We Hear . . . Oct 18, 2008
THAT Henry Schleiff, the Hallmark Channel honcho, flew Jacqueline Bissett from the Istanbul Film Festival to the Hamptons Film Festival to promote their movie "An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving." Schlieff asked her, "Could you have come from a more distant place?". THAT Mayor Bloomberg, Anna Wintour, and Martha Stewart will be among the guests at the God's Love We Deliver dinner, honoring candle king Harry Slatkin and 7th on Sale, at the Frank Gehry-designed IAC Building on Monday. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Sister's prank may prove very profitable Oct 15, 2008
They were nearly speechless when Levi got a call from the magazine asking him to fly to New York in September for a photo shoot in the Hamptons. "I started laughing," Cindy Fox said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Right here in the neighborhood: FilmColumbia brings world-class film to small town USA Oct 15, 2008
Other festivals are expensive to enter as well, and many have become over-the-top media scenes: Fans attending the Hamptons International Film Festival have been known to escape the throngs and head up north to Chatham, where they run into other refugees who had the same idea. Awards are not given out at FilmColumbia, and not many industry people attend. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Teen Drives Truck Into Hamptons Fuel Pump Oct 14, 2008
Get breaking news, daily headlines and more. POSTED: 10:53 am EDT October 13, 2008. (WNBC.com, NY)
RoC(R) Presents the 'Gold Standard in Filmmaking' Award to a Winning Woman Filmmaker at the 16th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival Oct 14, 2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, October 18th 2008 at the Hamptons International Film Festival, RoC Skincare will support the talent and creativity of women in the film industry by presenting the first ever "Gold Standard in Filmmaking" Award to acclaimed Director Elissa Down ... Karen Arikian, Executive Director of the Hamptons International Film Festival states, "We are pleased to have the support of RoC in honoring Elissa Down with this premier award; we hope that it... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Wall St. crisis caps streak of defeats for NYC Oct 12, 2008
There are private-school tuitions, house staff salaries, and huge mortgages on multimillion-dollar apartments in Manhattan and second homes in the Hamptons. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
'The Hills' Have Bullies Oct 11, 2008
The lady (who happens to be an old family friend of the Hiltons from the Hamptons) now wants to cash in by auctioning off the old white prop, but won t accept anything less than a grand. Well you never know, Paris could be our next president after all. (Fox News)
Addicted to the Press Oct 11, 2008
You can cross Barbara off any Hamptons guest lists this summer. In the Cook interview, the former star Hamptons architect vividly discusses his marriage to and divorce from Brinkley ... " Let s hope Baba Wawa responds this way: He is the scum pervert that he was painted to be. In fact, it was a self-portrait. He told the judge on the stand that he, Cook, used his son s computer to participate in Internet sex; that he sat there at the computer naked and pleasured himself while the kids were off... (Fox News)
Brinkley's Ex Says He's Not 'Pervert' Oct 10, 2008
During his testimony in the couple's divorce trial in July, Cook admitted that had given Bianchi a $300,000 payoff, had extramarital trysts in his office and Brinkley's Hamptons homes and spent thousands of dollars on online porn ... 1 million but keeping 18 properties in the Hamptons. (WNBC.com, NY)
Brinkley To Ex: Shield Kids From 20/20 Interview Oct 10, 2008
The nasty divorce trial ended in mid-July when the couple reached an out-of-court settlement: she got custody of the two children and kept Hamptons property, while he received $2. 1 million from Brinkley and liberal visitation rights. (WNBC.com, NY)
Let's shoot ourselves in the foot Oct 7, 2008
"Whats wrong Sandy, does the truth hurt?? Pariah is absolutely correct. The Rich of Hollywood, the social elite of New York and California, Connecticut, the Hamptons, are all Rich Democrats supporting Obama. Why?? Probably because of White Guilt. Millionaires contributing to the Democratic Party out number those giving to the Republican Party 12 to 1. These are Facts Sandy. I realize that you do not like facts, but that does not change them.Obama is getting his money from off shore, and from... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Obsession:’ Hatred it isn’t Oct 7, 2008
My suggestion would be to send a draft of whatever is written to Mr. Stephen King to the Hamptons in New York. If it is any good, you could be rich in a matter of a couple of years, if not less. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
As the worm turns in the Big Apple Oct 6, 2008
