Candace Bushnell

Candace Bushnell is an American television producer and novelist best known for writing a series of chick lit novels. Her best known works are the Sex and the City novels which were adapted from the columns by the same name that she wrote for the New York Observer between 1994 and 1996. Candace was born to Camile Salonia and Calvin L. Bushnell in 1958 Glastonbury, Connecticut. Her father was something of a celebrity in her town having been an inventor of the Air Cooled Hydrogen Fuel Cell that the Apollo space mission of the 60s depended on. She can trace her ancestry to Francis Bushnell an immigrant from Berkshire, England that was a signatory to the Guilford Covenant. During her high school years, she dated Mike O’Meara of the host of the The Mike O'Meara Show turned podcast. After graduating from high school, she proceeded to Rice University and then New York University. She moved to New York City as a 19 year old where she spent most of her time at Studio 54. An accomplished relationships writer she got married to Charles Askegarda man she had…

sports. Gallico wrote, “It is a lady’s business to look beautiful and there are hardly any sports in which she seems able to do it” (The Free Press). As disrespectful as it sounds, these were the types of views men regarding women. And even today, some traditionalist have yet to change their views as progress amongst women have advanced. It wasn’t until 1996 that the WNBA was founded, but they still aren’t given the respect and attention they deserve. Moreover, Gallico wrote, “Ladies have no…

Atari is a video game company that was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1972 and together with amazing programmers such as Allan Alcorn they would go on to create some of best arcade games of all time (Atari History). Some examples include Pong, Asteroids, Centipede and many others. With all of their Arcade hits Atari quickly grew to be a successful company but their biggest hit wouldn’t come until 1977 with the release of the Atari 2600. The Atari 2600 was a machine that brought…

technology, the score will be counted automatically. (Kent 3) The pinball has made an impact where in the 1940s; many companies have started to make other type of game such as: simulated horse racing, hunting and western gunfights. A few years after those types of game came out; they would implement sports game such as hockey and soccer. Those games are labeled as arcade games. (Kent 10) Afterwards, during the year 1972, the company “Atari” was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. (Kent 38)…

Chuck E Cheese Vs Incredible Pizza People get very excited when it comes to choosing entertainment places. They have a lot of things that you can do. The two most popular entertainment places are Chuck E Cheese and Incredible Pizza. They both have many things for the young kids to do. Their parents can even have fun. The entertainment places both have an area that people can go to just to play games. The best thing is the parties, people can have their birthday parties at both places. The best…

As Carrie experiences during the show, Bushnell was paid for her columns to be filmed, which served as the basis for the show. Number Four: Mr. Big Is Real Bushnell took a leaf out of her own book of ex-boyfriends when she created the character of Mr. Big. He was based on one of her own exs, Ron Galotti, a former magazie executive Number Three: Natasha Likes White, A Lot Mr. Big's wife Natasha may have only been in seven episodes, but she packed a punch while she was around. One interesting…

Introduction Seven Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globes, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and rated one of the 100 best TV shows of all-time by Time magazine, Sex and the City is a TV pop culture icon. The show, which is based on the 1997 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell, first aired on HBO in June of 1998. A romantic comedy produced by Darren Star, Sex and the City follows the lives of four, thirty something women living in New York City trying to navigate the ever-changing landscapes of…