South O' the Highway (and the North too)

The writer/director team of Kieran and Michele Mulroney will start filming their new movie, Paper Man, in Montauk next week. Starring Jeff Daniels and featuring Lisa Kudrow and Ryan Reynolds, Paper Man will tell the story of a failing writer who forms an unlikely friendship with a Long Island teenager.

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Samantha Perelman, daughter of Ron Perelman and the late Claudia Cohen, unveiled the sign on the new Ronald O. Perelman Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine at Weill Cornell hospital. Cohen also has a building named after her at the University of Pennsylvania. Both buildings were donated by Ron, Cohen's ex-husband and best friend.

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Lake Bell, Lydia Hearst and Dylan Lauren will be joining honorary chair Kate Lee Joel at the IAC Building for ASPCA's Young Friends Benefit on October 16.

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Hamptonite Candace Bushnell, of Sex and the City fame, has signed a deal with HarperCollins to write a young adult novel about Carrie Bradshaw's high-school years. Currently titled The Carrie Diaries, the book is slated for publication in Fall 2010.

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Pharmaceutical distributor Stewart Rahr, whose business card is a $1 billion bill with the motto, "In Stewart We Trust" above a picture of his $45 million Hamptons abode, has recently donated $25,000 to the North Shore Animal League. The gift was made on behalf of Beth Ostrosky, who's running the New York City Marathon on November 2. Other generous Ostrosky supporters include Robin Quivers and Rob Burnett.

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To initiate the Fall 2008 season at the Watermill Center, artist Jorinde Voigt, with composers Patric Catani and Chris Imler, will work on scores and notations that relate to our civilization and their environment. In part, the function of the scores is their translation purely into the imagination, but some are the pattern for real acoustic translations or for the constellation of a situation in space. The intention is to work out a combination of research, scores, notations and a concert. The Watermill Center will be hosting an artists' talk and reception on Friday, October 3 at 7 p.m., and an exhibition on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October, 5, from noon to 4 p.m. Visit watermillcenter.org for more information.

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Amagansett celebrity lawyer Michael J. Griffith and Channel 4 movie critic Jeffrey Lyons are campaigning to get the late Gil Hodges into the Baseball Hall of Fame on December 8.

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Hamptons regular Kelly Ripa interviewed David Blaine last week during the illusionist's three-day psychological and physical test in Central Park. Ripa hung upside-down next to Blaine to get the scoop on, among other things, his biggest fears (beetles and spiders).

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Congratulations go to East Hampton's Barry Sonnenfeld for winning the 2008 Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for his work on the pilot of ABC's Pushing Daisies.

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North Haven's singer, songwriter and businessman Jimmy Buffett was seen surfing in Montauk this week.

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London Jewelers at Americana Manhasset will be having a watch fair on Saturday, October 18, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participating brands showing new, never-seen-before products include Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Breitling, Bvlgari, Carl F. Bucherer, Cartier, Chanel, Chopard, David Yurman, Harry Winston, Hublot, Montblanc, Omega, Piaget, Tag Heuer, Van Cleef & Arpels and more. Call 516-627-7475.

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