Monthly Archives: October 2008

Plum TV’s Alison Chace Spotlights Hamptons International Film Festival (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

If you missed the films, celebrities, insider parties and back room conversations at this year’s Hamptons Film Festival, you can catch it all on Plum TV’s “Spotlight” with Alison Chace.

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In a Hamptons Inn Centuries Old, Perhaps More Guests Than Meet the Eye (New York Times)

The caretaker of the hotel Nello Summertimes in Southampton says he has seen and heard ghosts on the property.

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Calories Do Count

Complex diet regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and, just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion.

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Capote home in Hamptons listed (Miami Herald)

In the Hamptons, the former home of Truman Capote recently went on the market for $14.6 million. The seller, noted abstract-expressionist painter Ross Bleckner, purchased the midcentury saltbox house for $800,000 in 1993 from the Nature Conservancy.

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The (Big) Round-Up: Monday (The New York Observer)

LIRR investigation now centers on a group of physicians and consultants who helped retirees secure easy disability payments. [NY Times] A 17th-century Hamptons inn—owned by a descendent of the Romanian prince who inspired Dracula—is haunted by ghosts, or so its … Continue reading

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Capote home in Hamptons listed (Miami Herald)

In the Hamptons, the former home of Truman Capote recently went on the market for $14.6 million. The seller, noted abstract-expressionist painter Ross Bleckner, purchased the midcentury saltbox house for $800,000 in 1993 from the Nature Conservancy.

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Whoopi Goldberg, Leo DiCaprio and friends stump for voters

(Reporting and writing by Alex Dobuzinskis and Bob Tourtellotte) The list of celebrities encouraging U.S. citizens to get out and vote in the presidential election on Nov. 4 continues to grow and in novel ways. As he did earlier this month, Leonardo … Continue reading

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Brooklyn Returns to a Heady Time

A number of breweries in Brooklyn are re-establishing the association between the borough and beer.

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Cloris Leachman bows out of “Dancing With the Stars”

(Reporting and writing by Alex Dobuzinskis) The judges on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” won’t have Cloris Leachman to kick around anymore. The grand dame of the show was shown the exit door on Tuesday night, but she was slow … Continue reading

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Restaurants: Sushi as an Everyday Luxury

Kanoyama, a favorite of sushi savants for a while now, and Sushi Azabu, which opened this year, present what might well qualify as sushi bargains.

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Open Question: Does anyone know the cute guys surname from 'Single in the Hamptons' Greg?

He is such a cutie

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Grab a Bite if You Don’t Have to Run

A guide to places to eat along the 26.2-mile course of the New York City Marathon.

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