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Martha Stewart discussed money-saving tips with Jim Cramer on her show on Oct. 1. Some television and movie producers are trying to stay topical by addressing the economic turmoil.

By BROOKS BARNES

Published: October 20, 2008

New York Times

LOS ANGELES — Just a few months ago, Lifetime Television started adapting the Candace Bushnell novel “Trading Up” into a movie, figuring an aspirational story about the entitled rich and their limousine culture nailed the cultural moment.

The setting would be New York, of course — or, as it is described by Ms. Bushnell, a city where “the streets seemed to sparkle with the gold dust filtered down from a billion trades in a boomtown economy.”

Time for a rewrite.

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