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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall's character Samantha Jones returns to spin-off show for brief exchange
Fan-favourite Kim Cattrall may have left the Sex and the City franchise years ago, but to the surprise of fans, her character Samantha Jones made an off-screen cameo for the third season of spin-off show, And Just Like That. Cattrall officially parted ways with the franchise in 2010, after filming wrapped on the second movie based on the popular Noughties series, which follows a group of single New York women as they undergo the trials and tribulations of dating. The departure came amid rumours of a feud with lead star Sarah Jessica Parker, however fans have missed her character's unapologetic sexuality and honesty. Viewers were treated to a little dose of Samantha on Thursday night's episode (26 June) of And Just Like That, as Carrie (Parker) reached out to Jones for some help. Asking for some information on her neighbour Duncan Reeves (Jonathan Cake), Carrie contacted Samantha via text. 'What do you know about Duncan Reeves?' she asked, as Samantha responded: 'They say he's a lot of fun. Why?' Carrie told her friend, 'He's living under me.' To which Samantha quipped: 'I wish he was under me.' Viewers had mixed reactions to the scene, as one person wrote: 'Damn I wish could at least get a lil Samantha Jones voice note or something instead of this weak ass text.' Another added: 'Not another Samantha texting scene UGH #AndJustLikeThat.' Some were left frustrated by the teasing, writing: 'Booooo! We don't want to see no damn text messages with Samantha!! It's either she comes on or leave her character be! This is lame!' 'CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS SHOW WE NEED A SAMANTHA JONES SPIN OFF SHOW' added another impatient fan. However, others were grateful for any reference at all, saying: 'Even just literal texts from Samantha make this show better.' One viewer posted that the character's role has taken something substantial from the show, saying: 'I miss Samantha. Even though I watch every new episode it's just not giving the same energy as the original show. I love the original even with how outdated, appalling, and annoying it can get. I just wish it had more to it.' In a three-star review of the third season for The Independent, chief TV critic Nick Hilton called the writing 'clunky' but said the show was beginning to 'find its groove' and would 'please hardcore fans'.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fans left stunned by Miranda's full frontal nudity while Samantha makes surprise return to And Just Like That
Fans of Max's And Just Like That... saw a whole lot more of Cynthia Nixon 's Miranda Hobbes than they likely expected in Thursday's new Season 3 episode. Thursday's fifth episode of Season 3 - entitled Under the Table - found Miranda temporarily moving in with Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), after being confronted by a nude male neighbor wielding a cleaver. Things get awkward when Carrie kicks her cat Shoe out of the bedroom, only to find Miranda going back to her guest room, fully nude! Aside from the double-dose of full frontal nudity, fans were also quite stunned to get a surprise (digital) cameo from Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall). Unfortunately, fans didn't get to see Samantha in the flesh, but she did share a racy opinion with Carrie when asked. Fans didn't hesitate to take to social media to express their shock at tonight's episode on Max. The Miranda nude scene was a shock to Carrie, not because she saw her old friend in the buff, but because she thought she wasn't there in the first place. Miranda had planned to spend the night at her new potential love interest Joy (Dolly Wells), though Joy's Italian greyhound dogs won't stop whining, ending the tryst early. After gently placing Shoe in the hall, Carrie is stunned to find a nude Miranda in the hall, walking back to her guest room. 'I thought you were at Joy's?' Carrie asked, as Miranda responded, 'Her dogs wouldn't stop whining, so...' The episode also reveals that Carrie has a new downstairs neighbor, a British writer named Duncan Reeves (Jonathan Cake), who her friends are big fans of. Their stint as neighbors gets off to a rocky start as they first meet when Duncan complains about Carrie walking around in heels all day, keeping him awake since he works nights, writing his new book. After learning that her friends all know who he is - and that Miranda is a huge fan - Carrie decides to text her old friend Samantha Jones, though we never see Samantha in the flesh. Carrie asks, 'What do you know about Duncan Reeves?' Samantha responds, 'They say he's a lot of fun. Why?' Carrie responds, 