Lining up for hours, pre-show and post-show parties, dressing up in costume “for the movies”… it would shock these girls to realize it, but they are not different from Trekkies, Star Wars fans and Comic-Con geeks.  There’s nothing wrong with that; personally, I find it amusing since I assume many of the SATC geeks think they are the farthest thing from…  At least they can take solace in having redefined “geek chic”.

The Hollywood Reporter ran an article last Friday describing the rapidly growing and thriving entertainment scene in Dubai.  The closing paragraph delivered what has to be the quote of the year so far, from Abdullatif al-Sayegh, CEO of Arab Media Group: ”[it's] good that Dubai is on the radar screen of the world’s major reporters… [it's] not so good that we are paying twice or three times as much for concerts as do promoters in the U.S. and Europe.” Hmmm, kind of what everyone in the U.S. feels about the price of gas? Sorry, al-Sayegh, no sympathy here.