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Dec 19, 2008 from WENN:
Matthew Broderick has vowed never to reprise his role in cult teen movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off - because he is too old.

The 1986 comedy - which shot Broderick to stardom - has recently been at the centre of a string of sequel rumours, with the actor tipped to star in a follow-up.

But Broderick insists he has rejected a string of lucrative offers to make a second Ferris Bueller film, because he thinks that at 46 he wouldn't be able to make the character believable.

Dec 15, 2008 from New York Magazine:
Matthew Broderick plays the voice of the title character in Universal's animated Despereaux, an adorable mouse with teacup ears. But in real life, creatures of the rodent persuasion kind of freak the actor out a little. Especially the sneaky, agile kind that populate the West Village where he lives. "We had a mouse problem," Broderick told us at the movie's Saturday premiere. "I was once watching TV, and one crawled straight up a curtain to the ceiling," he said. "That scared me; I didn't know they could climb up to the ceiling." So what did he do? Swat it with one of wife Sarah Jessica Parker's Emmys? Not quite. He brought in reinforcements. "I froze, and very delicately picked up my cell phone and called my assistant [and said] that there's a mouse up very high on a curtain," Broderick recalled. Huh, we said. What did he want her to do about it? "Come get me."

from New York Daily News:
Sigourney Weaver may narrate the mouse-themed "Tale of Despereaux," but the actress isn't fond of random rodents. And she has good reason.

"One night, when I was living in one of my very first apartments, I woke up because I felt something on my chest," she told us at the flick's Lollipop Theatre screening on Saturday. "I turned on a flashlight and saw two little eyes staring at me. A mouse had climbed on top of me."

The unexpected visitor proved no match for the woman who'd one day battle "Aliens" on the big screen.

"I said, 'What are you doing? This is my bed. You have to leave,' " she laughed.

Lucky for the animated flick's producers, Weaver was still game to voice the tale of a tiny mouse named Despereaux.

"I signed on as the narrator before the rest of the cast came on, about three years ago," she told us. "This project was tricky because some of the movie is quite scary. The director told me to read like I'm an eccentric aunt with a cigarette - like the parents are gone and I'm ready to tell the kids a story."

And while the movie's main mouse has no fear, Weaver does.

"Just name it," she said. "Needles at the doctor, for one. And I still don't like rats, even good rats, like the kind Dustin Hoffman plays in this movie."

Matthew Broderick, who voices Despereaux, has a different take on scourges of the subways.

"I don't go 'Eek!' or anything like that," he told us. "I just think, 'Boy, this city's going downhill.'"

So does anything drive fear into his heart?

"Bugs. And certain fish when I'm swimming in the ocean," he grinned.

Broderick, no stranger to animated flicks (he has both "The Lion King" and "Bee Movie" under his belt), added that voice-over work isn't all it's cracked up to be.

"You're under a microscope and you're behind glass, and there are several people telling you how to do things," he said. "And, with this movie, even though you're playing a mouse, you want to stay as human as possible... pardon the expression."

from OK! Magazine:
While most kids might get a little freaked out to hear their dad's voice coming out of a cartoon mouse, James Wilkie Broderick is totally cool with his pop's voice role in The Tale of Desperaux.

"He's seen it and he loved it. We saw it together about two weeks ago," Matthew Broderick says of watching the animated Desperaux with his son James. "It's fun for him and he gets into the movie pretty quickly and he's seen me in a few things so he's not that thrown by it. He's used to me being in cartoons."

James and his parents Matthew and Sarah Jessica Parker are quite loyal to NYC, and are often seen out and about in their hometown. This holiday season will be no different for the happy little family.

Dec 12, 2008 from Canwest:
Emma Watson was supplying the voice for a forlorn princess named Pea in the upcoming animated film version of the award-winning novel, The Tale Of Despereaux, about a gallant mouse (Matthew Broderick) who rescues her from a kidnapping.

"A lot of my performance is quite physical in the film because I've been kidnapped and there's a rat in my room and whatever. It was hard getting all of that into my voice -- the emotional and the out-of-breath and the screaming. But it was fun. I was actually given a toy Despereaux who I could speak to, so I had a kind of substitute."

But she wasn't working alone all the time, although this is normally the practice for actors supplying voices for an animated movie.

"Actually, Matthew very kindly came in and did a couple of days with me," Emma reports.

Dec 11, 2008 from New Zealand Herald:
Emma Watson slips into the back row of a press conference taking place with Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick. She whispers conspiratorially, "I just love hearing them talk. I can learn a lot from them."

Dustin Hoffman, always entertaining, speaks honestly about the laborious process of voicing a character (he most recently voiced one of the lead characters in Kung Fu Panda).

"Of course I don't like the process of doing animated films," he says.

"Being in a small room - no I don't like it. But hey, I don't have to like everything I do. I mean, do you like doing these interviews?" he says rhetorically. He laughs. "Do we have to like everything we do?" he says, turning to Broderick.

Broderick deadpans, "Well, I don't hate the process of voicing characters. It's not that bad being in a little room. But then again, I'm not as honest as Dustin." He pauses. "But I loved the size of Despereaux's ears. That was appealing to me," says Broderick.

"And my little guy will love it," he says, referring to his 6-year-old son James, who he is raising with wife Sarah Jessica Parker.

Dec 8, 2008 from PA:
Matthew Broderick has admitted his six-year-old son James Wilkie was a little bit scared of some of the scenes in his new animated film The Tales of Despereaux.

"It scared my son a little truthfully," the star said at the Hollywood premiere of the movie. "My character gets banished and put into a big hole and he [James] was like 'why's that happened?' He kept asking me."

Matthew voices the heroic mouse Despereaux opposite Dustin Hoffman, who plays Roscuro the rat. However, both stars were unsure of who would win in a battle between their characters.

"Gee that's a tough one," admitted Matthew. "Some people are more frightened of mice because they're littler and can get up your pant leg. A mouse seems like it could actually do you harm in real life."

from McClatchy-Tribune:
When it comes to household chores, Sarah Jessica Parker says she and actor-hubby Matthew Broderick have reached a compromise of sorts.

"I’m sorry to tell you they’re not divvied up very well. I mean that early on, I set a bad precedent. I think I did a lot of taking care of house and laundry. I’m messy, but I always clean up the mess. Matthew will take out the garbage and Matthew will always change light bulbs. And that’s very hard to do because they’re very high up and difficult to reach, and I’m very appreciative of this. But beyond that ...

Dec 7, 2008 from FWD:
LOS ANGELES - When actor Matthew Broderick left his wife Sarah Jessica Parker and his young son James back in New York and headed for Hollywood to attend the gala premiere of his new animated feature "The Tale of Despereaux," he had to carefully explain where he was going. Not to Sarah, of course, but to 6-year-old James.

"He didn't want me to come here," Broderick admitted to reporters at a press conference in support of the film, in which he stars as the heroic little mouse with big ears named Despereaux. "I said, 'I'm going for 'Despereaux.' That's why I'm leaving.' He always gets to it in a very slow way, and he says, 'And when you're there what happens?' 'I talk to people.' 'Is there some sort of screening?' 'Yes.' 'What happens before the screening?' 'I talk to more people.' 'When you leave the screening what happens?' 'Sometimes they give me a bag.' 'What's inside the bag?' 'There might be some kind of toys. I'm not sure.' He very much wants a stuffed Despereaux. That's what this entire story was leading to!"

James isn't the only child anticipating the opening of "The Tale of Despereaux" on Dec. 19; there were plenty of excited kids at Sunday's premiere in Hollywood, many of whom have read the best-selling book by Kate DiCamillo over and over in anticipation of the movie. Even Broderick's still-teenage co-star Emma Watson admitted to her excitement at being in a film other than the "Harry Potter" series, especially because this one is a cartoon.

"I watch a lot of animated films," the British star explained. "I love animated films and it felt really different from anything that I'd ever seen before, because it felt like it wasn't patronizing to children. The message in the film felt really profound and philosophical and I loved the ending. I really love it. I think it works on lots and lots of different levels. I don't think it's just a children's film. I think that everyone can go see it and get something from it."

Adults Dustin Hoffman, Sigourney Weaver, and Tracey Ullman, who also lend their voices to the film, joined in the premiere fun, as did child actors including Field Cate, Madisen Beaty, Ashley Edner, Zane Huett, Ryan Newman, and Michael Peterson.

Dec 5, 2008 from Toronto Star:
Dustin Hoffman really "hammed" it up yesterday for his new role as an animated rodent.

He showed up with a hamster hiding in his business suit pocket at a Santa Monica, Calif. junket promoting The Tale of Despereaux, a new movie in which he supplies the voice for a cartoon rat.

The hamster jumped out in the middle of a press conference, startling co-star Sigourney Weaver. "Oh! I hope there are no cats here!" she said.

Hoffman's other co-star Matthew Broderick was even more surprised.

Hoffman showed up at Broderick's hotel room prior to the presser, hoping to get him involved in the gag. Broderick plays a mouse in the movie, the title character Despereaux.

"Man, he's hilarious," Broderick told the Star later.

"I hadn't seen him in years and he knocked on the door and he had a box of two hamsters. He had one his pocket and he wanted me to put one in my pocket. But I'm wearing a sweater, so I couldn't."

Nov 14, 2008 from Columbia Spectator:
With both Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane in attendance on "Sleepwalk With Me" opening night, Mike Birbiglia said, "it's funny because it's The Producers, and he's [Lane] my producer. It's this odd kind of theater fantasy sequence."

from Gossip Girls:
While her hubby Matthew Broderick was busy getting a workout at the gym, Sarah Jessica Parker was spotted roaming around Manhattan on Friday afternoon.

Nov 12, 2008 from Sun-Sentinel:
More puzzling was the call to audition for Helen Hunt’s directorial debut, Then She Found Me. Salman Rushdie nailed the audition, getting the role of a psychiatrist over some professional Indian actors of his acquaintance.

The nicest moment of the experience, Rushdie says, came when an impressed Matthew Broderick approached after a day’s shooting to ask if he had done much acting before.

Nov 10, 2008 from New York Daily News:
It was showtime at the Apollo for Mayor Bloomberg at a star-studded salute Monday night to Tony-winning playwright Neil Simon.

Introducing the famed Pulitzer-winner, Bloomberg quipped, "At first I wanted to do a staged reading of 'The Odd Couple' starring me and (Council speaker) Christine Quinn, but they wouldn't give us the rights."

The Bronx-born Simon was the featured honoree at the Mayor's Awards for Arts and Culture, winning the Handel Medallion, the city's highest award for artisitic achievement.

On hand to share memories of their work with the Broadway legend were actors Matthew Broderick, Christine Baranski, Tony Roberts and Robert Klein.

Broderick credited the playwright with launching his career - with roles in Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs..

Nov 7, 2008 from New York Times:
Other familiar names appeared at the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival. Matthew Broderick attended a Thursday night (Nov. 6) screening of "Shootout at Lokhandwala," described in the festival program as "an all-singing, all-dancing gangster film."

Mr. Broderick is friendly with the director Apoorva Lakhia, who served as a production assistant on his 1997 movie "Addicted to Love." "We use to play Ping-Pong and head to Yankees games and now he’s a big-shot director," Mr. Broderick said. "So here I am."

