This week each of our main Lipstick Jungle characters messed around in someone else's business (or had someone else mess around in theirs). Victory's ex-assistant came back to make Victory's life miserable, Wendy tried to kick-start her husband's music career, and Nico and Kirby continued alternately embracing and stomping all over each other's hearts. And that was just the basics. We saw the Read more

In this week's Lipstick Jungle, I really liked how the way the three women's stories tied into each other. Nico confiding in her friends about her affair (with handsome, handsome Kirby) set into motion several other threads for the rest of the characters: Wendy's worry about keeping her own marriage alive, Wendy and Nico's assumption that Victory can't understand their lives because she's not Read more

We're now two episodes in, and I've got to say I'm warming up to Lipstick Jungle a little more. I did find my attention drifting a couple of times, but... well... then Kirby and his hot body arrived and everything was OK. There are a whole bunch of strands that I liked about the episode, and the show looks like it's capable of sustaining a plot line week to week, so I'm definitely carrying on Read more

Last night the pilot of Lipstick Jungle aired on Living — that glossy New York setting felt oh so familiar but the faces (Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price) were different. The series kicked off at New York fashion week, where — mostly — I wasn't really feeling Victory Ford's designs. And neither were the press. Ouch. I've already shared a few of my thoughts on the first episode, Read more

Tonight, Living brings us the UK premiere of a TV show based on a Candace Bushnell novel that's not Sex and The City. It's called Lipstick Jungle, and it's about three high-powered female executives juggling their careers and families in — where else? — New York. Brooke Shields plays Wendy, a likable movie executive, Kim Raver plays Nico, a top fashion magazine editor, and Lindsay Price plays Read more