March 31 - The new movie Phone Booth stars Hollywood heartthrob Colin Farrell as a slick New York publicist held hostage in a phone booth by a sniper. We don't mind that the thriller was shot on soundstages rather than in New York City, but expecting moviegoers to believe there's a working pay phone in the Big Apple is really taking artistic license too far. The film's release was delayed when the real-life snipers terrorized the Washington D.C. area. The congenial Farrell chain-smoked and cussed while chatting. He and costar Katie Holmes didn't work together too often - most of the dialogue was done on the phone. The most difficult thing while shooting the film was standing in the small space all day. Farrell's next project is A Home at the End of the World, based on a book by The Hours author Michael Cunningham.

The same night Broadway was abuzz with the opening of the comedy Life x3 starring Helen Hunt and John Turturro. Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, Sex and the City's Kristen Davis and Chris Noth, and comedian Rosie O'Donnell and her partner Kellie Carpenter took in the show.