Nov 6, 2008 from Playbill:
On Nov. 10 Celebrity Autobiography welcomes Tony winners Matthew Broderick and Karen Ziemba as well as Will Forte, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Sherri Shepherd, Michael Urie and Kristen Wiig.

Nov 4, 2008 from Daily Mail:
Up early to vote was Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, who brought along their six-year-old son James Wilkie.

As the family arrived at a West Village polling station on Tuesday, it was clear they would be voting Obama as they proudly wore badges of the Democrat candidate on their coats.

from New York Magazine:
Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Edie Falco, Lisa Loeb, and John McEnroe have all been phone-banking for Obama at fancy places like Touch, 583 Park, and Gustavino's. Inevitably, Oprah will be with Obama tonight and devote her whole show to the election on Wednesday and throw a humongous party that night also, if Obama wins.

Nov 3, 2008 from UPI:
Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman and Edie Falco worked the phones for U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Usmagazine.com reported.

Parker joined volunteers in calling undecided voters from the phone bank at the Obama New York City headquarters Thursday. A new U.S. president is to be elected Tuesday.

"She wanted to get involved anyway she could!" a campaign source told Usmagazine.com about Parker's involvement in the campaign. "She came and ended up staying until the end of her shift and made a ton of calls. She came to work, not for a photo-op."

Oct 27, 2008 from Playbill:
By Seth Rudetsky - Monday night, I did Celebrity Autobiography, which is a show where people read excerpts from real celebrity autobiographies. I always read Star Jones' bio, "You Have to Stand for Something, Or You'll Fall for Anything". Hmm…I'm sure she agrees strongly with that title, and it's not just witty, meaningless word play. Anyhoo, I was backstage with everyone before the show, and I was so excited to see Alan Zweibel. He was a writer on "Saturday Night Live" when it first began and wrote a book called "Bunny Bunny" — about his friendship with Gilda Radner — that I loved when I first read it. I got him to autograph the book and talk about Hewlett High School, of which we are both alums. He, too, had Mrs. Jaffe for AP English and his scars are still fresh. Remember? She's the one I wrote about in a past column who told me, in front of the class, "Seth! You're useless, you're fruitless and what's more, I don't like you." Maybe she should have learned that honesty isn't always the best policy.

When we were backstage on Monday, Alan walked over to Matthew Broderick, gave him a pat on the shoulder and said, "By the way, belated congratulations on 'Ferris Bueller.'" Brava! Speaking of which, Matthew was late because he was coming from the dentist. He told us that he was on his motorized scooter rushing through Central Park, and the 72nd Street exit was closed off. He was so late that he tried to sneak through it because it leads right to the venue…and he got stopped by a cop! The cop walked over to him and Matthew took off his helmet, waiting for the, "Oh, my God, you're Matthew Broderick!" moment. Matthew said that he wished he had long flowing hair to reveal as the helmet came off, but he didn't. Regardless, the cop saw his face and had no reaction. He then asked for his license, saw his name and remained duly blank-faced. Matthew said, "I know I made a mistake, but I'm rushing to go do a play!" The cop said, "What play?" Uh-oh. Does he say, "Celebrity Autobiography"? Hmm…he realized that it wasn't actually a play. But then what is it? An act? Performance art? He remained silent as the cop glared. Matthew finally stammered, "Uh…I do a lot of plays." That cop asked, "Like what?" Matthew offered, "The Producers?" The cop shrugged and said he never heard of it. What the-? This was in New York, people! Surely, the cop heard about the Inner Circle Tickets that cost $450. If that wasn't a crime, what was? Regardless, how could you have lived in New York and not have heard of The Producers? Unless, the cop was used to hearing it called, The New Mel Brooks Musical: The Producers. Finally, Matthew told him that he also does movies. Matthew said he wasn't trying to get out of it because he's famous, but he was trying to prove he really was rushing to do a show, and not because he was totally reckless. The cop asked, "What movies?" Matthew decided to go for the big guns and said, with trepidation, "Uh…'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'"? That, he had heard of, and the cop let Matthew off without a ticket. If you reenact this story, remember that Matthew just came from dental surgery, so half his face was "Novacain'd" and immobilized adding to him sounding desperate and crazy.

Oct 25, 2008 from New York Post:
The appeal of Don Rickles crosses all demographics. When the insulting 82-year- old comic opened his three-night gig at Town Hall, the crowd included Matthew Broderick, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Brad Grey. Two rows behind them was gender-bending downtown comedian Murray Hill, who was seen with pen and paper taking notes from the master. Rickles later received rousing applause from the clientele at Elaine's as he walked in with an entourage.

Oct 23, 2008 from NBC New York:
New York artists Mina Karimi and Kara Suhey are planning to reenact the awesome Beatles sing-a-long parade scene in 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off for the Greenwich Village Halloween parade. They're hoping to get a couple thousand "agents" to dress up like people from the era (the 80's), and dance to "Twist and Shout" as the float goes by. As they say it, "this will involve tens of thousands of people breaking out into the world's largest Beatles sing-a-long." They've even invited Matthew Broderick to play his original part!

It was originally planned for the Deitch Art Parade on September 6, but its fate was left up in the air when the parade was canceled due to Tropical Storm Hannah. Now, Halloween gives Mina and Kara a second chance to bring Project Bueller back to life! And, they couldn't be more excited.

Oct 20, 2008 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick and Andrea Martin will take part in the weekly comedy series Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words Oct. 27 at the Triad.

Broderick, who also appears in the 7:30 PM installment of Autobiography on Oct. 20, will return to the Triad Oct. 27 to join Martin, Rachel Dratch, Kristen Johnston, Carson Kressley, Claudia Shear, Sherri Shepherd, Dayle Reyfel and Celebrity Autobiography creator Eugene Pack.

Oct 14, 2008 from Broadway.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will host Broadway Voices For Change, a benefit concert starring Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Barbara Cook, on October 19 at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Proceeds from this one-night-only event will go to America Votes, a coalition with the goal of increasing progressive voter registration and turnout. The concert will feature musical direction by Ted Sperling and Lee Musiker and will be produced by David Binder and Brian Savelson. No word on whether Parker and Broderick will be coaxed into performing themselves.

Oct 13, 2008 from Playbill:
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words will welcome Matthew Broderick on Oct. 20 at the Triad. Broderick is set to join Seth Rudetsky, Susie Essman and Alan Zweibel for the evening of celebrity dish.

Celebrities whose personal stories are presented in the evenings include Elizabeth Taylor, Mr T, Tommy Lee, Sylvester Stallone, Ivana Trump, Vanna White, Star Jones, Kenny Loggins, Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. The cast and what autobiographies are presented rotate on a weekly basis.

Oct 10, 2008 from New York Magazine:
We ran into several Jews at the Project A.L.S. Benefit Gala this week. A few of them were even old — the perfect people to ask about Sarah Silverman's "Great Schlep," her plan for Jewish grandkids to urge their grandparents in Florida to vote for Obama. Matthew Broderick was skeptical: "I don't know how you can convince an old person in Florida about anything."

Oct 7, 2008 from FOX News:
Ben Stiller brought wife Christine Taylor, as well as parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, to the Project ALS benefit Tuesday night. Other guests included "Mad Men" star John Slattery with actress wife Talia Balsam (daughter of the late great Martin Balsam and the very much alive Joyce van Patten), Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Matthew Broderick, who explained that wife Sarah Jessica Parker was home with son James. "She's lucky," he said.

Chris Rock appeared, as did Jimmy Kimmel — surprise! — who appears to be reunited with Sarah Silverman. Jon Stewart joined in the comedy as well. Caroline Rhea was a no-show as she's about to have a baby like … now. Jennifer Estess, who founded the group and is now gone, must have been smiling from heaven.

Oct 6, 2008 from Broadway World:
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce Tony® Award winner Matthew Broderick as "Philip" in a new Broadway production of The Philanthropist by Tony® and Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton, directed by David Grindley.

The Philanthropist will begin previews on April 10th, 2009 and open officially on April 26th, 2009 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. This will be a limited engagement. Additional cast members and the design team will be announced shortly.

Written as a response to Molière's The Misanthrope, Hampton's biting bourgeois comedy examines the empty, insular lives of college intellectuals. At the center of the story is Philip (Broderick), a professor who seems almost absurdly removed from the political turmoil surrounding him, including the assassination of the Prime Minister and his cabinet.

Director David Grindley returns following his acclaimed 2007 production of Pygmalion. Roundabout is pleased to continue their relationship with Christopher Hampton following the recent Tony® nominated Broadway production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Sep 19, 2008 from New York Post:
Matthew Broderick, drinking Belvedere vodka on the rocks and eating chicken satay while giggling with Calvin Klein's daughter, Marci, at Catch-22 lounge. The friends left at 11 p.m. after two hours.

Sep 17, 2008 from Huliq:
Matthew Broderick is in a "battle royale" with Argentinian film director Lucia Puenzo ("XXY") over the film rights to "The Man Who Outshone the Sun King," the soon-to-be-released biography of Nicholas Fouquet, prime minister to Louis the Fourteenth in France’s 17th century Court of the Sun King.

Broderick has been seen most recently as an actor in the films "Then She Found Me" and "Finding Amanda." "Judging from those two film titles, I’m obviously looking for something," he jokes dryly. "And the something that I am seeking just might be this book and a chance to both act in and direct a film made from it."

Broderick says the film would co-star Nathan Lane as the Muskateer D’Artagnan, Fouquet’s lifelong friend; Anna Paquin as Marie Antoinette; and Kristin Chenoweth cast as the visiting Queen of Spain.

"The details of Fouquet’s life are irresistibly dramatic," says Broderick. "Fouquet’s eye for beauty, his fatal ambition, the battle of wills with his nemesis Jean-Baptiste Colbert and the Sun King, his terrible downfall – everything about his life seems to have an epic, timeless quality."

And Fouquet also, notes Broderick, threw the largest and most dramatic party of the 17th century – complete with a play commissioned from Moliere written specifically for the occasion.

Although Fouquet’s was one of the most tragic careers in French history, Broderick says he is looking at more of a "Fouquet-lite" for the film.

"This would be more of an ‘Odd Couple Meets Versailles’ approach," Broderick says, adding that he has long been a fan of the "Herbie" series. "There’s always been a market for anything Nathan and I do together."

Filming of the Broderick film would take place in both France and the U.S. "I’d love to be able to say we’ll be filming Fouquet in Phuket," concludes Broderick. "Which is a delightful little town in Thailand. But while that would be extremely fun to say – and do! – it just wouldn’t be true."

By contrast, Puenzo’s version of "The Man Who Outshone the Sun King" would use the life of Fouquet to explore the psychological fallout that alternative sexualities had in the court of Louis the Fourteenth.

Sep 16, 2008
"Finding Amanda" is now available on DVD. Extras include interviews with actors Matthew Broderick and Brittany Snow.

Aug 27, 2008 from New York Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick didn't join the Mile High Club, but they were canoodling on a flight to Bodrum, Turkey, over the weekend, say our airborne spies.

Aug 19, 2008 from The Province:
Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper reportedly recently mentioned that his favorite actors are Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon.

Aug 13, 2008 from Evening Herald:
Sarah Jessica Parker has been spotted hiding out in Dublin this week. The Hollywood movie star was seen checking into a top hotel in the city centre under a veil of secrecy.

