Tears in the city as star weeps over final scenes

Tears in the city as starweeps over final scenes
NEW YORK -- Sarah Jessica Parker broke down after filming the last moments with co-star Cynthia Nixon, reports Ananova.com.
And more tears were likely shed Tuesday when Parker and fellow cast members Kristen Davis and Kim Cattrall were to appear before the cameras for the last time.
Parker, who plays sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw, decided to bring the six-year series to an end last year, after she became pregnant. But she is staying mum about how the series will end.
HBO has filmed several different endings in a bid to prevent the final story from being leaked.
Parker said last month that she had been reduced to tears thinking about filming the final episodes.
"It's scary, but it's the only way to go," she told The New York Post.
'Unforgettable' marriage?Cole files for divorce
LOS ANGELES -- Grammy award-winning singer Natalie Cole has filed for divorce from Kenneth Dupree, her husband of just over two years.
Cole, 53, cited irreconcilable differences in papers filed Jan. 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court. She married Dupree, of Brentwood, Tenn., in October 2001. It was her third marriage.
Cole recorded the album "Unforgettable, With Love," which digitally combined her voice with that of her late father, jazz great Nat King Cole. The album sold 14 million copies and won a Grammy for record of the year in 1991.
Stewart: Send machines,not people, to space
LONDON -- The captain of the USS Enterprise thinks people should stay on Earth instead of boldly going where no man has gone before, reports The Associated Press.
Patrick Stewart, who plays Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation," told BBC Online that he thinks interplanetary travel for humans is a bad idea.
"I'm a bit of a wet blanket when it comes to the whole business of space travel," Stewart said.
"I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets -- even though they may be utterly uninhabited."
Report: Hunt's pregnant
LOS ANGELES -- Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt is pregnant with her first child, reports IMDB.com.
The "As Good As It Gets" star, 40, has announced she will give birth to her baby -- fathered by boyfriend Matthew Carnahan -- this summer.
Hunt has been dating 42-year-old producer Carnahan since 2001, following the collapse of her short marriage to "The Simpsons" regular Hank Azaria.
Notable deaths
Saxophonist Cornelius Bumpus, a former member of the Doobie Brothers who has performed with Steely Dan since 1993, died Tuesday en route to a series of performances in California. He was 58.
H.B. Haggerty, a professional wrestler turned snarling actor and stuntman, died Jan. 27 of natural causes. He was 78. Portraying menacing, imposing characters, Haggerty appeared in 22 films, more than 100 television shows, and dozens of TV commercials.
Today's birthdays
Comedian-actor Red Buttons is 85. The Rev. Andrew M. Greeley is 76. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron is 70. Actor Stuart Damon is 67. Financial writer Jane Bryant Quinn is 65. Television producer-writer Stephen J. Cannell is 63. Actor David Selby is 63. Football Hall-of-Famer Roger Staubach is 62. Singer Cory Wells (Three Dog Night) is 62. Movie director Michael Mann is 61. Actress Charlotte Rampling is 58. Actress Barbara Hershey is 56. Actor Christopher Guest is 56. Actor Tom Wilkinson is 55. Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is 42. Actress Laura Linney is 40. Rock musician Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses) is 40. Rock singer Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) is 36. Singer Bobby Brown is 35. Country singer Sara Evans is 33. Actor Jeremy Sumpter is 15.