May 13, 2008

The “Sex and the City” stars lit up London for the world premiere of the cinematic sequel to their New York adventures, delighting fans with glamorous – and sometimes quirky – outfits that helped make the show an international hit. Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays columnist Carrie Bradshaw, stole the show with her soaring Philip Treacy hat. She was joined by co-stars Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, known on screen as Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte. All were dressed in the designer clothes that made the series about sex and shopping such a huge fashion-industry hit. Parker's hat, bearing flowers, grasses and a butterfly, was complemented by a pale green dress by Alexander McQueen – an outfit Carrie would have loved. Cattrall wore a red Vivienne Westwood dress and Nixon was in a floor-length black pleated Calvin Klein gown. Davis wore a more modest vintage fuschia dress. The film opens May 30 in the United States.

McCARTNEY-MILLS DIVORCE TO BE FINAL IN SIX WEEKS

A judge in London granted a preliminary divorce yesterday to former Beatle Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. If no one objects, the divorce will be final in six weeks. Mills, 40, will emerge from the rancorous divorce with a settlement of $47.5 million but a reputation damaged by numerous publicised outbursts against McCartney. Neither McCartney nor Mills was in court yesterday, which might have been a good thing. At the end of a hearing in March, Mills stole the show by emptying a pitcher of water on the head of McCartney's lawyer, Fiona Shackleton. Mills will retain custody of the couple's 4-year-old daughter, Beatrice. McCartney will retain the bulk of his fortune, estimated by the court at $880 million. McCartney married Mills in 2002; they separated four years later. McCartney's first marriage, to the former Linda Eastman, endured 29 years, until her death from breast cancer in 1998.

FARINA APOLOGIZES FOR LOADED GUN AT AIRPORT

Actor Dennis Farina yesterday apologized for his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport when a loaded gun was found in his carry-on luggage early Sunday. “I apologize to anyone and everyone that I have caused any embarrassment or inconvenience to,” the 64-year-old actor said in a statement. “It is my own stupidity to find myself in this embarrassing situation.” When the weapon was discovered at a security checkpoint, police said Farina told them he had forgotten the .22-caliber handgun was in his luggage.

– COMPILED FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS

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