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UPDATE – 5/30/2010

Americans like Sex but are happier when it’s ogre.

Shrek Forever After ($43.3 million) came back to beat Sex and the City 2 ($32.1 million) for the Friday-through-Sunday period this holiday weekend, taking the #1 spot at the box office after Sex had raced to a huge midnight Thursday/Friday take.

Prince of Persia placed third with around $30 million.

Unfavorably reviewed, Sex fell on Saturday and again on Sunday, according to estimates. Shrek surged, due to kid-friendly matinees, higher 3D ticket prices, and screenings in nearly a thousand more theaters.

Gossip Cop will continue to update throughout the holiday weekend.

What are you going to see?

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ORIGINAL POST – 5/29/2010

Sex and the City 2 will have a Memorial Day Weekend to remember, according to early estimates.

The latest film continuation of the hit Sarah Jessica Parker HBO series survived dismal reviews to pull in a whopping $27.2 million between Thursday and Friday, setting up a projected long weekend take of $53 million and the top spot at the box office.

SATC 2 is on pace to earn $67 million for its first five days of release.

In second place (as of now) is Shrek 4, with 3D ticket prices pushing the animated powerhouse to an estimated $50 million for the 4-day weekend.

The holiday’s other big release, video game adaptation Prince of Persia, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is projected to make $42 million for the #3 slot.

Holdovers Iron Man 2 ($18.5 million) and Robin Hood ($12.5 million) round out the current Top 5.

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(HBO)

Amid a summer avalanche of comic book crusaders and action-adventure blockbusters comes today’s wide release of mega chick flick Sex and the City 2.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis are back — and everywhere, promoting the highly anticipated sequel on both sides of the Atlantic. This morning the gang will appear on “The View.”

The first film was an even bigger hit than expected, taking in more than $400 million worldwide.

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Far be it from Gossip Cop to have doubts about a story that starts with News of the World.

Its track record is sterling.

After all, it’s the outlet that told us a “Friends” reunion movie was in the works (wrong), Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron were engaged (wrong again), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had split (keep trying), and Madonna fills her radiators with Kabbalah water (yikes, oh-for-four).

On second thought… maybe we should have significant doubts about News of the World‘s “reporting.”

The paper’s newest adventure in sloppy speculation claims Sarah Jessica Parker‘s friends “are worried about her health” and how “frighteningly gaunt” she’s become.

A “pal” tells News the “extreme” weight loss comes down to “complete and utter stress” over the release of Sex and the City 2. Promoting the sequel is “getting to its main star” and, says one “colleague,” it’s “affecting her ability to eat.”

What’s more, Parker allegedly spends “an hour EVERY day doing pilates.”

Exercising daily? That’s just crazy!

In any case, claims that Parker’s friends are concerned about her health are absurd. A source close to the actress called the story “ridiculous” and assures Gossip Cop Parker is healthy and happy.

Still no word on what she does with Kabbalah water, though.

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(New Line)

Details about the soundtrack for Sex and the City 2 are out, and Gossip Cop has them.

The seventeen songs include original music from Jennifer Hudson (a cast member in the first film) and Leona Lewis. Meanwhile, artists including Alicia Keys and Liza Minnelli will provide covers.

The movie’s four stars — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon — also lend their voices, performing “I Am Woman.”

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Here is the full track listing:

Alicia Keys – “Rapture”

Dido – “Everything to Lose”

Cee-Lo – “Language of Love”

Erykah Badu – “Window Seat”

Natacha Atlas – “Kidda”

Michael McGregor – “Euphrates Dream”

Liza Minnelli – “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

Ricki-Lee – “Can’t Touch It”

Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down”

Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis – “Love Is Your Color”

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon – “I Am Woman”

Sex and the City Men’s Choir – “If Ever I Would Leave You”

Sex and the City Men’s Choir – “Sunrise, Sunset”

Sex and the City Men’s Choir – “Till There Was You”

Shayna Steele, Jordan Ballard, Kamilah Marshall – “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”

Liza Minnelli with Billy Stritch – “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”

Aaron Zigman – “Divas and Dunes”

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(PerezHilton.com)

In a post titled, “More Sex Already?” Perez Hilton writes that ”a third Sex and the City film will begin shooting soon!”

He explains, “The reason behind the rush is to get the third movie done before the gals - Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker – look too old!”

Actually, the only thing “old” is this rumor, a version of which Gossip Cop debunked more than two months ago.

Nevertheless, like all other tired out tales — it’s new(s) to Perez.

According to Perez, a source reveals, ”There is also a third [SATC] movie on the go. It’s under wraps for publicity reasons. It makes sense to film the second and third movies back-to-back. The characters will look a lot younger on screen when the third movie is out in a couple of years.”

Generally, “premature” and “sex” are words never uttered in the same sentence out of Gossip Cop‘s mouth, but we’ll make an exception here.

It’s a bit premature to discuss a “Sex and the City 3″ now.

Gossip Cop checked around, and some of the franchise’s stars have commitments for several months, making Perez’s assertion that they’ll begin “shooting soon” completely impossible.

Additionally, when a somewhat similar rumor first surfaced in November, a source involved with the production assured Gossip Cop, “There is no script for part 3.”

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SPOILER:   WARNING, WARNING, WARNING

While Sarah Jessica Parker was recently promoting “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” with MTV, the topic moved to the highly anticipated “Sex and the City 2.” At one point, it was noted that John Corbett was in Morocco around the same time the women were shooting the film there. (We haven’t confirmed yet whether he was in Morocco.)

The alleged sighting, of course, has prompted speculation as to whether Corbett’s character – Carrie Bradshaw’s former flame Aidan Shaw – is in the film.

When asked during the MTV interview, Parker said she “can’t confirm nor deny” that he’s in the sequel, and “cryptically” added, “It might have just been coincidental that he was traveling.”

As you may recall, back in late September Gossip Cop happened upon a script and debunked a number of rumors about the upcoming film, and also exclusively broke the news that Miley Cyrus had a cameo. For full disclosure, there were several other plot points that Gossip Cop was privy to but didn’t publish because we intended to just separate the fact from fiction.

So now that there’s talk about whether or not Aidan is in the film…

SPOILER ALERT…

OK, for those of you who are still with us: Yes, Aidan is slated to be in the film and he and Carrie have an indiscretion. That’s all we’re going to say, except that their transgression leads to a BIG move on the part of Mr. Big.

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(OK!)

“The Sex And The City girls are shooting a third movie alongside the sequel – as they fear they’re getting old,” begins a piece in the online version of British OK!

The article, which is being picked up elsewhere, claims some of the scenes that seemingly were filmed to throw fans off the plot of “Sex and the City 2″ are “for the third – and final – film in the series. “

The reason the second and third films are being shot at the same time?

According to OK!’s so-called “movie source,” Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, and Kim Cattrall want to” look a lot younger on screen when the third movie comes out in a couple of years. They want to go out on a high.”

Maybe the source is high because this story is completely fictitious.

Gossip Cop has been ahead of the curve on “Sex and the City 2,” exclusively dispelling false rumors about the plot, as well as being the first to confirm that Miley Cyrus was in the film, and our same impeccable source in the production says talk of back-to-back sequels simultaneously filming is “definitely not true. There is no script for part 3 so they would not know what to shoot.”

Should a third film go into production, we’re sure Gossip Cop will, once again, be busy busting bad dish.

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