South O' the Highway (and the North too)

Hamptonite Billy Joel will be teaming up with Bruce Springsteen for a joint concert to benefit Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The joint concert will take place on October 16 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Ticket prices will range from $500 to $10,000.

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Candace Bushnell launched her novel, One Fifth Avenue, with a party hosted by Vogue last week. About 250 women gathered in the garden of the Crescent Court Hotel in Dallas and bought up all 300 copies of the book. Event planners had to drive to a Barnes & Noble to pick up 50 more.

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East Hampton's Rory and Elie Tahari hosted a party for new members of the Council of Fashion designers of America on the roof of their SoHo triplex this week. Guests included Diane von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Nicole Miller, Tory Burch, Jeremy Piven, Martha Stewart and Reed Krakoff.

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It's official! After months of speculation, Southampton's Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky tied the knot this week. The wedding took place at Le Cirque in New York City, and Mark Conseulos, the couple's close friend and Kelly Ripa's husband, officiated. Guests, including Donald Trump, Billy Joel and Barbara Walters, were asked to donate gifts to the Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons.

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East Hampton's Jon Bon Jovi was one of the first guests at Peter Loftin's 1116 Ocean last weekend, the swanky 120-seat restaurant located in the Ocean Drive, Miami Beach mansion where Gianni Versace was killed. Telecom tycoon Loftin paid $19 million for the property, and will also be renting out 10 rooms in the mansion at $5,000 per night.

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Julie Andrews was honored this week at Cipriani 42nd Street at the National Arts Awards, along with Yoko Ono, Phil Ramone and Kehinde Wiley. Showing their support were Sean Lennon, Jeff Koons, Jeffrey Deitch and Danny Meyer.

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Last Friday Gurney's Inn hosted a dinner for 50 cadets comprising a West Point Triathlon Team. The cadets took seven of the top 10 spots and dominated the collegiate division competition. Gurney's Inn treated these special young men and women, who were running through Montauk on Saturday, and could well be running through Iraq or Afghanistan next year.

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Water Mill's Robin Baker Leacock has produced and directed A Passion for Giving, a documentary focusing on philanthropy, charities and the people who dedicate themselves to helping others. Those filmed include Ross Bleckner, Darryl McDaniel, Dan Aykroyd and Richard Branson. The film will show at the Hamptons International Film Festival on the morning of Friday, October 17.

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The Principi Art Barn located at 551 Montauk Highway in Amagansett will be having an opening reception for over 20 artists this Saturday, October 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. The artists are Cindy Loewen, Vic Curro, Christine Morton, Benita Glorioso, Richard Lawless, Eileen Hicke-Hulme, Alyse Koylan, Lois Bender, Mary Laspia, Frank Roccanova, Joan Ferester, Beryl Bernay, Alyce Pleifer, Camille Marie Stewart, Pamela Collins Focarino, Trina Michne, Amanda Bellino, Clayton Clavert and Mary Elquebal. The opening will also feature a very special collaboration of Michael Knigin and Dan's Papers 2008 "Best of The Best" photographer Barry Gordin. The show will run through November 11.

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Local author Bob Zellner will be reading and signing copies of his new memoir, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement, at Wildthyme Restaurant in Southampton on Monday, October 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. A special prix fixe dinner will follow the launch party. For more information, visit bobzellner.com, or call Marla Schwenk at 516-607-3403.

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Congratulations to Tim Hayes, long-time East Hampton resident and founder of Hayes is for Horses, Inc., a school of Natural Horsemanship, who was married this week in Manhattan. Hayes and his new wife Elise went on their first date in Southampton, and have been courting and riding horses in the Hamptons since. They're so fond of the area they're even honeymooning right in East Hampton.

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