Estates in the Hamptons were sold (with otherworldly prescience, or maybe just common sense) for $50 mil and up, including a pair of adjacent oceanfront lots that a fund manager bought for $103 million. He's going to knock down the houses and build a big one. (Boston Globe)
FREEWHEELING Oct 6, 2008
The story goes that J Mays, group vice president and chief creative officer for Ford Motor Company, was discussing vehicles with a fashion designer who said that he wanted a stylish "people mover" to jet out to the Hamptons from New York. That was the beginning of the idea for the Flex, named the Fairlane as a concept car. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"I find her offensive" Oct 6, 2008
If a small, unscientific sampling of the shoppers in the Hamptons Plaza mall, directly across from the complex, is any indication, John McCain's choice of running mates may have pushed the residents of this heavily Democratic enclave back in Barack Obama's direction. "I was leaning towards McCain," growled Marvin Weinstein, 74, as he strode to an appointment in a doctor's office. (Salon)
Cutting luxuries? A nightmare! Oct 4, 2008
5 million home in the Hamptons has been put up for sale. More astonishingly, Mr. Gregory's boss, Richard Fuld, has quietly put between $15 million and $20 million worth of his art on the market, according to the Journal. (Boston Globe)
Howard Stern Hitched in All-Star Wedding Oct 4, 2008
On Aug. 23, a family celebration at the couple's Hamptons home led some press to assume that the duo had quietly taken their trip down the aisle, though Ostrosky la 00004000 ter revealed it was simply a celebration of their impending nuptials. I's the first marriage for Ostrosky and the second for Stern, who split from first wife Alison in 2000. (E! Online)
Religious boundaries being tested in the Hamptons Oct 3, 2008
Now, in a village at the gateway to the Hamptons, the eastern Long Island playground for the ultrarich, a battle has erupted over this religious symbol for Orthodox Jews, pitting them against their more secular neighbors. Rabbi Marc Schneier, who counts Governor David Paterson of New York among his friends, wants the Westhampton Beach mayor and village board to approve the placement of the religious boundary, called an eruv, which would allow observant Jews to perform minor tasks on their... (Boston Globe)
Page Six Home Oct 3, 2008
New York Post Online Edition: Gossip- New York Post. Friday, October 03, 2008 Last Update: 08:15 AM EDT. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Exclusive: Big-Name Investor Might Put Bite On Plum TV Sep 24, 2008
Plum TV currently airs in the Hamptons, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Vail, Aspen and Telluride, Colo. (New York Post -- Business)
The Jewish Community's Palin Gap Sep 22, 2008
When Hillary Clinton has been the only invited speaker at certain synagogues in the Hamptons, no liberal evoked alarm over tax exemptions for their organizations. When word got out that Sarah Palin had been invited, Hillary immediately bolted. (Human Events Online)
There should be bailout fallout Sep 20, 2008
They should also surrender their mansions in the Hamptons and the 22-room apartment in Manhattan. The properties should be turned into shelters for families displaced as a result of the mortgage crisis. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Get Well Soon Sep 19, 2008
FORMER Interview magazine owner Sandy Brant had a close call in the Hamptons this summer. She was boogie-boarding with her kids in East Hampton when "a wave flipped her over and she slammed into a sand embankment," a source said. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Tonight on 20/20: the Perks of Privilege Sep 11, 2008
"The ultimate luxury Hamptons package is for the wealthy patient who really wants to take this to another level and really recover in luxury," Greenburg said. " The package for $500,000 enables the patient to have unlimited cosmetic surgery for the summer.". (ABC News)
Buzz Briefs: Minnie Driver, John Oates Sep 10, 2008
She said they will wed in Manhattan and honeymoon at their home on Long Island in the Hamptons. She'll wear a dress designed by Georgina Chapman of the high-fashion line Marchesa and later that night some "hanky-panky underwear and that's about it!". (CBS News)
Montauk: The Hamptons without hype Sep 10, 2008
Now the formerly scruffy enclave of Montauk, at the easternmost point of Long Island, has been colonized by fashion-forward boutiques and hotels that are one-upping the rest of the Hamptons with a refreshingly relaxed sense of style ... There's a tiny Tracy Feith shop filled with retro caftans, a restaurant helmed by Top Chef star Sam Talbot, surf movies on rotation 24/7 in the lobby, and an open-air deck that doubles as the Hamptons' hottest nightspot. (CNN -- Travel)
DVF's 'Goddess' rocks on Sep 9, 2008