"She came into the hotel quite late yestreday evening. She kept her head down and was wearing these massive sunglasses, it was obvious she didn't want to be spotted by anyone. She seemed relaxed enough but it can't be an easy time for her," said a worker at the hotel.

Aug 12, 2008 from US Weekly:
During dinner with friends at Szechuan Gourmet, a low-key Chinese restaurant, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick noshed on braised beef, fish fillets, sliced pork belly and crispy fried lamb. "They were very nice," owner Cheng Zhong Huang tells US. "It was their first time here, and they were having a good time."

Aug 8, 2008 from Limerick Leader:
Author Frank McCourt has outlined his desire for A-list Hollywood actors Matthew Broderick, Johnny Depp or Cork's Cillian Murphy to play him in the film Teacher Man, his third novel, which is due to hit the big screen in two years' time.

Mr McCourt, who visited Limerick this week and retraced his childhood on the Angela's Ashes tour of the city for the first time, joked:

Aug 7, 2008 from Belfast Telegraph:
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker are expected to arrive in Co Donegal this weekend. The glamourous couple regularly visit Kilcar in Donegal, where they own a holiday home.

Aug 4, 2008 from New York Daily News:
What marriage crisis? Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were every inch the happy couple the weekend before last in Amagansett. The pair were "holding hands and kissing" on the beach, says an onlooker. "They were just playing paddleball and being really affectionate and cute. I don't think they even knew people could see them."

from Newsday Blog:
While the tabloids report that actor Matthew Broderick is cheating Sarah Jessica Parker with a younger woman, he gives OK! the real story on what he's been doing this summer -- playing Legos on the beach with their 5-year-old son, James. The family has been staying at their Amagansett house. "I like a simple summer," Broderick tells the magazine. "I like to hang out with her and James, and have little to do." As for his relationship with Parker? "We're good friends, and we stick it out."

Aug 1, 2008 from New York Magazine:
Does Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker want to leave the Carrie-fied West Village? Parker and her husband, Matthew Broderick, live in a nineteenth-century townhouse on Charles Street, but a source says the actress was spotted twice in early summer touring a $17.8 million place across town at 123–125 East 10th Street, far from the cupcake­nibbling hordes that descend on her current neighborhood. The East Village property is actually two adjacent houses with a shared terraced back yard that are being marketed as suitable for combination (after which it would have eighteen fireplaces!). But Parker hasn't been seen there since June, before gossips began speculating on the state of her marriage. Parker's rep declined to comment, as did the listing brokers.

Jul 30, 2008 from OK! Magazine:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have an unconventional but successful union, friends of the couple tell OK!.

Ignoring tabloid reports that Matthew,46, cheated on Sarah,43, with a 25-year old youth counselor, the pair enjoyed a romantic stroll on the beach on July 26, walking hand in hand just like any other couple in love.

"They looked very happy and in love," an onlooker in Amagansett, NY, told OK! of the couple, who have a son James,5. "They looked totally normal, like nothing was going on."

Rather than acknowledge the rumors of Matthew's affair, Sarah Jessica's main focus is finding new talent on her new Bravo reality t.v. show American Artist.

"She was saying that she is confident that it's going to be bigger than Project Runway," a longtime pal of the Sex and the City star tells OK!. "She is really looking forward to this show as being a stepping stone to take her career into a different more artistic direction."

Meanwhile, another friend of the couple say that Matthew and Sarah "have never had a conventional marriage, but it totally works for the two of them," The source tells OK!. "When they are together, they would rather be alone with their son.

Jul 29, 2008 from PR-inside:
New York - Coming off $200 million in worldwide ticket sales for the smash hit musical 'Hairspray,' director Adam Shankman has been tapped to direct and choreograph a new musical based on the popular music of the iconic Eighties band ELO (Electric Light Orchestra).

With a working title of 'The Trump-Hiltons,' the film, a comedy set in a fantasy version of Manhattan's famed Greenwich Village, tracks the wacky challenges faced by a trio of aging 40-something siblings when they find their trust fund is about to go bust and their lavish lifestyles with it. In a script written by newcomer Marvin Easter, the two socially-prominent Trump-Hilton sisters and their mildly autistic brother, a toy store proprietor, attempt to reinvent a centuries-old love potion and launch a designer clothing line based on insomnia and prescription pharmaceuticals to save their "Grey Gardens"-style penthouse from foreclosure.

Jul 23, 2008 from East Hampton Press:
Long known for its good food and down-to-earth service, Astro Pizza/Felice's Restaurant has managed to stay out of the glow from "Hamptons" glitz. Yet neighbors say it has been a true neighborhood celebrity hideout. "Well," said Ms. Alda Stipanov, "It's true, we have a lot of celebrity regulars."

She continued by citing their favorite dishes. "When Alec Baldwin comes in, he likes to eat eggplant heroes, but he also likes pizza. Matthew Broderick, who loves our pizza, came in with his son last week. And when Jody Foster comes in, she likes to eat pizza and a gorgonzola salad. Paul McCartney is a regular and is probably one of the nicest guys I've ever met. He likes to eat pizza with vegetables. When my mother was still alive, he would come in and sing ‘Volare' with her. And after my mother died, he came in to offer his condolences to my father, saying he was sorry for his loss, and that he understood how difficult it was to lose a beloved wife. He really loved and misses Linda, you know."

Jul 21, 2008 from Los Angeles Times:
Movie audiences have the opportunity to check out one of the biggest summer box office hits of 1983, "WarGames," when the computer thriller returns to theaters across the country for a as a prelude to the release of the 25th anniversary DVD on July 29. The event will also feature interviews with stars Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.

"It's exciting to have something that hangs in there that people just want to see, as opposed to something that just sort of sinks in the swamp," says "WarGames" director John Badham. He says he was drawn to Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes' clever script (nominated for an Oscar) about a teenage computer hacker who accidentally breaks into the Defense Department and nearly starts World War III.

"What I read was a really exciting story about a young boy in way over his head and not understanding at all what he was into," says Badham.

Just as Badham had directed John Travolta to movie stardom in 1977's "Saturday Night Fever," he put Broderick on the cinema map with "WarGames."

from FOX News:
George Michael is coming into Madison Square Garden tonight and Wednesday for two sold out shows. It's not like he doesn't have fans. Already signed up for tickets are Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Jessica Simpson, Rosie O'Donnell, Neil Patrick Harris, Alan Cumming and Ed Westwick, one of the stars of "Gossip Girl."

Jul 14, 2008 from People:
Matthew Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker are packing their bags (and 5-year-old son James Wilkie) and crossing the Atlantic for a late summer getaway to Ireland.

"My family and I are staying out here until the middle of August, and then we are all going to Ireland together," Broderick told PEOPLE Saturday at the A.L.S. spin-a-thon in Amagansett, N.Y.

The Producers star joined Katie Couric, Alec Baldwin and almost 100 Long Island locals on stationary bikes to raise awareness and funds for Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's and other brain-related illnesses.

Jul 10, 2008 from Brash Entertainment:
LOS ANGELES - Brash Entertainment today announced development for The Tale of Despereaux, an interactive game based on Universal Pictures' animated adventure of the same name. The game shares the fairy-tale look and feel of the upcoming film about a chivalrous mouse, full of courage and honor. The Tale of Despereaux game—created through a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group—will release in conjunction with the film, which arrives in theatres on December 19, 2008.

The game will follow and extend the film's storyline in adventures spanning from the magical kitchen and colorful rooms of the castle to the dark dungeons of the rat lairs. An introductory training mode, mouse-centric unique abilities, upgradeable skills and objects, and a lot of courage, will help Despereaux face off against a multitude of animal enemies and human foes on his quest to save Princess Pea. Multiple difficulty settings will ensure that a wide range of adventurers can enjoy Despereaux's heroics again and again.

from People:
Sarah Jessica Parker, browsing with a girlfriend at Erin Snow, a boutique in Southampton, N.Y. The Sex and the City star especially admired the white Gidget dress, a sleeveless frock that was in the window. Meanwhile, hubby Matthew Broderick recently stopped by La Fondita, a taco stand in Amagansett, N.Y., to pick up Mexican takeout for his family.

from Newsday:
While most of us scarfed down burgers and dogs at backyard barbecues over the Fourth of July weekend, our spies tell us the glitterati came out in force to dine in the Hamptons.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and son dropped by La Fondita in Amagansett for chips and salsa, tortilla soup, rice and beans and grilled chicken.

"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest and a pal ambled into Townline BBQ in Sagaponack for some pulled pork sliders. And restaurant mogul Jeffrey Chodorow brought family and friends to the restaurant, too. They really got into the brisket sandwich and spicy bread and butter pickles.

from Hamptons Online:
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker stopped into La Fondita with their son Wednesday for a quick Mexican bite. They noshed on chips and salsa, guacamole, rice and beans, tortilla soup, and a traditional grilled chicken plate.

Jul 9, 2008 from Bossip:
Q: Speaking of skin and how it relates to the society we live in, I understand that you are working on another film, Wonderful World, that features an interracial couple, black woman/white male. What do you have to say to your fans that may catch feelings about you playing another character involved in an interracial relationship?

Sanaa Lathan: It's actually not about interracial relationships. It's about Matthew Broderick's character; he plays a guy who's very negative, a real cynic. And it's basically his journey to find hope and some kind of innocence again. I play an African woman who crosses paths with him. So it's not about interracial relationships like Something New was. In Something New that was the subject of the movie. This is just a movie where he happens to be white and I happen to be an African woman. So you know what I'm saying?

Jul 7, 2008 from New York Post:
In Bridgehampton, Hollywood mogul Sandy Gallin was throwing a wacky bash at his sprawling estate, where Russell Simmons, Matthew Broderick, Brooke Shields, Matt Lauer, Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Jerry Seinfeld and Richard Gere partied until the wee hours.

"They were serving strange brownies," cackled our spy. "Half the people there were wrecked. They weren't making any sense, and people were laughing at inappropriate comments."

from Jaunted:
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and baby Suri went for a stroll on Independence Day in Telluride, Colorado. Cruise has owned a home in the ski town for years, sharing the local mountain air with Oprah and Oliver Stone.

Other stars used their holiday weekend to visit summer homes, plan sexy getaways or just get out of the house for a bit.

Jul 6, 2008 from Hollywood Reporter:
IFC Films' drama "Diminished Capacity" opened in four locations and grossed $12,472, or an acceptable $3,118 per site.

Jul 3, 2008 from All Movie Portal:
Q: HOW DID THE AMAZING CAST OF ALAN ALDA, MATTHEW BRODERICK AND VIRGINIA MADSEN COME ABOUT?
Diminished Capacity director, Terry Kinney: I set up a meeting with Matthew after we had sent him a script. He’s very shy, but he walked in, sat down and said simply, “You don’t have to sell me. I want to do it.” Matthew became the springboard from which the rest of the cast followed. Virginia got the script through an agent, liked it and called me right away. Alan’s agent called me about him, and we met at a restaurant, and we immediately had boy crushes on each other. Of course I jumped on that opportunity. Before I met with Alan, I wasn’t sure he was the best guy, but he transformed himself for this role. He owned something from his deepest fears, regrets and joys. He was a reinvention of himself every day.