'He's living under me,' and Samantha fires back, 'I wish he was under me,' which makes Carrie chuckle. Carrie tells Miranda that, 'Samantha says that Duncan Reeves is known to be fun,' as Miranda adds, 'Well, he's like 6'5", so that's her kind of fun.' Many fans were stunned to see Miranda in the buff, like @xomakiyah, who said in all caps, 'MA'AM ????? WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES.' Others like @sagevalentine used a GIF of Dan Levy from Schitt's Creek saying, 'OH MY GOD,' adding 'Miranda! #andjustlikethat #AJLT.' The nude encounter was just the first awkward one between Carrie and Miranda, with Carrie waking up the next morning, finding a fully-clothed Miranda eating her last yogurt and last banana, which some, like @jspagano, found to be quite rude. 'Miranda is such a thoughtless gross woman. Walking nude around the house? Eating Carrie's food and being so dismissive. Ugh. She's the worst character on this show from the get go,' the X user said. Others like @mzcaramelbunni were shocked at the male full frontal nudity, tweeting, 'Really?!! Wtf a naked man wielding a s**t is comical but so not funny.' Many were also shocked at Samantha's digital cameo, especially after the Max X account teased it by showing Samantha's contact in Carrie's phone on Thursday. 'Miranda is such a thoughtless gross woman. Walking nude around the house? Eating Carrie's food and being so dismissive. Ugh. She's the worst character on this show from the get go,' the X user said. X user @J_adoreDiDi quote-retweeted and said, 'My heart skipped a beat. #AndJustLikeThat.' Another fan - @pinsleric - admitted, 'Even just literal texts from Samantha make this show better #andjustlikethat.' Ladybug Lizzie (@sagevalentine) tweeted an OMG GIF, adding, 'Carrie is texting with Samantha. #andjustlikethat #AJLT.' Elsewhere in the episode, Charlotte (Kristin Davis) started freaking out after her husband Harry (Evan Handler) revealed he has prostate cancer, which explained why he had trouble in bed and why he peed himself at the club earlier this season. Harry insisted he would survive - since prostate cancer has a 98% survival rate - but made Charlotte promise not to tell anybody, for fear of becoming, 'the cancer guy.' Charlotte managed to keep her promise, though it was tested during a 'glamping' trip with Lisa Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker) and her husband (Chris Jackson) and their kids. Seema (Sarita Choudhury) - after learning she was essentially forced out of her real estate company - took the first step to branching out on her own. She approached a bank for a loan to pay for a space for her new business, and despite her best pitch to the lady loan clerk, she was rejected. After a tense start to their neighborship, Carrie rushed into action after a smoke alarm went off in his unit, which he did not hear through headphones, immersed in his work. Since his dinner was ruined, they went out to eat and got to know each other and what types of books they write. While Carrie took Duncan's simple suggestion of not wearing heels in her apartment as a major affront to her fashionable sensibilities, the dinner seemed to change her tune. The episode ends with Carrie getting home from the dinner, and, seemingly for the first time in ages, she takes her heels off, for him. And Just Like That returns with the sixth episode of the third season on Thursday, July 3 at 9 PM ET/6 PM ET on Max.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
And Just Like That's new teaser sparks conspiracy theory that Samantha Jones is BACK after Kim Cattrall season 2 cameo
SEX and the City fans are convinced that Samantha Jones might make her long-awaited return in an upcoming episode. After Kim Cattrall's bombshell cameo in the Season 2 finale, a teaser from HBO Max has reignited hopes that Samantha might appear in another episode — despite the feud between the lead actresses. 4 4 4 Ahead of Thursday night's episode, Max (soon to be HBO Max) posted a hint at Samantha's comeback with an out-of-context picture from the show. The picture shows someone going to text Samantha Jones. The streaming service simply captioned the post with an eyes emoji, leaving fans to their own devices in the comments. "WE WANT HER. WE NEED HER," one Instagram user wrote. Another added, "Wait is she coming back? i'd start watching the show again." "You guys keep messing up with our hearts like that…," a third wrote, referencing the Season 2 cameo. Cattrall's appearance in last season's finale shocked viewers as the actress had previously said she wasn't interested in starring on the show due to her fallout with lead actress Sarah Jessica Parker. SJP has continued to film the show with the other leads, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, but