East Hampton

It’s been a rough summer in the Hamptons. Last weekend, a bouncer was beaten to death by a patron at Southampton Publick House—the village’s first murder in over twenty years. Now, the New York Post is reporting an apparent murder-suicide in East Hampton: After receiving “numerous hang-up” calls early this morning, police arrived at a house on Cedar Trail Road and found a 64-year-old man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. His injured wife, also 64, was rushed to the Southampton Hospital and then Stony Brook University Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead. The identities of the couple have not yet been released.

Weak in the knees over the competition for lucrative Hamptons real-estate ads?

Here, at the corner of 54th Street and Lexington, is a fallen soldier: a box for Dan's Papers, the beloved and batty Hamptons weekly. Although it's not exactly involved in the drama between The East Hampton Star and the budding East Hampton Press, maybe Dan's is feeling the pressure?

- John Koblin

Ann Coulter doesn't like inconsiderate liberals in East Hampton: "It does not occur to them that someone has to manufacture the tiles and steel and glass and solar panels that go into those 'eco-friendly' mansions... Liberals are already comfortably ensconced in their beachfront estates." But who else is ensconced? Ms. Coulter has a $1.7 million waterfront estate in Palm Beach. [The Atlantic/Andrew Sullivan]

First came Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard. Now Park Slope's ongoing quest for namebrand hipster coolness scores another victory: Ryan Schreiber, the godly editor of uber-music Web site Pitchfork Media, is moving in. [New York D.I.]

Not only is green home-construction hip--and a primo way of making sure the world doesn't prematurely end in a fiery inferno and whatnot--but it's a good move for folks who like tax breaks. [Forbes]

Tragedy strikes REBNY's plans for a global Manhattan real-estate Web portal! This is a sad day for New Yorkers who were hoping to further fuel their firey Internet real-estate addiction. [Real Deal] - Max Abelson

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TEDDY: I woke up last Sunday in a dorm room in Harvard's Dunster House, logged into facebook.com and noticed a recently published photo album entitled, "Austen and Tito's Wedding!!! Location: East Hampton." It wasn't the first album of this nature I'd encountered. I contemplated waking up my lady friend, who is Harvard class of 2008, to show her the album and quite possibly ask for her hand in marriage, but instead I sat at the foot of her bed and watched her sleep. I figured she might need to get a few core requirements out of the way before officially agreeing to tie the knot, and in our case, jump on a sheet of glass as a symbol of our place in the Jewish tradition. I was surprised by the marriage of Austen and Tito--though I had actually read a short story written by the bride a year before confirming their love.

Perhaps because I had just spent a cramped night on an extra-long twin bed in a college dorm room, I just could not imagine myself on the altar in the Adobe Photoshop of my mind.  read more »

Here is an email I got from a talented artist-turned-political-operative:

"Hey, Azi, I nominate the following for Coolest Political Fundraiser. If not, then at least Coolest Political Fundraiser Invite."

In that spirit, check out these pictures on The Jeff Pulver blog (via JustHillary) of the exclusive Hillary Clinton's fundraising event in East Hampton this weekend. Jeff's coverage has a heavy focus on the entertainment -- Jon Bon Jovi, who performed live at the event.  read more »

And in the invite category, here's an aesthetically pleasing specimen that our artist friend wanted to nominate: an event for John Sabini's re-election campaign in the 13th Senate district. After the jump.

-- Azi Paybarah

DR. SELMAN: Good to see you. What’s up?   HILLY: Nothing.    read more »

DR. SELMAN: Good to see you. What’s up?

HILLY: Nothing.  read more »

After a tear-jerking send-off on Wednesday, Katie Couric is ready to move on: to the Hamptons!

The future CBS News anchor just bought a $6.3 million home in East Hampton, according to the Wall Street Journal.

It seems like a nice way to spend the summer, before getting back behind the anchor desk. Measuring over 7,000 square feet, the two-story home includes seven bedrooms, six bathrooms, and a pool.

One of her new neighbors is beleaguered Knicks coach Larry Brown.  read more »

UPDATE:We now have a photo after the jump! - Michael Calderone

It was our first couples-therapy session of 2006.

GEORGE: You want to start?  read more »

It was our first couples-therapy session of 2006.   GEORGE: You want to start?    read more »

On Sunday night, at the dead center of the Guggenheim Museum’s spiral cavity, the performance  read more »

We were in the middle of session five of couples therapy. The topic: Should I go on medication?  read more »

Jerry Della Femina would make a marvelous politician.  read more »

Jerry Della Femina would make a marvelous politician.  read more »

Stefani Greenfield, founder of the Scoop boutique chain, is attending the spring 2005 fashion collec  read more »

Rowan Riley, 22, was sipping bubbly over in the front row of the grandstand at the Hampton Classic h  read more »

Stefani Greenfield, founder of the Scoop boutique chain, is attending the spring 2005 fashion collec  read more »

Martha Stewart can't get a break.  read more »

Nathan Lane enjoyed this last summer in East Hampton so much that he's poised to become a local.  read more »

Wednesday 23rd How to maintain your vacation tan?  read more »

Actress Renée Zellweger left the Academy Awards last Sunday without an Oscar.  read more »

Wednesday 14th Smooth operator sat Elaine's tonight -just like it's the late 90's!-as big, smoo  read more »

Wednesday 31st Editors at the bat!  read more »

I have been six years without one serious relationship, and I am so not bothered by it.  read more »

Ed Bradley Jr., co-editor of CBS's 60 Minutes for more than 20 years and a rabid Knicks fan, is also  read more »

Assuming that comedian Chevy Chase doesn't plan to pack his wifeJayni and their three daughters into  read more »

ALEXANDRA JOINS HER SISTERS MARIE-CHANTAL AND PIA IN EAST 70'S Alexandra von Furstenberg appears se  read more »

Wednesday 15th It's still August?!  read more »

New York City's smallest private girls' school is about to get a little larger.  read more »

'Something's up with these lights," I say out loud to myselfinside the Hampton Jitney, idling on 40t  read more »

IN A RENTER-FRIENDLY MARKET, PRICES ARE GETTING SLASHED By this time last year, most of the prize p  read more »

V.P., WHO ALREADY LIVES UPSTAIRS, WANTS $8.6 MILLION FOR OLD PLACE On the rare occasion when there'  read more »

Academy Award-winning funnyman Robin Williams has found a buyer for his penthouse at 271 Central Par  read more »

I think it's in a novel by Henry Green that one character says to another, "Let not our love end in  read more »

Never underestimate the power of the right lipstick shade.  read more »

"Where did they get the name Della Femina?" asked one of my companions.  read more »

I find upper-bracket adultery infinitely less interesting and amusing than upper-bracket idolatry.  read more »

Jerry Seinfeld is finding Hamptons homeowners to be a pretty tough crowd.  read more »

FADE IN: Your diarist is filing this dispatch from Los Angeles, where the Oscars are over, and life  read more »

East Hampton  read more »

East HamptonRon Delsener, the concert promoter, recently expanded his East Hampton real estate holdi  read more »

"I don't know what writer's block is," said James Brady.  read more »

In 1991-92, I wrote a book-part reminiscence, part analysis, part polemic-which died aborning, thank  read more »

On a recent wintry afternoon, the President of the United States, a Democrat, was doing one of the t  read more »