Q: BOTH ALAN ALDA AND MATTHEW BRODERICK PLAY CHARACTERS WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS. WHAT DID YOU DO TO HAVE THEM GIVE SUCH CONVINCING PERFORMANCES?
Kinney: We rehearsed and discussed every scene and knew our obligation to the audience. We were aware we were doing a comedy that involves a very serious subject, and we never wanted to poke fun at a serious illness that involves forgetting our past or our present. We wanted to give it all the heart that we could, but we had two central characters with similar afflictions trying to perform a simple Laurel and Hardy-type task. They had to remember to do one thing - take a baseball card to a show and sell it - and they can’t even do that right. It was a balancing act of humor and true pathos. We talked about that balancing act every day.

Jun 30, 2008 from National CineMedia:
CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Revisit a time when cell phones and MP3 players were "futuristic" and geeky underachiever David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) accidentally starts the countdown to World War III when WarGames returns to select movie theatres in a one night special presentation on July 24th. The event will feature interviews with the cast and crew of WarGames, including Broderick and co-star Ally Sheedy, as they discuss the making of the 1983, $79 million box office hit WarGames and its relevance in today's technology-driven world.

Tickets for this special one-time-only event are available at presenting theatre box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of presenting theatre locations and prices please visit the website (theatres are subject to change).

WarGames is presented on the big screen by NCM's Fathom and MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on Thursday, July 24th at 7:30 p.m. local time at more than 300 select AMC, Cinemark USA Inc., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres, National Amusements and Regal Entertainment Group movie theatres through NCM's exclusive Digital Broadcast Network – North America's largest cinema broadcast network.

The event celebrates the DVD release of the 25th Anniversary Edition of WarGames featuring all new bonus material including director and writer commentaries and all-new featurettes.

from Los Angeles Times:
"We had [script] readings a week before we shot with Alan Alda and Matthew Broderick," says Diminished Capacity writer Sherwood Kiraly. "The other actors hadn't arrived, so I got to read the other parts. That was a big thrill. Matthew Broderick said once I was good [in the reading], so I called my wife and told her."

Jun 29, 2008 from Newsday:
Q: What interested you about this film "Diminished Capacity," in which you play Matthew Broderick's high school sweetheart?

Virginia Madsen: I was looking for a comedy, because I wanted to learn how to do that, and I thought if I was surrounded by Broderick and Alda, I knew I couldn't go wrong. I didn't have a lot of experience in comedy, and I always look to grow and expand my skills. The comedies I've been in, I've been more the straight man, and in this one I got to be funny, too. I learned a lot watching those guys work. What I like about them is they don't approach it as comedy, they approach it as any other role. They helped me be more real, dare to be funny, because you have to be brave to do comedy, be willing to fall flat on your face.

Jun 26, 2008 from ComingSoon:
CS: What was it like working on the set with Matthew Broderick and Peter Tolan in Finding Amanda?

Brittany Snow: Horrible. No, I'm just kidding. Of course, you're going to use that clip. No, it was so fun… oh, my gosh. It was weird how much they have their own sort of dialogue and we were just talking about this, how they would just break out into these old movie quotes or start singing musicals, and my facial expression was always the same, which was like… I don't know what the heck they're talking about, but they're so fun and so crazy, especially together. It was fun. I found myself challenging myself to keep up with them on their humor. Peter I've been a fan of and just when I met him, I feel in love with wanting to work with him, and him as a person, I thought he was so brilliant and talented. The way he uses humor and the serious subject matter like this script is just kind of genius. How he can do both and make it really relevant and heartfelt, I think is really cool. And Matthew's not bad either. He's done a few things. I think he'll make it.

CS: Can you talk about Amanda's relationship with her uncle? It was really strong, much like your relationship with Michelle Pfeiffer as your mother in "Hairspray." How do you prepare to create that kind of family rapport with another character and make it feel real?

Snow: Yeah, that's a really good question and that's something that I definitely do consciously. With Michelle, I spent a lot of time studying her, which sounds really creepy, and I told that to her and she was a little freaked out, but also, I think a little honored… no, not honored. Flattered, that's the word. She can't be honored because of me; I'm honored because of her. (laughter) I would watch her in a certain way where I wanted the daughter/mother relationship to be the way she stood, I wanted to stand like that, the way she walked, I wanted to walk like that, just so there was that element of "Wow, this younger daughter is looking up to her mother" and it's an unconscious thing they have and it's connected. I didn't want Michelle to be aware of it, because I didn't think Velma even knew that her daughter was growing up wanting to be her mother so badly, and that happens with a lot of mother-daughters. In terms of working with Matthew, I loved from the very beginning when I first met him how I instantly knew that it was going to be great, because his humor and his energy is so different than mine, and I appreciated his so much. I knew that I wanted to play the character a certain way, so I definitely played off of that a little bit. I knew that my energy was going to be really high and really crazy, because I wanted her to be overly happy, and I knew that he was going to play it a certain way, so I liked that back and forth banter and chemistry we had. Hopefully, it worked.

Jun 24, 2008 from Theater Mania:
There's good news for fans of two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick; he's tentatively planning to return to Broadway next spring in what he coyly describes as "not a one man show and not a musical." Until then, fans of the actor can content themselves with a one-two indie film punch: Peter Tolan's Finding Amanda (June 27) and Terry Kinney's Diminished Capacity, which co-stars Alan Alda, Bobby Cannavale, and Dylan Baker (July 4).

In Tolan's quasi-autobiographical film, Broderick plays Taylor Mendon, a comedy series writer with major gambling and alcohol problems. To try and win back his wife, Taylor heads to Vegas to rescue his niece Amanda (Brittany Snow) from a life of drugs and prostitution by getting her into rehab. The hitch is that Amanda doesn't want to be rescued.

So how does Broderick compare to Taylor? "I have no addictions and can leave a urine sample right now," deadpans the actor, who pauses before asking, "Do anabolic steroids count? Seriously, the script appealed to me precisely because Taylor's not simply a good guy or a bad guy, he's a flawed guy."

Jun 23, 2008 from ComingSoon:
CS: So people are going to go to this hotel The Aztec after they see the movie and expect all the slot machines, but there's nothing like that inside the hotel at all?

Peter Tolan (Finding Amanda director): It's just a rundown… and people don't know, unless you really look at the thing, you wouldn't know some of the things that we did. Like when Matthew comes in in the morning from the night out with her, and he gets in the bed and takes his clothes off. No sooner does he roll over then the phone rings and it's his wife. I wanted to put a piece of music there, and I said, "You know what it is… it's (singing) 'Good morning, good morning, we talk the whole night through, good morning,'" so I had that lyric line, 'We talk the whole night through.' It's something really cheery and upbeat just as he's dragging his ass in there, I can't afford that, so my brother-in-law and I wrote the song that goes there, he made it sound like an old Andrews sister song and it's called, (sings) "Mr. Rooster, don't wake me up to early. We talked all night long my girl and me," so the same lyric line is there, it was just all created for the movie.

CS: You've mentioned that you liked Matthew because of "Election," and in the movie, Britanny reminds me of a young Reese Witherspoon. Was that something you were thinking of, and trying to create that kind of chemistry? Tolan: No, not so much that, but I definitely love "Election" and I love Matthew in it. Every now and then he'd do something on the set and I'd be like, "That's just like in 'Election,'" and I'd be like, "Oh, that's in my movie now, okay."

CS: Your movie does have a very similar tone, not really a dark comedy because it's a comedy first with darker dramatic moments. There aren't many movies in that vein like "Election," neither straight comedies, nor straight dramas. Tolan: I think it's tricky stuff. A lot of people don't like those kind of movies because they just think you can't blend those two things, and I try on "Rescue Me" and I try on this, and I try to be successful, sometimes I think, "Oh, did I go to far on the comedy side there?" and you know, that kind of thing, but I think it works all right.

Jun 19, 2008 from New York Magazine:
At the screening of Matthew Broderick's new film, Finding Amanda, where he plays a gamble-holic having an off-the-wagon weekend in Vegas, he said, "I used to smoke cigarettes, and I still do, lately. I gave that up a long time ago, but every now and then I will fall off for a week." Broderick says SJP is "worse than me on that." And James Wilkie is "already curious. He'll see a cigarette butt and say, 'What is that? Why do people smoke?' I can just see the little budding gene of a smoker in there."

The whole family seems to be pretty laid-back about the whole addiction thing. According to longtime pal Nathan Lane, who showed up for the after-party at the Soho Grand. "If ever you wanted someone to have an intervention for you, it's Matthew Broderick, because he'll probably bring liquor."

Jun 17, 2008 from WENN:
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have been banned from using the word `fat' at home - by their politically correct young son.

Little James Wilke insists the word upsets him more than any expletive.

from FOX News Blogs:
By Jill Dobson - 9:20am- I arrive at New York's Regency Hotel for an interview with Matthew Broderick. I'm excited to chat with him about his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, as well as his latest film, "Finding Amanda."

10:40am- It's been more than an hour and I'm still waiting. Listening to the conversations of fellow reporters. Boring. Ooh- the publicist just called my name! One step closer to Mr. Broderick!

10:56am- Just finished my Broderick interview. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy. He told me how proud he is of SJP's "Sex and the City" success, and about the couple's plans to take time off this summer to relax and enjoy their 5-year-old son. He also laughingly told me how "cute" it was the one or two times when his co-star Brittany Snow would forget a line on the set of "Finding Amanda," because, as he said, "I'd forget my lines everyday!"

11:05am- Brittany Snow tells me she met with actual prostitutes in order to research for her role. Many seemed overly upbeat about their career, so she played "Amanda" with that sense of (false) enthusiasm.

11:15am- The film's writer/director Peter Tolan is hilarious! He cracked me up throughout the interview, even impersonating Woody Allen at one point. He also gave me an un-PC (but amusing) compliment - he called me a "good-looking broad". Who uses the word ‘broad' anymore?? I should have asked him then and there for the part of "News Reporter #2" in his next project. I just want one line!

Jun 13, 2008 from Multichannel News:
In an unusual arrangement, Dish Network will be offering some of its subscribers a sneak preview of the comedy Finding Amanda starting today, two weeks prior to the film's theatrical release.

Finding Amanda is being made available to Dish Network Pay-Per-View and Dish On Demand customers through an agreement with Magnolia Pictures and HDNet.

Jun 5, 2008 from THIRTEEN:
Inside Thirteen Blogger: Ellen Doherty, series producer, CYBERCHASE

On CYBERCHASE, not only do I get to work with wonderful colleagues here at Thirteen, making fun action adventure cartoons about math, but I also have the pleasure of working with incredibly talented actors like Christopher Lloyd, who was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance as The Hacker, and comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who brings such humor and heart to cyberbird Digit.

This week, I got another memorable experience because Matthew Broderick, who’ll always have a place in my ‘80s heart for playing Ferris Bueller, stopped by to record a guest star spot in a special “Father’s Day” episode of CYBERCHASE that’ll premiere next year.

Matthew is playing both Max (the easy-going and likeable dad of a good friend of the CyberSquad) and an evil robot version of Max created by the villainous Hacker in order to ruin both Father’s Day and Max’s spotless reputation.

