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'Sex and the City' lands in london

The "Sex and the City" gals arrived in London Monday for the pic's European premiere. Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis were greeted by hundreds of screaming fans (many had camped out over night) as they walked the red carpet in Leicester Square. "This is a miraculous and simply unforgettable night for all of us," Parker told the BBC.  Parker, who wore an eye-catching green dress by Alexander McQueen and a unusual headpiece by Philip Treacy, added that the preem was "an incredible way to kick off this adventure".  Click here to watch live coverage of the premiere.

McCain, Murdoch and more at the Time Mag bash

Everyone from Judd Apatow to John McCain attended Time Magazine's "The World's Most Influential People" party at the Lincoln Center in New York Thursday. Others celebrating their importance included newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Jeffrey Bewkes, Rupert Murdoch, Lorne Michaels and Harvey Weinstein just to name a few. In Time's issue Garry Shandling writes a piece on Apatow and recalls when Apatow was a writer on The Larry Sanders Show.  "I can still his hear his upbeat voice, 'o.k., let's write some jokes!' " Shandling writes. Read the full article here. 

Below: Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey/ SNL's Fred Armisen points to Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng/ John McCain and Judd Apatow (WireImage)

Polanski Pic Premieres

At Tuesday's premiere of "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" helmer Marina Zenovich explained what compelled her to make a doc about the scandal that led Polanski to flee America into exile during the 1970s.

"Right after Polanski was nominated for 'The Pianist' I was listening to one of the lawyers talk about the case on 'Larry King' and he said that the case was a sad day for the American judicial system and suddenly a light bulb went off and I thought I want to investigate this."

The doc premieres on HBO in June and will be theatrically distributed by ThinkFilm in July.

(pictured: Alec Baldwin with HBO's Sheila Nevins and Marina Zenovich/ credit: filmmagic)

Minghella's 'Truly' Tribute

According to the late-director Anthony Minghella's daughter Hannah, “Truly Madly Deeply” was not only the helmer's first film, but one of his most personal.

Hannah Minghella, along with several of the helmer's close colleagues gathered at Hollywood's Egyptian theater Sunday for a screening and discussion of the film as one of many events during BritWeek 2008.

“I think this film achieves what great films achieve — it makes you laugh, it makes you cry and it also brings a bit of humanism to it, which dad was always so good at,” Hannah
said, also revealing that the film was originally meant to be titled “Cello,” an instrument
her father loved. She was joined on stage by actor Julian Sands and producers Colin Vaines and Bill Horberg, in a conversation moderated by filmmaker Nick Redman.

“Seeing (“Truly Madly Deeply”) again on a screen, I was struck at how much a self portrait
it was,” Sands said of the film about a woman grieving over the death of a loved
one. “I'm overwhelmed by his presence on the screen tonight.” — Libby McCarthy

(Pictured: Bill Horberg, Hannah Minghella and Julian Sands/ WireImage)