DAN'S PAPERS, June 5, 2009 Page 16 www.danshamptons.com
South O’ the Highway
(and the North too)
Hamptons regular Joy Behar appeared with Elizabeth Hasselbeck on the season finale of ABC’s “Ugly Betty.� “The View� cohosts played themselves. * * * Author Dan Rattiner’s One Year on the Hampton Subway is a vivid account of the subway’s maintenance records, explosions, worker strikes, celebrity weddings and art shows in 2008. It also details the fate of “the Voice of the Hampton Subway� Gladys Gooding, who fell onto the tracks and died, and sightings of some of the most prominent subway riders in the United States: Alec Baldwin, Mercedes Ruehl, Billy Joel, Paris Hilton, Marisa Tomei, Raoul Castro, Britney Spears, Roger Clemens, Paul McCartney and Kim Cattrall. Filled with anecdotes about the subway’s history, maps and pictures, One Year on the Hampton Subway is sure to be a #1 bestseller. * * * After a recent stellar performance at Guild Hall, Liza Minnelli presented the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award on June 1, during the Astaire Awards celebration at Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. She presented this award, in honor of drama critic Douglas Watt of Southampton, to Stanley Donen, who choreographed many movies with Fred Astaire. Watt’s daughter, Patty Watt of Southampton, produced the awards ceremony. * * * Daytime host and bestselling author Rachael Ray received the esteemed 2009 American Women in Radio and Television Tribute Award at this year’s Gracie Awards Gala on Wednesday, June 3 at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. * * * Renee Zellweger was recently seen watching an NBA playoff game over dinner with a friend at Suki Zuki sushi bar in Water Mill. * * * Nick Cannon attended a party at AXE Lounge at Dune in Southampton last weekend. The party celebrated Cannon’s Giant Magazine cover. * * * “Real Housewives of New York City� star and Southampton resident Ramona Singer showcased her new jewelry line on the Home Shopping Network on June 3. The Ramona Singer Jewelry Collection features sterling silver, diamonds and gemstones, and was designed by Singer herself. * * * In other “Housewives� news, Kelly Bensimon will be continuing her ongoing feud with co-star and fellow Hamptons regular, Bethenny Frankel, as she signs on for another season of the popular show.
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