It was a real treat to watch Matthew bring these characters to life using only his voice, giving a warm “Daddiness” to Max and a dastardly zeal to Robot Max, Hacker’s evil invention. One of my favorite moments: there’s a spot in the script where Robot Max is spraying maple syrup over a crowd of people. The hilarious maniacal laughter Matthew gave Robot Max is not to be missed!

Matthew’s decision to take the role was motivated by someone who is perhaps both his biggest and smallest fan: his 5-year-old son, who watches CYBERCHASE all the time. (Matthew said he sometimes watches the show in the morning with his son.)

We had already decided to approach Matthew for the role of Max when we discovered this, but it was great to hear his wife Sarah Jessica Parker mention that their son was a CYBERCHASE fan during a TODAY show appearance in April.

Jun 4, 2008 from OK! Magazine:
In the new Sex and the City movie, Carrie Bradshaw is still looking for love — and marriage — with Mr. Big (Chris Noth). But in real life, Sarah Jessica Parker and her hubby of 11 years, Matthew Broderick, are quite content with their more traditional life.

But with two actors in the house, how does this couple make it work?

"They say communication is key — love and respect too," Matthew told OK! at the NYC Premiere of the SATC film. Indeed, at the film's after party at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel, the couple enjoyed cocktails in private before Matthew,46, happily let Sarah Jessica,43, take center stage.

May 30, 2008 from WENN:
Sarah Jessica Parker has slammed the paparazzi for following her every move, making her life feel like a "spy movie".

The 43-year-old star claims she, husband Matthew Broderick and even their five-year-old son James Wilke, are constantly chased for photo-opportunities.

May 29, 2008 from WENN:
Sarah Jessica Parker has one major fashion critic - her husband Matthew Broderick blames her for urging female fans to bare their underwear in public.

The Sex And The City star became a fashion icon for women across the world due to her TV character, sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw's unique style - notably showing off sexy lingerie under her designer wares.

And Broderick isn't happy with his wife's avid fashion followers - because they have copied her risque style.

She tells Britain's Heat magazine, "The only thing that Matthew has ever said in regards to the show was that he blamed me for women's underwear showing in public.

May 28, 2008 from People:
The Sex and the City foursome created a fashion and film sensation on the pink carpet outside New York's Radio City Music Hall for the U.S. premiere of their movie Tuesday night.

"The best part about making the movie was being back with the women on the set all day every day, and the best part about tonight is being here ... with the fans," Sarah Jessica Parker said as the crowds squealed and waved around her.

Parker wore a glamorous Nina Ricci gown, complemented with dazzling Fred Leighton jewels, as did Kristin Davis, who donned Donna Karan and 19th Century diamonds. Cynthia Nixon chose a Narciso Rodriguez dress, and Kim Cattrall embodied her inner "Samantha" in a low-cut, beaded Vivienne Westwood cocktail dress.

The set up might have been equally bedazzled in crystals, but it was the stars shining through the rain that got the most attention. The first person to walk the carpet was Matthew Broderick, who was glowing with pride and support for his wife, Parker. Other supportive partners included Nixon's girlfriend, who wore a gorgeous linen suit and smiled ear-to-ear.

Donna Karan, Todd Oldham and, of course, Sex stylist Patricia Field came to represent the fashion set – and Project Runway's Christian Siriano stole the show, joking to PEOPLE, "Oh yeah, SJP calls all the time. She called last night, she was eating some Mac-n-Cheese and just wanted to chat."

Ashley Olsen, Mary J. Blige, Fergie, Edie Falco, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Lil' Kim, Melania Trump and Jerry Seinfeld were some more of New York's finest out to see the flick.

The New York premiere may have kicked off at 6 p.m., but the cast and crew of Sex and the City: The Movie partied 'til three in the morning, with two after parties!

After Sex's big New York homecoming at the Radio City Music Hall and an after party at the Museum of Modern Art, the film's inner circle – including Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Jason Lewis and director Michael Patrick King – celebrated the night away at an exclusive after-after party at The Carlyle hotel.

Around midnight, with husband Matthew Broderick, Parker escaped the MOMA, arriving at the hotel's legendary Bemelmans Bar, which she requested (she had her honeymoon at The Carlyle in 1997). They intimately enjoyed cocktails and mini-burgers before the arrival of some of Parker's closest friends and colleagues.

Nixon, who arrived at 1 a.m., held hands with her partner Christine Marinoni all night, while sipping the night's signature drink, The Bradshaw.

Other SATC staples included Mario Cantone, costume designer Patricia Field and Willie Garson – who seemed shocked by the size of the crowd, announcing, "I thought this was supposed to be a quiet and intimate little get together!" But he eagerly joined the party goers as they danced to jazz and old standards played by the Loston Harris Trio.

from E!:
Most everyone headed to the Museum of Modern Art after the screening for an after-party that included music from DJ Samantha Ronson, bars serving cosmopolitans and food stations featuring everything from ceviche to lo mein and steamed dumplings.

The upper level was reserved for VIPs. SJP was surrounded by handlers, bodyguards and movie-studio staffers, but she made sure to stop right away to chat with Jerry Seinfeld. Not sure what Seinfeld was saying, but it must have been pretty funny. Parker's hubby, Matthew Broderick, didn't seem to stop laughing for a second.

May 27, 2008 from Digitalspy:
Matthew Broderick has revealed that he is unfazed by the fact that wife Sarah Jessica Parker is more famous than him.

The actor said that Parker is constantly approached by fans following her role in hit TV series Sex And The City.

He is quoted as saying: "My wife gets asked for her autograph more than me. When you're on TV, that's serious fame. I have never got to that. It happens when we go shopping.

May 25, 2008 from BANG Showbiz:
Sarah Jessica Parker insists having son James with husband Matthew Broderick made their relationship better.

She said: "I surprise Matthew all the time with stuff. I buy him presents and leave him notes. And having a child makes a marriage much more romantic because you have this thing in common that you love in a new way."

Parker believes it is the small things that she and Matthew do for one another that makes their marriage a success.

May 24, 2008 from Star-Ledger:
"I thought I already had an enviable career," Sarah Jessica Parker says. "So when I first heard about 'Sex and the City,' I was reluctant. I thought a series would mean just playing the same part forever -- that it'd be 'Groundhog Day.' But then I read the script, and I thought my God, the potential. And Matthew -- and Matthew never gets involved in this -- said, 'Look, you should really do this. What's the worst that can happen? That it's a hit?'"

...It's not the first time the actress has winced at the gossip columns. When she was single, they chronicled her dates with JFK Jr. When she was with Broderick, they speculated about their marriage. Fairly boring pictures of her walking their son to school regularly fill the tabloids. Not long ago, one devoted much of a page to shots of Broderick stepping in something nasty outside their downtown home, and quizzically examining his shoe.

May 16, 2008 from Telegraph:
Her brow furrows, and the light, tinkling voice hardens slightly. "Anyway, who are the judges and what are the criteria there? Do I have big fake boobs, Botox, collagen and big lips? No. Do I fit the ideals and standards of some white men writing a men's magazine? Maybe not. Am I sorry that they made public proclamations about it in a way that was hurtful to all women? Yes. Am I really 'The Unsexiest Woman Alive'? Wow! Thankfully, somebody thinks I'm palatable, to some degree."

That somebody is her husband of 11 years, actor Matthew Broderick. They have oddly similar histories - both played iconic youngsters (Broderick was Ferris Bueller, Parker was Patty Green in the TV series Square Pegs) and both are half-Jewish, from theatre families, with fathers who were actors. They are also both bibliophiles with a shared interest in Victorian literature - they named their five-year-old son James Wilkie after the author Wilkie Collins.

Parker says that she feels "privileged" to be in the relationship. The US gossip sheets, meanwhile, suggest that the marriage is not as cosy as it seems. Parker herself unexpectedly fuelled the more scurrilous speculation when admitting recently that most of her husband's friends are gay.

"I can't say that you should only marry for love - lots of marriages work for strange and wonderful reasons, and my reasons can't be everyone else's," she says.

The couple live in New York, their home just around the corner from Carrie's fictional home. "It's funny, I walk by it every single day," says Parker. "So I guess that Carrie will always be with me."

May 15, 2008 from Hamptons Online:
We'll be seeing lots more of our favorite East End couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. I hear that they are going to take some time for themselves and their family (possibly working on an addition?) after all the hoopla surrounding "Sex and the City: The Movie" is finally over next month and now that Matthew's film "Finding Amanda" has premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. They'll leave their Greenwich Village townhouse and come back to the East End to unwind and maybe even squeeze in a trip to Ireland to introduce their little boy to some members of the Broderick clan.

from Hollywood Reporter:
Myriad Pictures has picked up worldwide rights to Terry Kinney's "Diminished Capacity."

May 14, 2008 from Broadway.com:
A starry cast of actors and playwrights have signed on for Angels in Progress: Old School at The New School, a workshop series of new American plays to be presented by the Naked Angels theater company from May 28 through June 9 at The New School for Drama. Ten plays have been selected for the 12-day event. Each will be rehearsed for an intensive two-day to two-week period, resulting in some form of public performance. Admission is free.

Among the artists scheduled to participate in the 13-day event are Casey Affleck, Jon Robin Baitz, Mia Barron, Stephen Belber, Matthew Broderick, Keith Bunin, Nicole Burdette, Trip Cullman, David Driver, Barrett Foa, Peter Frechette, Danny Gerroll, Chris Gleim, Blythe Gruda, Josh Hamilton, Simotra Houston, Doug Hughes, Kyle Jarrow, Kristen Johnston, Sheryl Kaller, Louisa Krause, Jo Lampert, Jane Amelia Larson, Kenneth Lonergan, Grace McLean, Caitlin Mulhern, Geoffrey Nauffts, Pippin Parker, Jeremy Pasha, Doug Paulson, Larry Pine, Theresa Rebeck, Daniel Reitz, Laila Robins, Chris Stack, Rachel Stern, Charlie Stratton, Elizabeth Swados, Marisa Tomei, and Bradley White.

from DVD Times:
MGM Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of WarGames: The Dead Code on 29th July 2008 priced at $26.98 SRP. Also released the same day is WarGames: 25th Anniversary Edition. Matthew Broderick stars as a young computer whiz who accidentally starts a countdown to World War III. Priced at $14.98 SRP the new DVD offers all-new bonus material on a two-disc set including director and writer commentaries and all-new featurettes…

from FOX News:
Without saying too much about the sexiest film to steam up the screen this year, we can confirm that Carrie Bradshaw (aka Sarah Jessica Parker) is the only leading lady who doesn't flash her flesh in her "Sex and the City" love scenes.

But judging by co-star Kim Cattrall's take on the situation, it appears as though Parker suffers a few body image issues.

"Some people are comfortable with showing their bodies and some people just aren't," she explained. "As Kim, I am not that self-assured, either, but I knew I had to be fearless as Samantha."

Interestingly, Sarah's real-life hubby, Matthew Broderick, also seems to battle the body blues.

May 11, 2008 from PARADE Magazine:
Sarah Jessica Parker loves politics. As we wait for our lunch to arrive at her favorite Greenwich Village bistro, a few blocks from the townhouse she shares with her husband, Matthew Broderick, and their 5-year-old son, James Wilkie, she expounds at length on the Presidential campaign.

James Wilkie is, in fact, the only subject that Parker loves to talk about more than politics. Parker's own early childhood was an economically impoverished one. She also was one of eight siblings.

