South O' the Highway (and the North too)

East Hampton's Steven Spielberg received the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes.

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Amagansett's Alec Baldwin won a Golden Globe for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy for his role on "30 Rock." The next day, New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert announced Baldwin as the of host the orchestra's national radio broadcasts in the fall.

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Trouble continues for Peter Cook and ex-wife Christie Brinkley. Cook recently alleged that Brinkley withheld the passport that their 13-year-old son, Jack, needed for a Ross School trip to Egypt.

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Jay McInerney's new book, The Last Bachelor, is being released in the UK this month. The book is a short-story collection about the morally complicated relationships of middle-class, post-9/11 Manhattanites.

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Montauk's Bernard Madoff can remain in his Manhattan penthouse - for now. A federal judge said that that government had not proven that he was a flight or security risk.

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Southampton socialite Tinsley Mortimer and her husband, hedge funder Topper Mortimer, are reportedly telling friends that they've been separated since December. Rumor has it that their "relaxed" marriage became a bit too much so.

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Hamptons regular Diddy joined friends and family of Notorious B.I.G. in celebrating the late rapper at the premiere of his new biopic, Notorious. Diddy, Executive Producer for the project, caught up with Biggie's wife Faith Evans, Beyonce and Jay-Z.

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East Hampton resident "Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay has a partially collapsed lung, but won't miss any work, according to her reps. The injury reportedly occurred while the actress was sledding in the Hamptons over the holidays.

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Fashion designer and Hamptons regular Donna Karan has discovered Melissa O'Donnell, the chef/owner of Salt restaurant in New York's SoHo. O'Donnell has been catering Karan's charity parties, and even making lunch for her in her Manhattan office.

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Dentist Dr. Guy A. Spinner, of Westhampton Beach, has been designated a Fellow by LVI Global, which recognizes that a dentist has completed the comprehensive exam covering the skills and techniques taught in the LVI CORE Series.

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