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Sex and the City author ‘betrayed’ by her former HBO producer

Candace Bushnell (above), author of Sex and the City had just received word that her recent novel, Lipstick Jungle, was picked up by NBC for a television pilot, when she also soon learned that her old friend and producer of “Sex and the City” on HBO, Darren Star, is making a similarly themed show for ABC called “Cashmere Mafia.” Star had originally bid for television rights to “Lipstick Jungle,” but was outbid by NBC by about $300,000. And soon after put a plan in the works for a similar show. Bushnell’s friends say that she felt betrayed by Star, and after years of friendship, their relationship has now turned cold. “Cashmere Mafia” will premiere on November 27th, but you’ll have to wait until early next year for “Lipstick Jungle.” Both shows are about a small group of high-powered, fashionable women who are trying to balance their careers with their personal lives.

[New York Times]

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