"I was really lucky," she says. "I think that if I had been raised a child of privilege, I wouldn't be the working person I am today. I have a great appreciation for work. I think it's incumbent on my husband and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to the benefits of our hard work. That doesn't mean that I'm withholding or keeping from him the joys of childhood. I'm not Joan Crawford. But I also don't want him to think the world he lives in is the real world. It's not."

"I guess one thing he'll never have to worry about is having to wear hand-me-downs like you did," I say.

"Oh, no. He only wears hand-me-downs because I've got all these older nephews," Parker insists. "That's the God's honest truth. Plus, my mother saved all my brothers' clothes. I am not kidding. I don't think I've ever bought him any clothes. Maybe a new winter coat. I do buy him shoes, because everybody's feet are different."

Who's the stricter parent, she or her husband? "I am," she says. "Does it surprise anybody that I would be? It's not that Matthew spoils him, but he just has a different way of parenting than I do. I was never spoiled. Oh, dear no. I was the baby of the family only for a wee time, and I was lucky to get any attention, let alone be spoiled. A few years ago, I found all our baby books. My two older brothers' baby books were filled with pictures. Then we found mine, and it only had my name written in it. There was nothing else in there. Not one picture. So there you have it. I've been starved for attention ever since."

But enough about her. She blushes (oops: self-examination) and turns her attention back to her son. "I'm his primary caregiver," Parker says. "I put him to bed every night. I get him dressed. I'm the one who gives him his toothbrush. I take him to school every morning. He's very small, but his personality is 6 feet 4. I'm spending the whole summer with him out at our beach house."

Does she see herself sitting in a rocking chair next to Broderick in 30 years at that same beach house?

Parker's father is Jewish, and Broderick's mother was also. They each consider themselves cultural Jews and are raising their son in the same tradition. Which means?

"Well, your worldview is one of a Jew. You feel persecuted," she half-jokes, her laughter filled with the rueful irony that is so identified with Carrie Bradshaw. "And you certainly recognize persecution when it's happening to others. You have a lot of empathy. It's bagels. It's whitefish salad. But we also have a babysitter who is a devout, devout Catholic from Brazil, and she's had some influence on him as well. She says prayers with him. I say prayers with him too every night."

May 4, 2008 from New York Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are going to take some time for themselves and their family (possibly working on an addition?) after all the hoopla surrounding "Sex and the City: The Movie" is finally over next month.

"In the summer, we'll leave town and we'll unwind and go to Long Island and probably Ireland and we're pretty open for the rest of the summer," Broderick told us at the Tribeca premiere of his black comedy "Finding Amanda."

With all that down time, could they be looking to make a sibling for spawn James Wilkie, 5?

Apr 26, 2008 from WENN:
Sarah Jessica Parker's relationship with Matthew Broderick has had so many ups and downs, she often questions whether he regrets marrying her.

In a candid TV interview earlier this month, Parker, 43, stunned audiences by admitting she and The Producers star have regular arguments over the best way to parent their five-year-old son James Wilkie.

She said, "I'm really lucky that he is the father of my son, but that doesn't mean that we always agree on everything. We've had some rather treacherous train rides.

"I'm happy to be with him regardless but I'm sure there are many times he wishes he wasn't with me."

Apr 23, 2008 from Creators Syndicate:
Matthew Broderick says he wouldn't be surprised if his and wife Sarah Jessica Parker's 5-year-old son, James, winds up becoming a performer. "He's a very good singer. He's funny. He's very convincing if he wants something. He just has these traits," says the proud dad.

Not that anyone's pushing show business at young James. In fact, Broderick admits, "I'm not too comfortable showing him our movies and stuff yet. I'm avoiding it for now. He's seen 'Bee Movie.' He's seen 'Lion King,' and he knows I'm doing the voice, but he barely understands that it's all actors."

Broderick has just come from soaking up some family time with his wife and son at the Deer Valley ski resort in Utah before diving into tubthumping for "Then She Found Me," opening this Friday (4/25). The film, adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, marked a reunion with Helen Hunt, who makes her directing debut with it. They met when they were in their young twenties and made "Project X," then they went on to become a couple, then broke up but stayed friends. Now Matthew is playing the husband who dumps her but then wants her back after she finds love with someone else (Colin Firth) — as she copes with the surprise appearance of her birth mother (Bette Midler) and a pregnancy.

from WENN:
Former lovers Helen Hunt and Matthew Broderick recaptured their steamy past with an onscreen love affair in new movie Then She Found Me.

The pair famously dated nearly two decades ago, and have since managed to maintain a healthy friendship even after splitting.

But the actress insists she poses no threat to Broderick's wife of nearly 11 years, Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker.

She tells the New York Daily News at the Cinema Society premiere sponsored by Mulberry, "He and I have had a very good friendship for 20 years [after dating], so I felt very comfortable, like I had a supportive someone onstage with me."

Apr 20, 2008 from PARADE Magazine:
"I was in love with Sarah Jessica," Robert Downey Jr. quietly confesses, "and love clearly was not enough. I was meant to move on. And, after some heartache, she was meant to find her home with a great star." Describing Parker's husband, actor Matthew Broderick, Downey adds, "He is a lot more gifted and grounded than I ever was. They have a great kid."

Apr 14, 2008 from Broadway World:
Matthew Broderick and Liam Neeson will be presenting the awards at PENCIL's 2008 Spring Gala.

Business leaders, companies and school principals who have demonstrated their commitment to transforming public schools through PENCIL partnerships or outstanding leadership in the educational community will be honored.

PENCIL will recognize the contributions of Robert F.X. Sillerman, Chairman and CEO, CKx, Inc. (NYC Public School Alumni Award) Macy's & Bloomingdale's, accepted by Terry Lundgren, Chairman, President and CEO, Macy's Inc. (PENCIL Corporate Partner Award Napoleon Barragan, Chairman and CEO, 1800Mattress.com and Principal Mary Burke, Newcomers High School, Long Island City (PENCIL Partnership Award)

This year's theme—"Imagine What We Can Do"—signifies the transformative impact that PENCIL partnerships are having on more than 500 public schools throughout the five boroughs.

Apr 13, 2008 from WENN:
A galaxy of comedians including Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Chris Rock teamed up to raise money for autism on Sunday night.

The funnymen took the stage at New York's Beacon Theatre for a Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education, hosted by U.S. TV host Jon Stewart.

The show, which was broadcast live on American cable network Comedy Central, also featured Matthew Broderick, Susan Sarandon, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler and chat show host Conan O'Brien.

Broderick said, "It's fun to be here. I'm a fan of 94 per cent of the performers. I'm always a little nervous. I hope it goes well."

Apr 9, 2008 from OK! Magazine:
Sarah Jessica Parker is out-of-town for hubby Matthew Broderick's Gen Art Film Festival premiere of Diminished Capacity held at NYC's Ziegfeld Theatre.

While the SATC icon is away, her man has been keeping busy filming 30 Rock. Alec Baldwin entertains by doing impressions of Marlon Brando — and him. (Ha!)

Working with Alan Alda in this comedy about a man suffering from memory loss was irresistible to Matthew because he's a big fan of the M.A.S.H. star. "That was the big draw," the sweet, petite father of one says.

What advice would he give wannabe actors?

"I've had a lot of disappointments," he says. "Don't give up too fast. Hopefully it will come through."

In this film, Matthew and Alan head to a memorabilia expo. What does Alan collect?

Apr 7, 2008 from Courier-Journal:
"Diminished Capacity," a Sundance Film Festival entry this year starring Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick and Virginia Madsen, will make its Kentucky debut Sunday at the Kentucky Center.

The stars of the comedy, co-produced by Hart-Lunsford Pictures of Louisville, won't be in attendance. However, the film's screenwriter, Sherwood Kiraly of Laguna Beach, Calif., will attend the special screening and talk about the movie afterward.

The $50 event includes a 6 p.m. reception followed by the movie at 7 in the Bomhard Theater. To reserve tickets, call (502) 584-7777 or order online at www.kentuckycenter.com. Proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer's Association -- Greater Kentucky/Southern Indiana Chapter.

Apr 5, 2008 from New York Post:
Sighting: Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury and Jessica Lange drinking champagne with Matthew Broderick and cheering Patti LuPone at the "Gypsy" afterparty at Mansion New York.

Apr 1, 2008 from TV Guide:
Matthew Broderick has been enlisted to appear on an upcoming episode of NBC's 30 Rock, playing "Cooter, an enthusiastic, clean-cut government employee who befriends Jack (Alec Baldwin)."

from New York Magazine:
You and Regis Philbin weren't the only baseball fans crushed by the rain-out of yesterday's last-ever opening day at Yankee Stadium. The Parker-Brodericks were bummed, too! "I thought the rain was gonna stop," Matthew told us at last night's premiere of Smart People. "So I went up to the stadium — but when I got on the train, across the platform there were about 50,000 people heading downtown," he said, eyes downcast. "So traumatic." Wait, Ferris takes the train? Is that even safe? "We are a family that doesn't really like change. So the new Yankee Stadium is gonna be rough," his wife, Sarah Jessica, told us. "The new Shea Stadium is also gonna be rough." See – SJP, MB, and wee James Wilkie live in a household of dual loyalties. They'll let their son "make his own decision" when it comes to fandom. "For a while he liked the Red Sox because his nanny is from Boston. I was even okay with that!" The only baseball problem is, in fact, peanuts. Baby James is "deathly allergic — but it's anathema to baseball, I know," SJP shrugged. "Maybe they can provide EpiPens in every stall?"

Mar 31, 2008 from OK! Magazine:
As for her family life, things are looking good as well. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's son James Wilkie is 5 now and is definitely coming into his own. But don't expect him to follow in his parents' footsteps though.

"He's not particularly concerned with what we do for a living," she says. "He did say that somebody told him that he looked like Luke Skywalker and he was really flattered and boastful about it. But he says he could never be an actor because he could not bow 100 times a day. He would find that embarrassing."

Mar 30, 2008 from People:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be hard at work on the campaign trail, but the senator from Illinois can count on James Wilkie Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's 5-year-old son, for his support in his battle for the White House – if he's running again in 13 years.

"He's very into Barack Obama," Parker told reporters Saturday at a New York press junket for the movie Smart People. "On his own!"

"He's really, truly into this election," she says of her little guy's interests. "He's come to this conclusion on his own based specifically on Barack's gender. It's that deep. He's a fan and a true supporter of Barack Obama."

Aside from politics, Parker, 43, says James loves building things and spending time with his mommy and daddy.

"Right now he's pretty taken with both myself and my husband. So we'll play blocks with him and he's really into Legos right now and he's really into Star Wars."

And the Sex and the City star is savoring every minute she has with her son because, she says, "It's only a matter of time before he doesn't want me around."

Mar 28, 2008 from ReelzChannel:
AFI (American Film Institute) Dallas kicked off last night and the stars have descended on The Lone Star State. Helen Hunt's feature directorial debut Then She Found Me (starring Hunt, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Bette Midler) kicked things off last night.

Hunt was the recipient of the AFI Dallas Star Award along with screen legend Mickey Rooney. Both were on hand along with a host of Hollywood stars and Dallas socialites at a swanky party at the famous Main Street Neiman Marcus.

