South O' the Highway (and the North too)

Hamptons resident Joy Behar will host "The Joy Behar Show" on HLN beginning this fall. The one-hour talk show will air seven days a week and feature Behar's unique take on current events.

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Rumor has it that Madonna's daughter, Lourdes Ciccone Leon, was pampered and primped at a local salon last week.

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"The Real Housewives of New York City" star Bethenny Frankel made heads turn while cruising in her "SkinnyGirl Margarita Mobile" last weekend. The branded VW Bug will make surprise stops around the Hamptons all summer long.

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Max Weinberg, bandleader on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," donated a car from his personal collection to the The Hamptons Auto Classic Auction last weekend. Unfortunately, the 1957 Corvette, which event organizers hoped would bring in $150,000, failed to sell.

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The Montauk Yacht Club celebrated its 80th anniversary with a Roaring '20s bash attended by Ivanka Trump, Jeff Zucker, Jared Kushner, Bethenny Frankel, Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, Kelly Killoren Bensimon and many more.

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Southampton's Beth Ostrosky Stern hosted the launch of Bodhi Bags' limited edition Animal-Friendly collection at Savanna's last Saturday. Proceeds benefit the North Shore Animal League.

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Whitney Port, star of "The City" on MTV, was seen filming her show around East Hampton last weekend. Following a dinner party, Port hit popular nightspot Lily Pond.

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Lindsay Lohan and her brother, Michael, stopped by the AXE Lounge at Dune in Southampton Friday night.

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Author Gigi Levangie Grazer had a private party in celebration of the release of her latest book, Queen Takes King, at the Southampton home of Rita Schrager last weekend.

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Don King and David Dinkins attended the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation gala luncheon held in East Hampton last weekend.

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Jean Mackenzie, widow of Paul Koster, opened the doors of her new space, Four Seasons Caterer Southampton, to welcome guests, supporters and scholarship winners. Margeret Braun, who received funding from the Paul Koster Foundation last year, spoke about how the scholarship made it possible for her to attend a school for fine arts. Receiving the award this year were Chris Epley, Samantha Wellen and Leanna Pascual, who were presented checks by Southampton artist Paton Miller.

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Popular Hamptons caterer Andrea Correale, of Elegant Affairs, recently pulled out all the stops at the Celebrity Sports Night for the likes of Tiki Barber, Darryl Strawberry, Dorothy Hamill, Rusty Staub, Peter Hawkins and JoJo Starbucks.

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Plum TV's "Morning, Noon and Night" host Alison Chace interviewed Sam Robards, son of Lauren Bacall and godson of Kate Hepburn, in anticipation of the opening of Bell, Book and Candle at Baystreet Theatre in Sag Harbor. The play runs through June.

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Phoenix House East Hampton will hold its summer benefit on Saturday, June 27. The event, hosted by George and Bicky Kellner, will raise funds to support Phoenix House's state-of-the-art residential facility for teenagers in Wainscott, as well as its community out patient center in East Hampton. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m., and is chaired by Linda and Jeffrey Chodorow, Cristina Cuomo, Chris DeWolfe, Peter Ezersky, Liz Lange, Diane and Alan Lieberman, Tatiana and Campion Platt and Lauran and Charlie Walk. For reservations and information, call 631-329-5480

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Artist Dorothy Frankel opened her Noyac home and studio on June 11 to introduce Southampton Town Board candidate Bridget Fleming to the sculptor's circle of friends and neighbors. Fleming promised that, if elected with Anna Throne-Holst and Sally Pope, she will work diligently to repair Southampton's badly damaged finances.

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FOX's News man Bill O' Reilly confirmed his appearance on Ingrid Lemme's "American Dream" show this summer, filmed at Gurney's Inn in Montauk, aired tri-state NY on Hamptons TV- WVVH. O' Reilly is holding up to his promise that he gave the show host a couple of years ago over a dinner at Gurney's Sea Grille (with Bill's wife Maureen and Gurney's CFO Gary Hodgins) for an interview about his private life. The O' Reillys, who already had reservations at the famous seaside resort for the filming, have in the meantime bought a house in the Hamptons.

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Southamptonite Barbara Blatt, who recently opened a boutique in Palm Beach, has re-opened her sexy designer boutique in a new Southampton location on Hill Street, much to the delight of such stylish celebrity clients as Beth Ostrosky, Christie Brinkley and Heidi Klum.

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