Producer: Cattrall not on revival radar
Much to the dismay of many die-hard “Sex and the City” fans, Kim Cattrall is not appearing on the revival — and was never even on the radar for it.
The show’s original showrunner Michael Patrick King — who’s also executive producing the “And Just Like That…” spinoff — said the new series was only supposed to revolve around three main characters: Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York.
Cattrall portrayed Samantha Jones on the entire premium cable run of “Sex and the City” and its subsequent two movies. The British actor, 65, has famously sworn off reprising her character.
“It never was on the radar as four because Kim Cattrall, for whatever reason, didn’t want to play Samantha anymore while we were doing the (third) movie,” King recently revealed.
While a script was created for a proposed third film, Cattrall — with a long-simmering riff with “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays Carrie — reportedly told producers to count her out. Plans for the third film never materialized. And King understood that it was unlikely that any future “Sex and the City” project would feature Cattrall.
“I never thought, ‘Oh, there’s a hole I have to fill,’ ” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “Samantha doesn’t not exist in their lives. (And Just Like That...) was born of these three characters: What’s their life, and who can I bring in to inform it?”
“And Just Like That...” debuts Thursday.
Bad Bunny most streamed artist on Spotify: Puerto
Rican rapper Bad Bunny
led all artists worldwide with more than 9.1 billion streams on Spotify in 2021, the music service recently announced.
The company didn’t release every individual performer’s streaming totals, but said Bad Bunny’s lofty number of listens was enough to surpass Taylor Swift, who finished second on the global ranking.
The third-through-fifth most streamed artists in the world this year were BTS, Drake and Justin Bieber, respectively.
Drake was Spotify’s most streamed artist in the U.S., followed by Swift and late rapper Juice WRLD.
Olivia Rodrigo’s hit “Drivers License” was the most streamed song both globally and in the U.S. The song garnered more than 1.1 billion streams this year.
“The Joe Rogan Experience” was the year’s most streamed podcast on Spotify, both in the U.S. and globally.
Harvey to preside over courtroom: Steve Harvey is headed to court again — but not as a defendant.
The Emmy Awardwinning funnyman will be the one banging the gavel as he presides over the courtroom in the upcoming show “Judge Steve Harvey.” The unscripted legal comedy series will premiere Jan. 4 on ABC.
“It’s always good to come to court when you can’t lose,” Harvey says in the teaser for the hourlong show.
Dec. 6 birthdays: Singer Helen Cornelius is 80. Actor James Naughton is
76. Singer Frankie Beverly is 75. Actor Tom Hulce is
68. Actor Kin Shriner is
68. TV host Wil Shriner is 68. Comedian Steven Wright is 66. Guitarist Peter Buck is 65. Director Judd Apatow is 54. Actor Lindsay Price is 45. Actor Ashley Madekwe is 38.