South O’ the Highway (and the North
too)
Congratulations to Alec Baldwin of Amagansett,
who was awarded a Golden Globe for “Best Performance By
An Actor In A Television Series – Comedy or Musical”
at last week’s awards ceremony, for his role in “30
Rock."
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Hamptonite Howard Stern certainly gets in the
giving spirit during the Holiday season. The infamous shock-jock
recently sent Ralph Cirella, his hairstylist and wardrobe guru
of ten years, a $50,000 holiday bonus accompanied by a promise
that as long as Cirella is alive, “he will be taken care
of.”
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Long Island native and Belle’s Café,
Stephen’s Talkhouse and Memory Motel regular Stephen Marshak
has been making a splash on the pop-jazz scene recently, snagging
the title of most-added artist in the Radio and Records Charts
for the last week of December as well as spots in the top 50
on the Smoothjazz.com charts for the past 25 weeks. Besides
receiving heavy play on Smooth Zazz CD 101.9, Stephen has been
traveling to East Hampton and Central Islip schools to teach
children about how to play and appreciate jazz.
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East Hampton’s own Renée Zellweger
is currently gracing the cover of this month’s Vogue magazine,
accompanied by her main man, Peter Rabbit. Zellweger posed with
the bunny to promote her new movie, in which she plays famous
children’s book author and rabbit lover Beatrix Potter.
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After 1,111 performances during a record-breaking
three years on the road in the United States and Japan, the
final touring performance of Hamptonite Billy Joel and Twyla
Tharp’s musical based on Joel’s songs, Movin’
Out, is movin’ out.
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Hamptonite and co-chair of the annual Carousel
Dinner Dance (along with chairs Lois Pope and Mary Montgomery)
Frances Hayward has just released a 2007 calendar of her beloved
German Shepherd, Amigo, with all proceeds going to their animal
charty, BeKind (www.bekind.org).
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East Hamptonite Steven Spileberg and his family
were seen at a performance of the Broadway coming-of-age musical,
Spring Awakening last weekend. The young Spielbergs kept themselves
busy during intermission playing video games.
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Best of luck to Barbara Feldman of BF Designs,
Dan’s Papers’ Best of The Best winner for Best Property
Staging, and her five-year-old Afghan Hound Champion Simplicity
Encore Oliver. Barbara’s first show dog will be competing
for his own “Best of The Best” award at the Westminster
Kennel Club’s Championship Dog Show at Madison Square
Garden in New York City. Watch for them on USA Network at 8
p.m. on February 13!
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Hamptonite Kathleen Turner has announced that
her book, Take the Lead, Lady, will be published by Springboard
Publications, and is set to hit the bookstores sometime in the
winter of 2008.
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Forrest “Fire” Gray, the 14-year-old
son of the late monologist Spalding Gray and lead guitarist
of Too Busy Being Bored (the local Long Island band that won
the Knitting Factory’s Battle of The Bands contest last
year), played a sold-out show last Saturday, with 100 people
turned away from the door, to the delight of Bridgehamptonite
Christie Brinkley, who compared Too Busy Being Bored to “the
early Strokes.” Forrest’s little brother, Theo Gray’s,
star is also rising – Theo is up for the lead role in
the musical version of Billy Elliot on Broadway.
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Luke Perry of “Beverly Hills, 90210”
was speen having a romantic dinner date at the Sunset Tower
Hotel’s Tower Bar restaurant with East Hamptonite Renée
Zellweger last Thursday night.
