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'What Happens In Vegas' Meant To Elicit Laughter From Paying Audiences

Seth — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:20:00 EDT

· A bumper crop of comedies are set for release in the coming months, including Baby Mama, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Sex and the City, What Happens in Vegas, and Made of Honor, some of which could actually be classified as comedies! [Variety]
· An "intimate upfront...at Soho house" unveiled Oxygen's new tagline ("live out loud," whatever that means), as well as their new logo ("the black, lower-case 'oxygen' inside the yellow letter 'O,' which is tilted to one side"). Save it for your iVillage blog, Zucker. [Variety]

· Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" sold 463,000 copies in its first week, earning her her sixth #1 album, and us a whole new crop of Stairmaster anthems! [Variety]
· Dancing With the Stars gives ABC a "boost" (translation: still trailing Idol, but a little less pulverized than usual) Tuesday, though let's not forget the contribution of those "two According to Jim episodes as its lead-in." [THR]
· As hopes for a pickup on Cashmere Mafia unravel, showbiz survivor Lucy Liu secures an attractive backup deal in which she'd join the cast of Dirty Sexy Money. [THR]

Will 'Cashmere Mafia' Soon Be Sleeping With The Fishes?

Molly Friedman — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:42:33 EST

As soon as deals were signed, sealed and delivered for SATC brainchildren Candace Bushnell and Darren Star to helm their own interchangeable shows on rival networks, the claws were out. Rumors of fights between the former successful partners, publicly voiced dismissals of the others' futures in primetime, and an overall tension among loyal SATC viewers concerned about their iconic creators' feud led to a predictable race-to-the-finish come winter pilot season. And now, according to the NY Daily News, we may have a winner. Today's rumor on which Menopause And The City spinoff is most likely to bite the dust first, after the jump...

According to the News, the ladies of Darren Star's Cashmere Mafia on ABC are not going to be blessing us with their rapid, frantic chats, supposedly enviable lives, and tired slurping of Cosmos for much longer:

A source...tells me the suits aren't confident the show will stick around. 'He just said about the show, 'Yisgadal v'yitkadash', the Jewish prayer for the dead,' laughs the ear-witness."

Um, hilarious? But why did Cashmere take the fall instead of the nearly identical Lipstick? One might consider producer Star's rap sheet when it comes to failed dramas; 1995's Central Park West, 2003's Miss Match, and 2005's Kitchen Confidential all got booted after one season each. To his credit, he was the creator of both Melrose Placeand Beverly Hills: 90210, but the 90s fed on Aaron Spelling's soapy LA-centered dramas.

But perhaps the reason behind Cashmere's reported demise has more to do with casting? While Lipstick marked the return of sorely missed stars Brooke Shields and on-set dreamboat diarist Andrew McCarthy, Cashmere relied on the always dependable character actress Lucy Liu to hold down the court as his glossy heroine. And the man candy (handsome but dull Peter Hermann and bright young thing but dull Julian Ovenden) didn't stand a chance in comparison. But in the end, all the suits care about are ratings: with the News reporting the latest numbers as Lipstick's 6.4million viewers to Cashmere's 5.7 million, the rumored shutdown may be a simple case of disappointing numbers.

'CASHMERE MAFIA' MIGHT BE TAKEN FOR A RIDE [Gatecrasher]

Celebrity Relief Effort Update: Lucy Liu In Pakistan

Mark — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:11:36 EST

According to the AP, Liu, "didn't speak to the media as she visited the disaster zone with UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency." Maybe because she's ashamed that she's like totally biting Brad and Angelina's relief trip from three months ago? What's next, Miss Last Season's Disaster, a trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum? Well, bad news, Charlie's tardy angel—unless you have a time machine, you're too late. It's already over. Better luck next time.

Lucy Liu Tours Quake-Battered Pakistan [AP]