Diane Von Furstenberg called her spring/summer 2009 show "Rock Goddess" - but the floppy hats, hair entwined with flowers and feathers and a sprinkling of long dresses suggested a new generation of shoreline beauties migrating from Ibiza to the Hamptons. The concept of a "themed" show seems vaguely outdated, but DVF did not put all her hippie de luxe looks in one basket - or rather one large tooled and embroidered bag embellished to urban standards. (International Herald Tribune)
TV panders to the gilded age Sep 9, 2008
Even the most humble viewers, tutored by television, magazines and Web sites about heiresses and rap stars, are cozily familiar with the iconography of wealth and allusions to the Hotel du Cap, the Hamptons and Tuscany. It could be that adolescents, like their parents, simply do not want to identify with ordinary folk. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Where New York's Most Fashionable Party Sep 8, 2008
Those who can find time to squeeze in a vacation generally do it nearby, in second homes or rentals in the Hamptons, the Jersey Shore, Connecticut or Pennsylvania ... Mallis escapes to her lake home in the Hamptons. (Forbes)
SAD MARITAL SPLIT Sep 7, 2008
" Destiny's tots, as Noel Coward would have called them, both inherited fame and individual talent. They have been wed for 23 years, cohabiting together for 27. She was born the daughter of film star Margaret Sullavan and famous agent-producer Leland Hayward, and she is also a stepsister to Peter and Jane Fonda, as well as to Manhattan decorator Kitty Hawks. He is the bandleader/musician/suspense writer well-known to almost anybody who ventures onto a dance floor in New York, the Hamptons or... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Hugh bags a model Sep 3, 2008
The 'About A Boy' actor was seen with Fulmer, who is 21 years younger then he is, in the Hamptons according to The Sun. The 47-year-old star was first seen on a beach with Fulmer (27) and later the same day at the Taste of Evian Polo event. (iAfrica.com)
Grant dating former model? Sep 3, 2008
British actor Hugh Grant has sparked rumors he is dating a former model 21 years his junior after the pair was photographed enjoying a romantic day out in New York's Hamptons ... British actor Hugh Grant has sparked rumors he is dating a former model 21 years his junior after the pair was photographed enjoying a romantic day out in New York's Hamptons. (FOX23.com, OK)
Soprano family values Sep 3, 2008
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100-Year-Old Woman Gunned Down In NY... Sep 2, 2008
Spry Jessie Burke, A Lover Of The N.Y. Times Crossword, Found With Head Wound In Hamptons Den Chair ... Police are hunting for the gunman who killed a 100-year-old woman in her home in the Hamptons ... "When somebody like that dies, living in the Hamptons, probably real-estate and family related," neighbor Seth Kelley added. (The Drudge Report)
Sex Al Fresco Sep 1, 2008
A HORNY couple is staging live, outdoor sex 00004000 shows in the Hamptons - and they don't care who sees them. "The first do-it-and-dash site was in an East Hampton park several weeks ago," a source tells entertainment journo Bill McCuddy. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Just when you think you've seen it all ... Sep 1, 2008
As the publicity people describe it, "Season 2 picks up as another Hamptons summer is winding down, and there's no shortage of hot hook-ups, savvy scheming and chic conniving." OMG. What actually happens is that Serena (Blake Lively) and Nate (Chace Crawford) have conned everyone into thinking they're a couple. This is to mask Nate's canoodling with an older woman (Madchen Amick). (Globe and Mail)
It's time to watch -- and wait Aug 31, 2008
The season begins in the Hamptons, where our extremely rich and kinda rich kids continue to scandalize and be scandalized. Will Blair snub Chuck. (Boston Globe)
Long Island Charter Fishing Suffers From Fuel Costs, Wall Street Job Cuts Aug 30, 2008
A town with working-class roots, Montauk sits near the southeastern tip of Long Island, about 118 miles (189 kilometers) east of Manhattan, just beyond the oceanfront mansions of the Hamptons. The town's year-round population of fewer than 5,000 swells to as many as 30,000 in July and August, according to Laraine Creegan, executive director of the. (Bloomberg)
St. Regis penthouse on sale for $70 million Aug 28, 2008
He said the bar for top-end luxury townhomes and condos in major urban markets is around $50 million, with the highest prices reserved for properties in resort markets such as Palm Beach and the Hamptons. The priciest known single-family residence for sale in the nation today is a $125 million property in Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air, he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Clinton Knew She Was Unlikely VP Pick Aug 27, 2008
Twice this summer, she disappeared on vacation in New York -- once to the Hamptons and earlier this month to the Hudson Valley. Both trips went largely unreported, the media crush that followed her for more than a year having been allowed to fade away. (CBS News -- Iraq)
Sitting Pretty Aug 27, 2008
