Celebs lead high life in the Hamptons
By Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - A whole lot of uptown girls grooved to Billy Joel
Saturday night.
Renee Zellweger, Kelly Ripa and Mary-Kate Olsen danced as Joel
performed at the Social @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ross concert, a series of events that is
becoming the marquee bash of the already glitzy Hamptons party
circuit. The musical extravaganzas previously featured Prince and the
Dave Matthews Band, and with tickets selling for $4,000 each, it's no
wonder the night is a lavish one.
Zellweger clapped her hands and danced with a mystery man to Joel's
encore of Piano Man. Ripa grooved along with her husband, Mark
Consuelos. Alec Baldwin stood in the VIP section with his arms around
a young mystery blonde. But the most enthusiastic celebrity was a
fedora-wearing Olsen, who skipped the VIP section to dance in front of
the stage, pumping her fists in the air during Movin' Out. And on the
even more low-maintenance end, Amy Poehler and her husband, Will
Arnett, patiently waited for a shuttle bus to take them back to their
car.
"We came here for Prince and it was terrific, and we decided we'd come
back. Billy Joel is the consummate performer," Ripa says.
The early afternoon was all about horses. Brooke ****elds, with her
husband, Chris Henchy, and daughters Rowan, 4, and Grier, 1, and their
nanny in tow, hosted Saturday's Mercedes-Benz polo tournament. "It's
becoming somewhat of a tradition for us to come out here in the
summer," ****elds says.
So is she part of the star-studded social scene? "We're lucky to be
able to be part of all the scenes, so I'm part of every different
aspect of it. It's a scene no matter where you go, no matter (which)
coast you're on," ****elds says.
In fact, ****elds and Henchy are moving back to New York later this
summer, "finally," says ****elds, who's starring in Lipstick Jungle,
which shoots here.
Her co-star Kim Raver, seven months pregnant with her second child
(she doesn't know the ***), braved the humidity because "Brooke and I
are good friends."
The past few months have seen plenty of star-studded action in the
Hamptons. Steven Spielberg, Ripa and Jerry Seinfeld own spreads in the
area. You can spot boldfaced names eating at local institutions, such
as East Hampton's Nick & Toni's (Spielberg and Jon Stewart), and Della
Femina (Uma Thurman), or relative newcomers like Madame Tong's
(Stewart). Ripa, Christy Turlington Burns, Edie Falco and Mandy Moore
hit the July 28 Super Saturday - the Hamptons version of a garage sale
- to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
Still, Ripa says, "we're not too much involved in the scene. We really
stay home with the kids and take them to things, and once in a while
come to things like this for the grown-ups."
Kerry Wa****ngton partied at a Creative Coalition bash in East Hampton
on July 29, while Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and his wife, Keisha,
traveled east for the Art for Life brunch at Russell Simmons' East
Hampton home. The Seinfelds' pals - including Ripa, Sarah Jessica
Parker and Matthew Broderick - stopped by their Amagansett spread for
the July 28 party for Jessica Seinfeld's charity, Baby Buggy.
Raver, meanwhile, is stunned by how glam the Hamptons have become.
"Oh, it's changed so much. Now, for us, it's about going to a seafood
shop, throwing it on the barbecue and having friends over."
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