fans of the iconic '90s series have persistently lamented the absence of the original foursome. The fans' complaints paid off when Samantha took a phone call from Carrie, SJP's character, in the episode that aired in 2023. However, Cattrall didn't have to be in the same room as the other stars to film the short scene — which was likely on purpose. And Just Like That fans are 'crying' over Samantha Jones' cameo on season finale and claim Kim Cattrall 'saved the show' The actress said on The View in 2023 that the show bosses called her and begged her to make a cameo. "It's very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, 'What can we do?'" Cattrall said on the talk show. She said that she responded, "'Hmm, let me get creative.'" One of Cattrall's requirements was that Pat Field, the original costume designer for Sex and the City, work on her outfit for the cameo. Field, who declined to work on AJLT, agreed to dress Samantha again. "I just thought that if I'm going to come back, I gotta come back with that Samantha style. I gotta push it. And we did,' Cattrall said on The View. Cattrall reportedly filmed the scene without seeing or speaking to any of the show's other stars, and she didn't interact with the show's creator, Michael Patrick King, Variety reported at the time. SJP and Cattrall's feud reportedly started when Cattrall found out that the actress was making more per episode than her. The feud came to a head in 2018 when SJP expressed her sympathy after Cattrall's brother died. Cattrall slammed her on X at the time, saying, "My Mom asked me today 'When will that @sarahjessicaparker, that hypocrite, leave you alone?' "Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now. 'You are not my family. You are not my friend. 'Stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore your 'nice girl' persona." She later publicly said that SJP was never her friend, only her colleague. Parker has denied any bad blood between the two. Fans have yet to see if Parker and Cattrall come face to face in AJLT this season. The Season 3 finale is currently slated for August 14, 2025. 4
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sex and the City fans go into meltdown as HBO Max tease ANOTHER Kim Cattrall cameo to save And Just Like That
Sex and The City fans erupted as 'desperate' HBO Max teased another Kim Cattrall cameo in And Just Like That - after the star's past scene was credited for saving the reboot. Cattrall - who memorably fell out with co-star Sarah Jessica Parker and vowed never to reprise her role as Samantha Jones - agreed to a shock cameo in the second season finale in 2023, and was paid a reported $1million for the 71 second scene. Now, the network have appeared to confirm another shock appearance from Cattrall - after And Just Like That's viewership tumbled in its ongoing third season - sharing a screenshot of Carrie Bradshaw texting Samantha, with an eyes emoji. Fans quickly went into meltdown at a potential Samantha return and even branded the network 'desperate' for the move with one writing: 'She's needed to save the show.' Others wrote: 'you're desperate. 'Omg! Please say Samantha is popping up! 'You know how much that'll cost ya. Kim doesn't play with her salary for a cameo. 'What is happening? 'Don't play with us. Sign that Samantha Jones will return? 'Please bring her back .' Last July Cattrall denied rumors she was set to return again for the third season. Viewership for the third season has fallen amid backlash over the show's 'dull storylines', 'cartoonish acting' and 'boring' supporting characters. Data obtained by Samba TV found the third season premiere averaged 429,000 households during the live-plus-three-day viewership window. - a seven per cent decline on the season two premiere. Both season two and three have fallen way behind the first season's debut which was watched by 1.1million households. Meanwhile as of June 24, And Just Like That has been knocked off the top of HBO Max's streaming charts by fellow Cynthia Nixon led show, The Gilded Age. Fans quickly went into meltdown at a potential Samantha return and even branded the network 'desperate' for the move with one writing: 'She's needed to save the show' Samantha did feature in AJLT season one - but only over text message as Carrie repeatedly messaged her to try and repair their friendship. The reboot - in which Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis reprise their roles - saw Carrie claim Samantha had cut her off and moved to London - due to fury at the writer firing her as a publicist - in a storyline Cattrall slammed for being inauthentic to the character. Even SJP had previously claimed she does not want Kim back - when asked by Variety in a 2022 interview if she would be 'OK' if Cattrall was able to come back to the show if some 'miracle were to happen,' after their very public feud exploded back in 2018. Parker responded: 'I don't think I would, because I think there's just too much public history of feelings on her part that she's shared.' Adding: 'I haven't participated in or read articles, although people are inclined to let me know.' 