cheap-n-chic retail chain which faced bankruptcy earlier this summer, to be acquired by two investments firms for $163 million. Newsday reports the new group, BHY S&B Holdings LLC, made up of Bay Harbor Management and York Capital (with Steve Shore and Barry Prevor as investors), will "Steve & Barry's merchandise inventories, store leases and all of Steve & Barry's intellectual property rights, including its celebrity and brand......

After finding themselves in bankruptcy last month, Steve & Barry's, the clothing retailer boasting inexpensive designs from Sarah Jessica Parker and Stephon Marbury, announced that an investment company has offered them $163 million. Newsday reports that a subsidiary of Bay Harbor Management, which specializes in "purchasing and revitalizing troubled companies," has made the offer, in exchange for some assets and would want the company to continue to operate. The offer needs to be accepted by......

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal and NY Times reported that discount retailer Steve & Barry's was facing bankruptcy. The chain had boasted how it took undesirable real estate and survived on very small margins to offer good quality, trendy clothing at low prices. Sarah Jessica Parker's lawyer said his client, who created a line of clothing for the company, was "surprised and disappointed" given how strong S&B's accounting statements were, but the WSJ noted this:......

Hollywood is apparently shocked that women can affect box office sales; Variety notes that after Sex and the City opened this weekend to the tune of $55.7 million, it shattered "decades-old thinking that females -- particularly older ones --can’t fuel the sort of big opening often enjoyed by a male-driven event pic or family movie." Way to go ladies? The NY Times reports that the romcom's success was mostly thanks to the fairer gender, with......

Though the trailer echoed the sentiment that "Brooklyn is the new Manhattan," and SJP herself called the outer boroughs "desirable," last night the Sex and the City movie premiere took place smack dab in the middle of town at Radio City Music Hall. The NY Post reported back with bold face names and pull quotes from the Swarovski crystal-adorned pink carpet (yes, it was pink), where Carrie & Co. assured us all that the best......

The long-awaited, much-hyped Sex and the City Movie premiered in London and the film's stars strutted their stuff on the red carpet. In particular, Sarah Jessica Parker wore not only a Alexander McQueen dress and Fred Leighton jewels but a whimsical chapeau as well. Created by go-to-milliner Philip Treacy, the hat is like a garden scene--butterfly, flowers, and maybe a mound of moss attached to Parker's head (it's all very fashion forward) Anyway, Premiere.com......

Consider it official, it's Sex and the City month; be prepared to read about the movie up until, and past, its May 30th big screen debut. The ink's been bought by the barrell to promote this release, and even columnist Carrie Bradshaw herself never penned this many words about s-e-x during her career. NYMag starts things off chatting with the star, Sarah Jessica Parker, in what translates into a seven-page piece. For those who blame......

Keanu Reeves in Street Kings, Richard Jenkins, left, and Haaz Sleiman in The Visitor Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker play bad cop/badder cop in Street Kings, an adaptation of James Ellroy's (L.A. Confidential) novel about a brutal gang of LAPD cops. Though directed by David Ayer, who wrote the solid Training Day, the Washington Post says the “big-name casting brings no honor, or even fun, to the hackneyed roles.” And the movie’s “moral relativity...seems like......

Just in time for the Sex and the City movie, it's the Sex and the City-inspired "Sarah Jessica Porkher" sex doll! We won't speculate how the NY Post found out about this $20 blow-up doll, but it is hilariously disturbing/disturbingly hilarious. The doll comes from Pipedream Products, which has a "Super Star Series" (there are dolls inspired by Jessica Simpson, Jessica Alba, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, and, uh, Tori Spelling). Their faux publications,......

First Madonna dissed New York City, calling it "boring," and now Miss Sex and the City herself is saying it's "not what it used to be." Sarah Jessica Parker may actually be doing us all a favor, however, by discouraging the inevitable flock or Carrie Bradshaw-wannabees from moving to the Big Apple after The Big Movie comes out later this year. SJP told the Daily News that Manhattan is "a really hard city, and it's......

Even though there wasn't a "villain" along the lines of Santino Rice or a favorite like Michael Knight, the fourth season of Project Runway has been pretty captivating with some very lovely work. Tonight, the three remaining designers' Bryant Park Fashion Week face-off will be shown and a winner announced. Designers Christian Siriano, Jillian Lewis, and Rami Kashou have had some high and low points this season (the denim challenge kinda sucked, as did......

Hello, Lovers! Last night we received the first Sex and the City trailer...finally! We sat down with a Flirtini, called our girlfriends and pressed play to find out what Carrie & Co. have been up to all these months while they weren't busy clogging up the sidewalks and becoming New York's biggest tourist attraction. Turns out we'll be seeing a lot of the same 'ol shenanigans in theaters as on TV: clothes, shoes, talking, drinking...because,......

The gasps you heard in front of certain American television sets Wednesday were because Project Runway's second episode packed a wallop. After American icon challenges during season 2 and 3, the fourteen remaining designers speculated this year's fashion icon could be Madonna, Britney ("she needs help," according to the severely coiffed Christian, who interned at Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen) or Snow White, it's possible that the actual icon was better than their dreams:......

This past week, the big wedding wasn't even real! According to the many paparazzi photographs of the Sex & the City movie filming, it seems that Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw is finally stepping down the aisle. With, we assume, Mr. Big. The wedding between the fictional sex columnist-turned-author and the rich business guy (it's never been totally clear what Big does, except smirk and show up at the right and wrong times) took......