Mar 27, 2008 from New York Post:
Monday night's wrap party for "Celebrity Autobiography" brought the play's stars - Rachel Dratch, Richard Kind, "LateNet" host Ray Ellin, "The View" host Sherri Shepherd, Kristen Johnston, Caroline Rhea, Alan Cumming - and a chain-smoking Matthew Broderick to Wine & Roses on the Upper West Side. "Lori Singer from 'Footloose' was there, too, and she's a concert cellist now, in case anyone was wondering," a spy told Page Six. "And Alan was kissing everyone at the party." The two-month run at the Triad Theater on West 72nd Street had celebrities reading the memoirs of other celebrities.

Mar 26, 2008 from Vail Daily:
VAIL, Colorado — The Vail Film Festival announced the complete line-up of films selected to be screened at the 2008 Festival, taking place April 3 through 6 in Vail. The festival will screen 83 films from around the world, including 16 feature films and 66 documentaries, short films, Oscar shorts, action sports, student and animated films. The 2008 Festival also will feature the two winning short films from the brand new Red Vision Film Contest.

The 2008 Vail Film Festival opens on April 3 with a screening of "Diminished Capacity," starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, and Virginia Madsen.

Mar 24, 2008 from Boston Globe:
Boston-based film and TV composer and musician Brad Hatfield can barely believe his luck. He finally got to play with jazz piano legend Marian McPartland - something he called a "lifelong dream." And his music is featured in "Finding Amanda," a film that just happens to be written and directed by his brother-in-law, Scituate native Peter Tolan. The movie, which stars Brittany Snow and Matthew Broderick, will have its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month. "Sometimes in this business it looks like you don't have anything going," Hatfield told us. "And then it all moves at once." Tolan, who is back at work on the TV show "Rescue Me," didn't just hire a family member, he wrote the lyrics for the movie's big number. "I don't want to give too much away, but there's a song - Peter wrote all the words - for a scene in Vegas," Hatfield said. "It's like a Nelson Riddle-style big piece that comes at a very funny part of the movie."

Mar 21, 2008

Mar 18, 2008 from WENN:
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker was left disgusted and hurt when a magazine named her the unsexiest woman alive last year.

The 43-year-old Sex And The City star insists men's publication Maxim was wrong to bestow such a dubious honour on her - because she has never undergone cosmetic surgery, unlike so many other female stars.

She tells Grazia magazine, "Do I have big fake boobs, Botox and big lips? No. Do I fit some ideals and standards of some men writing in a men's magazine? Maybe not.

"Am I really the unsexiest women in the world? Wow! It's kind of shocking... It's so brutal in a way."

Parker admits the dishonour was also hard for her husband Matthew Broderick to take: "It upset him because it has to do with his judgement too.

Mar 14, 2008 from OK! Magazine:
Spotted: Matthew Broderick having his beard shaved at the Art of Shaving on Madison Avenue in NYC.

Mar 12, 2008 from Hollywood Reporter:
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Method Fest will feature Helen Hunt's directorial debut "Then She Found Me" and Tom McCarthy's "The Visitor" as this year's Centerpiece films.

Other selections for this year's event, set for March 23-April 3 in Calabasas, Calif., include "The Stone Angel" starring Ellen Burstyn and Ellen Page, the Tom Hines-directed "Chronic Town" and "Diminished Capacity" starring Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda. Peter Duncan's "Unfinished Sky" will also be featured.

World premieres include the Western-themed "Crazy," based on the life of guitar player Hank Garland, and the South African "Lullaby" directed by "Cry the Beloved Country's" Darrell Roodt.

from ComingSoon:
The only really new footage shown in Universal's international presentation at ShoWest was a first look at their first animated film The Tale of Despereaux directed by Gary (Seabiscuit) Ross and featuring the voice cast of Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy, Tracey Ullman and Sigourney Weaver. It's a fantasy fairy tale about two outcast mice named Despereaux Tilling (Broderick) and Roscuro (Hoffman) who travel on different paths on their quest to rescue Princess Pea (voiced by Emma "Hermione" Watson in her first non-Potter role).

Mar 11, 2008
"Bee Movie" is now available on DVD. The two-disc special edition features alternate endings, lost scenes, commentary by Jerry Seinfeld and the filmmakers, the "TV Juniors" segments that aired on NBeeC, Seinfeld's in-costume flight over the Cannes Film Festival, an inside look at the cast, a music video, a DreamWorks Animation Video Jukebox, a look at the technology behind the film, the early live-action trailers and much more. The DVD is also available as a single disc.

Mar 10, 2008 from Broadway World:
This Monday evening, March 10th, Matthew Broderick, Sherri Sheperd, Rick Holmes and others joined a long list of stars performing in "Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words" at the Triad Theater. Produced by Angelo Fraboni, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel and Peter Martin, the show continues to draw top talent to its rotating cast and bold-faced names to its sold-out audiences. The event recently extended their run through March 24th due to the wild acclaim and success.

from Sonoma News:
"Diminished Capacity" and "Then She Found Me" will play at the 11th annual Sonoma Valley Film Festival, which runs Wednesday, April 9, through Sunday, April 13. The festival this year takes place in the all-walkable Festival Village, with all screenings located around the Sonoma Plaza.

To order tickets, and also for complete film listings, screening times, events, childcare and celebrity appearances, visit www.SonomaFilmFest.org, or call the festival office at 933-2600.

Mar 9, 2008 from Variety:
The Gen Art Film Festival bows April 2 in Gotham with a screening of Sundance selection "Diminished Capacity," directed by Terry Kinney and starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda and Virginia Madsen.

Fest will host seven features and seven shorts from emerging North American filmmakers, followed by seven parties. Marking its 13th year, fest will feature one preem along with the pics that unspooled at Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW and Toronto. Screenings are held at Chelsea's Visual Arts Theater.

from AP:
NEW YORK - Jon Stewart will host the second biannual "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education" on April 13 at the Beacon Theater in New York. The show will air live on Comedy Central (8 p.m. EST).

The night will feature standup routines, sketches and short films from a gluttony of comic talent, including Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, Sarah Silverman and Amy Poehler.

Also appearing will be Matthew Broderick, Jonah Hill, Kevin James, Rosie O'Donnell and Susie Essman.

It's the second such benefit and was organized in part due to Robert Smigel, whose son, Daniel, is autistic. Smigel's most famous character, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, will also be attendance.

The night will raise money for schools and education programs for autistic children and adults. A portion of the proceeds will also go to the advocacy group Autism Speaks. The first "Night of Too Many Stars," held in October 2006, raised more than $2.6 million.

from News 8 Austin:
The SXSW film festival welcomed red carpet veteran Helen Hunt to the Paramount Theatre Saturday for the Texas premier of her latest movie Then She Found Me.

The film features Helen Hunt doing triple duties, with her starring in, co-writing and directing what she calls a "comedy with great actors about very messed up people."

Joining Hunt in the film are fellow actors Colin Firth, Bette Midler and Matthew Broderick. "I feel like I won the lottery getting these actors to say words that I wrote," Hunt said.

Mar 7, 2008 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick will return for the March 10 performance of Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words at the Triad. Also set for the 7:30 PM performance are Kristen Johnston, Rachel Dratch, Rick Holmes, Kristen Wiig, Sherri Shepherd, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Richard Kind and Claudia Shear.

Mar 3, 2008 from Playbill:
By Seth Rudetsky - Now, that last story brings me to last week's Chatterbox. Around two weeks ago, I did a performance of Celebrity Autobiography with Matthew Broderick and asked him to do my Chatterbox on the 28th. He was very sweet and agreed readily. He told me to check in beforehand to double confirm. Of course, I waited 'til the night before and left a perfunctory message on his assistant's voice mail. She called me back in a panic. Matthew had to go to L.A. at the last minute and couldn't make it back to N.Y. to do my show. Ah! It was sold out, and I didn't want BC/EFA to lose out on all that money. I had to get a replacement whom the crowd would adore just as much. I thought of The Producers and remembered how much fun I had with Nathan Lane at my Sirius interview recently. I called his assistant, Andrea, and she told me that he's doing a reading all day long and starring in November at night. In other words, he's too busy/tired to do anything extracurricular. She said she'd ask him anyway, and 20 minutes later called me back in shock and said "He'll do it!" How amazing is that!?! I showed up at Don't Tell Mama's and Nathan immediately said, "I don't wanna talk about the stuff we did before. Ask me other stuff." Uh-oh. I'm old school. I thought the show was frozen. I'm used to going through a celeb's career from start to finish, but he said we should do it differently...and go backwards. Didn't he know Merrily We Roll Along flopped? I was panicked…but it wound up being an amazing/hilarious show.

Feb 26, 2008 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick will sit down for a chat with host Seth Rudetsky at the Feb. 28 edition of Seth's Broadway Chatterbox. The weekly live talk show, which includes interviews and performances from Broadway stars, is held at 6 PM at the New York cabaret Don't Tell Mama. There is a $10 donation and a two-drink minimum. The donation goes directly to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization.

Feb 25, 2008 from Playbill:
By Seth Rudetsky - One of the stars reading [Celebrity Autobiography] last week was Matthew Broderick, who is such a funny guy. He was devastated while he was performing because, as he told me, "I tripped on the way up to the stage and I never emotionally recovered." He said he felt the audience saw it happen and "I broke their trust…I broke their trust."

Feb 24, 2008 from Scotland On Sunday:
Sarah Jessica Parker met husband and fellow actor Matthew Broderick when two of her brothers who work in the theatre in New York introduced them. The pair married in 1997 in a deconsecrated synagogue in New York, the ceremony presided over by Matthew's sister, who is an Episcopal priest.

"I always considered myself a Jew," says Parker. "My original family name was Bar-Kahn, and both Matthew and I have Jewish mothers, so I'd say we are culturally Jewish."

Broderick, 46, had wooed his share of stars before he met SJP, dating Jennifer Grey and living with Helen Hunt for three years. Parker was with Robert Downey Jr for seven years and, briefly, Nicolas Cage (her co-star in Honeymoon in Vegas) and John Kennedy Jr.

The couple live in a townhouse in Greenwich Village, just round the corner from the brownstone building that was used as the exterior of Carrie's apartment in Sex and the City ("I walk by it literally every single day") along with their five-year-old son James and dog Sally. They love going to baseball games, ride a '63 Vespa, and have a family holiday house in Donegal. They are also both active in public life and SJP is a goodwill ambassador for Unicef. She has been a participant in the crusade against Aids and has lent her support to various other causes, such as Rock the Vote (youth voter registration) and the environment. In 1995 she was given the American Civil Liberties Union Award and has fought proposed cuts to benefits – a legacy of a childhood that saw her family having spells on welfare when she qualified for free school lunches.

...Like his wife, Broderick has been acting since he was a child (his mother is a screenwriter and his late father was an actor). Before they married, back in 1995, he and Parker starred opposite each other nightly in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Was it difficult working with someone with whom she was romantically involved? "Matthew is so charming that if he ran one of those gambling games on the street and you lost 40 bucks at it, you'd walk away laughing," she says. "Like any marriage in which both partners work, you have disappointments and thrilling moments. And we are both delighted by the good things that happen to each other. We've made our peace with all that actors' ego stuff but the real problem is, with our schedules, we don't get to see much of each other a lot of the time.