'We didn't go to Kim for this, you know,' Parker said. 'After we didn't do the movie and the studio couldn't meet what she wanted to do, we have to hear her and listen to her and what was important to her.' Cattrall had previously refused to ever reprise her fan-favorite role as the man-hungry publicist - having last played the character in much derided 2010 film, Sex and the City 2. But all changed when it was revealed she would appear in the show's second season. While it's unclear if Cattrall and Parker will ever share the same physical space on set again, Samantha's return came in the form of a phone call to Carrie. Samantha's return happened very early on in the episode, as Carrie arrives home, on the phone with Aiden (John Corbett), checking in on him after he rushed back to Virginia after hearing his son Wyatt (Logan Souza) was injured. After talking to her cat, Carrie gets a call from Samantha, who tells her that he flight is three hours delayed, adding, 'I won't be able to make it there in time.' A confused Carrie asks, 'In time for what?' Samantha responds, 'The last supper,' referring to the last meal Carrie has planned in her longtime apartment. Samantha adds, 'Miranda and Charlotte told me all about it. I was gonna surprise you,' which certainly pleases Carrie. 'Oh my gosh, well you did, I'm very surprised,' Carrie says, as Samantha adds, 'Well the fog finally lifted out, but the crew? Maxed out. Oh I am f***ing furious.' Carrie insists, 'We'll just get together tomorrow,' though Samantha adds, 'Honey, I just left Heathrow. I was flying back on the first flight in the morning. A confused Carrie asks, 'Wait a minute, you were flying all the way to New York for an overnight?' Samantha adds, 'Well it is your apartment, and I have to pay my respects,' before asking Carrie to put her on speaker and hold up that phone. She holds up the phone to the apartment, as Samantha gushes, 'Thank you for everything, you f***ing fabulous, fabulous flat,' as Carrie can't help but laugh. Carrie asks if Samantha has a British accent now that she lives in London, as Samantha responds, 'Who's Samantha? This is Annabelle Bronstein. I'm from "Injah,' as Carrie laughs. Samantha concludes, 'Ta and cheerio... and have a great night,' as Carrie says, 'Ta... bye,' as Samantha hangs up the phone and smiles while being driven home from the airport.
BBC News
20-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Oswestry's 15th Century mansion to house holiday lets and shops
A 15th Century merchant's house is set to be transformed into a tourism centre, shops, and small holiday Mansion, which is Grade I-listed, was bought by Oswestry Town Council in 2023, after it had fallen into authority was given nearly half-a-million pounds in grant money to carry out urgent structural repairs. It is now due to apply for a full grant of nearly £3m, under the Framing the Future Project."We think that it was built as a substantial merchant house, and we think that it might be linked possibly to the wool trade - because we know Oswestry was a real hub of the wool trade in the medieval period," said project manager Samantha Jones. It is hoped the work will remove it from the UK's Heritage at Risk project will see community and commercial spaces created on the lower floors, with holiday accommodation on the upper the holiday lets, Ms Jones said: "We know that we're not going to make money off Lwydd Mansion, but what we need to do is earn a little bit of a return to cover the costs of maintaining the building, going forward." Oswestry town clerk Arren Roberts, said safety was a priority that was considered."One of the things we need to make sure is about fire safety - it's a timber frame building," he explained."One of the options that we're looking at is to have accommodation on the top floor so we need to make sure people are safe in the building." 'Maintain it for the future' The team also plans to relocate the tourist information centre into the building. "We're going to work with local artisans... to create some really high quality bespoke items that we can sell that have Llwyd Mansion as the inspiration," said Ms Jones."We've got a conservation architect team on board and they'll be helping to advise us on what we do to restore the building."It's really important not to just to do the restoration project but that we maintain it for the future." Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