We got mixed reviews in our poll about the Sex and the City movie that's coming out more than three years after the show ended its HBO series. Whether we wanted it or not, the movie is going to happen -- and film crews and cast have already arrived. Where are they filming? The Daily News reports that, toting around a bag only Carrie Bradshaw could pull off (one shaped like the Eiffel Tower), Sarah......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: A home invasion robbery in Queens, an attempted abduction on 4th Avenue & 17th Street in Brooklyn, and a possible electrical shock at Broad and Bridge Streets in Manhattan Trees rejoice: Phone books are getting thinner because so many people have cell phones nowadays - with 1,796 pages, the 2007 Verizon white pages for Manhattan are the smallest EVER. A-Rod lashes out at paparazzi following him in Chicago Those......

Bruni one-stars Da Silvano, downgrading it from the two stars Ruth Reichl awarded the restaurant in 1998. He doesn’t quite understand its allure, though he sees occassional glimpses: “Perhaps more than any New York restaurant I know, Da Silvano illustrates... the mind-boggling inconsistency that can exist across the breadth of a menu and a series of visits.” Celebrities love the place, though, he tells us. He even called a few to ask why. Madonna didn't......

The Devil may wear prada and Superman may wear tight red briefs but what's really should get you hot and bothered on a long holiday weekend is Amy Sedaris in prosthetic teeth and high rise pants. Wooh-wee, that's some sexy stuff. No matter how you felt about Lauren Weisberger's thinly veiled roman a clef about life in the Vogue trenches, you have to admit that the preview for The Devil Wears Prada movie with Meryl......

This week’s new movie releases are all about men behaving badly, and of course the women who put up with their crap. Though if that's not what you're into there's always some good Irish beer or Korean kimchee to tempt your movie palate. In his newest fluffy romantic comedy, Failure to Launch, Matthew McConaughey plays a 35 year-old-man child still living at home with his parents (Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw) until they hire the......

Gothamist was a bit underwhelmed by this year's Golden Globe nominees, and we were thinking of not liveblogging. But, gosh darn it as we watched the E! preshow and saw the starlets sparkle their way down the red carpet, we realize it was hopeless, so here we are. Let it be known that: - Keira Knightley looks gorgeous in her white Valentino - and there's something surprisingly youthful about the dress, even though there's that......

Bless you, Project Runway, for proving that as skilled as the fashion design contestants are, they are still dumb as bricks. For last night's challenge, Heidi and Tim tantalized the group with the promise of designing for an "American style icon" and saying they would meet her in her house... the designers start thinking along the lines of Gwyneth Paltrow, but it's clear when they start walking towards Toys'R'Us that it's going to be Barbie.......

The moment people who are dying for some sort of royal-related mishap have been waiting for has come: Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have arrived in New York on their first visit to the colonies. Apparently, the British idea of a memorial for the British citizens who died at the World Trade Center is some sort of engraved gong. But Camilla did look right at home in this AP photo, as she has......

The groans you hear are from newsstand owners and the super stylish, trying to carry the new fall fashion magazines. Plus, it's the only time of the year Vogue wants to be fat. The Daily News has a rundown of them, and depending on how you swing, we recommend you check out or avoid Vogue for Sarah Jessica Parker's gushing, Harper's Bazaar for Demi Moore's confirmation that she likes to snuggle up with Ashton naked......

NBC has announced that Chris Noth will be on Law & Order: Criminal Intent this January, reprising his role as Mike Logan. The last we saw Detective Mike Logan, he was investigating a murder in Staten Island that led him back to the 2-7 and Profaci, in the 1998 TV movie, Exiled, which is the only Law & Order movie to date; plus, there was Nicole Ari Parker as the murder victim's twin sister and......

Today kicks off the New Yorker Festival and if you haven't snagged your tickets for some of the events yet, here's our list of last minute events we think are more than worthwhile...that still have seats left! Friday (night) Seymour M. Hersh interviewed by David Remnick Hersh has been writing about foreign policy and politics for decades and will be discussing the aftermath of 9/11 and the Bush administrations actions since then. Saturday (day) Literature......

While watching Square Pegs, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, LA Story, or Sex and the City, you might have thought, "You know, I could probably get along with Sarah Jessica Parker if we were friends." Here's your chance to find out: Godiva is sponsoring a Celebrity Dinner Auction with different celebrities in different cities to benefit different charities. If you bid on dinner for eight with Sarah Jessica Parker, the money goes to UNICEF and......

Now that roles in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, L.A. Story, and Sex and the City have prepared Sarah Jessica Parker for style icon status, SJP is taking her sensibilities to the Gap. The Gap's fall campaign is centered around SJP's customization of GAP jeans:On one pair, she added a velvet ribbon sewn down the legs to imitate tuxedo pants. Another one of her customized looks features jeans cut just below the knee and enhanced......

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The Mayor's Office has announced a fundraising and donation effort with Real Simple magazine to bring NYC public schools supplies and clothing through a benefit auction and a tag sale in Central Park this October. Called Get Organized New York, the city hopes to motivate New Yorkers with too much junk to donate clothing, books, and other home and office accessories and buy some more stuff at the tag sale, which will include celebrity donations......

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