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New York, June 25, 2008 – Josh Peck, star of the popular Nickelodeon kids’ show Drake & Josh, studied the masters to prepare for his role as a pot smoking dope dealer in The Wackness.  “I channeled the spirits of Cheech and Chong, and I surrounded myself with people with intense mental illness”, Peck told us at the Cinema Society screening on Wednesday. Peck grew up in New York City, and while he did not deal drugs, he says he got up to typical teenage mischief, like scrawling graffiti with his buddies from the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. 

In Peck’s opinion, Mary-Kate Olsen’s make out session with Ben Kingsley was not the strangest bit on the set. “It was surreal watching Method Man pass a fake joint to Sir Ben Kingsley.  I didn’t ever think I was going to see a knight accept that”, Peck says. 

Co-star Olivia Thirlby, also a New York native, says she's not fast like her character in the film.  “Me partying is me and like, max three friends sitting at home and watching a movie”, Thirlby tells us. 

New York, June 11, 2008 – Disney tried to keep the premiere of the Jonas Brothers’ movie Camp Rock under wraps with a weekday afternoon time slot, but the pop group’s rabid fans would not be deterred, and hundreds of screaming girls filled 54th Street in front of Manhattan’s Ziegfeld Theater.  But the studio complied by not enclosing the red carpet, giving swooning fans a full view of the Jonas boys.

The brothers swept into New York from a European tour specially to promote Camp Rock, which airs on June 20, just when  kids around the country will be heading off to summer camp.

New York, May 27, 2008 – After so much hype, the Sex and the City movie finally arrived in New York City, and the big, splashy premiere turned out to be a lot of fun.  It truly brought home to us how beloved the former HBO series was when screaming fans lined the streets at Radio City Music Hall – in the rain - to catch a glimpse of their heroes Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte, also known as Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.  The ladies waved and thanked the fans as they trod the pink Swarovski-crystal laden carpet. 

Inside the theater, the stars were greeted with standing ovations, catcalls and whistles – before the movie started.  All four stars stood onstage, and SJP told the audience, “I wish I could express to you how thrilling it is for all of us to be here tonight with all of you, and…finally, at last, turn it over to its rightful owners, New York City.”  Standing ovations again as the stars made their way to their seats. 

Afterward, the Museum of Modern Art was awash in pink lighting and more Swarovski crystals at the official after party.  Guests including Mary J. Blige, Ashley Olsen, Katie Couric, Fergie and Bette Midler grazed at the “Mr. Big carving station”, nibbled bite-sized Magnolia cupcakes and sipped Skyy Vodka cosmos named for each of the Sex stars Sweet.

May 23, 2008 - We're spending the Memorial Day weekend shopping for the perfect outfit to wear to the big Sex and the City movie premiere on Tuesday.

See you then.