February 9, 2010

The Pour: Hungarian Dry Whites? Forge Ahead

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Best known for lavishly sweet wines, Hungary is also making dry whites again, and some are stunningly delicious.


Happenings (The Lakeland Ledger)

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The Ponce de Leon Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution proudly presented Good Citizen awards to seven high school seniors at its meeting last month at Spring Haven Retirement Community. Chairman Toni Barger, who is also the honorary Michigan state regent, presented the awards.

Snooki Wants Her Own Show (MTV UK)

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Jersey Shore star Snooki has said she wants her own show.   The reality TV luminary said she wants her own romance themed programme. She explained: “I want to get my own love show, Like…

Architect Barbie: Putting the Fab! in Pre-Fab (Fast Company Magazine)

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Voting ends Wednesday on Barbie’s new I Can Be series. Will architects lose again? In the 51 years she’s been around, Barbie has lived in dozens of houses. There was the swingin’ 1962 pop-up cardboard dream house, Archigram -approved, we’re guessing, right down to the outrageous green-on-pink color scheme. There was the 1979 A-frame, with its sleek, geometric lines, like a Case Study house in …

Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick buy third home on Long Island’s East End (New York Post)

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It’s what every growing family needs. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, who have three kids, quietly bought another home on Long Island’s East End — expanding their oceanfront compound to three buildings, The Post has learned. They bought their first two homes in Amagansett for $4.6…

Josh Beckett’s Contract Talks a Game of Baseball Economics (New England Sports Network)

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“For years,” wrote Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe on Sunday, “teams have gotten burned by pitchers breaking down after getting a boatload of money and a long-term deal.” Consider your Mike Hamptons, Barry Zitos, Jason Schmidts and Kei Igawas of the world. It’s clear that kind of contract is not going to fly for the Red Sox anymore. Not even in the case of Josh Beckett. Two weeks ago, we …

Henry Winkler joins USA’s “Royal Pains” (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Hank and Evan’s father on “Royal Pains” is not a mystery anymore.

NYC Marine Denies to Raping Girl, 16, in Hamptons (Long Island Press)

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A 19-year-old Marine from Staten Island denied Thursday an accusation that he raped a 16-year-old girl in East Hampton, authorities said Friday. Lance Cpl. John James LaFemina pleaded not guilty to third-degree rape at Town Justice Court in East Hampton. Bail was set at $5,000. He is due back in court on Tuesday. Suffolk prosecutors said […]

Madonna ‘rents English manor in the Hamptons for summer’ (New Kerala)

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New York, Feb 07 : Madonna has rented a house on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton to beat the heat this summer, sources say.

TV Review: Ausiello: Henry Winkler joins ‘Royal Pains’ (Entertainment Weekly)

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The Fonz is heading to the Hamptons! Happy Days vet Henry Winkler is joining the cast of Royal Pains in the recurring role of Eddie Larson, the absentee father to Hank and Evan, a show rep confirms.