Public records show that Chanos - who is called "Uncle Jim" by Eliot Spitzer's high-priced hooker, and who introduced Dupre to friends as his Hamptons house-sitter - has paid 20 million for a triplex penthouse condominium in a Beaux Arts townhouse on East 75th Street, reports The Post's Braden Keil. The 14-room, five-bedroom spread, which had a 24. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Summertime reflections on Wall Street Aug 26, 2008
Getting a table at San Pietro is easy; a tee time at the Maidstone golf club in the Hamptons, on Long Island, less so. With the Street virtually empty, except for all those Lehman Brothers executives working the phones in search of a buyer, it is worth reflecting on the crisis gripping the financial world and trying to peer around the corner to see what will happen when everyone gets back to business after Labor Day, the first week of September. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Book review: 'The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British,' by Sarah Lyall Aug 26, 2008
At the cricket ground: "Learning about cricket in middle age is, like studying Mandarin, an effort best left to scholars, optimists and members of the Foreign Service." Or at a book party: "The conversation ... was so much better than it would have been in New York. There was no chatter on the topics of My Therapeutic Epiphany, for instance, or My Hamptons Traffic Nightmare. No one was bragging about his accomplishments or being earnest about her problems. ... They were dropping the sort of... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Endquote ... Aug 24, 2008
"I THINK it's really unfair that I have cleavage sweat dripping down my Donna Karan dress, when I don't even have any cleavage" - Kelly Ripa on a hot day in the Hamptons. "WE weren't poor, we were po'. We couldn't afford the other two letters" - Jeannette Walls, whose memoir, "The Glass Castle," has been optioned by Brad Pitt's Plan B production company. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Hamptons' Rachael Ray, David Koch Can Fly Their Skivvies With No Jail Term Aug 23, 2008
Hamptons' Rachael Ray, David Koch Can Fly Skivvies Without Jail ... Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- They may not want to air their dirty linen in public, but residents of the Hamptons have the go-ahead to fly their clean laundry ... The whole point of the Hamptons is how beautiful it is,'' said , a writer who has lived in Wainscott, a hamlet of East Hampton, since the early 1970s. (Bloomberg)
Cadwalader Managing Partner in Hamptons Real Estate Squabble Aug 21, 2008
Since October, Link, who remains managing partner, has been embroiled in litigation over a he bought last summer in the Hamptons ... Yet at the time, trouble seemed far from the tony world of the Hamptons, says Jonathan Miller, a real estate appraiser with Miller Samuel in New York ... Meanwhile, the real estate market in the Hamptons is softening. (Law.com)
Millionaire N.J. Couple Found Dead In Hamptons Aug 19, 2008
The couple lived in , N.J., but neighbors on Long Island said the Stockels, both 64, had been coming to the Hamptons for years. IMAGES IN THE NEWS. (WNBC.com, NY)
Graf, Agassi ace the Hamptons for fun, charity Aug 18, 2008
First time in celeb playground: Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi attend "A Night In the Hamptons," a benefit for Agassi's Charitable Foundation ... As the Hamptons party season winds to a close on Labor Day, USA TODAY's Donna Freydkin offers a look at celebrities spotted there this summer ... And a bash celebrating the Season 2 premiere of Gossip Girl, partly filmed in the Hamptons, lured show stars Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester and Blake Lively. (USA Today -- Life)
Chevy Chase and Alec Baldwin play ball Aug 18, 2008
Chase blasted a line drive that helped turn the tide in favor of a team of the Artists team when it was down 2-0 in a star-studded Hamptons charity softball game against the Writers. The Artists went on to win 4-2, their second victory in the series in two years. (KHOU.com, TX)
31 dog days: Blame it on the Roman emperor Aug 17, 2008
It's a pretty laid-back month, when stockbrokers check in to the Hamptons and busloads of tourists line up at the Mohegan Sun Casino on a crowded weekday. The key to August (when my buddy Jack, my cousin Art and my dad were born) is appreciating it before it turns into September and you lose the lazy pace and remaining evening sun. (New Haven Register, CT)
Steelers' suitor always had a knack for profit, love of sports Aug 17, 2008
Twenty years later, he's a billionaire and philanthropist -- home in the Hamptons, home in Florida, place in Manhattan, golf nut, three lovely teen daughters, one lovely wife, and thinking about buying the Pittsburgh Steelers ... For every $36 million contribution to Bowdoin or well-known connection to the Harlem Children's Zone, there's the quiet bankrolling of the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival (little-known fact: Mr. Druckenmiller acted in a couple plays, not Shakespeare, in college), or The... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Harry Potter Scared by Horse Aug 16, 2008
