South O' the Highway (and the North too)

After falling from her horse while riding in Bridgehampton last weekend, Madonna was treated at Southampton Hospital for minor bumps and bruises and is now recovering at Gwyneth Paltrow's house in Amagansett. Her spokesperson claims paparazzi startled the horse, but Southampton Town police say there was no mention of pesky photographers in their report. Madonna was on the East End visiting Steven Klein.

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Rabbi Marc Schneier of Westhampton Beach was named one of Newsweek's Top 50 Influential Rabbis. Also, on Thursday, April 2, Morehouse College, a historically black college in Atlanta, GA, inducted Schneier into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers.

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Former Montauk summer resident Bernie Madoff is coming to the big screen. Filmmaker Edmund Druilhet is working on Madoff: Made Off with America, a docudrama that will chronicle Madoff's life from childhood.

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"Kool, Dancing in My Mind," a collaboration between Robert Wilson, of the Water Mill Center, and Suzushi Hanayagi opened with a world premier at the Guggenheim Museum on April 17. There was a panel discussion with Alexandra Munroe, curator at the Guggenheim and part time East Hampton resident, and Robert Wilson before the performance. "Kool, Dancing in My Mind" will open at Guild Hall, in the newly renovated John Drew Theater, August 8 and 9.

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Rumor has it that Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez has been romancing Hamptons regular and star of "The Real Housewives of New York" Bethenny Frankel. The two were recently spotted sharing an intimate dinner in Miami.

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Sag Harbor's Christie Brinkley is launching a new collection of environmentally sensitive home fabrics to be sold exclusively by Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. The fabrics are casual and cheerful, and said to be inspired by Brinkley's Hamptons beach house. In another act of environmental friendliness, Brinkley recently spoke at the Second Annual Farm to Family Luncheon and Educational Panel discussion sponsored by the Northeastern Organic Farming Association of New York.

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Southampton's Brooke Shields graces the cover of More magazine next month. The accompanying article discusses how the model and actress feels about aging. In a nutshell: She's fine with her body, not so fine with wrinkles.

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