"Luckily, we don't have that LA celebrity thing to deal with. We don't go out much.

...Parker is still astonished at the huge popularity of Sex and the City – and the fact that it won over both critics and audiences alike. There are countless fan websites dedicated to SATC, and both she and the show have won numerous awards.

"I simply can't believe how well it has done. I have to admit I was more than slightly nervous before the show started," she laughs. "In fact, I said no to it at first. I had my doubts about being cast in a possibly long-term TV series. You simply couldn't know that people would find it saucy and smart or if they'd say, 'Well, this is just completely inappropriate. Who are these dirty, awful people who pollute our airwaves?'

Feb 21, 2008 from Broadway World:
One of the first things Jim Borstelmann remembers Stroman saying to him is "I love the way you move for being such a big guy." At a husky 5'11", he doesn't look like your typical chorus boy. Matthew Broderick put it more bluntly. When they met doing The Producers, Broderick told Borstelmann that he and wife Sarah Jessica Parker had seen his previous show. "When Sarah and I went to Chicago," he recalls Broderick saying, "I said to her: ‘You know what? I like the fat guy!'"

Feb 18, 2008 from Broadway World:
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the acclaimed, long-running L.A-based comedy sensation returned to New York City at The Triad Theater (158 West 72nd Street). Celebrity Autobiography performs weekly on Mondays at 7:30PM through March 24. Tickets are scaled at $35 - $45 (plus a 2 dink minimum). A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit The Actors' Fund.

In appearance on Monday, February 18 were Broadway and screen-stars Donna Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Claudia Shear, Rachel Dratch Kristen Johnston, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel and Seth Rudetsky.

Celebrity Autobiography made its New York premiere run, following two sold out performances this past fall at the Zipper Factory. Created by Eugene Pack and co-produced and developed with Dayle Reyfel. Celebrity Autobiography has been a long running comedy hit in Los Angeles. Past guest readers have included Nathan Lane, Cheryl Hines, Bruce Vilanch, Niecy Nash, Andrea Martin, Gerri Halliwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Fred Willard, Kevin Nealon, Jay Mohr, Kel Mitchell, Doris Roberts, Laraine Newman and Julie Brown.

Feb 15, 2008 from Playbill:
Eugene Pack's Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words has extended its limited New York engagement at the Triad through March 24.

The popular series - which has been presented in numerous engagements in Los Angeles, New York and a Bravo television special – features a cast of performers reading from the autobiographies and memoirs of the famous and infamous.

Originally scheduled to conclude its run at the Triad on March 3, Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words has added an additional three weeks of Monday-night performances. The New York run began Jan. 28.

Slated for the Feb. 18 slot are two-time Tony Award winners Matthew Broderick and Donna Murphy, who will join two-time Emmy winner Kristen Johnston (The Women), Seth Rudetsky (The Ritz), Claudia Shear (Dirty Blonde), Dayle Reyfel, Jack Plotnick ("Reno 911"), "SNL"'s Rachel Dratch, Jason Sudeikis, Kristin Wiig and Celebrity Autobiography creator Eugene Pack.

Feb 14, 2008 from US Magazine:
"I always thought her beauty was kind of a secret; nobody seemed to get it," Matthew Broderick has said of Helen Hunt, whom he dated in the late 1980s.

Feb 13, 2008 from The Village:
Villager photographer Elisabeth Robert tells us when she was voting at P.S. 41 earlier this month, she recognized Matthew Broderick also casting his ballot at the Greenwich Village poll site. Apparently, so did all the female poll workers, who Roberts tells us were excitedly whispering among each other, "That's Matthew Broderick!"

from PLAYBACK:stl:
Q: You've done so many things; what has been the highlight so far?

Carla Renata: I've had quite a few highlights. One of them was when I was in The Who's Tommy and I got to hang out with Pete Townsend. It was stupid; it was like, I'm hanging out with Pete Townsend, and Pete Townsend is partying with my dad! I mean, it was crazy. On my very first show on Broadway, which was a revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, I met Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Stamos, and Megan Mullaly, before she was on Will and Grace. Matthew is just the most wonderfully smart and generous actor I have ever worked with. It was just a thrill. My Broadway career is not over, but the parts I've experienced already have been marvelous. I remember meeting Gregory Hines, and I remember him standing at the side of the stage saying congratulations to every single member of the show as they came offstage. Alec Baldwin did the same thing. Those kinds of memories, you can't make that stuff up.

Feb 12, 2008 from Hollywood Reporter:
NEW YORK - IFC Entertainment has picked up all North American rights to Terry Kinney's quirky Sundance comedy "Diminished Capacity" starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Virginia Madsen and Dylan Baker.

IFC Films will release "Capacity" simultaneously in theaters and via video-on demand under its day-and-date First Take banner. IFC's Arianna Bocco negotiated the sale with Cinetic, which repped the filmmakers.

Feb 11, 2008 from Broadway World:
Broadway and screen-stars Kristen Johnston, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Seth Rudetsky, Jason Sudeikis, Joy Behar, Kristen Wiig, Rachel Dratch, Jack Plotnick, Richard Kind, Matthew Broderick and Molly Shannon performed in "Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words" on Monday, February 11 at The Triad Theater in New York City.

Feb 8, 2008 from Chicagoist:
Q: I have to ask you about a film that you were in a couple years ago, the adaptation of Marie and Bruce. Which is one of my favorite plays. I guess it played on the festival circuit for awhile and then it kind of vanished. I was wondering if you knew what happened to it.

BOB BALABAN: Yeah, I don't know what happened to it. I keep hearing that it's being re-released. I loved it. I think Matthew Broderick is great and Julianne Moore is always wonderful, as she is in this. I guess it's kind of a rarefied movie and there's just less and less room for these odd little independent movies. It's such a crowded and expensive marketplace to swim in. I must say that it's one of the reasons I'm pleased that Bernard and Doris is on HBO, where a large number of people will get to see it if they tune in. And they seem to be interested to do that. And these quirkier, little independent movies do sometimes get lost in the movie theaters. So I'm very, very happy that we get our lovely platform on HBO, where they're so good at getting movies out there and finding an audience for them.

Feb 7, 2008 from TODAY Show:
"Family Ties" creator Gary David Goldberg confessed that he wanted to cast another young actor, Matthew Broderick, who was then an unknown actor four years away from his breakout title role in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," in the role of Alex. But Broderick was acting in New York and didn't want to move to California.

Michael J. Fox had auditioned for the role, but Goldberg thought he was too much of a smart aleck and rejected him. A production assistant nagged Goldberg into bringing Fox back for a second audition, at which he won the role.

Feb 6, 2008

(L-R) Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, J. Cameron Smith, Waleed F. Zuaiter, and Director Pippin Parker attend the opening night of "Betrayed" at Culture Project in New York City.

Matthew and Sarah pose with Mariska Hargitay and Scott Wittman. (Photos by Broadway.com)

Feb 4, 2008 from Variety:
LONDON - Anglo-German sales company K5 Intl. has picked up international rights to Joshua Goldin's debut feature "Wonderful World."

Pic, currently shooting in Louisiana, stars Matthew Broderick and Sanaa Lathan in a comic fable about a bitter and cynical man who falls in love with his African houseguest.

Producers are Miranda Bailey and Matt Leutwyler of Ambush Entertainment, and Glenn Williamson of Back Lot Pictures.

K5 Intl. was launched last January by veteran British sales agent Bill Stephens in partnership with Daniel Baur and Oliver Simon of German production and financing company K5 Films.

Feb 2, 2008 from TheaterMania:
Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick will appear in a performance of Celebrity Autobiography in Their Own Words, to play at 7:30pm on Mondays through March 3 at the Triad Theater. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit The Actors' Fund.

Created by Eugene Pack, the show features both solo pieces and ensemble "chamber" pieces culled from the autobiographies of celebrities including Ivana Trump, Vanna White, Mr. T, Star Jones, Kenny Loggins, Tommy Lee, Sylvester Stallone, Zsa Zsa Gabor, David Cassidy, Neil Sedaka, Britney Spears, Madonna, Burt Reynolds, and Loni Anderson, as well as the infamous memoirs of Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds.

Other rotating guests will include Joy Behar, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, Kristen Johnston, Andrea Martin, Karen Ziemba, Rachel Dratch, Richard Kind, Seth Rudetsky, Carson Kressley, Jason Sudiekis, Kristen Wiig, and Jack Plotnick.

Jan 29, 2008 from Cleveland.com:
"Then She Found Me" will kick off the 32nd Cleveland International Film Festival on Thursday, March 6.

The romantic comedy is the directing debut of actress Helen Hunt, who stars as a woman confused by the foibles of adoption, birth parents and finding love. "Then She Found Me," based on the Elinor Lipman novel, is a rare departure for the festival because the film features a string of well-known names: Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Bette Midler.

Jan 28, 2008

The 37th Annual Theater Hall of Fame ceremony was held Jan. 28 at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre. This year's inductees included actors Matthew Broderick, John Cullum, Harvey Fierstein, Dana Ivey and Lois Smith; director Jack O'Brien; playwright Peter Shaffer; and librettist Joseph Stein. The late theatre critic Mel Gussow was inducted posthumously. (Photo by Playbill)

Jan 21, 2008

(L-R) Virginia Madsen, Louis C. K., Matthew Broderick, and writer Sherwood Kiraly arrive at the premiere of "Diminished Capacity" held at the Eccles Theatre during the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2008 in Park City, Utah.

(L-R) Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda, Matthew, and Director Terry Kinney pose for a portrait at the Miners Club during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. (Photos by Getty Images)

from EW Pop Watch:
"Feel free to laugh," said director Terry Kinney before the premiere of Diminished Capacity, his comedy about Alzheimer's, baseball cards, and going home again — and the audience was happy to oblige. Starring Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, and anchored by the always-excellent Alan Alda, the movie was warmly received by the folks at Eccles tonight, with one woman standing up simply to scream out "BRAVO!!" during the Q&A. I was sitting next to one of the film's financiers, and he told me beforehand that I was free to hate the movie — which is seeking distribution — but I didn't. It's my second head injury picture in as many days (after Smart People yesterday, coincidentally starring Broderick's wife, who you may have heard of), and I'd watch a third, at this rate. Seems the Broderick/Jessica Parker family figures the airfare to Park City was worth it. As Matthew said at the podium tonight, "This was a good weekend." Could get better: Buyers have yet to drop a big wad of cash on anything, and this project has talent to burn. Could it score the first big money on this special Sundance edition of Press Your Luck? Stay tuned. No whammies. —Whitney Pastorek

Jan 20, 2008

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive at the premiere of "Smart People" held at the Eccles Theatre during the Sundance Film Festival, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by AP)

Jan 17, 2008

Matthew Broderick, Jerry Seinfeld, Neil Simon and Nathan Lane attend the "November" Broadway opening night after-party at Bond 45 on January 17, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by WireImage)

Matthew, Nathan, Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. (Photo by Broadway.com)

from Playbill:
Pretty much everyone was singing Lane's praises. Jerry Seinfeld arrived with a late chorus.

Matthew Broderick, Lane's other half in The Odd Couple as well as The Producers, was awed at the way Lane owned Mamet's words. "That's his genius. I'm sure they're all written down and word perfect. Nathan always stays right on it until he learns something exactly right."