" You can see what they are: Andrew probably has a co-op. Josh lives in a yurt. More on the Lyor Cohen/WMG saga. I told you on Wednesday that he cashed out more than $6.7 million in stock on Monday. If only I d read hitsdailydouble.com! They scooped that he sold "nearly a quarter" of all his shares in the company. Why? Rich Greenfield of Pali Capital surmises that the dollar amount is equal to the price Cohen paid this summer for a tear-down house in Southampton. Cohen writes: "So while WMG... (Fox News)
N.Y. Web site gives juicy details on notables Aug 16, 2008
"There were people who just really objected to it, found it invasive and were unhappy that we listed where they lived or the names of their kids or put up satellite imagery of their house in the Hamptons," Stern, 34, said. "It's a little amusing when people complain because it's stuff that's really easy to find on the Internet," he said. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Buzz Briefs: Liv Tyler, Sean Penn Aug 15, 2008
Classic Hamptons Softball Game Marks Its 60th Year. It's a charity softball game that started with the likes of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning rounding the bases in sculptor Wilfrid Zogbaum's front yard. (CBS News)
Larry Rivers Floats Above Rest Aug 15, 2008
So if you're wending your way through the Hamptons in the next few weeks, you might want to dip your toes into "Rivers," which runs surprisingly deep. Indeed, says Guild Hall curator Christina Strassfield, his life was so flamboyant that it might have overshadowed his work. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Mark Consuelos to Marry Howard Stern Aug 14, 2008
The wedding is set for October, although sources are buzzing that Howard and Beth may have some kind of civil pre-wedding this weekend in the Hamptons. There s been talk that this might happen, but stunning blonde Beth confirmed it for me at Saturday's Mercedes-Benz Blue Star Jet Polo bash. (Fox News)
Hamptons Heavies Love Woody Aug 14, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008 Last Update: 08:10 AM EDT. BOGEYWOMAN FOUND IN NY MAYOR'S MANOR. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Ex-Beatle stops in New Mexico Aug 13, 2008
McCartney and Shevell began their journey from his holiday home in The Hamptons, New York on July 31th. They picked up the old Route 66 in Illinois on their way to Santa Monica, California. (FOX 11, AZ)
Mariah Carey Admits What She Does Best Aug 13, 2008
The occasion was about the most elegant, laid-back event of the Hamptons season so far, and also the most private: a belated wedding party for Mariah and her husband, actor Nick Cannon, at the home of Island Def Jam chief L.A. Antonio Reid and his gracious, beautiful wife, Erica ... Paltrow had been advertised all week at another Hamptons event, with Madonna headlined to make an appearance. (Fox News)
Vanessa Trump, Palm Beach Rich Shelter Cox Newspaper From Industry's Woes Aug 13, 2008
In ``the Aspen or Hamptons papers, they would be relegated to the society page,'' Donnelly said. It's not uncommon to get a phone call after a charity event from a reader demanding to know why she wasn't featured, Donnelly said, quoting some of the comments she hears: ```But, my dress is an original. (Bloomberg)
A forger's masterpieces Aug 12, 2008
This summer, hostesses from the Hamptons to Hollywood are all facing the same embarrassing question: Are they real. The subject is their antique furnishings. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Hamptons Officer Dies After Attack In Popular Bar Aug 10, 2008
Oddone, police say, is a caddie-master in the Hamptons at the exclusive, private Bridge County Club. A judge ordered Oddone held on $500,000 bail and moved him to Riker Island rather than hold him in the Suffolk County jail where his victim was a beloved and respected veteran officer and counselor to inmates. (CBS 2, NY)
Blake Lively not interested in starlet lifestyle Aug 10, 2008
"We start back at the Hamptons," she says cautiously. "And I think I can tell you a lot of the relationships that were set up at the end of the first season are misleading.". (Vancouver Sun)
Bouncer Choked To Death By Bar Patron Aug 10, 2008
Corrections Officer Dies After Hamptons Bar Attack. POSTED: 2:59 pm EDT August 9, 2008UPDATED: 7:02 pm EDT August 9, 2008. (WNBC.com, NY)
In the Hamptons, playground of the rich now in the hole Aug 9, 2008
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers, and gala benefits in the Hamptons, the summer playground for the millionaire Learjet Set ... East Hampton, one of the main towns on the eastern end of Long Island that make up the Hamptons, is burdened with a deficit that could exceed $12 million ... While East Hampton is home to billionaires and celebrities such as financier Ronald Perelman, Alec Baldwin,... (Boston Globe)
