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Carrie Bradshaw and the Temple of Box-Office Doom

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Sex and the City to Get Whipped: The Sex and the City movie will hit theaters on May 30, 2008, opposite Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Judd Apatow’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which means it will come in third place. [MTV]

O.J. Bungles Audition for Ocean’s Fourteen: Author and Naked Gun actor O.J. Simpson has been named a suspect in the investigation into an alleged break-in of a Las Vegas hotel room. O.J. claims he was researching his forthcoming book If I Broke Into a Las Vegas Hotel Room. [AP]

Spears Sorry: Acclaimed vocalist Britney Spears is reportedly weighing an offer from producers to appear on Sunday night’s Emmy Awards to apologize for her performance at the VMAs. [US]

Prince Gets Litigious: Girlie-man Prince has announced plans to file lawsuits against YouTube, eBay and the Pirate Bay for encouraging copyright violations. [Cnet]

Box-Office Predictions: Jodie Foster’s The Brave One is expected to take in around $16 million this weekend. Billy Bob Thornton will pay you to go see Mr. Woodcock. [Fantasy Moguls]