June 18 - Anyone who could get their hands on a ticket turned up for the Sex and the City season launch party. Stars of HBO’s other mega-hit, The Sopranos, plus Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara and AOL/Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons joined Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Kim Catrall and other cast members at the Museum of Natural History. The rest of us will get Sex at home starting Sunday, June 22.

The same evening, rapper Jay-Z opened 40/40, his new Manhattan sports bar/lounge. Jay-Z’s girlfriend Beyonce Knowles, sports figures Magic Johnson, Jason Kidd, and Jeremy Shockey, rapper Lil’ Kim, Damon Dash and other VIPs took home gift bags containing $3,000 Grimoldi watches. Crowded? The doors opened at 8 P.M., and by 9:30 invitees were out of luck – packed beyond capacity.