In every issue this summer we will chronicle a different community in the Hamptons; from artists to billionaires, from the media elite to Hollywood East. What could be more enticing than knowing precisely who our neighbors are out here, the bold-faced names with whom we share our coveted summer weekends? In this Memorial Day issue, we combine everyone in one master list, so better to flaunt the range and depth of talent and diversity that exists in our sun-soaked hamlets. Use it to cull guests for lively dinner parties. Scan it to better inform your Hampton star-sightings. And of course, spot-check it to see if your own name appears here.

Calvin Klein Leave it to the master of clean design to finally make sense out of one of the Hamptons' most infamous and curious estates. In years past, when the rest of us drove down Dune Road, we simply gaped at the overbuilt Gothic, turreted castle, a nd spoke of its storied past: the shark ("Smiley") who swam in the home's former grotto; the full-scale English pub embedded within its walls; the mayor of Southampton who was voted out of office when it came to light he was essentially being bribed by Barry Trupin (one of the sprawling home's former owners) to ignore any and all building codes. It's taken considerable minimalist discipline by Klein to pare back the home's confusing design elements and reveal its potential, and no one is better suited to such a task than he. Despite the home's name, Elysium (Greek mythology's moniker for the place the blessed go when they die), the recently retired fashion designer has been anything but sedentary as he spends his hard-won liberty working around the clock to complete this local treasure. Gwyneth Paltrow With Steven Spielberg as a godfather, it's little wonder that Gwyneth Paltrow ultimately settled here in the Hamptons, after years abroad in England and plenty of time clocked in Hollywood. While she spent many summers as a guest at Quelle Barn (Spielberg's home), even holding her wedding there, she finally settled in Amagansett last year along with husband Chris Martin (Coldplay's frontman) and their two children, Apple and Moses. Gwyneth's household in the Hamptons made headlines last summer when it was revealed how much she was paying for her nanny and staff to reside off-premises ($20,000 a month, according to New York magazine), and this year the extended family also includes her mother, Blythe, who is building a home on the neighboring vacant property. Paltrow's Iron Man broke all kinds of box-office records this month and her latest film, Two Lovers, co-starring Joaquin Phoenix, just premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Dan Abrams
MSNBC host and NBC News chief legal correspondent

Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan
Designer, interior designer/author and creative director, Barneys

Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
Alzheimer's Association founder, philanthropist

Edward Albee
Author

Alan Alda
Actor

Herb Allen, Jr.
President, CEO and director, Allen & Co.

Julie Andrews
Actress

Frederick Anderson and Douglas Hannant
Fashion designers and entrepreneurs

Joe Armstrong
ABC News Senior Advisor, philanthropist

Binky Urban and Ken Auletta
Literary agent and ICM SVP/author and contributor to The New Yorker

Sarah and Charlie Ayres
Managing director, New Providene Fund/global head, merchant banking, Lehman Brothers

Bob Balaban
Actor, director, producer, screenwriter

André Balazs
Hotelier, entrepreneur

Martin Bandier
Chairman and co-CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.

John Barrett
Celebrity hairdresser, owner ofJohn Barrett Salon

Dennis Basso and Michael Cominotto
Fashion designers

Alec Baldwin
Actor, author, producer

Bryan Bantry
Producer, founder, Bryan Bantry Agency

Keith and Ann Barish
Film producers

Fabien Baron
Editorial director of Interview, founder of Baron & Baron

Peter Beard
Photographer, writer

Jonathan Becker
Photographer, Vogue and Vanity Fair

Joy Behar
Co-host of "The View"

Gilles Bensimon
Photographer

Kelly Killoren-Bensimon
Author, fashion editor

Candice Bergen and Marshall Rose
Actress, photographer, blogger/
president and CEO, The Georgetown Group

Marilyn Berger and Don Hewitt
Author and writer/creator of CBS' "60 Minutes"

Carl Bernstein
Author, journalist

Marc Biron
President, Biron Communication Group

Matt Blank
Chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc.

Ross Bleckner
Artist

Serena Boardman
Real estate broker, socialite

Mary Boone
Art dealer, founder of Mary Boone Gallery

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