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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - A new "Sex and the City" book will be targeted at teen readers. "The Carrie Diaries" by "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell will take readers back to Carrie Bradshaw's formative years in high school, giving an inside look at Carrie's friendships, romances, and how she realized her dream of becoming a writer.

"I've always been interested in exploring Carrie's teenage years," Bushnell said. "Carrie in high school did not follow the crowd--she led it. It was there that she began observing and commenting on the social scene."

The book is scheduled to be published in the Fall of 2010.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Sarah Jessica Parker and the other ladies of Sex and The City will be strapping on the Manolos and Jimmy Choos one more time.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis have all signed deals to return for a sequel to the hit movie based on the HBO series, E! Online's Marc Malkin reports.

"Everything was finalized yesterday afternoon," a source tells E!

The movie's writer-director Michael Patrick King will once again write the script.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - With six seasons of the series and a second movie in the works, you may have thought that there was nothing left to learn about the live of Carrie Bradshaw and her Sex and the City gals, but we're getting closer to the release of the teen prequel to the book/series/movies, The Carrie Diaries!

We're loving the Louis Vuitton-inspired cover, which invites us to "meet Carrie before Sex and the City," and with an origin story about Carrie's first love and how she became a sex-columnist slash fashionista, we may just have to indulge our inner young adult and buy the book!

Of course, it's not available until April of next year, but until then, we still have our box set of DVDs of the series to keep us warm this winter!

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Sex and the City 2 doesn't open until next month, but already theaters are saying that ticket sales for the sequel are "brisk." Some theaters have already sold out for certain showings for the female flick starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.

Industry sources reveal that SATC2 ticket sales were selling faster than this weekend's hit Kick-Ass. As for the original SATC movie, it brought in $415 million in worldwide box office, and the sequel is expected to bring in even more.

Regal Cinemas marketing boss Dick Westerling says, "Women across the country are anxious to plan events and activities related to their evening out to see the film, and they want confirmation that they have tickets. Based on our experience with the first film, this can become quite an elaborate and fun-filled evening."

Sex and the City 2 hits theaters May 27.

Sex and the City 2 hit theaters this weekend and didn't live up to expectations bringing in 46.3 million, compared to the original SATC which brought in over $56 million.

The four ladies were beat out by Shrek Forever After which remained in the top spot for two consecutive weeks. The green ogre brought in over $43 million from Friday through Sunday.

The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, landed in the third spot bringing in $30.2 ... far less than what Disney had predicted.

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Sex and the City is heading back to the small screen, according to the Daily Mail.

There had been plans in place for a movie about Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda's early lives. However, everyone involved reportedly feels a TV show will be the best place to go for the franchise, though series creator Darren Star has the final say.

There has been much speculation about who will play the early versions of the famed characters, but the newspaper claims that Elizabeth Olsen, Blake Lively, Selena Gomez and Emma Roberts are at the top of the list.

If the new show goes through, SATC star Sarah Jessica Parker will produce."She was worried about doing another film after the bad reaction to the SATC2 movie, but a TV show is definitely something she wants to happen," the Daily Mail's source says.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Despite reports yesterday, Sarah Jessica Parker is not returning to the small screen with Sex and the City.

Parker's rep told Access Hollywood that the story is “completely false."

The Daily Mail had originally claimed that a third movie was being put on hold, with those involved in the franchise considering bringing a series back to TV about Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte's early lives. A source told them that Parker would produce.

While the TV show rumor was false, Parker is working on new projects. Her latest film, I Don't Know How She Does It, will hit theaters September 16.