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Kim Cattrall wants to return to Broadway

Actress Kim Cattrall is keen to return to the Broadway stage.
The Sex and the City star, who previously appeared on Broadway in 1987 in comedy Wild Honey, wants to bring Noel Howard’’s ‘Private Lives’ to the New York stage after wrapping a critically-acclaimed run in London’’s West End.
The 53-year-old appeared opposite Matthew Macfadyen in the [...]

Kim Cattrall got bruised while shooting brawl scene in ‘Private Lives’

Kim Cattrall injured herself while doing a brawl scene with co-star Matthew Macfadyen in her new film ‘Private Lives.’
However, the director of the film Sir Richard Eyre revealed Macfadyen wasn’t to blame.
“Actually, she got bruised on her shins because she kicked a table without knowing she was doing it, so you couldn”t blame Matthew for [...]

Robin Wright-Penn Brunette [Pics]

Thanks to a new darker ‘do, the soon-to-be-former Mrs. Sean Penn was unrecognizable to fans waiting outside The Breslin Theater in New York City Sunday. Robin Wright (she’s dropped the hyphenated Penn, thank you very much…..) — best remembered as “Jenny” in the 1994 film Forrest Gump — was in town for the New York [...]

Should I forgive my drug-using ex?

Post your advice below. The best responses will be published in G2 next Thursday

I was in a gay relationship for a year with a man in recovery (from his addictions) for 13 years. I thought he was the love of my life. I gave everything I had and then more. But then I discovered that he had started to drink and take drugs again – and of course was lying to me. We broke it off in November. He is now contacting me again, I guess to patch things up. I am sure he is still abusing substances. Shall I take his call?

If you would like to respond to this week’s problem, please post your comment below.

When leaving a message on this page, please be sensitive to the fact that you are responding to a real person in the grip of a real-life dilemma, who wrote to Private Lives asking for help, and may well view your comments here. Please consider especially how your words or the tone of your message could be perceived by someone in this situation, and be aware that comments which appear to be disruptive or disrespectful to the individual concerned will not appear.

If you would like fellow readers to respond to a dilemma of yours, send us an outline of the situation of around 150 words. For advice from Pamela Stephenson Connolly on sexual matters, send us a brief description of your concerns. We regret that only letters that are published will be answered.

All correspondence should reach us by Tuesday morning: email private.lives@guardian.co.uk (please don’t send attachments) or write to Private Lives, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Please note that Private Lives and Sexual Healing are opened up to comments each Thursday at guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle

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Should I let my ex see my son?

Post your advice below. The best responses will be published in G2 on Thursday

I have broken up with my partner of nearly two years. I originally moved into his flat, with my three-year-old son, after three months of dating. I can see now that it was too soon. Cracks started to show and eventually I found a text message on his phone from a colleague that pointed to an affair. When I challenged him, he admitted to it and I was devastated.

We could never get over his infidelity and decided to split up. He adored my son and is keen to maintain a relationship with him, but I am not sure. What happens if he meets someone new and starts missing his arranged times? My priority is my son and I want him to be happy. He is keen to see my ex, but is it best simply to cease all contact so I can avoid a) falling for him again or b) getting hurt for a second time if he finds someone new?

If you would like to respond to this week’s problem, please post your comment below.

When leaving a message on this page, please be sensitive to the fact that you are responding to a real person in the grip of a real-life dilemma, who wrote to Private Lives asking for help, and may well view your comments here. Please consider especially how your words or the tone of your message could be perceived by someone in this situation, and be aware that comments which appear to be disruptive or disrespectful to the individual concerned will not appear.

If you would like fellow readers to respond to a dilemma of yours, send us an outline of the situation of around 150 words. For advice from Pamela Stephenson Connolly on sexual matters, send us a brief description of your concerns. We regret that only letters that are published will be answered.

All correspondence should reach us by Tuesday morning: email private.lives@guardian.co.uk (please don’t send attachments) or write to Private Lives, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Please note that Private Lives and Sexual Healing are opened up to comments each week.

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Is it time to move on?

Post your advice in the comments section below. The best responses will be published in G2 on Thursday

I am in my early 50s and am deeply in love with my husband. Unfortunately, he seems to be living a life of his own. We had a loving relationship until he experienced a career change that affected our financial situation. Now I work full-time but I am still doing all the chores.

I don’t really mind, but since I now seem to be a workhorse (at least in my eyes), I have become unattractive to my husband. We have not had any sexual relationship in the last two years. I have made several attempts to initiate intimacy but I have been told the usual things – headache, good book, too tired. I am beginning to think that my menopausal body is the cause, although I am still trotting around in the same sized jeans that my 17-year-old daughter wears.

I am at a loss to know how I can deal with this emotionally. I am still the girl who wants to be spending time with her husband, but it is not reciprocated. Is it time to move on?

If you would like to respond to this week’s problem, please post your comment below.

When leaving a message on this page, please be sensitive to the fact that you are responding to a real person in the grip of a real-life dilemma, who wrote to Private Lives asking for help, and may well view your comments here. Please consider especially how your words or the tone of your message could be perceived by someone in this situation, and be aware that comments which appear to be disruptive or disrespectful to the individual concerned will not appear.

If you would like fellow readers to respond to a dilemma of yours, send us an outline of the situation of around 150 words. For advice from Pamela Stephenson Connolly on sexual matters, send us a brief description of your concerns. We regret that only letters that are published will be answered.

All correspondence should reach us by Tuesday morning: email private.lives@guardian.co.uk (please don’t send attachments) or write to Private Lives, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Please note that Private Lives and Sexual Healing are opened up to comments each week.

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Film Weekly: the power behind Soul Power

Soul and funk take centre stage in this week’s podcast as Jason Solomons gets down with Stewart Levine. The legendary music producer is the man behind Soul Power, an extraordinary documentary chronicling the three-day festival in Kinshasa, Zaire pegged to the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle fight between Ali and Foreman. Levine shares how he got the idea for the concert, and how he and Hugh Masekela put together a dream ticket of performers (including Miriam Makeba, Bill Withers, BB King, Celia Cruz and main attraction James Brown) and crew (including producer Leon Gast and cameraman Albert Maysles). He explains how the venture survived the news that the fight had been postponed, and how the 450,000 feet of film footage was distilled into this joyous film.

Xan Brooks then joins Jason to review the week’s key releases: Claire Denis’s haunting 35 Shots of Rum; Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s followup to Borat; and Paul Schrader’s cool biopic of the Japanese author, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.

And finally, Jason meets Rebecca Miller and Robin Wright Penn to talk about The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Miller’s movie of her novel. Miller, who also wrote and directed the film, tells Jason how she managed to change Alan Arkin’s mind about playing the part of an elderly publisher who betrays his perfect wife, while Wright Penn shares what it was like to work with the veteran actor.