East Hampton’s Martha Stewart is still a domestic diva in demand. After inking a deal with JCPenney, her company is in a legal tangle with Macy’s, who claims the new deal violates Macy’s and Stewart’s contract. Stewart’s side says the first relationship was never exclusive.
Phil Keith’s Book Gets Positive Review From Kirkus
February 22, 2012 by SOTH Team
Southampton author Phil Keith has a new book out. Kirkus Reviews says Blackhorse Riders: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot is “A fine, precisely detailed record of an obscure but nasty battle…in which heroism was forgotten even more quickly than the war itself.”
Things Going Well for Upcoming “Katie”
February 22, 2012 by SOTH Team
It’s a tough TV market out there, but things are looking good for Hamptonite Katie Couric’s highly anticipated new talk show, Katie.
In only four months, the eponymous nationally syndicated show has been sold in 95 of the top 100 markets, or 93 percent of the country.
Katie is set to premiere in September, meaning Couric will have quite the busy summer!
Madonna to Play Yankee Stadium
February 20, 2012 by SOTH Team
Madonna isn’t limiting herself to the NFL. She’ll perform at Yankee Stadium on September 6, the New York Yankees announced. After her Super Bowl halftime show performance, the Material Girl is off to tour the world promoting her new album—with her daughter, Lourdes Leon, as one of her back-up danceers, no less. No word on who might join her for the Yankee Stadium show. After stops all over Europe and the Far East, Madonna will head to these shores for a number of appearances before hitting the Bronx. No word on whether Alex Rodriguez will be buying tickets to the show.
Steven Spielberg’s Smash
February 19, 2012 by SOTH Team
East Hampton resident Steven Spielberg’s latest small-screen project, “Smash,” debuted this week to positive reviews. The series follows a group of struggling songwriters, producers and performers trying to put on Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. Said USA Today, “’Smash’ is just the kind of gloriously entertaining, wildly ambitious network series you hope for each season and seldom get.”
Christie Brinkley To Star As Roxie Hart
February 18, 2012 by SOTH Team
South Fork supermodel Christie Brinkley will reprise her role as Roxie Hart in Broadway’s Chicago in April. After an exclusive three-week engagement, Brinkley will hit the road for the show’s national tour.
Richard Gere in “Arbitrage”
February 17, 2012 by SOTH Team
Arbitrage, a new movie starring North Haven’s Richard Gere, was snatched up by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions after a successful showing at the Sundance Film Festival.
USA’s “Royal Pains” Hits Montauk
February 15, 2012 by Hugh Citrella
The wait is over. Ever since Royal Pains filmed out in Montauk last October, we’ve been dying to see how such locales as the Gig Shack, Land Shark and Darenberg’s Montauk Marine Basin will play in the USA series. Tonight we’ll get our answer when the episode “Hank and the Deep Blue Sea” premieres at 10 p.m. ET.
Is Lin-sanity Heading to the Hamptons?
February 15, 2012 by Hugh Citrella
The buzz surrounding Jeremy Lin at Madison Square Garden is legit, but buzz that the NY Knicks phenom is looking at houses in the Hamptons is not. Once the Knicks picked up Lin’s deal following his insane…sorry, Lin-sane…performance over the past two weeks, the feel-good story of Lin’s sleeping on the couch of teammate Landry Fields (which Fields Tweeted—and might want to hold onto!)had to come to an end.
The “Jeremy Lin Couch”
The Daily News reported that Lin would be moving to an apartment in Trump Tower in White Plains (admittedly a better commute to games and practices than from, say, Water Mill), a building that “features outdoor basketball courts, an indoor and outdoor pool, a spa, a gym, and other top-of-the-line amenities,” the Daily News wrote. “Experts estimated that Lin, who is 23 and single, will pay around $3,800-a-month in rent. That’s not chopped liver, but Lin should be able to afford it on his $800,000 salary.”
So rumors about his perusing some Hamptons real estate remain just that for now. But Jeremy Lin always has a standing invitation on the East End!
Our All-Time Favorite SI Swimsuit Issue Cover Model Is…
February 14, 2012 by Dan's Hamptons
From the Hamptons to Hawaii, 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is the big splash in the publishing world today, with cover model Kate Upton grabbing headlines and turning heads. But we’re taking this opportunity to celebrate our all-time favorite SI Swimsuit Issue cover model, Christie Brinkley—the first to be selected for back-to-back-to-back covers, the first to have a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Calendar (gracing every single month) and a member of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Hall of Fame.
Sure, 2012 is great, but we’ll never forget 1979, 1980 and 1981.
