Darren Star

Tonight on the WB, writer-producer Darren Star airs "Beverly Hills, 90210's" dirty laundry. The first network sitcom from Star (the creator of "Melrose Place" and "Sex and the City"), "Grosse Pointe" has already weathered a storm of backstage conflicts and rumors. Co-star Joely Fisher recently jumped ship to assume a leading role as John Goodman's sister in Fox's freshman sitcom "Normal, Ohio"--leaving a void in the cast that has yet to be filled.

It was the title that hooked them. Then it nearly sank them. Playwright and screenwriter Robert Harling ("Steel Magnolias," "Soapdish") was on one of his regular visits to Dallas from his hometown in Louisiana. There, he came across a small book, "Good Christian Bitches," by Kim Gatlin. He loved the title, so he read the story, about a woman who must move back to her elite Dallas neighborhood and deal with the women she left behind. He thought of turning it into a film or Broadway play, but the rights had already been snatched up. Months later, at dinner with his friend, "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star, Star said, "Hey I bought this book, I've never been to Texas, and don't know anything about it, so do you want to work on it?"

Darren Star: An article in Sunday's Image section about the ABC show "Cashmere Mafia" said that executive producer Darren Star had also worked on the NBC show "Lipstick Jungle." Star never worked on the NBC show.

Darren Star: An article in the Nov. 4 Image section about the ABC show "Cashmere Mafia" said that executive producer Darren Star had also worked on the NBC show "Lipstick Jungle." Star never worked on the NBC show.

Despair, optimism and disinterest. Bring a group of creative people together to talk about the millennium, and a healthy dose of each emerges. Audiences, they say, are broadening and are receptive to a mix of media and information, yet it's still hard to get significant quality work made.

It was the title that hooked them. Then it nearly sank them. Playwright and screenwriter Robert Harling ("Steel Magnolias," "Soapdish") was on one of his regular visits to Dallas from his hometown in Louisiana. There, he came across a small book, "Good Christian Bitches," by Kim Gatlin. He loved the title, so he read the story, about a woman who must move back to her elite Dallas neighborhood and deal with the women she left behind. He thought of turning it into a film or Broadway play, but the rights had already been snatched up. Months later, at dinner with his friend, "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star, Star said, "Hey I bought this book, I've never been to Texas, and don't know anything about it, so do you want to work on it?"

Divine Design's eighth annual fashion fund-raiser for Project Angel Food opens tonight at the Pacific Design Center with a $250-per-ticket gala. Honorees are Jami Morse Heidegger, president of Kiehl's; West Hollywood's Beverly Center; and Darren Star, creator of "Sex and the City." Designers, manufacturers, retailers and artists have donated fashion wear, art, spa and home design products that will be sold to the public Friday through Monday, with progressive markdowns each day.

The Museum of Contemporary Art has elected three new trustees: writer-producer Darren Star, whose credits include "Sex and the City," "Melrose Place" and "Beverly Hills, 90210"; Carolyn Clark Powers, who also is on the collectors' committee at the L.A. County Museum of Art; and Marc I. Stern, an investment executive who chairs Los Angeles Opera and is a board member of the Music Center, California Science Center and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...

Tonight on the WB, writer-producer Darren Star airs "Beverly Hills, 90210's" dirty laundry. The first network sitcom from Star (the creator of "Melrose Place" and "Sex and the City"), "Grosse Pointe" has already weathered a storm of backstage conflicts and rumors. Co-star Joely Fisher recently jumped ship to assume a leading role as John Goodman's sister in Fox's freshman sitcom "Normal, Ohio"--leaving a void in the cast that has yet to be filled.

Despair, optimism and disinterest. Bring a group of creative people together to talk about the millennium, and a healthy dose of each emerges. Audiences, they say, are broadening and are receptive to a mix of media and information, yet it's still hard to get significant quality work made.

The Billionaires (as estimated by Forbes magazine) Meet the billionaires in our online interactive by clicking here , or on the link to the left . High-p rofile trustees Steven Mnuchin is chief executive of OneWest Bank, the largest bank in Southern California. His father is art dealer Robert Mnuchin, a former investment banker who is a partner in the L&M Arts galleries in Manhattan and Venice, Calif. Edward Minskoff and Charles Cohen are two leading New York-based real estate figures.